Don’t Make Me Choose Between You and Trump, Mr. Letterman

Townhall.com ^ | May 23, 2019 | Chris Stigall

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: our celebrity heroes ::

I think I see the author’s problem.
And, some here on FR.

[Flick Lives]

Not sure when I stopped watching late-night TV shows, but it has been awhile. Jay Leno was probably the last actually funny guy on late-night.

[MrKatykelly]

Carson picked Leno over Letterman, and Letterman never got over it. Carson was correct, Jay was way better.

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

He was, and will forever be, a progressive dick. That’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it!

[Socon-Econ]

You can’t watch these people on TV or read their writings without having some of their garbage affect you. Ditch these people, unless observing them for rebuttal is part of your job. Don’t let them earn advertising revenue off of you.

[Jess Kitting]

I chose between Trump and Letterman long ago.

Trump, by a mile.

[kanawa]

Hate Night TV

[FLT-bird]

Letterman became not only unfunny but just downright bitter during his last decade and a half or so on the air. Actual comedy or entertainment on his show ceased somewhere around the mid 90s.

His last decade or so I took to calling him Bitterman. He was. I say that as someone who was a big fan of his in the 80s and early 90s.

[Albion Wilde]

His guests were either there to share a laugh, or they were the targets of the laugh. That’s gouache in late-night now.

gouache is a form of tempera paint.

gauche is a form of uncouth behavior.

[dfwgator]

gauche also means “Left” in French.

[Albion Wilde]

Just the last few days? Was he asleep the last three years?

I turned off Letterboy when he was making gross sexual jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter a decade ago.

[Albion Wilde]

gauche also means “Left” in French.

True, and sinistra is "left" in Italian -- and both expressions can mean the simple direction, or the political leaning. Also the French can mean "rude", "socially ignoran" or "brash"; and the word in Italian can also mean "evilly intended" or "sinister".

[Pajamajan]

" So, if I have to pick between guys who’ll fight for the policies I believe will better the country or cranky, partisan guys who used to entertain me but now attack my beliefs? Sorry, Dave. I’d rather watch a Trump rally."

That goes for all the elitist, Trump deranged, America hating, ingrate "celebrities" looking down on the little people.

[Paal Gulli]

If you’ve switched on Letterman so much as once after the tantrums he threw then the Dims couldn’t concoct a way to steal the Florida POTUS vote from Dubya, Bill Engvall has a sign for you.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I’m so old I remember when Letterman was funny.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kaslin.

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[ETL]

Your Russian buds didn’t care for Trump either. They worked hard with the Dems to help Hillary beat him.

[ETL]

[Mount Athos]

i liked your post comparing letterman to castaway