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Fail Better with David Duchovny

Seth Meyers Loves When a Joke Fails

Fail Better with David Duchovny

Grace Cohen-Chen

Society & Culture

4.6534 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

As a veteran late-night guest, I know a phony host when I see one — and Seth Meyers is as genuine as they come. He’s been a professional funny guy on TV for decades, first joining the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2001, then hosting his own late-night talk show since 2014. Over the years, he’s learned the hard way what works and what doesn’t, stumbling through creative missteps in front of millions of people and, even worse, in front of Lorne Michaels. We discuss standout skits, the legacy of late night, and how having good taste often means knowing when to step aside. Late Night with Seth Meyers will go live on Wednesday, September 11 at 10 p.m. for “A Closer Look with Seth Meyers: Primetime LIVE Election Special”, an extended edition of the show’s signature A Closer Look segment, examining the previous night’s presidential debate. Follow me on Instagram at @davidduchovny. Stay up to date with Lemonada on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. And if you want to continue the conversation with other listeners, join the My Lemonada community at https://lemonadamedia.com/mylemonada/ For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's morning in New York.

0:02.8

Oh, God.

0:06.2

Hey, everybody.

0:07.3

I'm Mandy Patinkin.

0:08.7

And I'm Catherine Grady.

0:09.8

And we have a new podcast.

0:11.7

It's called Don't Listen to Us.

0:14.1

Many of you've asked for our advice.

0:16.1

Tell me, what is wrong with you people?

0:19.2

Don't listen to us.

0:20.3

Our Take It or Leave a Advice show every Wednesday out now, a Lemonada Media Original.

0:29.9

I've done a lot of talk show appearances in my time.

0:34.9

You know, I can't even remember how many.

0:37.0

Probably Letterman 10, 15 times. Kimmel,

0:40.0

I think they said 20 times last time I did it. I'm sure I've done Seth Myers 10 times maybe. I don't

0:46.6

know. So I've done a lot of late night. And I kind of, I can tell the difference between a good

0:52.0

host and a bad house, for me me anyway and Seth is a good one

0:55.2

Seth is a great one actually he's kind he's funny he knows not to step on a joke he knows how to set

1:01.6

you up on a joke he's one of the generous hosts who wants you to score and he wants you to you know

1:06.8

represent whatever it is you're selling at that moment whatever tv show or book or movie you're selling at that moment.

1:13.0

And he's always surprising in a very generous and kind way.

1:16.5

So it was, I think, a little awkward for a talk show host to be on the other side of that.

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