Late Night With Seth Meyers - General Discussion

[Red Bridey]

I don't know where Brian Williams lives, but I don't pay $40 for 12 paper towels rolls. 

[ebk57]

51 minutes ago, Red Bridey said:

I don't know where Brian Williams lives, but I don't pay $40 for 12 paper towels rolls. 

This!  Not even at CVS, the most expensive store in the world (and that's not at all an exaggeration!).  That actually made me angry when he said that...like he shops for paper towels himself.  And it just went downhill from there.

[possibilities]

I was so angry I fast forwarded through the rest of his interview. He seems to think the Dems are the ones who were running on "cultural issues" when actually it was the Repubs who were airing ads on that subject, while Harris talked about the economy. 

I like Bridget Everett. I wish more women would talk about their hot flashes.

And who supports unions? And who doesn't? 

 

Edited November 22, 2024 by possibilities

[marina to]

A couple of days late but Ya Burnt this week was one of the best things I have seen. The bit about the vastness of space and Chappie's issues from Corrections spilling out onto the regular show were standouts.

[Medicine Crow]

12 hours ago, ebk57 said:

This!  Not even at CVS, the most expensive store in the world (and that's not at all an exaggeration!).  That actually made me angry when he said that...like he shops for paper towels himself.  And it just went downhill from there.

 

12 hours ago, ebk57 said:

This!  Not even at CVS, the most expensive store in the world (and that's not at all an exaggeration!).  That actually made me angry when he said that...like he shops for paper towels himself.  And it just went downhill from there.

... & we all know Brian isn't prone to hyperbole, right???

(Sorry for the double quote!!  Gawd, my buffering is crazy!!)

[shapeshifter]

14 hours ago, Red Bridey said:

I don't know where Brian Williams lives, but I don't pay $40 for 12 paper towels rolls. 

This one is $40 after tax:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bounty-Select-A-Size-Mega-Kitchen-Rolls-Paper-Towels-2-Ply-92-Sheets-Roll-1842992/535134835

But it's available for 40% off:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bounty-Select-a-Size-Paper-Towels-12-Double-Rolls-White/2101922242

[ebk57]

On 11/21/2024 at 9:45 PM, possibilities said:

I like Bridget Everett.

FYI, she's one of the Not My Job guests this weekend on Wait Wait Don't Tell me.

[ebk57]

Back In My Day was on fire tonight! 

I'm so happy Seth is on this week...although now that I think about it (and I try not to think too often), he always does this week because the family is on tomorrow.  Yay!

[shapeshifter]

8 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Back In My Day was on fire tonight! 

I found this Back In My Day's mock cringe-y-ness over the top.🤷🏻‍♀️
I'm guessing Seth's remark about how 'this is what happens when you don't show up to rehearsal' having been true.🤷🏻‍♀️
I just rewatched it because there was a coincidental mention of tomorrow's Wordle word, and that's all I'll say. 
Setting my computer clock back to real time to go put on extended-family visiting clothes.

Edited November 28, 2024 by shapeshifter

[opus]

Seth did the Colbert Questionnaire last night

 

[shapeshifter]

3 hours ago, opus said:

Seth did the Colbert Questionnaire last night

Yes. I remarked on the Colbert thread that Seth gave my favorite answer ever to the last question: “Described the rest of your life in five words”
when he answered: “father, son, husband, brother, friend.”

 

[Red Bridey]

What was the whole Colin Jost/Jay-Z situation referenced on last night's show? I did not understand any of that and man, those questions were incomprehensible to this old broad, not a grandma but old enough to be one.

[Medicine Crow]

1 hour ago, Red Bridey said:

What was the whole Colin Jost/Jay-Z situation referenced on last night's show? I did not understand any of that and man, those questions were incomprehensible to this old broad, not a grandma but old enough to be one.

Don't feel bad ... I couldn't follow either ;)

[possibilities]

Jay-Z was accused this week of raping a 13 year old with Diddy. 

[shapeshifter]

Seth's recent Closer Look is on point, including pointing out that apples are not kept in a refrigerator in grocery stores, something that was bugging me that nobody was pointing out:

…but still nobody has asked what was up (literally) with the hair at the NYSE.

[shapeshifter]

Is Seth the only one not going over to the dark side? (rhetorical question?)
Will he win Emmys (televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-meyers) or is the Television Academy too chicken? (definitely a rhetorical question)

 

[opus]

They don’t seem to have musical performances anymore. Yeah, the band is gone, but can’t musicians bring their own band?

[marina to]

I like that he didn't directly address the orange one's comments about him this week, just the one message on the show about how one can change the channel if they don't want to watch, then making the marble mouth joke in Corrections. 

I really hope that the networks stand by their late night hosts going forward.

On 1/8/2025 at 10:41 PM, opus said:

They don’t seem to have musical performances anymore. Yeah, the band is gone, but can’t musicians bring their own band?

There's setup time to consider. You have to wire them, change lighting setup, sound check, rehearsal time. Since the budget's been cut back, there probably isn't room for all of that.

[Kel Varnsen]

58 minutes ago, marina to said:

I like that he didn't directly address the orange one's comments about him this week, just the one message on the show about how one can change the channel if they don't want to watch, then making the marble mouth joke in Corrections. 

Especially since we already know that Late Night has a massively long video of Trump pronouncing words.

[shapeshifter]

Last night's opening monologue had a heartwarming bit with Wally, which may have warmed me up to appreciate a punch line in A Closer Look: 

Quote

What do you get for the man who has everything?
The benefit of the doubt.

 

Edited January 23 by shapeshifter

[shapeshifter]

I'm glad Seth doesn't seem to have given up on getting an Emmy:

 

[gimmyqueue]

I suppose i should start a new topic for this since it doesn't really address some of the issues above about Meyers. Yep, Fred's kinda odd ball anyhow, but he's okay, works hard allatime at everything, so give him that. Do i like what he does, not so much, but he's okay. What i think is fred does not like Seth, and if so, for that i give Fred credit for his ability to pick people.

Meyers w/his unkempt appearance and weird-ass hug greeting to every single guest. I swear he'd hug the Pope that way if he ever came on the show. Seth w/his arm pointing to the sky as he attacks every single guest, except those astute enough to hold out their hand because they don't want his dumb ass hug. LOL I Iike Seth okay. He sure cannot hold a candle to Kimmel tho, and isn't that much better than Colbert (tho his monologue's probly comparable). Thing Seth does in his monologue, "A Closer Look," is his "impressions" of Trump, or whomever, which I think he tries to make us think that he's still trying to develop but really he thinks he's a great impressionist, when in reality he's not). He uses the same monotone voice for every single impression. And I'm just sick of his tired-ass Trump impressions, same ol' shit every night, and he extends them way beyond what's needed or tolerable, rambling on, burning the time up to fill his requisite minutes of air time. Not really too good there. 

Oh i could go on. Still i do appreciate what he's saying and the things he points out so for that, well, I'm watching him most nights, aren't i? Makes me wonder where are the right wing talk show hosts? Only on Fox and the other right wing media outlets. And talk about suck, whew, they are really bad. No talent on that side of the aisle, u gotta admit.

Edited February 27 by gimmyqueue

[possibilities]

I thought they were off this week. Have I been missing new eps?

[opus]

34 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I thought they were off this week. Have I been missing new eps?

You have not. There was a 2 week break. Back Monday.

[possibilities]

Seth told Parker Posey her dress reminded him of apricot fruit leather that his kids eat! LOL.

[shapeshifter]

6 hours ago, possibilities said:

Seth told Parker Posey her dress reminded him of apricot fruit leather that his kids eat! LOL.

Missed it.
Was it this?


My daughter wore a dress that color to prom in 2007.
I struggled to not say anything negative.

Edited March 13 by shapeshifter

[Red Bridey]

PP said the dress reminded her of Agnes Morehead on Bewitched, but she misnamed her character as Engorda (?) instead of Endora. She was having a blast sweeping the shoulder panel around. But I was not living her makeup. Looked very 70's -- blue eyeshadow, pale foundation, I dunno, it just wasn't flattering on my tv.

That being said, I flove Parker Posey and want to be her friend! Call me, Parker! Let's do cocktails!

[MaryMitch]

On 3/13/2025 at 4:11 PM, Red Bridey said:

PP said the dress reminded her of Agnes Morehead on Bewitched, but she misnamed her character as Engorda (?) instead of Endora. She was having a blast sweeping the shoulder panel around. But I was not living her makeup. Looked very 70's -- blue eyeshadow, pale foundation, I dunno, it just wasn't flattering on my tv.

That being said, I flove Parker Posey and want to be her friend! Call me, Parker! Let's do cocktails!

The fabulous and opinionated Tom and Lorenzo talk about the dress here:

https://tomandlorenzo.com/2025/03/the-white-lotus-and-the-parenting-star-parker-posey-in-erdem-on-late-night-with-seth-meyers/

 

Most commenters agree that it's horrible, but I liked it because she was having such fun with it.  I also would love to have cocktails with Parker!

[ahisma]

Seth and Paul Rudd day drinking is my new favorite! 

[Red Bridey]

Day drinking with Seth and Paul was delightful. I want to go day drinking with Paul Rudd, he seems like he's a lot of fun And Seth can come along too. I loved how they both reacted to that one hot sauce drink. It shut them down so badly they had to come back another day! That's one nasty drink! 🤢🤮

[shapeshifter]

Emmy-worthy A Closer Look:

 

[Ms Lark]

Seth said on "Corrections" that they'll be off for 2 weeks. Knows it ticks people off and them, too. Not their choice, although it is Passover and Easter. 🙄 

[KaveDweller]

On 4/12/2025 at 2:25 AM, Ms Lark said:

Seth said on "Corrections" that they'll be off for 2 weeks. Knows it ticks people off and them, too. Not their choice, although it is Passover and Easter. 🙄 

It seems like they are one some schedule where they do two weeks on and then two weeks off. There have been several breaks this year and it is only April.

That is more than normal, right?

[DanaMB]

I definitely think it’s more than normal. They take two week breaks a lot. 

[opus]

I agree it feels more than usual. It feels like NBC is slowly trying to segue out of the 12:30 am game.

[Ms Lark]

I also agree, it's a lot more than usual. Blinkin' shame, too, as I like Seth the best of all the late night hosts.

[SG429]

Sure, Seth seems to get a lot of time off, but so do Shoe, Wally, Sal, Amber, Jenny, Lutz, Scollins, Matt, Karen and all the other hard-working folks behind the names that scroll by at 1:30.

[shapeshifter]

19 hours ago, opus said:

I agree it feels more than usual. It feels like NBC is slowly trying to segue out of the 12:30 am game.

19 hours ago, opus said:

I agree it feels more than usual. It feels like NBC is slowly trying to segue out of the 12:30 am game.

Hopefully he'll get offered a better gig?

 

[Kel Varnsen]

4 hours ago, SG429 said:

Sure, Seth seems to get a lot of time off, but so do Shoe, Wally, Sal, Amber, Jenny, Lutz, Scollins, Matt, Karen and all the other hard-working folks behind the names that scroll by at 1:30.

With all his rage I feel like Mikey the Shoe needs all the time off to do some kind of intense meditation routine in order to keep from murdering someone.

3 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Hopefully he'll get offered a better gig?

 

I also feel like a big part of the reason they keep this show on, even in sort of a reduced capacity is because NBC probably realizes that Seth is talented and it would be in their best interest to be the network that he works for on whatever his next project is after Late Night.

[shapeshifter]

Seth's Closer Look last night has a couple of stand-out turns of phrase:

• [AT THE BEGINNING] “Okay, so we're going to get into the news now.
  “But before we do, I just want you to know
  “I don't want to do this, okay?
  “You think I want to come out here after a soothing two-week break from the news and my fresh tan and my unclenched jaw and start screaming about how we're living under an authoritarian regime that's shredding the constitutional order? No, I'd love to talk about something fun, like…the next pope possibly being a guy named Pierbattista Pizzaballa…
  The first time I heard that name, I thought it was an anti-Italian slur, like someone was caught on a hot mic at the conclave saying they'll never pick him for Pope. He's a real pierbattista pizzaballa, if you know what I mean.…”
• “Here's a word for word excerpt from the transcript of that interview…
  “Every interview…sounds like a vaudeville routine.[14:28]”
   

 

[ebk57]

He's the most unpopular president since Kevin Spacey

His latest polling number is just him

What the fuck do you do here???

 

The whole segment was brilliant.  Two weeks was a long time without Seth.

[shapeshifter]

John Krasinski was so funny on Seth’s show last night. I haven’t listened to any of Seth and his brother’s podcasts with guests, but it seems John Krasinski would be a good fit.

 

[DanaMB]

So another break. It seems we get two weeks of shows then a break. 

[opus]

Seth’s on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight if you need a fix.