Doesn't Dave know I'm not into "Daddy" types?
Last night Dave Letterman strolled out from behind the curtain and was met with a prolonged roar of approval from his in-house audience.
Of course, there was no need for a stage manager to stand in the dark on the sidelines with an "applaud" prompt sign (usually a tool used to rustle up on-camera reaction in a live taping session like Dave's), for obvious reasons.
Die-hard fans, out-of-towners, tourists - and a handful of the curious - turned out to not only show their support for the likeable talk-show host in the wake of the shocking breaking news about an extortion attempt - but to be privy to the latest salicious tidbits in the event Dave chose to discuss the scandal further.
Would he?
More like, did he!
Once the loud chorus of cheers and wild applause died down, Dave chuckled, then off-handedly quipped that it had been a long weekend.
"It was chilly outside. It was chilly inside."
He joked that he busied himself by raking his hate mail.
That wasn't the extent of the fallout, though, according to Letterman.
The woman on the navigator device on his vehicle wouldn't speak to him when he revved up the engine earlier that morning, for starters!
At one point, he offered up another joke farther afield, that was fueled by his own shake-down.
"It was revealed today that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's is Jewish. I wonder how much money they would demand to keep that a secret?"
The audience went crazy!
There were serious moments, too, when Dave openly admitted that his wife was horribly hurt by the scandal.
He noted that something needed "fixing" and that he had his work cut out for him if he was to accomplish that task.
Applause!
At this juncture, he apologized to his staff for placing them such an awkward situation - which he assured the folks in the bleachers (and the at-home viewing audience) - was unintentional.
In so many words, the late-night funnyman noted that it never occurred to him that his indiscretions may have a negative impact on staff toiling away in the office/studio environment daily.
Earlier in the evening, Larry King broadcast a segment on sexual harassment in the workplace, which was quite in-depth, insightful, and thought-provoking in respect to those issues, by the way.
One guest noted that Letterman's conduct was questionable because it may have impacted female staff members in a myriad of unpleasant and/or damaging ways.
For example, he wondered aloud if a tryst with Letterman may have ended up propelling an individual into the limelight (more on-camera air-time, let's say, for argument's sake) or maneuvering an opportunist up the ladder in the workplace.
In that event, an employee who may have passed on (or rejected) the "boss's" advance, may be forced to have negative second thoughts about "non-compliance".
Looking back, would a vulernable woman also kick herself, for not taking advantage of the overture?
In the alternative, there was a real possibility (in the mind's eye of the legal analysts) that an individual may end up feeling they had been discriminated against (albeit a twisted form of it, in my estimation).
For this reason, there was speculation among the Larry King guests, that someone may come out of the wood-work now (or in the near future) to seize the day.
Payback!
At this juncture, Dave was criticized by the pundits for always going to the "well" in his office pool, too.
"There are so many beautiful women appearing as guests on his show. Why doesn't he try to hook up with them," one quizzed King.
My jaw dropped.
Up until this point, the arguments made sense.
But, really, can you imagine what kind of scandal would erupt if Dave was caught hitting on female guests in the green room or backstage?
Talk about getting your di** caught in a wringer!
By the way, it was recently determined from a poll, that Letterman's production offices (and studio environs) were very female friendly.
Uh-huh!
Curiously, I noticed right off-the-bat - that when Dave appeared on stage in his impecably-tailored dark blue suit, pristine white shirt, and striped rep tie - that he was sporting white socks with loafers!
I laughed out loud.
In my post yesterday, I noted that one armchair critic characterized Dave's behaviour in the wake of the his fall from Grace, as "jockular".
Post: 10/05/2009
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2009/10/david-lettermanstiff-di-has-no.html
Was this a subtle response by Letterman, I wonder?
By the way, last night's show was top-notch.
In fact, the sketches - and line-up of guests - proved to be quite an entertaining bill-of-fare.
I considered the possibility that the material was punched up a little just prior to showtime in view of the fact there would obviously be a large audience tuning in last night to catch more of the ongoing extortion saga.
Shortly after the thought crossed my mind, Martin Short appeared unexpectedly on stage, and joined good friend Steve Martin (a guest on the show).
Steve quipped:
"I knew you couldn't stay away since you knew the ratings were going to be quite high tonight."
There were some funny bits.
One, hit a little close to home, in a subliminal (what would Freud say?) way.
When Steve Martin pulled out his banjo and started to pluck the strings, the lights went down.
Then, at the tail end of the piece, fireworks unexpectedly exploded out of the neck of the instrument.
Suggestive, n'est-ce pas?
What's in Dave's bag of tricks tonight?
I hazard a guess that viewers will be tuning in with bated breath.
And, to rock to the sounds of KISS, no doubt.
Jewish?
KISS guests on Late Show tonight!
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