If you haven't watched Dave's new show, you should. The Ellen interview in this new season is incredibly moving.
Howard Stern and Obama in Season 1 were fantastic too.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 2:39 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I might have started tearing up when Kanye walked out onto the stage. I love that man.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 2:51 pm
by Stickman
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I might have started tearing up when Kanye walked out onto the stage. I love that man.
It was fascinating to see him talk about mental illness. He seemed surprised about Dave's past issues with it as well.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 3:26 pm
by wease
I’ve watched the first season, but haven’t started the second yet.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 4:01 pm
by washing machine
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I might have started tearing up when Kanye walked out onto the stage. I love that man.
Of course I immediately thought of you when I saw Kanye’s face on the preview screen recently.
I watched the Obama one and enjoyed it, but for some reason I haven’t made this one of my regular shows. I think I just never have the time.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 4:07 pm
by Monkey_Driven
washing machine wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I might have started tearing up when Kanye walked out onto the stage. I love that man.
Of course I immediately thought of you when I saw Kanye’s face on the preview screen recently.
I watched the Obama one and enjoyed it, but for some reason I haven’t made this one of my regular shows. I think I just never have the time.
Yeah, an interview show is a tough ask with the number of scripted options.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 4:47 pm
by washing machine
Monkey_Driven wrote:
washing machine wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I might have started tearing up when Kanye walked out onto the stage. I love that man.
Of course I immediately thought of you when I saw Kanye’s face on the preview screen recently.
I watched the Obama one and enjoyed it, but for some reason I haven’t made this one of my regular shows. I think I just never have the time.
Yeah, an interview show is a tough ask with the number of scripted options.
Totally. They make podcasts for that sort of thing.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Fri June 07, 2019 5:56 pm
by Rob
Nice! I didn't realize this was back on. The Howard Stern interview was so good. The show itself is such a good idea.
Edit: yes I suppose there are limitations here, but I feel like this is somewhere between the podcast model and what you see on TV. A somewhat scripted hour long interview that does get personal, and has a really good host.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Tue June 25, 2019 11:00 pm
by Stickman
That Lewis Hamilton eps was pretty great. Letterman was in heaven on that track.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Tue June 25, 2019 11:17 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Tue June 25, 2019 11:57 pm
by wease
SHUT YOUR MOUTH, TRAG!!
We watched the Ellen episode last night. Probably the best yet.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 12:01 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 12:41 am
by doug rr
trag, i swear to god...
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 1:18 am
by Stickman
tragabigzanda wrote:Letterman is a legend for good reason. But much like Carson before him, his time has passed.
Cept it hasn't. He's better than ever.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 2:02 am
by wease
Indeed he is.
And his is the most glorious beard in all of beard-dom.
Goddammit trag.
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 2:25 am
by knee tunes
tragabigzanda wrote:His currency has always been his absurdist bent: "Know Your Cuts Of Meat," Top 10 list, etc. He's playing the straight man now, and his beard is terrible. And Conan is killing the absurdist stuff AND adding some real heart to it...
Letterman is a legend for good reason. But much like Carson before him, his time has passed.
Scram, you
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 2:30 am
by LoathedVermin72
tragabigzanda wrote:His currency has always been his absurdist bent: "Know Your Cuts Of Meat," Top 10 list, etc. He's playing the straight man now, and his beard is terrible. And Conan is killing the absurdist stuff AND adding some real heart to it...
Letterman is a legend for good reason. But much like Carson before him, his time has passed.
I think I agree with you
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 2:31 am
by wease
Goddammit Jeremy
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 2:36 am
by LoathedVermin72
Aging funnymen like Letterman and Stern “maturing” into old-timers who want their legacy to be their (totally bland and uninteresting) newfound interest in SERIOUS and INTIMATE and LONGFORM “conversations” (a concept aped from podcasters, particularly Marc Maron) is the comedy equivalent of has-been 50something rock stars making sterile, irrelevant albums worshipping “the blues.”
Re: My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
Posted: Wed June 26, 2019 2:38 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.