September 28, 2011 - 10:28 am
I haven’t watched David Letterman since he made sex jokes about Sarah Palin’s daughter. He has gone from being an edgy wit to being a sleaze, and judging by this clip, a lazy sleaze. His response to the possibility of Chris Christie running for president is to reel off ten straight weak fat jokes. To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, this doesn’t so much offend me as a conservative as it offends me as a writer.
Did you hear the one about the over-the-hill, not-that-funny late show host who had a coronary bypass?…
If the political polling trends continue in their current direction, Letterman’s show on 11/7/12 is going to be a must-see, if only to answer the question “What would one of Keith Olbermann’s inane special comments look like if he had a studio audience and a band?”
Chris Christie’s appropriate response should be: “I’m very happy that David Letterman has chosen to make fat jokes about me. At the very least, he’s now not making jokes about raping children.”
Who’s Letterman?
Letterman! You know; faster than a rolling “O”, stronger than silent “E”… Has a voice like Gene Wilder. Last seen foiling the magical plots of a short guy who sounded like Zero Mostel…
He is as repulsive as Michael Moore. Moore would have a few problems with fat jokes.