If not, who besides some 30-plus-yearold whiteguy you think could?

but, for that reason, the industry reasons, I don't truthfully think he ever would want to do something like that ever again.

If he could go completely on his own terms...

just indulge the fantasy for a moment.

>but, for that reason, the industry reasons, I don't
>truthfully think he ever would want to do something like that
>ever again.
>
>If he could go completely on his own terms...
>

comedy central. and he's never going back there again.

He could do standard monologues or character-driven ones like his one-man shows to open the show. He's quick-witted enough to save boring guests but can also play the background and won't force himself into the spotlight when another guest is on a role (I think this is one problem with George Lopez at a host). I also think he's genuinely and intellectually curious enough that he could bring out the best in interviews and maybe go a little deeper than the typical "What did you publicist tell us to talk about?" Q & A's that litter today's late night landscape.

If you're going for a standard late night talk show, I think Shawn Wayans was pretty much born to do it. Likable and funny enough.

Normally, I don't think you want the funniest guys spending their time on a late night show. Chappelle would be wasted in that format. It would be like having a Larry David talk show; if you got someone on their level and watched them have a conversation, it could be absolutely hilarious. But most of the time they'd just be trying to prop up guests with nothing to offer.

And I'm not sure if Larry David would be wasted on a talk show more so than he would be bad on a talk show, although we might just be saying the same thing in a different way.

It would have to be on HBO or something like that to even be feasible, in my opinion.

on an unrelated note, i'll bet that Neil Patrick Harris gets a late night talk show.

I could see him taking over for Letterman in the distant future.

shit would be bananas.

and I'd watch it.

>on an unrelated note, i'll bet that Neil Patrick Harris gets
>a late night talk show.
>
>I could see him taking over for Letterman in the distant
>future.

That's the best and most realistic suggestion I've seen yet. He'd be perfect.

Can't see him ever doing that though, nor any network hiring him. That's a long-term gig and he can't be depended on to stick around (not that he ought to).

where it's a short season, he's not just doing "true late night show" stuff, he can still do lots of skits and plus he could get the guests he wants to get.

I think it would be funny skits added onto a weak show.

Dave Chappelle is hilarious, and he's funny in almost everything I've seen him in, but I don't think he'd make for a good host. He's got this cool, laid back regular guy mannerism that I don't think would really be...big enough for late night talk show.

I'm excited about him in movies. If he did another sketch comedy, I'd check it out in a second. Same with stand-up. Hell I'd even read a book that he wrote. But I don't think a talk show would suit him.

>I think it would be funny skits added onto a weak show.
>
>Dave Chappelle is hilarious, and he's funny in almost
>everything I've seen him in, but I don't think he'd make for a
>good host. He's got this cool, laid back regular guy mannerism
>that I don't think would really be...big enough for late night
>talk show.
>
>I'm excited about him in movies. If he did another sketch
>comedy, I'd check it out in a second. Same with stand-up. Hell
>I'd even read a book that he wrote. But I don't think a talk
>show would suit him.

similar to conan, where you would normally be totally uninterested in the person he's talking to but he makes it funny and interesting by himself.

and as far as laid back goes, that's generally letterman's style.

Cause you KNOW ?uest would be sitting there drumming thinking, "Damn, Dave over at *insert network* and we over here slow jamming the news."