Apparently, hosting Late Night on NBC just isn't the mental workout that Seth Meyers was used to getting when he was head writer on Saturday Night Live. According to the latest gossip news updates, the twin standup is considering quitting the TV show despite his five-year contract with the network. Word has it that Meyers wants to produce hard hitting satires like iconic producer Norman Lear, instead of just jokingly challenging the terrorists that hacked Sony's email ,as North Korea's response to the Interview, to try the same thing with his personal accounts.
Most comedians would look at hosting a show like Late Night as a dream job, but it is said, that for Seth Meyers the new gig isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Even though Conan O'Brien's old job offers great pay and unparalleled exposure on network television, the role of talk show host doesn't offer the same highs that come from creating something all your own.
A source with all the behind-the-scenes details claimed in this week's January 18, OK! Magazine, that Seth couldn't continue to just act as talking head servicing mediocre jokes:
"Seth is way to brainy to be interviewing celebrities, and he's getting really frustrated.
"He wants to win awards and be more of a Norman Lear type, writing and creating other shows."
The secret informant goes on to insist that Meyers may have been elated when he first got hired for Late Night, but Seth has quickly realized this is just not what he wants to do with the rest of his life:
"Seth doesn't want a 20-year career on the talk show circuit...his brain will fry."
While it was far from the cultural statement made by All in the Family or The Jeffersons, at least Seth and the rest of his writers took aim at North Korea, following the initial news that Interview was going to be pulled from theatrical release.
It was, of course, ridiculously silly, but at least Meyers' show called out the absurdity of Sony having to face this challenge alone by inviting the cyber-terrorists to attack NBC (via The Blaze):
"Hey hackers, you're probably feeling pretty good about yourself right now.
"Well, we here at NBC would love to see you try that with us.
"Go ahead, hack into our email servers. Publish our internal correspondence.
"You know what, go ahead and hack into my personal email."
At this point if Meyers did actually walk away from the show, do you think anyone would even notice?
© 2024 Classicalite All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
