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Date Posted: 19:24:48 01/04/06 Wed
Author: Rocket
Subject: I perfectly understand someone no liking O'Reilly, but...
In reply to: The Rhino 's message, "After some of the lame-brain things he has said over the years..." on 16:53:55 01/04/06 Wed

Letterman came across as a disrespectful child who acted embarressed to be talking to the person he himself invited on the show.

Believe me. I don't like to talk down on Dave. I've been a fan of his for 20 years. He's the king of late night and one of the funniest people on the planet... but I barely recognized him last night. There was no attempt at wit or humor. The audience wasn't even laughing. It was just an opportunity to berate someone on national television.

The whole point of the interview seemed to be for Dave to criticize O'Reilly for how he conducts his show, even making the statement that 60% of what O'Reilly says is "crap". There's nothing wrong with that statement in itself, but here's the kicker - O'Reilly asked Dave to give him an example. Dave answered, "I can't because I've never seen your show".

So there you have it. Letterman's outrage was based soley on second-hand information. I can't for the life of me figure out why he would even stray from his typical humor if you he didn't prepare himself for a debate? Why claim your visitor is routinely producing baloney, if you can't come up with one single example?

Obviously, anyone who hates O'Reilly is going to take some enjoyment in seeing him berated. That's fine. But the guy doing the berating should at least have some clue as to what he's talking about.

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Replies:

They both suck... -- CC, 10:46:29 01/06/06 Fri
- uhh, I meant to write he, not we...you'll understand :) (NT) -- CC, 10:49:02 01/06/06 Fri
- Re: They both suck... -- Rocket, 14:21:17 01/06/06 Fri
- Do you get the Colbert Report in Canada? -- Dog of War, 03:12:19 01/07/06 Sat
  - I hope it's better than the one they do on Saturday Night Live -- Rocket, 04:16:11 01/07/06 Sat
    - Well, it goes without sying that it's funnier than SNL -- Dog of War, 10:57:30 01/07/06 Sat
      - LOL. It is beyond me how NBC has allowed SNL to become so incredibly bad. At what point is someone going to think about firing Tina Fey (head writer)? (NT) -- Rocket, 14:51:59 01/07/06 Sat
        Well, Tina Fey doing the Weekend Update is one of the few bright spots of the show (NT) -- Dog of War, 09:07:32 01/08/06 Sun
        Tina Fey is fine in her on-air role. However, the writing as a whole sucks on SNL, and that's her responsibility. (NT) -- Rocket, 18:34:40 01/08/06 Sun
        Tina Fey is the best thing about SNL -- CC, 09:59:57 01/08/06 Sun
        This may be a controversial stance... -- Dog of War, 15:17:39 01/10/06 Tue
        They've definetly had good and bad seasons -- Rocket, 19:23:06 01/10/06 Tue
        SNL has long since quit being an ensemble -- Flair4theGold, 08:23:38 01/11/06 Wed
        Breaking Character -- Rocket, 22:13:44 01/11/06 Wed
        Phil Hartman -- Flair4theGold, 19:02:54 01/12/06 Thu
        He was one of the best ever (NT) -- Canadian Crippler, 05:21:20 01/13/06 Fri
  - We get it as of a few months ago, I watch every night. Hilarious. (NT) -- CC, 09:58:00 01/08/06 Sun