I have watched Seth Meyers on Late Night since he took over the time slot.
His monologue was awkward, and the producers wisely ditched it a couple of months ago.
But his interview skills put most of his competitors to shame.
Case in point: his recent sitdown with Ellen Page.
Page was on the program to promote her movie Freeheld, the true story of a dying woman’s fight to leave her pension benefits to her lesbian partner.
Page was focused and somber; you could see her talking points reflected in her eyes. Seth was respectful of the film’s subject matter, but injected humor at just the right beats.
Jimmy Fallon? Take a look and take a lesson.
This is how you do it.
My apologies
Mr. Colbert:
I am so sorry.
More than once in the months that predated your debut on The Late Show on CBS, I questioned you.
Not your talent. Not your comedic prowess or interview chops. Not your deserving the chair.
Instead I wondered if you would add anything unique to the late night landscape.
Without the fake conservative persona that made you legendary, I feared your real personality — so positive and genuine — would bring another version of Jimmy Fallon or James Coburn’s sincerely sunny shtick to late night.
How quickly I was proven wrong.
The educated weirdness that was so much a part of your previous alter ego lives on in your true self, so The Late Show is more complex and more rewarding.
Forgive me for ever doubting you.
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