Top Ten Reasons Why Letterman is recycling his jokes

10. New night, new audience,

9. Because he can.

8. Because it's "new to you" if you didn't you see the previous night.

7. Because it's "new to you" if you did see it the night before and just forgot.

6. It was a test to see if anyone was paying attention.

5. Pissed off that HIllary was going on the Leno Show

4. Part of the Writers Strike Agreement.

3. Letterman thought if he wore a different suit nobody would notice.

2. The Teleprompter's name is "Hal".

1. Dave is pacing himself for the Pennsylvania primary.

Maybe David is being held hostage and this is the only way he has figured out to try and let us all know without tipping off his captors.

He told the HIllary Bosnia stuff again two weeks after it first came out as if it was original material, then even added on a joke about the 3 am and if Hillary was groggy about the sniper story then how could she be trusted at 3am..blah blah,

The problem was that joke had already been going around for at least 24-48 hours and had been used all over the place. lol, maybe they popped in the wrong disc and the teleprompter was using old material.

This is not news. Letterman's been repeating jokes and comedy bits from day to day FOR YEARS. It's part of his absurdist schtick, which apparently quite a few folks here don't "get." And Letterman telling jokes about John McCain's age is just like when he makes fun of Dick Cheney's heart attacks -- they're funnier because the audience knows Dave is also making fun of himself.

and how many times have you been bumped from his show,

yeesh.

Dave does really great understated humor. My favorites include the stories he does via phone interviews in which the caller describes a celebrity blow up but then adds some really shocking element to the story in a very calm manner. Funny stuff.

Letterman's show is definitely lame. He repeats lines during the delivery of his jokes on the same night. I don't think he likes people, especially his audience who I picture as being local regulars who sit in bleachers like some offbeat cable show.
Plus, cause he repeats himself so much during his monologue, I'll bet he does half the jokes as Leno or Kimmel in the same amount of time. But, true to form, his audience applauds every joke no matter how stupid.
Didn't Leno beat him in the ratings without writers during the strike while Letterman had writers? What does that tell you?