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by mfunk9786 » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:39 pm
So having watched a few episodes of The Kilborn File now, I must say - I'm a little disappointed by the fact that Kilborn's return feels... unnecessary. Allow me to give you some of my parenthesis-filled opinions:
The guests are quite unspectacular, and the bizarre presence of Christine Lakin is inexplicable. His sense of humor is still there, some jokes still fall wonderfully flat (though - is a laugh track now being utilized?) - but there is a very cringeworthy way of cutting between each joke (presumably for time), with the show's logo loudly WHOOSHING across the screen and ruining any sense of rhythm the jokes might have otherwise had.
The return of Yambo (now Kilbo) was as funny as it used to be (though the theme of lower-rent stars still continues), but it sure would be nice to have an hour so he could fill the couch and spend more time interviewing guests (still his strength). Really, I think I would just prefer an interview show if it meant he could get better guests and spend more time fucking with them with bits like the still amazing 5 Questions.
It might come into its own, but I get this sinking feeling that no one is watching this and it'll just disappear without a trace someday. It already feels like we're getting a strange pirate feed into Kilborn's basement, where no one told him he quit his late night show and he just records it every day with whatever D-grade actor or actress he could pluck off the street and kidnap for the evening. The set is even very similar to the old one, and the HD broadcast is (deliberately?) hazy and low-grade, sort of the way It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia still shoots on video and then upconverts to keep its old style in place.
I'm wondering if anyone's watched yet, and what you all think about it (particularly Kilborn's biggest fan, Domino). Now that I have Craiggers back, I'm sort of wondering if he can ever be good again if relegated to this lowly format.