Praise the TV muses when they saw fit to give George Lopez his very own late-night talk show! The promos, for once, did not disappoint. "Lopez Tonight" is a party and we're ALL invited! He just celebrated one month of programming and I hope to see him celebrate 25 years as Oprah recently did. Lopez is just that good...and very funny!
Recently, Lopez had to contain a near riot of young women (and their mothers) who went ballistic when teen idol Taylor Lautner, of "Twilight" and "New Moon" fame, stopped by for a "visit". Lopez could barely question the undeniably dreamy Lautner due to the screaming throng. It was a palpable love fest and as contagious as H1N1. Lopez and Lautner expertly rolled with it and made for some hysterical convo.
My personal screen favorite, Lawrence Fishburn, came on the show to discuss his new life as a TV icon on "CSI". To my reckoning "Fish" is the only dramatic character who has traversed 3--count them 1,2,3--concurrently running shows at a time. In addition, he has stellar screen and stage careers. The friendship between Fish and Lopez is obvious, as they nearly fall over in hysterics discussing Fishburn's early work on such banal shows as "Pee-wee's Playhouse". We are eager for more and feel shortchanged when the interview ends. Oh, yeah. I'll be watching tomorrow night!
"Lopez Tonight" is like an air freshener in an otherwise stale room full of old, smelly shoes. Lopez is quick, off the cuff, and cuts to the point of making me wince with his rapier-like wit. He can do low-brow, but it's not distasteful. If you haven't watched, my advice is for you to "Sheck it out, Ese!"
