David Letterman -- Good Guy

[lpbk2713]

During commercial breaks he's showing clips of individual GI's giving season's greetings to friends and family back home.

[Syrinx]

1. I wonder if he's making a trip over to Iraq?

Like he did last year... I think it was last year, with Paul and Biff too.

[Syrinx]

2. answering my own question

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (Dec. 24, 2004) -- Although they couldn't be home for the holidays, Marines in Iraq received a timely Christmas gift when David Letterman performed a Christmas Eve edition of "The Late Show with David Letterman" here.

Letterman, along with his musical director Paul Shaffer and stage manager Biff Henderson, brought the popular late night television show to the Marines, sailors and soldiers currently stationed at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 24, 2004. They were followed with a performance from "Off the Wall," a southern California band, which added to the holiday festivities.

"How about a nice hand for Jay Leno, ladies and gentlemen," joked Letterman as he started his show.

*snip*

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/D12F406EFE9F594885256F74004FDE23?opendocument

[lpbk2713]

3. Dave is definitely a classy guy.

Anybody else would have had promos and ads up the yingyang filled with self-agrandisement. I suspected Dave and co had gone over there but this was the first I'd heard of it.

He proved to me what a classy guy he is right after 09/11 on the air.

[Syrinx]

4. I agree

I did have his post-9/11 show audio in mp3 format. Hmm, I wonder if I still have it? I'll have to look around.

[Floogeldy]

5. Letterman did not air on my local station tonight

Was he really there?

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Was not on tonight. Those posts were from last night. He is in Iraq

tonight,

[Floogeldy]

7. Some confusion

Perhaps the confusion is on my end.

"Letterman, along with his musical director Paul Shaffer and stage manager Biff Henderson, brought the popular late night television show to the Marines, sailors and soldiers currently stationed at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, Dec. 24, 2004. They were followed with a performance from "Off the Wall," a southern California band, which added to the holiday festivities."

I interpret this as saying Letterman did a show from Iraq for Christmas eve. I saw his show on the 23rd, and it was from New York.

Maybe I'm stupid.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. I think they are taping it and will show it next week or sometime. I

cannot imagine that they would show it live from Iraq. The story said they finished the show at 11AM..but that is Iraqi time.
PS I am sure you are not stupid....you are on DU!!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

9. They will probably show excerpts of the Iraq show on his Monday show.