David Letterman , the man of letters

[Bethie]

I feel bad. For him to tell everyone on national tv, before it got out anywhere else, props to dave. he's always one step ahead.

[Pubrick]

the third post in this thread, from 2003:

other interesting facts about stephanie "monty" birkitt:
dave pronounces her name Burquette, like cigarette.
she looks good in costumes.
her ex-boyfriend danced without moving his arms in a lurching manner.
is hot with glasses.
loves monkeys, food.
prolly did dave at one point.

i knew it was her as soon as he said it.

i think the whole thing is completely bizarre. there's some lesson here but i feel it's muddled. the man was with this woman Regina Lasko for decades, but still had affairs, insisting marriage was not his thing after the disastrous first attempt. okay, fine. but was coming out ahead of the wave, that is telling everyone first before the media got a chance to spin it, the best way to resolve this debacle?

i also predicted that dave needed a scandal if he was gonna be interesting again, but i don't think this is the kind he needs. my hypothetical question is this: what if he just payed the guy the $2million he wanted and let it end there. is he that attached to his money? it's the principle of the thing! he'll say. ok but then his pride is in his money not in his relationships. dude must be respected cos he won't betray his wealth but he will betray his supposedly loyal companion. ha!

capitalism: a love story, indeed..

[diggler]

even paying the guy the 2 million wouldn't guarantee the story would go away, and he would look worse if it got out that he paid someone to keep it quiet. he made the right move (well, reaction anyway) and does anyone really care that david letterman slept with interns? it's not like he's the president.

[pete]

it obviously wasn't impulsive, like mel gibson on ransom or something.  dozens of lawyers and PR people probably all put in their cents.  I think it's as classy a way to deal with something like this as one can.

[children with angels]

Yeah, it WAS classy. It's also nice because it's someone acting in a way that treats infidelity in a mature manner, i.e.: as not the end of the world, as something that is often just bound to happen, because people are people, and not necessarily as a refferendum on your whole relationship/career/the institution of marriage.

Plus (to take a less idealistic tack), if movies have taught us anything it's that you can't just rid of blackmailers with a one-off payment.

[03]

your signature is missing a letter, man.
did you guys see how funny that was?
i was using one of the key words of the thread's topic as a pun, wasn't that funny? did you guys get it?
i know, i thought it was lame as fuck. but hey, at least i'm being like youz guyzez wokka wokka

[Stefen]

I hope you're hammered because that's the only way to explain your wack behavior right now. Take an aspirin, drink some water and sober up and be cool again.

[pete]

I like 03, I like neil, and I like P, I wish they'd all get along.

[modage]

[Pozer]

hahahahahaha

[Stefen]

hahahahahaha

haha What the fuck is that thing? A little blue dude rocking the wheels of steel? That little guy's out of control.

[Neil]

Moral of this story: if david letterman fucks your wife, don't try and blackmail him.

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

03 may have left a bizarre post, but his assertion that children's signature is missing a letter is oddly still valid.

[pete]

I don't get it and I so badly want to.

[children with angels]

How bizarre: I stared at my 9-word signature that I've had for years for a very, very, very long time before I was able to spot the missing 'h'. Fixed! Thanks 03, you mental mofo.

(Pete - it was in 'Should', or rather, as I for some reason had decided to spell it, 'Sould').