Joaquin On Letterman

If you missed the Late Show with David Letterman featuring an interview with Joaquin Phoenix, you missed an exercise in squirmingly uncomfortable comic gold. Oddest interview ever? It was certainly odd, but wasn’t the infamous Crispin Glover interview odder? Or Farrah Fawcett?
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“Safely land an Airbus on the Hudson River”
— From David Letterman’s top 10 ways Rod Blagojevich can improve his image.

David Letterman’s Mea Culpa

Wracked with guilt, David Letterman apologized profusely Friday night about censoring Bill Hicks 15 years earlier on The Late Show. “I’m sorry that I did it,” he said several times. “It was a mistake… The decision was mine.”
Letterman aired the censored five-minute standup segment from Oct. 1, 1993 and interviewed Hicks’ mom Mary, who stated, “I will tell you it was a very hard time 15 years ago when that happened.”
Letterman reportedly was offended by Hicks’ Jesus jibe, but on the show he chose not to be specific, calling it “an error of judgement on my part. I made the decision I think born of insecurity more than anything else. I said I don’t think we want to have that on the show. So we removed it from the show.
“Seeing it now raises the question, what was the matter with me?” Letterman went on. “What was I thinking? This says more about me as a guy than it says about Bill because there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. It’s just perfect.”
The Texan-born comic appeared on Late Night 11 times. “We always loved Bill,” Letterman added. “He was tremendously funny with a great energy. We just got a big kick out of him.” Hicks died of pancreatic cancer on February 26, 1994. He was 32.
more video…Part 1 HERE …Part 2 HERE
CBS transcript & video HERE

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“Freezing cold today. … So cold, Bernie Madoff had his hands in his own pockets.”
— David Letterman

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“A couple of days ago, there were UFO sightings in New Jersey. But don’t worry, it’s not an invasion … The aliens were just here looking for some of that bailout money.”
— David Letterman

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“If Hillary calls, I’ve been here since Monday.”
— From David Letterman‘s “Top Ten Things Overheard At The Presidents’ Lunch”

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“Turban Outfitters”
— From David Letterman’s “Top Ten Least Popular Mall Stores.”

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