Kilborn's back on TV... sorta

[Killick]

http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/20/kilborn-file-premiere-date-june-28-six-week-run/

So, it's a six-week run that only airs in during the daytime in seven markets. Seven big markets, but only seven markets nonetheless.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I'm curious to see this one. He seems like a rough fit in daytime -- and won't fit in the local Fox lineup at all. It's like 4 hours of court shows.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

I love Kilby. His Late Late Show was a must watch ... I just hope this one does well enough in those markets to spread into more.

 

[DanOregon]

I'm getting tired of the fake vanity thing, whether it's Dan Patrick, Kilborn, John Henson...it's kind of played out.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

I'm getting tired of the fake vanity thing, whether it's Dan Patrick, Kilborn, John Henson...it's kind of played out.

I agree from that standpoint. I just found Kilborn just flat funny. His dry delivery got me every time.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

I liked The Daily Show when he hosted it, not so much for anything he did, but I enjoyed the regular features like God Stuff, Ad Nauseum and Public Excess.
Plus the Bud Light MVP of the Week.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

My favorite SportsCenter Anchor of all-time and it's not close.

My favorite SportsCenter clip ever was when, during the Bulls 72-10 season they inexplicably lost to the Nuggets because Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf scored some ungodly number of 3s.

Kilborn: Rauf, Rauf, Rauf is on Fire! We don't need no water...

I just about died laughing.

 

[Buck]

Kilborn on SC = brilliant
Kilborn on 'Daily Show' = much better than Stewart, not even close
Kilborn lat-night talk show = mostly miss

 

[Steak Snabler]

Yeah, he left late night TV to go conquer Hollywood, even getting a pretty supporting significant role in "Old School." Haven't seen him in anything since ...

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

Kilborn on 'Daily Show' = much better than Stewart, not even close

Wow, really? If you wrote that in 1999, I might've agreed with you. My college roommate and I were down on Stewart when he first replaced Kilborn. Obviously, he's grown on me since then.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I love Kilborn and I love Jon Stewart, but I think Kilborn was edgier when he was on the show.

I was stunned when he left his CBS show. He was making $5 million a year to follow Letterman. He's said publicly that it wasn't a money issue. I never understood it.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Buck, I'll take your word for it that Kilborn might have been better than Stewart, because my cable company didn't carry Comedy Central in those days. But to say it's "not even close," when Stewart has been one of the most dynamic television success stories of the last 20 years is a bit much ...

 

[Buck]

Buck, I'll take your word for it that Kilborn might have been better than Stewart, because my cable company didn't carry Comedy Central in those days. But to say it's "not even close," when Stewart has been one of the most dynamic television success stories of the last 20 years is a bit much ...

I think the show, overall, was better during those Kilborn years.
Who was the head writer then, Liz Winstead?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Buck, I'll take your word for it that Kilborn might have been better than Stewart, because my cable company didn't carry Comedy Central in those days. But to say it's "not even close," when Stewart has been one of the most dynamic television success stories of the last 20 years is a bit much ...

I think the show, overall, was better during those Kilborn years.
Who was the head writer then, Liz Winstead?

I think it was Winstead who Kilborn got in trouble for making fun of in an interview in either Rolling Stone or Esquire.

 

[Buck]

Buck, I'll take your word for it that Kilborn might have been better than Stewart, because my cable company didn't carry Comedy Central in those days. But to say it's "not even close," when Stewart has been one of the most dynamic television success stories of the last 20 years is a bit much ...

I think the show, overall, was better during those Kilborn years.
Who was the head writer then, Liz Winstead?

I think it was Winstead who Kilborn got in trouble for making fun of in an interview in either Rolling Stone or Esquire.

I think I remember reading that there was some tension between them, but I honestly don't recall much of the details.
Kilborn's on-screen persona aside, the show was different and fresh then. It was hip without the self-conscious hipness and smugness from which it suffers now.

 

[Machine Head]

Buck, I'll take your word for it that Kilborn might have been better than Stewart, because my cable company didn't carry Comedy Central in those days. But to say it's "not even close," when Stewart has been one of the most dynamic television success stories of the last 20 years is a bit much ...

I think the show, overall, was better during those Kilborn years.
Who was the head writer then, Liz Winstead?

I think it was Winstead who Kilborn got in trouble for making fun of in an interview in either Rolling Stone or Esquire.

I think I remember reading that there was some tension between them, but I honestly don't recall much of the details.
Kilborn's on-screen persona aside, the show was different and fresh then. It was hip without the self-conscious hipness and smugness from which it suffers now.

Kilborn crossed the line with what he said in Esquire.

He deserved to be called on it.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I think they asked him how his relationship was with his lead female writer and he said something like, "Well, she's under the desk right now." and got a paid vacation.

 

[Machine Head]

She was co-creator of the show. he said:

Ms. Winstead, who said she "is in her 30's," is as famous for leaving The Daily Show as she is for creating it. In January 1998, she walked away from the show after the host Craig Kilborn told Esquire , "To be honest, Lizz does find me very attractive. If I wanted her to blow me, she would."

http://www.observer.com/1999/lizz-winstead-returns-and-so-does-marv

In a quote that was labeled a joke in the article, but which had none of the female members of the show's staff laughing, Mr. Kilborn called Ms. Winstead and other women on the show a derogatory name and then suggested that she liked him and would perform a sex act on him if he wanted her to.

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/17/arts/tv-notes-comedy-host-in-hot-water.html


They did not get along at all, so any idea that he was just joking didn't ring true.

They're both from Minnesota. I remember see Winstead working the door at one of Scott Hansen's comedy clubs in Minneapolis in the 80s and then seeing her set.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Seriously, though. Craig and Dan were damn good at what they did.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

Seriously, though. Craig and Dan were damn good at what they did.

"They've cut this kind of loose, no?"

****ing classic.