Late Show Christmas Edition Epilogue

The Late Show does the same Christmas traditions year in and year out over and over and the FIRST TIME I write a blog about them, something different happens. Gutting. I can at least take some consolation in the fact that nobody listens to me anyway.

CUT, yes CUT from the Late Show (due to time, pffff) was Paul's Cher Impression. Nevertheless you can see it here. A classic that never gets old.

As of this posting, CBS hasn't uploaded the full show onto the web. You can check here. But because CBS's web video kinda sucks anyway, I'll go through the list and post segments from Christmas Past.

1) Topping of the Christmas Tree - Like I had warned earlier it looks like this is no longer done on-air anymore. Fair enough. See the very first one here.

2) Paul's Cher Impression - Cut from the show. See THIS YEAR'S as a "web exclusive" here.

3) The Lone Ranger Story - This one was a little flat, I thought, owing partly to the fact that Jay Thomas took a comedy risk and insulted the audience when he came out. Nevertheless you can see one of the past tellings here:

[Broken Video Link Removed, Here is the 2009 Version]

4) The Late Show Quarterback Challenge - This year there was a bit of a surprise. Dave got the idea to do a recreation of the first Quarterback challenge (see Origins in Previous Post) where he would throw a couple and miss and they Jay Thomas would run out and throw a bomb right on target. Dave throws one... miss, throws another... hit's the meatball right off the tree. The Challenge is over without Jay even throwing a single ball. Here's what it looked like in the past:

5) Darlene Love Performs "Christmas Baby (Please Come Home)" - This is one tradition that was as great and rock solid as ever. Just fantastic. Here's one from the past.

[Broken Video Link Removed, Replacing with Compilation]

You won't see anything that good anywhere, I guarantee.

And that about wraps 'er up.