The 2010 Golden Woodys, Part 1
It’s time for the 2010 Awards for Excellence in Late-Night Talk Show Doing, aka, the Golden Woodys. If you’d like to see the complete set of last year’s winners click here for part 1 and here for part 2.
There are eleven award categories. Each category contains three nominees. Nominees are selected and winners are chosen based on my viewing of late night talk show episodes during 2010.
Category: Best Introduction
2009 Winner: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2010 Nominees:
Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
And the award goes to… The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Reason: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’s introduction is still the funniest and most enjoyable intro to watch repeatedly.
Category: Best Set
2009 Winner: The Late Show with David Letterman
2010 Nominees:
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
And the award goes to… Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Reason: The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon set hasn’t changed since 2009, but the creative ways they took advantage of the set for desk, guest and music segments this year makes them the winner.
Category: Best Band
2009 Winner: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2010 Nominees:
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
And the award goes to… Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Reason: There is no question that all three bands are extremely talented. The Roots, however, bring something to late-night that just isn’t matched by any other show.
Category: Best Monologue
2009 Winner: The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
2010 Nominees:
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
And the award goes to… The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Reason: Craig Ferguson shouldn’t be nominated, much less win, in this category. His monologues aren’t the standard eight minutes of jokes and clips. Instead they’re eight minutes of chaos and juvenile stories that never fail to entertain.
Category: Best Sidekick
2009 Winner: The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
2010 Nominees:
The Late Show with David Letterman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien/Conan
And the award goes to… The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Reason: Geoff, the robotic sidekick that only knows a dozen phrases at any one time, is one of the freshest ideas anywhere in late-night. It’s amazing, but I’m still not tired of Craig and Geoff’s “in your pants” arguments.
Stay tuned Thursday for the 2009 Golden Woodys Part II.
Discussion (5) ¬
Totally awesome. I’ve finally found your comic, so I’ve finally found the Golden Woodys. There’s only 2 late night shows I bother with, and that’s Craig Ferguson and Conan O’Brien. It’s a little disappointing that Craig’s show can’t be nominated in the band category… I can’t wait to see what the other categories are. Do you actually send them something if they win?
Thanks DuckAmuck! I’ve actually never thought about sending anything to the winners before. But now that you’ve brought it up, I’ll probably mention it in my twitter feed and ask them if want their awards sent. That would honestly be pretty cool.
You know Craig likes the Twitter. “TweetMails” I think the current phrase is. How great would it be to watch one night and hear him read, “Dear Craig, I write a webcomic about late night talk shows, and this year you’ve won (3) Golden Woodies.” and then he makes a penis joke and we all laugh…