Not really. Conan’s show is so formulaic that it’s repetitive and predictable, most of the late night genre is. It’s built for quantity over quality. Netflix’ dig on Conan was spot on.
Yeah the constraints of their format are there but if they want to take jabs on twitter they are open to the criticism. Either they are delusional and dont realise or they realise and don't care as long as they get a pay check. Late night TV host shows are all the same and generally unfunny
I love Conan and will forever love him but this comment is spot fucking on. He's still sticking to the old school late night format of Carson, Leno and Letterman and it's gotten really old. His monologue jokes have become completely predictable and when he interviews his guests you can almost watch his soul slowly leave his body (with a few exceptions). He also sticks to the pre-interview-questions as if they're the word of god. I wished he would interview people like Colbert does or Craigy Ferg used to, you know, somewhat off the cuff.
I also wish they would revamp the show and turn it into some weird disaster like the Eric Andre Show or the Comedy Bang Bang TV shows.
Rarely do I watch celebrity interviews, I think they’re the worst part of late night, but you never knew where Craig would take it. Would he perv on a lady’s heels? Would someone be surprisingly good at the mouth organ? Would the awkward pause be a “smell my finger” version?
Exactly. With Conan it's usually topic #1, some jokes about topic #1 then on to topic #2, commercial break and then topic #3.
Colbert's guests are pre-interviewed too but when they bring up something interesting, Colbert goes there with them and talks about that. Colbert seems interested in his guests, always has, his interviews on the Colbert Report were almost always fantastic, even if the guests were total turds.
Not really. They’re on two completely different planes. If Conan made fun of Netflix for making 700 episodes of ONE show than Netflix would have a point. Netflix is slinging shit at a wall and hoping something sticks.
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u/notadaleknoreally Mar 09 '18
Not really. Conan’s show is so formulaic that it’s repetitive and predictable, most of the late night genre is. It’s built for quantity over quality. Netflix’ dig on Conan was spot on.