XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.showbiz.gossip, alt.gossip.celebrities   
   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 429B9116.F0B88F83@winternet.com, polar at polar@winternet.com   
   wrote on 5/30/05 3:17 PM:   
      
   > ANIM8Rfsk wrote:   
   >   
   >> in article 429B2AA2.1090109@netscape.net, alphakitten at   
   >> alphakittenx@netscape.net wrote on 5/30/05 8:00 AM:   
   >>>   
   >>> Exactly. When the guest is entertaining, he either spars brilliantly   
   >>> with them, or hangs back & lets them do their thing. It's really only   
   >>> when the guest is bombing that he takes over. And personally, I'd rather   
   >>> watch Conan hijack a boring interview than be subjected to the average   
   >>> celebs witless prattle.   
   >>   
   >> I guess I've never seen Conan have an entertaining guest then.   
   >   
   > Conan's interviewing style is all over the place.   Sometimes   
   > he has terrrific conversations with the guests, one that sticks   
   > in my mind is one from several years ago with Mira Sorvino;   
   > they spent nearly the entire segment talking about the 1960's   
   > 'Star Trek'.   
      
   Okay, I can see where that would be interesting; but then, just watching   
   Sorvino talk about Trek by herself is interesting.   
      
   > Sometimes the guests really want to tell a story and Conan   
   > will sidetrack everything by interrupting with his own story.   
   > Sometimes a guest is as dull as dirt and Conan has to do most   
   > of the talking just to fill the time.   
   >   
   > But any way you slice it, he's better than Leno.   
   >   
   Well, duh.  :-)   
      
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