Conan O'Brien is not funny anymore

Conan is very hit-or-miss, kind of reminds me of present-day SNL.

Leno had the better band (Eubanks actually talked)

Jimmy Fallon is by far the worst host but has BY FAR the best band (seriously, how do you get The Roots as your house band?)

Conan O'Brien is the only talk show host who makes me actually laugh out loud. I guess people have different senses of humor. I think your average joe may not get his humor, so I can see why he might have trouble reaching that audience. Jay Leno is boring and redundant. And I like Conan's band better too. Who doesn't like LaBamba?

I won't get too into the who is funnier debate but I will say... the Twitter Tracker is pure gold!

tommy t wrote:

i like that ferguson guy off the late late show more then any of them now...

he makes me laugh. very relaxed guy; funny, and a natural performer on camera.

Who's funnier is all a matter of personal preference, but it was a mistake on NBC's part to pull Leno and go with Conan. I personally like Conan the best, but his style is not as universal as Leno's and the ratings are showing it.

waaaaaaahay passed my bedtime

Yeah, but this is the funniest thing I ever saw

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

Nice to agree with you on something Sagarin. Do remember that Conan lived in New York where most people (including him FAMOUSLY) walk everywhere, so having a car that lasts that long and no need for something better is understandable. Not everyone is a car guy.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

Conan O'Brien is the only talk show host who makes me actually laugh out loud. I guess people have different senses of humor. I think your average joe may not get his humor, so I can see why he might have trouble reaching that audience. Jay Leno is boring and redundant. And I like Conan's band better too. Who doesn't like LaBamba?

Definitely people have different tastes, and we're all entitled. Someone mentioned Twitter Tracker, and I agree that's a good bit. I also really liked the thing where Conan was made up to look like a completely different guy doing a survey to see if elderly people would like Conan as the host of The Tonight Show. Some of the responses were pretty funny. In general I do like Conan, but I'd actually call him the one that is boring and redundant when comparing him to Leno. His monologue delivery is boring and borders on mechanical, and his self-deprecating humor is constant and just too much. He also doesn't do the interviews as well as Leno did. Conan needs to let the guest do more of the talking...he interrupts too much and not always with gold. When Leno would interrupt a guest to say something, it was ALWAYS worth hearing...not so with Conan. Maybe Conan will get better.

Hopefully Leno will do well at 10 p.m.

Conan was on TMZ driving a new Porshe, not the Taurus, not that I expected him to only drive the taurus but it would have been cool if he did.

For the young one who called someone (Flagpole?) lame for recalling an event from 1995...I'm an elderly 29-year-old who will explain what happened: Hugh Grant was arrested after picking up a prostitute. It was all over the news. At the time, he was in a serious long term relationship with the beautiful Elizabeth Hurley. Leno was his first interview since the event and didn't beat around the bush or talk about Grant's work...the first thing he said, with shock and confusion in his voice, was, "What the hell were you thinking?" It was gutsy and an important moment for the ratings and success of the show. It's been replayed recently.

Stupid discussion.

Late night TV in that format is DEAD and BURIED.

It was great in the 70s but it is meaningless today.

This could quite possibly be the most serious discussion of comedy I've ever seen.

Jay Leno is a completely mediocre middle of the road comic with very limited bits. Thus he is best for appealing to boring no-sense-of-humor Americans.

Off topic, but Max Weinberg is a very boring drummer (read: he's not that good). Just because he's Springstein's drummer doesn't mean he's excellent.

jay leno is pretty funny compared to conan, he does observational comedy by pointing out the retarded shit that happens in the world and putting a spin on it.

Big Dog Pitbull Status wrote:

Off topic, but Max Weinberg is a very boring drummer (read: he's not that good). Just because he's Springstein's drummer doesn't mean he's excellent.

Ok. To each his own. He seems pretty damn good to me.

Arguing over who has a better band? C'mon - they play during the commercials! Unless you attend in person, who cares. Regarding the show, all I know is if I was still awake after the news, I would watch Leno. Now I rarely watch Conan (even though I somewhat enjoy him) and don't make it a point to do so - I would bet that is true for many. Jimmy Fallon....the guy is PAINFUL to watch.

Jimmy Fallon is terrible. I find myself cringing with awkwardness. I know the hosts on these shows read their jokes but Fallon gives he impression he's reading them for the first time and you can also clearly observe that he's reading them. I didn't like him on SNL either.

Conan is not as good presently on the Tonight Show as he was as the Late Night host. I'm not a great Leno fan so that one is probably a wash.

Letterman has his ups and downs and lately I can't watch him either.

Craig Ferguson is the most entertaining currently.