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Conan was the only funny host.
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Date: September 18th, 2025 1:58 PM Author: Real American (πΎπ£) Calling fraud on the rest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49281640) |
Date: September 18th, 2025 1:59 PM Author: Paralegal Nahasapeemapetilon (β π) Letterman had his moments when we were kids (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49281645) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 1:59 PM Author: .;:..;:.;.:.;.,,,..,.:,.;....;,;;;..;,..,,.,,...., Jay Leno* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49281652) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 2:06 PM Author: chad gundam (π§) (jay leno) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49281670) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 2:16 PM Author: Real American (πΎπ£) Leno was only as good as his writers Conan's off the cuff personality just mogs everyone else, watch his interview with Larry David |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 2:18 PM Author: chad gundam (π§) Nougat is Everything. It permeates the very soul. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49281719) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 4:02 PM Author: potluck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282031) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: Ass Sunstein cr, no other host could even attempt to come close to Conan's best segments, for example this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS39vMhag-A |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 9:16 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282875) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 2:05 PM Author: Ass Sunstein (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49281666) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 2:13 PM Author: Nintendo 1488 Agreed.
Some of the others were good hosts and maybe presented some decent jokes. But only Conan was actually funny. |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 4:06 PM Author: i gave my cousin head (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282046) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 9:16 PM Author: .,.,...,..,.,.,:,,:,.,.,:::,...,:,...:..:.,:.::,. Conan was solid, so was Leno. Letterman had good days and bad. The current hosts are pretty uniformly terrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282879) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 9:30 PM Author: charles XII I probably actually watched these guys more than any of you in the late 90s/early 00s because I was a Loser with Nothing to Do iirc.
Conan benefited from Leno warming the crowd up every day which Leno will never get credit for. After Leno came out with his extremely long monologue and bright LA set and lame interviews, a Gen X Loser intellectual from New York seemed like an appealing proposition. Ultimately the funniest things he did involved taking credit for the work of Smiegel and others who were sub-6`00``. He is said to have posted on the internet bc he's Tall.
Leno is the best stand-up to host a late night show. He was funny af when he used to go on Letterman in the 80s. As host he did like an hour of stand-up every single week so obviously most of it was bad but occassionally the jokes landed.
I thought for a time that Letterman was some kind of intellectual because he wore glasses and his name is "Letterman," implying liberal arts. But really he's just a lucky boomer from Indiana or something who bootlicked Carson and still got screwed. I don't think there was a compelling reason to watch him other than being sick of Leno. And there was no reason to watch Leno either other than to be like "I'm up late guys π" |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 9:50 PM Author: KushnersForeskin Jews from Long Island loved Letterman but had no idea why when asked (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282944) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 9:54 PM Author: charles XII He sort of seemed like he could've been vaguely Jewish. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282962) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:12 PM Author: Paralegal Khinzir The Jewish comedy establishment, for whatever reason, respects weird / offbeat Midwestern/prairie Gentile comics. See also Norm, Kids in the Hall, Dan Ackroyd, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283015) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:13 PM Author: charles XII (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283017) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:14 PM Author: Ass Sunstein (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283021) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:25 PM Author: potluck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283046) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:26 PM Author: KushnersForeskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283049) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:30 PM Author: peeface none of these examples are actually from the midwest/prairies. they're all from central Canada, clustering heavily around Ottawa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283059) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:31 PM Author: ..;;.;;;;.;;..;.;;;;.;;..;;,;;,.... I know everyone is anti-semitic here. But Jews overrepresent good comedians and aren't annoyingly nepotistic. Jews acknowledge and often take a backseat to great Goy comedians. It's not like when Carson, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Chris Farley, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Colbert, etc. came along they weren't pushed to the top of Hollywood. Lorne Michaels always has prominent Jews but doesn't put on more than a couple of Jews a season. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283060) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:04 PM Author: Paralegal Khinzir Leno was like AC/DC to Letterman’s Pearl Jam. Letterman won the ratings battle his first year or two on CBS but his schtick wore thin when he had to play to normies at 11:30. Leno followed the formula, did it well, and played the hits instead of trying to be cool. Ten was a great album but Back in Black 10x >>>> Vitalogy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49282996) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:07 PM Author: charles XII Leno surged ahead because of Hugh Grant coming on in 1995 and then stayed ahead iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283000) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:25 PM Author: ..;;.;;;;.;;..;.;;;;.;;..;;,;;,.... Letterman was a good interviewer. Leno was terrible. Conan was great too if he started riffing. But some of his interviews were blah. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283048) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:11 PM Author: ........,,,,,,......,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,, They all actually had their charms at one point - but they also all fall off after 5-6 years. I'd rank them as follows:
Peak Letterman - the most culturally impactful. His early CBS show is probably the forerunner to modern comedy like Tom Green, Conan, Cumtown, etc. He started phoning it in during his later years but he had the biggest impact when he was at the top.
Peak Conan - his show was teh funniest mess in the beginning. Tons of hilarious, absurd moments. Similar to Letterman thoguh he started to tail off towards teh end of his initial NBC run as he played it much safer.
Ferguson - the best interviewer by far. Letterman had good interviews when he was mean, Conan had good ones when things went off the rails - but Ferguson is the only one who could interview a basic celeb and make both of them charming.
Leno - probably the best pure joke teller
Early Kimmel - his show was actually really good and mean when he started. Post Trump it obviously sucks
Fallon - I can't stand him, his jokes and interviews suck - but he knows how to create a big, viral moment
Meyers - okay at telling jokes but smarmy. No good bits and his only good interviews are when he gets his SNL friends on and they tell some crazy story
Corden - he has car pool karaoke and nothing else.
Colbert - he has made 1,600 episodes of television. when he was cancelled, not a single clip was circulated showing why anyone should watch it.
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:14 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Colbert was very funny on the Daily Show and Colbert Report, but sucked when he stopped doing the original schtick. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283020) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:17 PM Author: charles XII The Colbert Report got tedious after like a week iirc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283029) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:36 PM Author: ..;;.;;;;.;;..;.;;;;.;;..;;,;;,.... Sorry this is wrong. Colbert Report Colbert was playing two jokes at the same time and often got twisted around in an interesting way. He interviewed hundreds of people in an improv style in character and was amazing. Colbert on the Late Show was a pale imitation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283068) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:14 PM Author: Libpocalypse Now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283153) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 11:14 PM Author: Ass Sunstein (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283156) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:35 PM Author: Libpocalypse Now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283067) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:34 PM Author: peeface https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-xfFkofYk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283062) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:27 PM Author: KushnersForeskin sorry maybe not a late night show but John Stewart was incredible and quietly had the best non-Conan writers for a few years (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283052) |
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Date: September 18th, 2025 10:53 PM Author: a rich inner world (luis) can u host (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5777240&forum_id=2:#49283105) |