Dave Takes On "Fire David Letterman" Protesters (VIDEO)

Yesterday, 15 people gathered outside the Ed Sullivan theater to call for the firing of David Letterman. The long anticipated rally, created to protest a joke David Letterman made about Sarah Palin's daughter, turned out to be a dud despite mountains of media attention. On Monday, Letterman apologized to Palin and she accepted, which rendered the feud obsolete. Apparently 15 people didn't get the message.

Last night, Letterman responded to these critics the best way he knows how: mockery. He had writer Joe Grossman wander out on stage looking for the protest, then did a top ten list of things overheard there. He graciously kept the list self-deprecating, joking that CBS had catered the affair, that his old friend Regis attended, and that his hair looks like a toupee.


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[olddognewtrick]

03:17 PM on 06/21/2009

My guess is that uncle Dave has a pay or play contract..­.fired and he keeps the dough. A 3 year paid vacation and Social Security too. What if she and McCain had won?

[ricmarc]

07:43 PM on 06/20/2009

interestin­g how the slutty flight attendent make up joke goes unsung. interestin­g how palin toned down her make up.

[sengal68]

05:24 PM on 07/06/2009

Interestin­g how you're sooo jealous

[ladyoftheisland]

09:07 AM on 06/20/2009

This is preaching to the choir but . . .

There is no way the vast majority of people who watch David Letterman on a regular basis thought this was about anyone but Bristol Palin, People magazine cover girl. Hate to break it to Sarah Palin but the details of her family are not even on this Letterman watcher's radar scren. How or why can anyone defend Sarah Palin who is the only person - okay, with her husband - who brought up "Willow" and "rape."

[sengal68]

05:26 PM on 07/06/2009

Some people are just as sick as Letterman.

[Whinger]

12:20 PM on 06/19/2009

The day shall come when people shall be calling for the firing of Sarah Palin!

[Openyermind]

04:41 PM on 06/19/2009

Oh that day is already here. We just need more people calling for it.

[NPA]

09:37 PM on 06/19/2009

Am sure we can muster more than 15 people!

[sengal68]

05:09 PM on 07/06/2009

If anybody should get fired its Barrack Obama for destroying this country, along wth his frumpy wife.

[HarrysLeSabre]

09:18 AM on 06/19/2009

One key difference between the two "combatant­s" in this phony battle: can anybody ever imagine an instance where Sarah Barracuda would be self-depre­cating?

[TexasDem0]

02:08 PM on 06/19/2009

You mean intentiona­lly?

[sengal68]

05:11 PM on 07/06/2009

Doesn't have any reason to, unlike buck-tooth letterman.

[tomasedison]

06:51 AM on 06/19/2009

GOP = the downtrodde­n minority

[tom ellison]

01:36 AM on 06/19/2009

The laugh track on the top 10 is awful...

[LemonMeringue]

11:53 PM on 06/18/2009

Too funny! Dave won this won.

[grdavis1019]

12:13 AM on 06/19/2009

Hysterical­. I love Dave!!!

[Doris]

10:19 PM on 06/18/2009

you know, it's kinda sad because it was a bad joke, he knew it was a bad joke and he apologized­. Women really don't find that kind of thing funny - no matter which side of the political isle. However, now, Palin supporters have made the thing so ugly, that everyone is siding with Dave (me too!) and the positive point that was made originally and what he&TV learned and apologized for is now forgotten.

[LemonMeringue]

11:56 PM on 06/18/2009

The dishonesty in the reaction - pretending to misunderst­and which daughter - offended many people.

The outrage was so phony and contrived it was laughable. So transparen­t: Sarah begging for attention at others' expense.

[Cye]

07:00 AM on 06/19/2009

Spot on. It's utterly dishonest.

[azind]

06:58 PM on 06/18/2009

The Olive Garden has decided to become political and stand with Sarah Palin and the
hate mongers who called Letterman'­s son a bas_____ and his wife a s___. They
have no problem with Leno who told similar jokes or Limbaugh or McCain who made
disgusting remarks about Chelsea Clinton. They have no problem with the hateful
and decidedly dangerous remarks Palin made about Obama on a daily basis.
I emailed them to let them know I'd no longer frequent their restaurant­s. They need
to hear from someone other than the ignorant loudmouths who follow Palin.

[sengal68]

05:13 PM on 07/06/2009

Chelsea is ugly no doubt about that.

[sengal68]

05:28 PM on 07/06/2009

And exactly who's calling the kettle black? Another ignorant loudmouth.

[JackRusselTerrier]

05:36 PM on 06/18/2009

Keep it up Dave. You have more fans than Sara ever will.

[Cambridge9]

05:00 PM on 06/18/2009

Someone told me today (I can't guaranty that it is a fact) that the guy who was responsibl­e for this MASSIVE turnout of 15 people is planning on coming to Maine to oppose the Same Sex Marriage law that we plan on putting through the state legislatur­e.

Gee, I wonder if he plans of bussing the same fifteen people to Augusta.

[sengal68]

05:31 PM on 07/06/2009

Hooray for the 15 people! Got to oppose same sex freaks.

[Ascoli]

05:00 PM on 06/18/2009

Dave......­..........­..never give in
If YOU do
I give up.

[Mark99]

04:33 PM on 06/18/2009

I've always found Letterman'­s lame whitebread comedy forgettabl­e (and his dorky sidekick utterly repellent)­, but I have to take his side on this one. But his apology sets a dangerous precedent for political satire. Palin is a spoiled brat who thinks she's somehow immune to ridicule no matter what she says & does. She'll probably escalate her petulant reactions over the next few years, which will only drive the Republican party deeper into the hole it's in. Good.

[KillgoreTrout43]

06:53 PM on 06/18/2009

What sidekick?

[wilray]

01:54 AM on 06/19/2009

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[dezzertguy]

02:36 PM on 06/18/2009

The angry old man feels better now. If CBS keeps Couric why should they not keep him. Their standards are pretty low.

[STParker]

03:06 PM on 06/18/2009

more people booed the protestors from the audience than protested.

[DBtv]

05:54 PM on 06/18/2009

Shove it, gun boy.