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Wow. I can't believe how much I miss Letterman (Original Post) OriginalGeek Oct 2017 OP
ICAM. I still mis Dave every day lunamagica Oct 2017 #1
Thanks for the heads up! Video here: greyl Oct 2017 #2
Thanks. That was just great pangaia Oct 2017 #3
Yes, but the beard.... Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #4
LOL That's so we can distinguish between Old Dave and New Dave FakeNoose Oct 2017 #7
Ugh. I agree. He's 70 and it makes him look 90. TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #10
I miss Dave too KT2000 Oct 2017 #5
+ 1 red dog 1 Oct 2017 #13
Know your cuts of meat! True Dough Oct 2017 #6
Looks awesome, I can't wait FakeNoose Oct 2017 #8
Agreed True Dough Oct 2017 #9
I'd guess Obama would be one. n/t FSogol Oct 2017 #11
If so, True Dough Oct 2017 #12
I used to actually dislike Letterman, I always preferred to watch Johnny Carson, red dog 1 Oct 2017 #14

FakeNoose

(32,669 posts)
7. LOL That's so we can distinguish between Old Dave and New Dave
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 10:49 AM
Oct 2017

Other than that he's pretty much the same guy.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,205 posts)
10. Ugh. I agree. He's 70 and it makes him look 90.
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 02:01 PM
Oct 2017

On another programer he said his son thinks it's "creepy".

KT2000

(20,585 posts)
5. I miss Dave too
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 03:19 AM
Oct 2017

Wish he and Obama would step into a time machine and we could all go back to some better days.

FakeNoose

(32,669 posts)
8. Looks awesome, I can't wait
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 10:57 AM
Oct 2017

David Letterman became a much better interviewer when he transitioned from Late,Late to the 11:30 slot. By that I mean he listened more to his guests, and maybe the snarky comments were toned down a little bit. (He's always funny during the stand-up segment though.) Sometimes the interviewer has to be the straight man and the guest gets most of the funny lines.

So it looks like his new show will be more of a Dick Cavett-style "conversation" with one guest. Jokes and hilarity will ensue, but also some seriousness. I hope he gets good guests, and I think he will be great.

red dog 1

(27,827 posts)
14. I used to actually dislike Letterman, I always preferred to watch Johnny Carson,
Wed Oct 18, 2017, 06:44 PM
Oct 2017

then I saw a clip from his show (a reenactment, actually) in the movie about Andy Kaufman, "Man on the Moon"..where Kaufman, (played by Jim Carey) uses profanity to insult professional wrestler Jerry "The King" Lawler on Letterman's show, then picks up Letterman's coffee cup and throws the coffee at Lawler. to which Letterman says something like:
"I think you can say some of those words on TV, but you NEVER throw coffee!"
(I was a Letterman fan from then on).

K&R

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