I'm watching Letterman right now, and he just delivered the Top Ten List: Top Ten Signs Your Kid Spends Too Much Time on the Internet. In the lead-up to the list, Dave explained that he himself spends very little time online, but recently he wanted to look up where to buy the toy tractors beloved by his young son. He Google it, and the sixth result was "Wives with Big Breasts Want to Give You Free Pix." Who knows if it's true, but Google couldn't buy worse publicity: a major celebrity announcing that his Google experience was poor, ruining a rare and tentative venture into the online realm.
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(Page 2)23. THE JOKE WAS PROBABLY ENTIRELY MADE UP. DAVID LETTERMAN PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN GOOGLE ANYTHING!!! HE HAS WRITERS WHO GIVE HIM JOKES. IF YOU ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, YOU GOT SOME SERIOUS ISSUES.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Striker
24. I have heard Dave joke about the internet before, and it seems like he just likes to make jokes about popular subjects whenever he can, so I doubt the incident really occured. I think this because his internet jokes in the past were never funny, as if he was simply trying to bring it up for no other reason. For example in one "joke" he paused for a long time after he said "information superhighway" as if that by itself was funny. Then again, I never think any of his jokes are very funny. I mean, he always seems to have a pained look on his face as if someone is poking him, and it makes it hard for me to feel his humor. He constantly lauphs at his own jokes, though, which is kinda weird.
26. I think we should examine Lettermans experience. Porn sites seem to be exploding /intruding all over the place. I download the occasional song using Limewire. Until a few weeks ago you would enter a title or artist and you would easily find your song. Now more than likely half the list is porn. And no matter what search you initiate the porn seems to be the same. It is not as prevalent yet on Google, but I have noticed an increase.
I value my internet experience I do not want it degraded by some low-lifes trying to make a quick buck. Unless we close it down now, how long before some media type makes a big issue of this and some christian group calls for the banning of the internet.
I think all that Google and others need to do is rewrite their programs to stop these porn sites coming through. Might have to do more than just trust the headers submitted.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Kupsha
27. It wasn't Big breasted... it was something to do with farm equipment and animals and... ohh my.., what brand toy tractor was dave looking for???
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by stephen
28. Hey - no such thing as bad press!
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jason Salas
29. No way Letterman actually experienced this.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by gas fireplaces blog
30. I "googled" David Letterman and somehow ended up on this site. I'm absolutely amazed that people are taking this much time and energy writing about a celebrity making a "joke" about Google. Do you all think every joke that anyone tells or has told is true??? Do you honestly think that there IS a man from Nantucket who......never mind, you wouldn't get it, too closely tied in with a joke about "porn". Get over yourselvess.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Stunned
21. "recently he wanted to look up where to buy the toy tractors beloved by his young son. He Google it"
What was the exact search term he used so we can reproduce it and comment on our own results? Otherwise the whole thing is gossip and frivolity.
Posted at 4:42AM on Dec 19th 2005 by David Rothwell