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George Lopez opened his penultimate show last night with jokes about its cancellation, which happened earlier in the day. “In case you did not see the news on unemployment, it’s at an all-time high. And for Latinos, it just got a little higher,” he said. “Big news: Sony just announced they’re doing a sequel to the Smurfs movie, so today I lost some work because I’m brown, but I got some work because I’m blue.” He evoked the image of another actor who recently lost his TV job, Charlie Sheen. “I’m taking it good, I’m fine, but my goddesses are a wreck … they left me. And I’m losing teeth.” Lopez also referenced the fact that there are no more minority comedians hosting late-night shows with his and Mo’nique’s canceled within a week. “The next time you see a black and Latino guy together on TV, it is (boxers) Ortiz and Mayweather in Las Vegas. In the end, “we’re not saying goodbye, we’re just saying cable doesn’t work,” he said. Here is video of his opening monologue:
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The atomic clock,which measures time to one one-millionith of
a second, barely got to one tick before this predictable
response.
Seriously, when his sitcom got cancelled it was the same attack: play the race card.
Someone tell him he’s doing more damage than good for other performers of color by playing it.
There are countless other, equally talented [yes, George is talented] performers of color that haven’t and never will have the opportunities or gain acceptance from the industry or worldwide tv watchers/movie goers that he has and continues to receive.
He’s a bitter, thankless guy who keeps biting the hand that continues to feed him.
And if/when the day comes when he’s no longer hired, maybe he’ll have something to reflect on in addition to something to bitch about.
Unhappy people like him refuse, hell…can’t stop pointing the finger until they’ve run out of other people to blame and have only the mirror to confront.
And that day cannot come soon enough.
The writing on this show always sucked, but they were really good at booking A-list guests. Always had a great lineup. I think with better writers and more promotion, it would have succeeded. Ah well.
Too many people don’t find George to be funny and/or who knows if TBS can pull off late night in general. But either way, it’s not about race and it gets old when that’s implied.
What’s Conan going to do if TBS cancels his show? Make jokes about white Irish guys being discriminated against?
I’m living in a dream world, but it sure would be great if just one time we’d see any of these guys acknowledge their ratings suck and take a little responsibility for it. Or at least avoid passing the buck a little!
It’s not passing the buck. It’s called comedy.
Maybe ABC will put on a late night show alternating with Arsenio Hall, Monique, G. Lopez and umh let’s here if for the old people, Jerry Lewis, Phyllis Diller and Sally Jesse R.. Something for everyone seven days a week.
actually phyllis diller would be awesome. I would watch that.
Facetious, to be. Look it up!
Conan is awful.
Lopez is awful.
Leno is decent.
Letterman is awful.
Colbert is awful.
Kimmel is unwatchable.
Grace is decent.
Charlie rose is great.
Piers is good.
Fallon is good.
Ardenio is good.
Anderson is getting boring.
Ler’s just keep having the interviewers interview each other. Fascinating television. Just fascinating.
Your list is awful.
Leno is decent? Hardly.
Colbert is awful? Do you even get his show?
I agree that Colbert is awful. But everyone has a right to their opinion/tastes-even the Leno fans.
“Leno is decent.” Absolutely no one takes you seriously.
Leno still dominates the late-night ratings so someone’s taking him seriously.
+1
-2
But for Colbert, I completely agree with your assessment.
Is “Grace” Nancy Grace? Really?!?!
Ahead of Letterman and Colbert. No mention of John Stewart or Craig Ferguson. But you watch Nancy Grace. ‘Nuff said.
And out of curiosity, on what planet is Piers a good interviewer? I didn’t think I’d miss Larry “I don’t research my interviews” King.
ahhhh, thank you. I was wondering who Grace was.
You added Grace (Nancy?) but left off Craig Ferguson (my favorite of the late night crew)? Your list officially does not matter.
I thank God you don’t control the remote in my house.
I think George Lopez should have been given more time. He had some of the funniest, wittiest monologues on late night rivaling only Conan. His assertion that it’s because he’s a minority is probably true but, then again, look at Oprah. Unlike Conan, his staff should have done a better job using the internet to garner more interest and engage with their fan base more. Good Luck George and Good Night. Keep Smurfin’!
Re-play the monologue: he did NOT blame his demise on being a minority. He simply said it was unfortunate there would be no minority talent on late-night TV.
*This* time…
I agree that there is quite a bit of weak late night stuff. But anybody that describes Leno as decent and Letterman as awful is clearly nuts.
PREDICTING MR. LOPEZ DOES SOMETHING #COMPELLING WITH RICHARD ROSENBLATT’S DEMAND MEDIA ON THE WEB WHICH PETER GUBER IS A BOARD MEMBER/ INVESTOR OF/IN & FRIENDS WITH MR. LOPEZ. ALSO WOULD BE COOL IF MR. GUBER & MR. LOPEZ BOUGHT THE LA DODGERS
What a kiss ass u r blaze. Spcla
I’ve found him funny sometimes, but I’m sorry, that’s all he could come up with about this mess? Pretty bad if you ask me. You’re not helping your case, George.
George,
It’s because you are not f***ing funny. It has ZERO to do with your race, ethnicity, etc. This is a game about money. Nobody gives a damn if your a Navi. If you are funny, get an audience, and make the Network tons of cash, they keep you. Hell, you don’t even have to be funny, just popular.
What an ignorant fool
But your response is ignorant because Lopez did NOT blame his demise on being a minority. He simply said it was unfortunate there would be no minority talent on late-night TV.
Some of you are pulling the “race card” when it wasn’t even dealt.
And I quote: “today I lost some work because I’m brown.”
Again, I’m not saying it’s true or isn’t true, but he said what he said.
“so today I lost some work because I’m brown”
To be blunt, I think he is taking the easy way out with the race card. He relied on it as comedic device in caustic ways that rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. It was kinda mean. The Chappelle Show took on racial issues and jokes but never in the consistently mean vein that Lopez does. Mean comedic shows don’t last.
On top of that, his ratings took a hit about the same time his wife filed for divorce. It doesn’t matter if Lopez was the best husband ever. The optics to the world were of a man who tossed his wife to the curb to enjoy his new talk show even more. The wife who saved his life no less. Since, it is so close to when Conan came on, was it the divorce, Conan, mean jokes, or all three?
It is too bad because you could see it was possible to have another Arsenio type of fun talk show. With some extra layers in there with Lopez doing the skits and star participation he had available.
That’s an excellent point. Everyone keeps pointing to his ratings plunge when Conan showed up – but he made it worse with his divorce even preceding that. He brought this on himself – and he doesn’t even know it.
And, he’s not funny at all.
“but I gained some work because I’m blue.” It’s called a joke.
no shit it was a joke, but he still brought race into it by phrasing it like that, unlike what the poster above was saying.
Colbert and Letterman are two of the funniest and quickest minds ever to work in the medium.
“…so today I lost some work because I’m brown…”
Seriously?? SERIOUSLY?!?! His show was canceled because he’s hispanic??? Is this really what he’s saying/thinking???
As Chris from Family Guy said about his sitcom, “that show only perpetuates the stereotype that George Lopez is funny.”
Get a grip, George.
Isn’t partially because of ethnicity though? And it’s a problem he played to his ethnicity so much?
If multiple jokes out of every opening are about being Latino, then you’re going to ring as a Latino-oriented show.. and lose a lot of other viewers. No crossover appeal, no ratings, no show.
Same material, he’d probably kill it on Univision. Highest rated show ever.
Actually I think incessant jokes about being Latino are meant to appeal to slightly racist white people who are made uncomfortable with such jokes. It’s just sad and dated. Having your whole routine revolve around “Hey I’m this race/religion/gender, ISN’T THAT FUNNY!” is beyond stupid. It’s a substitution for actual comedy. It was lame in the 80′s and 90′s when bad comedians like Paul Rodriguez and Margret Cho made careers out of it, and now in 2011 it’s just God-awful pathetic. Hopefully it’s changing though. Aziz Ansari certainly doesn’t rely on that kind of trash.
If he wants to bring up race, I would submit that he had a long run on his successful sitcom and was given his own talk show BECAUSE he’s Latino. Same thing for his work in animation. His race is the only unique aspect he brings to the table. Otherwise, he’s just some bland, unfunny comic. I watched the opening of his show yesterday, out of curiosity. It hadn’t changed from when it first came on. The pre-taped segment with Alba had him saying “What a pretty Latina!” Latinas need heels on their shoes” And he pulls out… a copy of “Latina” magazine. His show was ABOUT Latinos, apparently, and he was given two years to build an audience.
No minorities for hosts? There’s this one guy on Sabado Gigante. Maybe Lopez should give him a call.
It’s telling all this white angst is predicated on the premise that Lopez was attributing his cancellation to his skin color, a premise that seems to have originated from a lot of defensive white people rather than Lopez himself.
He took some comedic license with the old joke (based in truth) that people of color are typically the first let go and have the shortest amount of time to produce relative to their white counterparts. See: U.S. History 1776-Present.
The Sabado Gigante comment is typical white racial frame thinking. The implication being “minorities” should be satisfied with whatever representation the “majority” feel is appropriate. A lot of Mexican American and other so-called Latinos don’t speak Spanish as a first language and thus wouldn’t watch that show to begin with. But they’re all the same to you, I imagine.
Perfect storm: awful writing + awful host +incompetent Morton = CANCELED SERIES.
Maybe George will wind up as an evil crime boss on General Hospital.
If there is one nationality that is employed around the US, it’s Latinos. Why does this moron always have to pull that card? Thank God his horrible show was cancelled. Maybe they can air some reruns of The Wonder Years instead, that will kill in that time slot, and it won’t cost a thing.
Ratings and race aren’t mutually exclusive. What’s the TBS demographic? And funny is definitely subjective, cultural. Chances are, he didn’t find the right audience with TBS. But you know what– props to him for using his final nights as a soap box. This is a pretty fucked up, insular industry– it may have been a stretch in this instance– but who knows– I’m guessing Lopez knows what went down more than anyone on this board and he’s entitled to his monologue. Just like Conan –bless his pale, $40million severance paid heart– with his pity-fest, letter to earth people [the humblebrag gold standard] or Letterman using airtime to out an extortionist over personal sex affairs, Lopez can use his final moments to opine about the industry/TBS.
In this economy, people are cutting luxuries like cable/digital/satellite tv. having a late-night show on cable kills your audience – especially for people like Lopez & Mo’Nique, whose core audiences can’t afford cable anymore. Conan is in danger too, but TBS will more than likely hold on for a bit.
When the whole Leno / Conan thing was going on, I was disappointed to hear that he was going to a cable network. Sure, they start out big with promotion and the hard-push for the best guests, but in the end, promo dollars fade and it’s easier for audiences to see Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, Fallon and Ferguson without spending extra cash.
How do you know their “core audience can’t afford cable anymore”. Can you expound more on your narrow minded profiling?
A lot of Latinos didn’t like his show. The DNA testing his guest was stupid and divisive. WTF was that about. He brought upon himself. Hes out work, BS! He is out of work but has millions to fall back on.
“Colbert is awful”… your credibility and taste are BOTH for s#*+ obviously.
Wasn’t the Lopez show doing better before Conan became its lead-in? So did Conan just do to Lopez what Leno did to him?
Leno succeeds because Middle America eats him up like rice pudding. Nothing offensive, you wont be asked to think for ONE second – his show is awful but old people and braindeads in bed and barcaloungers love his show. It’s like fast food. Slurp and its gone. His jokes are right up with Ziggy and Marmaduke comics.
Hahaha a lot of defensive white folks in this thread! You’d think YOU were getting your talk-show cancelled.
Your race can not be the only stick that you do. I got the feeling that Lopez hoped he could re-create the old Aresenio Hall show but he just was not that funny.
Also,given the several Spanish language networks now available, there
are plenty of choices available.