Letterman vs. O’Reilly (and Limbaugh, and the Republican Party, and the War on Terror…)

by Ace of Spades

Kids, you might not believe me, but there was once a point when Dave Letterman was considered funny.

You know what really destroyed Letterman for me? For years Letterman coasted on the same gag — “Look at how much precious network time I’m wasting with comedy bits intended to go nowhere and provide zero entertainment to the audience.”

Now, the thing of it was, we, the loyal Letterman audience, thought we were in on the joke. We laughed along with Dave as he wasted our time, because we were digging that he was also wasting the network’s time. All those “found comedy” moments that yielded nothing but awkward silence and stilted interaction with deli owners. (more…)

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Posted Apr 1st 2009 at 1:36 pm in Entertainment, Featured Story, Political Humor | 63 Comments