Category: Talk Show

  • Jingle Rant
    Jingle Rant

    Just a quickie today, and it’s this brilliant run from Craig Ferguson on The Late Late Show.

  • Let’s Take A Walk In The Feelings Garden
    Let’s Take A Walk In The Feelings Garden

    Do you know what I miss? The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. And I miss it because of things like this. Here’s the Jim Gaffigan bit he references. That appears to be an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman to me. Compare it to the full version and notice the changes made…

  • Hannibal On The Late Show
    Hannibal On The Late Show

    Here’s Hannibal Buress knocking it out of the park with his debut on The Late Show with David Lettterman. As far as I can see, this was the 17th December 2010 edition, and he quickly came back, reappearing just a few weeks later on the 7th January. He was probably writing for 30 Rock at…

  • Rik Mayall On De Laatste Show
    Rik Mayall On De Laatste Show

    Here’s Rik on the Flemish talk show De Laatste Show (The Last Show). There’s some lovely anecdotes in this, and Rik is on top form, but the most wonderful parts are watching him laugh at his own shows, and acknowledge the genius of other people. And his Rickman impression. Delightful.

  • Behind The Scenes On The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson
    Behind The Scenes On The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson

    Here’s a delightful little reminiscipackage made towards the end of Johnny’s run on The Tonight Show in 1992. It appears to have been filmed over two days, rather than the one intimated at in the clip, because the early production meeting talks about Steven Wright, while the show features Stevie Wonder. Wright’s appearance was on…

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    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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