# Janet & Dave **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250 "2004-03-30T05:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/1 "2004-03-30T05:08:33Z")
Janet Jackson on Letterman. My initial thought: is she high? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/2 "2004-03-30T05:21:31Z")
That was painful to watch. At least Dave switched topics in the second segment. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/3 "2004-03-30T05:37:14Z")
The word “vacant” comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/4 "2004-03-30T05:46:34Z")
I’m glad Dave didn’t let her off easy. Even so, she just sat there and never really said much of anything. I loved Dave’s closing to the ‘interview’: “Thanks for listening to me talk.” (or something like that) ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/5 "2004-03-30T06:03:16Z")
I couldnt’ tell if she was purposely making the interview difficult for Letterman or if she’s really that empty between the ears. As far as I can remember, I don’t recall ever seeing her in an interview before. Yeah, Letterman did a good job closing the interview with his “Thanks for listening to me talk” crack. If she was hoping the interview would improve her image, I’m afraid she failed miserably. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/6 "2004-03-30T07:29:44Z")
Wow! Dave’s had some great guests as of late. Courtney Love. Janet Jackson. Who’s next? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/7 "2004-03-30T08:20:37Z")
Letterman delivered a virtuoso piece of interviewing with Janet. Just brilliant. He kept pounding away on the breast issue, but managed to avoid going so far as to make her angry enough to stalk off the stage or something. He really kept her off-balance with the Lt. Columbo routine. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/8 "2004-03-30T17:43:17Z")
I loved how he took a different stance than the obvious, “Oooh, we saw your boobie”. He pressed her on the fact that it sends a bad message to young people to see a man rip off a part of a woman’s clothing. She either didn’t understand what he was getting at or was trying to ignore his point. I imagine it was the latter, because really, what do you say in defense of that? Any time I hear her speak, she sounds like she’s not all there. This time was no different. I don’t know what her deal is. I think she’s leaning toward Latoya on the “Jackson Family Crazy Spectrum”. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/9 "2004-03-30T19:45:36Z")
Huh. Guess I’ll have to find a transcript or something. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janet-dave/237250/10 "2004-03-30T20:34:24Z")
It’s been a decade since I’ve seen a JJ interview in which she wasn’t somehow ‘disconnected.’ Nature or nurture? Discuss. Peace.