Letterman’s Pants Apology

Listen, don’t mess with John Key.  See what happened to Letterman?  His writers give our Johnny some crap questions and Letterman, who has survived longer on US television than “Flipper”, winds up in deep schtuck.  Letterman’s apology just proves the point that you can say anything on the show – like you strangle Siamese cats for a hobby or you had a champagne party while the Twin Towers collapsed – and the studio audience, largely comprised of inmates from various New York area psychiatric homes, collapse themselves in hoots and hysterical clapping.  As president of The Worldwide Pants Company, Letterman confessed to dropping his own for “favoured” employees and thus made himself the butt of other late-night comedians.  The confession drew Force-9 applause despite its oddness and – here’s the legal twist – Letterman’s unnamed lawyer helped orchestrate the sting on his alleged extortionist.  The former producer had once been hard-pressed against the Letterman lady also, but was now evidently just hard pressed and needed a quick couple of mil.  That’s Letterman’s line anyway.  The New York attorney general now has the Letterman file on his desk and, judging from his prosecution record, will not let it gather dust.  The issue, meanwhile, has expanded the debate about abuses of power, sex in the workplace and all that stuff that late night comedians enjoy so much.

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