Geek out moment for Rebekah. Most of you probably don’t know that when Rebekah was growing up, she was obsessed with Saturday Night Live. So much so, she wrote a skit and mailed it in. Needless to say, she had a bit of a freak out moment today after getting the chance to chat with Seth Meyers, former Head Writer of SNL and now Host of Late Night!
We still aren’t sure how it all happened! How do you get Seth Meyers to do a piddly radio show? The guy is huge!
The line up of guests for the Late Show this week are in word…epic! Seth’s got Melissa McCarthy and Robert Duvall tonight! In all honestly, Seth could just hang it up for the rest of the week after those two!
You may not remember this, but we had Robert Duvall in-studio years ago. It was probably one of the coolest moments of our radio lives. Since Seth has never talked with Robert Duvall, we thought it wold be in his best interest to prepared. We had to let him know what he was in for tonight! Luckily, Robert Duvall is a great guy! He loves to just sit and chat! Seth seemed a jealous that we got to spend so much time with him. On Late Night, they have such short talking windows, so Seth is hoping he can get some good nuggets out of him during those few minutes.
So what is Seth’s interview process like? Is it rehearsed? Is everyone on the same page? Or does he just wing it? Obviously, a producer will ask ahead of time if there’s anything the celebs want to talk about, but Seth…he doesn’t look at cards when he’s on stage! He builds a blueprint in his head, but is prepared at any moment to throw that out the window if the conversation takes a different direction. In other words, he listens!
Now Seth wrote for SNL for years. This is his first venture into the talk show world. How is the process different? The main difference is the turnaround. At SNL you have a whole week with a deadline and you can sort of show it off to others and get their opinions. With Late Night, you have to write and turn it in immediately! He also confessed that he probably wrote more while he was a SNL. At Late Night, he’s got a whole staff of writers to help him out. And the longer they all work together, the better they are at writing in his voice. However, Seth does try to write when he can.
Seth was on SNL’s Weekend Update for years. This will sound a little funny, but do you ever read the news and hear it in Seth’s voice? LOL, Rebekah does! There’s just something about his sarcastic delivery. At that point. Seth mentioned that he had no idea his version of the Weekend Update News Anchor was snarky! He thought he was intellectual!
Of course we had to ask him about Caitlyn Jenner! Everyone in America is talking about her! Clearly Seth is a compassionate guy. He recognizes that it’s probably a little too soon for jokes, so he and his team sort of lay off. He also knows that there are some people who have responded negatively, but overall he’s giving America a big pat on the back with this story!
Lastly, best and worst guest…GO! Seth best guest was an easy question…Ad-Rock fromthe Beastie Boys! Not only did they talk for 20 minutes on the show, but the Late Show gives each guest a goody bag. Ad-Rock was the only guest he’s ever had that left with the bag in hand and wearing the Late Night t-shirt!!! As for worst guest, yeah, Seth isn’t telling. Why? Because a classy guy!!!
Be sure to check out Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight on NBC!!!
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