I taped the first two episodes and, if you like Ellen DeGeneris, you should like her show.
A mini-Tonight Show format - Ellen comes out and does a short stand-up routine, then a guest inteview, then a musical guest does a song.
Compared to most daytime fare, pretty damned good - if you like Ellen’s brand of humor, which I do.
Anyone else seen it?
I agree. It’s funny, refreshing and frequently surprising. Unfortunately, here in Milwaukee it’s on at 6pm. . . and I don’t get home from work until 6:30pm, so I only get to see the second half of the show. I know, I know. . . I could tape it. But then I’d have to find time to watch. . . and you know how that is!
But here’s to Ellen!!!
I like her standup stuff, but she needs to get over the cancellation of her old show.
Ellen: Your old show wasn’t cancelled because you came out, it was cancelled because it WASN’T FUNNY.
I’ve not seen any evidence that she’s not “over” the cancellation of either of her previous shows. (Yes, she had another sitcom after the original “Ellen” that CBS botched from jumpstreet.) She’s still extremely funny, but moreover, she’s a good interviewer. I’ve been pleasantly surprised, she doesn’t going overboard with the fawning fan thing like some people we could name (Rosie, Caroline and Oprah, are your ears burning?) and she’s got a good rapport with people in general, more Letterman-like than anything.
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Why oh why can’t we have more Ellen and Wayne and less Montel and Ricki and Jenny? Why are those shows still hanging on? Why are we deluged with Dr. Phil and his crap pop psychologizing? Give us celebrities and music and special interest guests! Give us humor! Give us people with personality!
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