David Letterman got kinda sorta screwed over this week for boning people on his staff. Yeah, yeah. It’s whatever. Everyone bones people they work with, and he was not married when he did it, so it ain’t that big of a deal. Point is: We’re going to be hearing a lot about it from all sorts of people for the next hot minute or two because that’s the kind of thing that people talk about. We’ve already all forgotten that Mackenzie Phillips’ dad diddled her and now we’re all on to this and maybe next week Aaron Carter will rape someone and then we’ll all be preoccupied with that.
HOWEVER! It’s not easy for the late night hosts who actually have a great deal of respect for Letterman, and in the case of Craig Ferguson, a working relationship, to crack on this story like they would most others of the same nature. So tonight, a class act as usual, Ferguson delivered a great monologue about his buddy and boss David Letterman that is most definitely worth a watch. The best lines? “Well, I guess by now you’ve all figured out how I got the job” and of course, “If we are now holding late night talk show hosts to the same moral accountability as we hold politicians or clergyman – I’m out. I’m gone. Because I don’t think I have kept it a secret from you that I have a few incidences in my own past.”
I love Craig, every time I watch his show I still think of him on Drew Carey.
thats the last time isaw him on tv [i dont watch much obvs] but WOW has he aged. he was so handsome as the boss on DC.
Craig is the funniest man on late night tv. I just love him.
Craig Ferguson is the only reason to watch late-night anymore. SO adorable!!
i find it a bit irritating that the eic of this website also runs a feminist site and thinks its okay to let one of her writers put up a post that minimalises awful things that happen to women…
“Yeah, yeah. It’s whatever. Everyone bones people they work with, and he was not married when he did it, so it ain’t that big of a deal. ”
“We’ve already all forgotten that Mackenzie Phillips’ dad diddled her and now we’re all on to this and maybe next week Aaron Carter will rape someone and then we’ll all be preoccupied with that.”
haha. Theoritical rape is funny.
I think he handled it brilliantly well, and made it a running joke of the night. One of his great shows, I believe.
“If I inadvertently say something that gets me fired…Then I hope it was funny!”
aaaah craig. i’m afraid i will always be in love with him. :(
Ah, true I did already forget about Mackenzie Phillips. But I gotta disagree that it’s OK what Letterman did because he wasn’t married. Well, not in the legal sense, but a lot of states would have recognized his long-term relationship as a common law marriage.
“incidents in the past” …. not “incidences”