Talk Shows in the 70s vs Talk Shows Now.

[@simonjones7727]

It has that 70s quality of "Is everything brown, or do I have a retinal disorder?"

[@MmCelliste]

YES!

[@tourzrap]

Everything in sepia….

[@Leon-zu1wp]

Polluted air and cigarette smoked stained everything

[@ACDBunnie]

I love it 😌

[@spybubbble]

The way he described why he hate himself in the 70’s talkshow bit sounds like an introduction to a novel.

[@Amadis691]

I guess in the 50s, 60s and 70s novels were THE artform for many. No wonder they tried to imitate them.

[@cianmcaulay942]

@@Amadis691not sure it’s imitation as much just how people used to talk

[@Amadis691]

@@cianmcaulay942 Well, I suppose that could be true, to a certain degree. But natural, everyday conversation is not like literary discourse. So when I hear someone speaking with literary affectations, my guess is that he's trying to imitate novels.

[@chrism9493]

@@Amadis691back when the Bible was the only available reading material, people did actually use more formalities in regular conversation.

[@d.n5287]

​@@Amadis691it could just be they read a lot and thus they just pick up the manner of speaking most novels use.

[@VultureClone]

So basically Dick Cavett and Jimmy Fallon lol

[@Judewilkinsonjfk]

So true. 😂

[@stuartpenketh8141]

We have lost ourselves somewhere between thrn and now.

[@SgtCustard]

I love how the interviewer has lit up a fresh cigarette in the time the other character is talking

[@kayerk]

Good spot!

[@boot_boy_6945]

Real ones know it only takes a second

[@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou]

​@@boot_boy_6945it wasn't that it was done quickly, they're pointing out how quickly the host got through the first cigarette.arleast that's what i understood it as meaning.

[@francisnicolas1819]

It used to be like "Inside the Actors Studio", now it's just a bunch of boring celebs pretending to be super upbeat, approachable people with glassy-eyed hosts that fake laugh at everything they say. No depth at all anymore.

[@nightknght]

Bravo

[@Raw-Audits]

cough James Corden cough

[@Micheal-kx9em]

Jimmy fallon

[@Chris-dm1je]

Frank Skinner had an appalling chat show for years. He'd have high profike guests on but wouldn't let them say anything. He'd mention something about their career, make a lame joke about it, then mention something else. I saw one where a Hollywood actor only managed to say one sentence.

[@millenniumhandandshrimp2610]

@@Chris-dm1je I seem to recall an episode of Room 101 where it was mentioned that Stephen Fry had spoken mockingly about christianity and a sort of steeliness passed over Frank's countenance and he said ominously something akin to: "Oh, he'll get his, in the end". Never like Skinner very much.

[@Sykotix]

“Beastly man. BEASTLY” is absolutely spot on lmao

[@DeathnoteBB]

And the blaming the mother for marrying the dad instead of blaming the dad 😭

[@scslre]

​@@DeathnoteBB we blame the one we love

[@audreydoyle5268]

I'm getting strong Thin White Duke vibes from the 70s interviewee. Marvellous work

[@tahsina.c]

Didnt expect to see a ⚡ reference in the comments

[@cptsteele91]

He gave me Peter Cushing vibes personally

[@jamesclark7827]

The 70s: "You're a serious actress? But you have boobs"

[@Moshie71]

Good spot, how quickly they forget… These ‘hosts’ are all ‘national treasures’ now.

[@mj-gb6tr]

Parkinson and Helen Mirren, right?

[@aceman0000099]

More like "you have such nice boobs for a girl your age" "Coming up next! An evening with Gary Glitter"

[@whywowisdieing2604]

To be fair that was just Parky-we thought it was weird even then.

[@mixedcuts1895]

@@whywowisdieing2604 After Parky retired, every time he was dredged up for an interview he would just bitch and moan about modern talk shows, as if what he was doing was some kind of high art! You can find his comments about other hosts in between the parts where he kept randomly shouting out "Yorkshire!" in the interviews.

[@azrailfan2717]

Excellent portrayal of a 70s talk show. Reminds me of that series Thames TV series

[@dildonius]

Or Parkinson.

[@Amadis691]

Thames was a TV channel, wasn't it?

[@dildonius]

@@Amadis691 I believe it's _a_ channel.

[@plasmaticninja]

Very much resonates. Modern talkshows so much better. I could barely get through this short without clicking off, until i saw the modern talkshow then i felt sufficiently stimulated. Good work! 🎉

[@Rob_-dv6ei]

The Dick Cavett show on KZbin is one of the best channels out there: Muhammad Ali, Roger Moore, James Baldwin - guests from many walks of life who just shoot the shit with the very smooth host.

[@jimmypadilla3441]

World class cackling ☠️☠️☠️

[@elliottmcpeek7443]

it's very that one MTV's most wanted blur interview where Damon's sat without shoes on talking earnestly about his fear of failure vs him on the Graham Norton Show w Gorillaz

[@nathanmcgill7249]

Neither can compare to those interviews the Gorillaz voice actors did in mocap suits as their characters

[@oliverbostridge8370]

That is a *top notch* Peter O'Toole

[@danuk2136]

"He was a beastly man..Beastly" 😂

[@oxedex3266]

we need to bring back cigarettes on tv

[@deadfishyarou]

Yeah they’re actually quite attractive when you don’t need to smell them

[@danbull]

This actually made me sad

[@tobythetoaster5337]

Loved you as Churchill in ERB bro

[@adventureswithaurora]

Same.

[@Swindel67]

Honestly you guys have something good going

[@stevenpeter6179]

I need Alfred's jacket

[@CanalPSG]

I have a blue version at home. It used to be my dad's.

[@_cloudface_]

*The Algorithm* has worked out I like "vastly understand channels creating very clever and well made content"... Liked and Subbed 👍

[@jacole1234]

This. Is. Brilliant.

[@bigkahunauk1]

So true. I’ve been watching Dick Cavett from the 70s on KZbin. Such an erudite interviewer compared to what we have now such as Graham Norton or Jonathan Ross. 🤤

[@simonjones7727]

Dick Cavett was part of the scene he was commenting on. Lee Radziwill, Warhol, Beatles..he met these people socially at parties and openings. Best celebrity interviewer for me ever.

[@larrygerry985]

It reflects society.

[@simonjones7727]

@@larrygerry985 It is complex. The brilliant "peak" of society is less brilliant but there are more moderately well informed people around. There is no way in the 60s and 70s you could make a mass market TV drama about Truman Capote. Now, there is an appetite for that.

[@Leon-zu1wp]

Dick Cavett sucks as an interviewer to be honest but his show was good

[@lacroixlover758]

Sensational video

[@EepyJuni]

Yo can that guy form the 70’s interview just get his own movie or something?

[@societyoffriends7414]

WHERE IS THE 70S SUIT FROM I NEED IT

[@greghenrikson952]

Oh hell, they'd have philosophers, novelists and politicians on there back in the day.

[@susanegley4149]

The 1st half gives such Python vibes. 😂

[@JogieGlenMait16]

The 70s version is very much like a scene from the crown.

[@Henchman.24]

Actually it's very much like British talk shows in the 70s, guessing that your only reference for that kind of thing is the Crown because it was a popular TV show

[@Rondo2ooo]

​@Henchman.24 Not only British. But of course, there were goofy entertainment shows back then, too. Discussion rounds may have been a tick better.

[@joesmoothee]

The crown does an excellent job at capturing Britain through the last 80 years

[@the_sad_wallet1553]

Your acting range is crazy lol, few sketch comedians could pull off such wildly different atmospheres so naturally Great stuff as always 👍

[@HOTD108_]

Dude wears a wig and you think he's Daniel Day Lewis all of a sudden.

[@the_sad_wallet1553]

@@HOTD108_ I didn’t know Daniel Day Lewis was a sketch comedian…

[@sacboy7080]

@@the_sad_wallet1553he’s kinda trash ngl

[@jmckendry84]

​@@HOTD108_you know that you don't need to be a dick, right?

[@mikenes-or]

Douglas Murray is my favourite 70s talk show host

[@fungibu7184]

One of the best genocidal lunatics to ever grace the British media.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Exactly. And as a lover of the Dick Cavett and David Suskind shows in the '70s, I totally relate.

[@JimmyTheG]

Podcasts took that side of the market

[@NeverKetamine]

Lol no.

[@ericlayton8888]

Podcasts attempt to be earnest and thought provoking but from what I can tell the majority of them are just tedious waffle

[@DeathnoteBB]

I miss when television felt grounded. Now everything is well, the second half of this Short

[@TequilaToothpick]

This is brilliant!

[@followertheleader]

I miss when television had actual discussions on serious subjects.

[@jayparmo2284]

Yous sound like Michael fassbender in inglorious basterds. "About this pickle... we find ourselves innnnnnn"😂

[@underscorejojo]

I like that it’s the Tonight Show set in the background…😆

[@everettwhitaker7829]

Bread and circuses indeed

[@H0n3yMonstah]

Modern talkshows are basically shooting stars

[@rastajesusmdh]

How have they not been given a series?

[@davidwong656]

the breadthrowing fucking got to me.

[@Harryhas26]

Spot on. They used to be interesting people with amazing stories. Now they're just there to sell something.

[@BunBun4Dictator]

This was really good 😂❤

[@mra3076]

Not the cigarette😂😂

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

I’ve seen American videos from the 70s with people discussing economics and politics and such and compared to now it’s gone from university lecture to kindergarten level.

[@brainwheeze6328]

I like both 🤷‍♂️ But I do wish we'd see more of the former these days

[@zimbabweanzucchini4253]

Don't forget everyone on TV in the 70s sitting with their legs crossed

[@chinny_reckon]

Even in the eighties talkshows were far superior to the pap they show now. Wogan and Parkinson come to mind. We'd listen quite intently to people like Peter Ustinov give their marvellous anecdotes. Now it's just a patronising gaudy carousel of commercialism. I hate to be 'that person' but it's true.

[@Jojo.R.Chipelago]

1990s: "What first attracted you to the millionaire, Paul Daniels?"

[@MeonLights]

The color grading, the constant smoking, the horrid gameshow. I feel transported back 😅

[@wazztvproductions]

Upsettingly accurate.

[@RemcoPeggeman]

Only the good stuff sticks.

[@LordBaktor]

And people wonder why talk shows are loosing viewers...

[@chachathepigeon]

You nailed Jimmy Fallon's laugh.

[@AminaStock]

Perfection

[@michaelgilewicz5918]

Go watch Bryan McGee's BBC specials on philosophy and then forever remember what they stole from you.

[@tysonq7131]

*jimmy fallon laughs incessantly*

[@WAMSMASHES]

Spot on

[@montecristo1845]

Talk shows used to be just that. Host and guest talking. Discussing what they know and sharing said knowledge with the audience. Then the Late Night wave came along and things began to change. Producers claimed that it wasn’t enough to inform audiences; they needed to be “entertained.” In-depth discussions became preplanned anecdotes, skits, and game-show-style antics. And before anyone says it’s what people want or asked for, know that we weren’t given a choice. It’s the mental equivalent of people in certain city “food desert” neighborhoods who live off processed junk food. And when they’re asked why do you eat this stuff, they can only reply: it’s either this or starve!

[@bilbo1778]

Dick Cavett is still alive - I think if he produced a couple episodes on a streaming service it'd be massively successful. Lots of folks are starved for interviews with substance.

[@bobzyurunkel]

Good stuff. 👍

[@thedrunkenelf]

Accurate

[@churricardo1457]

Also in the 70’s: Interviewer: Are you a transvestite or homosexual? Lou Reed (proper response): Sometimes!

[@cattysplat]

Total Wipeout/Wipeout is high art, you're just not thinking on 7 layers of irony. Real connoisseurs enjoy Takeshi's Castle.

[@119Agent]

yeah but we had the Gong Show in the 1970's. That still hasn't been topped as "TV for the end of human civilization"

[@DingerBell]

No idea how you got hold of Isy Suttie but I'm all for it

[@zjwmusic1936]

i love this

[@MrDaraghkinch]

Hilarious and tragic, this video nails it.

[@7arboreal]

This is so accurate.😂

[@jakeherter]

Underrated

[@lawlini1979]

Reminded me of an interview with John Lennon or Kenneth Williams or someone like that

[@Mykadelic]

Maroon suit guy is the spitting image of Guy Williams, a NZ Comedy reporter. Look him up and tell me i’m wrong 😅

[@OdinsHarem]

Which is why everybody's into podcasts 😏

[@JJJ_JJ1]

😂 bravo 👏

[@TreeLobsterGuy]

The first two were gay for each other, and the second two are coworkers that hate each other.

[@forrrrestjohncave]

And then there are Japanese game shows

[@eoinbutler9252]

Beastly!

[@smnoy23]

The cigarettes are a nice touch

[@webz3589]

The 70s was good apart from all the peadophiles

[@dildonius]

That was part of the fun! Being 13 years old and doing cocaine in a club, then get invited to the after-party at Jimmy Page's manor where we do more cocaine and LSD, when suddenly THE Micholas Jægger came into the room wearing nothing but an untied & open Japanese kimono and pow'dred cocaines all over his nose & mouth and he'd proceed to claim our butthole virginity! What a time to be a runaway teenager and also a groupie for all of the classic rock as well as roll musicians!

[@forrrrestjohncave]

Brother, nothing has changed lmao

[@ifyouseekay1000]

​@@forrrrestjohncave if anything there are way more now

[@nintencat]

Now they come in Vanilla and Chocolate Flavour

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

​@@nintencat😮

[@AB-sw4kb]

"Should of" in the captions is embarrassing

[@morusbowen9219]

thats what podcasts are for these days

[@Whitecroc]

Only thing missing is escalating the cigarette smoking somehow. I think there is a lot of potential in cigarette comedy.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

1970s Talk Show: “So you play a heroic military officer fighting the Germans at the end of the War, tell us how you got into the mindset to play such a powerful role” “Well, it certainly isn’t hard, when you consider that I lived it as it was being written…they’ll tell you to act a certain way on set to the actions of killing a man…but there’s no way to act when remembering what it’s like when you look a man in the eyes and take his life as he is crying for his mother…” 2020s Talk Show: “X politician is bad” *queue Covid-19 vaccination flash mob “so how long have you been a gay?” *crowd wildly cheers *insert montage of B list celebrities driving in a car singing the top 10 radio hits of 2010.

[@ovariantrolley2327]

We are automatons Living in the past Looking up to nothing Taking photos of things we shud see Unresolved childhood tragedies And parented by Me Me Mees Until we resolve the past Our lives will go by too fast Put down your phones Pick up the present its time for humans to resume The Ascent

[@elixorvideos]

I thought this would be the difference between deep discussion, and PR/advert fluff.

[@MrSluby]

The cigarettes will have buried this in the Algo

[@tomebers8683]

Is it just me that prefers talk shows from that era? I like the seriousness of the discussions

[@badangel9592]

The new Dudley Moore and Peter Cook!

[@safespacebear]

This is what we lost. This is what they took from you

[@bobbysgoingmad7122]

Wonderwall came out in the 90s

[@GeorgeKing-ms1vy]

And it didn't cease to exist thereafter.

[@mayjunealone5168]

Julien Casablancas

[@MrMerrrrrrr]

❤❤

[@RobertJones-st3wj]

James Corden in a nutshell

[@Slowmobius69]

I thought that was a young Douglas Murray

[@kali4967]

Damn. What happened to us...

[@hobgoblin4202]

Back when people appleaciated their realities as oppesed to being passive and sunbversive.

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

Gilbert Harding. Face to Face.

[@MrPeripala]

Accurate.

[@Syndie77-gk4xk]

Is this Bojack Horseman?