Thoughts While Watching The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Finale Week

I don't care what anyone says - I enjoyed the middle years of his tenure (the puppets, the crappy studio, etc) and if you've been watching it long enough, you can tell that he's really been phoning it in the last few years. I can't be the only one who found the later years a little meh.

• It was bittersweet when they finally brought on Josh Robert Thompson in the cold open of the penultimate show for his moment of recognition outside of Geoff Petersen and all those other voices, and how much they kept flashing back to his mother in the audience. 
• So much for my All Scots week/day/appearances theory/guess/hope. Oh well.
• Pretaped song segment. Okay. It's just about every guest he had on in the last few months.
• They finally got Bone Patrol on! Was I the only one thinking that one of those drummers was Craig? 
• I think they spent what's left of their "budget" on the choir, drummers and Steve Jones. 
• Man looks good standing on his desk. 
• Figured that when Newhart was "unmasked" as Secretariat that some reference to his work would be made: it had the same "twist" ending as one of Newhart's shows - that his entire Late Late Show tenure was a 10 year dream, with him and Drew Carey as their Drew Carey Show roles, Mr Wick and Drew Carey.

It's been a fun ride. I miss it already, but I also can't wait to see the guest hosting (before James Corden comes on March)...

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Things on TV to say goodbye to before/in 2015

I know it's a little early because it's still August, but if people start brainstorming the year's best of lists ahead of time, why can't I? It's a mix of things on TV that will definitely be gone as we get into 2015. 

1. The current incarnation of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as we know it.
2. "Stephen Colbert" and The Colbert Report 
3. The Late Show with David Letterman
4. Let's face it, this next season of The Mentalist is probably going to be the last season.
5. I'll be darned if Franklin & Bash makes it another season. (That's for another blog post)
6. I'll also be darned if Fred Armisen is still The 8G Band's band leader on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
7. Mad Men
8. True Blood

What else am I missing? Let me know... 

Thoughts while watching Late Night with Seth Meyers

I had been curious excited about Seth Meyers taking over Late Night since it was announced. Well okay, maybe it might have something to do with how he's easier on the eye (for me) than Fallon. Damn those dimples.

Tried not to watch too many sneak peak videos beforehand, but yes, I did know that Fred Armisen would be his in-house band leader. Talk about SNL nepotism. 

• The Thank You Notes cold open was an appropriate reference (and deference) to Fallon and his Late Night reign.  
• I could get used to the logo and title sequence.
• Was it just me, or was he a little shouty during the erm, monologue? Weekend Update shouty. The jokes were still funny, don't get me wrong. Love the anecdote about his wife. 
• Well, someone made do without curtains. Rice paper sliding doors, really? At least it's a change from velvet curtains or faux city view... just saying. 
• Is it just me, or is his desk and guest chairs are a bit erm, small? Maybe I'm used to seeing plusher chairs on the other shows. After years of not seeing his feet on SNL, you can now see them with the new desk, haha. 
• The humour bits (Venn diagram and Costas Vision) was a little meh. 
• Them getting the vice president was not a bad.. 
• Didn't know the desk figurine was that of Stefon.. (Really?!)

Sucker that I am for dimples, will keep watching. Will you?

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Finally got round to caring about the NBC late night shuffle: apparently Leno's quitting The Tonight Show (for good this time?), with Fallon taking over, which might mean that the show would go to New York so Fallon and his crew don't have to move across the country and SNL's Seth Meyers is taking over Late Night. All that happening next February. I think I got it straight, yes?

I haven't been watching The Tonight Show all that much ever since Late Night took over on CNBC on weekends. But whenever I do get to watch episodes on TV, I only watch for some of the easier to digest segments like Thank You Notes and the monologue. I really don't care for the audience participation made up game shows which quite frankly, make little sense to me. I think regular viewing of The Late Late Show has spoilt me rotten for other shows.

Seth Meyers holds up the Weekend Update desk alright (but I find the guests they bring on annoying), but the Late Night desk? I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see.

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