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CRAIG KILBORN
August 2004
THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG KILBORN
CRAIG KILBORN
(Host, THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG KILBORN)
Craig Kilborn has come a long way from his days as a radio sportscaster covering the Savannah Spirits of the Continental Basketball Association to hosting THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG KILBORN, a nightly comedic forum that takes a lighthearted look at the day's news events and offers an upbeat venue for the most interesting actors, musicians, sports stars and celebrity guests. In March 2004, he celebrated his fifth anniversary as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW.
Kilborn, a native of Hastings, Minn., began his career by telling jokes in his mother's kitchen, using a wooden spoon as a microphone. Before long, he was cracking them up with both his jokes and his attempts at a crossover dribble as a "role player" for the Montana State University "Fighting Bobcats" basketball team.
After college, Kilborn took his first paid broadcasting job as play-by-play man for the Savannah Spirits of the now defunct Continental Basketball League. He moved on to become sports director for KCBA-TV Monterey, Calif., before being discovered by ESPN, which provided him with a national audience for his trademark sly wit. It was at ESPN that his incomparable highlight-tape calls made a cult hero of the NBA's Pooh Richardson with such descriptions as "Pooh Pooh Pa-Choo, Mrs. Robinson" and "Too Live Pooh."
That humor served Kilborn well when he became host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, where he created the "Five Questions" and "A Moment for Us" segments, which he brought with him to CBS.
He recently made his first jump from the small to the big screen, starring in the hit feature film "Old School."
Kilborn, who took over as host of THE LATE LATE SHOW on March 30, 1999, is also one of its writers. He lives in Los Angeles.
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TODD ALLAN YASUI
(Executive Producer, THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG KILBORN)
Todd Allan Yasui, who began producing THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG KILBORN in January 2002, has an extensive television-production background.
He began his career as an assistant editor for the Arts and Entertainment department of the Washington Post, where he wrote a weekly culture column titled "Arts Beat." Following a six-year stint at the Post, Yasui made the transition from journalism to television, moving to Hollywood in 1992 to serve as a talent executive for "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He quickly made the jump to segment producer, a position he held for the next five years. In 1997, he moved on to become supervising producer of several talk/comedy/variety shows, including "The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show" and "The Magic Hour," with Earvin "Magic" Johnson, before becoming a staff executive producer at Oxygen Media in 1998.
Yasui was born and raised in Williamsport, Pa., and was graduated from George Washington University with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He lives in Hollywood.
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