Harvey was great also, though not pompous nor douchy, just cranky.
I really enjoyed his interviews with James Garner.
I loved Craig Ferguson’s show, especially after he had Geoffrey Peterson’s “wise-ass” chip activated.
Right here. This is what I came to post, word for word. Conan’s Sirius/XM channel is my current fav. His podcast is great.
Agree 100%. The only time I shift to another channel is if I’ve already heard the segment 2 or 3 times, and sometimes not even then.
It’s not exactly a late night show, but I enjoyed the episodes I saw of Conan O’Brien’s Conan Without Borders, in which he travels to another country. meets local people and sees the country. The last one was in Ghana accompanied by Sam Richardson (an American actor whose mother was from Ghana).
Whatever happened to him making this show for HBO Max?
I agree with these two. Also, people used to come on Carson just for fun, not just to push their lasted work.
I’d rate them, in order:
Johnny Carson
Early David Letterman
Conan O’Brien
Dick Cavett
Craig Fergusen
Late David Letterman
Greg Gutfeld
Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel
Watching my laundry cycle
Steven Colbert
Somewhat related question…is The Chevy Chase Show that aired in 1993 still considered to be the absolute worst attempt at a late night talk show or have been there worst attempts since then?
I only watched one or two episodes of it back then. I was 15 and thought it was adequate. I guess it really was just poorly received.
Certainly Magic Johnson’s show had to be worse.
I don’t think even Chevy stole that distinction from the disastrous Jerry Lewis Show in 1963 which cost ABC $12.5 million for 13 episodes before being canceled.
In addition to Magic Johnson’s flop, Pat Sajack surely deserves a mention.
Here’s something from the “feud” - a video from Sarah Silverman, who was dating Jimmy Kimmel at the time.
