No matter where you fall in the David Letterman-Sarah Palin war of words, you have to admit the 62-year-old host is having a moment. Forget that he's poised to sign yet another contract extension that will keep him at The Late Show until he's at least 65; Madison Avenue appears primed and ready to declare him the new King of Late Night, even though its only been 13 days since Conan O'Brien took over The Tonight Show. After a splashly debut, O'Brien's numbers slipped preciptiously over his first week — so much that by June 9, Letterman actually beat his NBC rival in the overnight ratings (though O'Brien looks like he could wind up the man to beat with younger audiences). Obviously, this is a marathon, not a sprint, but the fact that a grey-haired funny man is (still) kicking some serious ass is a blissful and welcome diversion from the barrage of kids that Hollywoods continues to force feed us.
Of course, I think Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf are looking well above 200 degrees fahrenheit, but I'd gladly forgo the picture-perfect stars of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen if it means boosting the backend profits for another sorely underappreciated member of the 60-and-over crowd, Ed Asner, the voice of Up's beloved Carl Fredricksen. Up until a month ago, it would have seemed unthinkable to base an animated movie around a crochety, 78-year-old character – but aren't we glad Disney did? The flick's still rocking the second place spot at the box office, which makes the 79-year-old Asner a humongous box office draw (so what if he's in cartoon form? It still counts). Who says you need a scantily-clad "actress" hovering over an exposed engine to get our motors running?
What do you think, P-Dubs? Is 78 the new 23? Is it nice to see the old guys finish first?
I wonder how a live-action version of “Up” would do…
Dave will win, and Craig Ferguson is Awesome! CBS Rules.
Who cares about this old guy’s fantasies? It is pervy to have a grand-dad like Letterman talk about a 14 year old having sex with A-Rod. Letterman might attract other pervy types, but not me.
Long live Dave. What? No Palin’s daughter joke Friday? The moral minority is going to have a problem having nothing to complain about. (Guess what? Other daughter of Vice Presidential candidate doesn’t have a baby out of wedlock, there wouldn’t have been a joke at all.)
As a person living with HIV, I think David Letterman should be able to stay.
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Glen Boyd
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I starting to think Dave made this controversial joke for the publicity/ratings. With Conan just debuting, and Colbert in Iraq last week…maybe he thought he needed something.
http://tvdonewright.com/2009/06/14/true-blood-rises-once-again-for-season-two-tonight/
Keep it comin’, Dave!
xoxo
Just saw Up yesterday with my 10 year old and my 6 year old. They loved it, I loved it, and found Mr. Fredrickson completely wonderful and lovable!!!! Long live the old guy!!!
Now, that the dust has cleared, It is clear Mr. Letterman has come out on top (NO, unseen-unintended-disrespectul-perverted.) innuendo’s meant in this phrase, IT IS A common-laidback phrase.
Used to LOVE Dave- when he had his MORNING show! Eons ago!
Went to tapings at 30 Rock and the Ed Sullivan Theatre.
Now he is just an angry, old, pathetic, irrelevant old libtard.
Oh for the days of Johnny Carson!
Used to be a huge Dave fan!
Starting when he had his MORNING show- anyone remember that?
Went to tapings of his shows at NBC 30 Rock and the Ed Sullivan Theatre.
Now he is just an angry, pathetic, leering, libtard.
How ould Letterman called HIS wife (who had his child out of wedlock) a SLUT?
Glass houses, baby.
Bring back Johnny Carson- and let’s have a scotch and a smoke and a classy host with impeccable guests- instead of this cesspool that has become America.
Mr. Litterman oops Letterman has definetly crossed the line. Calling Sarah Palin a slut and making crude remarks about a 14 year old girl. I am done with Letterman’s show and now will watch Conan. Letterman should be fired NOW.
Lorren
Slutterman sucks. And is wife is about the fugliest woman I’ve ever seen in life.
Dave is an old guy, but he is a liberal kind of old guy. I like him in general, but I like Conan too! So actually I don’t think either of these two will ever beat each other by much. Letterman will have the liberal older type people and Conan will have the younger ones.
Is “Litterman” an insult? Just wondering.