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They all acknowledge from the get-go that he's plastered, and conduct the interview accordingly. And as a matter of fact, I think DeVito did a pretty good job considering he was plowed.
He's like 4 feet tall. That's got to keep his alcohol tolerance pretty low.
What a sweetheart! What a save! Although for a moment there I had unfortunate visions of a DeVito/O'Donnell ventriloquist's doll...
David Puner comes across as some kind of British middle-class Methodist. De Vito's smashed state was a given from the start. Most drunks are tedious and offensive: he was funny and cute and everybody had fun except your tight-sphinctered editor.
Probably "limoncello," not "lemonchello." I know, a small (but delicious!) point. Thanks for posting the clip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limoncello
Seriously, is this what folks are making a big deal about? So he was out celebrating a bit too much the night before and then he arrives charming and happily buzzed - why would anyone care? It is the holidays, he is a celebrity, he wasn't rude, I don't get what the big deal is...I wish the rest of the world was this pleasant when drinking and inflicting themselves upon others...
Geez-
I wish I could get on national television, gassed to the gills and call GW "numb nuts."
I am in the wrong line of work.