I miss late night talk
shows filmed in front of a live
laughing audience.
The insides of the
hosts' houses are depressing—
shockingly normal.
What would Steve Allen
have done under such constraints?
Or Ernie Kovacs?
Would de Cordova
have produced a show inside
Johnny Carson's house?
Does a tossed card still
break the glass behind the host
with no one to hear?
I'll b…
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