Dave Calls Out CNN And The White House | Letterman 

This is what made Letterman so great, not only the ongoing, non scripted bits, but when he saw bull, he called it bull, no matter left or right politics, he called it when he saw it.

The fact that anyone could have presumed that the Late Show had such groundbreaking CGI for 2004 is hilarious.

It’s great that, throughout all of this, Dave was very careful to never make fun of Tyler: his parents, CNN, the White House, and even the president were all fair game, but Tyler “was just a kid being bored”.

Angry Dave ranting from the desk was always amazing.

All my heroes are now only on reruns, thanks for everything Dave!

I want to see the interview with the kid!

These Letterman stream of consciousness bits were always amazing

This is Dave standing by his writers, and standing by his comedy. Perfect!

THIS. This right here is why Letterman was so much better than any other talk show host at the time and still nobody comes close today.

"Boy did they deny strongly." I laughed out loud! This is awesome. Go Dave and team from back then 😁👏

We need Dave more than ever.

"Why start now?" That's the funniest comeback Paul has ever made.

I remember when this happened, definitely classic Dave, and no one doubted that it all went down just like Dave said.

Where is Tyler now? I’d love to see a video where he looks back now on his 15 minutes of fame and talks about what it felt like to be at the centre of this controversy.

This is actually incredibly unsettling. It’s one thing to suspect unethical actors in journalism but this glaring example of a news network being told what lies to report is outrageous. Can only imagine how much worse it is 20 years later.

Man, we need the clip with the kid now!

Wow! Dave when he is at his best! What a story teller!

Dave could rant like a RU-vidr even back then. 🙂

Gold! ❤ So glad you’re posting so regularly Dave. Keep busy! Much love!

I watched Dave from day 1 in Indianapolis and then when he started Late Night With David Letterman in 1982 and finally to his home at CBS with The Late Show With David Letterman! He is a TV ICON.

This is one of many reasons why Dave and Norm got along so well.

Hey, that's the lady from the Barbara Gaines Show!

Good timing. CNN just canned their CEO.

Dave Letterman. My TV Pal; and Champion of Justice. SALÜT!!!!

So, this is what's confusing me.... CNN didn't have the actual footage of that speech? Their only source for that video was Dave's show???

Just amazing that WH would say such a thing, and that CNN would actually reinforce it - TWICE. A “news show.” Pathetic. Dave was, and still is, OBVIOUSLY The King of Late Night. It ain’t close. The original bit was hilarious and the way Dave used the abject preposterousness of the WH and CNN’s behavior after the fact was typically brilliant and hilarious. Fallon and Kimmell (I hate to say it because I’m a big fan but even Colbert as well), bless their little hearts, are light years from Dave’s galaxy.

I loved Dave so much that I had forgotten how badly he could batter a dead horse

This is so funny. I love the way he keeps it going. 😂😂😂 Cute kid was just sleepy.

Now this why I love this channel. Getting to see all those classic Letterman vignette’s. I’m cracking up after all these years.

That was awesome and so entertaining. Thanks Dave!

What you mean the media has always lied to us? Lol miss seeing Dave every night

This is as funny as “who’s on first”. It’s fascinating to hear and he makes it hilarious. Vindication. Justice.

Miss you, Dave!

Dave was and still is the best.

Natural delivery and the spontaneous feel of the outrage was always batting it out of the park when it came to hilarity

Dave please come back to television. I miss you. Oh hell we all do.❤

The fact that CNN did this was more chilling than funny.

You know when you drop the ball and then it just keeps on bouncing away from you....

I wanted to see the kid on Letterman.

Jack Smith needs Dave on his Mar-a-Lago and Jan 6 teams, RIGHT NOW!

I remember this one and David was funny with his ongoing rant.

Bro was ahead of his time with this piece

Justice for Dave!

I don't know about you. I believe Dave over CNN, then and now! What a great and historic week, Dave gets an apology!

THIS EXPLAINS THE BEARD.

real fans loved desk time more than any segment.

That was great, loved it from beginning to end🤣

Did anyone else go watch right after this the time when Dave goes after John McCain when he didn’t show up for his shows in 08’? That was the rant of consequence right there 😂😂😂

Dave is the goat. Period.

This was awesome. Miss the Dave nightly show. Happy he retired on top. Love his bits with the new podcast bits.

This one's gonna do numbers based upon the title alone

Classic Letterman rant.. We miss the show Dave but happy to see you on other YT channels with the ZZ Top beard.. You rock the beard Dave & keep it going..

Man I really miss Dave - he knows how to deal with weasels!

Absolutely Gold!!! I miss this in late night shows.

Is Tyler’s 2004 Late Show appearance going to be uploaded - maybe later today?

Now do "weapons of mass destruction"

Really figured this was going to end with a clip of the kid on the show!

The timing is always spot on 😂.

I thank you for your show

Did the kid make it to the show ?

We need Dave back on late night so badly these days.

This was hilarious. Please I wanna see more of this 😂

It's hard to determine which CNN explanation is more likely. The first question is why would CNN fall for the story that the clip was edited? Yes in general it is a plausible story because comedy shows do edit footage, but it's usually pretty obvious. So part b of that question is wouldn't the CNN producer(s) who produced the segment have noticed that the clip looked real? And then at least done some verification to see if it was. Verification would be easy, just look at footage from another source and see if the kid is there or not. So our first problem here is apparently some amount of ineptness and/or laziness on the part of the CNN producers just reporting what they are told without checking into it. The next and by far biggest question is did the White House call CNN or not. If they did call, and assuming CNN bought the story without verifying it because it sounded plausible, by day two CNN now knows that Letterman is denying it. Doesn't this now warrant actually looking at the footage and determining if it was edited? Again very easy to do just get the footage from a source other than the Late Show. Assuming that the White House did call, and CNN afterwards realized that the clip was not edited, doesn't that make it a bigger story? CNN wasn't exactly fans of the Bush administration. They could show the footage from another source with the kid yawning, and put the falsehood clearly on the White House not on CNN. Although it would still be somewhat embarrassing for CNN that they initially fell for the story. But instead CNN said the White House never called. That's an even more embarrassing thing to admit, why would they say that if it wasn't true? Why would CNN make themselves look bad, essentially covering up for the White House? Seems highly unlikely. Conspiracy theory would say that CNN was pressured by the White House into covering up for them. But that seems a bit deep state to me. I think the most likely explanation is that CNN fell for a bogus story or tip that was called in, and then through miscommunication someone mistakenly thought that the White House had called CNN directly. When it's a choice between stunning ineptness and complicated conspiracy, I generally go with the ineptness explanation.

At least CNN apologized for mistakes/ lying back then. Those days are gone.

"Fool me once....shame on.....you?.....won't get fooled again....."

Dave has always called it right down the middle.

What a half ass apology from that CNN anchor. What she should have said was "On behalf of CNN, we apologize but we can't tell you the truth on this --- so we're gonna make a hazy ambiguous statement that says nothing -- sorry that we are spinless weasels -- good day."

America needs you Dave more than ever! 😂❤

This is hysterical

The simple question would be: can you provide a single picture of someone else in that seat vs several minutes of video?

I love that this was all happening around April Fool's Day.

Thank you Dave. Sad because I found out CNN is not as honest as I thought and things you see in movies are true. ❤U DAVE!

Dave was never better when he had something meaty to chew on and go off on a rant.

There was no one better.

You'd think that they would have put Dave's interview of the kid at the end of this video to tidy things up in a neat package.

I think you do an excellent job talk show host

this is ALMOST like a skit on SNL ... on from "The Onion"

David you're too good at predicting the future. You're okay. No complaints here.

Come on, this was 2004. Maybe CNN has learned a lesson or two about not gaslighting and just delivering truthful news… and maybe I’m the Queen of Sheba.

Dave, I miss your show.

To whomever controls this channel...Did the kid actually end up appearing on the show as Dave said he was? Because if so, why didn't you include that in this video? You included 3 days of the saga. Why not top it off with the kid's appearance? If he never came on, you should have put a tag at the end, indicating his appearance was cancelled.

11:18 Sounds like Buzz Lightyear 😂😂😂😂

Makes you realize how Jon Stewart changed the game. His chutzpah was incredible.

Wow, this was nearly 20 years ago. God, those were better times!!

As funny as this is, it is a wakeup call. We can no longer "believe our own lying eyes" in this epoch of "deep fakes."

Good ol' Lettergate. I remember these times. The nation was on the edge of their seats wondering who would be next. I’m so glad this annual of history has been shelved and behind us.

You show makes i happy

CNN LIED?!

The genius behind posting this during this week's indictment of Trump is beyond anything I could have dreamed. Today, on 6/09/2023, CBS reported the 38 indictments against Trump and then I saw this little bit of comical history and it was like you foresaw Trump constantly sliding off the scales of justice amd getting away from everything. This was hysterical today.

dave at his true a game these are the kind of storys where he really glows

It became the gateway to where we are today! lol

And that kid....was George Santos.

I could’ve watched 10 more minutes of this

The best to ever do it, wish this show was still on.

Me opening this video: "Oh what's the fuss...this can't be that big of a deal..." Sees there's 19 minutes of video

I remember it!

Letterman at the top of his game!

This reminds me of the time he launched a campaign to rename I-465 the "Letterman Bypass." He kept ranting about it, and I think he even called up the mayor of Indianapolis😅

Anyone have a link to the interview with the kid??

We belive dave you should be still on the air c b s should go belly up ya ran a very funny show thanks dave