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MrMallard posted...

I kinda wish late night talk shows had people on who actually wanted to talk about shit. Literally all talk shows are for is advertising movies and music, and the in-between jokes are weak and childish.

You have so many old actors and directors you could bring on to just shoot the shit, and it'd be great. Still advertise your guest's shit, but don't make that the core of the show.

I'm guessing talk shows have to rely on that marketing to make their money. Likewise a lot of guests probably wouldn't bother doing it on their own time. Especially the ones that attract viewers.

Honestly if you're into that sort of stuff I think podcasts are a much better medium. No talk show structure to worry about. No audience to entertain. Just people talking. Although even Conan's podcast these days primarily gets people on to promote things it still at least has most of it as just them talking. Doesn't feel like it's a bunch of producers steering a conversation in the right way.

There's also the actors roundtable on YouTube that has well regarding people just talking.

I think the biggest issue talk shows have is that the internet has made their product rather redundant. We have alternatives that don't rely on such commercialization. We just have to listen to people shill mattresses and ball trimmers for a few minutes.

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Darmik