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(Updated): David Letterman Retiring
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#1 - 2014-04-03 20:54:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
It's been real, and it's been fun.

So many awesome memories. For so many years.

I remember the first season, the guests sat in one of those elaborate red leather barber chairs.



ed: New official statement


"What this means now, is that Paul and I can finally get married." LolLol

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#2 - 2014-04-03 21:07:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Webvan
I don't know how he lasted this long... guess I was spoiled with Carson. Man the tonight show was awesome back then.

I'm in it for the money

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2014-04-03 21:35:10 UTC
Webvan wrote:
I don't know how he lasted this long... guess I was spoiled with Carson. Man the tonight show was awesome back then.



Oh gosh yes. I have so many 70s memories of Carson. Letterman hit the airwaves when I was entering college, so I was the prime audience back then. He's great, but they are so different, comparison isn't really fair to either side. Once Carson left, my parents just switched to Letterman, as Leno was too stale even for them (in their 70s). Lol

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#4 - 2014-04-03 22:27:20 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Oh gosh yes. I have so many 70s memories of Carson. Letterman hit the airwaves when I was entering college, so I was the prime audience back then. He's great, but they are so different, comparison isn't really fair to either side. Once Carson left, my parents just switched to Letterman, as Leno was too stale even for them (in their 70s). Lol

Yeah, they are different. Same media, different format. But Carson was king however you cut it. I watched Leno more than Letterman, but just depends who the guest was. In Carson's case, he was the featured guest every night Smile
But I went to talk radio after Carson for the most part. Then Art Bell showed up, the king of late night radio which was ideal airwaves while tooling on computers. Nothing gets any better than listening to a talk radio host squirm for an hour after accidentally gluing his lips together with crazy glue!

I'm in it for the money

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Erica Dusette
Division 13
#5 - 2014-04-04 00:01:21 UTC
Will miss Letterman. Straight

Grew up watching his show and always enjoyed his style of humor.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#6 - 2014-04-04 12:43:56 UTC
Erica Dusette wrote:
Will miss Letterman. Straight

Grew up watching his show and always enjoyed his style of humor.




Remembering the "Box-O-Thrills". "Audience Thrill Cam".

Putting out Richard Simmons' literal flaming with a fire extinguisher Lol

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#7 - 2014-04-04 15:34:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
As Jimmy Kimmel FALLON (They are already indistinguishable) has proven the past few months since taking over for Leno, the late night talk show format is clearly past it's age, and begging to be interred in the TV concept hall of fame.

Speculation is going around various outlets that the one who may be able to revive it is Ellen Degeneres.

But of course nothing will be finalized until next year.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#8 - 2014-04-04 19:47:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Slade Trillgon
I never got into late night TV. Not sure why, but I figure I was always just running around and doing something else with friends.

It is amazing that he lasted so long and a lot can be said for that even though competition for late night television was not very high pre 1995. After that, the competition was plenty but the quality is very low, so staying at or near the top is not very hard I would hazard as most of the population is quite interested in celebrities. I guess that actually may be why I never got into late night in the first place. If I was up that late I did not want to be sitting around listening to other people's glory stories Big smile
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#9 - 2014-04-04 20:09:26 UTC
I remember being told about Letterman back in school - the few who stayed up late enough to watch it were quite enthusiastic about this new eddy show. I remember the old guy who would throw toast at the audience.

It's rumored that Howard Stern might take that time slot and frankly that could be a good idea.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#10 - 2014-04-04 20:22:51 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
I remember being told about Letterman back in school - the few who stayed up late enough to watch it were quite enthusiastic about this new eddy show. I remember the old guy who would throw toast at the audience.



Oh god. Larry "Bud" Mellman. Funniest was when he was handing out little hot steamed towels when people got off the busses at Port Authority.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
#11 - 2014-04-05 05:00:02 UTC
Grew up with Carson as my grandmother was a big fan of his. Great memories watching Carson with my grandmother as she would let me stay up past my bed time when I would visit her. She was quite the night owl, just like myself.

Used to watch Letterman as I grew older.

Pretty much stopped watching late night after Carson retired, and Letterman was getting a little stale for me.

Though recently, I do watch Conan a little more then I care to admit.

Surrender is still your slightly less painful option.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#12 - 2014-04-05 12:39:11 UTC
chuffed to bits that ive never had the mispleasure of seeing any of them tbh .... last time we had to put up with (insert opinionated shock jock, rancid idiot here) was david icke ..

so there are blessings in disguise about living in the uk
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#13 - 2014-04-05 12:42:42 UTC
jason hill wrote:
chuffed to bits that ive never had the mispleasure of seeing any of them tbh .... last time we had to put up with (insert opinionated shock jock, rancid idiot here) was david icke ..

so there are blessings in disguise about living in the uk



That's great, but your vivid description of the late night hosts is in great error. Johnny Carson was "inflamatory" ? I think not........

None of them are. Mis-informed you are, my Young Padewan.

What a spectacular display of complete ignorance.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#14 - 2014-04-05 12:48:41 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#15 - 2014-04-05 12:56:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
jason hill wrote:
am I ? correct me if im wrong here please



That's a show on a cable outlet. Where all the bad ones are.

And it's not originally broadcast as "late night". And it's a satirical news program, not meant to be taken seriously. It's a completely different animal from what we are discussing.

We are talking about hosts on the major broadcast networks.

Regardless, neither Carson, Leno, Hall, Letterman, Rivers..............they are absolutely not like that. At all.

You just cannot handle being wrong, huh ????

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#16 - 2014-04-05 12:58:17 UTC
oops found another glad hes over there
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#17 - 2014-04-05 12:59:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
jason hill wrote:
oops found another glad hes over there



He's not on the air anymore.

You are seriously grasping at straws that are not there.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#18 - 2014-04-05 13:05:34 UTC
yeah ok ill cede the point like I said mostly we don't watch those types of programmes over here ...but I really don't understand how these type of people are actually given a platform to spout off on things and give opinions on subjects they don't really know much about .


now im not trolling just trying to put a point across that these peeps just wouldn't be allowed to just spurt out spurious garbage over here
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#19 - 2014-04-05 13:16:41 UTC
heres an example about what im getting at .....and this is on the bloody bbc there was bloody uproar over here that this idiot was given a platform to spout off to the world his twisted idiotic ideological beliefs.

idiot alert
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#20 - 2014-04-05 13:20:07 UTC
Believe me, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, et al, are only watched by mouth-breathing rednecks in the Red States.


Also: Graham Norton. Ali G. Jonathan Ross. Matthew Wright.

We got em. YOU got em.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
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