Savannah Guthrie Helps Seth Meyers Prepare for 'Worst Guests'

The media blitz for Seth Meyers has included a THR cover story, weekend coverage in the New York Times and down-the-hall air time this morning on Today. Tonight, it’s finally time for the affable Weekend Update anchor to show his Studio 8G stuff.

Today co-host Savannah Guthrie wins the award for most practical bit of pre-show conversation. In the clip above, she pretends to be a nightmare Late Night guest so as to help Meyers see how he might deal with a Joaquin Phoenix-Letterman scenario.

Meanwhile, the New York Observer‘s Drew Grant, in his Q&A, brought up a separate, very good point about Meyers entering talk show guest territory:

Observer: Your first couple of nights have an amazing lineup: Kanye West, Lena Dunham, Joe Biden.

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