Re: Repost: Top Ten Ways to Improve the show
- From: Crash 'Strawman' Bandicoot <CSBandicoot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:20:34 -0400
R H Draney wrote:
I've got a few ideas for things that will help the show, but I may not make it
to ten...on the other hand, since I'm making this up as I type, I may just get
on a roll and go past ten...either way, excuse the miscount:
1. If you can't broadcast it live, at least do "fake live"...no starting and
stopping the tape or editing out stuff that didn't work before airtime...if a
bit dies, let's just have fun watching it die....
2. Regular visitors...Rupert doesn't count, nor do all the crew members who
have been roped into becoming performers...not that long ago, we could count on
Tony Randall or Regis popping up at almost any moment....
3. Feature the band more, and that means the *whole* band doing *whole*
songs...Carson used to do a musical segment with his own band three or four
times a year, and I *know* we've got buckets of talent just standing around
waiting for commercials...I want to hear Felicia sing a whole song....
4. For that matter, I want to hear Johnny Dark sing a whole song...the guy's
got a killer voice....
5. Keep the first guest on when the second one arrives...I want to see the
interplay between people from unrelated fields: airhead actress meets
intellectual novelist, Jeff Altman trading quips with Alec Baldwin....
6. Things that are past their sell-by date: Great Moments in Presidential
Speeches, the fake guest, Alan Kalter getting beaten up...things that still have
plenty of life left in them: Fun Facts, Lyle the intern, Will it Float...they
just need to be better regulated (read two or three Fun Facts after each break
instead of bunching them all together in a single bit)....
7. Ease up on the sports heroes...I can't remember a single thing any race-car
driver or basketball player has ever said while in the guest chair....
8. Do whatever it takes to get Drew Barrymore back up on the desk....
9. The next time some band I've never heard of appears, I want some indication
that Dave has actually listened to the album they're flogging....
10. Once you've done a special stunt, don't keep coming back with minor
variations on the same stunt...the natural follow-up to "jump over five interns
on Monday" is *not* "jump over six interns on Tuesday", it's "have Rupert
hotwire a car and drive off with it"....
....r
I think I agree with all of your suggestions; especially #5.
Having the right guests interacting on the couch could be interesting.
It certainly provided a lot of laughs on the Carson show...
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