ONCE AGAIN, THE COAL SPEAKER IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE!

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I was shocked tonight to see a story making the rounds saying that Chelsea Handler is in talks to be the next host of a late night show as David Letterman plans his exit from the network—maybe not Letterman’s slot, but something.

The reason for my surprise: In March 2013 I nominated Chelsea Handler for late night! That’s right.. I voted my confidence in her to host a show and said she should be considered for Leno’s then soon to be open position instead of Jimmy Fallon.

And I cannot believe March 2013 is already beyond a year ago… 

I wrote this in 2013:

Actually.. I think it’s time for a woman to take over some air time on late night TV.. And no, not Oprah. I think the best choice for the future of late night would be Chelsea Handler. I am serious about that. She would bring a creative feeling to late night—and if she’s put into the Fallon slot, she would be able to continue her irreverent style of comedy.. 

She didn’t get Fallon’s. She may get Letterman’s.

What I wrote in 2013 still applies in ‘14.. She’s primed, she’s rested. And ready.

Is America?

Piers Morgan wasn’t.
And that’s another reason she gets my vote.

Jimmy Fallon’s high ratings pushed David Letterman to retire, source says

I don’t know if I really believe this.. Leno trounced Letterman for years.

The bottom line is that David Letterman is 67, has a young child, and in all honesty, stopped being cutting edge and funny years ago..

In a sense, Letterman should not have renewed his contract in 2013. It seemed like he gave up a few years back..

But I will still say in his time, and in my own youth, Letterman was the funniest person on TV and changed the entire game of late night post-Carson.

Jimmy Fallon’s high ratings pushed David Letterman to retire, source says

THAT’S ABOUT ALL FOLKS..

Seems like pretty big news here.. David Letterman is going to retire in 2015..

UNDER THE DOME is about to air on CBS.. tonight at 10pm EDT if you don’t know already..

I didn’t finish the book. I got to about page 600 or so.. and just quit. I couldn’t do it.. It may have been one of the more slow Stephen King books I have ever actually read.

But I do intend on trying the series out.. I hope to make it through all 13 episodes..

Who else is watching?

In a revelation he says he has never told his wife or mother, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown tells CBS's "60 Minutes" that he was sexually abused as a child several times by a camp counselor. Brown, who details the abuse in an upcoming memoir, tells CBS's Lesley Stahl in an interview set to air Sunday

In a revelation he says he has never told his wife or mother, Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown tells CBS's "60 Minutes" that he was sexually abused as a child several times by a camp counselor. Brown, who details the abuse in an upcoming memoir, tells CBS's Lesley Stahl in an interview set to air Sunday

CBS reports: CBS reporter sexually assaulted during Egyptian demonstrations

CBS reports: CBS reporter sexually assaulted during Egyptian demonstrations