Leno is lame. I can’t believe he got Carson’s job.He’ll slam the audience if they don’t laugh at his jokes,and he constantly violates the first rule of comedy-don’t laugh at your own jokes.I guess HE thinks he’s pretty funny. Sadly,Dave seems to be going downhill lately.I’m afraid the bypass will be bad for his image.It may make him seem too old for his audience. I wish he’d quit joking about it on the show.
Actually, I like Letterman’s show more now than the few months before he had the heart thing. I think it shook him up a bit, and magically made him a little funnier. I’ve been particularly enjoying the Campaign 2000 stuff lately, very topical.
When Leno was ‘just’ a comedian, his humor was more edgy than Letterman’s. Remember “what’s bugging me?” He’d go into a Dennis Milleresque rant every time he was on Letterman’s show that just cracked me up.
Oops. His shtick was “What’s my beef?”
Maybe Dave is a big Chrismas globe… His funny settles to the bottom eventually, and you have to shake him up to get it floating around again. But probably not.
Letterman is my Hero. I adore the man.
Does anyone remember the Letterman in LA shows from about three or four years ago? He went to LA for a week, and he kept doing the Rupert Gee type stuff. Like, he bought a bag of groceries, went to a car repair place, and lowered the car onto the groceries in slo-mo to see what would happen. Or when the went to Taco Bell in a convertible, ordered 1000 tacos, and filled the convertible full? Then he drove around town hawking free tacos to whoever would take them. Then, he went to a japanese tour bus and tried to get them to all eat tacos. Ah-hah-ha-ha ::sigh:: It was funny.
Then there’s the infamous “Don’t call me Veronica!” skit, or when Rupert was being a bad, bad waiter, or trying to give away napkins at McDonalds. (“Whattaya doin, callin Mayor McCheese?”)
My life changed when he dropped 100 florescent bulbs off the fifth story. Or when he got a diver to dive off the top of the building, and got Nike to sponsor the pool they had to build for it, but Nike revoked their sponsorship because the New York water they filled it with was so dirty no one could see the ‘Swoosh’ on the bottom of the pool?
I’ve laughed myself to tears watching him. I wish I could remember half of his shows I’ve watched. His style is so unexpected and off the wall that it just gets me right here ::taps chest:: and here ::taps head::. He’s forgotten more funny skits than Leno ever wrote.
Letterman is the be-all and end-all for me and mine. I hope this guy stays sharp for many more years. We don’t deserve him, but I thank God that we have him.
–Tim
You can’t accidently create a handicapped baby whilst smoking pot. - Coldfire
I still fondly remember Dave’s getting Teri Garr to take a shower backstage. I had it on tape, but lost it. Classic.