I’m surprised there hasnt been more discussion of this today. I enjoyed it a great deal. Dave wasn’t at the top of his game, but I found parts of it moving, parts of it quite funny, and I learned a few things. It wasn’t hugely groundbreaking, but it was nice to see both Letterman and Obama on my tv once again.
dg > On Jan 10, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Netflix has posted a clip from the Obama episode, which is embedded in this > Deadline article. > > http://deadline.com/2018/01/david-lettermans-netflix-series-first-look-barack-obama-dad-moves-prince-1202240144/ > > Someone on this board mentioned a while back about a verbal crutch that Dave > leaned on in his later years: repeating a guest's answer back as if to buy > time for his brain to come up with something. He does it twice in this clip > alone. And it's one thing when you've got a Paul who can cover a little bit > and not make it so obvious, but even Obama inadvertently catches him on it > the second time. > > And it hit me after watching it that Dave (70-year-old Dave) is attempting to > host a single-guest interview show for a full hour. Yes, this ain't rocket > science or brain surgery. And Dave has done really well in the drips and > drops we've seen him in since 2015. But I have to admit that there's a part > of me that is hesitant now that this may not turn out as well as I'd hoped. > >> On Jan 5, 2018 12:29, "'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Joe Hass, Aug 8th 2017: >>> >>> Dave's coming back on Netflix. Six episodes in 2018. >>> >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/arts/television/david-letterman-netflix-new-series.html?_r=0 >> >> His first guest will be some guy named Obama... the remaining ones are all >> named in this Variety (link) piece. >> >> B >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
