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Late Show with Stephen Colbert Debut Thread - Tonight 11:35/10:35c
Posted on 9/8/15 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 9/8/15 at 7:42 pm
They removed the ceiling Letterman put in place to reveal the original stained glass...with some modification.
AND Jon Batiste (Kenner native) and the Stay Human Band are the house band.
More on what to expect from his practice show last week:
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The backdrop of the stage has the requisite NY skyline and stars studding a twilight sky, but everything else felt different from Letterman's layout. The color scheme of the set is red, white and blue (very Colbertian). There's stained glass on the studio walls and roof, imprinted with Colbert's smiling face. A chandelier hung from the ceiling (it had been hidden away there for years by decade-old air ducts). There were also full catwalks on either side of the stage with easily accessible staircases.
Colbert told the audience he brought three items to the new studio from his old show: his Captain America shield, the medal his mother got at the civil rights rally she attended while she was pregnant with him, and a picture of his dad.
Asked about all of his faces around the theater, Colbert noted dryly: "I used to be a narcissistic conservative commentator. Now I'm just a narcissist."
The structure of the show was similar to The Colbert Report, except with an opening monologue. Colbert came out from behind a garage door and riffed on 24-hour McDonald's cheeseburgers for awhile before sitting at the desk and continuing with a long bit comparing Donald Trump to Oreos.
The pre-taped segment, on lifestyle brands such as Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP, felt very much like classic Colbert. This included a faux-commercial for his own lifestyle brand, Covington House, with Colbert perched upon a sofa in the middle of an enchanted glen, offering $175 coasters and a wardrobe "like the Great Gatsby vomited on you."
The big attitude change Colbert has been talking up in interviews in recent weeks—the fact that he can shed the skin of his conservative idiot character and just be himself—makes itself most readily evident during the interviews. Colbert doesn't have to pretend with his guests anymore, which led to immediately sweet moments like a duet with Laura Benanti on "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from My Fair Lady and a sincere conversation about Western Muslim identity with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhta.
During the commercial breaks, Jean Batiste & Stay Human kept performing for the audience, with Batiste raced around the entire theatre, even standing on a piano at one point.
This post was edited on 9/8/15 at 7:45 pm
Posted on 9/8/15 at 9:15 pm to GEAUXmedic
I guess we'll see what the fuss is all about shortly.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 9:31 pm to GEAUXmedic
Hopefully the band doesn't suck. I don't like how you have to have a cool band these days. Nothing better than that crazy nerd Paul Shaffer.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 9:35 pm to GEAUXmedic
I'm looking forward to it.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 10:34 pm to GEAUXmedic
in, mates
This post was edited on 9/8/15 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 9/8/15 at 10:37 pm to GEAUXmedic
In.
I'm curious to see how similar his show will be to Fallon's as far as trying to get "viral" moments.
I'm curious to see how similar his show will be to Fallon's as far as trying to get "viral" moments.
Posted on 9/8/15 at 10:50 pm to GEAUXmedic
He's like a less talented, less funny Conan, mates
Posted on 9/9/15 at 9:25 am to GEAUXmedic
The Jeb interview was good. You can tell Colbert was much more comfortable doing that, for obvious reasons.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 12:38 pm to GEAUXmedic
It's his first show, they will be testing things out over the next year (hell, it wasn't until 3 years in when Kevin Eubanks was tapped to become the band leader on the Tonight Show). With that said there are some areas of focus that shone through last night.
1. The Clooney interview. This was awkward and clunky. I understand wanting a big name for the first interview, but have something interesting to talk about with them.
2. The Sabra product placement. I liked the idea, really liked it, but the bit went a little too long. Had he left it at the dip cups I think it would have been okay.
3. The monologue. Not bad but not good either. I see great potential once he can get over his jitters (and he was jittery most of the night, it came through when he would mis-speak).
4. Concept vs. Reality. I get what he was trying to do with the "We don't know each other" bit with Clooney, but it was horribly, horribly flat. Why? Because it's best appeal is its concept. It's like Andy Kaufmann trolling his audience by reading Great Gatsby. It sounds great as a concept, but when you actually see it, it sucks. In the late night show genre if the majority of your audience doesn't "get it" quickly, you've failed.
5. The biggest issue I think he has is: who really is Stephen Colbert? Last night we saw quite a bit of Colbert Report's presentation up until the Jeb interview. I felt like this was the first glimpse at the actual person, sans-character. He needs to focus on that.
All-in-all it wasn't bad for a first show. It was definitely above anything Pat Sajak or Carson Daily did.
1. The Clooney interview. This was awkward and clunky. I understand wanting a big name for the first interview, but have something interesting to talk about with them.
2. The Sabra product placement. I liked the idea, really liked it, but the bit went a little too long. Had he left it at the dip cups I think it would have been okay.
3. The monologue. Not bad but not good either. I see great potential once he can get over his jitters (and he was jittery most of the night, it came through when he would mis-speak).
4. Concept vs. Reality. I get what he was trying to do with the "We don't know each other" bit with Clooney, but it was horribly, horribly flat. Why? Because it's best appeal is its concept. It's like Andy Kaufmann trolling his audience by reading Great Gatsby. It sounds great as a concept, but when you actually see it, it sucks. In the late night show genre if the majority of your audience doesn't "get it" quickly, you've failed.
5. The biggest issue I think he has is: who really is Stephen Colbert? Last night we saw quite a bit of Colbert Report's presentation up until the Jeb interview. I felt like this was the first glimpse at the actual person, sans-character. He needs to focus on that.
All-in-all it wasn't bad for a first show. It was definitely above anything Pat Sajak or Carson Daily did.
Posted on 9/9/15 at 10:06 pm to GEAUXmedic
I just watched it. Overall it was funny but it did have some awkward moments. He's more on point when it's political. It really did feel like an episode of Late Night with Letterman episode.
He really does need an announcer and the band needs a little more.....structure
He really does need an announcer and the band needs a little more.....structure
This post was edited on 9/9/15 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 9/19/15 at 11:39 am to GEAUXmedic
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