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In the opener for last night’s Late Show with David Letterman, Bend was mentioned twice.

• Is Bend all that bad, Letterman?

First, when Letterman joked that he was from Bend, after saying so he made a face that looks like someone just gave him a swift kick in the pants . Here’s the video, quip at about 1:00.
Second, when he asked guest performer Tyler, the Creator about Bend, effectually saying, “Hey, did you get my joke at the beginning of the show?”

Fast forward to 4:55 in the video below where Letterman asks,
“Have you guys ever been to Bend, Oregon?”
Tyler responds, “Yeah, I don’t even know what that is.”

Tyler, the Creator is scheduled to play the Midtown Ballroom on May 10.

Featured in a Facebook Home ad and on Letterman in 24-hours, Bend is blowing up this week.

This article appears in Apr 4-10, 2013.

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Bend on David Letterman

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 5, 2013

<h1>Bend on David Letterman</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 5, 2013</p> <p>In the opener for last night's Late Show with David Letterman, Bend was mentioned twice. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/is-bend-all-that-bad-letterman/u/original/2227665/1365193853-letterman.jpg" alt="Is Bend all that bad, Letterman?" title="Is Bend all that bad, Letterman? " width="500" height="310" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>Is Bend all that bad, Letterman?</li> </ul> </div> <p>First, when Letterman joked that he was from Bend, after saying so he made a face that looks like someone just gave him a swift kick in the pants . <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/" target="_blank">Here's the video, quip at about 1:00.</a><br />Second, when he asked guest performer Tyler, the Creator about Bend, effectually saying, "Hey, did you get my joke at the beginning of the show?"</p> <p>Fast forward to 4:55 in the video below where Letterman asks,<br />"Have you guys ever been to Bend, Oregon?"<br />Tyler responds, "Yeah, I don't even know what that is."</p> <p><object></object></p> <p>Tyler, the Creator is scheduled to play the Midtown Ballroom on May 10. </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=Lep_DSmSRwE" target="_blank">Featured in a Facebook Home ad</a> and on Letterman in 24-hours, Bend is blowing up this week.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/oHsBtShc6Po </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-on-david-letterman-2227660/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19536&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/bend-on-david-letterman-2227660/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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