So, Letterman like Palin blows Katie Couric interview too

A little -- and we do mean little -- postscript to our Ticket item last week about David Letterman's interview of Katie Couric. (You can read the previous item here.)

Turns out old Dave got so focused on making fun of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin that he forgot to ask Couric about how Republican presidential candidate John McCain happened to be on Katie's news show, choosing to stand up Letterman's guest invite at the last minute earlier in the fall.

Seems, according to Couric's version (see video below), that McCain called Couric's cellphone while in New York and basically offered himself as a news interview subject on the economic troubles and neglected to mention his previous commitment to Dave's late-night entertainment show, also on CBS.

Dave, you no doubt remember, got very angry -- he calls it "steamed and more steamed" -- and, frankly, still seems to hold a grudge against the Republican and Palin. But it gets laughs and they can't respond, so what the heck.

Anyway, so Dave called Couric up and got this explanation and here it is in case you were watching Jay Leno over on NBC.

--Andrew Malcolm

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Comments

[Mike W]

People please! Dave Letterman is a stand-up comic, and one of the best.and the "guests" on he show want the airtime and know the rules; they will be asked hard rude questions. Questions that reporters are to scared to ask, and will not ask, because they are rude and maybe a little bit stupid, racist, whatever. However If you use your head, you can see his questions were pretty good and logical, even though they are portrayed as a joke. I think Senator McCain could see this, and showed up to his credit, Letterman and McCain are at peace.. On the other hand there seem to be people who want to continue a fight over nothing.

[Kelly Parker]

It's great that Mr Letterman can blow an interview and ADMIT that he could have done better, rather than accuse Katie of asking "gotcha" questions. Wouldn't it be nice if politicians could admit mistakes, apologize, then do their best to rectify their mistakes HONESTLY like Mr Letterman has done?

[Constant]

Palin also admitted she could have done better. Of course, you need to actually pay attention to Palin beyond the soundbites that her enemies picked up and endlessly repeated to be aware of this.

[malclave]

I stopped watching Letterman when he had Bill O'Reilly as a guest. Letterman admitted that he had never watched O'Reilly, but still chose to criticize him based on what he'd been told.

I guess the monologue, Top Ten, and other fluff pieces are probably still okay. But Letterman should not be interviewing guests at all.

[falnders]

Palin has a severe case of logorrhea. She talks and talks and talks and talks. But nothing beyond a string of meandering euphamisms and bland generalities come out, often bordering on incoherent.

"blah blah blah . . . putting Americans back to work . . . blah blah . . . getting government out of the way . . . blah blah blah . . . coming together as a team . . . blah blah blah . . . making America's future bright for our children . . . blah blah . . . working to makes us safe and great . . . blah blah . . . team work . . . family . . . America . . . values . . . blah blah blah . . .

[ewbadgley]

I am disgusted with the comments Katie and Dave made about Palin. Both need to use some common sense and and stop making fun. Palin has far more qualities to say the least.

[Kristen Miller]

Loose your talk show? Lost your audience, or a bit of us.

[Angel]

Dave Letterman was a TV weatherman in Indiana who, it was discovered, had a sarcastic sense of humor. His beginnings were simple. His humor got him his current job-- not an actual work ethic. He has nothing to stand-on when criticizing others about their work ethics. What has he actually done for the common good of this nation, except come-up with sarcastic quips about others who are actually working to change this nation for the better. They are the ones putting their lives and reputations on the line. Is his humor actually based on envy? Probably!