Posted by pseudoname on October 12, 2006, at 16:00:49
In reply to Re: Letterman bothered me » pseudoname, posted by jlynne on October 12, 2006, at 11:47:12
Hi, jlynne
> The guy was an actor, sweetie:)
I guess we'll have to disagree about that. I'll tell you why I'm sticking to my story: (1) Dave gave all 3 participants restaurant gift certificates; why would he do that with actors? (2) there wasn't much point to it as a skit; (3) that was no act on the part of the humiliated guy, alas. (4) The other participants gave no sign of being actors nor did I see anything in their exchanges they would need to be actors for; they read their answers off Dave's cards. (5) The page had to come running from off to the left down the aisle apparently before she was ready to give Dave the remaining gift certificates when the guy sat down unexpectedly. (6) There was (to me) nothing witty or prepared about Letterman's response, which at first seemed genuinely surprised then turned just mean.
Letterman does use staff & actors occasionally, you're quite right, but not as far as I can see for the "real" audience bits with prizes and predictable lines and answers written on the cards he's holding.
I wish the guy had been an actor, though. He'd be brilliant. Thanks anyway. (Sweetie) ;-)
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