let me say that i am about to turn 66 so i probably don't look at celebrities, actors, talk show hosts as do most people because the fact is that i am older than the vast majority of people; it happens.  i'm going to talk about late night talk show hosts.  not the hosts after 12:30 AM eastern time; i don't know enough about them to say. i'm going to talk about people like jay leno, jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon and guys like that. i watched johnny carson for a couple of decades. not every night but i watched him a lot. let me say that with one or two exceptions, ANYONE who has hosted the 11:30 gig on any network since carson  isn't/wasn't suited to wear carson's hat. carson was su superior to most of the people who have been in that time slot since he retired in 1992 that it is a disgrace.
let me say that i am about to turn 66 so i probably don't look at celebrities, actors, talk show hosts as do most people because the fact is that i am older than the vast majority of people; it happens.  i'm going to talk about late night talk show hosts.  not the hosts after 12:30 AM eastern time; i don't know enough about them to say. i'm going to talk about people like jay leno, jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon and guys like that. i watched johnny carson for a couple of decades. not every night but i watched him a lot. let me say that with one or two exceptions, ANYONE who has hosted the 11:30 gig on any network since carson  isn't/wasn't suited to wear carson's hat. carson was su superior to most of the people who have been in that time slot since he retired in 1992 that it is a disgrace.
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I understand the fondness of Johnny Carson and his style of hosting, but a lot has changed since he was on late night TV. Talk shows have changed from being primarily humor-based to being more variety shows with interviews, music performances, sketches, etc., so there is more variation between what works and what doesn't work as a host. I'm sure someone like Carson would be very bored with most of the current late night talk shows, just like it is easy for people that age to tune out things aimed at their demographic. The majority of the current hosts are younger than you or much younger still, so maybe you just have difficulty relating? Again, this does not detract from your admiration or devotion towards Carson but it simply is what it is and you may need something different than Johnny Carson in order to be satisfied with a later night talk show host. Just my two cents! ;)
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let me say that i am about to turn 66 so i probably don't look at celebrities, actors, talk show hosts as do most people because the fact is that i am older than the vast majority of people; it happens.  i'm going to talk about late night talk show hosts.  not the hosts after 12:30 AM eastern time; i don't know enough about them to say. i'm going to talk about people like jay leno, jimmy kimmel, jimmy fallon and guys like that. i watched johnny carson for a couple of decades. not every night but i watched him a lot. let me say that with one or two exceptions, ANYONE who has hosted the 11:30 gig on any network since carson  isn't/wasn't suited to wear carson's hat. carson was su superior to most of the people who have been in that time slot since he retired in 1992 that it is a disgrace.
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That's an extremely strong opinion. Did you have any particular favorites during that time or did your tastes span across all the shows?
"I watched johnny carson for a couple of decades. not every night but I watched him a lot. let me say that with one or two exceptions, ANYONE who has hosted the 11:30 gig on any network since carson isn't/wasn't suited to wear carson’s hat.   Carson was superior to most of the people who have been in that time slot since he retired in 1992 so its quite disgraceful."
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