Late shows return

[Inky_Wretch]

Letterman returns with a full beard.

 

[John]

 

[Gutter]

Robin Williams and Hillary Clinton (via satellite) on tonight.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Flipping back and forth, Leno isn't very funny without writers. Of course, I didn't think he was funny with them either.

 

[ondeadline]

Is he trying to get a promotional deal with Just For Men?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Leno is doing actual audience questions, like Carol Burnett.

 

[John]

Why do late shows even need writers?

Just start the show, say hello and bring on the guests. Nobody is tuning in for the monologues.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Letterman just had a writer from Conan's show appear on the Top 10 List.

 

[mike311gd]

Why do late shows even need writers?

Just start the show, say hello and bring on the guests. Nobody is tuning in for the monologues.

I beg to differ. My grandma gets all of her news from Leno (preferred) and Letterman. She's been lost for the last few months.

 

[John]

Now Conan has a beard.

 

[mike311gd]

And my grandma absolutely hates Conan. Here's another reason. ...

 

[mike311gd]

I love the Strike Beard and Bob Saget. This show cannot lose.

 

[mike311gd]

Bob Saget rules.

 

[Barsuk]

Just saw a YouTube clip of Conan's bit about what he's been doing during the strike. Funny stuff, especially when he sings "Sabotage" as Edith Bunker! :D

 

[Cansportschick]

Bob Saget rules.

His jokes sucked crap last night.

Just saw a YouTube clip of Conan's bit about what he's been doing during the strike. Funny stuff, especially when he sings "Sabotage" as Edith Bunker! :D

That song impersonation was the bomb last night. I didn't realize how good Conan plays the guitar. Wonder what the Beastie Boys thought of that rendition :-X

Those writers better score a deal because I am missing Triumph and the Mannatee.

Nice to see Max back.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Flipping back and forth, Leno isn't very funny without writers. Of course, I didn't think he was funny with them either.

You mean Leno forgot his stand-up comic roots where he had to write his own material?

 

[Cansportschick]

Flipping back and forth, Leno isn't very funny without writers. Of course, I didn't think he was funny with them either.

You mean Leno forgot his stand-up comic roots where he had to write his own material?

Leno said to blame his wife last night if the routine sucked. Leno ran it by Mavis and she thought is was funny.

I did think Conan O'Brien and Craig Ferguson were the funniest last night.

 

[Double Down]

NBC should be pretty ashamed of itself for letting Leno serve as a de facto schill for Huckabee for 16 minutes last night. If I were Romney, I'd be pretty furious that the Huck got to essentially get a 16-minute commercial on the eve of Iowa.

 

[alleyallen]

Not sure I see much of a similarity between those two bearded guys. Unless that's Saddam hanging from the gap in Letterman's teeth.

 

[ondeadline]

I know they have to fill an hour somehow, but Letterman's interview with one of his staff members was pretty weak.