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  1. January 17, 2012. Widely panned for rehashing the old slur about women comedians not being funny, David Letterman's comedy booker Eddie Brill is now being replaced, Mirth Magazine reported Tuesday. Mirth says he's been dismissed for "speaking to the press without authorization," (not for espousing embarrassing opinions) though CBS isn't commenting.

  2. Jan 17, 2012 · Eddie Brill, the longtime comedy booker of The Late Show With David Letterman, was fired after a controversial profile ran in The New York Times last week, Mirth Magazine reports. Mr.

  3. Jan 17, 2012 · 4:05 p.m. | Updated. Eddie Brill, a longtime gatekeeper for rising stand-ups at “Late Show With David Letterman,” will no longer be the comedy booker at that CBS late-night series, ending the tenure of a respected and contentious figure in the stand-up comedy world. A spokeswoman for CBS declined to comment on Tuesday.

  4. Eddie Brill, the stand-up comedian who has booked comics for "The Late Show with David Letterman" for the past 11 years, has been fired, Laughspin.com and the new Mirth Magazine reported on Tuesday.

  5. Jan 17, 2012 · Eddie Brill, longtime comedy booker for The Late Show With David Letterman, has been dismissed from his duties following a recent, controversial New York Times interview, in which Brill made ...

  6. Jan 19, 2012 · Eddie Brill, the "David Letterman Show's" comedy booker has been fired from his current position for making sexist remarks about female comics. Brill has been a part of the show for ten years and will still be working for Letterman as a crowd entertainer but not scouting and hiring comedy acts for the show.

  7. Jan 18, 2012 · Deep within a pretty fascinating New York Times profile last week of Eddie Brill, the comedy booker for Late Show with David Letterman, gave his explanation why the show booked only one female standup in 2011: “‘There are a lot less female comics who are authentic,’ Mr. Brill said. ‘I see a lot of female comics who to please an audience ...

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