I don't know who the comedian on the New Day Cleveland show is, but the chick on Conan's show is Kari Wuhrer, I think. Man, what a space cadet. I think some silicone leaked out of her implants and affected her mind. Conan did a great job with her, all things considered.

The funniest stuff, though, are the two Letterman interviews with Harmony Korine. This is back when Letterman was actually funny, and not psycho-obsessed with Donald Trump.
This kid was killing Letterman with stories like the guy who got stabbed through both ass cheeks with a shishkabob skewer. Lettermen excelled with quirky guests like that. You should've stuck with just being funny, Dave. Now, you're just another boring, depressing asshole, and light-years away from funny.

Kind of a twofer, to save brain cells, just watch a couple minutes.




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX1HWWiJnnM

Yeah, I saw both of those interviews when they aired originally. I felt sorry for the guy during the first interview, with that rude audience laughing at him.

The Chuck Liddell Interview...

The current crop of 'talk show' hosts are nothing more than talking heads of the liberals. Nothing close to Johnny Carson or even early Leno and Letterman.

Kristen Stewart was a terrible guest on talk shows during her early Twilight sparkly vampire days circa 2008-2010. The only thing worse was her acting in the actual movies.

Interesting watching Letterman. I remember that guy, quick and funny. Like Carson. I loved his show.

Wow, that must have been before Conan became a redhead.

I love any of Conan's interviews with Norm Macdonald.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Yeah, I saw both of those interviews when they aired originally. I felt sorry for the guy during the first interview, with that rude audience laughing at him.

I saw them too and wondered if Glover was playing a ridiculous role or simply damaged. I started to rethink Letterman then who came across as exploitative and probably cruel. Of course the Peanut Gallery followed his lead. Exiting stage right (?) didn't speak well to his manhood either. In the end, more awkward for Dave than Crispin.

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Originally posted by justjoe:
Interesting watching Letterman. I remember that guy, quick and funny. Like Carson. I loved his show.

Yeah... he was funny. Then he just became cranky.

One of the worst ones I ever saw was one done with Jerry Lewis not long before he died. He was a huge A-hole and cut the interview short. I didn't know he was that bad until I saw it. I had always thought he was a pretty nice guy.

Jim Rome and Jim Everett

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Originally posted by Ripley:

I saw them too and wondered if Glover was playing a ridiculous role or simply damaged. I started to rethink Letterman then who came across as exploitative and probably cruel.

From what I understand, he came out on stage in costume from a role in a future film release. I guess he was trying to create edgy TV. I actually met him around this time, after he came out with River's Edge, at a club he was appearing. He was performing a spoken-word, monologue driven show and I was helping out with audio and other technicals. He was friendly, but concise and knew what he wanted technically. Did not impress me as a nut.

Now Harmony Korine, he's gotta be wacky

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Originally posted by fiasconva:
One of the worst ones I ever saw was one done with Jerry Lewis not long before he died. He was a huge A-hole and cut the interview short. I didn't know he was that bad until I saw it. I had always thought he was a pretty nice guy.

My father absolutely hated Jerry Lewis and said he was a complete and total asshole. He had to work with him when he came to town to put on a show and he treated everyone around him like dirt and was loud and obnoxious the whole time he was here. He worked with a lot of entertainers in those years and he said he'd never work with Lewis again.

Jim

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Originally posted by fiasconva:
One of the worst ones I ever saw was one done with Jerry Lewis not long before he died. He was a huge A-hole and cut the interview short. I didn't know he was that bad until I saw it. I had always thought he was a pretty nice guy.

Frankly, I loved it. Bravo, Jerry.

i remember this live lol




Link to original video: https://youtu.be/zxPtNUKptag

Why are these people celebrities?

Andy Kaufman was such a genuinely strange person that when I saw this-- live-- I wasn't sure whether it was real or not. I would have been certain it was staged, no question, if it were anybody but Andy.

As it turns out, it was staged, though that was not revealed for certain until long after Andy's death. And Letterman was at his finest in the whole skit. "I'll just be over here...."

Andy was unique. Most great comics resemble one another in many ways. If you picked any two-- say Buddy Hackett and Jerry Seinfeld-- you could find similarities of timing, delivery, even material. But nobody did comedy like Andy. Even if somebody had the idea, who would have the balls to put on a vinyl recording of The Mighty Mouse Song and stand there listening silently until the line "Here I come to save the day!"

BTW, I saw the last interview with Jerry Lewis and I agree-- total asshole. Do the interview or don't do the interview, your call, but to agree to do the interview and then sit there in a snit like PMS -- pfft. No class.