Best 1982-86, esp when Sandra Bernhard or Pee-Wee were on. He's still gold compared to fucking Leno, but I watch maybe 3x a year.
The reason his Oscar hosting was called 'bad' is his sensibility jarred with that of the Academy. Since the ideal Oscar show would involve the host dynamiting the theater, he was fine. His joke that "Eat Drink Man Woman" was how Schwarzenegger first asked Maria Shriver on a date -- followed by a grinning thru gritted teeth shot of Ahnuld in the audience -- was justification for the assignment by itself.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 October 2005 12:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 28 October 2005 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 28 October 2005 21:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
does it float and know your cut of meat and 80% of the rest of his show isnt supposed to be funny the same way leno's show is funny. letterman is all about dry irony.
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― emilys. (emilys.), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 28 October 2005 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― minna (minna), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lovelace (Lovelace), Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― dar1a g (daria g), Saturday, 29 October 2005 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link
good fer Dave
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 07:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 07:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 07:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 08:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Best Line: "And here to introduce Best Foreign Film are Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins...and hang on, they're probably pissed off about somethin'."
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.jimgilliam.com/2004/10/bill_oreilly_on_letterman_last_night.php
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― älänbänänä (alanbanana), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Horses wearing diapers!
― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Classic, by the way.
― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
Classic.
― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 20:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 January 2006 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 5 October 2006 02:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:36 (seventeen years ago) link
whos the dude on letterman right now?
― chaki, Friday, 16 May 2008 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
it was bad tonight, huh?!?!
― roxymuzak, Friday, 16 May 2008 07:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i duno i changed it to kimmel but the actor in the bit in the beginning was lol
― chaki, Friday, 16 May 2008 07:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I LOVE how he's still doing "Great Moments in Presidental Speeches" or whatever it's called EVERY FUCKING NIGHT!
― King Boy Pato, Friday, 16 May 2008 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
haven't bothered watching him for years (the decline since '82-88 is too sad), but tis pity he's now devolved into a self-regarding would-be pundit a la Jon Stewart. RIP.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:18 (fifteen years ago) link
(the decline since '82-88 is too sad)
nah, too easy
― and what, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
after 20 years of pitiful Letterman, NOW you say something?
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
He was always pretty damn self-regarding, and I don't think you could call any of his comments on McCain "punditry". Maybe sour grapes. I thought it was diverting enough. As Letterman usually is, if I'm in that mood.
― so glitchy (kenan), Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
and what otm
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:25 (fifteen years ago) link
morbs = madonna + cher
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
wingers this morning are in hilarious "I was a huge fan until THIS" mode
― J0hn D., Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
NOW you say something?
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, October 28, 2005
Mackro, Shirley MacLaine says you and 'twat really are assholes.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
He is such a great storyteller. When he was on WTF last year, he told a long story about getting stuck in a gig opening for a Lola Falana musical revue in Denver where he bombed 2 shows a night for 10 days straight. Worth checking out
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54fd3T15JFg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 01:27 (one year ago) link
those "favorite moments" videos have been a real highlight of my 2022 viewing
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 02:55 (one year ago) link
Someone actually won Letterman's marquee for The Late Show in a charity raffle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQM3j_s3Obk
Love how Letterman points out that the raffle was open "worldwide...and our winner is from New Jersey."
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 17 January 2024 17:06 (five months ago) link