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Letterman and Jimmy Fallon do their shows without an audience

Despite the approach of then-Hurricane Sandy, talk show hosts David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon still taped their respective shows Monday afternoon, working without an audience — and in Letterman’s case, without some technical assistance. On The Late Show, Letterman stuck to his usual routine, including the nightly “Top Ten” list,…

Letterman: Romney’s ‘Gangnam Style’ video is ‘a little cocky’

Late night talk show host David Letterman on Monday acknowledged that Mitt Romney had enjoyed a resurgence in the polls after a great performance in his first debate with President Barack Obama. But Letterman worried that the Republican presidential nominee might be getting “a little cocky” after seeing his version…

British prime minister makes awkward appearance on Letterman

British Prime Minister David Cameron was mocked by the press on Thursday after US chat show host David Letterman left him stumped on questions about British history and culture. In an awkward appearance on Letterman’s “Late Show” on Wednesday, filmed in New York, Cameron failed to guess the composer of…

Letterman: Christie’s RNC speech pitched ‘A Butter Future’

As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) knows well by this point, fat jokes tend to follow him. And while it does get old, late night talk show host David Letterman still does it better than anyone else. “Chris Christie will be giving a 45 minute speech [to the RNC],”…

Letterman: Yoder’s naked swim puts the ‘junk’ in congressional junket

On Monday’s edition of The Late Show, host David Letterman trained his Top 10 list on the Kansas Congressman who was revealed to have taken a naked dip in the Sea of Galilee last year. Though Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-KS) has already taken to the press to explain his actions…

Letterman sparks fury over ‘Dark Knight’ spoiler

US talk show host David Letterman triggered online wrath from movie fans Friday, after apparently giving away a key plot twist in the new “Dark Knight” movie. While those who don’t want to know the ending can choose not to read stories about it — including this one — fans…

Basic intellectual honesty is no match for the sadistic impluse of the wingnutteria

Un-fucking-believable. The desire to scalp someone, to separate someone from his job as a show of power to make the wingnuts of America feel like real men who break shit again, has gotten to the point where they’re self-righteously calling David Letterman a pervert and a pedophile because he made…