Thursday April 30th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily show: More talk about the swine flu, comments on Obama’s news conference, and CNN goes graphical statistic crazy. John Oliver interviews a scientist behind the large hadron collider and accuses him of wanting to destroy the earth. Hugh Jackman talks about hosting the Oscars and both of their children.

Letterman: Yankee stadium slashes ticket prices, but it’s still expensive. Air Force One is coming to your town. Interview with fake new democratic congressman. Big cardboard Air Force One shows up in the window. Bob BB Bobberson with True Tales from the Old West. Regis talks about Dave ruining his Shrek appearance and he asks about Dave’s marriage. Regis then answers questions from the audience. Finally he plays catch with Dave. The Broadway cast of Hair acts like a bunch of crazy hippies.

Leno: Kevin shows up in video during Oprah’s interview with a cathouse girl. Carrot Top tries to make the latest American idol castoff laugh. New and Improved ad slogans. Matthew McConaughey and Magic Johnson. Stairsailor performs.

Fallon/Daly: Repeats

Ferguson: Michael Douglas and Carrie Ann Inaba.

Thursday April 30th Daytime Talk Show Recap

Bonnie: Dominic Monaghan talks about his character on Lost, his childhood in acting, his trip to Thailand and animals. Lacey Chabert talks about her childhood and her new movie.

Ellen: Ryan Reynolds talks about running a marathon, working out for Xmen and shows off some skills with blades.

Wednesday April 29th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily show: Arlen Spector switches parties and news networks make funny comments. Larry Wilmore can’t use black slang or jokes anymore. Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about how Obama has done. Moment of Zen: Arlen Spector says he didn’t always agree with what he voted on.

Letterman: Dave’s got a hoarse voice, I hope it’s not swine flu. He gets cue card “boy” Tony Mendez to read the monologue halfway through. Air Force One coming by NYC again to drop free steak knives from the sky. Monkey from Bronx zoo works in the copy room. Paul does the top 10 list: top ten reasons Arlen Spector switched parties. Jennifer Garner makes tea for Dave and talks about her daughters. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk talks about the cars and brings one out. Manchester Orcheastra performs.

Leno: Fallon gives Leno blood to make him younger. Stuff we found on ebay. Jimmy Fallon sings some stupid song about spitting while talking, then talks about a stolen CD, graduating from college, and his show. Chris Matthews. Zac Brown Band performs.

Fallon/Daly: Repeats

Ferguson: Celebrity Apprentice with Sean Connery and Arnold Schwartzanagger. Kenneth Branagh talks about food. Antony and the Johnsons perform.

Tuesday April 28th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily show: News programs give Barack Obama’s first 100 days a grade and the Daily Show correspondents cover it New Years Eve style. Congresswoman gets caught because of wiretapping. Guest debates with Jon about torture.

Letterman: Air Force One photoshoot driving through midtown. Iowa governor giving speech about swine flu seems to have it herself. Dave plays with the hose outside. Temperature guessing game in Rupert’s store. Top 10 white house excuses for flying air force one in NYC. Dolly Parton. Alan’s long lost son returns. Zachary Quinto talks about Star Trek and bungee jumping. Dolly Parton performs.

Leno: Bull in the supermarket actually does some shopping. Meal or No Meal: audience member talents: one raps, one pushed eyeballs out of sockets and one sings chicken opera. Michael Douglas. Chelsea Handler. Country Bones performs.

Fallon/Daly: Repeats

Ferguson: Emails. Tim Meadows from Washington with a fake Susan Boyle. John McEnroe.

Tuesday April 28th Daytime Talk Show Recap

Ellen: 7 year old solar system enthusiast Brandt Bickford talks about girls, space and gets a stormstrooper bust with his head on it from Ellen. He was wearing a pin with a picture of his father who’s in Iraq, aw sad.

The View: Kim Kardashian talks about her family, twitter and does a butt workout.

Regis: Matthew Fox talks about NYC, moving away from Hawaii, his character on Lost and Regis makes fun of Lost.

Bonnie: Carson Daly brings his mom to the show.

Monday April 27th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: News networks scare the hell out of people with their coverage of the swine virus. Low flying planes over NYC causes panic for no reason. Finance Minister of France is the guest and compares France’s economy to ours. This time Jon gets a French hat.

Letterman: “What a day today, 86 and sultry, like Barbara Walters.” Gm factories closing down over the summer, but employees can still engage in horseplay with the air hose. Bronx zoo’s leaving animals will acclimate to new lives in the world. 5 day forecast. Alan Kalter gets a visit from his long lost son. Top 10 thoughts that went through Matthew Stafford’s mind on draft day: he presents the list. 2. Why does Jessica Simpson keep calling me? 1. I’d gladly go number 2 if it means I don’t have to appear on Letterman. Matthew Fox talks about his children, his childhood and giving the commencement speech at Colombia. Just a little bit about Lost. Biff talks about climate change, goes outside, but doesn’t come back. Carol Leifer. All American Rejects perform.

Leno: Leno comes out of the hospital with nine babies, “take that octomom!” “While in the hospital I woke up from a bad dream to see Conan holding a pillow over my head.” Headlines: A woman has a thought bubble with a cucumber in it. Eric Bana. Marjorie Johnson bakes a cake, talks about how she talks fast and the cake falls. Big Voodoo band performs.

Fallon: Repeats all week.
Last Call: Repeats all week.

Ferguson: He talks about the swine flu. Emails. Nature’s Platform. Shirley Manson and Breckin Meyer.

Monday April 27th Daytime Talk Show Recap + Spike

Talkshow with Spike Feresten: Spike does his monologue while Fox execs get hurt to spice up his monologue. Rick Richards files a report on credit card fraud where he actually steals his neighbor's credit card, buys stuff and then invites that neighbor over to enjoy them. Spike gives a message to the viewers in Vietnam. Tony Rock is the guest. Hollywood Douchebags including hobo on railroad tracks douchebag and three musketeer douchebags. Comedy for Stoners had an old guy putting his hand in a piranha tank only to get a free watch.

The Bonnie Hunt Show: Elizabeth Mitchell talks about reading scripts on Lost, her child and her past work.

The Ellen Degeneres Show: Kristen Chenoweth talks about the topics in her book, her new show Sit Down Shup Up and guesses Ellen's secret word.

Friday April 24th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Real Time with Bill Maher: The SlumWow! An Indian boy does everything for you while you sit in your Snuggie/ShamWow combo. Susan Boyle will have a typical music star’s disastrous career. New Rules: Pageant contestants need to stop talking, Somali pirates have to stop looking so darn cute, There is no such thing as the essential Kenny Loggins, KFC can’t sell their grilled roadkill as chicken, Chinese people have to make better Soy Sauce packages, Converatives have to stop protesting about ridiculous things. Bill compares the conservatives to a guy who lost their girlfriend, but their country has found someone new, a black guy.

Letterman: HBO’s 2008 election movie has Obama and McCain switching bodies in 47 Again. Dave thinks twitter will be written in the history books as the beginning of the end of civilization. Fun Facts: Kelly Ripa has to reintroduce herself to Regis every morning. Michael Keaton broke his foot from saving children from a burning building. He brings out the kids including an older guy, obviously a joke. Stanley Konkrite in the CBS shop talks about how Mel Gibson stole his Russian wife. Lily Allen performs.

Leno: Canceled.

Fallon: A telethon to get the Saved by the Bell cast reunited on his show. Mario Lopez shows up! Neil Patrick Harris talks about the fireworks exploding on his back during the TV Land Awards, the game he created much like MTV’s The Phone and performs some magic. Emily Deschanel, Jimmy and Neil play Operation. Madden coverboy Larry Fitzgerald Jr shows some gameplay. Comedian Reggie Watts.

Ferguson: Eddie Izzard. Chris Botti performs.

Last Call: The Madden brothers. Joshua Gomez talks about baseball and seems worried about Chuck. :(

Friday April 24th Daytime Talk Show Recap

Live with Regis and Kelly: Neil Patrick Harris hosted and talked a lot about Broadway.

The Ellen Degeneres Show: Leighton Meister looks beautiful. She talks about her parents being in jail when she was a child and about Gossip Girl.

Thursday April 23th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: The history of torture and how we’ve been doing it for a while under Bush. Samantha Bee talks about torture while her “bring your kid to work day” kid is with her crying at what she’s saying. Shit that will never happen: US adopts the Euro. Guest talks about some old presidents and history.

Leno: Sick! Who did it? Some Chuck fans maybe? They should have had someone fill in for Leno, that would have been fun to see.

Letterman: Al Qaeda: Americans will torture you including telling you they’re taking you to the zoo then not taking you. Netflix commercial: Cheney recommends movies with torture scenes. Taped segment with production crew trying to figure out what Dave ate for lunch. Jamie Foxx talks about his singing career, The Soloist and Obama. Biff Henderson questions Jamie Foxx about his interview. Lauren Conrad talks about leaving The Hills and her upcoming work. The Dead perform.

Fallon: Local Market Promos: all stupid. Beef Solvers: Perez Hilton vs Miss California. Ali Larter talks about being from Jersey and her movie Obsessed. Anthony Anderson got up close to the Hudson plane crash because he’s a TV detective, wow. Him and Jimmy attempt to breakdance. Tinted Windows perform.

Ferguson: Craig does Larry King. Teri Hatcher talks about Lois and Clark, animals and how she’s a huge fan of Craig. Martina McBride performs.

Last Call: Eliza Dushku talks about trips to Iran.

Thursday April 23th Daytime Talk Show Recap

Live with Regis and Kelly: Amy Poehler talks about her crappy new show and Regis makes believes its a huge hit because his son(?) works on it.

The View: Beyonce talks about Obsessed and her tour. Jim Parsons talks about his show, geekiness and how he uses a pencil in his mouth to practice long speeches.

The Bonnie Hunt Show: Barry Watson says absolutely nothing about Samantha Who being pulled off the air.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Lindsay Lohan looks freaky, talks about her ex and how she wants to change her life.

Wednesday April 22th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Dick Cheney and Karl Rove finally have something to say, so John Oliver reports upside down from Bizarro Washington. Part of Wyatt in Sweden: uses 5 hot blondes to represent his income, talks to Abba’s lead singer and compares America’s Baconaise and Pro Football with Sweden’s free health care and education. Guest talks about Americans’ fear and anxiety of disaster.

Letterman: Dick Cheney has a breathing problem. Shut down intersection lights for earth day in NYC cause pileup. You Asked For It: Dave without glasses=blurry. Money Saving Tip: Turn your TV off now. Alan Kalter sets a romantic mood to save power. Beyonce talks about touring and performing for the Obama’s. Regis Philbin shows up as SHREK! Looks awesome, but really has nothing to say. Jim Parsons talks about his childhood. Beyonce performs.

Leno: Worst Selling Amazon products. Dr Phil and Ali Wentworth. Comedian George Wallace.

Fallon: Joke: Earth day on the price is right today, nothing plastic or artificial, that means the showcase models had the day off. Jimmy turns the lights off for Earth day but people keep dieing, it was Jimmy who was doing it all along. Roots sing songs for audience members. Seth Meyers shows a joke that bombed on SNL dress rehearsal, then brings his brother Josh Meyers out to play a question and answer game. Michelle Trachtenberg talks about 17 Again and Gossip Girl in a rather short interview because that crappy Meyers game took up so much time. She says Josh Meyers was decked out in his suit on the plane, hilarious. Jimmy rides bikes with BMX pro Mike Spinner.

Ferguson: Prince Charles sketch. Bob Barker and Jean Smart.

Last Call: Thomas Lennon.

Wednesday April 22th Daytime Talk Show Recap

The Bonnie Hunt Show: Kunal Nayyar from The Big Bang Theory says his name means God of Love and talks about his Indian upbringing.

The Ellen Degeneres Show: Jennifer Love Hewitt talks about her dumbass boyfriend Jamie Kennedy. I'm here for you Jennifer, call me.

Tuesday April 21th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Obama’s meeting with foreign leaders, socialist Sweden has hot chicks but their top pop star lives in a small apartment, president of Liberia- Jon is made chief complete with funny hat

Letterman: Bush in Taco Bell, Bush massages foreign leader, mike singletary, top 10 thoughts going through the Somali pirate’s mind while in NYC. Nathan lane talks about jury duty and clip of him edited into star trek, late show technical update: now on twitter. Tinted windows perform.

Leno: the audience wants to know: jay’s food garden, pills that make you fat, gilbert godfried as bo the dog. Hugh jackman’s son uses him to pick up girls and he talks about playing a short wolverine. Abigail breslin. Ida Maria sings about being naked.

Fallon: He talks about Regis this morning and their love for each other. Target demographic: Indian doctors and they’re in the audience. Lickin it for Ten: guy and girl licking a window facing each other. Jerry O’Connel: jokingly talks about stalking and does some fencing with Jimmy. Thomas Lennon. Chester French performs.

Ferguson: Rob Morrow, Jean Michel Cousteau.

Last Call: Adam Carolla shows a bit of his garage. Some female host reports from a car race. Idris Elba talks about The Wire, The Office and Obsessed. Also shows off his studio.

Tuesday April 21th Daytime Talk Show Recap: Late Night invades Daytime

Live with Regis and Kelly: Jimmy Fallon talks about his show and how he spends all day there, while Regis only comes in 30 minutes before.

Rachael Ray: Jeff Goldblum shows off once again, this time playing the piano. They talk about his past films and Rachael named the chicken dish, Golden Bloomer, after him.

The Bonnie Hunt Show: Jorge Garcia talks about how he can't keep a straight face in any scenes with Matthew Fox. He shows off some awesome Halloween costumes of an oyster and a fish tank. Eliza Dushku talks about her show mostly.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Jimmy Kimmel talks about his show, makes fun of his college and has a computer screen magnifier for Ellen to auction off.

Monday April 20th Late Night Talk Show Recap

The Daily Show with John Stewart:

• Details about torture and how politicians think it isn’t so bad.
• Back in Black shows the ridiculousness of Nickelodeon’s special about being green. Wilmer Valderamma voices a cartoon character who talks about energy saving yet has tons of cars on MTV Cribs.
• Guest talks about war and terrorism.

The Late Show with David Letterman:

Monologue bits:

• Hugo Chavez gives Obama some women’s book.
• Terrorist uses Neutrogena anti-aging cream because of water boarding.

Sketches:

• Some old guy makes Letterman younger, like 17 Again. He’s now 62.
• Late show weight loss challenge. Who cares about this, really?
• Top 10 things overheard in the meeting between Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez.

Jeff Goldblum: The old lady on Grey Gardens has his same glasses. He was once made up like an asian guy, wow. Just hearing him talk and watching his expressions is always hilarious. In the end he shows off his expertise with rope knots.

Jeff Dunham: this guy is overrated

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno:

• Miss California is the only one who’s sash didn’t cover her boobs, haha pretty good.

Headlines:

• We specialize in bbq and pharmaceutical services
• Half grilled chicken and herpes
• Hockey player not pleased with slumping PP

Martha Stewart and Tracey Ulman: Jay does a craft with Martha, boring.

The Killers perform

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon:

• Obama expressions: too long and got stupid
• Crazy nba playoff fan is actually a fan of the refs

Terrence Howard: He sings, yup that’s about it.

Rashida Jones: Talks about how NBC is already giving that awful show Parks and Recreation nicknames. She is so cute.

Rick Ross performs

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson:

• Another lip synching bit to start off the show, these are awesome.

• Michael Caine in Spain and Craig spins some colored tube with a character in the audience.

Simon Cowell talks about Susan Boyle and Erin McCarley performs.

Last Call with Carson Daly:

Repeat, but with Yvonne Strahovski. Go Chuck!

Monday April 20th Daytime Talk Show Recap

Live with Regis and Kelly: Regis questions whether or not Simon Cowell's reaction to Susan Boyle was real or not. Chevy Chase talks about his past work and makes "Chuck" look bad calling it complicated. Daniel Dae Kim talks some Lost and about not wanting to shave his head for his role in The King and I in London. Kelly is in love with Daniel.

Rachael Ray: Bob Saget talks mostly about his new show and plays some stupid "Is that too far?" game with Rach. Some guy lost weight eating wraps and salads at McDonalds for a month, cool.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Leslie Mann shows a video of her kids and their friends screaming over a phone call from Zac Efron. Rashida Jones talks about her childhood in the Jones home, taking the bus to school with the Hiltons and Kardashians and her singing career.

Welcome to the Late Night Show Recaps Blog!

The Late Night Show Recaps Blog is meant to do what my and probably your memory is not always capable of, recap what happened last night and throughout the week on late night television shows. The recaps will be very short in nature meant to give you the reader a quick overview of the best monologue jokes, the sketches and what the celebrities spoke about.

The blog will post daily recaps of The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Daily Show with John Stewart, and Last Call with Carson Daly. If anyone wants to provide recaps for Jimmy Kimmel Live or The Colbert Report you can go ahead and contact me. I'll also be posting daytime talk show recaps from time to time.

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