Heres what we learned.
At that time, the birtherism movement was at full force, and Donald Trump was its champion.
He was also present at the dinner, so many of the nights jokes were directed at him.
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Afterward, Trump fired back at Meyers in interviews and tweets by saying he mumbled.
Its so funny that Trump called you mumbling, because you are to a fault articulate, Mulaney said.
You always speak not only in complete sentences but with perfect diction.
But after awhile you pulled me into your office and asked, Do I mumble?'
Thats the power of Donald Trump!
Hes so relentless that even I started thinking it.
Hes like a 1950s bully.
That may not seem like a lot of time, but Meyers said it wasnt actually a huge problem.
None of the stuff we came up with in those three weeks worked, Meyers said.
You have to learn by doing.
Theres a lot of things late-night shows do because they work well, Meyers said.
Also, you want viewers to feel like theyre settling into something comfortable, notAmerican Ninja Warrior.
The genesis of A Closer Look
Every late-night show needs signature bits.
James Corden said as much in his recentTimesTalks interviewwhen explaining the genesis of Carpool Karaoke.
Its genesis was gradual and sporadic, according to Meyers.
Meyers claimed this as one of the advantages of our current splintered media.
Its a nice era to have a talk show.
You dont have to hide your views, Meyers said.
In fact, the audience expects you to have a point of view.
Lessons from George R.R.
Martin
Each episode ofLate Nighttypically has two guests.
As an example of that last point, Meyers talked about how pleased he was by author George R.R.
Martinsrecent blog postexplaining why he didnt finishThe Winds of Winterahead of the latestGame of Thronesseason.
Even someone as famous as Martin sometimes struggles to get important writing done on deadline.
Then we came up like, Hey.
Im just arguing with Lorne in my head.
