What's going on with Letterman?

Unpredictable? Try random garbage.

Letterman is not funny, he messes with his voice and hands too much during the ultra-short monologue (how many times will he say 'New York rats, RATS, R-A-T-SSS!'. His skits are not funny - a staff member asking him about candy? He is utterly boring with guests and his turtle-like assistant never shuts up.
Top Ten is the only half-decent thing on the show!

Leno isn't great, his jokes are sometimes obvious - but his show is simple, entertaining and he's nice with guests and (heres the cracker) HE ACTS INTERESTED AND DOESN'T TRY TO HIT ON ANYTHING IN A SKIRT.

Conan ofcourse rules them all, but for anybody over 34 - gotta be Leno.

I'm glad someone else noticed this as well.

He has also added more stuff where he actually gets up from his desk and does more prop comedy like he used to.

I still want to know if there will ever be a Late NIGHT with David Letterman DVD set.

I think someone else (on this site too, I think) said it best: traditionally, Leno starts off each show great, but goes downhill as the show goes on. Letterman, on the other hand, starts off weak but gets better as the show goes on.

I was a Letterman fan for ages, but I generally think that Leno's monologues are better. Dave's monologues have been downright painful for the past couple of years, but he's a far better interviewer than Leno ever could be.

I hope this funny stays with Dave...

My favorite recent bit was the guy who walked out on stage and announced that he had just won $40 million in the lottery. He proceeded to scream "F--- YOU" at the top of his lungs at Paul, Dave and even Alan Kalter. Their reactions were priceless.

Of course, when the guy left the stage, Dave asked Paul, "Do you have any idea who that was?"

Pure comedy.

I haven't checked, but I kind of assumed they had added some new blood the the writing/producing pool. Some of the new stuff sticks, some of it slides off and is never seen again.

The Cold Opens are pretty funny.

If Letterman had the insight to bring in some new blood, good for him for not having the ego to stop positive change. If it's just a second wind, then good for him anyways :)

I haven't watched any late night shows in a couple of months, so I'm pretty excited to check this out. Thanks for the heads up!

A few weeks back they did a few runners where the camera would have a smudge on it or the picture would roll for a few minutes. I watched that and thought instantly of the Late Night days on NBC.

If anything, the show seems to have amped the the volume
of jokes over the course of the hour. It makes for a fun way to end the day.

That's why I watched his shows every night instead of Leno. Letterman is unpredictable and I love his wacky skids. I don't understand why Leno always beat him in ratings, probably because he has good guests.

So I've noticed this also. My wife and I actually commented to each other about this. Things on the show just seem snappier and wacky. There's a sense of "what the hell is going to happen next". We have been hooked for about 2 weeks. Definite new energy...