Re: MICK on David Letterman
Date: July 19, 2008 12:47
Can't stand the format of these U.S. chat shows myself, as in Carson/Leno & Letterman. In the U.K. we've now got our version of this crap (in my humble opinion - not necessarily a view shared by others of course) format, in the form of Jonathan Ross on Fridays. The bit that I object to is too much spotlight on the host and precious too little on the guest. If you're gonna interview someone, f***ing get on with it and interview them for heavens' sakes, don't stand there and drone on and on with largely meaningless (and all too often not even remotely humorous) drivel, written by armies of backstage scriptwriters ... before finally bringing on the interviewee for a scant ten minutes.
And in the case of Jonathan Ross, he's an absolutely appalling interviewer ... to add insult to injury. I will at least credit Leno/letterman with being able to conduct a decent interview when they put their minds to it.
Moan moan mutter mutter rant rage roar ............................... !!