There are times that the bloopers for a show are funnier than the actual show itself. The Conan rehearsals prove that it’s not just the bloopers, but the preparation that can be just as silly. His type of comedy is really dependent on your sense of humor but overall it’s pretty funny since you get a sense of who he and the other guys really are when you see them uncut and without any restraint put on them by the show and the producers. That’s usually the funniest time to see anyone, when they’re raw and uncut and can just be themselves.
The best part about this is that you can see that the crew isn’t always so polished. There are times watching the show when you would rather see behind the scenes and get the understanding that not everything is so smooth when it comes to the show. Over the years the Conan show has proven to be uproariously funny at times but somehow their best stuff seems to come when it’s not being scripted. It’d be interesting to see a show that’s all improvised and not according to any type of script.
The biggest problem I can see with that is the fact that some of the humor is pretty off the wall and the expletives tend to come out of nowhere at times without warning. Of course that’s what the censors are for and if you had a guy with a finger on the button that bleeps out those words you could possibly do it. But chances are that the FCC would go berserk and not allow such a thing to happen since it wouldn’t be an approved method of hosting a show.
That’s kind of a joke really since some networks allow at least some harsher language to fly after a certain time of night. Conan, last time I checked, is not a daytime show that kids could possibly watch by accident or on purpose and potentially come across foul language or ideas that parents don’t want them to have. That’s one of the biggest complaints ever with TV is that kids will watch programs or hear things on TV that parents might not approve of.
News flash: TV networks are not in charge of a parent’s kids. The PARENTS are supposed to be in charge of what the kid is watching and what they are not allowed to watch. By limiting what makes it onto TV, especially late night when most kids are in bed, we hope, it kind of takes away the overall experience that people could be having. I don’t mean allowing talk show hosts to sound like Andrew Dice Clay, but it would be nice to let them cut loose a little when it’s desired. Is the FCC honestly scared that there are enough emotionally unstable adults out there that could be scarred or somehow affected by this?
If that’s the case then maybe the FCC needs a serious upgrade, because a lot of the funny stuff that occurs on these late night shows is the stuff that normally doesn’t get aired.
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