David Letterman to retire, leaves CBS Late Show in 2015

[tyven]

Fallon's physical comedy is what sets him apart from the other late night hosts. Slow Jam the News, History of rap, history of dance, lip sync contests, etc.

Colbert not afraid to do singing/dancing bits so it should be fun.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I am not much of a -late night- show watcher and I only watch when a guest comes on that I really want to see but I watch Colbert every night after TDS. I also feel mixed about seeing him out of his Colbert character and I cant seem to imagine him hosting a talk show that way. I did enjoy seeing him as himself though in the small amount of times that I have. I am certain I will miss his show on Comedy Central so I am but-hurt about that and at the same time, glad that he got a nice promotion. I wonder if anyone will take over his show on Comedy Central. It would be awkward.

[Kaslo]

Fallon's physical comedy is what sets him apart from the other late night hosts. Slow Jam the News, History of rap, history of dance, lip sync contests, etc.

Colbert not afraid to do singing/dancing bits so it should be fun.

Fallon's one big thing for me that I enjoy, is his relationship to his guests. He has had some amazing guest segments. (just look at Zach Morris)

[Plow]

Colbert on CBS will have the same kind of access to special guests as Fallon; he already did it a ton on CC and this will give him way more. That will probably be the most amazing part of his show.

[Kaslo]

Colbert on CBS will have the same kind of access to special guests as Fallon; he already did it a ton on CC and this will give him way more. That will probably be the most amazing part of his show.

I'm talking about how Fallon interacted with them, not his access to them.

But I expect Colbert to be baller so its a non-issue

[Necronus]

I personally have never liked Fallon, especially in his SNL days. The fact that he would always break character and look directly at the camera while laughing during sketches used to make me so angry. I might just be a theatre snob (because honestly my old theatre directors would have slaughtered anyone who did that shit) but I just disliked him from the beginning.

I'm going to completely disagree with you. Those moments are often the funniest. Case in point, hands down the funniest SNL skit I've seen:

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-li...-downer/n11825

[Aksannyi]

Eh, opinions. But yeah, I've just never liked him since then.

[Salodin]

I haven't kept up with this, but Colbert isn't bringing the character? Cause Colbert out of character is a very smooth guy, but too boring to entertain me like Comedy Central does.

[Day]

Letterman/Leno was bitter because Letterman was slotted after Carson on NBC and then NBC didn't give him the job when Carson retired.

Yeah Leno/NBC have always been some bitch ass bitchasses. I just re-watched Letterman's bits on the whole Leno/Conan shit the other day, that stuff was gold.

[Day]

Eh, opinions. But yeah, I've just never liked him since then.

Same, hated that break character shit. I've never gotten over it either.

[Bregor]

I personally have never liked Fallon, especially in his SNL days. The fact that he would always break character and look directly at the camera while laughing during sketches used to make me so angry. I might just be a theatre snob (because honestly my old theatre directors would have slaughtered anyone who did that shit) but I just disliked him from the beginning.

Totally agree. I had to hand it to Fallon because he began The Tonight Show with two fucking awesome bits:



and



He feels pretty comfortable and he's got smart and funny writers. He still irritates me with some of the stuff he does in the monologue and in interviews, and I'm pretty sure that's left over from my SNL hatred. But I still have to give him credit. (I mean, he had like three years to hold some killer bits for the beginning of The Tonight Show, after all.)

But the bottom line is Stephen Colbert is fucking awesome, character or no, and I'll watch the shit out of his show.

[Boyiee]

uh, Colbert is ridiculously talented, more so than Fallon I would say

Maybe you misunderstand what I mean by talented, Fallon is far superior in the singing dancing and music playing department.

[Ksandra]

I actually don't mind fallon. I have watched a few of his shows and they aren't too bad. The breaking character bit always made me laugh, but then I used to watch the Carol Bernette Show religiously and it was pretty much Tim Conway's goal to make Harvey Korman laugh every time.

[Day]

Here's the thing and I feel Askyanni cause I was a theater nerd myself. If the break is unplanned on a live show, like the very very rare Will Ferrell break, then yeah it can be hilarious. If you use it as a crutch and gimmick to get a laugh every. single. time. you are on screen it comes off cheap, and just shitty. Like I see right through it and it's annoying to the 100th power.

I have a friend that is begging me to watch his tonight show and I just can't do it. I'm sure he's better, and has some good bits, but he forever ruined himself for me. Not that he cares I'm sure, but at least I know I'm not alone.

[Boyiee]

I don't think fallons monologues are as strong as the other late night hosts. The skits he does are entertaining for sure though, like charades with Bradley Cooper.

[Mistress Stowastiq]

I haven't kept up with this, but Colbert isn't bringing the character? Cause Colbert out of character is a very smooth guy, but too boring to entertain me like Comedy Central does.

I don't know how the brand and merchandise thing crosses over with both networks so I am uncertain whether or not he can do little segments in his Colbert Report character but it would be cool if he could.

[Titanss]

Here's the thing and I feel Askyanni cause I was a theater nerd myself. If the break is unplanned on a live show, like the very very rare Will Ferrell break, then yeah it can be hilarious. If you use it as a crutch and gimmick to get a laugh every. single. time. you are on screen it comes off cheap, and just shitty. Like I see right through it and it's annoying to the 100th power.

I have a friend that is begging me to watch his tonight show and I just can't do it. I'm sure he's better, and has some good bits, but he forever ruined himself for me. Not that he cares I'm sure, but at least I know I'm not alone.

yes he goes overboard with it but and i actually thinks he does it on purpose for laughs. he makes me laugh way more when he stays in character, and the debbie downer skit was all whatshername breaking character. he laughed less than the rest

[Titanss]

actually i havent even seen the new tonight show when i had direct i always watched kimmel anyway how is it?

[Koul]

Here's the thing and I feel Askyanni cause I was a theater nerd myself. If the break is unplanned on a live show, like the very very rare Will Ferrell break, then yeah it can be hilarious. If you use it as a crutch and gimmick to get a laugh every. single. time. you are on screen it comes off cheap, and just shitty. Like I see right through it and it's annoying to the 100th power.

I have a friend that is begging me to watch his tonight show and I just can't do it. I'm sure he's better, and has some good bits, but he forever ruined himself for me. Not that he cares I'm sure, but at least I know I'm not alone.

this is how I feel about Fallon. It wasn't just a few skits here and there or trying to make other cast members break, he was just terrible at freaking holding it together in every single skit he ever did on SNL. Look at the Debbie Downer skit, he instantly breaks.

I have hope that Colbert will be good but I guess I'm just used to his persona. I'll haveta see how he turns out and I'm sure the writing will be great

[Plow]

Maybe you misunderstand what I mean by talented, Fallon is far superior in the singing dancing and music playing department.