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Join us after that last show. first of all, tom, your review of dave s final show? very entertaining, which is what he would want it to be. and as you said not emotional, particularly. there wasn t i m not sure both the eyes in my house were dry. i got a little emotional. because, you know he impacted the culture, to use that dull academic language. he really that show even though it wasn t number one and contrary to all that stuff, the top ten lists and the expressions, and the whole attitude he represented, the idea of sound comedy and all that using real people instead of scripting everything, all those things and many more will be influencing comedy for years and years to come. and will be imitated for years to come. i just don t think the imitators are likely to be as good as dave was. i do wonder if some of that ....
And the ad-libs were always from somewhere where you wouldn t have ever thought of them yourself. maybe some of the great letterman writers would have. but i mean, most people, most comedians, i don t think, would come up with the brilliantly funny things he said. and there was a lot of satire inway did, as well. kind of instant satire. and and they talk about sound comedy, you know? but you have to know where to look for it. you know to know where to find it, too p you can t just find this by warning down the streets. he had great instincts. rod burnett, the former head write he of the show, said in the new york times today this week, if dave were still putting on a velcro suit and jumping on walls, i think it would be foolish. i m not so sure about that and that s the way i want to get out with this. that, as kevin curran knows, was written by sandy frank who is no longer with us. he wrote four emmys at the david letterman show. ....
Of the mcdone al s or wherever they were you know they may i don t know, maybe they had to shoot for three hours to get two minutes of that. i don t know. but the stuff dave came up with i don t think, was written in advance. he had a great mind. well, he still does as far as we know. but he was so fast and so sharp. and the ad-libs were always from somewhere where you wouldn t have ever thought of them yourself. maybe some of the great letterman writers would have. but i mean most people most comedians, i don t think, would come up with the brilliantly funny things he said. and there was a lot of satire inway did, as well. kind of instant satire. and and they talk about sound comedy, you know? but you have to know where to look for it. you know to know where to find it too p you can t just find this by warning down the streets. he had great incident stingts. rod burnett, the former head write he of the show said in the new york times today this week if dave were still putting ....
Because, you know, he impacted the culture, to use that dull academic language. he really that show, even though it wasn t number one and contrary to all that stuff, the top ten lists and the expressions, and the whole attitude he represented, the idea of sound comedy and all that using real people instead of scripting everything, all those things and many more will be influencing comedy for years and years to come. and will be imitated for years to come. i just don t think the imitators are likely to be as good as dave was. i do wonder if some of that stuff about all these people are more talented than i am and i just do a job, i think that is false modesty. i think dave probably thinks pretty highly of himself, but he doesn t like to say those things out loud. i think it s a midwestern trait, i think. so he keeps talking himself down, self-deprecating remarks ....