David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show" on Monday, joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice.Keep it classy, Dave.
Even though the CBS late night host is only weeks removed from his own scandal, he kicked off his monologue with the subject of Woods, who has been hounded by claims from several women that they had affairs with him.
"Boy, it looks like that Tiger Woods is having some trouble, huh?" began Letterman, puffing his cheeks out.
He joked that if Woods' situation had happened three months ago, he'd "have material for a year." He still got plenty of mileage out of it Monday, on his first new show after a week of repeats.
"President Obama is sending troops to Afghanistan," Letterman said. "Hell, he ought to be sending them to Tiger Woods' house."
Letterman later returned Monday to what he called "the Tiger Woods debacle." He tried to poll the audience members on their support, apparently thinking more would support Woods (whom he called "the greatest athlete in the world") than would support him.He knows all about being a jerk.
He asked them to clap if they thought Woods was a "jerk." He then, referring to his "own personal problems," asked them to clap if they thought he was a jerk. Some clapped for each.
This spectacular fall from grace for Woods is deteriorating into a series of wrecked lives and his once squeaky-clean image has been blown to smithereens in under two weeks. Now with it being possibly a case of life and death the time for jokes has passed. Woods may never be the same again and for that he's entirely to blame. He's publicly humiliated his wife, God only knows how many other women will be coming out of the woodwork, and he's got two children who mercifully are too young to realize what a lowlife their father has turned out to be.
But hey, for a philandering sleazebag like David Letterman it's a cheap opportunity for a Top Ten list and lame gags.
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