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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1723 Registered: 03-2006 |
Long time Letterman watchers will know this character... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 474 Registered: 08-2006 |
Did I see in the paper that he was 85 years old?!? In any event, my favoite thing about seeing him on "Late Night" was the obvious affection Letterman had for the guy. Ol' Larry could just disarm the trademark Letterman sarcasm. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1727 Registered: 03-2006 |
What, he was only 85? He got his aging over early, didn't he? Yeah, that was some funny funny shit and Letterman clearly had a lot of affection for him. That's why I still like Letterman. He's a real human with real, recognizable human emotions. Unlike that cypher Leno, who, incidentally, is not funny at all... | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1300 Registered: 04-2005 |
You know, I thought he'd died years ago, to be honest. Here's to good old Larry Bud--he was a big part of why Letterman was so great in the '80s and '90s. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 321 Registered: 09-2006 |
What's nice about Letterman is that over the years he's let his humanity slowly seep out through the cracks to the point where now he's a fully rounded human being onscreen. In his early years he was almost total smirk - funny, certainly, but also annoying. I think the heart surgery helped the process along a fair bit... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 476 Registered: 08-2006 |
I agree, Allen. One of Letterman's most affecting shows was when he had Warren Zevon on after he announced he had terminal cancer. The whole show was just him, he played three tunes, and Letterman did one of those interviews only he can do. It was a great show, and it solidified the high opinion I had of Letterman. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 324 Registered: 09-2006 |
I neglected to mention that in my post, Rob, but yeah, that was definitely another big factor. Didn't see the show, but saw snippets of it in the VH1 Zevon documentary. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1733 Registered: 03-2006 |
Yeah, it seems strange to apply this word to a classic wiseacre like Dave, but there's a certain gravitas there, deepened by his heart surgery no doubt, that isn't present in the some of the performing monkeys covering the same turf. It's no accident, I think, that Johnny Carson considered him his true successor and looked at him as sort of a "little brother". | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1307 Registered: 04-2005 |
They say that even after all these years and thousands of shows, Dave still sweats every performance and beats himself up after what he considers a bad show. You just don't get that feeling from the other talk show hosts. Leno just feels like a robotic "affable" host in comparison--although I did hear about his on-air comments after his friend Phil Hartman was murdered, and some sincerity finally peeked through. |