That's where I heard him.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
I forgot that he sent Mom to 'cover' the Winter Olympics THREE times.
Letterman: “Is it cold there, Mom?”Dave’s Mom: “It’s four degrees Celsius.”Letterman: “Well that don’t do me no good, I’m from Indiana. What the hell is that?”Dave’s Mom: “You figure it out.”
http://awfulannouncing.com/olympics/david-letterman-mom-olympics-correspondent.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CVKCtywRZo
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
haha, excellent.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Her interview with Nancy Kerrigan in 1994 was the only good one.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
all of the segments with Dave's mom are classic
― a landlocked exclave (mh 😏), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
The obituary Dave and his sisters wrote for her is pretty damn great
http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/04/12/mengering-letterman-hofert-indianapolis-olympics-linton-pie-kiwanis/100362390/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
Aw that is such a lovely read. Made me tear up a bit
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
some clips you probably saw via that page
http://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/04/12/great-tv-moments-daves-mom/100363450/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 April 2017 21:23 (seven years ago) link
Ha, so "Earl Hofert" is his uncle's name. I had wondered where he'd come up with it.
― International House of Hot Takes (kingfish), Thursday, 13 April 2017 02:09 (seven years ago) link
Aw, man, that obit messed me up. Letterman has always felt to me like a local celebrity (even though he was never actually local at any time in my living memory), and his mom was definitely an extension of that. And many of those biographical details could've been describing any one or another of my Hoosier grandmas.
― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 April 2017 04:25 (seven years ago) link
Haven't heard the name Gene Stratton Porter in a dog's age.
― Break the meat into the pineapples and pat them (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 April 2017 04:31 (seven years ago) link
@DennisThePerrinFinished reading Jason Zinoman's Letterman biography. Takeaway: Yes, you can make a lot of money, but at what cost?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
I read it too and I'm not sure what he means by that. Cost to himself? Cost to other people in his life?
― Josefa, Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
what price being prevented by network execs from growing a giant beard
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
DL's most creative era was obv when his salary was 'low' and audience relatively small (ie '82-89)
one could draw a rough parallel with Scorsese
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
not having gotten to the book, i don't know what specifically Perrin drew from it
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
what was letterman's kundun
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
Kundun is a p good film, no role for DiCraprio
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
who is letterman's dicaprio
― ben "bance" bance (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
Suddenly hopeful for a Scorsese-DiCaprio biopic of Richard Simmons.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
The bio definitely paints a picture of a more neurotic and self-flagellating Dave than what people might imagine. And the writer's not afraid to spotlight the creepiness of some of the older Dave's behavior on and off the TV camera. The book's a bit darker than expected. But my takeaway was that the guy has always had a streak of insecurity and unhappiness directed inward, no matter what kind of success he was having at the time. What evolved was his willingness to reveal that side of himself to the TV audience.
― Josefa, Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
well, at some point Dave froze out Sandra Bernhard and starting having Regis Philbin on 4x a year. You be the judge.
Dave always seemed neurotic as fuck to me, as much as ppl don't think of it as a Midwest WASP thing. (i've known a couple guys who wrote for him)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
That's absolutely a Midwest WASP thing. Midwestern WASPs are just suuuuuuuper good at pretending to be stoic paragons of mental health.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
Who speak in tutting side whispers about their nephew who has 'the depression' while secretly popping Xanax to keep from openly weeping at the dinner table.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:15 (seven years ago) link
DL's self-confessional moment was in the wake of the office-affair thing, he basically said all that at his desk
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:19 (seven years ago) link
Can't speak to WASPs, but as the grandson of a Minnesotan farmer, we just don't see the value of complaining. Winter is harsh, Ole's hand got caught in the thresher, there's nothing to be done about it.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:21 (seven years ago) link
The apple must've dropped off the side of a cliff after falling from that particular tree.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
joeks, bruv
it's true *sob*
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
minnesota stoicism is a thin veneer over a pathological loathing of all existence; see keillor, garrison
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:18 (seven years ago) link
maybe not acc to the woman i overheard on the subway who was propositioned by GK
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link
Ugh, there aren't enough wire brushes in the world to scrub an encounter like that away.
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
"It's been a quiet week in the vicinity of my wizened scrotum..."
― How many gigabyte is in trilobites (Old Lunch), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
I can not contradict any of this brutal take on the midwestern character.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:23 (seven years ago) link
GK has really dropped the veneer with his post-retirement, post-election rants in the media where he's like "maybe we deserve Trump"
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
Zinoman's book on North American horror movies c. 1968-78, while treading on wellllll-worn territory, was very well done.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 April 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
CHRIS FUCKIN ELIOT
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
no, Melman was his Keitel, you're gettin it wrong
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
REGIS was his DiCaprio
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:35 (seven years ago) link
what role was Amy Sedaris
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Thursday, 27 April 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
DiCaprio to star in Paul: The Man Behind The Keys.
― to pimp a barfly (Eazy), Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jackl_uUjGo
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 27 April 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
Never saw this before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLUFvu6x7c
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 04:42 (seven years ago) link
It's from this I believe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPwNVG14OIM
― pickety third (stevie), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link
"For 33 years, there was no better guest, no greater friend of the show, than Mark Twain. The guy could really tell a story."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/05/16/david-letterman-to-receive-nations-top-prize-for-comedy/101752604/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 May 2017 14:32 (seven years ago) link
Holy shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaXlQOzPHK8
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Wednesday, 26 July 2017 06:56 (six years ago) link
well, that turned dark quickly!
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link
"Look at Pat Sajak -- don't you think he wants to kill himself?"
― mh, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
Surprised myself and watched the whole thing this morning. Cringed often, which I know is part of the point with Norm Macdonald (used to be a big fan--not sure about this). Dave's best line: "I had given my word--the same reason I'm here."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 26 July 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link