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Engine · 01-09-2014, 05:59 PM

To me, late night talk shows are where comedians go to sell out and die. The nightly opening segments of topical humor is a formula designed for failure, network TV standards force the hosts to be bland and to rely on silly trademark schticks, and the scripted celebrity interviews are infuriatingly transparent and dull.

I mostly like Arsenio (in the 90s and now) because he talks seriously about race and other issues that all the white hosts don't touch. Or maybe they do now. I wouldn't know because I gave up watching them years ago.

01-09-2014, 05:59 PM	#28 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	To me, late night talk shows are where comedians go to sell out and die. The nightly opening segments of topical humor is a formula designed for failure, network TV standards force the hosts to be bland and to rely on silly trademark schticks, and the scripted celebrity interviews are infuriatingly transparent and dull. I mostly like Arsenio (in the 90s and now) because he talks seriously about race and other issues that all the white hosts don't touch. Or maybe they do now. I wouldn't know because I gave up watching them years ago. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.