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troutman · 01-22-2010, 11:41 AM

Letterman and Leno go after each other:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2010/...562761-ap.html

"I'm telling jokes and making fun of Jay Leno over and over and over, relentlessly, mercilessly simply for one reason," Letterman said on Monday's show before pausing and smiling hugely: "I'm really enjoying it."

On the prime-time "The Jay Leno Show," Leno has punched back. In particular, he's using as ammunition Letterman's admission last year of having had affairs with members of his staff.

"Letterman has been hammering me every night," Leno said on Wednesday's show. "You know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? Marry him. He will not bother you. He won't look you in the eye."

Doug Spero, an associate professor of mass communication at Meredith College in North Carolina and a former TV news director and NBC employee, said the back-and-forth between Leno and Letterman works as both "self-promotion and cross-promotion."

01-22-2010, 11:41 AM	#437
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Letterman and Leno go after each other: http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2010/...562761-ap.html "I'm telling jokes and making fun of Jay Leno over and over and over, relentlessly, mercilessly simply for one reason," Letterman said on Monday's show before pausing and smiling hugely: "I'm really enjoying it." On the prime-time "The Jay Leno Show," Leno has punched back. In particular, he's using as ammunition Letterman's admission last year of having had affairs with members of his staff. "Letterman has been hammering me every night," Leno said on Wednesday's show. "You know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? Marry him. He will not bother you. He won't look you in the eye." Doug Spero, an associate professor of mass communication at Meredith College in North Carolina and a former TV news director and NBC employee, said the back-and-forth between Leno and Letterman works as both "self-promotion and cross-promotion."