The whole Ventriloquist week was done just to make fun of Ventriloquists and when someone with actual talent comes on, Dave barely acknowledges at all that he stands out and is different. Dave was the Pinnacle of elitist, unfunny, "comedy".
Still haven't figured out what Letterman did besides be in the right place in the right time and make a series of smart business decisions. I've listened to/watched probably dozens of hours of Letterman doing some form of comedy over the years and that schhhhhhhmaaarmy fuck has never made me crack a smile once. Otto on the other hand had a myriad of lines and jokes that still pop into my head on a weekly basis even though it's been years since I first heard/saw most of his work.
I mean he wasn’t quicker than Johnny. So you are basically saying he was a quicker wit than Leno Conan the two jimmy and James corden. Hats off I guess.
Growing up, I recall his show (both NBC & CBS) having the reputation that something was gonna pop off that was truly unexpected. Like Andy Kaufman, interviews with Madonna and Drew Barrymore, an entire apology episode to Bill Hicks, and of course Letterman using his monologue to make a real life extortionist BTFO come to mind.
It was this unpredictability that got him ahead of Leno in the ratings at first until Leno's post prostitution interview with Hugh Grant. Letterman had never beat Leno (or The Tonight Show, in general) in the ratings ever since.
Otto was a great performer and writer. Period. That said, all specialty acts run around telling everyone how under appreciated they are. The fact is, they are appreciated exactly the proper amount. Mimes, dancers, poets, ventriloquists, jugglers, people who do impersonations of an incestual child molester...
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1 mkubrick 2019-02-17
The whole Ventriloquist week was done just to make fun of Ventriloquists and when someone with actual talent comes on, Dave barely acknowledges at all that he stands out and is different. Dave was the Pinnacle of elitist, unfunny, "comedy".
1 Christopher_Barton 2019-02-17
Check this sub's title bar for further proof of that.
1 LarryKleist711 2019-02-17
Letterman was also a huge faggot and condescending asshole to Mel Blanc.
1 TheMidnight_Rider 2019-02-17
You found that segment to be humorous? What part?
1 CommodorePawsey 2019-02-17
Norton preferred Leno. So... Dave all the way.
1 TangerineReam 2019-02-17
Yeah but you're a faggot though, so...
1 randomusername8360 2019-02-17
The Stangel's were Letterman's head writers so that kind of cancels it out.
1 AirBuddDwyer 2019-02-17
Still haven't figured out what Letterman did besides be in the right place in the right time and make a series of smart business decisions. I've listened to/watched probably dozens of hours of Letterman doing some form of comedy over the years and that schhhhhhhmaaarmy fuck has never made me crack a smile once. Otto on the other hand had a myriad of lines and jokes that still pop into my head on a weekly basis even though it's been years since I first heard/saw most of his work.
1 Psych555 2019-02-17
Letterman is funny and the quickest wit of any of them. He's got a big ego and can't take humor at his own expense.
1 treali94 2019-02-17
I mean he wasn’t quicker than Johnny. So you are basically saying he was a quicker wit than Leno Conan the two jimmy and James corden. Hats off I guess.
1 WaterFromTheWell 2019-02-17
Growing up, I recall his show (both NBC & CBS) having the reputation that something was gonna pop off that was truly unexpected. Like Andy Kaufman, interviews with Madonna and Drew Barrymore, an entire apology episode to Bill Hicks, and of course Letterman using his monologue to make a real life extortionist BTFO come to mind.
It was this unpredictability that got him ahead of Leno in the ratings at first until Leno's post prostitution interview with Hugh Grant. Letterman had never beat Leno (or The Tonight Show, in general) in the ratings ever since.
1 uptownshakedown 2019-02-17
Well, Otto had the last laugh in the end.
1 literalotherkin 2019-02-17
Seemed fine to me. Fuck Otto was talented.
1 JerkyJimmy 2019-02-17
NEVER FORGET: Jim Norton is a fucking faggot and blatantly stole from Otto
1 RocketeerJones 2019-02-17
Besides constantly sticking his arm in ass what are you referring to?
1 JerkyJimmy 2019-02-17
Otto was a great performer and writer. Period. That said, all specialty acts run around telling everyone how under appreciated they are. The fact is, they are appreciated exactly the proper amount. Mimes, dancers, poets, ventriloquists, jugglers, people who do impersonations of an incestual child molester...
1 WhatsInThatTacoMeat 2019-02-17
Otto was hilarious but he's terrible at venteiliquism
1 CH0MSKYH0NK 2019-02-17
plus rolling over and cutting Bill Hicks
1 HomeRunCumia_Deux 2019-02-17
He also got pissed when Norm made fun of him.
1 CesarRomeroOranges 2019-02-17
Other than the backhanded compliment of Ventriloquist week, Letterman took his “Yecchhh” like a man. No faggotry to be found in this clip.
That being said, Letterman mailed in his last 15 years. But his episode on Norm’s Show was close to perfect.
1 The_Sharpie_Is_Black 2019-02-17
"anybody here from New Jersey?"
Crowd claps
"Kill yourself"
Haha
1 RocketeerJones 2019-02-17
Besides constantly sticking his arm in ass what are you referring to?