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David Letterman has the iPad and a Top Ten list devoted to it (with video)

Thursday, April 1, 2010 · 11:18 pm · 41 Comments

On tonight’s Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, Dave’s got the new Apple iPad!

Here’s the “Top Ten Questions To Ask Yourself Before Waiting in Line for the iPad” video via CBS.com:

Direct link to video via CBS.com here.

Here’s the same video via YouTube:

Direct link to video via YouTube here.

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silverhawk

Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 11:25 pm · Reply

He might have been funny 20 years ago, he isn’t now.
TowerTone

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 12:17 am · Reply

Irony: Making fun of McCain for being old and then not being able to work something that is basically like a big iPhone, which my grandson figured out when he was 3.
jake

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 12:57 am · Reply

Letterman is a hoot. Still funny after all these years. Love the guy.
Rot'nApple

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 1:00 am · Reply

YUCK!… Dave showing us his licking prowess makes me feel for the female employees he f*cked. I hope that iPad was trashed! No amount of discount for refurbish is gonna make me want to buy it! Fortunately, I’m going with the 3G version that’s not out yet. But some unsuspecting person might get it, unless Dave gives it as a gift to the female employee he happens to be banging now.
The Other Steve

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 1:01 am · Reply

Not one of the three links (including the direct link to YouTube) works in the MDN app or Safari Mobile with the iPhone, or iPad. MDN could have had the decency to at least mention that nothing works with the iPhone rather that have us keep trying everything.

I wonder how long it will take CBS to fix their broken web site once Dave (and other executives) realize that their site doesn’t work on their shinny new iPads.
fredo

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 1:05 am · Reply

Folks’t said Letterman is not funny, must not have watched the clip… at least this one is hilarious.
The Other Steve

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 1:11 am · Reply

Just fired up the mac and watched it. Boy, I thought my dad was senile!
Apple really it’s work cut out for them if they want to make devices for people like Dave.
scbeer

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 1:32 am · Reply

Only one button on the face of the iPad and he manages to hit it while twirling the iPad!
ron

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 2:21 am · Reply

I’m really upset with Apple. They used to ship Fedex, now they use UPS who do not have Saturday service in my area. Fedex does. So, guess what? I have to wait until the end of the day on Monday the 5th. for my iPad. … Had I known, I could have picked it up at the Apple store. Instant gratification is great – sometimes. AARRRGH! Get rid of this Flash crap, either that or support it.
Letterman is passe.
Jubei

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 3:14 am · Reply

I think it was a mistake giving Letterman the iPad. He did nothing but make fun of it, pretend that it froze, licked it! Disgusting. Lesson learned, I don’t think Letterman will get another chance with another Apple pre-release product.
Behind the curtain ...

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 4:22 am · Reply

@ron
I suspect that you will find the Apple has arranged a very “Special Delivery” … just for you on Saturday!!!
Macdoc

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 4:30 am · Reply

Who’s David Lettermen and why should we care?
krquet

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 5:03 am · Reply

Letterman is funny, but more so, brilliantly entertaining. It’s not your Jaywalk jokes pandered to the lowest common denominators. Many current crop of comedians, including Jon Stewart et al. consider Dave to be a mad genius where even Carson, Paar couldn’t go. Dave doesn’t do Conan’s (or for that matter, The Simpsons’) self-deprecating humour shtick beaten to death over a decade of overuse.

He’s not sarcastic, he’s acerbic. He’s not there to make you feel comfortable with a chuckle for chuckle’s sake. A talk show played out in front of millions of people nightly, fronted by a genuine Mid-Western introvert with opinions. Some can see many of that same cut of self-contradictory traits in Jobs and many other icons in our lives.

David Letterman, he’s an acquired taste.
Pablo

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 5:08 am · Reply

No, Really, Who is David Letterman?
SKY LARK

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 6:42 am · Reply

I like Letterman as he relentlessly lambasted G.W. Bush between 2001 and 2009.
deepdish

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 8:54 am · Reply

The guy is an idiot
First 2010, then 2012

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 9:00 am · Reply

SKY LARK,

You won’t like this, then.

David Letterman interviews Tea Party’s Pam Stout:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw9zpfjOe0g

When a late night TV show host does a better job of delivering the story in a balanced way than the rest of the broadcast and print media combined, your country is broken.

The media is overwhelmingly Liberal/Democrat. It is not supposed to be.
It's About Time

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 9:20 am · Reply

@First 2010, then 2012
I was wondering when politics was going to walk in the door. Sheesh. Give it a rest with the liberal vs conservative crap. Post at a political site if you need to vent your spleen.

Re Letterman – in this venue, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Apple reached an audience of approximately 4 million. That people could see the size of the device is a plus. Hearing iPad reinforces market recognition.
First 2010, then 2012

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 9:54 am · Reply

It’s About Time,

That you address your post to me and not SKY LARK speaks volumes.
Just wonderin

Friday, April 2, 2010 - 10:00 am · Reply

Isn’t he the guy who forces his female staff to sleep with him.
He’s so funny…..