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| Quinnipiac University to supply Letterman with ugly interns from now on |
| 2009-10-16 |
| A Connecticut college has warned students interning for late-night, skirt-chasing TV funnyman David Letterman to stay at arm's length from the host. A rep from Quinnipiac University told the celebrity Web site TMZ that "due to recent circumstances we will have a discussion with those in charge of placing our interns at the David Letterman show in the future." In the statement, the school added, "We will diligently oversee this internship program to ensure that our interns are out of harm's way." Great harm. Unimaginable harm. The "Late Show" host recently revealed that he had allegedly been the target of a $2 million blackmail plot after CBS News producer Robert "Joe" Halderman, 57, accused the comedian of carrying on a sexual relationship with his former gal-pal Stephanie Birkitt, according to authorities. Letterman admitted that he did have a relationsip with Birkitt, 34, who worked for the show as an intern and was promoted to be his personal assistant and appear in on-air bits, along with other female staffers The Post reported on Oct. 4 that the Which are inexplicable because he never works late at night. Located in the cavernous Ed Sullivan Theater, Letterman's office comes with a reception area as well. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #10 *sigh* Some things never change. I came back to my triple room one afternoon to find two sets of bed springs squeaking in unison under two roommates -- each with appropriate boyfriend, of course. By my time the rule was one didn't get caught in flagrente delecto (I think that's how it's spelt). Not quite the same as an open-invite audience, Nimble Spemble, but quite more than enough to be going on with. They were given the weekend to find new rooms elsewhere in the dorm system, and I got a closet-sized single down the hall. We didn't hold with such things in that residential college, and we had a waiting list for the rooms. The problem with diligently overseeing the interns is that some of them still will chase the adventure. Really, the best way to protect the interns is to find other placements for the ones currently there, and eschew that show in future... and trumpet that decision in the college's recruitment literature. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-16 22:23 |
| #9 When entertaining a member of the fair sex in one's room the housmaster must be able to freely insert his matchbook between the door and the jamb. However, by the time arrived the spirit, though not the the literal rule itself, had been so thoroughly abused that one Friday evening the 30 inhabitants of the dormitory were clustered about a wide opened door, clapping and shouting in unison with the couple within. In loco parentis ended several years later. And now we are governed by such oafs. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-10-16 19:54 |
| #8 I was born in the wrong generation. What's the matchbook rule? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-16 19:18 |
| #7 "Jeeze louise! Is this a recruitment drive or a Pig Party?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-10-16 18:36 |
| #6 I don't think I'd like to be a woman with a Letterman internship on my resume - might give future |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-16 17:54 |
| #5 "We will diligently oversee this internship program to ensure that our interns are out of harm's way." The beginning of the return of in loco parentis Next the matchbook rule. |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Cloter6973 2009-10-16 15:51 |
| #4 Late night shows like Letterman's are filmed at 5:30 pm or so. I doubt that anyone is at the Ed Sullivan Theater at 11:30 pm other than a janitor or a flunky. And maybe an intern. |
| Posted by: Maggie Ebbuter2991 2009-10-16 15:36 |
| #3 Send guys [explain it as making up for years of discrimination]. See if he has a John Wayne Gacy tendency too. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-16 08:09 |
| #2 I can see this working a treat. "You got a job as an intern with the Letterman show! Yeah, isn't it great. Great! are you kidding? you're now officially the ugliest chick on campus." |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-10-16 06:12 |
| #1 And lots of sound proofing. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-10-16 01:58 |