Jokes about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hit the airwaves Tuesday night as late-night talk shows had a field-day with the governor. Spitzer has been accused of using a high-priced call girl service, information just too hard for comedians to ignore.
A few of the over-the-top jokes made in honor of Spitzer included some from David Letterman: "They're talking about impeaching Eliot Spitzer if he doesn't step down," Letterman said, "and I'm thinking, 'Whoa, a Democrat being impeached for extramarital sex. Well, happy days are here again!"
New York comic Lisa Landry said, "It's just mind-blowing that he spent $4,300 on a hooker. It just shows how high the cost of living is in New York. That same hooker would cost $50 in Newark."
Across the country, the "Tonight" show's Jay Leno peppered Spitzer with seven jokes. "The real ironic thing about this case?" he said. "Today the hooker said that Spitzer was done in a New York minute."
Leno also said, "Politics is the only profession where the wife of a man caught with a prostitute has to stand by his side. If this guy was a plumber ... he would have his wife's SUV tire tracks over his head."