To Letterman's Annoyance, His Mom Won’t Blame Global Warming for Warm Days in Indianapolis
As the long holiday weekend comes to an end, catching up with a humorous, seemingly spontaneous, moment on the last fresh Late Show before Thanksgiving. David Letterman is a big believer in cataclysmic predictions about global warming, but on Wednesday’s program his mom, Dorothy, rejected his proposition that global warming was to blame for some unseasonably warm days in Indianapolis -- prompting her disappointed son to shake his head in disapproval.
Dorothy, better known as “Dave’s mom,” appears annually from her kitchen in suburban Indianapolis to let her son guess the types of pies she’s baked for Thanksgiving. This year, the 89-year-old remarked “it's been unseasonably warm,” leading her son to assert “that's that climate change. It's the global warming. You know that, mom? Do you believe in the climate change, in the global warming?”
To which, Dorothy Letterman innocently responded: “Not really.” (MP3 audio clip)
From the November 24 Late Show:
DAVID LETTERMAN: How are things in Indianapolis?
DOROTHY LETTERMAN: Things are very nice. It's been unseasonably warm.
DAVID LETTERMAN: How warm. How warm has it been? Like 20 degrees warmer than it should be?
DOROTHY LETTERMAN: About, yes, and it's very windy.
DAVID LETTERMAN: Yeah, well, that's that climate change. It's the global warming. You know that, mom? Do you believe in the climate change, in the global warming?
DOROTHY LETTERMAN: Not really. [audience laughter as David Letterman’s facial expressions show his disapproval]
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Mom's know best.
Submitted by SnapTie on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:08am.
Never underestimate the knowledge of a mother. I didn't always believe everything my mother told me till later in life i realised she was correct.
When Dave grows up,
Submitted by SamC on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:39am.
When Dave grows up, maybe he'll realize this as well.
Than ain't gonna happen too
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:32am.
Than ain't gonna happen too soon.................the growing up part AND the realizing part!!!
Obviously Dave didn't inherit
Submitted by Firmworm on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:07am.
Obviously Dave didn't inherit the common sense gene.
Moms
Submitted by 10ksnooker on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:10am.
Always were smarter than their dumbass kids.
About 20 degrees warmer than
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:21am.
About 20 degrees warmer than it "should" be?
How is it that liberals, who believe any and all sexual orientations are "normal" are so dogmatic when it comes to what is "normal" for the weather?
Variations from the "average" have to be the result of some sinister outside force.
Great point, MB!
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 3:01pm.
Great point, MB!
His mom still has some common
Submitted by Van Halen on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:36am.
His mom still has some common sense because his mom is of the older, thinking generation. Not the 1960's Me-First/All Humanity Except For My Inner Circle Sucks/Everyone Except Me Should Do What I Say To Save The Earth/Me First/It's All About Me/Did I Mention Me First? generation.
Mrs. Letterman knows what she's doing
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 3:45pm.
I haven't seen her on TV in years (I don't watch her son's program), but I always remember her as being even-keeled, possessing a wry wit, and down-to-earth. She seems like a wonderful lady.
She's a lot smarter than Dave...
Submitted by notinstl on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:59am.
...and a HECK of a lot more pleasant....Letterman needs to take his grouchy ass off TV and go pretend to be faithful to his wife.
I'd like to see Mrs.
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:00am.
I'd like to see Mrs. Letterman take her son Davey over her knee for a good spanking for the obnoxious things he has said over the past several years.
Last year?
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:14am.
Dave what was your super intelligent excuse for last year's colder than average temperatures?
I know I know among you group of friends it's not acceptable to be against AGW. It has to be manmade because all of you keep telling each other it is and darn it you guys should be listened to because well, just because.
BTW--Dave if all of you believe we are just a few years away from total devastation on earth due to man's actions why don't you and Al Gore start living like you really believe that? Live small and drive smaller. Don't fly ever -- ever Dave. Start walking your talk you average smartass!
That face wasn't part of his
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:19am.
That face wasn't part of his shtick you know.
He really wanted to curse his own mom out for going against his wishes.
I'm sure she was briefed on what the ( correct in his simple mind ) answer was to be, but she spoke the truth anyway.
He'll probably sexually abuse two young girls after the show's taping due to that unpleasant exchange.
It's much funnier when the joke is on him for a change.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Ah. Good. Accusing Letterman of being a pedophile.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 6:42pm.
You are just a fun little troll aren't you?
Yeah, being anonymous gives you the right to just throw anything out there. Right?
Are you stalking me now you
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:25pm.
Are you stalking me now you wierdo?
Barack_Must_Go.....
Accusing someone of abusing little girls
Submitted by shawn. on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:34pm.
.......is hardly funny. Calling you out on it is hardly stalkingYour first few posts, Barack_must_go---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 10:55pm.
made a lot of conservative sense.
As did pantrymans.
With each succeeding post, your borderline bad language got used a bit more, then a bit more.
As did pantrymans.
A few regulars got after pantryman, but when Clarity sided with pantryman, and both went after the Vet, the language got exceptionally accusatory and even more progressively salty on the part of those two, who ended up getting banned.
I think Clarity was reincarnated as The Real Vet, which JWF, the original Vet, has pretty much let pass.
I think pantryman spelled weirdo as "wierdo", too.
I believe he, also, felt persecuted.
Wonder why?
MD
The man's a moron
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 11:33am.
And I'm sure his mother is disappointed in his lack of intellect as well.
It seems throwing granny
Submitted by generalbroccoli on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 11:38am.
It seems throwing granny under the bus is a liberal blood sport these days.
Wise mother
Submitted by jon_torlin on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 11:40am.
You might find a lot of older people would give similar responses like this one did. Why? Because they've been around long enough to know that unseasonably warm means it's happened before. That's why it's called "weather" intead of the global warming nonsense that the recently ethanol-outed charlatan Algore was pushing.
Just like there are some days you can have thunderstorms and some days it's sunny and mild.
The weather will do whatever it wants. Chew on that, Letterman.
-Jon
The Difference Between
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 11:56am.
The Difference Between Climate and Weather
Any unusually warm or violent weather is a sign of climate change.
Any unusually cold or snowy weather is just an irrelevant fluke of the weather.
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He said it better than I
Submitted by Reaver on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 8:06pm.
He said it better than I could - “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get”- Robert Heinlein
Dave actually
Submitted by Lord-come-soon-... on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 12:54pm.
doesn't believe in Global Warming either, but his handlers and writers do. That's all that matters. He's too dumb and lazy to form an opinion on his own.
Letterman's Mom Deserves a Medal
Submitted by DaMama on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 1:23pm.
This woman is awesome. She's always been herself whenever she's been on her stupid son's show. Kudos to her for stating the obvious.
Mom knows best.
Letterman's Mom-Mmm, So. of Indianapolis - it's getting cooler
Submitted by Gary Hall on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 1:23pm.
Letterman's Mom. Mmm. Yes Dave, us intelligent and observant folks do understand the urban heat island effect; large metropolitan cities do indeed generate a lot of heat and do absorb a lot of solar energy and do warm as they grow over the decades. On the other hand, maybe where Mrs. Letterman lives, Dave, there is no record of warming!
So. of Indianapolis, it's getting cooler: Shoals Highway 50 Bridge
West of Indianapolis, there's no warming trend: Greencastle 1se
East of Indianapolis, it's getting cooler: Cambridge City
North of Indianapolis, it's looking cooler, as well: Delphi 3nne
The only thing hot around here is the hothead himself, David Letterman.
(;~/ gary
Global hoaxing
Submitted by Model850 on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 3:44pm.
My local paper runs a small feature every Sunday with brief stories from 25, 50 and 100 years ago. Yesterday one of the 25-year old stories was about how this November (1985) was the warmest November on record.
Does anyone recall any "global warming" Chicken Littles running around 25 years ago? I don't. But I DO remember the "New Ice Age Coming!" alarmists from the 70's.
I can't believe this is an
Submitted by balboa on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 6:32pm.
I can't believe this is an actual story... WOW.
I cant believe that our
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 8:10pm.
I cant believe that our leaders have bought into AGW. That is infinitely worse than the story.
No, balboa, as you imply,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 9:55pm.
No, balboa, as you imply, this isn't a real important story. It's just a little story that's kind of fun to note. Of course, as I recall, you think most of the stories discussed here aren't worth discussing.
The question that Litterman
Submitted by jdhawk on Mon, 11/29/2010 - 11:58pm.
The question that Litterman dared not ask is, did she ever watches his show. My bet is that her reply would have been, "not really . . ." I am with her.
Meanwhile, Litterman like AlBore has a home on the beach in California. Despite AlBore's prognostication that the sea will rise 20 feet in as many years.
These liberals as full of sh*t.
God Bless Dorothy
Submitted by Scout Finch on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 12:30am.
She's 89 years old! And she's had to put up with a doofus of a son for far too long. But she's still baking pies, God love her!
Climategate
Submitted by Cowboy on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 3:09am.
At least she didn't mention Climategate... Imagine his expression if that happened...
I wonder if mom................
Submitted by Patriot II on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 10:40am.
thinks she should have held this dumb a$$'es head under the water like Mz Carter said about her air headed boyz?
Thank you mom for the
Submitted by Wiederholen Sie on Wed, 12/01/2010 - 10:23pm.
Thank you mom for the truth.