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In response to "maybe cause NBC and Jay f'd him out of the show that Carson wanted him to take over? -- nm" by i'm gay for batman

I agree he did get screwed about it, but he can't pretend that last night's joke was out of bounds either.

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jan 21 '10, 09:18

Had dave kept his head down during this, there's no way the joke goes. Simple as that.

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Thing is, afaict, Dave never pretended it was over the line. Will seems to think it is, which is just silly. - musubi Jan 21, 09:19 24
- If you're going to go personal (not business), you better be funny. - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:22 6
  - That's BS. *Some* business is personal when you're a celeb. Late night comedians skewer celeb personal life *every day*. - musubi Jan 21, 09:26 5
    - how is it not involving letterman's wife, when it's his marriage that's mentioned? - b. Jan 21, 09:39 4
      - Because the humour is about the flaws in his life, not hers. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 09:47 3
        
        you can't have one without the other there. --nm - b. Jan 21, 09:48 2
        
        So are jokes about Tiger's infidelity an attack on Elin? John Edwards jokes an attack on Elizabeth? Of course not. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 09:50 1
        
        so much depends on how things are phrased. (that said, I'm not changing your mind; and I give up.) -- nm - b. Jan 21, 09:52
- it's like someone on ST (who is not lafarrow) going after your mother b/c you zinged them with an st-based shiv -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 21, 09:21 16
  - Oh hardly. Letterman set it up because of his own philandering story just three and a half months old. - Name Withheld By Request Jan 21, 09:25 15
    - the only reason it became public knowledge is b/c he fell on the sword when the dude tried to blackmail him - i'm gay for batman Jan 21, 09:28 1
      - And the only reason Lewinski's is known is because Linda Tripp. So what? - musubi Jan 21, 09:35
    - and he himself made Clinton intern jokes for how many years? -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 09:28 12
      - Exactly. This stuff about Leno crossing the line cause it's not currently topical is silly. (nm) - musubi Jan 21, 09:32 11
        
        I don't know how to make it any clearer. Letterman has been ruthless on Leno for several days. - Jim Jan 21, 09:38 10
        
        This is *ridiculous*. Letterman *WAS* unfaithful. It's fact. This isn't some random poke. This is like taking offense at Tiger Woods jokes. - musubi Jan 21, 09:41 4
        
        timing matters, man. addressing something from *months* ago as retaliation for something unrelated is cheap. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 09:45 2
        
        Letterman constantly refers to Leno taking over the Tonight Show which happened *years* ago. - musubi Jan 21, 09:46 1
        
        jay uses old targets all the time, too. you're missing that my focus was the retaliation tactic. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 09:47
        
        Sure...he was unfaithful. So what? It's like getting into an argument with someone at work because of their poor job performance... - Jim Jan 21, 09:44
        
        not every bit of it. There was one reference about how Leno has cars, not kids ... and then there's Big Jaw -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 09:40 3
        
        fwiw, I thought he meant the cars thing more as a knock on overimportance of things. -- nm - b. Jan 21, 09:46
        
        Didn't hear the cars not kids thing. And I don't care for the whole "big jaw" thing either. Dave doesn't have to go there to get his point across - Jim Jan 21, 09:41 1
        
        The Chin has been a running joke for *years*. Nothing wrong with that. - musubi Jan 21, 09:44
        
        Yep. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 09:39
He is part of this *because* of the history. -- nm - Spawn: Champion of ST Jan 21, 09:19

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I agree he did get screwed about it, but he can't pretend that last night's joke was out of bounds either.

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