Hall followed actress Andie MacDowell, who had just flopped in her segment. His girlfriend at the time and for years to come, Merrill Markoe, was a brilliantly inventive comedy writer and instrumental in shaping the show. Markoe, who rarely comments on Letterman publicly, told the author about the resulting fallout. Every night after the show, an agonized Letterman would lock himself in his office with Markoe. In those days, the acid-tongued Letterman would hang out, trading barbs with the writers.
When Barbara Walters booked him as a guest interview on one of her specials, he walked around the office openly expressing his admiration for her. Letterman at a NBC reception honoring the announcement of his show. It was during that era that Letterman started abruptly turning on longtime, trusted colleagues. Barry Sand, a producer and ally since the morning show, suddenly could do nothing right.
After a guest canceled at the last minute, Sand scrambled and was able to book Mel Gibson — then at the height of his fame. Sand was soon gone. Boorish advances became his signature. Sitting next to Jerry Hall, whose breasts exploded from her dress, he openly enjoyed the view. Zinoman writes that after a time, the satire faded away to show the bits for what they were — a rich and famous man indulging his fantasies.
The camera would slowly pan over the legs of Aniston or Gwen Stefani as he delivered lascivious comments. Even before the scandal when an affair with an assistant exposed Letterman to an extortion try, the host interacted infrequently with most of the show staff. The only trusted colleagues were those who had worked with Letterman for decades — at least, those left standing.
It seems, though, that after a year and a half in retirement, Letterman is now eager to chat. Not because of his snow-white mountain man beard, but because he talks too much to everyone. Or not. In the 90s people knew. Funny then. But I think Leno getting Carson's spot changed him. After getting his show on CBS, it was not the same. He was bitter then.
And it went down hill from there. I stopped watching in 96 when all he could do was make fun of Bob Dole's age. It felt like a guy who had given up and at the same time was trying to remind people he used to be funny.
A life of fame and fortune, and he is a bitter old leftist. He was always a liberal and his latest antics do not surprise me one bit I read some years back that he has suffered from major depression his whole life. Not making excuses for the guy, but it would explain why he's never felt good enough, everyone has fucked him over in his view, angry, erratic and promiscuous behavior, etc Years ago he was funny and put on a good show that I preferred to watch over the alternatives.
His last ten years or so though were miserable. All of his character flaws were on full display every night and it wasn't good at all.
I know several people from the town near his ranch out here and evidently he's every bit the dick there too. You would think that with retirement and all of his dough that he'd be a pretty happy-go-lucky fella. Apparently not. Dec 30, 3, HStallion said:.
Mathieran Member. Wtf that is really gross. Threadkular Member. Dec 29, 1, So I'm a big fan of Letterman. Like one of my favorite people in the world who passed away recently used to screw with people in a way that you could never tell if he was insane or fucking with you and that always reminded me of Letterman at his best.
Letterman was my instruction to absurdist comedy and I'm always going to say his late show was my favorite. But especially later in his career a lot of his interviews were getting mean spirited the show also admittedly sucked the last 10 years or so.
I remember one time he had the Kardashians on about a decade back and was just insulting them directly to their faces and the audience went along with it myself likely included at home , and Kim K recently being on his Netflix show I'm surprised she had no I'll feelings toward him.
She's a better person than me. I think that Brittany Spears documentary is bringing up a lot of reflection about how celebrities were treated when social media was kicking off.
People like Brittany Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Kardashians, etc were all treated kind of as non-human, especially as comedy. It makes me think now about how to treat those we view now as "easy targets" and how maybe I should be forward thinking there.
Last edited: Feb 13, Osan Avenger. Sep 22, Still thought it was nuts how he got away with buttfucking his interns but because he was letting himself not be blackmailed he was hailed a hero. He totally was as egregious as Matt lauer but because some folks found him funny he got away with it. Djalminha Alt-Account Banned. Sep 22, 2, I saw that his show was on Netflix recently and decided to check it out for the first time. I thought he was a clown, not funny or clever at all.
However, that clip makes my blood boil. Fuck this asshole. And yeah, also, major respect for Lindsay Lohan, I'd have punched him in the face and I'm sure she was hurting inside but knew they'd trash her for leaving or calling him out more openly. Yet, she pulls an act of class to navigate that bullshit the best possible way. Surfinn Banned. Oct 25, 28, USA. He's been shit for years. Just another one to throw on the pile.
Video is disgusting. Oct 25, 6, The Argus Member. Oct 28, 1, Misread quoted text. Edge A King's Landing Banned. Oct 25, 20, Celle, Germany. That was really bad. Not, he said something scandalous bad, like I expected first, but just really pressuring and without knowing when to stop bad. Jesus, that got really uncomfortable. Did nobody criticized it back then? Oct 27, 4, Amsterdam. I couldn't watch more than a few seconds, what a piece of shit. JigglesBunny Avenger.
Oct 27, 18, Chicago. Jesus fucking Christ. Oct 28, 5, Regina, Saskatchewan. God damn that was hard to watch. What a fucking piece of shit. RomanticHeroX Member. Oct 27, He's always been unfunny and a mean-spirited prick.
More people need to critically re-evaluate media they enjoy. Doggg Member. Nov 17, 9, I couldn't make very far into that Letterman clip. That was horrific behavior. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. And again. A minute later, he walked back and punched it another 10 times. What was wrong with Dave? This Letterman is like the shadow that gets left on the wall after a nuclear bomb goes off.
There are no jokes. There is no longer any instinct for havoc. He used to make his guests work for praise. Now he just wheels it out on a platter.
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