One thing about Letterman, even when he offers up a funny joke, he will often beat it into the ground.

I don't do Letterman.

Perfect example of why above...besides that he is not funny one bit to me...never has been from the little I have seen. 

I thought that he was in the tank for Hillary ever since he gave her the test on New York right before her first senate race. Perhaps he is a front-runner band wagon hopper.

I outgrew Dave when I graduated from college.  When you give up the frat-boy mentality you just grow tired of his antics.  Only thing this guy ever did well was his dropping of watermelons onto Broadway Ave. and his stupid pet tricks.  Other than that, his punch lines are dry.

I imagine that Oprah told Dave that Obama jokes were a no-no...:-\

I can't really equate Dave's humor with "frat boy mentality." If so, his jokes would all be about raging keggers, barn dances, and how awesome rufies are.

I figure it's like short people making short people jokes or rednecks or whatever. It's okay for Letterman to do it because he's one of them. He'll be asking someone to pass the Geritol soon enough himself.

but now he comes across as a mean spirited jerk. Did anyone see his "jokes" about Mitt Romney on the day he bowed out of the race? He uttered some of the nastiest lines I've heard this campaign.

There was a time, back in the 80's, when Dave was actually funny.  Not any more.

So, I guess Dave's "joke" system is this:  "_______ looks like the kinda guy that _______."

I lost track of how many of his jokes went exactly that way.  I'd watch it again to count how many times, but it was painful enough hearing it the first time. 

 As others have noted, Letterman has just been getting more bitter and negative as the years go on.  Even though he's made tens of millions taping the show, he's clearly tired of what he's doing and has been phoning it in for years.  He really should retire--maybe he could even spend some time with fellow angry liberal talk-show host Rosie O. 

"Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him." -Muhammad

I know a writer's assisstant for Letterman's show. She is so totally in the tank for Obama it is rediculous. She also used to call Bush a murderer around the time of the 2004 election. This is no suprise to me. Letterman stopped being funny about 10 years ago.

Yeah, he can make fun of McCain's age just as long as he makes fun of Obuma's jughead ears. Letterman, the original hillbilly who wears white socks with a suit. Too funny unlike his jokes or that eunich who calls himself a bandleader. Jerk.

I watched Letterman regularly during the 90's and he was absolutely brutal in his comedic treatment of the Clintons.  Of course, there was no shortage of material to joke about.

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