In Halderman's defense, the idea for the screenplay based on Dave boning the intern was his "B" pitch--his "A" pitch was a biopic of the life of Larry "Bud" Melman starring Jamie Foxx. Dave and his production company, Worldwide Pants, a name we all have come to a, um, deeper understanding of, wisely took a pass. Although come to think of it, maybe "pass" is a poor choice of phrase.... #davidletterman
Re the CJR review - who is telling journalists that it's appropriate to start sentences with "But ...". It's the sleaziest construction out there. ---- "We don't support a journalist bailout. But, in some scenarios, like the one today, journalists need government support."
So now you've got plausible deniability - "we stated VERY CLEARLY that we don't support government bailouts for journalists" - and, an argument for that very thing.
The NYT uses this little trick all the time, in what are meant to be straight news articles. "Statistics do show that welfare reform was effective in some ways. But, says Green, it is really a failed program." So annoying...
Hey, if Dave testifies in open court, will he bring along Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra to provide rim shots and snide interjections? #davidletterman
Hey, if you want to pitch, you gotta get in the door somehow, right? I think it was worth a shot.... Hey Spielberg, I know about you and that actress. Call me. #davidletterman
This is directly from the movie "The Player." Extortion shrouded in the barely deniable "pitch." Just watch the second to last scene in The Player. #davidletterman
Robert "Joe" Halderman goes by Joe so as not to be associated with infamous Nixon-era grifter H.R. "Bob" Haldeman; fates have other plans. #davidletterman
What? Pay me $2million dollars for the rights to this screenplay that I am ABOUT to write, which.. ahem...will out you as an intern fucking, filthy old man.
Hollywood often buys screenplays just to squash them.
"It'll be a story about a late night host named 'Dan Ledderman' who is beloved by everyone, but who secretly has an affair with my live-in girlfriend and then refuses to pay me $1,000,000 and has his brake lines cut. You ruined my life, you son of a bitch. Fade to black."
Is anyone else irritated that this is providing another opportunity for Dr. Bob Arnot to spout off? Plane crashes, politics, swine flu, Letterman affairs, he's an expert on all of it. #davidletterman
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So now you've got plausible deniability - "we stated VERY CLEARLY that we don't support government bailouts for journalists" - and, an argument for that very thing.
The NYT uses this little trick all the time, in what are meant to be straight news articles. "Statistics do show that welfare reform was effective in some ways. But, says Green, it is really a failed program." So annoying...
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Hollywood often buys screenplays just to squash them.
This just might work! #davidletterman
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"It'll be a story about a late night host named 'Dan Ledderman' who is beloved by everyone, but who secretly has an affair with my live-in girlfriend and then refuses to pay me $1,000,000 and has his brake lines cut. You ruined my life, you son of a bitch. Fade to black."
Honest misunderstanding. #davidletterman
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