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How many times will David Letterman bring up Sarah Palin in his opening monologue this week?
Dave apparently decided to give Sarah Friday night off.
Background:
For those of you unfamiliar with what took place you can read a brief synopsis here: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284295,00.html
Now, with Palin resigning mid term suddenly, will Letterman be unwilling to bring her up or will he go the distance and talk about her all week?
All shows are archived and available for viewing at http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/ .
Question will suspend the morning before the 4th show and will settle as soon after the 5th show as possible, once verified.
Settlement date is fixed.
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
| Not a peep all week from Dave |
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| Sarah gets 1 honorable mention |
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| Dave doubles down - she's mentioned 2 times |
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| Once, twice, 3 times...it's Sarah |
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| 4 zingers are sent Sarah's way |
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| Dave nails Sarah every night of the week (5) |
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- Activity: H$54,144 |
- Predictions: 167 |
Comments: 25
Suspend date: Thu 9th Jul 6:59am PST
Settlement date: Sun 12th Jul 2:32pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 9th Jul 6:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Not a peep all week from Dave : 10%, Sarah gets 1 honorable mention : 18%, Dave doubles down - she's mentioned 2 times: 18%, Once, twice, 3 times...it's Sarah: 18%, 4 zingers are sent Sarah's way: 18%, Dave nails Sarah every night of the week (5): 18%
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: Dave apparently decided to give Sarah Friday night off. 
Suspend date: Thu 9th Jul 6:59am PST
Settlement date: Sun 12th Jul 2:32pm PST
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crstals
predicted Dave nails Sarah every night of the week (5) (H$100 at 92%)
aaronwinborn
predicted 4 zingers are sent Sarah's way (H$20 at 5%)
predicted 4 zingers are sent Sarah's way (H$20 at 5%)
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I plan on tuning in each night just because of their 'history' and the events of late. I can't imagine Letterman not pointing out that HE still has his job.
Do you mean every time he mentions her during the week or how many daily monologues she is mentioned in? For example: If he says her name 5 times on Monday night is that counted as 5 or 1 at that point?
Second and to answer your Q, buckeye, referring to her on Monday means it counts as one no matter how many times he does it. Same goes for all the other days. But it must be during his monologue. The rest of the show will not count.
I did it like this so it would hopefully be easier for the admin to verify when the time comes to settle. I can't ask Jen to sit thru 5 hours of Letterman or worse yet, ask her to COUNT each reference. But viewing the independent episodes first few moments shouldn't be too painstaking an event.
And God Bless Jen for letting this Q stand. She could've axed it just because she doesn't wanna watch ANY Letterman. So thanks a bunch Jen! I really appreciate this. : )
Usually I just write em and leave em.
OH...and you EST'ers are tipping me off before I actually get to see the show! I like it...I'm tickled he's having so much fun with the little twit.
do not know if this applies to July 10 Letterman show or not
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