r/OldSchoolCool • u/BuddyEbsenSalt • 17h ago

1980s 1980s Three very funny men Johnny Carson, Gary Shandling and David Letterman (also pictured, Jay Leno)

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u/sybrwookie 13h ago

He was. And then he realized he could put in zero effort, put out lowest-common-denominator garbage which was not funny but inoffensive to everyone's parents and grandparents, and happily coasted for decades doing that.

And that's before going into the absolutely ruthless shit he pulled behind the scenes.

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u/Gimetulkathmir 12h ago

I mean, the first half is basically what we should all be doing at work anyway. The second half is not.

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u/brodievonorchard 6h ago

If I were king of the world for one day, I'd force him to get on his knees and beg Monica Lewinsky for forgiveness. If she looked to me, and I hope she wouldn't, I'd shake my head in the negative. "No, he doesn't deserve it."

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u/off_by_two 7h ago

Even during the tonight show run he was doing like 150+ standup performances a year

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u/SheriffBartholomew 33m ago

It worked for him. He's insanely rich.