> Having Lindsay on the show and not talking about her sex life is like > having Bill O'Reilly on the show and not talking about being an asshole.
For better or worse, he doesn't do that with O'Reilly any more, either. As far as Lohan goes: 1. We have no idea what agreements there might have been about what was out of bounds. It may be that while Lindsay was willing to talk about herself, she wasn't willing to talk about the people on the list. Hell, that may be why she was so anxious to talk to Oprah. 2. There was a time, decades ago, when Dave would have been happy to ask about the list and take whatever reaction he got. Those were also the days when the staff would put together weeks of themed reruns like "Dave makes guests cry". As Letterman has gotten older, he's been less interested in doing that kind of thing. Some of it is probably just empathy; some is probably the recognition that it's easier to book guests if they're not terrified of what the host might do. I expect the next year of the Late Show to be like Carson's last year, where most of the big names in show biz want to come on one last time. If there are things that Dave's always wanted to do but hasn't felt able to, he may or may not take the chance. His relationship with CBS seems to remain good, though, so there's no reason to burn bridges. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
