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what was the appeal of Letterman? He wasn't funny and was a huge asshole

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dashing tanning salon
  01/29/23
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up-to-no-good piazza half-breed
  01/29/23
He was just a boomer who worshiped Carson enough that they g...
Ocher Dragon Set
  01/29/23
Letterman was a pioneer for Loser Clique humour — snar...
Razzle-dazzle harsh love of her life
  01/29/23
Letterman wasn’t a standup or an actor. He was a Carso...
Ocher Dragon Set
  01/29/23
(Guy who doesn’t want some gum)
lascivious garrison messiness
  01/29/23
He was 180 BECAUSE he was a massive asshole.
Violent People Who Are Hurt
  01/29/23
this. plus he was funny.
provocative skinny woman abode
  02/01/23
It was kind of funny watching him drool all over Phoebe Cate...
mint dilemma
  01/29/23
She is the daughter of Lily and Joseph Cates (originally Jo...
hyperactive hominid
  02/01/23
there were only two late night shows and zero internet for t...
Sienna Fanboi
  01/29/23
he was funny, and he would ask the guests the asshole questi...
Arousing marketing idea
  01/29/23
he got really dull in the 2000s on, but was a pretty damn g...
Vigorous Magenta Cruise Ship Jew
  02/01/23
I think you answered your own question
Excitant becky
  02/01/23
He was funny and wacky in the 80s on his original show (Late...
Adventurous house-broken stag film kitty
  02/01/23
I think this was definitely part of it. His only good inter...
Vigorous Magenta Cruise Ship Jew
  02/01/23
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Useless double fault
  02/01/23
Late Night (80s version) is the best show ever broadcast on ...
Magical market
  02/01/23
Leno >>>> Letterman >>>>>>>...
alcoholic curious pistol sound barrier
  02/01/23
that's the whole point. stupid goy.
grizzly offensive legal warrant center
  02/01/23
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flickering theater toilet seat
  02/01/23
His NBC show was funny. He wasn't a stand up so his monologu...
Garnet Misunderstood Trump Supporter
  02/01/23
the best stuff was the gags like prank calls and Larry "...
hyperactive hominid
  02/01/23
Yeah the CBS show was not very good-- particularly as time w...
Garnet Misunderstood Trump Supporter
  02/01/23
cr. Dick Assman
Adventurous house-broken stag film kitty
  02/01/23
lots of Jews (superkike cowgod is one) like to tear down Let...
Magical market
  02/01/23
Uma Oprah
drunken hall faggot firefighter
  02/01/23
Conan was best
overrated legend theater stage
  02/01/23


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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:12 PM
Author: dashing tanning salon



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:15 PM
Author: up-to-no-good piazza half-breed



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:16 PM
Author: Ocher Dragon Set

He was just a boomer who worshiped Carson enough that they gave him a show. People say he was funny in the 80s but he was about the same in the 90s imo. Leno actually was funny in the 80s.

Also he was always pitched as the less retarded version of Leno but they’re both middlebrow at most. Leno was Turok, Letterman was Coolboarders

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860662)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:18 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle harsh love of her life

Letterman was a pioneer for Loser Clique humour — snarky, sarcastic, detached, condescending, etc. He Sucks but he was definitely influential.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860674)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:32 PM
Author: Ocher Dragon Set

Letterman wasn’t a standup or an actor. He was a Carson acolyte who brown nosed his way into a show. He wasn’t great by design. His job was to be not great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860732)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:16 PM
Author: lascivious garrison messiness

(Guy who doesn’t want some gum)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860664)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:25 PM
Author: Violent People Who Are Hurt

He was 180 BECAUSE he was a massive asshole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860707)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:35 PM
Author: provocative skinny woman abode

this. plus he was funny.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873680)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:44 PM
Author: mint dilemma

It was kind of funny watching him drool all over Phoebe Cates (he had her on like 1000 times), since I could totally relate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSIqpSBejBs&t=300s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860772)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:30 PM
Author: hyperactive hominid

She is the daughter of Lily and Joseph Cates (originally Joseph Katz),

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873655)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 10:49 PM
Author: Sienna Fanboi

there were only two late night shows and zero internet for the majority of his run. If he came out today he would have a niche podcast audience - thats it. So basically, he got lucky like every other boomer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860780)



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Date: January 29th, 2023 11:02 PM
Author: Arousing marketing idea

he was funny, and he would ask the guests the asshole questions that everyone wanted to know (e.g. i hear you just got divorced/out of rehab/fired - how was that?). he was especially good with young troubled actresses like drew barrymore and lindsey lohan (playing the "concerned dad"). and the guests would still come on because they wanted the press, even though they were uncomfortable. he's obviously a huge asshole, but it made him a lot of money

edit: paul shaffer is a weirdo but good taste in songs, playing riffs that would pun on somebody's name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45860829)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:19 PM
Author: Vigorous Magenta Cruise Ship Jew

he got really dull in the 2000s on, but was a pretty damn good host

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki6z4ohppbE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873222)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:20 PM
Author: Excitant becky

I think you answered your own question

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873227)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:21 PM
Author: Adventurous house-broken stag film kitty

He was funny and wacky in the 80s on his original show (Late Night) that was on after Carson.

When he moved to CBS opposite Leno, his whole personality changed and he just became a grumpy, serious, unfunny asshole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873238)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:24 PM
Author: Vigorous Magenta Cruise Ship Jew

I think this was definitely part of it. His only good interviews from the 90s even are mostly friends (like Norm)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873257)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:50 PM
Author: Useless double fault



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:40 PM
Author: Magical market

Late Night (80s version) is the best show ever broadcast on network television

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873372)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 3:56 PM
Author: alcoholic curious pistol sound barrier

Leno >>>> Letterman >>>>>>>>>>>> every late night host in 2023

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873470)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:08 PM
Author: grizzly offensive legal warrant center

that's the whole point. stupid goy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873531)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:36 PM
Author: flickering theater toilet seat



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:17 PM
Author: Garnet Misunderstood Trump Supporter

His NBC show was funny. He wasn't a stand up so his monologue was never that great. The best parts of the show were the little bits he would do after the monologue (e.g., the original viewer mail, Chris Eliot characters, etc.), interviews with interesting people (he had some wacky people on that would never be on Carson-- like Harvey Pekar), and his musical guests (like with other guests, he would have musical acts that Carson/Leno wouldn't touch because they were too small, indy or whatever).

He was always a snarky asshole but it was unique back then when talk show hosts would kiss their guests' ass and basically do hokey monologues about the president.

Kind of like Velvet Underground-- any comedian, talk show host, etc. that you might think is cool and who was old enough to watch or appear on that show gives him credit as being the best/influential

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873594)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:40 PM
Author: hyperactive hominid

the best stuff was the gags like prank calls and Larry "Bud" Melman type crap. but he seemed to get lazy and drop most of that by the late 90s.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873705)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:44 PM
Author: Garnet Misunderstood Trump Supporter

Yeah the CBS show was not very good-- particularly as time went on. Some of the dumb shit he did at 12:30 he thought he couldn't do at 11:30-- not because it was too risque but mostly because it was dumb, weird, nonsensical

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873720)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:59 PM
Author: Adventurous house-broken stag film kitty

cr.

Dick Assman

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873766)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:28 PM
Author: Magical market

lots of Jews (superkike cowgod is one) like to tear down Letterman because he wasn't a member of the tribe, and comedy is THEIR THING

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873643)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:29 PM
Author: drunken hall faggot firefighter

Uma Oprah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873647)



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Date: February 1st, 2023 4:59 PM
Author: overrated legend theater stage

Conan was best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280603&forum_id=2#45873767)