Pilgrims & Bailouts
Nov 26, 2008
David Letterman: “Here’s some fascinating historical info. On this date in 1620,” pilgrims “landed on Plymouth Rock” and “immediately applied for a government bailout.”
Conan O’Brien: “The three auto companies in the United States” are “all scrambling to come up with a plan, some way to reinvent themselves. Well, this week Ford did its part. Ford unveiled a new hybrid, the Ford Fusion, which will get almost 40 miles to the gallon. … Yeah, and when asked how much it would cost, a spokesman for Ford said, ‘$25 billion.’”
Conan O’Brien: “This week, a New York elementary school became the first school in the country to be named after Barack Obama. … Yeah, unfortunately, yeah, no one likes their team’s new nickname, the Fighting Husseins.”
