# Poll: Favorite American Late Night Talk Show Host

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favorite-american-late-night-talk-show-host/572502>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 24, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favorite-american-late-night-talk-show-host/572502 "2011-02-24T21:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favorite-american-late-night-talk-show-host/572502/21 "2011-02-26T13:55:41Z")

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I’d have said Stewart but I’m not sure The Daily Show is quite the same format as a regular talk show.

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favorite-american-late-night-talk-show-host/572502/22 "2011-02-26T17:40:25Z")

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Currently, Craig Ferguson. But the best conversationalist on Anerican TV was Bob Costas on his show Later. He could make people I would normally have no interest in fascinating.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favorite-american-late-night-talk-show-host/572502/23 "2011-02-26T18:11:07Z")

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I think Craig Ferguson is also an excellent conversationalist; he’s much brighter than he would ever admit to, and is an intellectual magpie - curious about and interested in everything, which translates well into talking to strangers.

I’m never quite sure if he’s serious about deconstructing the whole talk show genre thing, but I suspect he is.

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**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favorite-american-late-night-talk-show-host/572502/24 "2011-02-27T02:41:19Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> I think Craig Ferguson is also an excellent conversationalist; he’s much brighter than he would ever admit to, and is an intellectual magpie - curious about and interested in everything, which translates well into talking to strangers.
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> I’m never quite sure if he’s serious about deconstructing the whole talk show genre thing, but I suspect he is.

I love that he is interested in anything. I mean, which of the other talk show hosts would have a philosopher who studies the ethics of moral particularism on his show and then do a dance number to the theme song of Doctor Who? He’s terrific!

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