David Marchese

Where do you think I'm going?

I was going somewhere else.

Then go somewhere else.

But where did you think I was going?

Oh, that was not where I was going.

That might come up later.

But you've been the top rated host in Late Night for a minute now.

And, you know, you sort of,

Kind of like you did right at the top of our conversation.

You hold that up.

It's like a triumph over.

A lot of people, when they commented on your success, they folded in with this idea that prior to Gottfeld, there hasn't been a hit conservative late night show.

Do you think there's something that you cracked the code with, or do you think it's just your right time, right place because of changes in the culture?

Like, why hasn't there been?

But do you actually see Kimmel, Colbert, and Fallon as competition?

Not really.

Because you do very different things, but you do seem to need them in a way as foils.

Is there any kind of actual animosity there?

Because, you know, I just was looking up stuff you said about Colbert.

It's like, you know, you call him a smug loser or something like that.