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Late-night legend David Letterman's ugly personality no laughing matter, former colleagues say
New York Daily News ^ | 3/11/17 | Larry McShane

Posted on 03/12/2017 6:30:22 PM PDT by Yossarian

Edited on 03/12/2017 9:35:47 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Late-night funnyman David Letterman was hardly a barrel of laughs off the air.

A new biography of the now-retired talk show host portrays Letterman as more self-loathing than self-critical

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: davidletterman; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; harveyweinstein; letterman
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To: Yossarian

So in other words, he was a liberal?


61 posted on 03/12/2017 8:51:06 PM PDT by pcottraux ( depthsofpentecost.com)
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To: hoosiermama

I never could stand his show, or him.


62 posted on 03/12/2017 8:51:48 PM PDT by lbtbell
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To: DoughtyOne
Old Johnny Carson shows are on Antenna TV every night. They are quite a contrast to the late night shows today, both in the quality of the host and the guests.
63 posted on 03/12/2017 8:53:33 PM PDT by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: hoosiermama
Do tell!
64 posted on 03/12/2017 8:56:58 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (It appears that we no longer wish to keep our Republic, Mr. Franklin...)
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To: iowamark

That’s pretty neat - they have Burns and Allen, and Newhart...


65 posted on 03/12/2017 8:59:15 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Rastus

a little picky, but you’d think the author would know that Coke cans haven’t been made with tin since the ‘60’s.


66 posted on 03/12/2017 9:11:18 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: Jamestown1630

“To me, he had a quirkiness that was fun.”

I used to watch him for quite awhile and was pretty religous every night. I think we quit watching it about the time the two Indian guys with the tourist shop got booted off his show (they wanted more money or something?). Bud Melvin(?) was a hoot too.

Years later I turned it on to see some special guest and the entire show was crap.


67 posted on 03/12/2017 9:22:41 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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To: 21twelve

He did a bit for about 10 years with an intern. I believe her name was Stephanie. Perhaps it was something else but she was sort of funny. Does Anybody know what her real name was.


68 posted on 03/12/2017 9:27:23 PM PDT by ncfool (america Reborn 1/20/2017. Lets make sure we don't screw up,the opportunity to MAGA.)
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To: 21twelve

I remember Bud! and I liked ‘stupid pet tricks’.


69 posted on 03/12/2017 9:28:44 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: iowamark

Carson was great. I remember when interveiwed a little old lady from Iowa. Maybe she was over an hundred years old I can’t remember but he easily brought out a character in her that was great and fun to watch. He was an entertainment icon. Yes his personal life was a wreck but he was the best at his profession. I also miss watching him. I know he was a lib but he was a professional first.

What passes for comedy and those that pass for comedians today is pathetic.


70 posted on 03/12/2017 9:30:12 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The hair disappeared off the top of his head and grew out on his face.


71 posted on 03/12/2017 9:31:48 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Yossarian

Johnny Carson was it for late-night for me.

One of my cousins-by-marriage that I lived with for a while was Jay Leno’s on-the-road sound guy. Never heard anything about Leno’s behavior off-camera but the very best.


72 posted on 03/12/2017 9:37:24 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Likened her to a 'slutty flight attendant', trashed the entire profession and slammed Palin. Then came the pictures of his wife, whom he only married years after she served herself a slice of his earnings by becoming burdened with a baby.

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/news/090406/letterman_lasko320.jpg


73 posted on 03/12/2017 9:44:43 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (I believe it! He's alive! Sweet Jesus!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

The Velcro suit was hilarious! After that, nothing,,,,,,,,,!

Best gig he had was throwing junk off buildings. Should have jumped, would be his claim to fame.


74 posted on 03/12/2017 9:52:10 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Robwin
Anyone else recall Letterman's turn as comic relief on The Starland Vocal Band Show?

Wow! I'm not sure if I'm more surprised that Letterman was actually funny once, or that the Starland Vocal Band had a show. Well, I guess a one-trick pony for a one-hit wonder has a certain karma to it.

75 posted on 03/12/2017 9:52:50 PM PDT by ssaftler (Proud member of the "Alt-Right". Whatever the heck that is!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I never found him that funny, preferred Leno.

I’m not surprised to here he’s a jerk, he seemed like one. Something mean under the surface. Angry Clown.


76 posted on 03/12/2017 10:24:00 PM PDT by Impy (End the kritarchy!)
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To: rwa265

I stream archived shows from Art Bell and George Knapp on Coast to Coast AM -’no commercials and spooky


77 posted on 03/12/2017 11:29:51 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: BillyBoy

Alcoholic (Letterman)


78 posted on 03/12/2017 11:31:36 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: 867V309

He also did the hydraulic press. Hilarious


79 posted on 03/12/2017 11:47:30 PM PDT by Tuxedo (We won.... damnit... we won. Now what? -- GOP 2016)
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To: onyx
Likely from this biography: King of the Night: The Life of Johnny Carson
80 posted on 03/12/2017 11:53:55 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate Occupied California. Prosecute Sanctuary enablers. Deportation now!)
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