Well from recent stories I would say Letterman is a sleezebag at best. I don’t know enough about the other players to say.
Sympathy?
Are we talking about the same David Letterman that joked about Sarah Palin being raped by a baseball player?
Sympathy?
Are we talking about the same David Letterman that joked about Sarah Palin’s daughter being raped by a baseball player?
RE :”Leno would often be booked as a guest on ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ but, as far as anyone seemed to know, that was the extent of their friendship through the 1980s”
I first saw Leno there on Lettermans 1am show in the early 80s ~ 1983 and he was funnier than Letterman, but Letterman had a cool cult humor show at the time and was funny.
Jay Leno is a Real Man, a Great Human and a National Leader with Deep Seated Morals and Character combined with a Brilliant Intellect and Great Talent!! Letterman is NONE of the ABOVE! Letterman is a Prostitute who depends on his Mother for Joke Lines and Depends for his own Sanitation!:-)
Do they really? Or is this "professional jealousy" conjured up to keep the public interested? IMHO both of these men are professional actors playing the part of a talk-show host. Dogfights are good for ratings, and they well know it. No ratings, no job.
There was a made-for-HBO movie called “The Late Shift” (based on the book of the same name), about the battle between Letterman and Leno for the Tonight Show. It’s a pretty good look about the battles between Leno and Letterman to replace Carson. Kathy Bates is outstanding as Helen Kushnick.
Letterman is a dirtbag and I wager Carson would be ashamed at how the bitter old man went after a child and made a joke about rape.
I always thought Leno was way too corny, never really cared for him.