Conan or Jay? Who do you like?

[bishopstrt]

I think they both suck. Out of all the comedians in the world is this the best the networks can do? (Although that Triumph dog is pretty consistently hilarious.)

[morgan180]

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Leno sucks.

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[djj6835]

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I think they both suck. Out of all the comedians in the world is this the best the networks can do? (Although that Triumph dog is pretty consistently hilarious.)

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I honestly think the networks would be hard pressed to find a better talk show host than Conan. He's hilarious, not just his prepared material, but his off the cuff humor is what makes the show great.

[lucas9000]

awesome avatar and location.

[JayLear]

Since Letterman and "none of the above" are options on this poll, I have to go with Conan. I'm not exactly the leader of his fan club, but I do find him entertaining. However, being funnier than Leno is kind of like being the tallest building in Dubuque, IA. He is a ponderous butt-kissing slug with zero interview skills and absolutely no original thoughts.

Other than that, he's fine.

[wayabvpar]

Of the late night hosts I have had the pleasure (or the misfortune) to see, my list would look something like this (in order of quality)-

Johnny Carson (far and away the leader)
David Letterman
Conan O'Brien
Colin Quinn (more for the show as a whole than his hosting abilities)
Jimmy Kimmell
Craig Kilborn
Jay Leno
Tom Snyder
Chevy Chase
Arsenio Hall
Pat Sajak
Magic Johnson (just a [censored] trainwreck)

I haven't seen Adam Carrolla's show yet, but I would guess he would definitely make my top 5. That man is a comic genius.

[PairTheBoard]

Letterman in his prime made me laugh more than anybody. Carson just didn't make me laugh that much. Leno made me laugh with his monologue when he was Carson's Monday Night replacement but for some reason when Leno took over the show his monologues didn't make me laugh much anymore. Without a funny monologue Leno doesn't have much. The highlight of his interview skills seems to be stepping on the guests' punchlines. Letterman's strength has become his interviews, although all the talk about kids is getting tiresome. For the most part though, I think the Letterman interviews are the best on television these days.

I have tried getting into Conan's humor with his early shows and again recently with all the buzz about him. I just don't like the humor. It's like, lets see how outrageous and annoying we can be just for the sake of being outrageous and annoying. It doesn't make me laugh. There's no wit to it. It's witlessly annoying attention grabbing stuff that just makes me want to turn the channel. If he goes to 11:30 I'll check him out again but I'd rather see some new yet to be discovered comic genious come along for the show.

PairTheBoard

[Gallopin Gael]

John Stewart

[mike4bmp]

Is Conan really taking Jay's spot in 2009?!
Interesting...tough shoes to fill in my opinion. I feel that some of Conan's jokes are a little sophomoric..but he might be able to do the job. I'm sorry I am more partial to Leno...although between Leno and Letterman I am definitely a Letterman fan.

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Of the late night hosts I have had the pleasure (or the misfortune) to see, my list would look something like this (in order of quality)-

Johnny Carson (far and away the leader)
David Letterman
Conan O'Brien
Colin Quinn (more for the show as a whole than his hosting abilities)
Jimmy Kimmell
Craig Kilborn
Jay Leno
Tom Snyder
Chevy Chase
Arsenio Hall
Pat Sajak
Magic Johnson (just a [censored] trainwreck)

I haven't seen Adam Carrolla's show yet, but I would guess he would definitely make my top 5. That man is a comic genius.

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Thanks for mentionongTom Snyder who I happened to enjoy watching. I was wondering if anybody on here was old enough to have seen him.

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