That's where the creative strength of absurdism shines. When you understand your comedy mechanistically you can always find some new way to subvert a greater expectation. I think Conan O'brien and Craig Ferguson are talented performers with good writers but I don't think either could have that same arms race because they're too bound to the idea of what a late night talk show is supposed to be. There are material constraints like their need to have advertisements and attract new guests by letting them platform their product, there are social constraints like FCC and network censorship and audience demographics and cultural expectations for the late night talk show experience as people unwind in bed and don't want to think about the thing they're watching. Five seasons and Eric Andre has consistently impressed me as someone who's pedantic about this shit. Tim Heidecker has that same ability to be continually innovative way into his career and still pushing the boundaries of what can even be considered funny.