Episode 1: The Host
Bill speaks with legendary hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Dick Cavett, new NBC late night host and star Amber Ruffin, Conan O’Brien’s sidekick Andy Richter and many more to dissect one of TV’s hardest, most challenging jobs – the late night TV host. These individuals aren’t just the stars of the show: they’re writers, directors, and crisis managers. While they are everything from charming to difficult, inspiring to insecure, and even downright eccentric, their genius shines bright when they consistently make it all look so easy – five nights a week, every week!
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this is kinda interesting.
Wow, I’m glad to find the specials over here. Cheers and thank you 🙏.
Know nothing about late night let me listen 👂.
Thank you CNN.
Great podcast… Good memories and a nice change up from all the other coverage. However hosts like The Jimmys, Stephen Colbert & SNL, etc. have been great at helping us laugh at some of the political crap. (Even if certain Presidents cant laugh at themselves) Johnny Carson was the first that I really remember doing the good zingers at politicians with his monologues.💖
Have a great day everyone.
Jimmy Kimmel crying is comedic gold.
Thats Karl Malone in white face. C’mon man!
Trump is a Karen at 75!
@Lee Morton you whould dig it if he’s trans now.
This is brilliant, does anyone know the name of the book on late night he mentioned?
The War For Late Night
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_for_Late_Night
I jumped into the wall in a velcro suit at a fair. It was really fun actually
Thanks for posting this!
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I doubt your really a Trump follower. If you are please have your head examined.
Thank you CNN 😍
When your rating tank, this is what you get.
Thank you CNN!
I remember when Tiny Tim married Miss Vicky
In a 48 minute video talking about only the late night hosts, you forget the current king of late night “John Oliver”? He must’ve really got inside the skin of your business daddy, eh CNN?