I stand by Dave.

I stand by Dave.

There is nobody who has had a greater influence on me than David Letterman. Anybody who knows me, knows that. I just wanted to take a second to cut and paste a few things I’ve posted elsewhere online in the last few days:

First, David Letterman’s personal life is none of our damn business.

I applaud the honesty to be able to take a VERY personal & intimate & embarrassing story & made it FUNNY. Only David Letterman could a) have something like this happen to him b) take a story like this and make it get constant laughs on his show. That is not easy to do.

Comedy is completely subjective. Either you like Dave or you don’t. Either you think his telling of this story is funny or you don’t. Watch the video again. The studio audience laughed. A lot. Dave even corrects them at one point saying, “creepy things that I’ve done.. well now, why is that funny?” more laughter.

Creepy? He was banging 20-something year old women. Good for him. None of our gat dern business.

Whether the reality of the situation is funny or not, when he told the story, it got consistent laughs. Say what you will, but as a comic.. the bottom line to me is, “did it get laughs?” Yup.

I feel bad for everybody involved.