Defamer
Sporting an intimidating beard meant to show the effects of his difficult, two-month-long, tragically scribe-deprived hibernation, David Letterman symbolically crossed a twirling line formed by his Eugene V. Debs Picket Dancers and returned to work, bolstered by the full services of his newly contracted Guild writers. We haven't seen Jay Leno's opening yet, but we're going to assume he won't be doing a self-effacing version of the picket-line bit, wary that the saboteurs who've previously feasted on a vulnerable Carson Daly might have infiltrated his dance troupe, ready to paddle him with "Shame on You, Jay!" signs for going back to work without his striking staff.
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David Letterman's Back-To-Work Monologue: Hillary Cameos, Hiker Beards, And Picket-Line Dancers
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9:00 PM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Mark
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I'm torn between Wolf Blitzer and Bob Keeshan.
He looks like he should have been in A Mighty Wind
I can't wait to see Conan, battle of the beards is ON!
I knew the writers were on strike, but the barbers were too?
That show was about as funny as Woman Docs.
dave, I admire your commitment. Not to teh writerz - to no shave november, into don't trim december, all the way to jew-beard janurary. Precipitous hair-withdrawal now would be disastrous.
OK, now that we're caught up here in the PST, that nice speech by the WGA strike captain was precious.
@TheStarterWife: I want my burning shorts!
@nojo: Yeah, but that good will goes away when I realize that Robin Williams should be featured on that "old men who look like lesbians" site.
*he should be
@TheStarterWife: And seeing Hal Gurnee reprise a bit from twenty years ago reminds me of how much the show has declined since then.
@nojo: Get out of my head!!! (sorry - I paused so I could skip commercials so I'm behind.)
The return of the Network Time Killers... Best. Strike. Fallout. Ever.
I'm pretty sure I saw Robin Williams' pants split while pulling some of his strikingly-unfunny Britney-related antics.
It was the only thing in his act that has made me laugh in the last 20 years. Naturally, it was unintentional.
@TheStarterWife: Really, we need to resurrect Sam Kinison so Letterman can walk out on him again.
@nojo: I'm worried that the kids won't know what you're talking about, so here you go - [www.youtube.com]
@TheStarterWife: I'm not sure that's the one I remember, which suggests Letterman did it more than once...
What I recall is Kinison coming on clearly drunk and unprepared, rambling uncomfortably for awhile, Letterman walking out -- and Gurnee cutting to an empty desk before the commercial break. That kind of meltdown was stunning for its time, long before the advent of discomfort comedy.
Ah, well. Credit to Conan for spinning his ring on the desk -- an NTK in all but name.
Dave with a beard is as funny as Dave without a beard. And Dave with his newly-contracted writers is as funny as Dave with his pre-contract writers. Which is a long way of saying Late Show with David Letterman is, as usual, as funny as rectal cancer.
Well, to be fair, rectal cancer is definitely one of the more hilarious kinds.
What, no "WILSON!" jokes?! Seriously.
Robin Williams - Borscht Belt on speed and still visiting Brokeback Mountain.
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