Late Night Highlights
Late Night with Seth Meyers debuted last night. Overall I felt it was a solid first effort for Seth and his team. Just like last week’s relaunching of The Tonight Show, I recommend watching the entire Late Night episode to get a feel for the show’s atmosphere and flow.
Here are my two cents on stuffs:
I love the set. I wish it wasn’t as brightly lit, but other than that I dig it.
I like the size of the band, and I especially like that the drummer is female. I think female drummers are awesome.
The crowd didn’t seem to get into Seth’s monologue, but I enjoyed it and laughed out loud a few times.
The two comedy segment bits, however, weren’t very good. I wish he had only done one and given more time to his guests.
I’m not a big Amy Poehler fan, but thought she did a nice job.
I’m not a big Joe Biden fan either, but thought he did a fine job too.
I give it:
-Woody
You 100% nailed it on the monologue. I think it was Seth’s delivery — too much like he was reading jokes that someone else wrote for him. Very stiff. Probably nervous as hell. Hopefully in future he will relax and get into the jokes a bit more emotionally.
Too be honest, I think Seth’s delivery will always (or maybe only for a very long time) sound like Seth reading Weekend Update. I thought maybe it was just me hearing that. But that’s what it is on Tuesday’s show too. Think it’s just his delivery.
I kinda like the “embarrassing stories about me” bits. You know, for the people who maybe have never watched SNL and don’t know who he is.
And I feel the exact opposite about both of his first two guests. I feel that way about his Tuesday night guests, though. Not a fan of either.
And part of me thinks “will Tuesday’s show always be ‘who’s going to be on SNL this week?'”