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Have any of you ever been in the audience of a late night talk show?
Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:52 pm
Watching Jimmy Fallon and I was wondering if all the laughter you hear is genuine or if they add it after recording.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:54 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
I was in the audience for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson years ago. It was even funnier in person. Craig is hilarious and was great at warming up the crowd. The whole show, he kept throwing out inside jokes to the audience which anyone watching at home would have been completely lost hearing. It was great.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:54 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
I went to a few Leno shows years ago. From what I can remember, they had the big blinking sign telling you when to cheer. Some laughs are very genuine thou.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:57 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
I went to a Late Night w/Conan taping once. Dikembe Mutombo was the main guest.
At least for Conan the laughs were legit. There was a stand up who did a small set before the show started to help warm the crowd up but that's about the only thing I can think of that you wouldn't have seen on the broadcast episode.
There may have been a light that let us know when to clap for the return from commercial breaks but I can't remember if that was at the taping or if it's something I am recalling from watching movies.
At least for Conan the laughs were legit. There was a stand up who did a small set before the show started to help warm the crowd up but that's about the only thing I can think of that you wouldn't have seen on the broadcast episode.
There may have been a light that let us know when to clap for the return from commercial breaks but I can't remember if that was at the taping or if it's something I am recalling from watching movies.
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:59 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
Saw Conan back when he was with NBC. Probably the hardest I have ever laughed. He had a comedian come out and warm up the crowd, then he comes out and meets everyone and warms them up more. By the time he gets to his monologue everyone is in a good mood and the right mind set and laughing.
This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 5/17/16 at 11:02 pm to Breesus
For those that saw Conan was the warm up guy Jimmy Pardo? I know he does warm up now and I think he did on the NBC show as well.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 11:04 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
Twice actually (back to back days) I sat in the Dog Pound at the Arsenio Hall show and saw the Tonight Show about 2 month's after Jay Leno took over. At that time for Leno you could just show up before the taping and get in, for Arsenio we had tp get there early in the AM to get tickets and come back. They flash "Applause" signs when coming back from commercial but it is a live audience.
Posted on 5/17/16 at 11:05 pm to TIGERSTORM
I don't remember his name. But he ended it with a joke about Conan doing coke like he does every show and Conan came out blowing his nose. It was hilarious.
Conan on NBC was tGOAT
Conan on NBC was tGOAT
Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:13 am to Breesus
I went to Letterman in 2010. I was told by someone who interned there to order tickets months in advance and I did. We had 2nd row aisle seats and were about 10-15 feet from Paul and the band. They were incredible, by far the highlight of the show. They did a cover of Al Green "Let's Stay Together" was off the charts good. They put on a classic Dave bit (Taco Bell Drive Thru) then a warm up comedian came out. I found myself laughing at jokes I'd never even smile at while at home, they had the crowd so jacked and up and energetic it was almost like you were hypnotized to laugh. They had no applause signs and made mentioned that it was a point of pride.
The Ed Sullivan theater is so so much smaller than it looks on tv, i couldn't get over how intimate it was. By the time you get done though you were wiped, all the cheering, and music, plus there were no bathroom breaks and you had to get there like 2hrs in advance. It was like leaving s 3 hr concert.
Funny but I barely remember the content of the interviews of monologue, Hugh Laurie was the guest and some no name actress. Dave also announced that he had gotten married over the weekend and nobody knew of he was serious or not, turned out he was. Every time they went to commercial he would throw off his jacket and go talk to the warm up comedian/Head writer (Bill Sheft). That's the only person he seemed to interact with at all. During the musical act I don't even know if he was on the set, he disappeared.
It was a surreal experience and glad we got to see him before he retired even though he wasn't in his prime anymore. Oh and also to answer the Original Posts question, yes Fallon uses a live audience with applause signs, always has. You can sometimes see it before it goes off when they show crowd shots after a commercial.
The Ed Sullivan theater is so so much smaller than it looks on tv, i couldn't get over how intimate it was. By the time you get done though you were wiped, all the cheering, and music, plus there were no bathroom breaks and you had to get there like 2hrs in advance. It was like leaving s 3 hr concert.
Funny but I barely remember the content of the interviews of monologue, Hugh Laurie was the guest and some no name actress. Dave also announced that he had gotten married over the weekend and nobody knew of he was serious or not, turned out he was. Every time they went to commercial he would throw off his jacket and go talk to the warm up comedian/Head writer (Bill Sheft). That's the only person he seemed to interact with at all. During the musical act I don't even know if he was on the set, he disappeared.
It was a surreal experience and glad we got to see him before he retired even though he wasn't in his prime anymore. Oh and also to answer the Original Posts question, yes Fallon uses a live audience with applause signs, always has. You can sometimes see it before it goes off when they show crowd shots after a commercial.
This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 12:19 am
Posted on 5/18/16 at 1:05 am to RegisteredPharmacist
I went to Politically Incorrect when I visited LA 15 years ago. I forget the combo, but it was something like "A guy in an NBC jacket gave us tickets to see an ABC show filmed in the CBS studios".
I was amazed at how yellow maher looked with the makeup under the lights.
I was amazed at how yellow maher looked with the makeup under the lights.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 1:42 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
I went to see Leno a few years ago. Was one of those things that I was glad that I did but wouldn't do again. I had always wanted to see the Tonight Show live since I grew up in the 80's with Carson so this was a semi-bucket list type deal.
Had to get there early to get a ticket and then wait in line for hours in order to have a decent seat.
Leno talked to the crowd beforehand and gave a little speech which I'm sure he'd done a thousand times before. Then they had a guy come out and warm up the crowd followed by a little dance competition where they pulled people from the crowd.
It was weird seeing the production and being on the other side of the camera. Fallon's studio looks a little more open and the crowd seems more involved. It was also strange to see that there were some Tonight Show groupies who would go through that process every day.
Had to get there early to get a ticket and then wait in line for hours in order to have a decent seat.
Leno talked to the crowd beforehand and gave a little speech which I'm sure he'd done a thousand times before. Then they had a guy come out and warm up the crowd followed by a little dance competition where they pulled people from the crowd.
It was weird seeing the production and being on the other side of the camera. Fallon's studio looks a little more open and the crowd seems more involved. It was also strange to see that there were some Tonight Show groupies who would go through that process every day.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 2:17 pm to Jack Ruby
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I went to Letterman in 2010. I was told by someone who interned there to order tickets months in advance and I did. We had 2nd row aisle seats and were about 10-15 feet from Paul and the band. They were incredible, by far the highlight of the show. They did a cover of Al Green "Let's Stay Together" was off the charts good. They put on a classic Dave bit (Taco Bell Drive Thru) then a warm up comedian came out. I found myself laughing at jokes I'd never even smile at while at home, they had the crowd so jacked and up and energetic it was almost like you were hypnotized to laugh. They had no applause signs and made mentioned that it was a point of pride.
The Ed Sullivan theater is so so much smaller than it looks on tv, i couldn't get over how intimate it was. By the time you get done though you were wiped, all the cheering, and music, plus there were no bathroom breaks and you had to get there like 2hrs in advance. It was like leaving s 3 hr concert.
Funny but I barely remember the content of the interviews of monologue, Hugh Laurie was the guest and some no name actress. Dave also announced that he had gotten married over the weekend and nobody knew of he was serious or not, turned out he was. Every time they went to commercial he would throw off his jacket and go talk to the warm up comedian/Head writer (Bill Sheft). That's the only person he seemed to interact with at all. During the musical act I don't even know if he was on the set, he disappeared.
It was a surreal experience and glad we got to see him before he retired even though he wasn't in his prime anymore. Oh and also to answer the Original Posts question, yes Fallon uses a live audience with applause signs, always has. You can sometimes see it before it goes off when they show crowd shots after a commercial.
I went around 2007, and my experience was exactly like yours. We ordered tickets months in advance, got a call the day before asking us a trivia question about the show (the name of the Hello Deli), and were told to get there early. We were in the second row, middle section on the aisle.
Like you said, Paul and the CBS Orchestra were phenomenal and had the place rocking. However, it was definitely one of those late era "lazy" Letterman performances. I remember that the interns jacked everyone up prior to entering the ES theater (which was jaw-droppingly small), but I the warm up comic wasn't very funny, and Dave wasn't funny at all when he came out and addressed the crowd prior to the show, so that sort of took the air out of the crowd.
During the monologue and some of the pre-guest content, I remember looking over at the sides of the theater where all the interns were standing and one of them looking at me and mouthing "laugh."
I noticed, like you did, that during the breaks, Dave would remove his coat and either walk out of the theater altogether or talk only to his head writer. Jennifer Aniston was the guest and her spot spanned a commercial break, and I remember how weird it was that when they went to break Dave just got up and left without saying a word to her.
Definitely glad we did it, but it'll be our last time to get tickets to a talk show.
This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 5/18/16 at 2:23 pm to kingbob
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Craig is hilarious and was great at warming up the crowd. The whole show, he kept throwing out inside jokes to the audience which anyone watching at home would have been completely lost hearing.
can you give some examples? Sounds cool.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 2:25 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
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Watching Jimmy Fallon and I was wondering if all the laughter you hear is genuine or if they add it after recording.
Probably fake laughter.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 2:48 pm to Freauxzen
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Watching Jimmy Fallon and I was wondering if all the laughter you hear is genuine or if they add it after recording.
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Probably fake laughter.
He was talking about the audience, not Fallon.
We all know that Fallon's laugh is fake.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 2:52 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
Yeah, in the early 90's.
As what everyone else is saying happened, they have not only big blinking signs telling you to laugh, they have some crazy yelling dude who is like the hype-man...sort of cheerleader and he's running around in the front back and forth trying to pump up the crowd and really put effort into our fake laughs.
We also went to sitcoms in LA because they paid you $10 and that was beer money for us back then.
Every show does the same thing...and it's contagious, you are in this weird setting and once most people laugh, everyone just sort of does it. It's not really real. You're getting paid.
As what everyone else is saying happened, they have not only big blinking signs telling you to laugh, they have some crazy yelling dude who is like the hype-man...sort of cheerleader and he's running around in the front back and forth trying to pump up the crowd and really put effort into our fake laughs.
We also went to sitcoms in LA because they paid you $10 and that was beer money for us back then.
Every show does the same thing...and it's contagious, you are in this weird setting and once most people laugh, everyone just sort of does it. It's not really real. You're getting paid.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 3:02 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Seen Fallon and Letterman
Maroon 5 was the musical guest back when they still played rock and roll, and they were phenomenal. I absolutely loved Letterman as a kid and it was a dream seeing him. Looking back, meeting Rupert G at the Hello Deli was probably more fun. Letterman got so lazy, he wasn't very good, and the show was lackluster.
Fallon was like going on a drug binge for 2 hours. Stand-up prior to the show as good, and Fallon ran through the crowd twice. The crowd was amped and went ape shite most of the show. Jeff Daniels announced the new Dumb and Dumber that night and I booed and almost got ejected.
Maroon 5 was the musical guest back when they still played rock and roll, and they were phenomenal. I absolutely loved Letterman as a kid and it was a dream seeing him. Looking back, meeting Rupert G at the Hello Deli was probably more fun. Letterman got so lazy, he wasn't very good, and the show was lackluster.
Fallon was like going on a drug binge for 2 hours. Stand-up prior to the show as good, and Fallon ran through the crowd twice. The crowd was amped and went ape shite most of the show. Jeff Daniels announced the new Dumb and Dumber that night and I booed and almost got ejected.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 5:19 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
Johnny Carson in the 70's. There was an applause sign but they did not add canned laughter. Mostly what I remember was Shelley Winters being an attention whore and pissing everyone off.
cool - I found it:
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Holy crap. I didn't even remember Shelly Winters pouring the drink over Oliver Reed's head. Just her being a stupid count.
cool - I found it:
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Holy crap. I didn't even remember Shelly Winters pouring the drink over Oliver Reed's head. Just her being a stupid count.
This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 5/18/16 at 6:16 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
Got to go to Camp Victory to see The Colbert Report when he came to Iraq, really funny. A couple of his writers did stand up before the show and were hilarious.
Posted on 5/18/16 at 8:27 pm to Lakeboy7
This is by far one of the most interesting and insightful threads I have read on this board in awhile. It's really interesting to hear the experiences of people who have been to, what I consider, a rare event for most Americans.
Interested in some more Fallon experiences if there are any out there. He seems to be far and away the most popular late night host ATM
Interested in some more Fallon experiences if there are any out there. He seems to be far and away the most popular late night host ATM
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