Westchester County-owned Playland got a shoutout on the Thursday episode of CBS”™ “The Late Show with David Letterman,” but it didn”™t exactly get an endorsement from the show”™s host.
Playland, its future blurred as the county tussles about the potential of hiring a private management company, received a mention during the show”™s Top 10 list. Letterman, who was preparing to list “The Top 10 Eric Cantor Excuses” about the U.S. House majority leader”™s loss in a Republican primary, mentioned Playland when he knocked his own work environment.
“Coming to work here is like going to work every day at Rye Playland, ladies and gentleman,” Letterman said. “It”™s old, it”™s rundown and most of the rides don”™t work ”“ but it”™s still home.”
Later, when Letterman began his Top 10 countdown, he almost started at No. 1 rather than counting down from No. 10. “Every ride is broken,” he said. “Old and broken.”
The No. 1 excuse for Cantor ended up being, “Political career always a long shot for rich, white guys.” Letterman announced he will retire in 2015, to be replaced by Stephen Colbert, who hosts “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central.
Playland has been making headlines locally after a deal to hand management of the park to a nonprofit was scrapped last week. The park has been at the center of a debate over whether the county should continue to run an amusement park the administration says is losing money. Supporters of the historic park say it is lacking proper management and infrastructure investment.
