[psmith2.0]

Pardon the lame title; my writers are still on strike too.



Anyway, Letterman and Conan are both looking about 35 years older than they did before the strike.



Get the razor, boys...

[NosferaDrew]

Not bad!
A beard doesn't work for me, but that's a nice change for them.

The silliest thing about this strike is that the placards that the writers are marching with are so lame.
Why the hell can't they write some clever or interesting?
Also, if there's the threat of a drop of rain, they don't show up.

This strike is not going well for them.
I support their cause in principle, but there are dwindling numbers of strikers marching in front of the studio where I work.
Good luck to them.

[RowdyScot]

Letterman looks okay with a beard, but Conan looks terrible. Clearly not as funny as when he looked like the one prime minister, or whatever that whole thing was.

[Eugene]

Actually I think Conan looks better than Letterman. Dave just looks like a disgruntled department store Santa.

Conan vs the current president of Finland:

[spotcatbug]

Originally Posted by NosferaDrew Why the hell can't they write some clever or interesting?

Don't you get the clever joke? They're on strike, so they can't write good stuff on their signs. Ha ha!

[psmith2.0]

On the beard thing, I think it doesn't work or look good on either of them.

Letterman even said something about looking like a "cattle drive cook", which he does. It's kinda scraggly and it's not really trimmed or defined; it's down on his throat and Adam's apple, all coarse and bushy. Looks like a fox or bat might be living in it.

As for Conan, he instantly loses that "silly little boy" vibe that makes him so funny to me. He just looks meaner and older, like a completely different person. But he still sports his "cresting wave" hair, which just looks strange with the beard...they don't seem to go together: rockabilly geek from the nose up, crusty arctic researcher from the nose down.

I can't stand Letterman anyway, so I don't care what he does. But I hope Conan finds some shaving gel and a razor ASAP.

[Banana]

Exactly how did they make the transition? I can't imagine them coming to work one day unshaven for first couples of days where they look like they're out of work....

[psmith2.0]

Well, they've been off the air (along with Leno, Ferguson, etc.) for two solid months; not seen by the public/TV audience. Re-runs have been shown all this time.

I can grow some pretty thick stuff in about three weeks, and I'm barely a man.

[Banana]

Aha, I didn't know that.

Well, in that case, it was probably the only opportunity for them to experiment, because I seriously doubt they could do the "growing beard" phase onair.

"Mr. Conan, thanks for inviting me... have you been drinking?"

At least a shaven face is only a razor away.

[Souflay123]

Originally Posted by Eugene Actually I think Conan looks better than Letterman. Dave just looks like a disgruntled department store Santa. Conan vs the current president of Finland:

HAHAHAHAHA!!

[Moogs]

I think they both need to sport the Burt Reynolds prOn-stache now. Something new for a change!

[RowdyScot]

Originally Posted by pscates2.0 Well, they've been off the air (along with Leno, Ferguson, etc.) for two solid months; not seen by the public/TV audience. Re-runs have been shown all this time. I can grow some pretty thick stuff in about three weeks, and I'm barely a man.

I don't think Ferguson went off the air. I thought he wrote his own stuff.

[709]

Yeah, he's been off like everyone. Though, Ferguson is produced by Letterman's 'Worldwide Pants', so he's able to hire back his writers as well.

[PKIDelirium]

Letterman just got shaved "live" on his show.

Edit: And he kept running his mouth while they were doing it, so he got cut.

[zsummers]

Follow this handy syllogism to explain the beards:

1.) All late night hosts support strikes.
2.) All strikes are communist.
3.) All communists wear beards.*
4.) Ergo, all late night hosts must wear beards.

Thank you for your attention. Please return to your regularly scheduled program.


*In Communist Russia, beards wear you!

[Banana]

As long we ignore that inconvenient fact that Mao Zedong, Ho Minh, and Stalin all were communists but didn't have a beard, it's quite sound syllogism.