Years ago, I used to enjoy Letterman, but for several years now I don’t. Now, he’s just a weird, creepy pervert. Making jokes like he did is nothing more than sick. Kids should ALWAYS be defended and protected by adults. He chose otherwise. Sad, sick, and lame. He’ll find his karma one day.
He was watchable/enjoyable back in the mid 1980’s. He became a bitter bad of vinegar and water when he GOT PASSESD OVER for The Tonight Show. And no matter how many years he’s on CBS and no matter how many millions he gets, that still stings him!
Bears repeating: GOT PASSESD OVER for The Tonight Show.
He is a sick bastard. The Palins should file charges against him.
He stopped being funny when he moved from NBC to CBS after NBC promoted Jay Leno over Letterman for the Tonight Show. The ultra cynical routine works for a young up and coming comedian who isn't yet the 'top dog'. It doesn't work for the 'top dog'.
” Years ago, I used to enjoy Letterman, but for several years now I don’t. Now, he’s just a weird, creepy pervert.”
This seems to be the universal experience with Letterman.
Mine included.
Once he was funny , cutting edge even.
He has become unwatchable for all the reasons you cite.
Letterman may have experienced the personality and mood changes common to post op cardiac surgery pts.
CBS and the sponsors surely recognized that Letterman
was a different person than he used to be.
Angry, bitter , mean and unfunny.
And yet they did nothing about it.
As long as he vented his inappropriate vitriol on Republicans and George Bush , they turned a blind eye.
Until this train wreck.
Which won’t be his last , if they allow him to remain on the air.