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Letterman has the last laugh on Palin's "Jokegate"

Posted Jun 28th 2009 9:03AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Late Night, OpEd, Celebrities, Reality-Free

Not only did the "Fire David Letterman" crowd completely fail at their attempt to oust the late night host from his desk chair, but they actually helped him.

That makes them the least successful protest effort since 1977's memorable campaign to "Keep Pies Away from Anita Bryant." I believe it had something to do with preventing the spread of diabetes.

Variety reports that Letterman surpassed The Tonight Show in the ratings for the first time in nearly three-and-a-half years while the whole Palin family "Jokegate" debacle was still slowly being scraped off the fan.

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Top ten things overheard at the "Fire David Letterman" rally

Posted Jun 17th 2009 1:25PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Late Night, Video, Watercooler Talk, Talk Show, Reality-Free

So there was still a "Fire David Letterman" rally last night outside the Ed Sullivan Theater. There were between 50 and 100 people there, some supporting Dave and some...well, not supporting him. Gawker and The Village Voice were there and documented what went down.

Dave didn't duck the protesters either. Here's his Top Ten list from last night. (And after the jump, a bonus: Lyle the intern!).

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Letterman has the last laugh on Palin's "Jokegate"