David Letterman: Top Ten Things Overheard at 'Fire David Letterman' Rally

[Hissyspit]

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CBS Late Show w/ DAVID LETTERMAN - 16 June 2009: Get a preview of Dave's "Top Ten Things Overheard At The 'Fire David Letterman' Rally."

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THE "LATE SHOW" TOP TEN
"Things Overheard at the ‘Fire David Letterman’ Rally"

10. “David who?”

9. “Well, it was nice of CBS to provide the catering.”

8. “We should have done this years ago.”

7. “What idiot turned Broadway into a pedestrian mall?”

6. “Isn’t there always a crowd demanding Letterman be fired?”

5. “March around the potholes, people.”

4. “Can we also get CBS to bring back ‘Gunsmoke’?”

3. “When does Cheney get here with the waterboarding gear?”

2. “He should apologize for that hairpiece.”

1. “Thanks for coming, Regis.”

http://cbs2.com/entertainment/david.letterman.protest.2.1047458.html



A writer for the Late Show with David Letterman carries a "Fire Letterman" sign onto the stage on June 16, 2009 as dozens of people gathered outside the studio demanding the host be fired.

Jun 16, 2009 4:15 pm US/Pacific

'Nervous' Letterman Brushes Off Protesters

Host Jokes About Flap With Palin, Unveils 'Top Ten Things Overheard At Fire Dave Rally'

NEW YORK (CBS)

While angry protesters called for CBS to fire longtime Late Show host David Letterman after his flap with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the comic brushed off the hate with a slew of jokes and a Top Ten List aimed at those calling for his head.

In fact, the very first thing he said to his audience was a rib for those rallying:

"Now when I call your name, please come forward and pick up your apology. I wanna get through this as quickly as possibly so you folks can get to the 'Fire Dave Rally.' It's nice that people hate me who are no longer just part of my immediate family. My son, he's telling everybody at school that his father is Conan!"

- snip -

At one point it appeared as though Letterman might actually show live video of the protesters marching outside the Ed Sullivan Theater.

"The big news here today in New York City is the 'Fire Dave Protest Rally' and it's going on right now. You folks are missing the real show, I'm sorry. Do we have a camera out there? Let's check in on the Fire Dave Rally, it's at 54th and Broadway!" he said. Directors then cut to footage of various looting rallies from around the world, with a graphic reading "Midtown Paralyzed By Anti-Letterman Protest" underneath.

In actuality, only about 50 protesters gathered outside the building, holding numerous signs including, "Fire The Pervert David Letterman."

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[TankLV]

1. wow - DOZENS you say!

oooooooo...

[roguevalley]

21. mocking it will kill it forever. nothing withstands satire and mocking.

good job, dave! :-D

[happygoluckytoyou]

23. DOZENS??? DONT MINIMIZE THIS!!!! i heard it was in the scores !!!

[MUAD_DIB]

27. Sadly, the GOPiggies don't understand mockery.

[Liberal_Christian]

2. FIRE OREILLY!!!!!

Letterman tells a lame joke that gets misunderstood and used as a political stunt,

Bill O'reilly insights violence that leads to a number of murders,

and these Right Wing pieces of human waste call for letterman to get fired.

[Cha]

20. I know..:( One thing I read

on DU yesterday, though.. It was reported that cnn radio(I guess they have a radio outlet) called it a "fringe group".

[Tx4obama]

3. Video that is NOT on YouTube

HuffPo has a video from the Fire Dave Rally

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/letterman-protest-draws-m_n_216566.html

But I can't get it to play at the HP site or at the NY Mag site.

I wish someone that knew how to would upload it to YouTube and post it here on DU.

Here's the original:

http://videos.nymag.com/video/At-the-Fire-David-Letterman-Ral

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[dotymed]

12. I WATCHED THE VIDEO.

This is a perfect example of why we must reinstate THE
FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. These "protesters" were terribly
ignorant and hateful people. They would not know the truth if
it bit them on the ass. One young fellow said, in response to
a question about either Leno or Letterman; "I only watch
FOX NEWS CHANNEL." I'd bet he doesn't know that "FOX
NEWS CHANNEL" (lol, omg, what an oxymoron), won a suit in
the Florida Supreme Court that says, "News programs have
no responsibility to tell the truth." How can anyone
watch a "news" program that admitted it was not
honest and got a verdict saying it doesn't have to tell the
truth? This shit could never happen under THE FAIRNESS
DOCTRINE. These ignorant, loud mouthed,wealth sponsored
terrorists, at least have the BALLS to publicly demonstrate.
If normal, better informed citizens would ALL(millions) take
to the streets and demand universal health care or publicly
financed elections, these are things that the MAJORITY of
Americans want, then we would see some real change in the
status quo.

[PatrynXX]

16. beyond ignorant

saw one sign the other day at that stupid rally that said along the lines. Rape is not a joke.

Funny. 1. sarah palin makes rape victims pay for the rape kits and two... I was reading somewhere the other day about someone palin plans to hire.. jokingly saying (like hell) If you can't rape your wife, who can you rape?

Letterman didn't even mention the word. Are they suggesting Levi raped Bristol???

[Bette Noir]

29. They're pretending that Dave said that A-rod raped Willow.

Which, of course, he didn't-- not even close. But they're so outraged at what they pretend he said, that he apologized, twice.

[FiveGoodMen]

25. "we must reinstate THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE"

I'm with you.

We really need it.

[Enthusiast]

4. K&R Support Dave! nt

[Orrex]

5. That's pretty damned magnificent!

:rofl:

[gatorboy]

6. "In actuality, only about 50 protesters gathered outside the building"

According to CNN in actuality, only about 15 protesters gathered outside the building. :rofl:

[konnichi wa]

13. Usually it's pretty easy to estimate their numbers...just count the port-a-potties

and add 7.


:rofl:

[happygoluckytoyou]

24. JUST COUNT THEIR BRAINS AND MULTIPLY BY 3

[HopeHoops]

7. CNN said it was only 15 protesters and 35 media representatives

WTF kind of event justifies a more than 2:1 ratio of media to protesters???? That isn't even an event - it is LOITERING!

[Wednesdays]

8. K&R

:kick:

[pacalo]

9. Dave handled it just perfectly!

:rofl:

[gauguin57]

10. Go, RW pinheads, GO! Keep Dave's ratings rising!

I know I'm tuning in to see how he handles all this! Good for Dave.

And I'm in the camp of the "He shouldn't have apologized because he's a comedian" folks. It's his JOB (a job that goes back centuries -- a job that Shakespeare called Fool) to provoke, to challenge, to offend, to satirize, to deflate the hypocrites, to afflict the comfortable. It's his JOB, and he should NOT have to apologize for ANY joke. My god ... when I think of the level of offensiveness of most of the comedians I listen to, Dave's joke was like a picnic in the freakin' park.

If he were a news anchor or senator, then he'd have to apologize. But he made a joke about two public figures (Sarah Palin and People-magazine-cover-girl and Abstinence Media Tour Queen Bristol Palin). He did not make a joke about a "candidate's daughter" -- which Willow still is. Bristol has moved to public figure, and her mom's cynical use of the kids as props has made the Guv totally fair game for this kind of ridicule.

[JNelson6563]

11. ".....cut to footage of various looting rallies...

from around the world, with a graphic reading 'Midtown Paralyzed By Anti-Letterman Protest' underneath."

:rofl:

[idahoblue]

14. tempest

Another tempest in a teapot.

[classof56]

26. Was going to say "Welcome to DU" but see you've been on board for awhile.

Hailey, huh? Is that where Bruce Willis once owned a bar in town? Love me some Hailey! Stopped there a few years ago with a friend for lunch at a 50's style diner on a corner. Fun place, great memories, beautiful area. Hope I'm remembering that right! My friend was a Dem, at the time a rarity in gorgeous Idaho!

Anyway, glad to have you on DU!

[Bette Noir]

30. Tempest...

Isn't that the name of the other Palin daughter?

[progressoid]

15. Wonder if that writer with the sign is the one that came up with the Palin joke?

[ShortnFiery]

17. Go to the main site to see the video ... listed here.

http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/index/php/20090616.phtml

[RufusTFirefly]

18. Gotta love that liberal media

Letterman's making fun of it, obviously, but the pathetic fact is that by now everyone's heard about the "Fire Lettermans" and the "Tea Baggers." And yet when some DUers and a couple hundred thousand of our friends descended on San Francisco in February of 2003, the national coverage was sparse to almost non-existent.

[xxqqqzme]

22. Hey, I'm in that picture....

somewhere.

[AsahinaKimi]

31. For a second there I thought that was Iran ...

Then I saw the Ferry Building.. and thought, HEY THATS my City! ^^

Reminded me of the Bay To Breakers

[Cha]

19. Thanks, I was flipping to Letterman

last night trying to catch that but didn't.

It's pretty good material..the thing about comics is that they can turn things around and make them funny and get Ratings.:)

[Bette Noir]

28. Letterman's a winner.

Sarah doesn't get it. Americans like nothing better in its leaders than self-deprecating humor. Heck, that was Reagan's only qualification for office-- that he could not only take a joke, but deliver one at his own expense.

[notsureyet]

32. notsure

I am not sure that Letterman is right about this one. His remarks were offensive. Nobody's kid should be attacked to make a political joke. He can't be surprised people are upset about it and he'd be better off just dropping the whole thing. Seems just adolescent to me to keep trading insult for insult.

[NBachers]

33. PreCisely When Will You Be Sure Yet?

We Shall Be Waiting . . . For Your Answer

[earth mom]

34. ROFL! Dave is a National Treasure!

:loveya: