The Late Late Show

I think that I used to watch Craig Ferguson some years back. If he is the person I am thinking of, I really liked him. I have not watched him for some time for no particular reason. I work nights and do not get home until 10:30 p.m. I then watch Nightline and some of Jimmy Kimmel before going to bed. I just checked my Interactive Guide and CF is on very late. His show begins at 11:37 p.m. my time. By that time, I am trying to wind down and am sometimes already in bed. I had forgotten about him but I will keep him in mind next time I am up very late. I remember liking him.

To me Craig Ferguson is the best late night talk show host. It's a shame he's on so late so it's hard to stay up for but then if he was on earlier, he would probably have to clean up his act. To me Jimmy Fallon isn't funny, Jay Leno tends to be whiny, and I can't get into Jimmy Kimmel. To me, when it comes to a serious interview, Letterman does the best job. One problem with late night talk shows today though, is that the shows used to be 90 minutes long or longer. Because the shows were longer, the guests had more time to be interviewed or to perform. On the old tonight show with Carson, it would be common for a singer to do a song or a comedian to do a routine, then go over to the desk and be interviewed by Johnny. Also the shows had couches so the guests would hang around for the next guest to come out. It was only the newcomers who would perform and then not get to be interviewed. Today you'll see established stars like Neil Diamond come out and do a song and thst's it. Now the interviews basically go,"oh, you've got a new movie, let's see a clip", "How are the wife and kids", "Yeah my kids like that", "So long, good luck with the movie, come back again." The current format for talk shows is to short and too stylized. Star with openign monlogue, commercial, small talk, additional comedy or short skit, commercial, guest appears and leaves, commercial, musical guest, thank you good night. I guess the big problem was when the salary for a Johnny Carson went through the roof. The one way to appease him was to pay him the big money but shorten the time of the show so he didn't have to work as hard and also it helped cut production costs. Wouldn't it be nice to have a guest talk for more than 5 minutes?

I love his show. He is funny and agree Geoff is priceless. Its one talk show I really do enjoy.

I've never heard of that one and haven't seen it in my listings but it would be a big improvement over what we have now. Letterman is a mean man..I was watching him once because I couldn't sleep and was shocked at how nasty he was to Richard Simmons. Simmons has helped thousands of people lose weight, is very supportive and Letterman badgered him till there were tears in his eyes. I've seen Letterman interview others and he's very biased and really combative. I don't need that. I'll look for The Late Late Show and mark it for next time I can't sleep. I could have used it last night!

No, but I wish I did. I can't stand Letterman, he's so pompous and full of himself. Ever since he got into trouble with his love life he just seems uncredible to me as a talk show host. Is Craig Ferguson a comedian, or an actor? Name sounds familiar to me.

Craig is my favorite talk show host! I also love Conan and I really like Jimmy Fallon. It took me a while to warm up to Fallon but I think he's definitely improved and I always enjoy his interviews. I was actually talking with my dad a little while back and we were discussing talk show hosts and he said his favorite is Conan, and I was saying mine was Fergison. He said he hasn't seen any of his interviews before.

Craig Ferguson is like an undiscovered treasure. He just does what he wants to his show and if someone watches, great. But he's going to have fun no matter what. If I can stay up that long I like to watch it when I can. His monologues are so funny. And he's a good interviewer too. He's so much better than David Letterman. David Letterman - ick.