I think Dave, Jay and Jon Stewart are all funny...perhaps not rolling-on-the-floor in laughter funny - but funny nevertheless.

Dave's good at being spontaneous...none of the written material on the show is particularly humorous - but when something happens out of the blue (like CBS posting Jay's picture on the People's Choice Awards website) - there's nobody better than Dave at picking up something like that and running with it for a few shows. He's also the best interviewer of celebs on late night.

Jay's good at writing jokes...his monologue is entertaining, but he's not very good at interviewing.

Now Conan...I just don't get his appeal. He's seems like a decent enough guy, but he's never really made me laugh.

I've never found Conan funny either. I don't know how he has been on as long as he has. The monologue consists of 3 bad jokes. Maybe 4 on a good night. That is it. 3 jokes!

Jay needs to quit trying to be Carson, always having on some animal handler. If I wanted to see animals, I would go to the zoo. Seems like at least once a week.

Don't like the show? Don't watch it. Problem solved.

Letterman is god. And his influence on the two best in the business right now (O'Brien and Stewart) is an undeniable fact.

Leno's popularity, on the other hand, is a timeless mystery. He's the Bigfoot of pop culture.

NO one will ever replace the man: Johnny Carson.

The best setup was Carson, followed by Letterman.

Those were the days.

For the record, I have always been a Letterman fan, and miss the grand old days.

Don't even get me started on Leno.....

--LVM

If I'm up late enough, I'll watch the first part of Letterman instead of the first part of Leno. After that, it depends on the guest.

Kilborne could be the second funniest host on late night tv, but I'll never not watch Conan.

I used to think Leno was funny when he was a standup comic and appeared on Letterman and Carson as a guest. But since he got the Tonight Show gig, he has seriously dumbed down his act ... and has made the Tonight Show a watered-down, lowest-common-denominator version of Letterman's old NBC show, which really was controlled anarchy in its heyday. You never knew what was going to happen on that show. It was brilliant and quite innovative. From what little I've seen of Conan's show, it seems like his is the best imitator.

Nobody will ever replace Carson. Carson's ability to interact with people and his natural ability to comment on the news with humor will never be replicated by anyone.

I still like Letterman over Leno because nowadays Letterman can often bring out the funniest in his interviewees. Too bad Richard Simmons won't go on The Late Show with David Letterman nowadays because every time Simmons went on Letterman's show the banter back and forth was always amazingly funny--especially with Letterman's snide remarks. And Letterman is one of the few interviewers that can do one-on-one interviews with Howard Stern without turning into a disaster.

But that seems too easy...

I think Letterman is not funny in the least bit. I cannot understand how people find him amusing. His show's format sucks, he sits around and talks to paul (who i cannot stand at all) about nothing. His sketches (will it float, etc.) are incredibly lame and the top10 just isn't funny at all. I agree and think he should quit and give the job to conan, the funniest man alive.

Also, in a related topic, while I don't really find leno all that humorous, at least his show has a good format and has some funny sketches like jaywalking and headlines....

oh and craig kilborn sucks too (my opinion anyway).

did you forget he only has 1 hour instead of 1.5 that leno and letterman have?

Huh? Leno and Letterman are an hour long, just like Conan.

Me, I hate Letterman - I just don't find him funny. I honestly enjoy Leno's show; sure, he's no comedic genius, but at least I laugh watching the show. With Letterman, I just stare at the screen wondering why people enjoy this. Conan, though, is the man - my absolute favorite.

It doesn't seem to matter who the comedian is... I think it's the format of these shows that is getting stale. Why must all late night shows follow the same routine? Monologue; band chat; skit; interviews; musical act.

I can't understand the appeal of any of them... the interviews are particularly embarassing and unwatchable - especially with some flavour of the month teen actor...

What the hell are you babbling about?

That actually comes from the BBC's "Is it Buoyant?"

eh anybody got any gum?

heh haaaaaaaaaaaa!


letterman is great, but conan is the best, perfect way to round out my nights

Craig Kilborn has got to be the worst offender of all. That is an avoid at all costs kind of show. I mean all he does is fawn over his female guests, is rarely insightful, and never funny.

Jon Stewart is the man. The Daily Show should be on network television.

I would rank them:

Conan O'Brien
Jon Stewart
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Craig Kilborn

sounds like a good ranking to me

Conan shits all over Letterman.

haha good call on t he 1 hour thing...i don't know why i thought leno and letterman had longer times...haha it is only 1 hour....doh.

somethimes watching leno can seem like and hour and a half its so painfull

I'd watch Oprah before Dave.

Yeah Dave is just not funny, what kinda of guy laughs at his own jokes, humor is so dry that the people must be paid to laugh.

I think it's agreed upon that Carson was the king of all time. Well, anyone who believes that and also thinks Letterman sucks, then why did Carson appear on Dave's show after he retired and has never even acknowledged Leno? Of course, part of that was how we was forced out, but he also has always thought Letterman was clearly the best out there. Don't get me wrong, I like Conan and Jon Stewart too, but Dave is the best to me. Sure, his monologues aren't that funny, but he knows that. That's why they only last a couple of minutes. His humor lies in his interactions with guests.