After some meaningless banter about a Kardashian, CHML’s Scott Thompson starts in about those Super Bowl ads. We talk about Matthew Broderick’s Ferris Bueller 26-years-later spot, and I suggest this is the way to do all sequels from now on. Just boil the whole idea down to two-and-a-half minutes. Eliminates 90 minutes of really bad
Team Dave: Philbin, Letterman, Murray. John P Filo/CBS Tonight marks 30 years since David Letterman woke up late night. Late Night with David Letterman premiered on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982; The Late Show with David Letterman began on CBS in August of 1993. Time flies.Is he still The Man? He will be tonight, ratings-wise,
From Thursday’s Late Show with David Letterman: Top Ten Signs It’s Too Hot: 8. It’s so hot, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s having an affair with a maid in Winnipeg
David Letterman had one of the rescued Chilean miners on his show Thursday night. If you missed it, stick with the above YouTube clip until Edison Pena gets to his rendition of “Suspicious Minds.” The impromptu Elvis moment, backed by ever ready bandleader Paul Shaffer, was beautiful, real and genuine and illustrates why Letterman has just this past month
CHML’s Scott Thompson tricks me by opening this week’s podcast with a theme to a current TV series. I draw a blank and kick myself later. See if you can name that tune. You can listen in here.Scott asks about Dragon’s Den and wants to know why the show does so well. Good question, especially since
How have the Letterman headlines affected Dave’s ratings in Canada? Thanks for asking. Here is the BBM Canada overnight estimated snapshot of the Greater Toronto Area from Tuesday night:Late Show with David Letterman (OMNI1, 11:35 p.m.) 80,000 viewers 2+The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (CTV, 12:05 a.m.) 30,000The Colbert Report (CTV, 12:35 a.m.) 25,000The Hour
Don’t kid yourself; David Letterman has the nerves of a burglar.There were moments on Monday night’s show where things started to lean a little, to borrow a word Letterman used last week, “hinky.”Like when young Lea Michelle from Glee showed Dave the tiny new tattoos on her feet and bragged about being the big risk