Late Night Talk Show Host Persona
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 13 years.
Wrapped up in the guise of being famously chatty
Loved to laugh at good jokes and enjoyed listening to others
Someone that people could rely on to address their opinions
And make us laugh about it in the process
A bonus skill that few can possess and sell well enough
Without coming across as a total smart aleck
A delicate balance that many usually trip over to the finish line
Takes a comedic and talkative person to do certain jobs
Stand-up comedy and being a television host
Winning the crowd over with their charm and sparkling wit
Many introverts would instantly fold under the glaring spotlight
Pressure to always be on even when you're having a bad night
Only a chosen few can have the longevity of maintaining a show
Millions of viewers comfortable having them on their screens
Watching their clips online and sharing them with the world
What happens when they're no longer trendy and just seem bored
Either retirement or being replaced with a younger model
Sometimes a little of both depending on which network
Latest fresh faced host scrubbed and prepped for airwaves
Presented in a pristine package for 11:30 PM crowd
Lively band music introducing you five nights a week
A monologue covering current events and mocking most of them
Bringing levity to an otherwise overly serious world
Full of chaos, drama and reality television reruns ad nauseum
Not all necessarily in that debilitating order
Wondered if the host with the most colorful one liners
Was the real deal or just scripted and made-up that way
Debated whether this all around nice person was genuinely that
Pondered if they had temper tantrums behind the scenes
Or used and abused staff members at their latest whims
Were they all egotists in disguise as kind hearted souls
Who made way too much money for talking to famous people
Sitting on a couch or comfy chairs to promote their newest production
A job that had staying power and security in having somewhere to go
Johnny Carson held his position of The Tonight Show for 3 decades
Until he chose to leave for a quieter life not in front of television cameras
Impossible to determine what someone is truly like when they're off-camera
Without a script or being able to go to commercial break
Whenever an awkward moment occurred in their persona life
Realized that the job could be thankless, especially if the host comes off bad
Looking like a snake oil salesman in the guise of a nice person
Really a sociopath in the making of appearing on Dateline
Cold, heartless and incapable of caring about others
Pretending to show genuine emotion until cameras turned off
Back to focusing on their favorite subject: themselves
Using and abusing people at whim to get ultimate power trip
Time to change the channel before their heads get too big
Don't want to see them explode when they can no longer
Handle the size of their huge ego and everything that went with it
Can't bare the thought of Mr. Formerly Lovable being no more.
Moving onto sitcom reruns for time being.