Look, even if this was staged, rehearsed or otherwise planned it’s still great television. You watch this and you really get the feeling that something genuinely hilarious is happening – even if it wasn’t genuine.
Smashing eggs in each other’s pants? Come on, that’s funny. And if Conan or Jay tried this today it would just come off feeling staged. And Dave would never allow him self to have this much fun on camera. And Fallon would make it feel like a desperate attempt at whacky-ness.
Sure, Dom is trying a little too hard at the beginning what with the “Oh boy what am I about to do? Maybe I shouldn’t be doing this but I’m going to do it anyway” bit, but still it’s a good set up. And there is such energy in the room with the audience and the band. Yeah, Johnny might have been an ass but he did have a good show back in the day.
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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I love the old eps where Jonathan Winters was the guest. Those were awesome.
Damn. Those were the good ole’ days of late-night talk shows. There really was the sense that ANYTHING could happen. I don’t blame everything on Conan/Dave/Jay/Jimmy/Jimmy – you have to have a crop of stars that are willing to play. It’s like Leo DiCaprio is going to go out there and do something “crazy” – and that’s the thing that Johnny capitalized on…
Brilliant.
I think Tom Hanks still does fun stuff.
I remember seeing this years ago. Is it possible I saw the original airing of this? Too scary to consider. Fun stuff. BTW, did I miss something, or do most of the eggs really go into the water? I’m gonna have to try this at home with my daughters.