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   From: lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:54:56 -0800 (PST), CliffB   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Jan 21, 8:29=A0pm, Donz5  wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >> =93What I dislike about late night now, I can name 60 comedians that   
   >> Johnny Carson launched, including me. He got our careers going. You   
   >> can't name one that the Tonight Show has launched since Jay has been   
   >> on. Not one. You can name only one that Letterman launched and it was   
   >> Jay Leno,=94 Dreesen said.   
   >   
   >Dave did censor Bill Hicks though.  Hope that didn't contribute to the   
   >guy's upset as he neared death. As if he didn't have enough to worry   
   >about besides Letterman  sitting in comedy police judgement of him.   
      
   I wouldn't say DAVE cut his bit so much as his producer and/or CBS did   
   (though Dave has long expressed regret that he didn't fight them, and   
   years later did eventually did air the piece and invited Hicks' mom on   
   the show to apologize)   
      
   -lugnut   
      
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