Alaska Governor Sarah Palin should declare victory and stop the game. In the battle with David Letterman, she’s had her say. She’s ahead. If she ends the game now, she wins.
What former late-night comedian David Letterman — he used to be a comedian; now he just plays one on TV — said about her and her daughter (whichever one he thought he was talking about) was in bad taste. Everybody knows it.
Heck, even the National Organization of Women has criticized Letterman for what he said. The NOW doesn’t normally take sides with conservatives. And, true, they haven’t so much agreed with Governor Palin as they have come down against Dave.
I expect that Governor Palin will drop it now. If Letterman keeps it up, he looks worse and worse.
But what about the little people? You know? Me? You? That guy watching you from behind the bushes over there? What do we do?
There have been many suggestions. One I’ve heard a lot is … Boycott Dave!
That’s just silly. Me threatening to stop watching Letterman would be like me threatening to stop beating my head in with a brick; I can’t stop doing what I don’t do. And I suspect that’s true for many other conservatives.
Letterman was funny a long time ago. But, he’s not now. Well, not funny enough to stay up and watch. Not even funny enough to schedule on the TiVo. Red Eye is. Letterman isn’t.
Another thing people are suggesting is to petition CBS to fire Letterman.
To quote Hank Hill: “That’s just asinine!”
We are conservatives. We’re the grown-ups. We don’t do like the left does and demand that some so-called entertainer be fired. Don Imus has said a lot worse than “nappy-headed ‘ho’s,” but it was the left that demanded he be … and got him … fired over that little comment.
So, what do we do?
It’s simple.
To deal with an attention-whore, you ignore them.
So, ignore Letterman. Quit criticizing him.
He’s now a joke. And not in a good way. He’s a parody of what he used to be. He’s now a punch line.
So, if you mention him at all, there are a couple of ways to do it.
One is to refer to him in the past tense. Like, maybe: “Ah, Letterman. I remember him. He was funny a long time ago. Whatever happened to him?”
Another thing to do would be when someone cracks an unfunny (or even offensive) joke, say something like “Wow, you could write for Letterman” or “You’re a real David Letterman, there, you know.”
But don’t go out of your way. If possible, don’t mention him. Don’t talk about him. Don’t tweet about him. And, for goodness sakes, don’t blog about him. That would be a complete waste of space.
Thirty Second?
but…you just blogged about him. But you said not to. But you did. Wow, I feel like the android in the Harry Mudd episode of the original Star Trek series.
[Okay, if you’re Norman, which commenter will be Stella? – B]
Ah, Letterman. I remember him. He was funny a long time ago. Whatever happened to him?
Basil, any post that quotes Hank Hill is a good post. FYI.
Jimmy, I think he died years ago. Sad.
Everybody is saying Letterman quit being funny a long time ago based on the assumption he actually was once funny. Damnit I want evidence.
What a jerk. It is NOT a joke. Letterman meant Willow the pretty 14 year olds. Letterman is a pervert.
Ever seen a picture of lettermans wife, boy what a scare. letterman must really be a loser to have that around. No amount of lipstick on that would help turn that into a silk purse. Poor letterman such a loser. Does letterman double bag, or wear a mask ?
Seems fair to me to ask, was he drunk
before, during or after or all the time, when he got invoved with her ???
She put the U in ugly
letterman,got any more jokes about people and the family, I got more
Got Milk, also
If anybody knows anything about illicit sex with under age women, its Letterman! The only difference between him and Warren Jeffs is Jeffs is in prison!
I disagree. Yes, we are the grown-ups – and sometimes that means that you have to give the children a spanking and send them to bed without watching Letterman.
I, for one, will contine sending emails to CBS and the show’s sponsors. Letterman would be an excellent person to make an example of. Will it work? Don’t know – but I think it’s worth trying.
In Hollyweird one of their most honored adages is “The only bad publicity is no publicity”. Like the ancient Egyptians they seem to feel that as long as someone is talking about them they will live forever.
I agree with you Basil………ignore him. I too haven’t watched him for ever, and now will never watch him again. He could be doing the play by play on the Second Coming and I would still not watch him. He’s such a …..Letterman.
Hey Basil,
You’re smart and you know about computers and stuff.
I’ve got some Astronomy questions:
The Aztek (Inca, Myan – one of those – whatever.) calender counts down to zero on Dec. 21, 2012.
Modern astronomers says that that date has some significance because the Sun will be in a direct line between Earth and the center of the Milky Way Galaxy and they all think it was very clever of a bunch of human-sacrificing, feather-wearing, chiuahua-breeding stone-agers to figure that out centuries ago.
But where will the Moon be on that date?
Will it be a full moon (which would mean there could there be a lunar eclipse) or a new moon (which means there could be a solar eclipse) and where would they be visible if they occur?
Because a solar eclipse with the Milky Way as a backdrop would be very awesome but also very creepy and a lunar eclipse on that date would be just creepy.
On the other hand, if the Moon is at quarter or half phase on that date, it would mean that the position of the Sun in relation to the center of the Galaxy is just one of those things, lacking in the proper Hollywoodish Omenosity of a true end-of-the-world event and I’d still have 3 more shopping days before Christmas.
Dave who?
The position of the moon will in fact be all up in Earth’s grill as it makes impact somewhere near Beijing. An extreme gravitational anomoly combined with the one time galactic alignment will create tidal forces so strong the Moon will actually be pulled into the Earth.
The gravitational anomoly will occur when Michael Moore pays 20 Mills and hops a ride aboard Russian rocket to spend a week on the ISS.
It’s strange, I always joked that Moore’s corpulence would lead to the end of the world but I didn’t realize the Mayans had predicted it so many centuries ago.
Who’da thunk?
Nuke Michael Moore!
I thought they stopped making Letterman when they canceled the original ‘Electric Company’ on PBS years ago.
Sarah got the liberal women to come out to her defense. That is what she wanted. She is laying the groundwork making it more difficult or at least more yesterday to attack her. She is no dummy. She will retire now.
Dave is Imus with a TV contract.
Who?
I thought it was pretty funny, actually.
letterman I remember him, was he ever funny?
I am glad that Letterman never got that Tonight Show gig. I still suggest keep putting the heat on this guy with letters to CBS and sponsors. The left always want these things to go away. Screw em!
Now to be fair, there was a time when Letterman was funny. In fact, the funniest thing I ever saw on the Letterman show was whe Harvey Pekar “went off” on him, calling him a corporate shill (and much much more!) and Letterman ended up having to throw him off the show!
That was hilarious although, strangely enough, Letterman wasn’t laughing!
The only thing funny on Letterman was Chris Elliot, a looong time ago. Letterman belongs in Reno.
Considering all the attacks that have been made on the Palin family (didn’t SNL do an incest thing about Todd?) it has always surprised me that they haven’t fought back harder, sooner.
If this is the battle they decided was worth fighting, works for me.
No whining, no demand of a personal apology, just stating plainly that the creepy old man insulted, degraded, diminished all women. I especially liked the point, that they (and everyone else) is wise to keep their daughters away from lecherous old men as currently represented by that disgusting David Letterman guy. I say IMUS the guy and then some.
And in this post, I particularly enjoyed the laugh line at the end: “And, for goodness sakes, don’t blog about him. That would be a complete waste of space.”
Missive Homo?
What about the time Tom Cruise was on and he went nuts and jumped up and down and on the couch and…oh, different show. Nevermind.
Old people remember Dave on daytime TV that was pretty funny. His first few years on NBC were decent. It pretty much went to crap when he ditched the wrestling shoes and moved to CBS.
Hopefully he runs into Todd somewhere, and a good punch or two from Todd fixes that All-Pro spittin’ gap between Letterman’s front teeth.
I didn’t read this post.
Dave used to go out on stage and bow a lot and open his jacket to display the lining because of the pure entertainment value of watching that but then he also sometimes threw blue cards around and that was pretty good. He was also a master of making the confused facial expression and he used to babble and repeat himself a lot. That was some good entertainment too and finally once a year he used to sit in a tub full of egg nog and so it’s pretty clear the man was a genius. I mean just getting me to watch that kind of garbage more than once is amazing.
David Leterman? His 15 minutes of fame was over 25 years ago! I think I used to use his show as a night light when dad was sick.
I don’t think Palin should be finished. Since this has been a ratings boost for Letterman in his battle with Conan, I think Palin should appear on Conan’s show to talk about the dustup. That would slaughter Letterman’s ratings and Palin could end the fight on her terms on a show that competes with Letterman. Hit him where it hurts the most!
http://hillbuzz.org/2009/06/10/list-of-david-lettermans-advertisers/
Here is a list of his advertisers. Make your point by avoiding them… and don’t be shy about telling them about it.
David Letterman’s best work was the line “You wanna buy a monkey?” in Cabin Boy.
Corona says: “The only thing funny on Letterman was Chris Elliot, a looong time ago. Letterman belongs in Reno.”
We don’t want that assclown in Reno – we have enough bums living downtown as it is. He needs to stay right where he is, only instead of hosting his own insipid, tired little show he needs to be scrubbing toilets in the basement of CBS Studios, New York. While he’s at it he should probably advise his wife to stop taking makeup application lessons from a mortician – bleh!
I remember Dave Letterman. Funniest weatherman I ever watched. What happened to him after that?
If my calculations are correct, the Moon will be 4 days from full on 12/21/12, so rest easy, everyone!
IF my calculations are correct …