New York, Aug 23: David Letterman, who reportedly received death threats from an online jihadist, has joked about the issue and has prepared a `Top Ten' list of thoughts that went through his mind after the incident.

The late-night funnyman came out strong with a series of jokes about the incident in his first CBS `Late Show' taping since word got out there was a threat on his life.

"I have a fatwa on me. And they say the guy that issued the fatwa is an Internet jihadist. Internet jihadist, and I said, `Well, heck, who says Obama isn't creating jobs?'" the New York Daily News quoted him as joking.

Washington, August 20 : American television host David Letterman has beefed up security after receiving a violent threat from a jihadist.

The comedian has tightened security at the Manhattan theatre where he tapes his late night television talk show, `Late Show with David Letterman'.

According to the New York Post, a source said that additional security precautions have been taken at the Ed Sullivan Theater after a Muslim extremist called for Letterman's tongue to be cut out on Shumuka al-Islam
forum, a popular Internet destination for radical Muslims.

Washington, August 18: American talk show host David Letterman has been threatened by a jihadist website contributor for making a `rude' joke on his show.

The Site Monitoring Service, a private intelligence organization that watches online activity, said the threat was posted on the Shumuka al-Islam forum, a popular Internet destination for radical Muslims.

The contributor, who identified himself as Umar al-Basrawi, was reacting to what he said Letterman did after the US military announced that Al-Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri had been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan on June 5.

John McCain, the Republican Party’s presidential nominee finally made it to Late Show With David Letterman, after abruptly cancelling his appearance last month saying he had to rush to Washington to help deal with the country’s financial crisis, when actually he stayed on in New York to be interviewed by Katie Couric, CBS’s news anchor, a lie that earned him the comedian’s considerable ire.  To make things worse, McCain attended former President Bill Clinton’s philanthropic summit in the city, the following morning.  Letterman responded by taking on-air potshots at McCain for standing h

After the ‘made-for-TV’ feud between the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, and ‘Late Show’ host, David Letterman, it appears to be patch-up time for the two!  

According to Letterman’s website, McCain be on the show Thursday - the day after his final debate with Democratic rival Barack Obama, at Hofstra University – nearly a month after he cancelled his September 24 appearance at the last minute.  

Only about a month back, the ‘trademarks’ of the Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, were spunk, lipstick and the appealing persona of a mom juggling career and family with confidence and good humor.

However, ever since her nomination as Republican John McCain’s running mate, her trademarks are Katie Couric’s embarrassment-inducing interviews on CBS News, and Tina Fey’s skewering caricatures on ‘Saturday Night Live’ - Fey is a comedian who has done a popular impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live sketch show.

After Republican John McCain, under the pretext of the ongoing economic crisis, backed out of a scheduled Wednesday appearance on David Letterman’s talk show – ‘Late Show’ - the host has kept up a verbal assault on him. He said he felt like a ‘patriot’ to let McCain off his commitment to deal with the economy and “now I’m feeling like an ugly date.” Incidentally, the night before the back out by McCain, Letterman had said McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign to deal with the economic crisis “didn’t smell right.”