But take heart Kilborn fans, he isn't the least funny guy on TV. No, that position resides with Carson Daly.

One of these days i'm going to make a personal list of the most unfunny talk show hosts out of Daly, Kimmel, Kilborn, McEnroe, Brady, Oprah, Pauley, and Danza.

And a list of the funniest talk show hosts from a selectioin of Conan, Leno, Letterman, DeGeneres, Miller, and Dr. Phil.

I watch too much damn TV.

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Originally posted by Radagast One of these days i'm going to make a personal list of the most unfunny talk show hosts out ... and Danza.

Yeah, uhm ... WTF is up with that?

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Originally posted by dj tek conan owns that slot.

w3rd

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Originally posted by Radagast But take heart Kilborn fans, he isn't the least funny guy on TV. No, that position resides with Carson Daly. One of these days i'm going to make a personal list of the most unfunny talk show hosts out of Daly, Kimmel, Kilborn, McEnroe, Brady, Oprah, Pauley, and Danza. And a list of the funniest talk show hosts from a selectioin of Conan, Leno, Letterman, DeGeneres, Miller, and Dr. Phil. I watch too much damn TV.

I'm indifferent about Kilborn. I was just wondering about who was going to be the next host.

I didn't know McEnroe had a show. Damn. Where do I live? Brady made a bad choice by going into talk shows. BAD choice. I don't even know who Danza is.

DeGeneres I didn't know about either. Same goes about Miller, is there any relation to the beer? And about Dr. Phil, I just know Letterman makes fun of this guy and Oprah.

In conclusion, either I'm not watching enough TV or you do watch too much TV. I hope it's the latter.

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Originally posted by dj tek conan owns that slot.

yes

Conan owns late night, even when he's not funny HE'S STILL FUNNY

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Originally posted by ierxium I'm indifferent about Kilborn. I was just wondering about who was going to be the next host. I didn't know McEnroe had a show. Damn. Where do I live? Brady made a bad choice by going into talk shows. BAD choice. I don't even know who Danza is. DeGeneres I didn't know about either. Same goes about Miller, is there any relation to the beer? And about Dr. Phil, I just know Letterman makes fun of this guy and Oprah. In conclusion, either I'm not watching enough TV or you do watch too much TV. I hope it's the latter.

Tony Danza is from the TV series "Who's the boss" and Dennis Miller was an anchorman for "Weekly Update" on the old SNL and more recently he did work on Monday Night Football. Ellen DeGeneres is funnier than I thought once I gave her a chance. Her show is also funny because she doesn't have any musical guests, there's just a black british DJ who plays music for about 30 seconds at the beginning of each show. Dr. Phil can be funny in a southern kind of way when he's not giving bogus advice to people. Yeah, Oprah and Dr. Phil have been made fun of by pretty much every comedy show ever aired in america, heh.

So far as Conan goes, you have to admit that he's got something even if you don't get his humor, I mean he was a writer on both SNL and The Simpsons in their earlier and funnier years.

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Originally posted by Radagast Tony Danza is from the TV series "Who's the boss" and Dennis Miller was an anchorman for "Weekly Update" on the old SNL and more recently he did work on Monday Night Football. Ellen DeGeneres is funnier than I thought once I gave her a chance. Her show is also funny because she doesn't have any musical guests, there's just a black british DJ who plays music for about 30 seconds at the beginning of each show. Dr. Phil can be funny in a southern kind of way when he's not giving bogus advice to people. Yeah, Oprah and Dr. Phil have been made fun of by pretty much every comedy show ever aired in america, heh. So far as Conan goes, you have to admit that he's got something even if you don't get his humor, I mean he was a writer on both SNL and The Simpsons in their earlier and funnier years.

See, I didn't know that. Or most of it. Thanks for info. But maybe it's just me, but I don't get him. I feel as if he's trying too hard to entertain, not all the time though. Maybe it's something personal. Who knows.

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I'll add that there seems to be a stupid trend lately of making talk show hosts out of sitcom stars or sports icons. Danza, Pauley, Daly, McEnroe...they should have stuck to what they are good at imo. Well Daly shouldn't even be on TV but that's a whole different story. Or maybe not.

You might say that a talk show should be a talk show. Meaning that as long as the stars are interviewed, the rest of the show should be secondary. I don't know about you, but hearing what John Travolta's job at the dinery before he made it big isn't the most engrossing thing in the world. I think a talk show is much more interesting and entertaining when the comedy has as much emphasis as the talk. A lot of celebs don't realize this when they come on Conan and the conversation never even mentions their current project. Conan doesn't believe that his show should be simply a huge ad for the stars. It's primarily a comedy show before anything else. Most celebs aren't funny either, they're actors not comedians, and when paired with a host who has no problem having a conversation that would bore a hole through steel things can get sad. Most of my opinion comes from the fact that I don't care a whit about the lives of celebrities or what their current project is, so maybe i'm biased that way. Leno (with his standup and bits such as "Headlines" and "Jaywalking") and Letterman (I actually haven't seen much of him but what I did see was funny) also have nice comedy.

I feel like i've said this all before on these forums...

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To take control of this planet and the human race
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Last edited by Radagast on Sep-22-2004 at 03:01