Video:

The anamorphic widescreen transfer of The Late Show is as would be expected; there is some grain, especially notable in the film's darker scenes, and the colors are a bit faded. But for a 1977 film, Warner Bros. seems to have done all it could do without giving it a full-fledged restoration.

Audio:

The mono track holds up well, though it doesn't get much of a workout. The dialogue is crisp (but there is an English subtitle track included) and the Kenneth Wannberg (now better known as a music editor, working on Star Wars I, Artificial Intelligence: AI and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) score is vibrant.

Extras:

The theatrical trailer is included, along with a clip of Tomlin doing a publicity interview with Dinah Shore on her show "Dinah!" The clip is noteworthy for a brief glimpse at Tomlin's phone operator character and as a chance to laugh at the clothing of the show's other guests, the Doobie Brothers.

The Late Show is not the film that Art Carney is known for and, as the extra list and transfer show, is not a priority release for Warner. But it still would have been nice for the disc to give a tribute to the quasi-recently-deceased Carney, not unlike the Jack Lemmon tribute found on the Glengarry Glen Ross disc.

Final Thoughts:

An interesting twist on a tried-and-true film genre, The Late Show holds up today because of the interesting writing and the solid performances, especially the standout work from Carney.