Who else saw the refreshing(albeit short-lived) return to adult late-night viewing

[SoCalDem]

I am referring to, of course, Craig Ferguson's homage to Tom Snyder last night.. His one guest..The charming, witty Stephen Fry..

You can even watch it online if you missed it.. (click at the link below)

What a wonderful respite from all the book-hawking , lame singers & even lamer guests..just showing up to push a lame movie:)

They talked about personal stuff, funny stuff, politics..everything.. and the hour flew by..

I wonder if CBS may be ready to resuscitate late night tv for grownups..


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-giltz/whos-the-king-of-late-nit_b_474420.html

Who's The King Of Late Nite? Craig Ferguson
Last night (Tuesday/Wednesday from 12:30 am to 1:30 am), Craig Ferguson delivered another brilliant night of TV by simply doing away with the audience and talking for one hour to one guest. Of course, he loaded the deck by making that guest the endlessly witty, clever, insightful, thoughtful talk show-guest-of-your-dreams Stephen Fry. But still, it was an arresting, wonderful hour akin to the glory days of Dick Cavett when he would just spend a day or two or an entire week talking to someone that fascinated him (and therefore us).

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[Codeine]

1. Easily the finest hour

of late-night television I have ever witnessed.

[SoCalDem]

3. Tom Snyder used to do it EVERY night.. I cried when they canceled him

My youngest son is a night-owl like me and even as a young kid, he loved Tom too..and that kid learned a lot..and knew about people that youngsters his age had never heard of..

Tacky comedy & tired old routines are a dime-a-dozen, but this type of show is special.. I hope he does a show like this at least once a week..or better yet, permanently:)

[frazzled]

5. Fire up a colortini, sit back, relax, and ...

watch the pictures, now, as they fly through the air.

I watched him every night for years and years. I will never forget his interview with Little Richard.

[SoCalDem]

6. Remember the one with Robert Blake? Eerily prescient

Tom was the best interviewer.. he know when to shut up and let the guest ramble..and he knew how to bring the best out in them:) RIP Tom..he's with "Mother" now

[lpbk2713]

10. Same here. I watched without fail.

I remember when he had a lot of fun with Park Overall as a guest.

[Codeine]

7. Was he the fellow who used to have Harlan Ellison on all the time?

I was too young to really appreciate his show, but I'm a huge Ellison fan and now wish I had seen more of those interviews.

[SoCalDem]

11. Yep.. Tom & Harlan were friends..

[Richard Steele]

16. Tom Snyder could have had a pile of dirty socks in the guest chair....

...and he would have managed to pull an hour of great TV
from the discussion, I tellyawhut!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. K&R for Craig

love that man :loveya:

[LoveMyCali]

4. Thanks for the link

I wasn't able to see the whole show last night. I absolutely love Craig Ferguson.

[Dappleganger]

8. I could listen to Stephen Fry forever...

but the two of them together were simply stunning!

[Codeine]

9. Two guys on late-night television

quoting Wordsworth back and forth at each other. How cool was that?

[givemebackmycountry]

12. Craig Ferguson is a special man -

I work late nights, so I'm home and winding down when his show comes on.
There is something about him, I don't know what it is...

He's out there and vulnerable and he's so self effacing - I love him.

He's going to do a stand up show in March in Tampa and I'm thinking I'm there.
I understand his stand up act is everything you would think it would be.

He's one unique personality.

[progressoid]

13. Here's a clip:

http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_late_show/video/?pid=u47K2M_a0P7TL9HJ_V9BGzS29hqldenT&vs=Clips&play=true

Don't think the whole thing is online yet.

[SoCalDem]

14. There's also a link at the article I posted

I hope he does this regularly..:) I love Craig's show..

[madrchsod]

15. tom was one of the best and craig is the pretty dam good too.....

[Common Sense Party]

17. Who is Stephen Fry?

I'm not familiar with him.

It will be interesting to see what the ratings are.

[KG]

24. he and 'House' had a comedy show.

back when Laurie was british.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw

[Common Sense Party]

25. Wow. Good stuff. Too bad we can't get intelligent comedy here.

Here it's all sex and fart jokes.

[Duer 157099]

18. Short-lived? He won't be doing it again?

Awwwwww! Really? I thought it was AWESOME! I love Craig and don't really need the audience there getting in the way (I'm so selfish, lol, I want him alllll to myself!)

[SoCalDem]

20. short-lived as in...only one hour.

I hope he does repeat it, but knowing how the knuckle-heads at tv studios act, they may not let him.. Dave is his boss, so if Dave wants him to branch out, it will happen.. I'd like to see it once a week..at least :)

[Swamp Rat]

19. Stephen Fry

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/495307/Stephen+Fry++Hugh+Laurie.jpg

[BanzaiBonnie]

23. Jeeves and Wooster

Grrrrrrrrrrreat!

[KT2000]

21. Yes - that was good television

I hope he does it again.
I enjoy his monologue riffs too though. Maybe he could alternate formats.

[Swamp Rat]

22. YouTube links:

Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late Show Stephen Fry Intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D31K0PSD7uE

Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late Show Stephen Fry PT1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOHdhOTzI1o

Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late Show Stephen Fry PT2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRj-jRwCneo

Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late Show Stephen Fry PT3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cl6viHZzxM

Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late Show Stephen Fry PT4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY8aYKSYink

Craig Ferguson 2/23/10D Late Late outro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF2rEOKFHrY&feature=related