On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> The charm of the past and current generation of late night hosts is their > acknowledgment of when a joke or bit doesn’t work. Dave was a master of it, > bringing the audience into his own discomfort. Seth gleefully throws a > writer under the bus when a monologue joke falls flat. My big problem with > After Midnight is every joke gets a huge laugh and earns points whether or > not it’s actually funny. > > I think that's why you have to edit ruthlessly on this type of show. I don't think it's a problem that in the final show, most jokes do, rather than don't work. But you should lose a good 50% of what you record. And I'm just not sure you can do that successfully if you're recording only a few hours before broadcast. Of course, if you're smart, you can lean into things that don't work. Reference the fact that nobody in the audience gets it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAL7iv90zHAMGCZAOsTytTi13uOzaj7KHgSQ%3DNutqU4Bw%40mail.gmail.com.
