what does Shirley MacClaine have to do with any of this???
MacLaine called Letterman an ashole on the air btw
many x-posts
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc173/jbl55/oldmanyellsatcloud.jpg
― and what, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Letterman is still funny and not at all a "pundit"
― Cletus Tiffins (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
clowns interviewing pols w/ "serious" questions always = pundit aspirations
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
tis pity he's now devolved into a self-regarding would-be pundit a la Jon Stewart
tis pity (but not surprise) that you can't catch the ironic tone of his self-regard or the dignified passion of his emeritus-years nightly digressions into the state of the country
― gabbneb, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
man I never get tired of that old man yells at cloud thing
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
mr dorbius
― ⇧⇧⇧ (libcrypt), Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
sara otm re: letterman drummers
― Jordan, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Letterman has gotten funnier since he's gotten more political. Props to Stewart, maybe, but it's a craft, not a science.
― ⇧⇧⇧ (libcrypt), Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
NB: Morbs = ginger nut.
― ⇧⇧⇧ (libcrypt), Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm glad you caught them, gabb. So very glad.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
This was Letterman's finest moment in years, wtf. That he was pulling it off in his resolutely non-Daily Show format is just icing.
― Eric H., Thursday, 25 September 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i35.tinypic.com/erzepl.jpg
― \\\\\\\\YES//////// (ice crӕm), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
xp: I expect Obama supporters to think so.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
YESSSSSSSSSSSS
― and what, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously, i love dave, and i like conan, but craig ferguson is yoga flame
― Mohammed Butt (max), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
he was on wait wait dont tell me which admittedly i like but mostly is just like a smirk & maybe a chuckle and i was guffawing and shit
― Mohammed Butt (max), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I expect sour assholes to disagree. xxxp
― Eric H., Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
check out the first post in this threadMisunderstood comedy genius or creepy unfunny old man?― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:49 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I am a semi-sweet asshole, per FDA labeling.
would totally hit Ann-Margret btw
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
dont hit girls morbs
― \\\\\\\\YES//////// (ice crӕm), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
'course not, I only cockpunch. Please line up to my left.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
lol danger!
― \\\\\\\\YES//////// (ice crӕm), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Misunderstood comedy genius or creepy unfunny old man?
nah, too easy
― and what, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Eric H., Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I love that you meant this as some sort of slam.
― Eric H., Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i just want to take this moment to express how much i love paul schaffer, that obsequious little dorko
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Tracer Hand OTM
― Cletus Tiffins (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
9:11
― Cletus Tiffins (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
otm, xxp
― gabbneb, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― \\\\\\\\YES//////// (ice crӕm), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
tone of voice when he says "HEY JOHN I'VE GOT A QUESTION" is priceless
― Cletus Tiffins (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
word. and i think dave did a good job of coming off legitimately pissed + dignified, rather than a vulgar grab for attention/controversy.
― will, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:22 (fifteen years ago) link
silence on any issue during election season is not a sign of disinterest
― Cletus Tiffins (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:24 (fifteen years ago) link
lol, that's exactly why Dems expected Clinton to suddenly become a liberal in his second term.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I sort of don't wish on anyone what the next president will have to inherit.
― Eric H., Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I really wish they'd cut Paul's mic sometimes.
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Are you sure you're working with an accurate definition of "compelling" here?
― i am the small cat (HI DERE), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:35 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― gabbneb, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone who doesn't think that Sandra daubing is compelling is dead to me.
― Eric H., Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
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
― gabbneb, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
aaaand you read ilx why?
― \\\\\\\\YES//////// (ice crӕm), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
*rimshot!*
without you, I'm nothing
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
peder-tastic, more like
― "goole" (goole), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
com·pel·ling /kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/ (kuhm-pel-ing)–adjective1. 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 am the small cat (HI DERE), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
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)
― "goole" (goole), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
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??
― and what, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link