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Missed It: Dave’s Top 10 Death Threat Thoughts
Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV, streaming video on August 23, 2011
So somebody on a message board has threatened the life of David Letterman. So of course to Dave this is an opportunity for comedy. And man is he milking it. Here’s the top 10 from August 22.
Missed It: Coldplay Shares New Song on Kimmel
Posted by admin in late night TV, Music, streaming video on August 10, 2011
Thanks to Pop Candy’s Whitney Matheson, I found out that Coldplay played a new song (Charlie Brown) on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week.
Missed it: Brian Williams Imitates Regis Philban–Well
Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV, streaming video on July 26, 2011
So last night Brian Williams appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman telling a damn funny Regis Philban story–and revealed that he could do a quite solid imitation of the “Ripa co-host”.
Missed It: Hanks/Roberts Newlywed Game on Letterman
Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV on July 14, 2011
Tom Hanks is game to do just about anything for TV, and to do it with great enthusiasm, as evidenced by this recent bit on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Anytime Hanks or Julia Roberts are a guest on Letterman, you’re assured of a great show. With all three, wowza.
Missed It: Olbermann’s Top 10 on Letterman
Posted by admin in late night TV, streaming video on June 23, 2011
So Keith Olbermann’s Countdown on Current TV launched this week. And to mark the occassion, he’s making the rounds at different late night shows. Earlier this week, he showed up on Dave Letterman and did a fun Top 10.
Archive of American TV: Paul Shaffer on Working with Letterman
Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV, streaming video on June 19, 2011
I cannot believe I did not think to track down the Archive of American Television’s interviews with Paul Shaffer.
I could listen to Shaffer talk about Letterman all day.
Discovered Gems: Kliph Nesteroff
Posted by admin in comedy, comics, late night TV on June 6, 2011
As you can see from these two Robot 6 posts, I had a great time at this past weekend’s HeroesCon. Part of why I have loved HeroesCon the past two years is the presence of Evan Dorkin.
This year, at a panel discussing comedy, Dorkin mentioned Kliph Nesteroff, a show business historian with a few websites (including Classic Television Showbiz) . When Dorkin mentioned that Nesteroff posts obscure videos that would have me staying on the website way too long, I doubted him.
Then I ran across this 1958 conversation between Hy Gardner and Steve Allen, which includes a link to a Allen op-ed Village Voice piece . Yes, Dorkin is right, I will be spending a lot of time reading up
Missed It: Craig Ferguson’s Opening Monologue
Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV, streaming video on June 3, 2011
Stick around for the four-minute mark and a photo that apparently’s been around since the first season, but that I have never seen. (From last night’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)
Daily Show Bonus: Albert Brooks
Posted by admin in comedy, late night TV, Literature, streaming video, Uncategorized on May 13, 2011
I love how the Daily Show has trended towards doing extended interviews that are posted in the site’s Green Room. This week they had a two-parter with comedic legend and new novelist Albert (2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America) Brooks. In the second part, its amazing to see host Jon Stewart in absolute worship mode and getting Brooks to talk about his lucky break on Johnny Carson (Brooks wanted to be on Dick Cavett, but they did not want him, believe it or not). Watch and be amazed.
Comedy is an art and seeing these two talk, however brief it may be, gives a glimpse of some of the history.
MTV Hive: Remembering the Music
Posted by admin in late night TV, Music, streaming video on May 10, 2011
So news has broken in recent weeks that 120 Minutes is returning with Matt Pinfeld at the helm. As part of this renewed effort by MTV on actual music, there is also something called the MTV Hive where you can see such great live performances from the archives, like Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees.
I look forward to seeing what lies ahead.
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