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Liberals: We Just Can't Tell If David Letterman is Liberal Or Not
No? Really?
You could compare his extremely hostile interviews with Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh -- in one he snapped, without smiling, that what O'Reilly was saying sounded like pure "bullshit" -- with his fawning, Tell Me More interviews with Rachel Maddow and undisclosed (but obvious) liberals like Brian "Chopper Warrior" Williams and Tom Brokaw.TV won't be the same without Dave. pic.twitter.com/9q5NHTf3b5
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 20, 2015Tonight is Letterman's last show. And thank God. I'm sicking of reading media types churn out obligatory stories about how great Letterman was, without understanding why he was great. Or... when he was great, which was approximately from 1982 to 1986 and barely ever since then. Rush Limbaugh predicted that Letterman would fail at 11:30. He made this prediction even when Letterman was, get this, Number One at 11:30. He said the people currently watching Letterman were not comedy fans, and did not get or like Letterman's (stale by then) transgressive, undermining comedy. He said they were watching just because the Media Elites had made such a big deal about Letterman being the Hip and Cool talk show host, and wanted to be Hip and Cool themselves. He said Letterman would lose this audience and start losing to Leno. Again, he said this during the first few months of Letterman's show, when he was not only beating Leno, but beating him handily. I didn't agree with Limbaugh then because I was a fan of Letterman's and wanted him to succeed. I mean, I read The Late Shift like five times, and watched the movie ten times, and every time I watched it hoped it would have a different ending, where Dave gets the Tonight Show after all. I thought Limbaugh was being churlish, perhaps jealous. But you know what happened, right? Within a few months, Leno went ahead of Letterman and Letterman's ratings dropped to be well behind Leno's, and they would remain there, practically forever. (Very rarely, Letterman would win a week when he had on a big guest and Leno had on repeats.) It was incredible, how Limbaugh had absolutely nailed that. I was really shocked, and I've always remembered Limbaugh's cynical prescience on that point. One thing that helped the Limbaugh Prediction come to be: Letterman's disastrous Oscar hosting gig. That's when Letterman had the biggest audience of his life... and cemented the idea that he was Comedy For Other People. Once Letterman had been humbled by that -- and no longer appeared to be the Hot New Thing -- people started watching Leno. And he was terrible on the Oscars, even for someone who was still then a fan. One of the types of comedy Letterman has long been far too enamored with is Time-Wasting Anti-Comedy. In the early days of his show, Letterman got a lot of laughs by doing pointless, time-wasting (and sometimes budget-wasting) stunts. The best of these were things like Throwing Objects Off a Fifth Floor Roof, or throwing himself, in a suit of Velcro, at a Velcro wall to see if he would stick. (He did, in fact. Science!) The worst of these was Letterman just wasting time, having pointless chats with Schaeffer (Letterman would probably claim the pointlessness *was* the point, or some stupid meta-comedy conceit like that), or, as Norm MacDonald wickedly parodied him, just repeating the same word over and over, believing that if he said "Ehhhh.... Got some gum?" enough times, it would become funny. Letterman got away with this in his early days because the show's conceit was that the whole thing was an elaborate prank on the network, that they had no business being on TV, and that they were wasting the network's time and money by staging this deliberately stupid, pointless show. It made you think -- if you were young, and fan -- like you were in on the joke, and that you were right there alongside Dave wasting precious Network Minutes and Dollars for this lame thing. Here's what the Oscars did, though, at least for me: Letterman's time-wasting nonsense -- his "Oprah... Uma" introductions (between Winfrey and Thurman) that went on for two minutes and then was repeated later in the show -- finally made me see the light: Letterman wasn't just wasting The Network's time with this sort of so-unfunny-it's-funny (but actually not) non-material. He was wasting my time, too. All long I thought I'd been in on the joke. Suddenly, I realized: No, I was not in on the joke. I was in on one joke, the superficial one about vengeance against the network, but definitely not in on the deeper joke, the real joke. The real joke is that while Letterman's show was gleefully slapdash, I was still a prisoner of it five nights a week, and voluntarily so. The real truth was -- and perhaps Letterman intended us to understand this; and perhaps he should be praised for trying to make us understand this -- was that if you were watching TV, you were wasting your time. Now I don't want to say that Letterman was never funny. He was -- at least I thought so. He was hugely funny. But the thing is, all this media praise being directed at Letterman...? All the bits people are talking about -- the Top Ten, Stupid Human Tricks, Throwing Objects Off a Five Story Building, the Velcro Suit, the monstrously funny bits with Chris Elliot -- All of these were from the show's first five or six years of existence. He's been coasting on his past glories ever since. Shit, the Top Ten hasn't been funny in twenty years. I do not know why they bother doing it still, except that it's a habit and it wastes three minutes of network time. I can think of one funny gag Letterman has done "lately," and by "lately," I mean like sixteen years ago. That's when he had some odd-looking guy go around saying rude things to people; Letterman would tell him the rude thing to say through his earpiece, and the guy would say the rude thing. That bit was funny. It was also reminiscent of the Jerky Boys and the Man Show Boy. And like I say, that was sixteen years ago. So what has he done, really, for twenty four years? I'm not just not a fan of Letterman anymore; I actively dislike him. He used to seem amusingly cranky, but over the years, I saw this more as being truly sour, bitter, self-pitying, smug, and contemptuous. I can't tell you how much it put me off when he was still bitter about not getting the NBC gig, still doing not-funny "jokes" (which were not jokes, but real barbs) about it on his CBS show, two years after it all happened. Dude, you're getting paid $15 million a year. Get over it, or at least do what the rest of us do with Our Shit, which is hide it so that people don't have to see us airing Our Shit all the time. And then, of course, the cheating, the intern, the out of wedlock child, the weird marriage (which he all but openly confessed on camera he wasn't that into, as if I, or anyone else, needed to know that), and more and more overt (and contemptuous) expressions of his bitter-hearted leftism. As Letterman grew older, he decided that there was more to him than just the wiseacre who could crack snide about Hormel hams. There had to be, right? And especially after the heart surgery, he felt both freed and yet obligated to share The Real Dave with the world. Well, I never really wanted to know The Real Dave. Even back when I was a raving fanboy, I was savvy enough to guess that The Real Dave was as prickly a dick as he pretended to be on TV. And he was. And now I got to hear about his politics, and his open contempt for anyone who thought like me, twice a month. Although, increasingly, then entirely, I only heard about this contempt second-hand, from sources like Newsbusters, because I had stopped watching him. Letterman was seriously funny for five or six years. No one who is funny can deny he was funny. But after that initial burst of creativity -- a burst which owed a great deal to off-kilter comedic minds like that of his onetime girlfriend Merrill Markoe, or the gifted, bizarre homonculous Chris Elliott -- he stopped trying to be fresh and new and just started putting in the hours for a paycheck. The man has been phoning it in for at least twenty years. Yeah, he got off to a great start. But then he did nothing for twenty years. Tonight, Dave Letterman retires. But he quit a long time ago.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 07:59 PM (5Vvdr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:02 PM (blHar)
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Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 20, 2015 08:05 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Dave Betterman at May 20, 2015 08:06 PM (Dwehj)
The left pulled the same crap with Leno. They didnt want him impartial, they wanted him biased to the left. They even started petitions to get rid of him. Leno said in an interview with Nikki Finke that they usually had about 50-51 jokes and they would divide them equally politically. He was right - I started counting. Then Leno went on a rant about how he was not and has never been a conservative.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:06 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Drpullit at May 20, 2015 08:06 PM (aLoJU)
Posted by: Dave Betterman at May 20, 2015 08:07 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 08:07 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 20, 2015 08:07 PM (XO6WW)
I quickly realized that part of why Letterman was funny is that at midnight I was too tired to realize he wasn't.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2015 08:07 PM (J0IP0)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 20, 2015 08:07 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:07 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 20, 2015 08:08 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at May 20, 2015 08:08 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at May 20, 2015 08:08 PM (H/s7S)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 08:09 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Dave Betterman at May 20, 2015 08:09 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Doomed at May 20, 2015 08:10 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: David Letterman at May 20, 2015 08:10 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 08:10 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Dang at May 20, 2015 08:11 PM (XWo4d)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 20, 2015 08:11 PM (S0bOl)
Posted by: Dave Betterman at May 20, 2015 08:12 PM (Dwehj)
To be fair, about 80% of what O'Reilly says is pure bullshit.
But yes, Letterman died out about the time I graduated High School. Which was 25 years ago.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 08:12 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Kreplach at May 20, 2015 08:13 PM (o0odn)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 20, 2015 08:14 PM (oKE6c)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:14 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Dave Betterman at May 20, 2015 08:14 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Buzzion at May 20, 2015 08:15 PM (z/Ubi)
I've been listening to people give letterman rimjobs all day and I was hoping you'd give him a proper fisking.
Why no Top 10?
Posted by: Van Morrison at May 20, 2015 08:15 PM (GSTJs)
very weird; the studio audience average age was 60 or so. That lasted one season
Posted by: Mary Landrieu's warts at May 20, 2015 08:15 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Dave Betterman
It's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
Posted by: Cousin Eddie at May 20, 2015 08:15 PM (wjzWP)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:15 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Myiq2xu at May 20, 2015 08:16 PM (5fSr7)
Posted by: Mary Landrieu's warts at May 20, 2015 08:16 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Mike at May 20, 2015 08:16 PM (cZOlo)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:17 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 08:17 PM (5Vvdr)
I did like when he donned an alka selzter suit and was lowered into water. I think it almost killed him -- no air, just gas.
Then there was the time he was in a velcro suit and was catapulted against the sticky part. It worked.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:17 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:17 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: dogfish at May 20, 2015 08:18 PM (jWtyG)
He isn't. Awhile back, I read an interview of him in one of those "alt-weekly" rags and he is, indeed, quite liberal.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 08:18 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: Doomed at May 20, 2015 08:19 PM (bGLSw)
Posted by: Hoosiers. at May 20, 2015 08:19 PM (OpDDu)
Posted by: Old Blue at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (9iR5/)
Sometimes, he would be just plain mean to a guest during an interview. That's what sticks in my mind about the guy.
Posted by: FireHorse at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (r5Qcm)
Posted by: stourma at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (aKW7k)
LOL!
-- shit Letterman kinda said
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Doctor Fish at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (P330y)
It's weird- I think there's plenty of great work being done on TV but I can't think of anyone I see that is consistently funny, or even just clever.
Posted by: MTF at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (TcePY)
Posted by: @votermom at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Garrett at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (GSTJs)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 08:12 PM (nL0sw
Hold on hold on.
So I CAN'T get an operable howitzer at a gun show?
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 20, 2015 08:20 PM (XAFOu)
He would have elevated it to a level it hasn't been since Carson was on. I might even have watched it!
Late Night was doomed ever since Joan Rivers took the gig on Fox instead of waiting for Johnny to retire.
Posted by: Mordineus at May 20, 2015 08:21 PM (eR69N)
Andrea Tarantula is on with O'Butthead, and her hooter's are truly magnificent.
I hope she slaps him across his wife-abusing face with one of them.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:22 PM (FsuaD)
I liked Letterman when he was on after Carson. I stopped watching when Carson retired.
Posted by: Carol at May 20, 2015 08:22 PM (sj3Ax)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 20, 2015 08:22 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at May 20, 2015 08:22 PM (wjzWP)
Posted by: Doomed at May 20, 2015 08:19 PM (bGLSw)
Fernwood 2Nite and Fred Willard had been doing that stuff for years before Letterman.
And it's held up better, years later, than Letterman.
Posted by: BuddyPC at May 20, 2015 08:23 PM (jfUIE)
But I've been spending my late nights on the internets since 1993, instead of in front of the teevee.
Posted by: HR finally drinking a beer at May 20, 2015 08:23 PM (rHXGG)
And possibly Regis.
Posted by: @votermom at May 20, 2015 08:23 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: stourma
Mike and Mike do that to everyone. They should rename their show "The Sporting Sycophants".
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at May 20, 2015 08:23 PM (H/s7S)
Posted by: Jon Stewart at May 20, 2015 08:23 PM (ty633)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:23 PM (FsuaD)
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Wait, whut? That is just so wrong. I was going to get one if I ever get my income tax return back.
Damn, now I haz a sad. I was soooo looking forward to shelling that stupid prick across the street.
Posted by: Old Blue at May 20, 2015 08:24 PM (9iR5/)
Posted by: The Masturbating Bear at May 20, 2015 08:24 PM (UtthR)
I cant believe Kim Kartrashian is always on some of these shows. They must be desperate for guests.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:24 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: MTF at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (TcePY)
Posted by: lowandslow at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (dItuC)
That was some great stuff back in the early 80s.
But I was in high school then, now I could be a grandfather.
It's like Bob Hope's last dozen NBC specials. It's the same paint-by-numbers, but it's some old fart just following the arrows on the floor. It's sad, it's depressing, and the old fart is a trial to watch.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (FsuaD)
Other than that don't care. I haven't watched one of these late night programs in ages but I think whatshisface on NBC has been doing a serviceable job because he's doing the kind of comedy that is inclusive and fun instead of bitter and angry. I can live with that and catch clips on you tube later...
Posted by: Lea at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (vmMMi)
Posted by: Dave Betterman at May 20, 2015 08:26 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:26 PM (blHar)
The only thing funny about Letterman was his introduction to America of Mujibar and Sarijul, two vendors who sold miniature Statues of Liberty and other tourist memorabilia a few doors down from the studio. They are probably rag heads.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at May 20, 2015 08:26 PM (P330y)
Letterman was seriously funny for five or six years. No one who is funny can deny he was funny.
Letterman is as "funny" as he ever was. The difference is You changed.
We thought Letterman was a stitch when we were young and dumb.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:27 PM (6R/ns)
Wait- I never heard this! O'Reilly is an abuser?! Yikes.
Posted by: MTF at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (TcePY)
Yes. We discussed it last night (in between spider horror stories). His sixteen y.o daughter watched him drag her mother down the stairs by her neck.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:27 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 20, 2015 08:27 PM (6fWT8)
What people liked about Letterman is actually what they liked about the work of
Merrill Markoe, Steve O'Donnell and others.
Letterman was a vessel that some very talented writers filled --- at NBC.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 20, 2015 08:27 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2015 08:27 PM (qy1p+)
Letterman, on the other hand, from the very beginning, was never neutral, but simply used his guests as an excuse to crack wise and draw attention away from them and to himself. I got tired of that real quick.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 08:28 PM (I8YZX)
Carson.
But you never saw it. You might've suspected it. The multiple divorces pointed to it, but Johnny kept that shit away from the camera (aside from the cracks about the marriages).
He knew one, immutable fact: don't piss off your audience.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 20, 2015 08:28 PM (oFCZn)
I've always thought Letterman was a dick. Carson's interviews always
managed to bring out the person he was interviewing, so we could get an
idea of what he (or she) was like. I like that neutral style.
Letterman,
on the other hand, from the very beginning, was never neutral, but
simply used his guests as an excuse to crack wise and draw attention
away from them and to himself. I got tired of that real quick.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 08:28 PM (I8YZX)
THIS
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:28 PM (FsuaD)
don't they call that foreplay down south?
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 20, 2015 08:28 PM (6fWT8)
Posted by: MTF at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (TcePY)
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Eh. Divorce always brings the worse out of people, plus this happened years ago.
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:29 PM (iQIUe)
Yes, the Velcro suit was a classic. But there isn't all that much I remember from back then.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 08:29 PM (sdi6R)
81 His sixteen y.o daughter watched him drag her mother down the stairs by her neck.
don't they call that foreplay down south?
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 20, 2015 08:28 PM (6fWT
Bless your heart. *boxes up emus*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:29 PM (FsuaD)
Anyway, Dave was walking around holding a coffee mug and sipping from it, saying things like, 'Ah, a nice beverage!". Over and over again with the 'Ah, nice beverage!'. His idiot side kick Shaefer is wetting himself laughing, and Dave is smirking up a storm; oh, gee, maybe there's something other than coffee in the mug! Like booze! Wow! That's just a darn laff riot, sipping booze out of a coffee mug on TV! Who else would be such a daring, edgy guy on national TV? Booze in a coffee mug! 'A nice beverage!'
This went on for about five minutes. After that, I decided I'd get a video of paint drying to watch the next time; you know, something punchier.
Good lord, it was lame. And the idiots in the audience had this whole 'we're laughing because we know something funny's happening somewhere here! We don't want to look dumb or anything!'
So, last time I tuned in ol' Dave.
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at May 20, 2015 08:30 PM (DLu2s)
don't trash the place
oh...
THE SOUTH LOST...DEAL WITH IT!!
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 20, 2015 08:30 PM (6fWT8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:31 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 08:32 PM (5Vvdr)
Hard to remember. 80's, sometime. Might have inadvertently watched at a friends in the 90's. Don't remember.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 08:32 PM (mmlFU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:32 PM (blHar)
Never got Letterman's humor. It was nasty and abusive most of the time and his audience was another bunch of paid barking seals would were cheaper than canned laughter.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (zRby/)
Stephen Cocksucker Colbert is his replacement.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (6R/ns)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (0MJOU)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (0MJOU)
'It's so Hot, It's so Hot, It's so Hot!'
'They pelted us with rocks and garbage!'
'I do and do and do for you kids, and this is the thanks I get.'
It was out-there stuff comedy-wise in those days. Eventually, he got passed by.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (oVJmc)
I won't deny he *was* very funny. At one point. A long time ago.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (ZPrif)
*logs into FedEx and upgrades Jane's order to a three pack of Raptors for NavyCopJoe*
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:32 PM (blHar)
Thnx. Do you think the Empress will mind?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (FsuaD)
Wait- I never heard this! O'Reilly is an abuser?! Yikes.
Posted by: MTF at May 20, 2015 08:25 PM (TcePY)
Yes. We discussed it last night (in between spider horror stories). His sixteen y.o daughter watched him drag her mother down the stairs by her neck.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:27 PM (FsuaD)
Damn. Of course I never liked him. And I don't have cable anyway..
Posted by: Lea at May 20, 2015 08:33 PM (vmMMi)
Bud Melman was funny in a sad pathetic way, as was Chris Elliot.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:34 PM (6R/ns)
And it's held up better, years later, than Letterman."
Absolutely right, I'd forgotten.
Letterman's mean streak was there the whole time, even from the start...using Chris Elliott, Paul and that little bald guy with glasses as constant foils to make himself look good. Yeah, Jack Benny had Don Wilson, and Carson often made fun of Ed and Doc, but Letterman always had an undercurrent of mean-spiritedness designed to make him look better. He let himself look ridiculous (velcro, Alka-Seltzer, etc) but never foolish or self-deprecating, that I can recall. He was always "better" than whoever he made fun of.
I also think his chair is jacked up to make him appear taller than the tallest guests, but he's probably not alone in that.
Posted by: Doomed at May 20, 2015 08:34 PM (bGLSw)
How do we know this? I'm not being a dick, I really want to know. I've never read or heard anything definitive about Carson's political views.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 08:35 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:35 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:35 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (iQIUe)
A lotta shit is funny when you're under 35.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (6R/ns)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (blHar)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (5Vvdr)
I have been saying this for decades. He went flat right after the writer's strike and never recovered. It was like a switch.
Posted by: deadman at May 20, 2015 08:37 PM (bNnI1)
Fuck Letterman. I can't believe he produced a hell spawn.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:37 PM (FsuaD)
DUH. G E N E T I C S
Learn it. Love it. Obey it.
The only thing to do is try to be accepting.
And telling your children they'll regret it when they grow up.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 20, 2015 08:37 PM (zRby/)
Anyone remember the late night wars tv movie about Leno and Letterman after Carson retired?
It was then I realized Letterman was a LOSER in real life. What's funny is how pissed off Letterman was at how he was portrayed -- he insisted it was nothing like him.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:38 PM (6R/ns)
Posted by: Ronster at May 20, 2015 08:38 PM (r124R)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:38 PM (iQIUe)
Jane, better to ask forgiveness than permission. Besides its NavyCopJoe.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (blHar)
Heh. Yeah, I "love" the fucker.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:38 PM (FsuaD)
Tonight is Letterman's last show. And thank God. I'm sicking of reading media types churn out obligatory stories about how great Letterman was, without understanding why he was great.
Good God that guy is so past his sell by date.
I thought he was going to hang on into Al Davis Time.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 08:39 PM (MDgS8)
112
A lotta shit is funny when you're under 35.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:36 PM (6R/ns)
Correct
Posted by: Ira Smith at May 20, 2015 08:39 PM (iLVH9)
Posted by: CanaDave at May 20, 2015 08:39 PM (OO/2t)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:39 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Bruce But Not Jenner at May 20, 2015 08:40 PM (iQIUe)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:40 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:39 PM (FsuaD)
Mrs D'Oh! How's D'OhBoy?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:40 PM (GEICT)
He's okay. I'll send you an update via e-mail.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:41 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:41 PM (FsuaD)
*stares at email*
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:42 PM (GEICT)
'It's so Hot, It's so Hot, It's so Hot!'
'They pelted us with rocks and garbage!'
'I do and do and do for you kids, and this is the thanks I get.'
It was out-there stuff comedy-wise in those days. Eventually, he got passed by.
....
I don't remember this, but it definitely sounds like that era of jokes.
Sounds funny.
Posted by: ace at May 20, 2015 08:43 PM (PA7DS)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2015 08:43 PM (AVEe1)
being truly sour, bitter, self-pitying, smug, and contemptuous."
You say that like it's a *bad* thing.
Posted by: Chevy Chase at May 20, 2015 08:43 PM (amQXf)
How do we know this? I'm not being a dick, I really want to know. I've never read or heard anything definitive about Carson's political views.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 08:35 PM (I8YZX)
See that's the thing. You don't know because Carson kept that stuff to himself.
I've seen interviews with people who knew him as well as anyone could know the guy (he was famously introverted off camera), and they said he held liberal views about things such as divorce laws (ha). A different time perhaps but still liberal.
Nice thing about Carson is he didn't care who was in the White House. He hit them all hard.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 20, 2015 08:43 PM (oFCZn)
We still claim John Wayne and Tom Selleck, though.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 20, 2015 08:43 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:42 PM (GEICT)
Soon. (Now)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:44 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 20, 2015 08:44 PM (oVJmc)
THE SOUTH LOST...DEAL WITH IT!!
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 20, 2015 08:30 PM
States rights lost, and we're still dealing with it.
yeah, yeah I know "but SLAVERY".
"but ABORTION "
"but Women's Suffrage"
"but RACISM"
"but Gay Marriage"
the clarion call of the SJW...
Posted by: some random meathead at May 20, 2015 08:46 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 20, 2015 08:44 PM (oVJmc)
I think he had been ready for years. He was gone all the time on vacations, so much so that he seemed off the air more than he was on.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 20, 2015 08:46 PM (oFCZn)
Thought he might have been slipping.
Posted by: zombie Kennedy, Mandela, Neil Armstrong, etc etc etc at May 20, 2015 08:46 PM (dkfG0)
And you could tell it was genuine. No stage shows- just being around and shaking hands and being unobtrusive.
And not being media hounds about it. For his visits and class then I'll give props.
But funny? Not since about 1987.
Posted by: Mr Wolf at May 20, 2015 08:46 PM (mIuEG)
I'm long past putting anyone up on a pedestal. Celebrities, politicians, they're ALL rotten cocksuckers.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:46 PM (6R/ns)
Posted by: The Palins at May 20, 2015 08:47 PM (OpDDu)
Seemed like he was depressed- maybe that can happen after open heart surgery.
He seemed to have that special kind of arrogance that comes from not being smart enough to realize that you do not know everything.
Posted by: River Guide at May 20, 2015 08:47 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: some random meathead at May 20, 2015 08:48 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: wooga at May 20, 2015 08:48 PM (XK0dn)
...we don't like Letterman, either.
Posted by: The Palins at May 20, 2015 08:47 PM (OpDDu)
I won't forget that. Todd is a more restrained man than I.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 20, 2015 08:48 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2015 08:48 PM (AVEe1)
Yeah, he got off to a great start. But then he did nothing for twenty years.
Tonight, Dave Letterman retires.
But he quit a long time ago.
This.
And he loathes his audience.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 08:48 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: The Soviets and the Iranians at May 20, 2015 08:49 PM (amQXf)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 08:49 PM (5Vvdr)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:50 PM (GEICT)
Colbert, now there's an unfunny dickhead.
This asshole does cartoon voice overs, too. Harvey Birdman, I think. So stupid.
He was not funny at all in Strangers With Candy, just a weirdo like the rest of the cast.
Posted by: Soothsayer at May 20, 2015 08:51 PM (6R/ns)
I was a fan when he was campaigning against hillary (the "carpetbagger") for Senate in NY, and keeping a countdown of her refusal to appear on his show.
Even then though, my interest in him was waning.
Then, although i had mostly stopped watching, when she won and he said something like how she was a real new yorker since all new yorkers are carpet baggers anyway. He was fawning like someone threatened his career over it.
I was gone.
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at May 20, 2015 08:51 PM (LWu6U)
Louis CK of course.
The butthurt from *some* of the morons would be epic.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2015 08:51 PM (AVEe1)
The butthurt from *some* of the morons would be epic.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 20, 2015 08:51 PM (AVEe1)
Ah, late night child rape jokes. A ratings winner for sure.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 08:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2015 08:53 PM (JO9+V)
Louis CK had a show on HBO that was awful.
His humor has no legs beyond stand-up.
Plus he's cynical to the point of depression.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 08:53 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:53 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: An Observation at May 20, 2015 08:54 PM (if5HX)
I'm with you...I haven't been anybody's 'fan' since the 90's.
Posted by: CanaDave at May 20, 2015 08:54 PM (OO/2t)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 08:54 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 20, 2015 08:55 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Captain Ned at May 20, 2015 08:55 PM (WI6nT)
I got out of habit watching the show when I started college. The last time I watched it was about the time of the 2004 election. His gimmick was to have a clip of a Bush speech (basically doing what the Daily Show was doing), and purposely editing Kerry speeches. The joke was obvious: One is funny by itself because DUMB, one had to be made funny because it's makes so much sense! At the time I was OK with either winning but I hate it when you can tell a comedian is pulling his punches while making jokes about "both sides."
Oh, and I almost forgot in 2000 (same time he joked that Bush was going to sleep through the presidency) when Hillary did a Top Ten list, and media fanboys pretended it was anything but a stunt. I mean, come on, she "brought" her own list and he didn't tell her to screw off?
Posted by: Shoot Me at May 20, 2015 08:55 PM (EQcfE)
Posted by: Margaret Cho at May 20, 2015 08:56 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Chris M at May 20, 2015 08:56 PM (6RZos)
David Letterman and Garry Trudeau are two sides of the same Coin of Unfunny. And both sides are "Tails".
Hasta la bye-bye, jackwad.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 20, 2015 08:56 PM (VLTL9)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 08:56 PM (MDgS8)
Ever since my little sister and I snuck out of our beds to watch Johnny Carson on Friday night, I haven't given a damn.
*looks sideways for spiders sneaked in by evil morons*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:56 PM (FsuaD)
*Top Five Things I'll Enjoy Most Now That Letterman's Gone*
5. Not having to hear anymore about what how brilliant and wonderful Letterman is/was.
4. Watching Keith Olbermann desperately search for some other talk show where he can pretend to still be anywhere near famous/admired.
3. The schaudenfreude of seeing CBS's ratings sink and sink while Stephen Colbert systematically alienates everyone in middle America.
2. The tell-all books by ex-Letterman staffers exposing in detail what a wretched, sexist, spoiled, harassing boss Dave is and was.
1. Watching a formerly talented, now bitter old partisan hack get dragged into the mists of obscurity where he belongs.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 08:57 PM (elbY7)
With clockwork precision, Sung keeps firing in lane four. Her attention is focused on servicing her own paper target and thus does not hear Alice go rapid fire. And like Alice's Pico, the HK45C's slide soon locks back on an empty magazine as a wisp of smoke curls slowly away from the front of the barrel.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:57 PM (blHar)
*looks around this wreck of a country*
Yeah, that's worked out well for all concerned, hasn't it?
Posted by: The South at May 20, 2015 08:57 PM (amQXf)
Can't watch that last "Roland" without finding extra dust in the room.
Posted by: Captain Ned at May 20, 2015 08:55 PM (WI6nT)
Oui
Posted by: Penguin Smith at May 20, 2015 08:58 PM (iLVH9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2015 08:58 PM (JO9+V)
*keeps writing*
With clockwork precision, Sung keeps firing in
lane four. Her attention is focused on servicing her own paper target
and thus does not hear Alice go rapid fire. And like Alice's Pico, the
HK45C's slide soon locks back on an empty magazine as a wisp of smoke
curls slowly away from the front of the barrel.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 08:57 PM (blHar)
Dayum.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 08:58 PM (FsuaD)
There is so much good stuff out there. Growing up there were three channels, no internet, no vcr, no dvds. You watched what was on and the only consolation was that EVERYONE was watching fonz jump the shark, so you had something to talk about the next day.
Today though, there is so much good stuff to watch, why waste time with stuff like snl or late night talk when even if it was funny, it is 90% commercial breaks anyway?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at May 20, 2015 08:58 PM (LWu6U)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 20, 2015 09:00 PM (VLTL9)
Tanned, rested and ready.
Posted by: Margaret Cho at May 20, 2015 08:56 PM (NUCTk)
Saints preserve us.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 20, 2015 09:00 PM (yxw0r)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 20, 2015 09:00 PM (EDYaR)
funny, it is 90% commercial breaks anyway?
Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at May 20, 2015 08:58 PM (LWu6U)
+1
Posted by: Penguin Smith at May 20, 2015 09:00 PM (iLVH9)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 09:02 PM (MDgS8)
Letterman OTOH will be absolutely impossible to deal with and never find another project that give him enough "artistic freedom" (or pay him enough).
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:02 PM (elbY7)
Between David Letterman and Chris Matthews they became rabid haters. And --there was nothing you could do to combat the "rational " of their TV heroes.
Posted by: River Guide at May 20, 2015 09:03 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Chuck at May 20, 2015 09:04 PM (dSkY8)
his "humor" back when it existed was a LOT cheaper to buy.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 20, 2015 09:04 PM (/4AZU)
I mean, it's not like Barry needs 'em anymore.
Posted by: dissent555 at May 20, 2015 09:05 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (MDgS8)
See? Barry is laughing.
Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (ty633)
I never really liked Letterman. Leno was ok for the monologue and the
ask the stupid people in the street questions that they should know the
answer to and watch them really phuck it up thingy that he did. I liked
that because it really highlighted how stupid we've become as a country.
Funny and sad at the same time. Yeah, Jaywalking. That segment.
The Jaywalking stunt is a trick: people can't think when they are adrenalated. Don't believe me? Try doing algebra problems with a hungry leopard in the chair next to you and tell me how many correct answers you got. Jay would get people to have an adrenalin surge and then ask them questions they couldn't answer in that condition. Lawyers do this to witnesses all the time - it is just a trick for making people look stupid.
Posted by: An Observation at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (if5HX)
... I came within 15 seconds today of walking off my job. I'm 42. I do not have another 25 years of this in me.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (qy1p+)
This is the woman Letterman is married to:
http://tinyurl.com/lg98oam
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:07 PM (FsuaD)
Totally unrelated to anything ...
... I came within 15 seconds today of walking off my job. I'm 42. I do not have another 25 years of this in me.
I know the feeling. Trust me.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 09:08 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: dissent555 at May 20, 2015 09:08 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: OCBill at May 20, 2015 09:08 PM (VCCXE)
There's a reason they interrogate POWs at weird hours my friend.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 20, 2015 09:09 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (n/vq+)
Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (4CRfK)
I wish I could comment on Letterman bc I have so many similar thoughts to the part of the post I read. I just want to take the five minutes I have to spare right now, to say Thank You, Ace and all the cobs for showing up everyday and keeping this place up and running and barely asking anything of your readers in return. It feels like Christmas Day here so many days.
Hey, Ace, you should take tomorrow off. You deserve it. All the cobs too. Day off. Rdbrewer should just do all the posts on his colonoscopy and then get the next day off.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (gPTe0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (blHar)
... I came within 15 seconds today of walking off my job. I'm 42. I do not have another 25 years of this in me.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (qy1p+)
Please hang in there. Things will get better.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (FsuaD)
You got that right...2015 is almost half over already...seems like Christmas was last week.
Posted by: CanaDave at May 20, 2015 09:11 PM (OO/2t)
"America won't be the same without Barack Obama." - Me.
And good job, too, on both counts.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 20, 2015 09:11 PM (oKE6c)
Jane and Krebs, thank you for the positive feedback.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (blHar)
You got it, darlin'.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:11 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: steevy at May 20, 2015 09:11 PM (mGBKM)
... I came within 15 seconds today of walking off my job. I'm 42. I do not have another 25 years of this in me.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (qy1p+)
"I came within 15 seconds..." Ah, college days.
Seriously though, good on ya for taking a breath. I got laid off at 42. Forty-six now, and haven't recovered.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 20, 2015 09:12 PM (yxw0r)
Hey, Ace, you should take tomorrow off. You deserve it. All the cobs too. Day off. Rdbrewer should just do all the posts on his colonoscopy and then get the next day off.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (gPTe0)
Um, I vote for a whole day of open threads.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:12 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:13 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: redenzo at May 20, 2015 09:13 PM (WCnJW)
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:12 PM (sdi6R)
Sooooo.....the standard Wednesday then?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Team Bannion at May 20, 2015 09:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:13 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Doomed at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (bGLSw)
deserve it. All the cobs too. Day off. Rdbrewer should just do all the
posts on his colonoscopy and then get the next day off.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2015 09:10 PM (gPTe0)
Um, I vote for a whole day of open threads.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:12 PM (sdi6R)<<<
Space to destroy.
Posted by: Mayor of Baltimore at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (dkfG0)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (e3bId)
Kill.Me.Now.
I hate formal weddings.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (FsuaD)
He is full of himself, and I don't think he is funny. I won't watch his replacement either because I don't watch TV any longer because of people like Letterman.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at May 20, 2015 09:15 PM (wV2Kr)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 20, 2015 09:15 PM (jeCnD)
Posted by: AoSHQ Classy Pic Repository at May 20, 2015 09:15 PM (lubY2)
I wonder if I can talk my employer into giving me a lay-off.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2015 09:15 PM (qy1p+)
Kill.Me.Now.
I hate formal weddings.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (FsuaD)<<<
G'night. I'll be in later.
Posted by: Wolf-spider of Jane's house at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (dkfG0)
Don Rickles, Mel Brooks, a few other old timers but a lot of insufferable pricks like Letterman, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, Sarah Silverman, etc. Larry David appears, too, a big Obama supporter, and whose HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" I love. All leftists.
I used to think these people were funny but now that I know their politics, their schticks are decidedly unfunny to me. Maybe I can't be objective anymore because they and their tribe are currently in charge of all korrect thinking.
Or maybe the blinders came off.
Posted by: fly gal at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (sKq6w)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (+jijM)
This is the woman Letterman is married to:
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Oh, hahahahahahahaha! Gawd, can you imagine what a joy she is to be around?
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (H/s7S)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Stephen King at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Grump928(c) makes up for his lack of vision with volume of fire at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (l31C4)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 09:17 PM (5Vvdr)
Posted by: Wolf-spider of Jane's house at May 20, 2015 09:16 PM (dkfG0)
*adds to List*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:17 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:12 PM (sdi6R)
>>> Space to destroy.
Posted by: Mayor of Baltimore at May 20, 2015 09:14 PM (dkfG0)
As much as I want to endorse this idea, I can't. If they actually gave us the space to destroy, we'd all get our asses banned.
Still, great comment and suggestion and sock.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2015 09:17 PM (gPTe0)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:17 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: I'm a drinker, not a thinker at May 20, 2015 09:19 PM (D0Tns)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 20, 2015 09:20 PM (YikDz)
Sing it brotha.
I could have written his screed myself, but I would add one more thing - it is painfully obvious that after the first five years of Late Night with David Letterman he lost his writing staff. Where I don't know, but you are correct, he has just kept doing the same few bits over and over again. he literally doesn't have a clue how to do anything new.
Posted by: Obama & crew at May 20, 2015 09:20 PM (/EkKm)
I also understand that he's a prima donna petty tyrant on the set.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:20 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Bobcat Goldthwaite at May 20, 2015 09:20 PM (NUCTk)
deal to off-kilter comedic minds like that of his onetime girlfriend
Merrill Markoe, or the gifted, bizarre homonculous Chris Elliott -- he
stopped trying to be fresh and new and just started putting in the hours
for a paycheck.
THIS. Markoe and Elliott were the mortar that held the bricks together. When they left, it all fell apart.
And remember, Markoe was his girlfriend for quite a while.
I also used to watch him (I remember his daytime show on NBC!) religiously on Late Night from the first show until around 1987, when Elliott departed.
He really did become an old, bitter, leftist, Puritan.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 20, 2015 09:20 PM (qbxhm)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:21 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: no good deed at May 20, 2015 09:21 PM (GgxVX)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 20, 2015 09:21 PM (0O7c5)
Posted by: Grump928(c) makes up for his lack of vision with volume of fire at May 20, 2015 09:21 PM (l31C4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 20, 2015 09:22 PM (0O7c5)
The writing was a skill. You could respect that. And if the jokes weren't funny, you'd know in a hurry.
Then comedy became tied to who the comedian was, rather than the comedic material.
That was the beginning of the end. Identity politics kills everything dead.
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:23 PM (Uk9e2)
TV won't be the same without Dave.
One could also say the White House won't be the same without Barack Obama.
Posted by: t-bird at May 20, 2015 09:23 PM (FcR7P)
It might take a while to get there but is always gets there.
Posted by: Heltau at May 20, 2015 09:23 PM (MXPs3)
Still haven't read my copy of Shroud of the Thwacker.
Posted by: joe-impeachin44 at May 20, 2015 09:24 PM (dFXmO)
Posted by: Dave S. at May 20, 2015 09:24 PM (mhkbv)
TV will be no worse or better because of it.
So, ultimately, why care?
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 20, 2015 09:25 PM (/HC6x)
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:20 PM (sdi6R)
Same same, rickl. I had the exact same experience with Keillor. As soon as I found out that he's a big asshole hater, I was: this ain't so funny anymore. Bye bye, you dick. Turned off the radio on him for good.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2015 09:25 PM (gPTe0)
Posted by: Chris M at May 20, 2015 09:25 PM (6RZos)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:26 PM (e3bId)
Second, since when is it funny for an extremely powerful, obscenely rich, sixty year old television personality to make a joke about about a single teen girl who got pregnant? Not to mention the fact that he, oops, accidentally knocked up his girlfriend. When a man who is in the neighborhood of sixty years old can't use birth control effectively, he can hardly mock a kid.
Then, as if he wasn't already a big enough asshole, he gave a snotty, insincere apology. The first apology was so clearly insincere, that he had to give another one the next might.
The guy isn't just unfunny, he's an asshole. Besides which, like many conservatives, I'm fed up with entertainment industry people who act as if they're somehow morally superior to those greedy, rich republicans, when all the while they're getting mountains of money for themselves.
I would like one of the people to explain to me exactly how, in the way they live their lives, they are any different from rich republicans. Look at the neighborhoods they live in, the amount of luxury, the schools their kids attend, the people they associate with, the places they go to, the amount of money they give to non-profits. How the hell are they any different from rich republicans, aside from the empty bullshit they spew?
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2015 09:26 PM (UI0Cn)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at May 20, 2015 09:26 PM (amQXf)
Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 20, 2015 09:26 PM (nCKKS)
I'm sorry Scoggdog. Been there. Hope tomorrow is better for you.
Posted by: fly gal at May 20, 2015 09:28 PM (sKq6w)
Posted by: Chris M at May 20, 2015 09:29 PM (6RZos)
That story at least had a happy ending however. After he fauxpologized, Letterman begged Sarah for about the 900th time to be on the show, and she responded by calling him a pervert and saying she'd NEVER do it.
Put him in his place. He shut up about her entirely after that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:29 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:29 PM (Uk9e2)
Letterman I stopped watching in college, but I give the guy props because he and Paul came through Iraq on a USO tour and the soldiers loved it. There was some chick with a metal codpiece and a grinder - that's all I remember anymore.
Posted by: Fleegle at May 20, 2015 09:29 PM (ZgXPR)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:30 PM (3mTLw)
Posted by: Justfactualthings at May 20, 2015 09:30 PM (oCxXI)
Posted by: Justfactualthings at May 20, 2015 09:30 PM (oCxXI)
It'll come out that Letterman had some obscene nickname for John McCain whenever he talked about him and/or wanted him on the show. "The old pants shitter" or something like that.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:30 PM (elbY7)
I thought he was funny once upon a long time ago when he actually was funny, but he deserves to be the butt of the joke now. Glad he's off the air.
Posted by: L, Elle at May 20, 2015 09:31 PM (gPTe0)
Posted by: Naes at May 20, 2015 09:31 PM (YhayY)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 09:32 PM (5Vvdr)
One could also say the White House won't be the same without Barack Obama.
Posted by: t-bird at May 20, 2015 09:23 PM (FcR7P)
Like a toilet without a piece of shit
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:32 PM (3mTLw)
Since all of their preferred candidates are pushing 70, I thought PODS would be good: Party of Diaper Shitters.
I also thought of SHITs. (Stalinist Hitlers in Tights.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:33 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Chris M at May 20, 2015 09:33 PM (6RZos)
Posted by: redc1c4 at May 20, 2015 09:33 PM (044Yr)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:33 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: Sasquatch at May 20, 2015 09:33 PM (3lbck)
Posted by: Weasel at May 20, 2015 09:34 PM (e3bId)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:34 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 20, 2015 09:34 PM (FsuaD)
Posted by: REV. AL SHARPTON at May 20, 2015 09:35 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:35 PM (3mTLw)
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 20, 2015 09:35 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: Chris M at May 20, 2015 09:35 PM (6RZos)
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:36 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Puddleglum likes beer at May 20, 2015 09:36 PM (OkN8Y)
Jerry Lewis is especially good as the very Carson-like host who, it turns out, is pretty much a hostage of his own fame and image.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:36 PM (elbY7)
Yeah, that's worked out well for all concerned, hasn't it?"
If I liked the Democrats, I wouldn't join them and then did nothing but bitch about Jackson, or Wilson, or FDR.
But Republicans can't even embrace its first and most popular president, because BIG TENT.
"the clarion call of the SJW..."
That's rich coming from 150+ years of "But northern aggression!"
Posted by: Shoot Me at May 20, 2015 09:36 PM (EQcfE)
And Chris Elliott *is* seriously funny comedy writer, but only average, at best, as a comedian.
Posted by: Grump928(c) makes up for his lack of vision with volume of fire at May 20, 2015 09:21 PM (l31C4)
Fuck you! Cabin Boy is a COMEDIC MASTERPIECE!
/hipster
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 20, 2015 09:37 PM (ynQIy)
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:37 PM (Uk9e2)
"I'm sorry Jerry, I made a mistake."
"Yeah. So did Hitler!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:38 PM (elbY7)
He also reminds me a lot of Carson, although he still does a lot of stuff JC would never have done in a million years.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:38 PM (elbY7)
The fight is between it and "Goodburger" for "BCOAT"
http://tinyurl.com/yecqky8
"Good Burger"
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 20, 2015 09:38 PM (/4AZU)
Posted by: MikeD at May 20, 2015 09:39 PM (uKJIC)
... I came within 15 seconds today of walking off my job. I'm 42. I do not have another 25 years of this in me.
Posted by: ScoggDog at May 20, 2015 09:06 PM (qy1p+)
As I mentioned the other night, I had a co-worker up and quit on Monday. But she was in her 20s. You can do that when you're young.
Once I had a job I hated, and I hated my co-workers even more. One day I went out for lunch, and said fuckit, I'm not going back. Never said a word to anyone.
God, that felt good. It was as if a giant weight was lifted off my shoulders. Everybody should do that once in their life.
But I was in my 20s. You can only do something like that when you're young, or if you're so flippin' brilliant and talented that you can get another job with a snap of your fingers. I wouldn't recommend it to a middle-aged person in this economy.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 09:39 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Garrett at May 20, 2015 09:40 PM (GSTJs)
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:40 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:36 PM
Agreed. Scorsese's best. DeNiro's best. Hugely underappreciated flick. Loved it when it came out. 82 was a good year.
Posted by: otho at May 20, 2015 09:40 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Puddleglum likes beer at May 20, 2015 09:40 PM (OkN8Y)
Posted by: Chris M at May 20, 2015 09:35 PM (6RZos)
He was. We watched him a lot, ...... in college. Don't remember any real political crap then.
Well, you know.......
*looks forlornly at hemostats*
Don't remember any real political crap then.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:40 PM (mmlFU)
Was interesting reading Henry Bushkin's bio of Carson from a few years ago. JC wasn't evil, but it turns out he definitely had issues, including a mom who was literally an ice queen.
Carson basically ended up a debonair manchild who, thanks to his fame, popularity and massive wealth, could paper over his transgressions.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:42 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Grump928(c) makes up for his lack of vision with volume of fire at May 20, 2015 09:42 PM (l31C4)
I don't think I ever saw the whole movie.
*shrugs*
Didn't make me laugh, I guess.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:43 PM (mmlFU)
Dave Letterman has done more in the War on Drugs than any law enforcement agency could ever hope for. Imagine the untold number of hopheads who tuned in to Dave and realized that they're wasting their fucking lives away?
It has got to number in the thousands!
Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2015 09:43 PM (ty633)
No shit Rickl. At age 23 I told everyone there they could kiss my fucking ass goodbye. Everyone in the building heard me. Now at age 55 I just shake my head a lot and bite my lip.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:43 PM (3mTLw)
puddleglum: great, great song. Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTKdHJiOco
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:43 PM (elbY7)
I'm not sure what your comment means.
Some want the states to be able to freely decide what they want for their constituents.
Some want a benevolent Federal tyranny.
You Feds won. What's the problem?
Posted by: some random meathead at May 20, 2015 09:43 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Twitter Obozo at May 20, 2015 09:44 PM (PHsbY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (mmlFU)
It doesn't have too many bellybuster laughs, but at the very least you'll be amused by its portrayal of paranoid Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) and fame-obsessed Rupert Pupkin (DeNiro), IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Penguin Smith at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (iLVH9)
Changing your nic to Bogart?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (3mTLw)
I read once that Joan's infidelity really shattered him
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:43 PM (3mTLw)
*smiles*
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:46 PM (mmlFU)
Letterman kind of was. Liberals didn't see it because he was a dick to people they wanted to be dicks to.
Keillor may have cultivated an image, but just about every time I heard him, which was rarely, he was engaged in a gross stereotype of someone the NPR audience disapproved of. Which is very dickish.
As to the headline, Liberals suffer from a conceit that they are the benchmark, and thus nothing they would do is out of the ordinary, thus when Keillor does a bit about rich Texans eating babies and burning poor people, or Letterman sneers at a guest or says crude things about someone they don't like, it's no big deal to them.
Because they're more sensitive or something something.
Is there a word for someone who says *you* can't put crosshairs on a map because it might inspire a murder, and yet then jokes about your child being raped? I mean, "monstrously insane" is two words.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 20, 2015 09:47 PM (bLnSU)
They are not often lol funny but they point out the humor in flawed lefty logic regularly.
I am so conditioned to disappointment thata I fully expect Reagan or Bush to be burned at the stake any moment.
Posted by: some random meathead at May 20, 2015 09:48 PM (NUCTk)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (3mTLw)
That wasn't me......
One of my room mates. Lipped it, too.
Or, so I've heard the hip kids call it that
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:48 PM (mmlFU)
Posted by: Puddleglum likes beer at May 20, 2015 09:48 PM (OkN8Y)
The stories in Bushkin's bio about Carson's mom literally sound like the stuff of fiction, but I'd bet they weren't. She basically made it extremely tough for Carson to open up to *anybody,* not just women.
One of Johnny's sons was so alienated from him, he was a raging alcoholic (and they actually got into a public screaming match/fight at the 25th anniversary Tonight Show afterparty, which was held on the Queen Mary in Long Beach).
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:49 PM (elbY7)
Cutoff your slauson...
Posted by: Penguin Smith at May 20, 2015 09:49 PM (iLVH9)
Posted by: Uncle Joey's Facts 4 Kids at May 20, 2015 09:49 PM (K94xl)
*tilts beer to monitor*
Yep.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:50 PM (mmlFU)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM
Yeah, it's not a knee slapper. It's a weird movie that is funny, but not in the obvious ways. It's a sad, mad and awkward humour. Way ahead of it's time.
Posted by: otho at May 20, 2015 09:51 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:51 PM (3mTLw)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 20, 2015 09:51 PM (GSTJs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 09:51 PM (blHar)
Posted by: Feh at May 20, 2015 09:53 PM (Uk9e2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May
Anna, since I'm not a wordsmith I will just say fucking slime bucket
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 09:53 PM (3mTLw)
Posted by: Roy at May 20, 2015 09:53 PM (fWLrt)
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at May 20, 2015 09:53 PM (0LHZx)
Sure you're right. About that time, TV was of very little interest and there were simply too many bars that needed to be ......ummmmm....
...inspected.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:54 PM (mmlFU)
Great example: the scene where, after a Security Person has been extremely, mindbendingly, painstakingly polite to Rupert explaining why he can't just walk in to Langford's offices, Rupert busts in again anyway -- and Security has to throw him out 10 minutes later.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:54 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 20, 2015 09:51 PM (blHar)
I prefer: fucking jagoffs.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:55 PM (mmlFU)
--
I've heard depression is pretty common after heart surgery, and one of the things they try to address in recovery.
Posted by: @votermom at May 20, 2015 09:55 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:55 PM (elbY7)
It doesn't have too many bellybuster laughs, but at the very least you'll be amused by its portrayal of paranoid Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) and fame-obsessed Rupert Pupkin (DeNiro), IMHO.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:45 PM (elbY7)
I saw that years ago. All I remember about it was that it had an emotional impact on me, and I was very impressed with Jerry Lewis' acting.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 20, 2015 09:56 PM (UI0Cn)
They are not often lol funny but they point out the humor in flawed lefty logic regularly.
I am so conditioned to disappointment thata I fully expect Reagan or Bush to be burned at the stake any moment.
Posted by: some random meathead at May 20, 2015 09:48 PM (NUCTk)
___________
The only time I can think of when they went overyly anti-Republican/Conservative was the first episode where they say something like Portland, it's an alternate reality where Bush really did lose the 2000 election.
But other than that it's pretty much a send up of crunchy, liberals.
Posted by: HUCK / AKIN 2016 at May 20, 2015 09:56 PM (0LHZx)
Letterman comes off to me as someone who's been fighting off depression his whole life. It eventually embitters some people.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:56 PM (elbY7)
OMFG that is so iRONically FUNNEH because the posters here are SOKONZZZZ and they are JUST LIKE HUCKSTER and love AKIN and want to marry HIM and HAVE HIS BABIES.
*Laughing OUt LOud *
AHAhhahaAHHAhhahhHAHHhAHHHhahahahahahaha
Posted by: no one , ever at May 20, 2015 09:56 PM (NUCTk)
Good riddance.
Posted by: Pope Fidel II at May 20, 2015 09:56 PM (+kznc)
I never belived Jerry Lewis could actually *act* (or do much of anything beyond host a telethon) until I saw King of Comedy. I was blown away.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:57 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:56 PM (elbY7)
Seemingly, very common in comedians.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 20, 2015 09:57 PM (mmlFU)
Posted by: torabora at May 20, 2015 09:58 PM (2+J4s)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian, at May 20, 2015 10:01 PM (3mTLw)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 09:54 PM
I like the bit when Pupkin is staring at the ceiling. The receptionist watches him with obvious concern. Pupkin asks "Is that cork?" (or something) The receptionist asks "Is it dripping on you?" Pupkin replies "No." and continues to stare. The dude is out of his gourd.
Posted by: otho at May 20, 2015 10:01 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 20, 2015 10:01 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 20, 2015 10:02 PM (elbY7)
Posted by: @votermom at May 20, 2015 10:03 PM (cbfNE)
Is Noah Rothman working here now?
Posted by: Mickey Shwarma at May 20, 2015 10:04 PM (2mJMN)
Posted by: Snoodling World Champion 1997 at May 20, 2015 10:04 PM (Q819Q)
Posted by: Dave Letterman at May 20, 2015 10:05 PM (ty633)
I did in fact see the part where she charged into a group of five Romulans and started throat punching some Hobgoblin ass...
#WorfOut
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 20, 2015 10:07 PM (/4AZU)
Like Robin Williams.
The only time he was apparently happy was when he was on stage, telling jokes, making people laugh. He loved it. And the moment he stepped off he slipped back into a lonely, depressed, dark soul.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:08 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 20, 2015 10:10 PM (5Vvdr)
One of the reasons I always liked Seinfeld. He seemed like a normal, happy guy just telling jokes and making funny observations. You'd like to talk to him at a party.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:10 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 20, 2015 10:10 PM (8zCR+)
Part of why as I age I have a deep abiding respect I didn't have at the time for George Burns, Bob Hope, and Bob Newhart...
once upon a time you didn't have to be a neurotic mess to be funny.
Posted by: Sven S Blade a.k.a. El Assassin@sven10077 at May 20, 2015 10:11 PM (/4AZU)
And supposedly Bushkin lost a crap ton of Carson's money on bad investments. Those "bombastic Bushkin" money jokes Carson would make occasionally were all too real.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 10:11 PM (KjA4V)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:12 PM (8HGb7)
The problem with Dave is that the smugness got old. Dave stopped being funny in the late 80s imo. I watched him religiously up until the whole Tonight Show battle when Johnny Carson stepped down. Leno was never funny, and all of these other guys are just way to liberal and biased. I can't stand Jimmy Fallon or that other guy, what's his name? I won't watch 'em. Ever.
Posted by: Mistress Overdone at May 20, 2015 10:12 PM (2/oBD)
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 20, 2015 09:12 PM (yxw0r)
Are you saying you've been out of work for 4 years? My God, I feel for you. I've been off work because of two back surgeries for the last 3 months and I'm ready to lose my mind. I'm going back to work next week and I could actually go much longer off if I wanted, I just can't stand being without a regular job (and regular money) any longer.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 20, 2015 10:12 PM (YikDz)
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 10:13 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 20, 2015 10:13 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 20, 2015 10:13 PM (ucDmr)
A guy takes a fake phone and has a fake conversation with a fake person......and blows everybody away.
Just a little imagination and talent.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:14 PM (vbfOw)
And the Palin daughter-A-Rod rape comment would have killed the career of any conservative. Instantly.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:17 PM (8HGb7)
Even though George Carlin became angry and bitter in his old age"
Always liked Carlin. His dissertations on the Ten Commandments, Football vs. Baseball, what you could and couldn't say on TV.....just classics.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:18 PM (vbfOw)
Colbert won't be my scene either.
Posted by: Darren at May 20, 2015 10:19 PM (cKoDv)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:19 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: fixerupper at May 20, 2015 10:19 PM (FviSe)
Posted by: lavid detterman at May 20, 2015 10:19 PM (kivUY)
Rush missed the perfect comeback. He should have replied, "No. Do you?" That would have shut that smug asshole up right quick.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 10:22 PM (KjA4V)
Didn't agree with Carlin on politics or religion, but Carlin was funny as hell because he was a real comedian. A comedian who was a big lefty. But he was a comedian first. Compare him to Seth Meyers.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:22 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: Dave Letterman at May 20, 2015 10:05 PM \
I saw where she lifted heavier weights than her husband. Is she trying to diss him w/ this? Cause she really makes him look like a wimp.
Posted by: Farmer at May 20, 2015 10:23 PM (o/90i)
Rush missed the perfect comeback. He should have replied, "No. Do you?" That would have shut that smug asshole up right quick.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 10:22 PM (KjA4V)
I was thinking the exact same thing when I read that.
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 10:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:10 PM
I don't go for stand up much. There's very few I actually rate. Others are funny and I actually like some of their stuff, but, they try too hard or something. Seinfeld is great coz he doesn't go for controversial, expletives or shock stuff. He's not in your face. He just does his shit and concentrates on giving you the yucks. Some others rate like Seinfeld, but not many.
Posted by: otho at May 20, 2015 10:24 PM (tBSrv)
Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at May 20, 2015 10:24 PM (HalrA)
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 10:22 PM (KjA4V)
The problem is, if Rush had done that, it would have been edited out. No way would they allow their guy to look bad.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:24 PM (8HGb7)
He was pretty good in supporting the fire, cops and armed services after 2001 though. Although I don't know if that eventually ended.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 20, 2015 10:26 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 20, 2015 10:27 PM (kivUY)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 20, 2015 10:28 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 10:22 PM (KjA4V)
Rush, while smart as hell and great at what he does, sucks at responding quickly. He could never be a litigator. A lawyer, absolutely. But he'd have to hire a gunslinger to handle the courtroom stuff.
Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at May 20, 2015 10:28 PM (yxw0r)
He had Simon and Garfunkle on his show one night ( I so much wish I had the video of that show! )
He said something smart-a to Garfunkle, and Art easily sunk him into the hole pocket.
A thing of sarcastic beauty.
Posted by: Supreme Being at May 20, 2015 10:28 PM (SJ184)
Posted by: Eromero at May 20, 2015 10:30 PM (go5uR)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 20, 2015 10:31 PM (XO6WW)
Better Hire Rachel Madcow, just to be safe vis a vis intern rape.
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 20, 2015 10:31 PM (maLc1)
Posted by: eman at May 20, 2015 10:32 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 20, 2015 10:32 PM (Vm8WO)
BTW anyone else notice that when reading the Top Ten List , Letterman would often not even get the jokes his staff wrote for him?
Posted by: avi at May 20, 2015 10:33 PM (WYnEW)
You all suck.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2015 10:35 PM (Zu3d9)
Wow! David Letterman is still alive?
too bad......
Yeah that nasty old pumper is still pumpin. Unfortunately.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:36 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:37 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2015 10:35 PM
I thought the 'rons dug that
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 20, 2015 10:38 PM (Vm8WO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 20, 2015 10:38 PM (0O7c5)
How dare I make light of such a thing? Easy, in the case of people who seek out the attention of the public, they should not be surprised to find that fringey types would be particularly attracted.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:39 PM (F2IAQ)
Well, we aren't all English majors. Enamored "with" is wrong?
Enamored is the present positive exclusive of in amore.
Conjugate premoderative.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:40 PM (MDgS8)
As for the debates, all the candidates should be in but with a multiple debate "playoff" format.
Seeding accomplished by paintball wars.
Posted by: Muckraker at May 20, 2015 10:40 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
----------------
Have I mention the 'Oxford Comma Rule'...?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:40 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill
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Have I mention the 'Oxford Comma Rule'...?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:40 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 20, 2015 10:40 PM (ucDmr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:41 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:42 PM (F2IAQ)
Conjugate premoderative."
I don't speak Italian.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:42 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:42 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:41 PM (F2IAQ)
*****
Oh sure, THAT you only post one time.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at May 20, 2015 10:43 PM (XrHO0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 10:43 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:44 PM (8HGb7)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:44 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: some 1st-century vandal at May 20, 2015 10:44 PM (lubY2)
I think I remember that. Some psycho bint broke into his house in Connecticut while he was away for a long time and was basically living there for several weeks before somebody showed up and threw her out.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 20, 2015 10:45 PM (KjA4V)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at May 20, 2015 10:45 PM (ucDmr)
The same friends thought Italy was wonderful. The guy even had a purse.
Commies.
Not really friends with them anymore.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 20, 2015 10:46 PM (V70Uh)
Enamored "Of" when talking of a living thing or idea. Enamored "With" if a tangible thing.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:46 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at May 20, 2015 10:46 PM (KVRil)
NEVER THOUGHT HE WAS FUNNY ONLY A BITTER, SARCASTIC, AND VENGEFUL A$$...LIKE HUSSEIN O, BUT BUCK-TOOTH AND WHITE...
GOOD RIDDANCE, DAVE!Posted by: Tennessee Volunteer at May 20, 2015 10:46 PM (SmCFT)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:48 PM (vbfOw)
Doing a little research.
Enamored "Of" when talking of a living thing or idea. Enamored "With" if a tangible thing.
Look at Mr. Research. Fancy schmancy.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:48 PM (MDgS8)
And when he isn't watching, he's slow jamming the news like some halfwit hip-hop tweener pop star.
Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2015 10:48 PM (ty633)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:51 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: JoeF
President Half White Trash lives his life like he's on welfare.
Posted by: dogfish at May 20, 2015 10:51 PM (jWtyG)
his house in Connecticut while he was away for a long time and was
basically living there for several weeks before somebody showed up and
threw her out.
Posted by: OregonMuse
Hey, it was cold outside.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 20, 2015 10:52 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: dogfish at May 20, 2015 10:51 PM (jWtyG)
****
We're paying him to mostly not work. He is already there.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty, unperson from Free Market Jesus Paradise at May 20, 2015 10:53 PM (cIoI4)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:53 PM (MDgS8)
Naw, perfect comeback. You're gay for apologizing.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:55 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: rickl at May 20, 2015 10:55 PM (sdi6R)
The same friends thought Italy was wonderful. The guy even had a purse.
Greece is a financial success.
Posted by: Guy with a purse at May 20, 2015 10:55 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 20, 2015 10:56 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:56 PM (vbfOw)
No books because TFG doesn't have many. All he does is watch TV. So lots of films.
Seems to have a fetish about Fox News.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 20, 2015 10:56 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 10:58 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 20, 2015 10:38 PM (Vm8WO)
Touche.....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2015 10:58 PM (Zu3d9)
Naw, perfect comeback. You're gay for apologizing.
hah...
But seriously....it's not my fault there is no ONT yet.
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 10:59 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: dogfish at May 20, 2015 11:00 PM (jWtyG)
The Clinton Global Initiative is going to have a fire sale on Scooby vans when the campaign season is over.
Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2015 11:01 PM (ty633)
I remember the flamboyant sweating-to-the-oldies guy being a regular guest and annoying the hell out of him.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 20, 2015 11:01 PM (+4uXG)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:01 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: Fritz at May 20, 2015 11:02 PM (ty633)
Posted by: Kal at May 20, 2015 11:03 PM (bI9xE)
Posted by: Northernlurker at May 20, 2015 11:03 PM (nlHrF)
I'm not typically an ONT zombie, but even I've been noticing the latency in their arrival."
Oh, ya know, it's a not "customer service" kinda place. Ya know ya may gets a beating.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:04 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 11:04 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: bergerbilder
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S'ok..., it's in the Moron handbook
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 11:05 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 20, 2015 11:05 PM (Zu3d9)
Yep. He thinks it's ALL a meaningless waste of time.
He devolved into nihilism, which isn't funny.
Pathetic and painful to watch.
He won't end well.
Posted by: simplemind at May 20, 2015 11:05 PM (BTnAK)
Posted by: Northernlurker
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To be fair, he's been tweeting quite a bit about Global Warming.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 20, 2015 11:06 PM (F2IAQ)
We have the Affirmative Action President. Meaning, fend for yourselves.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 20, 2015 11:06 PM (V70Uh)
A big part of Letterman's appeal in the early days was that he was able
to book hip, up and coming bands. I saw REM on his show in 1983 when
they were just getting started. Later on, he had the juice to pull in
big name rockers who rarely or never played television.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:12 PM (8HGb7)
It seemed like he was ALWAYS having on Andy Sumner or Stewart Copeland of The Police...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 20, 2015 11:06 PM (qbxhm)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 11:07 PM (nL0sw)
But Obama IS a 'messiah' that lies exceptionally well and sure knows how to manipulate stupid, gruber, people.
Where is the truth and where is the lie ?
Posted by: ron n. at May 20, 2015 11:07 PM (YVQn/)
Posted by: madamemayhem at May 20, 2015 11:08 PM (WPm3x)
We still claim John Wayne and Tom Selleck, though.
In Hoc, brother
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at May 20, 2015 11:09 PM (lAXNl)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 20, 2015 11:09 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 11:09 PM (MDgS8)
Don't you go rushin' nobody. It might happen, might not.
Just the way it rolls.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:10 PM (vbfOw)
And this post is the best description of the guy I've ever read. Nails it.
I remember, too, Letterman pretending to be a Real Mature Man of the World when he was talking to Gen. Tommy Franks. As if any leftoid really took world affairs seriously in a mature way. Quel jerk.
Posted by: Beverly at May 20, 2015 11:10 PM (FM2iI)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (XAFOu)
While I would never embarrass his wife, who is a sweet, nice gal, does anyone here know how I could discreetly verify that claim?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: madamemayhem at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (WPm3x)
Oh man, Brother Theodore. Haven't thought of that guy in AGES. Kind of a ripoff of Fr. Guido Sarducci, but he was pretty damned funny to a callow 23-year old....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (qbxhm)
Now go get a shine box...
or
A big effen student loan
Ace go JO
Posted by: Tar Heel at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: Beverly at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (FM2iI)
Posted by: Chevy Chase at May 20, 2015 11:12 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 20, 2015 11:12 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 20, 2015 11:12 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 11:13 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 11:13 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: REV. AL SHARPTON at May 20, 2015 11:13 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 11:13 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 11:13 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:14 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: madamemayhem at May 20, 2015 11:14 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: eleven at May 20, 2015 11:14 PM (MDgS8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:16 PM (vbfOw)
454 This is different. An acquaintance died recently and in his obituary it mentioned that he was a Navy Seal. And then went into the Air Force and retired as a Technical Sergeant.
While I would never embarrass his wife, who is a sweet, nice gal, does anyone here know how I could discreetly verify that claim?
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 20, 2015 11:11 PM (V70Uh)
What? The SEAL claim? You can try contacted Don Shipley but it old emphasize you want to be discrete as not to hurt the wife.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 20, 2015 11:16 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 11:16 PM (nL0sw)
You can try contacting Don Shipley but I would emphasize you want to be discrete as not to hurt the wife.
Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at May 20, 2015 11:17 PM (XAFOu)
Posted by: scottst at May 20, 2015 11:17 PM (Ltygl)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:18 PM (vbfOw)
"It's like a giant outdoor Skinner box," quipped Paul -- and Letterman shot him a Queen Murder look, as if to say, "Don't you Dare be cleverer than I." Paul reacted with a just-visible cringe.
Revealing glimpse.
Posted by: Beverly at May 20, 2015 11:19 PM (FM2iI)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 20, 2015 11:19 PM (nL0sw)
Posted by: madamemayhem at May 20, 2015 11:14 PM (WPm3x)
Do you have formerly nicotine a stained fingers also?
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 20, 2015 11:21 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: SLD at May 20, 2015 11:24 PM (MMueW)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 20, 2015 11:24 PM (vbfOw)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2015 10:44 PM (8HGb7)
He has to watch a lot of TV, that's the only way he knows when things are happening in the world.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at May 20, 2015 11:24 PM (YikDz)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 20, 2015 11:28 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: D. Letterman at May 20, 2015 11:29 PM (qFwf5)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at May 20, 2015 11:33 PM (1CroS)
No, thankfully no.
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at May 20, 2015 11:41 PM (lAXNl)
"The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, misanthropic frat boys, shrieking midgets of AM radio, tax cheats, nihilists in golf pants, Brownshirts in pinstripes, sweatshop tycoons, hacks, fakirs, aggressive dorks, Lamborghini libertarians, people who believe Neil Armstrong's moonwalk was filmed in Roswell, New Mexico, little honkers out to diminish the rest of us, Newt's evil spawn and their Etch-a-Sketch president, a dull and rigid man suspicious of the free flow of information and secular institutions, whose philosophy is a jumble of badly sutured body parts trying to walk.
"Republicans: The No. 1 reason the rest of the world thinks we're deaf, dumb, and dangerous."
[When leftwing nutjobs let their Inner Beast out, you can see how they get off on stuffing all their opponents into gulags and concentration camps with nary a qualm.]
Posted by: Beverly at May 20, 2015 11:44 PM (FM2iI)
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at May 20, 2015 11:46 PM (lAXNl)
"The party of Rayburn and FDR as transmogrified into the party of hairy-faced hippy throwbacks and corporate PR shills, faith-based trustafarians, fundamentalist Muslims with a whine list, anarchist bullies with ballbats, lesbo-liberal-left Christians, closet racists, misanthropic art frauds, braying asses of TV news, tax leeches, nihilists in Birkenstocks, Brownshirts in blue jeans, overseas sweatshop racketeers, Communists, hacks, fakirs, aggressive metrosexual dorks, anti-semites, Lamborghini liberals, people who believe Neil Armstrong's moonwalk was another one of Nixon's evil plots to divert us from Vietnam, Mexican citizens voting illegally, little SJW honkers out to diminish the rest of us, Noam Chomsky's evil spawn and their cardboard god of a president, a dull and weak little charlatan suspicious of the rational flow of information and of free institutions, whose philosophy is an unlikely jumble of America-hating, "reverse" racism, and moth-eaten peacenik rhetoric.
"Democrats: The No. 1 reason the rest of the world thinks they can lie to us, steal from us, and kill us with impunity."
Posted by: Beverly at May 20, 2015 11:51 PM (FM2iI)
Posted by: dude guy at May 20, 2015 11:59 PM (QCc6B)
The anti-worship of a dickhead who has't been funny since Jay was a regular on his couch.
ESP-fucking-N is doing tributes. JESUS!
Posted by: wankette at May 21, 2015 12:03 AM (L/tWH)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at May 21, 2015 12:07 AM (39g3+)
In the beginning it was about as funny as a mid-market radio show...with Edie McClurg being a sort-of sidekick.
When he went late-night it was a crappy big-market radio morning zoo that coasted on the stuff they did back in Toledo.
Going to a taping was mildly fun. It was about 55 degrees in there. But I last went in the mid-90s and stopped watching around then too.
I didn't miss much.
Posted by: Cranford Pundit at May 21, 2015 12:13 AM (x6lWJ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIIas0FJ_jk
Posted by: OxyCon at May 21, 2015 12:54 AM (xBryS)
a quaint motel on the outskirts of pittburgh
off the interstate that one that goes up to erie
the one with alll that roadkill
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 21, 2015 01:59 AM (TF10X)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 21, 2015 02:12 AM (TF10X)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at May 21, 2015 02:23 AM (TF10X)
But he quit a long time ago."
damn if you didn't nail that epitaph, Ace.
I used to love letterman back in the 90s. I think it was around the time of the 2000 presidential election that he just turned me off with his bitterness and partisanship. I still didn't find Leno all that funny, though he did grow on me as the years went by. I was more likely to tune into Conan when I wanted to watch a late night show.
and I'm so glad you mentioned the bits where he'd follow Rupert around in the van telling him what to say, I loved those. I remember one where he went into a mattress shop, and another where he went into a McDonalds "I'd like a 5-pounder." "OK, then can you give me 20 quarter-pounders? I'm trying to make my own 5-pounder."
Posted by: tintex at May 21, 2015 02:24 AM (OQy+b)
I thought the show was still funny in 1989-1990 when I was in college. Then it just went to shit. I remember watching the seven year anniversary show in the dorms and just laughing my ass off. What did I know though I was 18.
Oh god he just did a tonight show joke.
Posted by: bestie1 at May 21, 2015 02:47 AM (qifmL)
Posted by: bestie1 at May 21, 2015 02:49 AM (qifmL)
Posted by: bestie1 at May 21, 2015 02:50 AM (qifmL)
Posted by: burt at May 21, 2015 08:24 AM (ls8AU)
Honestly, I can count on one hand, max two hands, the number of times I watched Letterman. And as I recall that was mostly in the 1980s.
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at May 21, 2015 09:10 AM (1hM1d)
Carson had his off-days, too, but we were genuinely sad to see him go. He'd still pop up with jokes to the New Yorker, and he was still funny.
Posted by: Bill Peschel at May 21, 2015 09:54 AM (6g9CI)
Posted by: RJ at May 21, 2015 10:41 AM (S54e3)
Posted by: Marooned Maroon at May 21, 2015 10:46 AM (hTHAs)
Posted by: mc at May 21, 2015 11:02 AM (xuXpE)
Posted by: Jeffrey Carter (@pointsnfigures) at May 21, 2015 11:47 AM (LnE5F)
Posted by: just me at May 21, 2015 12:00 PM (CgOBQ)
And once he deteriorated to partisan viciousness, I had even less incentive than ever to watch.
Posted by: Another lurking lurker what lurks at May 21, 2015 01:39 PM (Lbm4n)
Why would anyone watch a program about nothing?
Because it's on TV.
BTW - nice mention by El Rushbo himself, live.
Posted by: DoverPro at May 21, 2015 02:42 PM (wN82N)
Posted by: Jethro Bean at May 21, 2015 03:00 PM (sQEuM)
OTOH, as others have observed, Chris Elliot could be a riot. I remember him quite well from "The Chris Elliot Show". Chris leaves the house and his parents fill his bedroom with concrete to keep him from coming back. And Bob Elliot's rejoinder is an all-time classic: "Boy, your butt will touch a bed in this house again when the Pope builds a Vatican in Vegas".
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at May 21, 2015 03:50 PM (PMGbu)
Posted by: Amy Shulkusky at May 21, 2015 11:50 PM (fszmw)
I always thought he was plain old mean, and the stupid pranks with food offensive and juvenile.
The scandal taking the interns into his 'lair' while the mother of his child, who he didn't have the decency to marry, was publicly betrayed, should have put him out of business. Only libs can rehabilitate sc8m bags into celebrities.
Watching him fawn drool over Obama- something truly wrong with that scene.
Really couldn't tell??? C'mon....
Posted by: Chris at May 22, 2015 01:06 AM (369tD)
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