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Older Gen Xers and previous generations see him as the greatest (even though I'm a younger Gen Xer).
I miss his brand. It was comedic, sophisticated, and geared towards a mature/adult crowd.
Letterman was that too but only to a certain extent.
I can appreciate the younger/newer hosts but miss the genre that was The Tonight Show.
And while I think Fallon has a great style (plus he's a fellow Gen Xer so I dig his tastes and cultural references) it would be nice to have an adult late night show alternative.
I miss his brand. It was comedic, sophisticated, and geared towards a mature/adult crowd.
Absolutely. I've watched some clips on the Web and they just don't make shows like that anymore.
Everyone's trying to do a 21C Letterman now, but they can't... Letterman was so (truly) edgy when his show started out, basically coming out of grimy post-70s, post-punk New York. That's just an era that can't be imitated. Like Carson's sophisticated brand of late night entertainment.
The issue may be the format just isn't what it once was due to the technology explosion of the last 15 years. So many alternatives via so many different formats available on demand.
There's a classic 1982 clip of The Tonight Show where Joey Lawrence tells Johnny he has seen the show when he was "up vomiting". LOL. It's priceless. But it illustrates the rarity and thrill of catching The Tonight Show when you were a kid. Here's the clip...
Johnny was gentle. And a real gentleman. I watch him nearly every night now on Antenna TV. It always strikes me how respectful he is of the elderly. He frequently had seniors that did odd jobs or had something unusual about them. For example, the other night, he had on a woman in her 90s who was the second oldest Avon door-to-door sales person. I think she was from Nebraska, his home state. It was delightful watching him interact with her, and in the end, he handed her a $100 bill for about $20 worth of Avon and told her to keep the change.
This new bunch is absolutely awful they way they yell and screech. Especially that hideous Colbert. He actually has the mistaken notion his opinions, especially about political issues, are relevant. At least Fallon and Kimmel stop short of thinking they have something worthy to say. They realize they're comedians. Colbert is just plain nasty and takes himself far too seriously.
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