David Letterman Slams NBC Executives: 'Pinheads,' 'Nitwits' And 'Twits' (VIDEO)

David Letterman continued to slam NBC executives Wednesday night, calling them "pinheads," "nitwits," and "twits."

"I'm fascinated by the situation over at NBC," Letterman said, describing "the bungling machinations of the idiots at the NBC executive level."

Letterman said that when he worked at NBC, the network was run by "pinheads," "nitwits," "twits," "knuckle-draggers," and "mouth-breathers" — so much so that he had to disinvite one from his anniversary party.

"When you're this dumb, there's a price that comes with that," Letterman said. "You can't be walking around stupid and expect to be invited to parties."

Letterman also said that he "likes the kid" Jimmy Fallon, and shared his big dream for TV in 2010:

"I just want everybody who wants a show to have a show," he said. "It's 2010. If we can't get these kids shows, then the terrorists have won!"

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Comments

[huffington]

12:16 PM on 01/23/2010

NBC should have kept this ratings bonanza going for a few more weeks. Espcially since Leno is not ready to return until March. It seems that the “business minded” executives at NBC actually forgot about the good of the company and took the jokes too personally. That’s not a smart business practice. They passed up on possibly 30 more nights of exciting TV and high ratings. Why the big rush to get Conan off the air? Why not take advantage of this profitable moment in history? Poor Comcast loses more $ on NBC exec’s bad decision-making.

[the964kid]

11:04 PM on 01/16/2010

All that may be true, but Dave's just sore that he didn't get the Tonight Show either, over a decade ago. Hey Dave, get over it. You're gonna be even more bummed when you have to compete with Leno and Conan every night.

[Bude]

08:21 PM on 01/16/2010

It takes one to know one, Dave.

[Heythatsmybike]

08:43 AM on 01/15/2010

will someone tell paul to shut up

[MNJim]

01:48 AM on 01/15/2010

Letterman is way cool.

[Bude]

08:22 PM on 01/16/2010

And perhaps the most overrated man on TV!

[MikeDu]

05:08 PM on 01/17/2010

Of course Fox New people aren't included in the 'overrated' category but cause that would imply that someone somewhere rates them highly.

[skippy20008]

11:17 PM on 01/14/2010

Meh...wasn't funny.

[cgracec]

10:48 PM on 01/14/2010

Eh. I like Letterman, but it is so obvious that he is still bitter over losing out to Leno all those years ago. And, I think Letterman was also enjoying the fact that despite his scandal, he was finally beating the Tonight Show for the first time in years.

Make no mistake, it is certainly in Dave's best interest to have Conan stay where he is.

[henrypapillon]

07:34 PM on 01/14/2010

Pinheads? Nitwits? Hey, Dave , you aint interviewing for O'Reilly's job, are ya?

[SuesW]

06:53 PM on 01/14/2010

did anyone lose their job over this at nbc? seems like a huge mistake that's costing money, someone should lose their job

[EmotionDetector]

06:30 PM on 01/14/2010

"When your this dumb, there's a price that comes with that!"

Hilarious and true!

[mainemomma]

08:21 PM on 01/14/2010

Or as Ron White says... You can't cure stupid!

[Doug Compagner]

06:05 PM on 01/14/2010

I don't agree with Letterman very often but this time I do....NBC executives are out of their minds?

[teasley]

05:18 PM on 01/14/2010

I have always flipped between Letterman and Leno. That said, Letterman is and always has been an A$$ whole. I can see why he wouldn't like what is happening, because Leno has been wiping the floor with him for years. If Leno gets his old time slot back, it's back to the cellar for David.

[ThreeCrows]

03:55 PM on 01/14/2010

Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon were up in heaven looking down on what was going on with their beloved Tonight Show and NBC. "Hey Johnny," said Ed, "You see what they are doing to our Tonight show?" "Yeah, they're doing the same thing to Conan like they did David," said Johnny. "What's going on with Jay, why is he staying on when it's his show that's Zucking sucks and why are they pushing Conan back?," asked Ed. "Hey, I didn't pick him, I wanted David to take over the show," said Johnny, "But you know what,Ed, my friend." "What's that, Johnny?" asked Ed. "If you stare into the clef of Jay Leno's chin," said Johnny. "Yeah," said Ed. "You can see Jeff Zucker living inside of it along with his pitchfork," said Johnny. "Hi-yooooo," said Ed.

[yappnmutt]

03:54 PM on 01/14/2010

zucker will be the one fired. if you dumb there will be consequences. no parties for you zucker.

[Phxflyer]

03:45 PM on 01/14/2010

I'm surprised HP posted this. If we said the same thing about Limbaugh on another thread it would censored.