Dave Letterman - c/d?

dont hit girls morbs

'course not, I only cockpunch. Please line up to my left.

lol danger!

Misunderstood comedy genius or creepy unfunny old man?

nah, too easy

To be sure, I'm not saying Dave is a great pundit, or that last night represented great political discourse. But that it was compelling TV seems to be beyond dispute.

xp: I expect Obama supporters to think so.

I love that you meant this as some sort of slam.

i just want to take this moment to express how much i love paul schaffer, that obsequious little dorko

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9:11

otm, xxp

i thought the whole thing was fucking genius // the sarcastic take down of mccains war hero pimping // the personal resentment at being stood up // and the awzom awzom live feed of mccain getting his make up did // shit was virtuoso

tone of voice when he says "HEY JOHN I'VE GOT A QUESTION" is priceless

word. and i think dave did a good job of coming off legitimately pissed + dignified, rather than a vulgar grab for attention/controversy.

I love that you meant this as some sort of slam.

Eric, not necessarily. There are things about Obama I admire, and I voted for him in the primary to stop the Pantsuited Thing, but as his FISA vote/Likud bows/silence on civil liberties/pick of MBNA Joe etc show, O is still a politician and they all tend to be lower than whaleshit. I hope he wins the election and I hope (foolishly) progressives never stop pressing him to do the right things in office.

The last compelling TV I saw was Sandra Berhard daubing between her legs with a sponge and sending Dave bolting from his desk.

silence on any issue during election season is not a sign of disinterest

lol, that's exactly why Dems expected Clinton to suddenly become a liberal in his second term.

I sort of don't wish on anyone what the next president will have to inherit.

I really wish they'd cut Paul's mic sometimes.

The last compelling TV I saw was Sandra Berhard daubing between her legs with a sponge and sending Dave bolting from his desk.

Are you sure you're working with an accurate definition of "compelling" here?

the Pantsuited Thing, ... Likud bows ... MBNA Joe ... lower than whaleshit ... Sandra Berhard daubing between her legs

― Dr Morbius ... Suggest Ban

hey, that was almost a reasonably sane post, morbs.

thx, that makes me feel like shit.

Eric: ditto. That's why only a power-crazy man, or a dick like McCain, would want the job.

I saw Shaffer near Rockefeller Ctr last year and was dying to hear one ungodly laugh. EEEAGGHH-HEH-HEH-HEH

Anyone who doesn't think that Sandra daubing is compelling is dead to me.

i don't want to beat up on you, morbs, but i also would rather read serious discussion than scatological rants about comic-book characters

aaaand you read ilx why?

*rimshot!*

without you, I'm nothing

peder-tastic, more like

com·pel·ling /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/
(kuhm-pel-ing)
–adjective
1. tending to compel; overpowering: compelling reasons.
2. having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect: a man of compelling integrity; a compelling drama.

I guess I can get behind definition #1.

i think craig ferguson is the funniest dude out there right now

― Mohammed Butt (max), Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:42 AM (1 hour ago)

is morbs talking about the same obama who said "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt a unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you’re anti-Israel and that can’t be the measure of our friendship with Israel. If we cannot have an honest dialogue about how do we achieve these goals, then we’re not going to make progress." to a group of over 100 jewish leaders earlier this year??

He has not consistently maintained that tone.

I knew Jimmy Kimmel's producer in college. What a jerk.

you complain about the dumbest shit morbs. a major television entertainer teeing off on the most ridiculous campaign in my adult life, maybe yours, out of personal offense? what's wrong with that?

I believe in the separation of comedy and State.

i think he wants david letterman to be played by dan ackroyd and paul schaeffer to be played by chevy chase

NOW THAT'S SATIRE

getting olbermann to fill mccain's guest spot was a nice little fuck-you. (also olbermann is more genial and less annoying on letterman than on his own show.)

anyway, i thought the contempt was bracing. you don't often see people on national tv exuding such complete i-just-dont-give-a-fuckness.

I believe in the separation of comedy and State.

― Dr Morbius, Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:02 PM (30 seconds ago)

no you don't!

you complain about the dumbest shit morbs. a major television entertainer teeing off on the most ridiculous campaign in my adult life, maybe yours, out of personal offense? what's wrong with that?

― "goole" (goole), Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:59 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i dunno, thomas dewey was pretty bad

no you don't!

Yeah he does; that's why he reads Perrin.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b63/jessmermaideyes/thestatewallpaper.jpg

btw n/a, just bcz we annoy each other on the internets doesn't mean I hold you in contempt requiring a nickname. You are married to a nice person and Casuistry seems to like you.

Perrin, like andwhat, loves Groucho and Fields.

goole, I mean comedians playing felchparty w/ politicos on TV, not engaging in targeting them.

lol I really didn't expect you to respond to that; in retrospect, I have no idea why

not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.
not engaging in targeting them.

YESSSSSSSSSS

so not googling "felchparty"

be bold.

Laughing AT politicos fine; with them, pass the ammo. YA GIT ME?

so what was your problem with letterman again?

up against the wall obsequious dorkos!

a) I'm at work
b) I know what "felch" means and I know what "party" means; I don't need to know how Internet denizens put those together.
c) ew

He needs a new Brother Theodore.