Colbert to succeed Letterman

[Gulo Blue]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/a...t-to-succeed-letterman-on-late-show.html?_r=0

I see this as a potential big win, depending on what we get from this:

Mr. Colbert said he will not stay in character when he takes over “Late Show".

I wonder how he'll be without his character.

 

[Gulo Blue]

On 2nd thought, CBS will be a pair of handcuffs. We won't see the Superpac filings and appearances before Congress anymore.

 

[Mitchrapp]

So is he retired in 2015 or at the end of 2015.

 

[Michchamp]

phew. at least we still have 8 months of the Colbert Report to look forward to.

coworker said it's too bad John Oliver signed on with HBO because he would've been pretty good as Colbert's replacement.

he will obviously have to tone things down for CBS. that's too bad. but maybe in the larger scheme it will be cool. I don't know. I feel like Letterman's audience was always more hip than Leno's (who were not hip at all).

 

[Mitchrapp]

I don't get much chance to watch Letterman but thankfully they didn't go with Ferguson.

 

[Michchamp]

supposedly Ferguson had a clause in his contract that if he didn't get to be Letterman's replacement, he gets $8 million from CBS.

 

[Mitchrapp]

supposedly Ferguson had a clause in his contract that if he didn't get to be Letterman's replacement, he gets $8 million from CBS.

So they went with Colbert and was willing to pay 8m to Ferguson. 8m probably means little to them but I get an idea of what they think of Furguson.

 

[tinselwolverine]

So they went with Colbert and was willing to pay 8m to Ferguson. 8m probably means little to them but I get an idea of what they think of Furguson.

Nobody wants to see a fuckin' Brit in that time slot.

 

[Mitchrapp]

True enough. But I'm curious did they think that much of him to hire him with that clause? I mean who the fuck is he..so he was on the Drew Carey show, whoop dee doo.

 

[tinselwolverine]

True enough. But I'm curious did they think that much of him to hire him with that clause? I mean who the fuck is he..so he was on the Drew Carey show, whoop dee doo.

I'm seeing reports of the $8 million on various sources, but I'm not seeing any of the details.

I imagine the payment would bind Ferguson contractually to the gig he currently has, and was probably put in effect to bind him to that slot up to now.

Yeah, Ferguson wasn't that well known before he got the Late Late Show, but he's been there for a while and I think he's pretty well known for that now. He probably generates good revenues for CBS in that time slot like Conan and Jimmy Fallon did (and Letterman before them, obviously) did for NBC.

Come to think of it, I don't even know who replaced Fallon, or if that show is still on.

 

[Thumb]

I'm seeing reports of the $8 million on various sources, but I'm not seeing any of the details.

I imagine the payment would bind Ferguson contractually to the gig he currently has, and was probably put in effect to bind him to that slot up to now.

Yeah, Ferguson wasn't that well known before he got the Late Late Show, but he's been there for a while and I think he's pretty well known for that now. He probably generates good revenues for CBS in that time slot like Conan and Jimmy Fallon did (and Letterman before them, obviously) did for NBC.

Come to think of it, I don't even know who replaced Fallon, or if that show is still on.

Seth Meyers, the same guy who replaced Fallon on SNL's Weekend Update.

 

[Michchamp]

True enough. But I'm curious did they think that much of him to hire him with that clause? I mean who the fuck is he..so he was on the Drew Carey show, whoop dee doo.

It does seem a little odd.

I'm guessing they hoped he would work out better for them and be a shoe-in at the late show when Dave retired, but I don't know if offering him the payment in that way provided the right incentives for him to work at it.

it may also be that $8 million is not a lot for a rich TV network; the executive negotiating it said "fine whatever, get the deal done, I'm on a jet to my weekend house in St. Croix and don't give a shit anymore" ... in which case, good for Ferguson & his attorney.

 

[Thumb]

And Letterman was always cooler than Leno. Leno was a real dick really, Johnny Carson despised him, or so the rumor goes. And he whined and jumped on NBC executives when he saw Conan did not get the ratings he did (loss of the geriatric crowd) and they gave him the show back.

Letterman has had some awesome moments on his show, Crispin Glover (Marty McFly's dad in BTtF) had some weird meltdown there, Madonna practically begged him to screw her, and this gem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmuROG1fNY

 

[Michchamp]

yeah, David Letterman has always been pretty awesome. I should write him a letter.

 

[Monster]

The real question is, will he go to the actual pronunciation of his name or keep it as "Coal-bear"?

 

[Michchamp]

The real question is, will he go to the actual pronunciation of his name or keep it as "Coal-bear"?

Probably goes with "coal-bear" since that's how most people would pronounce it now. I thought that was the actual pronunciation, but according to wiki, he's mostly Irish on both sides, and it is "Coal-bert" ... all his family pronounces it that way

I watched his show last night, and all he said about it was in his intro... he praised Letterman for a couple minutes, and then deadpanned: "I feel bad for whoever they try to stick in there to replace him."

 

[Gulo Blue]

Not sure.

I watched his show last night, and all he said about it was in his intro... he praised Letterman for a couple minutes, and then deadpanned: "I feel bad for whoever they try to stick in there to replace him."

I think going subtle was the right move since he followed it up with a clip of Bill O'Reily picking on his 1 million viewers and mentioning the #CancelColbert thing.

 

[Michchamp]

I think going subtle was the right move since he followed it up with a clip of Bill O'Reily picking on his 1 million viewers and mentioning the #CancelColbert thing.

I must've missed that. I was falling in and out of sleep. The last bit I remember was his thing about being a spokesperson for that fake drug company that basically just got people loaded to cure depression.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Probably goes with "coal-bear" since that's how most people would pronounce it now. I thought that was the actual pronunciation, but according to wiki, he's mostly Irish on both sides, and it is "Coal-bert" ... all his family pronounces it that way

I watched his show last night, and all he said about it was in his intro... he praised Letterman for a couple minutes, and then deadpanned: "I feel bad for whoever they try to stick in there to replace him."

When his sister ran for Congress, how was her name pronounced?

That's probably the real pronunciation.

 

[Gulo Blue]

When his sister ran for Congress, how was her name pronounced?

That's probably the real pronunciation.

Some people *cough* *Joe Theismann* *cough* will pronounce their name differently if they think it'll get them a few more votes.