Blast from a comedic past.. I still fondly recall watching this segment the first time it appeared on David Letterman’s show in 1996..
Watching this skit again reminded me that I need to transfer all of my 50+ video tapes of old David Letterman shows to DVD before they dry rot..
How fast time goes.
I was 16 when I saw this for the first time.. So many years later, Letterman leaving CBS .. and I am feeling old.
But it’s still as funny to me as the first time..
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.
THAT’S ABOUT ALL FOLKS..
Seems like pretty big news here.. David Letterman is going to retire in 2015..
Never noticed until now, but apparently David Letterman likes drums. Like a lot..
30 years on air for David Letterman. He is an institution of comedy..
I’d be remiss if I didn’t say how important he has been in my life. I remember vaguely watching him as a kid (age 3 and 4 and maybe 5) .. I remember vividly watching him as a grade school kid and high schooler.. I repeated his jokes the next day because I knew no other kids stayed up that late …
I don’t watch much now, though. Can’t say the show is nearly as imaginative as it once was.. or cutting edge. Or new and fresh. But 30 years on air in some capacity is meaningful and amazing. He is a legend of our time just as Carson was for the previous…
But I leave you tonight with this question.. did David Letterman perfect late night sarcasm or, by being so good at it, destroy the ability for anyone else to be sarcastic?
