David Letterman did something very cool during Monday's show --

[cboy4]

He acknowledged that his executive producer Barbara Gaines and "her partner" are the proud parents of a "brand new baby boy."

"So congratulations to your family..." he went on to say, and Barbara appeared to be so, so happy to hear that.

Dave has made some jokes in the past about gays, particularly around the time that Brokeback Mountain came out, that really had me questioning whether he was a little bit homophobic.

In fact, I'd posted concerns about it.

However, I have completely discounted the notion.

It is clear by his constant and hilarious ripping of Bush and Cheney and all of the other horrible people in the administration that he is not a wingnut.

His joking about gay and lesbian people is just that.....joking.

Letterman brings so much laughter and joy into my life.....I've been watching him faithfully since I've pretty much been a kid.

He is really a comic treasure.

(You all can take Leno if you want him!!!)

I'll take Dave! :loveya:

[Jamastiene]

1. Plus, he stays on Bush nightly.

He always has something funny to say about Bush and his latest screwup. It's hilarious.

[cboy4]

2. I know....it's funnier than hell!

:spray:

[Jamastiene]

3. Most of the time all he has to do is

play an unedited clip of Bush and say something about it. It's great. I wonder why more DU'ers don't watch or mention Letterman. I mean he has great presidential quotes up and shows FDR (The only thing we have to fear...,) then JFK(Ask not what your country can do for you...,) then Bush stuttering saying something stupid.

I gotta start school back in a week on day shift, but if I was still going in the evenings, I'd be on DU repeating what he said or did on the show as often as possible. A Letterman fan club would be a kickass group or forum to have on DU just to highlight the funny stuff he says on the show. He does it almost every night, if not, every night.

[cboy4]

4. Hey Jamastiene....have you checked this out?

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/great_presidential_speeches/

Get ready to laugh your ass off! :)

[Jamastiene]

7. Wow,

if you click on "We'll kill you," he says "If you don't like what we tell you to believe in, we'll kill you."

Damn, that's fucked up.

[cboy4]

11. It's interesting. Bush doesn't seem like the killing type, ha?

:eyes:

[Jamastiene]

12. especially since he's a

draft dodger. :evilgrin:

[jasmeel]

25. Thanks for the link!

[swimmernsecretsea]

23. My favorite bit was

"Inappropriate Smiling by President Bush." All he would show is Bush giving a speech on something very serious, such as the casualty count in Iraq, then bursting into a face-splitting grin. Cree-py!

[Gman]

5. I haven't liked Leno

since he used to sit in for Johnny Carson. I've never thought he was funny.

[meegbear]

16. And his non-stop "How many Bill Clinton blowjobs does it take ...

to screw in a lightbulb" jokes are really getting tired, especially 6 years after the fact.

[StaggerLee]

20. he's an empty suit

compared to Letterman

[Maven]

30. Agreed; Leno sucks.

I don't understand how he got the tonight show.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. I've been a Letterman fan since his very first late-night show in 1982

...and last night he did a beautiful thing, didn't he?

K&R for Dave - one of the nicest people on TV (despite what Cher said ;)).

FYI - For those who remember the early days of Late Night w/ DL on NBC, Barbara was the woman yelling from behind the set...:)

[Jamastiene]

8. I must have missed that.

What did Cher say?

[Cooley Hurd]

9. She called him an asshole to his face on his NBC show...

...I think it was 1986 or 1987. :)

[cboy4]

10. Here's the Cher "asshole" clip. Don't you just love the internets?!! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBgDHhmSrAo

[Cooley Hurd]

13. You Tube rocks!

Thanks cboy4!:hi:

[cboy4]

14. Any time Cooley!

:hi:

[Jamastiene]

15. I have been

downloading it since you posted the link. I wish I had a foot tapping smiley to show that I have dialup and I'm waiting, because that's what you spend time doing with dialup; waiting. Lalallala, waiting. :P

Thanks for the link. I am downloading it now. I just got to the part where she said she had thought he was an asshole. They booed her, LOL.

[cboy4]

19. Of course dial-up is slow. What do you expect? The internet is not a

big truck, it's a series of tubes! :spray:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiZ-TqvVdGM (in case you haven't heard this) ;)

[MuseRider]

18. That show was followed

by Tom Snyder and for a time his show was followed by Jon Stewart.

Toast on a stick.

He also had an afternoon show for a while.

I have always loved Dave.

[Freedomofspeech]

17. I was also very touched when he acknowledged

Barbara and her partner, she was obviously overjoyed. I love how he bashes * every night. Leno is such a wuss about everything.

[blue neen]

21. The really nice thing is that Dave spent a lot of time talking about

the baby and her parents. I was impressed! :)

[Smarmie Doofus]

22. He's is homophobic; can't help it. Good guy anyway.

>>>>that really had me questioning whether he was a little bit homophobic.

In fact, I'd posted concerns about it.

However, I have completely discounted the notion.>>>>


Life is like that.... complicated.

I'm curious: "her partner" is a bit obscure. Did the *couple* appear on screen, or only Barbara?

[cboy4]

27. Just Barbara....Hell, we haven't even seen Dave's baby's momma!

;)

[Jamastiene]

28. I've had my hunch that he may well be

gay himself. I mean he is never associated with any women at all in public. What reason would he have to hide his heterosexuality at all? He got that kid somehow, but I never really heard anything about a steady girlfriend or wife at all.

I don't think he is homophobic at all. He doesn't seem to make anti-gay jokes, just gay jokes sometimes. You know what I mean?

[cboy4]

31. I don't think he's gay at all. He's married and divorced, and is living

with his baby's momma LOL!

Of course, you can be gay and be in the same sort of situation.

But, he just seems very private (and straight) from everything I've read about him.

[Jamastiene]

32. Maybe he is straight, but

I wouldn't put it past him to be at least bisexual. He wild. Did you see Chimpy stuttering tonight and basically saying nothing on the Great Presidential Moments piece?

Letterman said the last time a president humped a hog, he got impeached when referring to Chimpy posing on a Harley too. Hilarious.

Whoopi sure has calmed down. I remember when she got into boat loads of trouble for saying something about the current regime.

[cboy4]

33. I have it on TIVO.....can't wait!

:)

[swimmernsecretsea]

24. Aw man, I missed that show!

But thanks for the heads-up, and for posting your comments. He's pretty sharp lately, and this is from someone who's had a quadruple bypass and is a veteran with a couple of decades of experience. Good for him, and for all of us.

[SnowGoose]

26. I don't think he's a homophobe: see "gay vacation" skit

with Steve Martin. It was years ago, but pretty funny. Personally, I don't see a true homophobe pretending to be on a lovers getaway with Steve Martin.

[noamnety]

29. I used to like him

and still appreciate the political humor. But when he started pimping the scantily dressed women on his show, I stopped watching.