Posted on 05/23/2015 5:36:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
#1. His continuous, lip curling sneer...
Glad he’s finally retired.
As one person opined “finally the nightmare ends”.
He was NOT funny. His writers were. All Letterman’s so-called funny bits were totally scripted for him.
In addition, he openly confessed to having sexual affairs with female staffers so they could keep their jobs... and the audience though it was funny.
Kinda wrong. He had over 13 million. Not sure where those numbers came from that you are giving as fact.
Not sure where you got your numbers from but they are wrong. I think he was a jerk but spreading false information makes us all look bad especially to the liberals who will laugh at us getting something wrong like that especially off by 11 million. I am glad he is done though.
But that was just the last show, which had a curiosity factor. The very article posted here talks about the average audience dropping to 2 million.
Oh ok. I thought it was just the last show. Thanks for the clarification. Glad it is out of our spectrum forever. I don’t think it will last two years with Colin Ferguson.
I wont miss him either but I still miss Jay Leno.
I miss Johnny Carson, nobody could hold a candle to him.
Good riddance. Never could stand that gap-toothed LIB.
Same as Obama....
I enjoyed Letterman when he hosted Late Night on NBC in the 1980s and early 90s and the Late Show on CBS in the 90s. I thought both shows were original and entertaining, especially the segments outside the theatre.
It was around the turn of the century that Letterman went from a funny comedian and entertainer to an old bitter liberal. That was the point in time for me that Letterman ceased being funny.
Johnny was smart about keeping politics off of his show. He had his own demons, but he was watchable and funny to the very end. What a great final show he had with Bette Midler. Classy.
Where was Jay Leno’s sendoff? It seemed minimal to me. It took place in Los Angeles which helps a bit while Dave Letterman’s took place in a densely packed urban New Jack City.
The week of butt kissing and fawning over Letterman was absurd. Last time I liked this guy was circa 1986 when he had Steve Winwood on and I mentioned it to an acquaintance who immediately chimed in that he saw it to.. Dave was funny back then and into the early 1990s
I read where Carson’s final show was seen by 41 Million people. Sorry Dave & Jay your final shows were not even close.
Dave has been an icon for mindless liberals for at least two decades and I doubt I have bothered seeing him for more than 5 minutes since then//////////
Of course I will look at selected old Dave Letterman show bits on you tube when he had a musician on that I liked such as Peter Gabriel— Red Rain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=39&v=355PAQ883dA
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