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Sources: ‘Late Show’ staffers were unaware of Letterman’s bombshell
Yahoo! News ^
| Friday, October 2, 2009
| Brett Michael Dykes
Posted on 10/04/2009 1:38:24 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: Drew68
I expect Letterman to go on hiatus shortly while the producers struggle with damage control. Damage control? Their ratings are up 30%... should more than cover the settlements.
To: Cementjungle
what’s really depressing is that folks still line up to get into his show.
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posted on
10/04/2009 2:09:52 PM PDT
by
tioga
(Drip, Drip, Drip.........the ACORNS are falling.)
To: DogByte6RER
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suprizing from a guy that makes jokes about child rape... NOT!!!!
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posted on
10/04/2009 2:11:46 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
To: NonValueAdded
So naturally Dave, recognizing the cognitive dissonance, paused in his prepared remarks and said, no, realli ... Im series. Nailed em all ... but no, he didnt. Makes no nevermind, though - the audience would have only laughed louder. I've seen two clips. The shorter one started when Dave said, "So, what was the creepy thing I did?" and explains that he had sex with staffers who worked for him. I think that might be the most often played part.
The longer clip gave more explanation about the extortion, and starts well before the admission. During that clip, at some point he did ask, "Why are you people laughing?" but he didn't come off as serious.
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posted on
10/04/2009 2:32:45 PM PDT
by
Dianna
To: Dianna
I haven't watched the clip, but I've heard the audio. My impression was that when he said, "What was the creepy thing I did? I had sex with women on my staff..." was that the audience was laughing because that butch lookin' chick he married was once a staffer. So the audience thought the joke was, "What was the creepy thing I did? I had sex with my wife..." But of course, when you actually pause and think about it, he said women as in plural. So yes, it actually is kind of creepy. Who would want to work for someone who is nailing the staff? But that's why I kind of give the audience a pass on this one. Letterman's whole schtick is to make straight-faced comments that are outrageous so you have to be "in on the joke" to find them funny in the first place.
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posted on
10/04/2009 2:56:54 PM PDT
by
ponygirl
("I can see the Olympic Stadium from my house!" - Barack Obama)
To: DogByte6RER
If I wish to be generous, I’d say it was a nervous response or reaction. On the other hand, people that are attracted to Letterman have a bent moral compass. It wouldn’t surprise me that they not only laughed because they thought it was funny, but they saw nothing wrong with it.
To: DogByte6RER
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posted on
10/04/2009 3:54:38 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
("I apologize to hookers for having associated them with the House of Representatives.--Jim Traficant)
To: NativeNewYorker
I have often wondered how “funny” these TV comedians would be if there were no canned laughter, no applause signs, no cheerleaders to chum laughter.
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posted on
10/04/2009 5:30:44 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: wildandcrazyrussian
Or maybe David Scarlet-Letterman.
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posted on
10/04/2009 5:44:56 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Barack Hussein Obama: America's toast!)
To: Erasmus
That’s it, I just forget the term! Get this out there quick.
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