"The joke prompted at least one advertizer to stop advertising on CBS' website.
Embassy Suites, part of the
Hilton Hotels Corp., pulled advertising on CBS' site because of complaints, company spokeswoman Kendra Walker told TVGuide.com. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman's show."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/06/15/2009-06-15_david_letterman_apologizes_for_palin_joke.html#ixzz0IY8EDMRq&D(1) Embassy Suites leads us to Hilton Hotels Corporation.
(2) Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries.
The company owns, manages or franchises a portfolio of brands, including Hilton Hotels, Conrad Hotels, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Grand Vacations Company, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection.
It was founded by Conrad Hilton in Cisco, Texas and has been headquartered in Beverly Hills, California since 1969. The company will move to the Tysons Corner area in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia in 2009.<2>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton_Hotels_Corporation(3) The founder of Hilton Hotels Corp. was of course the legendary Conrad Hilton:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Hilton His son and current co-chairman of HHC is Barron Hilton.
(4) William Barron Hilton I (born October 23, 1927) is an American socialite, heir, and hotelier, co-chairman of the Hilton Hotels chain, and the original owner of the San Diego Chargers. He is the paternal grandfather of Paris, Nicky, Barron, and Conrad Hilton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_Hilton (5) And of course Barron's granddaughter is none other than Paris Hilton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Hilton(6)
And there we are six degrees away from yet another slutty flight attendant look joke.