David Letterman may be set to recuse his late night TV throne in 2015, but that doesn’t mean he’s pulling any punches until then. On Friday night’s episode of The Late Show, the late night king took aim at the Eagles, one of his longtime favorites, after they flatly refused to allow bandleader Paul Shaffer to perform one of their songs. Well, when you mess with Letterman, he apparently has the power to dedicate a full five minutes of his show to making fun of your absurd policy.
Needling both the band and his own producers, Letterman and Shaffer joke about playing just enough of a song to avoid a lawsuit. After a director gives them the go ahead, they discuss which song is worth the amount of money that they might have to pay out in a suit, before Dave decides that he’s “not that interested anymore.” It’s a pretty clever barb against the litigation happy band, and one that comes only a couple of days after they cornily decided allow the owner of Madison Square Garden to open their impending New York show. Catch video above.
