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Bad timing: Letterman repeat jokes about Ken Lay
by Bob Sassone, posted Jul 7th 2006 5:38PM
The Late Show With David Letterman is in repeats this week, and the show they aired on Wednesday contained jokes about former Enron head Kenneth Lay, who died earlier that day. Yikes.
Can someone tell me how this happens? I mean, yes, the repeat was chosen weeks ago, but is that really an excuse? Don't they have someone to watch the rerun sometime that day, maybe a staff member or a writer or even an intern, just to make sure something like this doesn't happen? It would only take an hour (less if you fast forward through the commercials - ha).
I've been calling for Letterman (and other late night talk shows) to stop airing very recent shows when they have a rerun week. Air a classic, older show instead. Maybe this will help the cause.
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