I thought of Letterman when I was watching that bit the first time, but I realized that, if he did anything like that, it would have been one of his regular guys for walk-on bits instead of actual audience members. And probably looked far worse than a shiny, new lawnmower/printer/fishbowl.
However, the one thing that makes it seem Letterman-esque is that it made it on air because someone, somewhere thought it was funny, even though it pretty clearly wasn't. (And I say this as somebody who enjoys "Will It Float?", though out of a sense of scientific curiosity more than for its humor.) On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 15:35, Thomas Heald, Esquire <[email protected]> wrote: > > David Lynch wrote: >> I haven't watched the entire show yet, because it took me about 20 >> minutes of rewinding, fast forwarding, and web browsing to confirm >> that, yes, one of the "Lick it for $10" participants (contestants?) >> does still have a prominent national role with the fraternity I was a >> part of in college. As nice as it was to see a Brother on national >> television, I'm not sure that's going on our PR highlight reel. > > A bit without a punchline. Had the young woman been offered to lick > Fallon ... meh. Still not a punchline. Had they been better filmed from > multiple angles for slow motion sexycam ... still not particularly funny. > > Elayne Boozler used to joke of the Playboy photography that like those > models she took all of her showers in a bikini in high heels eating a > popsicle. > > By comparison, having stupid humans stick their tongues out and lick > glass objects is I guess their attempt to be a mix of earlier Letterman > and I dunno, the cringe comedy of "Beat the Clock" and "can i haz > cheeseburger." > > Of course, I'm over thinking this ... it's people licking things for money. > > > > > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
