A Letterman Classic: The Celebrity Trainwreck
David Letterman’s been so busy making politicians like John McCain and disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich squirm, it seems like forever since The Late Show had an honest-to-goodness celebrity trainwreck.
So thank you, Joaquin Phoenix, for pulling a Crispin Glover (hats off to Hercules the Strong at Ain’t It Cool News) and for reminding us of all those who came before, sat on Dave’s coach–or stood on his desk (ahem, Ms. Barrymore)–and died on national TV.
Watch clips of our favorite meltdown moments on Letterman:
JBK commented:
Letterman is great in those situations (and those examples you show shouldn't really be called him making guests squirm - the guests were crazy to begin with.)
And he really is a good interviewer. In fact, one of the best on TV, usually better with politicians than just about anyone in the news divisions of the networks.
The guy is a broadcaster (unlike Leno, whose interviews rarely go beyond the banal.)