From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's The Treatment.

It's The Treatment.

I'm Elvis Mitchell.

It probably used to be said to host the late night network TV show.

You need a suit and tie and a consistent band leader. My guest, Seth Myers, has proven that there's no truth to that stuff whatsoever. He's now into almost a decade of hosting late night with, wait, let me see who's the host of that. Oh, yes, Seth Myers. Seth, good to have you back. Thank you for doing this, sir. It's great to be here, Elvis. Thank you for having me. And I've got to say, I mean, it's one of the things I think about post-pandemic. I mean, besides showing off your extremely voluminous collection of plaid shirts, that the idea of flipping that traditional its head and not wearing a suit to host a late-night show really does something for the vibe, I think.

Yeah, I think so, too. And, you know, I never would have gotten there without the assist from the

pandemic. But there was something about, as we went through that chapter of the show and

doing it in the sort of places you're not supposed to do a talk show, like an attic in your in-laws house. And realizing that everybody, you know, it wasn't just that we were stuck at home. Everybody else was stuck at home who was watching us as well. So the show, by necessity, became more casual. And then when everybody came back and we started having audiences again, you know, none of them, Elvis, I don't want to call them out, you know, by name, but none of

them ever wear suits to my show.

You know, I said this before, but I always feel like when I put on a suit, even when I did

weekend update that I'm, I feel like a middle schooler in a production of death of a salesman,

like, then nobody actually believes I wear a suit.

And so it just felt like a level of artifice that

maybe we wouldn't rush back to. I will admit that I thought maybe we would be doing it again

by now, but we're really happy with the casual feel of the show. It's funny because I think

there's something in your posture that's very different.

It feels weirdly like the show that you kind of always wanted it to be.

Yes.

I think that is very much the case.

It should be noted without knowing it was the show I wanted it to be.

And I had every opportunity when I was handed the keys to this in 2014. I could have said,

I want to do sweaters and button up shirts and maybe the network would have gone along with it.

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