I especially adored his conversations with his fellow Scots and sympathetic Irish - Billy Connolly, Ewan, Gerard Butler, Kelly MacDonald et al. It was usually him, no matter how dim the interviewee might seem.Īn addict who recognized a drowning woman’s cries for help, he told people to back off Britney Spears. You can find his chats from the “Late Late Show” all over Youtube, and many of these are marvels of quick wit, “performed” flirtation (way over the top, immunizing him from #MeToo, but they probably wouldn’t fly today) and bemused empathy.Īny model or starlet booked on the show had to be prepared for a level of joking around that could either make him, the burlesquing lech, or her look dizzy and foolish. Not as searing and politically astute as Jon Stewart, not the populist cheerleader that Colbert has become, never built for the viral era that Jimmy Fallon and James Corden excel in, he was just good at being funny, flippant and making every interview - even the clunky ones that were never destined to go well - amusing. For my money, Craig Ferguson did the best late night talk show of this millennium.
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