Bill O'Reilly Analyzes Late Night TV's Liberal Shift

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Bill O'Reilly breaks down late night programs, and why programs are more liberal in the age of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I was growing up, I'm old enough to see the entire late night comedian thing evolve.
0:10.0	Steve Allen, so many people are a certain age will know about Steve Allen.
0:16.8	First hosted the tonight show, NBC.
0:19.4	Genius.
0:20.4	Steve Allen, if you go and you Google, the guy is hysterical.
0:25.0	I love them.
0:26.0	Even as a little kid, I used to sneak down when my parents were asleep and watch a little
0:30.8	Steve Allen with Jose Jimenez and the other crazy
0:34.0	other crazy characters that he had on his show and I just loved...
0:38.0	He gave way to Jack Parr who was kind of a nut.
0:42.0	I never really liked Par, he wasn't particularly... Jack Parr who was kind of a nut.
0:44.2	Never really liked Par. It wasn't particularly funny.
0:46.4	And then Carson, Johnny Carson came on the scene
0:49.2	and Carson was a genius.
0:51.8	And Carson redefined the late night genre and dominated for the
0:57.2	entire time he was on there and more than 30 years. And Carson's genius was
1:02.4	that he placed himself above the fray.
1:05.0	He was a liberal man.
1:07.0	No doubt about it.
1:09.0	A heavy drinker, not a nice guy from all.
1:13.3	I've never met him, but I know people who know him,
1:16.6	and I did talk to Ed McMahon, his sidekick.
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