Dave Letterman - c/d?

That's absolutely a Midwest WASP thing. Midwestern WASPs are just suuuuuuuper good at pretending to be stoic paragons of mental health.

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.

DL's self-confessional moment was in the wake of the office-affair thing, he basically said all that at his desk

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.

The apple must've dropped off the side of a cliff after falling from that particular tree.

joeks, bruv

it's true *sob*

minnesota stoicism is a thin veneer over a pathological loathing of all existence; see keillor, garrison

maybe not acc to the woman i overheard on the subway who was propositioned by GK

Ugh, there aren't enough wire brushes in the world to scrub an encounter like that away.

"It's been a quiet week in the vicinity of my wizened scrotum..."

I can not contradict any of this brutal take on the midwestern character.

GK has really dropped the veneer with his post-retirement, post-election rants in the media where he's like "maybe we deserve Trump"

Zinoman's book on North American horror movies c. 1968-78, while treading on wellllll-worn territory, was very well done.

who is letterman's dicaprio

CHRIS FUCKIN ELIOT

no, Melman was his Keitel, you're gettin it wrong

REGIS was his DiCaprio

what role was Amy Sedaris

DiCaprio to star in Paul: The Man Behind The Keys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jackl_uUjGo

Never saw this before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmLUFvu6x7c

It's from this I believe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPwNVG14OIM

"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/

Holy shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaXlQOzPHK8

well, that turned dark quickly!

"Look at Pat Sajak -- don't you think he wants to kill himself?"

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."

Norm's face looking a bit different these days

this was pretty good. but why on earth are the close ups so close? its as if the camera operator was told to never include either the chin or top of the head in a shot.

Yeah that was jarring. I've mostly heard the show in podcast form but I don't remember seeing close ups like that when on video versions of older ones I've seen.

This was great though, wish it was longer.

Norm's face now conveniently larger for punchability

(nice that he's bringing his homophobia to the grave)

lettermans voice is really soothing & his laugh is great

almost wonder if the extreme close-ups were just Norm's way of trolling Dave

either way there's not much reason to actually watch it

I enjoyed it a lot though. never liked Dave much in the past but I definitely liked him here

A little over two years after David Letterman commenced his retirement, the talk-show host has announced his return to the small screen for a limited Netflix series. Premiering in 2018, the as-yet-untitled program, which will come out as six, hour-long installments, will find the host interviewing one guest each episode, as well as comedy and "curiosity" bits outside of the studio.

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/david-letterman-sets-tv-return-with-six-episode-netflix-series-w496551

I'm wondering if that's partly a reaction to his desire to do some live engagements and then realizing how much tickets would go for and not wanting to charge people that much

he's interviewing Regis six times

David Letterman on Howard Stern today. Radio doesn't get better than this. https://t.co/gUB9YEzySa

— Chuck Thomas (@chuckthomasuk) August 16, 2017

the history of Trump as a Letterman guest

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/arts/television/trump-letterman-misunderstood-history.html

It was kind of interesting to hear on the Stern interview that Letterman had foreknowledge of the classic Andy Kaufman bits on Late Night, as well as the stupid Joaquin Phoenix appearance

Haha. In the first two minutes, Rodney (A.) goes into a monologue from center stage, (B.) makes fun of Paul and Canada, and (C.) begins reading his own Top 10 list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2CCvDdr7I

Rodney was the greatest

was this posted before? all the dave's record collections on a playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL6iScHBv-isE5mWiQSryP4Md1tREhwBu3&v=saIPS-DC1zs

dave was classic on kimmel lately, reuinted with paul schaffer as well

"even Jimmy Fallon" lol

http://www.pbs.org/mark-twain-prize/shows/2017-show-david-letterman/
just watched a bit of this so far but looks good. Martin Short and Steve Martin are gd treasures

I liked it, it was on last night. I read Al Franken was cut from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctBVhyZxXYY

"Netflix has taken the wraps off David Letterman’s new six-episode talk show series. It is titled My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman and the debut of the one-hour talk show will stream January 12 with President Barack Obama as the first guest. A new episode will run out monthly during 2018.

The first season’s guest list is a doozy: Aside from Obama, it features George Clooney, Malala Yousafzai, Jay-Z, Tina Fey, Howard Stern. The January 12 interview will be Obama’s first talk-show appearance since leaving office.

The show will feature Letterman and one guest in interviews that take place both inside and outside a studio setting. It will also include field segments featuring Letterman, whose Late Show run ended in 2015."

Featuring JAY

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