Fuck yes. Conan IS the best. Bo never lets me down.
@prettyshinyspaghetti8332
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so fucking happy
@guitarsimon1
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the only thing all of humanity can agree on.
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
So sad that almost nobody mentions Craig Ferguson. He is incomparable.
@FanboyFilms
3 жыл бұрын
You know I just watched that new Disney+ short where Loki (voiced by Tom Hiddleston) meets The Simpsons. In the background one of the characters is holding up a sign that says "this is what happens when you let Disney buy both Marvel and Fox." It's poking fun at the corporate giant the way The Simpsons always has, and yet the corporate giant allows it. They're aware of it. They know the public likes to see it. It's like they've monetized our subversion.
@the.real.mose.milburn
3 жыл бұрын
Oh fuck, you're right. If they're willingly playing into our collective view of them as the corporate giant, as you put it, because there's really no downside in continuing to do it, since they know we'll eat it up... God help us.
@FanboyFilms
3 жыл бұрын
@@the.real.mose.milburn I mean some days I just can't be sure this isn't the Matrix. Rebellion is just part of the system of control.
@h4x3l
3 жыл бұрын
@@FanboyFilms The Matrix was a commentary on society in many ways, and what they depicted has basically just intensified. Matrix 4 coming soon! Tickets please...
@alealemartin77
3 жыл бұрын
@@h4x3l another example is the show The Boys. A show about how if Marvel-esque superheroes actually existed in our world they would be corrupted by profit-driven corporations to the point of them becoming depraved and image-obsessed celebrities. Presented by Amazon
@namelessarm6273
3 жыл бұрын
Loki’s not actually voiced by Tom Hiddleston in the simpsons short, he’s voiced by Peter Lontzek which is kinda annoying bc I rly wanted it to be him
@RhysExcel
3 жыл бұрын
It’s a shame that Craig Ferguson never had any real popularity. He was a genius in the late night space. Self aware and hilarious.
@RhysExcel
3 жыл бұрын
@Long Legged Larry the late night host version of Norm Macdonald
@juvedoo99
3 жыл бұрын
Craig Ferguson’s interviews with Robin Williams are legendary.
@Oblitherator28
3 жыл бұрын
@@juvedoo99 Chlamydia, your father's home!
@juvedoo99
3 жыл бұрын
@@Oblitherator28 Haha that bit is hilarious . It’s even funnier that at first it goes over Craig’s head but then he catches on and busts out laughing.
@callmeej8399
3 жыл бұрын
Yep Conan, Craig, and sometimes Letterman were absolute giants!
@anthonyhoang1106
3 жыл бұрын
So this is why Bo sang the lyrics "carpool karaoke" in That Funny Feeling
@rh120000
3 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Fallon is the human equivalent of a laugh track.
@fionnhealy8583
2 жыл бұрын
If a laugh track and a chameleon got together
@tsumuriah2475
3 жыл бұрын
I love that it’s universally agreed on that Conan is the best
@terracottapie
3 жыл бұрын
Conan was always great, but at least it was up for debate about 20-25 years ago. Now all the other hosts suck so horribly that Conan just kept doing his thing without a decline and he became the king by default.
@pigebarn
3 жыл бұрын
Conan is awkward and sometimes quite rude.
@terracottapie
3 жыл бұрын
@@pigebarn His awkwardness is his charm, for me. What's an example of him being rude? I am sure it's happened, being on the air for thirty years, but I don't think of that as his defining trait.
@joshuastein366
3 жыл бұрын
Once Letterman retired that was it - Conan became the best by default
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
Universally agreed.....not really.
@sophielyon5502
7 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I could listen to Bo Burnham scream and rant passionately about actual, literal cornbread, and I would be MORE than content with my life.
@omegawaregaming9412
7 жыл бұрын
Disney Dumby same
@jasperlevien5968
3 жыл бұрын
Sooooo true
@francisdarin614
3 жыл бұрын
Thats a sad life then
@issasecretbuddy
3 жыл бұрын
wouldn't have got the lettuce if i knew it wouldn't fit
@jasperlevien5968
3 жыл бұрын
@@issasecretbuddy wouldnt got half of it
@Evyscreations
3 жыл бұрын
"The press tour is more memorable than the show or movie they're promoting." Nail, meet head.
@theheathbar123
2 жыл бұрын
Well wouldn't it actually be "hammer, meet nail", since we say you hit the nail on the head (meaning the nail's head)? But yours is catchier and I agree. Sorry to be that guy
@BMG19FUNNYDIE
2 жыл бұрын
That is the issue with modern capitalism. The promotion now outweighs the actual product. Its all PR. Words lies bullshit fuck
@gddub
3 жыл бұрын
This has aged insanely well
@TonyHightower
3 жыл бұрын
Conan was great, but I miss Craig Ferguson.
@siddharthssvlogs
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@BentKneefan
3 жыл бұрын
He knew what was up, that is why he hated the job. It is also amazing how good he was given that he hated it.
@joelface
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree.
@petermoore7796
3 жыл бұрын
@@BentKneefan I don't know if it's fair to say he hated it, he was incredible at doing the "non-monolouge" or just rambling to Jeff and the audience. I think he had the same disdain for vapid celebrity culture as letterman and he knew that theres much more important things in life to be a part of . I will forever miss Craig, but his intelligence that set him apart is the reason he didn't stick around
@briankehinde6712
3 жыл бұрын
I think Burnham is one of those rare highly intelligent comedians who makes us think just as much as he makes us laugh; a bona fide talented musician and writer first, who does thinking man's comedy better than nearly everyone on Earth. He could lecture at a university. I would pay to hear him drop science on pop culture like this.
@samfilmkid
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like he said something more important at the beginning: Our culture is all about deconstructing and tearing things down but not replacing them with anything new. It's starting to change but even when someone tries something new and different but it's not PERFECT right away, then people want to tear it down immediately.
@saga685
3 жыл бұрын
He’s so right about the press tours. It’s just manufactured authenticity - every single press tour has at least one “quirky” moment that goes viral, and we’re all told how relatable the celebrity is, then the movie comes out and it’s mediocre at best. Rinse and repeat. I’m so fucking exhausted by it all, especially how insincere it is.
@lartisteautravail
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my Jesus Christ. I have never heard anyone say this about Stephen Colbert and it is exactly how I feel. I have been so afraid to say it because everyone's like "How can you hate Stephen?" It's not hate, but I thought he was too good to sell out. Disappointed.
@elliotunderhill3617
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Admittedly, this was in 2016, before Colbert went 100% overboard with the every-news-story-is-Trump, but Burnham's line about him rings true now more than ever. It's incredibly sad.
@doorsfan173
3 жыл бұрын
I think this is sort of a "who you hang with" thing. Most of my family and some friends loved Colbert and we were all pretty disappointed in the Late Show. It also doesn't help that he and Seth Meyers basically have the same 8-to-13 minute political bits each night for the last however-many years. There were some good KZitem videos a couple of years back basically examining how, at least early into the Trump days, all of these late night hosts were all basically the same show (other than Conan). I don't remember the details but you can probably find them if you do some digging.
@brianvaira486
3 жыл бұрын
Steven was quite funny the first few months of the Late Show. It was kind of a hybrid of the late night format, and his old sense of humor. But his ratings weren't that great, so he just got more bland and safe until anything that was funny and charming about him got snuffed out. It's tragic how far his comedy has fallen, his show is unwatchable nowadays.
@BOBINDUN
3 жыл бұрын
Facts
@rocklee33221
3 жыл бұрын
It might be comedy centrals fault for not allowing him to be the Colbert Report character too. Just sucks
@EyeLean5280
3 жыл бұрын
He said they should give us something better and this summer, Bo Burnham gave us something SO much better.
@tayzk5929
3 жыл бұрын
Meh
@sho3bum
3 жыл бұрын
Conan is the best, nothing beats conan. Sad he is gone
@thecinematicmind
3 жыл бұрын
Only Graham Norton now, the rest is boring as hell, thank goodness for Podcasts.
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, also the people uploading Craig Ferguson. 👍
@Unintended911
3 жыл бұрын
Conan died?
@torn2867
3 жыл бұрын
Did he say he and/or Andy would possibly be doing other stuff? Maybe a podcast or something at least. Time will tell. I'll miss them both if they're out of the spotlight for good.
@DonDeliro
3 жыл бұрын
He is moving to hbo max
@kevdaag2523
3 жыл бұрын
The Colbert Report was a miracle. Best television show and best television performance ever. Given the rate of creativity on that show, it shouldnt have been possible to sustain for ten shows much less the years he kept it going. So as for Colbert, I'd suggest we should all be thankful that show even happened and we got to witness it. Now he does a talk show, just a talk show. He is just himself, and he talks to people who are just themselves. It's exactly what you are doing on this video right now: being interviewed and being yourself.
@ixcalix148
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. Colbert has been doing A+ comedy since even before Strangers With Candy started up in 1999. He was bound to change in some way. We got a solid 15 years of awesome, edgy comedy out of the guy. In the year 2000, there was nobody on television funnier than Colbert on Strangers With Candy, that's my opinion and I'm standing by it. The guy probably wants to play with his kids now and relax and enjoy the finer things. Can't stay edgy forever.
@matthewkosta
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t agree more about Colbert.
@adrianhernandez4227
7 жыл бұрын
Sounds to me like Bo Burnham needs to watch the Eric Andre show. lol.
@wandcamilo3989
3 жыл бұрын
season 1 was the best. it got watered down after that
@maxjones5048
3 жыл бұрын
@@wandcamilo3989 wtf you talking about
@SplendidFellow
3 жыл бұрын
@@wandcamilo3989 Lol, watered down?
@Gsmoovie420
3 жыл бұрын
@@wandcamilo3989 dude literally can’t be watered down. He’s so off the wall nothing compares to him
@TheEvilCheesecake
3 жыл бұрын
@@Gsmoovie420 so why does he make the same show every episode
@contrapasso
3 жыл бұрын
This made me realize that Colbert sold out. Every night he would tear conservatives a new one with excellent satire and now he’s a happy dancing clown who crowd sources insults to use instead of Trump’s name. And I eat it up. He’s unironically interviewing the billionaire who went to space. I’m disappointed.
@BlakeWR81
3 жыл бұрын
It's great that people are realizing it. I have a lot of admiration for Jon Stewart for just walking away from the beast. Colbert was so relevant, a key part of comedic political commentary, and decided to get lazy and become a hack with nothing beyond a Trump joke. Seth Meyers is the exact same way. With Trump out of office people are beginning to see these guys don't offer anything of substance any night they are on.
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, his reaction to Jon Stewart just pointing out the obvious about the origins of covid was so sad to see. He used to be so brave and edgy.
@EastboundAndDowns
3 жыл бұрын
@@BlakeWR81 it's not the host that's the problem; it's the format. I'm not disagreeing with you, hear me out. The "late night show" is antiquated to the days of Johnny Carson, when a celebrity could walk in the room and everyone was automatically enchanted. Our entire culture of entertainment was different, yet we still have the same old show 50 years later because it's safe. I shouldn't be bothered by what Stephen Colbert does with his career, that's his business. However, I do resent that he is so talented, clever, and brilliant, and then chose to do such pigeon-holed, formatted, safe, mainstream CRAP. "Here's a monologue, there's the band, here's the same old lame bit or 'man on the street' gag, here's a comedian, here's a celebrity to shill their latest project, here's a more popular band. Goodnight.". Even Conan O'Brien cannot make that entertaining for me, and I like the guy.
@busylivingnotdying
3 жыл бұрын
@@EastboundAndDowns I think that when guys like Colbert are "discovered" by the major networks as "the next big thing", the networks have to pay a "pretty penny" to hire them. Because of that, TOO MUCH is at stake! In other words: Because of how much he "costs", he has to, DELIVER in order to make many "mid-demographic people" watch (the most boring people on EARTH!) and he has to feed the celebrity feedback loop to generate money for his "owners" Result: safe, repetitive uncontroversial stuff ... One positive thing though: I liked how he got Evie (his wife) to laugh when it was just the two of them, during the pandemic... it seemed to accidentally make the whole thing more genuine and a bit more original ... for a moment there .. !
@mordaciousfilms
3 жыл бұрын
I used to thrive on KZitem and he's right. Viral shit, it's not really homegrown. Used to be random videos of people - now it's corporate sponsored videos backed by production companies, clips from Fallon... It's true. As far as talk shows go - we need another Craig Ferguson-type who can get a fun interview without the formula, or the pandering to tropes.
@NimoClancy
3 жыл бұрын
aye
@susugam3004
3 жыл бұрын
the profit motive sucks all the life out of life
@ExileOnDaytonStreet
3 жыл бұрын
That's where I feel a bit ambivalent about what he's saying about Colbert here. If you're comparing Colbert now to the biting satire of Colbert Report, then yeah that comes off as flaccid and sad. And his political jokes (even when I'm agreeing with his message, which I often am) have become dull and more rant-y. As an interviewer, I'm a bit more ambivalent. Colbert at his best is incredibly smart (more so than anyone else at their best, even Conan), is probably only topped by Ferguson in terms of being thought-provoking, and is clever/witty enough to rival (but probably not overtake) Conan and Ferguson. But give him a guest that isn't at the right caliber, and he can be VERY flat.
@susugam3004
3 жыл бұрын
@@ExileOnDaytonStreet Colbert was braver on Harvey Birdman than he is on late night.
@Nofixdahdress
3 жыл бұрын
@@ExileOnDaytonStreet But Conan and Ferguson elevate their guests to that level. I have literally never seen an interview fall flat on their shows. Its not the guests job to play to the host and give them material to work with, its the host's job to take what the guest gives them and find the way to turn it into a good interview. Colbert is definitely smart, but his range is also very narrow. He has a few guests that click with him, but for most of them he's just going through the motions. Even worse, occasionally he gets guests that are also REALLY smart, but because he can't expand his attitude and style to accommodate them the interview ends up squandered.
@AyeeCamacho
3 жыл бұрын
He's so right about Colbert...
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
Sad but true...his reaction to Jon Stewart endorsing the lab leak hypothesis was one of the saddest things ever.
@slightlycynical1335
3 жыл бұрын
@@thegoatchild3545 he was playing the straight man in that bit.
@TheEvilCheesecake
3 жыл бұрын
@@slightlycynical1335 want to make yourself sad? Imagine five years ago, what either Stewart or Colbert would have to say if they showed that lab leak clip on their old shows.
@juvedoo99
3 жыл бұрын
@@thegoatchild3545 that made me feel disappointed . Seeing Stewart go for a conspiracy . He used to be the guy that called out all the conspiracy nut jobs . I guess old age truly makes us more conservative and apt to be seduced by conspiracies .
@joaped
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheEvilCheesecake you should live by your user name, theres more evidence of the "conspiracy theory" being true then the fucking lies that the chinese goverment have spun to the world. Jon Stewart just used common sense, you should try it, instead of following the media as if they only speak the truth - like a fucking sheep.
@YangBalanceYin
3 жыл бұрын
Christ Pete needed a local mute on his mic.
@micahclawrence
3 жыл бұрын
It's a conversation
@reallychadical
3 жыл бұрын
Strolled through the comments just to find someone pointing out this mega cringe worthy, yes-man host. He sounds just like the people Bo is ranting about.
@colinfrank3155
3 жыл бұрын
I love the props he gives to Conan. Never was a fan of the fake, lukewarm, spoon-fed stuff from Kimmel, Leno, or Fallon.
@TheEvilCheesecake
3 жыл бұрын
But you'll take the same slop when it has the name you like on it?
@sth5033
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheEvilCheesecake i think conan is funnier and has better writing. the celeb interviews seem almost the same, they're a little more personable because i feel like conan lets his guests have some more room to breathe compared to fallon.
@SplendidFellow
3 жыл бұрын
The greatest talk show host of all was Dick Cavett
@ethancoffey3491
3 жыл бұрын
Amen, he actually made interesting conversations
@davidbarrett4586
3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest things on KZitem is clips from his old show.
@MattAndImprov
3 жыл бұрын
Jack Parr, though
@rita89997
3 жыл бұрын
I love hearing Bo Burnham talk about anything, he's always so insightful and smart, and maybe it's because he's more of an "internet person" than other comedians that are usually more oldschool and whose main habitat is in network television and etc, but he never shies away from certain topics that you barely hear being discussed other than on a surface level. I really admire him for that. (Sorry if my English is bad, it's not my first language)
@blibdish
3 жыл бұрын
HEY UR ENGLISH IS GREAT!
@rita89997
3 жыл бұрын
@@blibdish hey thanks!!
@prod.hxrford3896
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah he is incredibly clever and insightful, but he’s kind of uses it to be a cynical asshole. He’s just so vitriolic and extreme with the stuff he says
@DuchessOfDoofus
3 жыл бұрын
What he said about not being able to be discovered in today's landscape hits close. Like we can all agree how much of a genius and genuinely talented Bo is but we probably wouldn't have him if he started a few years later. Makes you wonder how many more incredible amazing geniuses that could make the world a more awesome place will remain undiscovered because of the system.
@primtones
3 жыл бұрын
To be honest, Bo is just a regular guy. A great regular guy, but he's an overachiever. He should not have been world famous under normal circumstances. The bar has to be incredily low to see Bo as a genius.
@reeko169
6 жыл бұрын
Love Bo dropping some Hicks in here! Both my favorite comedians
@davidschmidt5507
3 жыл бұрын
This is such a good thought process
@dlwseattle
3 жыл бұрын
Colber became what he was doing as a parody
@greenplumboi
3 жыл бұрын
The way he talked about KZitem hit hard
@professormancaptain4210
3 жыл бұрын
He's been on you made it weird 3 times, and each of them are probably my favourite Bo conversations. I'm glad he says what he says about colbert being a fall from grace.
@micahclawrence
3 жыл бұрын
Colbert has been reduced, but Fallon is the criminal here.
@crazymusicman13
3 жыл бұрын
damn Bo has been on YMIW 3x??? I think I only listened to the first one, and that was sort of life changing for me lol. gotta check these other two out. thanks for sharing.
@intheblink
3 жыл бұрын
This was so real. Nice to hear someone telling it like it is. My respect for Bo is growing all the time.
@belot217
3 жыл бұрын
The 1970s SCTV had a magnificent caricature of talk show hosts in the character "Sammy Maudlin", although it's less and less a satire...
@irishmanrants89
5 жыл бұрын
Craig Ferguson
@Peaslepuff
2 жыл бұрын
What he said about how his YT videos would never go viral now is so painfully true and sad.
@samholder196
Жыл бұрын
Norm, on Letterman, said it best: Letterman is in on the joke The studio audience is in on the joke The audience at home is in on the joke The guest IS the joke
@louisrios5546
3 жыл бұрын
"Stupid TV. BE MORE FUNNY!!" -- Homer Simpson
@robynmanna9685
2 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Bo Run his mouth. Seriously. I could listen to him talk About anything all of the time.
@Allagi22
2 жыл бұрын
He's absolutely right. Letterman was great, Fallon is a joke, Colbert on the Colbert Show was fantastic---but his transition to late night host leaves everything to be desired. Such a comedic loss. Conan was and is the best. Conan was smart enough to revamp his show, start a very popular podcast, and continue to innovate and adapt. Kimmel/Colbert/Fallon/Corden are living in the past.
@BMG19FUNNYDIE
2 жыл бұрын
God I miss Letterman. Look up Charles Grodin with his attorney. So simple. Silly.
@nickpagano7134
2 жыл бұрын
Craig Ferguson GOAT
@meowpacino21692
2 жыл бұрын
I remember listening to the whole interview years ago. Pete had a like riff about Seinfeld at a vegan restaurant that offered steak and the tag was “You can’t escape the steak!” or something.
@mockturtlesuppe
3 жыл бұрын
He's absolutely right to "tear down" the Colbert "barn", but I think he's wrong about the "barn" that should have been built instead. I don't think Colbert needed to be a character the rest of his career. The Late Show needed something different than what he's giving it now, but the "caricature of a sycophantic talk show host" schtick would have been a far too limiting. But, like Bo and Pete said, it's harder to build a barn, and it's not like I have any better ideas, so I'm not trying to criticize Bo for the suggestion.
@gigi3843
3 жыл бұрын
i personally think the sycophantic character would be an example of tearing rather than building. to me a late show that offered some good/interesting commentary was craig ferguson's talkshow. instead of being intimidating and pasive aggresive in the way letterman could be, ferguson was nice and empathetic to the guests, acknowledging their nerves or sometimes the fact that it was /work/ for everyone involved. he often wouldn't allow aguest to casually advertise stuff, he would draw attention to the fact it was an advert. he showed seething contempt toward the advertisors and the production company. idk this probably isnt the barn either. but my main point i think is that often if you parody the dominant culture in a resentful way, the most likely result is the dominant culture more prominenty expressing resentment. ... something along those lines
@lukeothedukeo
3 жыл бұрын
@@gigi3843 Ferguson gets overlooked so much. Coincidentally, the only late night host to actually have a barn on set.
@joelface
3 жыл бұрын
@@lukeothedukeo Haha. nice.
@doug12345doug
3 жыл бұрын
A different target set of guests would have been his wheelhouse. He's so broadly intelligent that he could translate any expert - author, scientist, politician, etc. - to the popular audience. He has the potential to revive the Cavett style interview.
@mockturtlesuppe
3 жыл бұрын
@@doug12345doug No joke, before I clicked "read more" on your comment, I thought, "Oh yeah. He could have been like the new Cavett." I think you're right on the money.
@mattswext2
2 жыл бұрын
Colbert actually did a little bit of what Bo is describing with "Covetton House", but then ended up involving Goop in the bit, the very thing it was meant to satire.
@ilikemusic9599
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy right now!!!
@killcure
7 жыл бұрын
So ironic that this interview is with Pete Holmes. He's exactly the type of host that Bo is talking about.
@gigi3843
3 жыл бұрын
i think one thing peter does that goes against the "talk show format" is that he treats his "interviews" as evenhanded conversastions where he does talk about equally as much as his guest and he interrupts them etc.
@dropoffstergaming
3 жыл бұрын
@@gigi3843 Pete’s show had potential, you have to be a fan of his comedic style and sensibility to finally enjoy it, but not once did I ever see him as the Colbert level hypocrite Bo is talking about here.
@phoebe4567
3 жыл бұрын
bo burnham is so unbelievably intelligent.
@zombieowen
3 жыл бұрын
Everything cool gets capitalized. I think that's how every generation feels, or what every generation realizes.
@BMG19FUNNYDIE
2 жыл бұрын
Therein lies the issue with today's society. Anything marketed loses its inherent value. Our own people have marketed themselves! Many without any inherant value to begin with. The world is now run on PR zero substance.
@Gingerm0nster
2 жыл бұрын
Huge sigh of relief when he gave Conan a pass. I first saw Bo doing stand-up on Conan’s TBS show. I’m gonna miss it 😢
@vd2485
3 жыл бұрын
why’s there so many pictures of bo looking out a car
@mtmtmt6850
7 жыл бұрын
hallelujah!
@ethanwright2278
3 жыл бұрын
I think part of the problem's just that celebrities are functionally marketing tools. One of the first things people say when there's a movie is "oh Matt Damon's in it" you know? Like famous actors think people care about them because they're interesting or something, but they're really just a dressed up Mcdonalds hamburger.
@ScottLAnderson92
3 жыл бұрын
I put this on to hope to hear conan would get a good shout 🥰
@TheBella2u
2 жыл бұрын
More Bo!
@maitri5265
3 жыл бұрын
Totally understand why Conan is the best. Not only because he is an incredible comedian/host and writer, but also he can find diverse materials for his show in all around, anywhere. From those cultural appropriate remotes, to sketches/ interviews shedding lights on celebrities, animals, his employees, tributes/ promotes people done good work (I almost cried when he tributed Letterman). I find some other talk show hosts funny witty, engaging with audience and rather proper than others (that are turning to the "amusement parks/circuses"), i.e Craig F., Graham Norton, the new face Trevor Noah,... But they have not gotten a range as diverse and consistently entertaining. Also, if you know the fued between him and Jay Leno, his work ethics and how he treats colleagues and staffs in the bussiness are admirable. Yeah, and Colbert, I thought I was the only one to think that. And sometimes he comes out a bit of "cocky" with his guests, idk, to bring some rivalry to the table? Like flex them with knowledge but not really focus with what the guest thinking and bringing to his show.
@starry_lis
3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for Craig Ferguson to come up
@matsuda1994
3 жыл бұрын
Channelling David Foster Wallace
@tomparker8282
3 жыл бұрын
lmao he really went off
@Scafutz
7 жыл бұрын
I totally understand what he means with Colbert. I would much rather have him doing the character than on a late show. But the status of the country presently does not allow for that kind of character. The Republicans are already a parody of themselves. What more could he do, ya know? I also enjoy the way he puts a lighter spin a some really heavy stuff that is happening recently. Again, prefer the character, it's just not what at least I need right now, can't speak for others
@seanmatthewking
3 жыл бұрын
Colbert sucks and has sucked ever since the character stopped. I don’t blame him for being done with it, but he’s somehow just completely uninteresting otherwise.
@frostychickenprods
3 жыл бұрын
MYbe this episode aired before colbett hit his stride mocking Trump when he was finding his voice
@billycostigan1247
3 жыл бұрын
@@frostychickenprods yeah but even that sucked. Trump being trump was a joke. And his trump jokes were so goddamn bad too. He got bigger hits bc people are idiots, but its still a part of that pig pile
@ktmtxt
3 жыл бұрын
This is a Craig Ferguson stan comment.
@kylewiley1993
6 жыл бұрын
I hope Colbert has seen this or will see this. I like Colbert a lot, but Bo is right.
@bencarlson4300
3 жыл бұрын
It sucks when talented people go mainstream and leave behind what made them unique in the first place.
@mikko.jokipii
3 жыл бұрын
You also have to remember that Colbert was lost with the show in 2016. It took him a while to find a better way to make it work. Not as good as Colbert Report, but better.
@alphatrion4365
3 жыл бұрын
@@mikko.jokipii no....his show is horrible. I would rather watch Kimmel or Fallon and I'm not watching that crap either. Conan and Ferguson were the best and now we all we have is sterile crap.
@mikko.jokipii
3 жыл бұрын
@@alphatrion4365 you can have that opinion and you are entitled to that. But my point was the fact that Colbert's "formula" wasn't at all finished back in 2016. What I was trying to say was how he flipped it after the election. He had Donald Trump as the first guest in 2016. Or maybe it was 2015? Can't recall.
@blaustein_autor
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I didn't notice the entire time that he was conversing with Pete Holmes here - until I read it in the description. I know Pete Holmes and his charmingly obnoxious laugh - nothing.
@David-vf7if
2 жыл бұрын
Love this. It’s so true.
@dustpan458
7 жыл бұрын
let bo speak hahha damn
@guytor418
3 жыл бұрын
So so true
@dropoffstergaming
3 жыл бұрын
The podcast is You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes if anyone wants to hear more of Bo’s wisdom, #getintoit !!!!
@TheEvilCheesecake
3 жыл бұрын
Is Pete Homes the guy who won't let his really interesting guest talk for more than 30 seconds without trying to steal the mic back? Because I don't want to hear him interview anyone ever again after this clip.
@dropoffstergaming
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheEvilCheesecake I’m sorry I thought podcasts were supposed to be conversations, not monologues. I live both of these comedians but Bo has just as much trouble letting Pete talk as Pete has listening quietly.
@jesmarina
3 жыл бұрын
The Colbert Report WAS truly SO good! And now it's gone - so sad. All for the money I guess?!
@Hoganply
3 жыл бұрын
'It's McDonald's job to make better food'. That's where you lost me, Bo.
@TheEvilCheesecake
3 жыл бұрын
The problem with America is that you'll get a whole angry mob together to protect slop merchants like Mcdonald but you won't lift a finger to make sure your burger chefs can stay healthy enough to show up for work for twelve hours.
@SlippinJimmy4Life
6 жыл бұрын
Eric Andre
@nolanlind1932
3 жыл бұрын
Bo put all of my thoughts and feelings about late night (including Conan and Letterman being the best) into words. This was so damn cathartic
@THX11458
3 жыл бұрын
So true.
@sammerry7706
3 жыл бұрын
I miss ferguson man...
@alexanderashmore
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder what he thinks of Craig Ferguson.
@MarcAquino1095
3 жыл бұрын
Craig ruled, his interviews didn’t always feel like interviews and the bits he’d do with his bisexual robot skeleton Geoff Peterson were legit funny (mainly because they’d never rehearse).
@Hamlet92100
3 жыл бұрын
@@MarcAquino1095 gay robot skeleton. Not bisexual
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
Craigy Ferg rules 4ever and ever!
@FPSBuzz
3 жыл бұрын
Im sure he loves him. Craig was authentic.
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
@@Hamlet92100 A gay robot skeleton who hit on every hot female guest on the show.😁
@jfdd43
3 жыл бұрын
This has both aged badly, and stood the test of time.
@Marklennon
3 жыл бұрын
How has it aged badly?
@jfdd43
3 жыл бұрын
Bo makes a lot of points that are definitely still true. However, unlike 2016, the main trending videos are not late night shows. It was just a very ‘of its time’ comment
@cokecan6169
3 жыл бұрын
@@jfdd43 Tiktok wasn't around yet. But it's kind of the equivalent of the thing he talked about with celebrities. "Oh look someone gorgeous is doing something I do, that's so relatable omg"
@zakariahanbali1006
6 жыл бұрын
There's this satire channel named reactor who did the same shit with viral videos to make the point and it's nuts
@YoYo-gt5iq
3 жыл бұрын
Yes about Colbert
@rynogames6268
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with bo and also love Conan. My only devils advocate response however would be, how do you create something so meaningful and fill an hours worth of content five days a week? Using Bo's food example, you know what you're getting with fast food, you don't go to McDonald's and complain its not 5 star quality. These shows all feel the same way to me. There's a reason John Oliver wins more awards and he only does a fraction of the shows. Time, effort and quality can all go up when you don't have to just pump out 10000 sandwiches a day.
@BMG19FUNNYDIE
2 жыл бұрын
Can totally do it daily with a room full of writers. Its what they arent allowed to say. Anything truly funny is subversive/offensive. NBC is having none of that.
@jedinxf7
3 жыл бұрын
So Bo Burnham wanted the late show with Stephen Colbert to be Primetime with Jimminy Glick?
@donganger4936
3 жыл бұрын
I’d watch that
@jedinxf7
3 жыл бұрын
@@donganger4936 it was already done. he had the grace to recognize that no one should have to play the same character their whole career, but then proceeds to say he should have remained a one trick pony playing a slightly different character in a barely altered context? uncharacteristically weak take from Bo. he's right that Colbert Report Stephen was the best Stephen, and he's right that late show Stephen isn't very funny very often, but the reason has nothing to do with his decision to treat his guests like human beings. he could have been funny while practicing civility by and large, and occasionally sincerity, instead of making the show anothet extended exercise in irony like our civilization is lacking for those.
@jedinxf7
3 жыл бұрын
@@donganger4936 and yes, I'd watch that too lol
@donganger4936
3 жыл бұрын
@@jedinxf7 the Colbert report was wildly entertaining and some of the smartest political satire ever, his late night show is just.. another boring late night show.
@jedinxf7
3 жыл бұрын
@@donganger4936 yup. and we didn't need another one of those. probably what Stephen should have done is more like John Oliver's show. but that exists now
@HarryC312
3 жыл бұрын
“Based Bo”
@TheEvilCheesecake
3 жыл бұрын
based on what?
@uniquechannelnames
2 жыл бұрын
He's so right about Colbert. So, so right.. he was one of the comedic geniuses of the Colbert Report era and no one could crack him. He just destroyed. Then he switched networks, dropped the whole schtick and now occupies some... hum drum talking head? Idk
@agravy7657
3 жыл бұрын
Bo called it 4 years ago
@jimmythethird5514
3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I feel ashamed to be named Jimmy
@jesmarina
3 жыл бұрын
Burnham speaks the truth!
@monkfishmondfinsternis3162
3 жыл бұрын
I hate it all! Actually, i love it, but i hate myself for loving it. Therapy helps
@thegoatchild3545
3 жыл бұрын
Craig Ferguson > all the rest.
@MrBrandybuck1120
3 жыл бұрын
The stuff he's saying about Letterman is so true. Watch any letterman interview. It's great television
@scorpiusdiamond
3 жыл бұрын
What about when he sexually harassed and shamed all those women on live television?
@alizee6722
3 жыл бұрын
@@scorpiusdiamond yeah i used to like him a lot but i find him so cringe now. It's crazy how unaware he is of the power dynamics at play on his own show (especially interviewing young actors/actresses). Conan is way better, much more respectful and less arrogant.
@jedinxf7
3 жыл бұрын
@@alizee6722 yeah cause Conan would never make a long cringey unfunny bit out of his mere proximity to a conventionally attractive woman where he simulates perverted behavior by just actually being a creep. never seen that bit like ten thousand fucking times on Conan. he's a good host but it's the least funny bit he has and committing to it doesn't improve it with repetition.
@themikestmike
3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know who he’s doing this interview with?
@nightorchid5031
3 жыл бұрын
where these images come from-
@xmypantsx
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, I totally feel that Stephen Colbert flip flop into generic blah light night host was totally disappointing to me
@UmarTahir
2 жыл бұрын
2:30
@thatrandomcomment968
3 жыл бұрын
I was not raise in north American pop culture and TV etc, but I agreed completely with Bo is saying here, these late shows are dominating YT and 90% of theme are this empty circus that bo describe.
@quoclam2586
7 жыл бұрын
why the interviewer keep interrupt while he's talking
@Sven051090
6 жыл бұрын
It's called conversation.
@MsJennyLW
3 жыл бұрын
I miss Craig Ferguson…
@rafaelbaerga6468
3 жыл бұрын
Wrong the post office better and cheaper than FedEx
@gavsterdb
3 жыл бұрын
"Jimmy's great" :|
@Lanooski
Жыл бұрын
i agree 1000% which is precisely why i will rally behind the most popular podcasts on earth to fight institutionalized corruption and social engineering
@doshi050050
3 жыл бұрын
Where can I hear the rest of it? What about bill burr
@crycrywolf
3 жыл бұрын
I think this is the you made it weird podcast. It should be on spotify (bo has been on 3 times)
@thisguy8100
3 жыл бұрын
i immedietly want to defend colbert.... but bo hit the nail on the head.... man im bad at spelling
@stephantom8237
3 жыл бұрын
Not the rant I expected. I just think late night talk shows are inherently dull and irritating, always have. I thought most people felt that way, honestly. and that people just occasionally tuned in for a few minutes if a guest they were particularly interested in was going on (and maybe not even then). I guess enough people must watch it for them to continue to be a thing though. But “we remember Jennifer Lawrence singing karaoke in that show more than The Hunger Games” (paraphrasing) - what? If he’s citing an actual media moment, I was never aware of it. But it’s like cable news. It’s just there. This whole world of bright-teethed people in suits making forced banter in front of couches and green screens. The people who watch it just don’t know what else is out there so they let it play. I suspect that maybe Bo as a comedian was more preoccupied with talk show hosts than most people and that he assumed American audiences actually cared about it as much as him? Or maybe I’m the one who’s been out of touch. I think some of my Gen-x coworkers watch this stuff. But have millenials ever cared about any of this? Since like 2006? And Letterman? As an example of an admirable host, who’s doing something good with comedy? Lol what? From what Bo sajd here and from what I can remember from occasionally watching, he was just self important and snide. You really wish Colbert was more like that? Come on. Colbert as nice-dad-host is a letdown after The Colbert Report, obviously, but it’s the best I can ask for from a position like that. Being snide and belittling to the celebrities in your show doesn’t actually send a “hey stop focusing so much on celebrity” message; it just shifts the flavor of the focus from reverence to disproportionate (obsessive) mocking, when really, we should just not give a shit about these people beyond what we’d think about other human beings. I like Bo, this just didn’t resonate with me.
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