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Holy Frijoles. Dave Letterman was apparently RED HOT about John McCain suspending his campaign to race back to Washington to deal with the “cratering” economy and cancelling his scheduled appearance on the show last night. Dave spent literally THE ENTIRE SHOW just railing on McCain. It was BRU-TAL.

In addition to repeatedly mocking McCain for skipping out on his scheduled appearance Wednesday, Letterman also devoted, fittingly, his nightly top 10 list to the subject of “Questions People Are Asking The McCain Campaign.” Number Five: “Are You Doing All This Just To Get Out Of Going On Letterman?”

Brutal ESPECIALLY after they found out he was indeed not racing back to Washington, but taping an interview with Katie Couric - a fellow CBS employee!!

“In the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, “Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?”

Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, “You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t smell right. This isn’t the way a tested hero behaves.” And he joked: “I think someone’s putting something in his metamucil.”

“He can’t run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sarah Palin. Where is she?”

“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”

It was EPIC. Video below

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I’ve made no secret of my disdain for Katie Couric and her Morning Show brand of “news,” replete with softball interviews, oversimplifications and gimmicks. So I laughed out loud when Engadget uncovered in 2 great clips that show just how crappy these shows really are. They make The Daily Show, nee, Weekend Update on SNL seem like Cronkite and Murrow. Look at how they parrot the Apple company line on these two product showcases all for the sake of “the get” - including an unfortunate Milli Vanilli / Ashlee Simpson moment:

There’s nothing quite like hearing a group of network talk-show hosts heaping praise on a piece of technology they barely understand to jumpstart your day. We think you’ll agree that listening to Matt Lauer loudly declare “It’s awesome!” and watching Meredith “You’re blowing the whole schtick” Viera vigorously mime licking the new MacBook Air is pretty wretch-inducing stuff — though Al Roker informing us that if you want the SSD, you’ll only have to pay “a little bit more,” was definitely one toke over the line. Thanks for ruining our breakfast guys. Every breakfast.

Today Show with the Macbook Air


Today Show botching the iPhone demo

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What a funny headline and quote: WRITERS’ STRIKE KNOCKS OUT ‘FAKE NEWS SHOWS,’ LEAVING ONLY … FAKE NEWS

“AND WHEN WE RETURN, WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE GROWING CONTROVERSY OVER BOTOX FOR PETS.”

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