Posted on 01/08/2006 4:16:56 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
I love Dave Letterman. He's my idea of the funniest man in America. I appreciate his intellect, his quirky, irritated ideas about what's funny, and certainly respect his right to whatever opinions he has about anything.
I confess he irks me with his nightly ridicule and denigration of our president. He's really got it in for George Bush, and he and the staff select little snippets of speeches, or a stumble, or a door that doesn't open, or even just a little aside and shoulder-shaking chuckle – anything that makes the president appear foolish – and revel in derisive laughter.
Unfortunately, the president provides way too much fodder for them since he isn't the gifted communicator Reagan was, or the charmer Bill Clinton is.
And I understand and even sympathize with the unhappiness Dave and so many others in the media and entertainment business feel about George Bush and his administration and their policy decisions. I do think Karl Rove and those around the president could do a much, much better job of explaining to the American people (and at the same time, our allies) how we're doing and what we're doing – and why.
But still, I bristled a couple of nights ago when Dave had Bill O'Reilly on as a guest and treated Bill in a way no "guest" should ever be treated, certainly not on a comedy/talk show, by a host who is not seen as a political commentator or even especially qualified to opine on complex geopolitical matters. Dave is supposed to be – and usually is – funny.
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Not mine.
Some of the funniest people in America are right here on FR and they don't have writers!
I never understood why people think Letterman is funny.
This is great and reminds me of Zell...
"I see a picture of a neighborhood, on a nice cul de sac, happy and contented. One day a nest of rattlesnakes is discovered in one neighbor's backyard. Several neighbors insist on going in together and wiping out the nest, before the snakes inevitably slither into the other yards. In this instance, which is most important? Is it privacy or wiping out the snakes, before every home is afflicted and people unnecessarily die?
Why are we in Iraq, Dave?
BECAUSE WE'RE AMERICANS – AND AMERICANS KILL SNAKES BEFORE THEY KILL US!"
There is a reason he is on so late....The intelligent people go to bed early.
I hope he reads MY letter ; )
Pat, all I can say is you picked a poor time stop drinking...
man....as much as Pat Boone gets kicked around you'd think he's be meaner
I sure would (am)
Letterman has access to 100% of the same information as BOR or anyone else, but chooses to ignore it, and 100% of what Letterman says is 100% crap.
Is Bill's audience larger than Dave's?
Ah, ...because he's not! He reminds me of the nerd in the back of class that told pee-pee jokes, trying to be one of the gang.
I also didn't like how he screwed over Carson, who pushed him along at NBC.
Down here, he's on at 2 or 3 in the morning!
When did Letterman screw over Carson?
Yeah, old Dave have never been the same since Drew Barrymore flashed him...
I'm sorry you have to watch our American TV. I'm trying to quit. ;-)
Unfortunately, the president provides way too much fodder for them since he isn't the gifted communicator Reagan was, or the charmer Bill Clinton is.
Lordy! BC a charmer? That "I feel your pain" line had the effect of wanting one to take a long hot shower to rid one's self of cooties.
Believe me, at that hour I'm not watching ANYTHING! :)
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