VIDEO: David Letterman Pokes Fun At NBC, Jay Leno
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 @ 07:00AM
What sex scandal? David Letterman was in jovial spirits on The Late Show Thursday night, continuing to poke fun at NBC and Jay Leno for their roles in the late night fiasco of 2010, that took another turn when the network and Conan O’Brien agreed on a $44 million severance deal, clearing the way for Leno to reclaim The Tonight Show.
“Hey, weather -- is the weather wacky where you folks live?" Letterman, who currently sits atop the late night ratings perch, said. "Listen to this: four days of rain in Los Angeles ... and it’s been such a problem in Southern California, in Los Angeles in particular, that earlier Jay Leno held a press conference to announce that it wasn’t his fault.”
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Letterman took more thinly-veiled shots at Leno, saying "there are rumors that President Obama may be paid to leave office and Bush will get his old job back."
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The Peacock Network didn't escape Dave's wrath either, as hard feelings from his 1992 split are more than evident 18 years later.
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“As part of the settlement with Conan O’Brien, Conan will not be allowed to badmouth NBC," Dave joked. "Ah, don’t worry, leave it to me. I’ll take care of that.”
Tempers in late night have heated up since the power struggle at NBC erupted, with Letterman and Leno taking open shots at one another on their shows, a practice they generally avoided during their head-to-head competition the first go-round.
Leno, wary of the nightly abuse at the hands of his gap-toothed rival, struck back Wednesday at Letterman's jugular -- the extortion sex scandal in which Letterman admitted to cheating on his wife with Late Show staffers -- with a joke of his own.
"Letterman had been hammering me every night," Leno said. "Hey Kev, you know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? Marry him. He will not bother you. He won't look you in the eye."
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Mar 02, 2010 @ 09:52
Letterman is a looser and a crybaby. He is scared of Leno. He should have shut up. Leno said nothing about his affairs until AFTER Letterman started to take hits at him this past week. Letterman stinks.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:01pm
Read his contract, there was no time clause . He was asked to start 30 minutes later to help both shows. He now gets millions while his staff is out of a job. nbc didn't put them out of a job. Conan did. His actions just added to the unemployed.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 9:00pm
i will never watch leno. when you have to go so low as to insult someone's wife, that is low. leno needs to get a life. he works 7 days a week? what about his marriage?
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 12:19pm
Good to know Letterman will be speaking for CoCo in regards to cutting NBC down. Stand with Letterman and CoCo! Down with Jay.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:50am
Letterman is going crazy. He knows that it is only a matter of time before he will be second after Leno AGAIN.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:32am
You've got that right sunny012, Letterman will be back in second by April Fool's Day. How poetic!
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:38am
I have ALWAYS watched Letterman over the others, and will continue to do just that.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:25am
Gotta admit. Letterman has become more human. Yep, he's a cheater. So are a lot of men. Nothing holy about Dave so that makes him now ready to get dirty with all of them. Leno is the worst! he betrays anyone
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 10:59am
I like Letterman, he's funnier than Leno and Conan.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 10:04am
Men are pigs & pigs are real....... When Letterman squeal like a pig it didn't bother him at all about his infidelity......
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 9:19am