And according to the Associated Press:
Letterman asked the audience members to clap if they thought Woods was a “jerk.” Letterman then asked them to clap if they thought he was a jerk.
Both received applause.
On the one hand, Letterman is a comedian, and Tiger Woods is the biggest story of the month, if not the year. It’d be tough for him to avoid it. (Although he’s done a fine job of avoiding jokes about the current President of the United States…) So he went with the self-pitying “Wow, that guy is almost as big of a creep as me, eh, folks?”
Which would be fine if it was just him working things out with his wife. But what about their kid? Can you imagine if you were 6-7 years old and this was your dad? On national TV?
I’m trying to imagine his young son’s first Bring Your Father to School Day…
“And what does your daddy do, Harry?”
“He tells jokes.”
“Oh, that’s nice. What kinds of jokes?”
“Jokes about kissing ladies.”
“…ah. Kissing your mommy, you mean?”
“No. He tells jokes about being a serial adulterer who prefers women half his age who work for him. He likes to screw around with them behind my mommy’s back. I was pretty much an accident.”
What? You don’t think so?
Keep joking about what a creep you are, Dave. The Applause sign will light up as always, and everything will be okay. Don’t even worry about what it does to your family.
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He just keeps on reinforcing why most people can’t stand him.
As time passes this #4/%! revels how big an ass he really is
Letterman has to remind everyone how edgy his actually is, and therefore pertinent. If Clinton (Bill) had a talk show, I have a feeling he’d be doing the same thing. There’s almost a sick need for attention with Dave.
Well he obviously doesn’t care about his own reputation, so why would he care about his family’s?
Man, this poor kid is going to write such a nauseating book when he grows up.
Stuff like this is why I wonder why Leno is suffering and Letterman is thriving.
It’s all about Dave, and if it isn’t about him then he has the need to work himself in there in some form or fashion. In truth he cares a lot about what people think of him, hence why he tries to control everything about his life and his show.
Letterman’s just not funny, period. He gets a certain demographic to laugh by reinforcing their beliefs. That’s quite a far cry from actual humor. Bill Cosby, Mark Twain, and other great humorists were funny because they pursued truths. Letterman’s pursuing focus groups. He’s awful.