Dave Calls Out CNN And The White House | Letterman

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  • Dave smells a rat.
    (From "Late Show," air dates: 3/29/04, 3/30/04, 3/31/04, 4/1/04)
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  • @MattTee1975
    @MattTee1975 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

    The fact that anyone could have presumed that the Late Show had such groundbreaking CGI for 2004 is hilarious.

    • @135chelmer
      @135chelmer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Exactly 🤣

    • @peterg5383
      @peterg5383 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Conspiracy theories are way older than people may think

    • @WhatHaveIMade
      @WhatHaveIMade 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      CG would not have been required. They were doing that kind of stuff ten years earlier in Forrest Gump.

    • @apebitmusic83
      @apebitmusic83 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@WhatHaveIMadehuh?

  • @DrVVVinK
    @DrVVVinK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    This is what made Letterman so great, not only the ongoing, non scripted bits, but when he saw bull, he called it bull, no matter left or right politics, he called it when he saw it.

    • @milk-it
      @milk-it 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Exactly. Letterman could ride on his own, like Carson.

    • @java4653
      @java4653 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is not true, or he'd openly oppose the war every night. There are way too many wrongs that tv hosts ignored completely. Your post is you pretending you did a great job yourself...and the last few decades shows that's not true for most Americans. Laughing at evil alone doesn't stop it.

    • @ryanrusch3976
      @ryanrusch3976 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean it'd be weird if he didn't chase fame

  • @petterw5318
    @petterw5318 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    Angry Dave ranting from the desk was always amazing.

    • @DrVVVinK
      @DrVVVinK 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Agree, these non-scripted bits, either this stuff or the interviews, were always the best. None of the late night host would dare go off script now.

    • @rocketreindeer
      @rocketreindeer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The thing about Dave, he's completely natural sharing authentic off-script feelings and it's hilarious. It's like having a funny conversation with a frustrated friend. Other shows more often than not tend to be a bit artificial. I remember all this stuff, but basically no corny canned jokes from other shows.

    • @henrikwakman7776
      @henrikwakman7776 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Dave has grit. You need grit to be funny and capticating.

    • @mariedewitt5033
      @mariedewitt5033 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When he wasn't chasing female employees

    • @Zyzzyyx
      @Zyzzyyx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      CNN, the leader in fake news.

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +172

    It’s great that, throughout all of this, Dave was very careful to never make fun of Tyler: his parents, CNN, the White House, and even the president were all fair game, but Tyler “was just a kid being bored”.

    • @segueoyuri
      @segueoyuri 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      But I mean, it wasn't his fault. He's a kid at a politics event where the President is making an hour long speech and he's not to blame lol just being a kid.
      But I get some may feel it's weird since today it looks like it's fair game to mock people even if they've done nothing themselves.

    • @TomGally
      @TomGally 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Yes. One thing I’ve noticed about Letterman since I started watching the archived videos here on TH-cam (thanks, Don!) is that he was always kind and understanding to regular people. He made fun of celebrities and politicians, but he was generous and respectful toward members of the general public. An admirable trait.

    • @kstepko
      @kstepko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@TomGally He had a great rapport with children whenever they were on the show.

    • @segueoyuri
      @segueoyuri 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TomGally something people seem to be losing these days... It's kind of en vogue to make fun of your paying customers

    • @kstepko
      @kstepko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TomGally Dave came from humble beginnings. Despite his own wealth and fame, he seemed to never forgot what it was like to have to work hard to earn a living. His parents were a florist and a church secretary.

  • @hinthegroove9740
    @hinthegroove9740 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    All my heroes are now only on reruns, thanks for everything Dave!

    • @falsemcnuggethope
      @falsemcnuggethope 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      He's currently a frequent guest on the Barbara Gaines Show

  • @ArtificialBanana
    @ArtificialBanana 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I want to see the interview with the kid!

  • @edk2221
    @edk2221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    These Letterman stream of consciousness bits were always amazing

    • @doneisenbarth
      @doneisenbarth 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I don’t blame Conan

    • @edk2221
      @edk2221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@doneisenbarth haha “I hope you’re not thinking of blaming Conan. I mean, in the thousands and thousands of words written about this, who has blamed Conan? NO ONE!”

    • @dannyize
      @dannyize 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Letterman changed the way people think.

    • @stasiandme
      @stasiandme 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s actually boring to find out that a man old as Letterman didn’t figure it out that actually is only one consciousness, and different forms.

  • @leftwrite
    @leftwrite 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    We need Dave more than ever.

    • @MrEScience
      @MrEScience 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Too bad Barbara Gaines is holding him hostage in that hotel lobby.

  • @chefjeff1366
    @chefjeff1366 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This is Dave standing by his writers, and standing by his comedy. Perfect!

  • @jBownz
    @jBownz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    THIS. This right here is why Letterman was so much better than any other talk show host at the time and still nobody comes close today.

  • @WOMENOFTROY
    @WOMENOFTROY 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    This is actually incredibly unsettling. It’s one thing to suspect unethical actors in journalism but this glaring example of a news network being told what lies to report is outrageous. Can only imagine how much worse it is 20 years later.

    • @Uarehere
      @Uarehere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      We don't have to imagine. We've been seeing it up close for years now!

  • @JCO2002
    @JCO2002 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Man, we need the clip with the kid now!

  • @DGot14U
    @DGot14U 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "Why start now?" That's the funniest comeback Paul has ever made.

  • @dww2006
    @dww2006 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is as funny as “who’s on first”. It’s fascinating to hear and he makes it hilarious. Vindication. Justice.

  • @JayDeeIsMyName
    @JayDeeIsMyName 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    "Boy did they deny strongly." I laughed out loud! This is awesome. Go Dave and team from back then 😁👏

  • @gregorysharp
    @gregorysharp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Gold! ❤ So glad you’re posting so regularly Dave. Keep busy! Much love!

  • @realandrewhatfield
    @realandrewhatfield 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I remember when this happened, definitely classic Dave, and no one doubted that it all went down just like Dave said.

  • @dee420lee
    @dee420lee 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I watched Dave from day 1 in Indianapolis and then when he started Late Night With David Letterman in 1982 and finally to his home at CBS with The Late Show With David Letterman! He is a TV ICON.

  • @falsemcnuggethope
    @falsemcnuggethope 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Hey, that's the lady from the Barbara Gaines Show!

  • @MM-bh7me
    @MM-bh7me 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Wow! Dave when he is at his best! What a story teller!

  • @mc.9-
    @mc.9- 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I loved Dave so much that I had forgotten how badly he could batter a dead horse

  • @thenegociater3387
    @thenegociater3387 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    This is one of many reasons why Dave and Norm got along so well.

  • @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276
    @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    Good timing. CNN just canned their CEO.

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      I'm assuming that was on purpose. The curators of this channel tend to upload content that relates to current news.

    • @minutewithmark7564
      @minutewithmark7564 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Their ratings tanking even more is great news also..

    • @rhuephus
      @rhuephus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      about 19 years too late

    • @bobangell1679
      @bobangell1679 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ...who used to produce The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

    • @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276
      @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@bobangell1679 makes sense. Colbert has sucked since day one. Should have given the job to Craig.

  • @ajn465
    @ajn465 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dave Letterman. My TV Pal; and Champion of Justice. SALÜT!!!!

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Where is Tyler now? I’d love to see a video where he looks back now on his 15 minutes of fame and talks about what it felt like to be at the centre of this controversy.

    • @ObamaFromKenya
      @ObamaFromKenya 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He’s probably early 30s now

  • @jdhutche35
    @jdhutche35 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What you mean the media has always lied to us? Lol miss seeing Dave every night

    • @terminallygray
      @terminallygray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wait....Wait...The media...lie to us ? LOL - LMFAO

  • @derekwagner157
    @derekwagner157 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Natural delivery and the spontaneous feel of the outrage was always batting it out of the park when it came to hilarity

    • @FrankPoliat
      @FrankPoliat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Battling? Did they mean batting? Like the Clairol announcer used to say, back before ya'll were born, only your hairdresser knows for sure but my vote: unintended. Battle that out of the way. On the other hand... Letterman ABSOLICIOUSLY batted it out of the park!

    • @derekwagner157
      @derekwagner157 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FrankPoliat far after I was born actually

  • @VivaCozette
    @VivaCozette 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This is so funny. I love the way he keeps it going. 😂😂😂 Cute kid was just sleepy.

  • @squiggy4339
    @squiggy4339 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    So, this is what's confusing me.... CNN didn't have the actual footage of that speech? Their only source for that video was Dave's show???

    • @terminallygray
      @terminallygray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't think it would have helped them showing the video to people. They just think they can say anything and get away with it. Like another certain "News network" that starts with an F.

  • @janetpearson6467
    @janetpearson6467 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Miss you, Dave!

  • @VivaCozette
    @VivaCozette 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Dave please come back to television. I miss you. Oh hell we all do.❤

    • @peterg5383
      @peterg5383 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      nope.

  • @seanbohan9491
    @seanbohan9491 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Jack Smith needs Dave on his Mar-a-Lago and Jan 6 teams, RIGHT NOW!

  • @johncornell3665
    @johncornell3665 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    That was awesome and so entertaining. Thanks Dave!

  • @martin_mue
    @martin_mue 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Dave could rant like a TH-camr even back then. 🙂

    • @jamesrowden303
      @jamesrowden303 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, Dave had a type of heightened reality that no TH-camr seems to match. Most of the professional ranters on here seem to be overeager, or have really annoying, whiny voices or both.

  • @margarinetaintedgreen8140
    @margarinetaintedgreen8140 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Just amazing that WH would say such a thing, and that CNN would actually reinforce it - TWICE. A “news show.” Pathetic. Dave was, and still is, OBVIOUSLY The King of Late Night.
    It ain’t close.
    The original bit was hilarious and the way Dave used the abject preposterousness of the WH and CNN’s behavior after the fact was typically brilliant and hilarious.
    Fallon and Kimmell (I hate to say it because I’m a big fan but even Colbert as well), bless their little hearts, are light years from Dave’s galaxy.

    • @token555
      @token555 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Sadly, this type of honesty would never be tolerated in today's mainstream media

    • @terminallygray
      @terminallygray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @margarinetaintedgreen8140 I beg to differ. Steven Colbert can go toe-to-toe with Letterman on Late night circuit. I mean, Letterman PICKED Colbert to replace him when asked by CBS for his choice. Colbert has class and dignity that the others rarely show. After all, Colbert was mentored by Jon Stewart. The classiest of them all.
      In those days CNN was a little more biased than they are now, thanks to Trump. Trump thought he had the same kind of sway with news reporters like Bush & Company did.
      And thanks to Fox News most news shows are now regarded as "mostly entertainment" anyway.
      It just keeps getting worse and worse. Hopefully someday in the future; our successors can find a way to work together and put petty bickering aside long enough to solve a few problems first.

  • @susanmolnar9606
    @susanmolnar9606 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Now this why I love this channel. Getting to see all those classic Letterman vignette’s. I’m cracking up after all these years.

  • @jackharper24
    @jackharper24 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    real fans loved desk time more than any segment.

  • @sandrasmile
    @sandrasmile 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Dave was and still is the best.

  • @hutch1197
    @hutch1197 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    The fact that CNN did this was more chilling than funny.

    • @emu_warrior
      @emu_warrior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      CNN is a right wing fake news rag posing as left wing to mess with americans voting. I hope it dies like Fox News

    • @DanStrayer
      @DanStrayer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Seems like you could lie your way into a war when a news channel is gonna run that kind of interference for you. Wait a minute!😟

    • @Whoknowsuknow
      @Whoknowsuknow 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They fact checked themselves, it's fine

    • @terminallygray
      @terminallygray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ever since Trump was president, they do A LOT more fact checking now !

  • @dmajoriu21
    @dmajoriu21 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Did anyone else go watch right after this the time when Dave goes after John McCain when he didn’t show up for his shows in 08’? That was the rant of consequence right there 😂😂😂

  • @jfjoubertquebec
    @jfjoubertquebec 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    You know when you drop the ball and then it just keeps on bouncing away from you....

  • @plaws0
    @plaws0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    THIS EXPLAINS THE BEARD.

  • @porcorosso999
    @porcorosso999 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Justice for Dave!

    • @ObamaFromKenya
      @ObamaFromKenya 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @Kevin McCarty Free the Letterman Two

  • @jlynn468
    @jlynn468 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I wanted to see the kid on Letterman.

  • @darkwitness2718
    @darkwitness2718 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I remember this one and David was funny with his ongoing rant.

  • @pulo4310
    @pulo4310 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dave is the goat. Period.

  • @ravisbanda
    @ravisbanda 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely Gold!!! I miss this in late night shows.

  • @MrBrandybuck1120
    @MrBrandybuck1120 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Bro was ahead of his time with this piece

    • @nl5828
      @nl5828 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not really. the dubya regime had already peddled lies to the media a yesr earlier about iraq having wmds, as justification for invading a sovereign country (which almost all of the news media failed to fact-check).

    • @zora_noamflannery2548
      @zora_noamflannery2548 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nl5828 - Bill Moyers on PBS was the ONLY one going against the tide. Colin Powell's corrupt son was put in charge of the FCC and had him removed from the airwaves. That apple fell directly under that tree.

  • @dianewinters8628
    @dianewinters8628 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That was great, loved it from beginning to end🤣

  • @MichaelLasotaTW
    @MichaelLasotaTW 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This was awesome. Miss the Dave nightly show. Happy he retired on top. Love his bits with the new podcast bits.

  • @nedwart
    @nedwart 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This one's gonna do numbers based upon the title alone

  • @xeniasiles9699
    @xeniasiles9699 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I thank you for your show

  • @paulahawkins3786
    @paulahawkins3786 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Man I really miss Dave - he knows how to deal with weasels!

  • @jspres86
    @jspres86 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was hilarious. Please I wanna see more of this 😂

  • @careymuseiii3523
    @careymuseiii3523 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I don't know about you. I believe Dave over CNN, then and now! What a great and historic week, Dave gets an apology!

  • @golden.333
    @golden.333 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The timing is always spot on 😂.

  • @minutewithmark7564
    @minutewithmark7564 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Classic Letterman rant.. We miss the show Dave but happy to see you on other YT channels with the ZZ Top beard.. You rock the beard Dave & keep it going..

  • @pinoygal6232
    @pinoygal6232 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Now do "weapons of mass destruction"

  • @mjcosgrove
    @mjcosgrove 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Really figured this was going to end with a clip of the kid on the show!

  • @privatepenguin3137
    @privatepenguin3137 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dave has always called it right down the middle.

  • @michaelparks6120
    @michaelparks6120 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "Fool me once....shame on.....you?.....won't get fooled again....."

  • @ashleybellewchambers9565
    @ashleybellewchambers9565 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    We need Dave back on late night so badly these days.

    • @markdaly1648
      @markdaly1648 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Netflix my next guest needs no introduction.

    • @markdaly1648
      @markdaly1648 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dave now has a retirement beard

    • @YouChwb
      @YouChwb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@markdaly1648 Looks like Jim Carrey in his wheelchair in "Dumb and Dumber Too".🤣🤣🤣

    • @markdaly1648
      @markdaly1648 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw one of those episodes when I had a Netflix, more then a couple. The episode with Howard stern was shockingly bad. Of all the people dave met, stern had trump 15 times. And just when stern was about to say something really insightful. Netflix botched that by cutting to the segment.

  • @jonathanbrown8115
    @jonathanbrown8115 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is hysterical

  • @KomradZX1989
    @KomradZX1989 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    America needs you Dave more than ever! 😂❤

  • @theoriginaljosiahjocson332
    @theoriginaljosiahjocson332 หลายเดือนก่อน

    11:18 Sounds like Buzz Lightyear 😂😂😂😂

  • @DemonsSister
    @DemonsSister 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There was no one better.

  • @michaelb9537
    @michaelb9537 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The simple question would be: can you provide a single picture of someone else in that seat vs several minutes of video?

  • @ideasforu358
    @ideasforu358 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Did the kid make it to the show ?

  • @bobbyk9815
    @bobbyk9815 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love that this was all happening around April Fool's Day.

  • @xeniasiles9699
    @xeniasiles9699 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think you do an excellent job talk show host

  • @rhuephus
    @rhuephus 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    this is ALMOST like a skit on SNL ... on from "The Onion"

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Is Tyler’s 2004 Late Show appearance going to be uploaded - maybe later today?

  • @terminallygray
    @terminallygray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You'd think that they would have put Dave's interview of the kid at the end of this video to tidy things up in a neat package.

  • @peterandolph7628
    @peterandolph7628 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    At least CNN apologized for mistakes/ lying back then. Those days are gone.

  • @xeniasiles9699
    @xeniasiles9699 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You show makes i happy

  • @suzannefarrington4143
    @suzannefarrington4143 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Makes you realize how Jon Stewart changed the game. His chutzpah was incredible.

  • @ivanostry3359
    @ivanostry3359 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Dave, I miss your show.

  • @ChristopherCampbell
    @ChristopherCampbell 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Dave was never better when he had something meaty to chew on and go off on a rant.

  • @charli-pancho
    @charli-pancho 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Dave.
    Sad because I found out CNN is not as honest as I thought and things you see in movies are true.
    ❤U DAVE!

  • @vfbbua
    @vfbbua 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    dave at his true a game these are the kind of storys where he really glows

  • @terrydanks
    @terrydanks 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    As funny as this is, it is a wakeup call. We can no longer "believe our own lying eyes" in this epoch of "deep fakes."

  • @sle2470
    @sle2470 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And that kid....was George Santos.

  • @StevePemberton2
    @StevePemberton2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's hard to determine which CNN explanation is more likely. The first question is why would CNN fall for the story that the clip was edited? Yes in general it is a plausible story because comedy shows do edit footage, but it's usually pretty obvious. So part b of that question is wouldn't the CNN producer(s) who produced the segment have noticed that the clip looked real? And then at least done some verification to see if it was. Verification would be easy, just look at footage from another source and see if the kid is there or not. So our first problem here is apparently some amount of ineptness and/or laziness on the part of the CNN producers just reporting what they are told without checking into it.
    The next and by far biggest question is did the White House call CNN or not. If they did call, and assuming CNN bought the story without verifying it because it sounded plausible, by day two CNN now knows that Letterman is denying it. Doesn't this now warrant actually looking at the footage and determining if it was edited? Again very easy to do just get the footage from a source other than the Late Show.
    Assuming that the White House did call, and CNN afterwards realized that the clip was not edited, doesn't that make it a bigger story? CNN wasn't exactly fans of the Bush administration. They could show the footage from another source with the kid yawning, and put the falsehood clearly on the White House not on CNN. Although it would still be somewhat embarrassing for CNN that they initially fell for the story.
    But instead CNN said the White House never called. That's an even more embarrassing thing to admit, why would they say that if it wasn't true? Why would CNN make themselves look bad, essentially covering up for the White House? Seems highly unlikely. Conspiracy theory would say that CNN was pressured by the White House into covering up for them. But that seems a bit deep state to me. I think the most likely explanation is that CNN fell for a bogus story or tip that was called in, and then through miscommunication someone mistakenly thought that the White House had called CNN directly.
    When it's a choice between stunning ineptness and complicated conspiracy, I generally go with the ineptness explanation.

    • @freeadrian1144
      @freeadrian1144 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      An article by the Columbia Journalism Review supports your conclusion. It references input from CNN spokesman Matt Furman.

  • @Uarehere
    @Uarehere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wow, this was nearly 20 years ago. God, those were better times!!

  • @wrennewman6868
    @wrennewman6868 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    David you're too good at predicting the future. You're okay. No complaints here.

  • @BKandtheUnderstanding
    @BKandtheUnderstanding 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Good ol' Lettergate. I remember these times. The nation was on the edge of their seats wondering who would be next. I’m so glad this annual of history has been shelved and behind us.

    • @emu_warrior
      @emu_warrior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not behind us, we are suffering from the Bush election "win" since 2000. The world has only gotten worse since that idiot and his fascists got into power

  • @GardenGirlD76
    @GardenGirlD76 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It became the gateway to where we are today! lol

  • @alexlindsey6446
    @alexlindsey6446 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a half ass apology from that CNN anchor. What she should have said was "On behalf of CNN, we apologize but we can't tell you the truth on this --- so we're gonna make a hazy ambiguous statement that says nothing -- sorry that we are spinless weasels -- good day."

  • @RZLAND
    @RZLAND 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember it!

  • @laika25
    @laika25 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Letterman at the top of his game!

  • @Tripper1075KZL
    @Tripper1075KZL 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The best to ever do it, wish this show was still on.

  • @gregtaylor7206
    @gregtaylor7206 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I could’ve watched 10 more minutes of this

  • @GeoMo52
    @GeoMo52 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Boy I miss Dave!

  • @noneyobizniz8991
    @noneyobizniz8991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    CNN LIED?!

  • @markdavies9117
    @markdavies9117 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dave in top form!

  • @JazzyUte
    @JazzyUte 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Me opening this video:
    "Oh what's the fuss...this can't be that big of a deal..."
    Sees there's 19 minutes of video

  • @catherinegigliotti1368
    @catherinegigliotti1368 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The genius behind posting this during this week's indictment of Trump is beyond anything I could have dreamed. Today, on 6/09/2023, CBS reported the 38 indictments against Trump and then I saw this little bit of comical history and it was like you foresaw Trump constantly sliding off the scales of justice amd getting away from everything. This was hysterical today.

  • @paulrob55
    @paulrob55 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He speaks for all of us.

  • @larsbagger7840
    @larsbagger7840 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This reminds me of the time he launched a campaign to rename I-465 the "Letterman Bypass." He kept ranting about it, and I think he even called up the mayor of Indianapolis😅

  • @EM_ARCHER
    @EM_ARCHER หลายเดือนก่อน

    Watergate deal 🤣🤣🤣🤣