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  The Later Host’s Black

  posted by jamie | 05.25.09 | permalink | comment?

  Does anybody remember the late night NBC talk show Later?

  It used be on after Late Night with David Letterman when he was on NBC, in the days before Last Call with Carson Daly. Bob Costas was the first host. Then Greg Kinnear took over after his Talk Soup gig. Then he decided a film career would be more lucrative than a show that airs at 1:30am that hardly anyone watches. The show then kind of had a revolving door of hosts, mostly stand-up comedians.

  Matt and I were discussing how, since Arsenio Hall, there were no current black hosts of late night talk shows. Matt then sang “The Later host’s black” to the tune of Queensryche’s “The Lady Wore Black”. I don’t remember who it was at the time, but in doing a little research, I’ve come to the conclusion that it was probably Cynthia Garrett.

  This is one of my favorite songspeaks of all time. It caused us to include this song on one of the very first Songspeak’s Greatest Hits mixtapes.

  Poltically correct? Maybe not.

  Awesome original songspeak? Absolutely.

  Bob Costas would be proud.

  Tags: 90s tv, bob costas, carson daly, cynthia garrett, dave letterman, greg kinnear, last call, last call with carson daly, late night with david letterman, later on nbc, mixtapes, nbc, queensryche, songspeak's greatest hits, stand-up comedians, talk soup, the lady wore black

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  Letterman tears McCain a new one

  posted by jamie | 09.25.08 | permalink | 2 comments

  John McCain was supposed to appear as a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. However, because of the economic crisis this country is suffering (due to the absolute joke that is the Bush administration), McCain felt it necessary to cancel his appearance at the last minute.

  This didn’t sit too well with David Letterman, and he railed on John McCain like there was no tomorrow. He chided him for suspending his campaign, he criticized him for not having Sarah Palin take his place while he took care of business in Washington, DC. He even showed live footage of McCain being interviewed by Katie Couric, while he was supposed to be on his way back to Washington. Letterman and Keith Olbermann hammed it up while watching the footage.

  Take a look at the tongue lashing Letterman unleashed last night:

  
  

  Was David Letterman's behavior justified?

  • Yes! McCain is an asshole for tucking his tail between his legs and suspending his campaign.
  • No! Dave was being a crybaby. McCain has every right to act like a pussy. He served in 'Nam, dammit!
  • Eh. I really couldn't care less about any of this nonsense.

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  Tags: 00s tv, bush administration, CBS, dave letterman, david letterman, economic crisis, john mccain, katie couric, keith olbermann, late show with david letterman, letterman criticizes mccain, mccain cancels appearance, mccain criticism, mccain late show appearance, mccain suspends campaign, paul shaffer, sarah palin, tongue lashing, washington DC

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