Being funny is not what a morning talk show host wants to be.
People look for a companion.. a friend or friends, some people to share the morning with as they get up, get ready, and travel to work.
To be funny on Radio or Tv requires a live audience. Being funny is all about timing. And no one has ever gotten the timing right with out a live audience to play off of.
Low budget TV shows tried to do it with laugh tracks. People do not laugh when alone or almost alone. But the timing of the laugh track has to be just right. And the only way to get a laugh track right is to use a live audience.
Radio tries to fix the listenera mostly being alone by using audio stingers right after the punch line. They do not work very well.
Some shows like Imus and Stern try to use the other people on the show as a sort of laugh track. But the problem is the pro's working the show do not respond like listeners. They try to laugh on cue.. It rarely works.
To gain and maintain an audience, a morning show host has to relate to his listeners. He has to be someone the audience likes to listen to.. someone with whom the listener feels comfortable. The show must provide needed information, and be staffed with people with whom the audience likes to spend time.
The success of a morning show has almost nothing to do with being funny. A morning show host has to be fun to listen too.. not funny.
That's your opinion. Mine is he has to be funny.
Not true. People don't laugh when they're watching a funny movie by themselves? They don't laugh when one other person is with them? On what planet?
That's what dogs are for.