David Letterman opened his show the other night by telling a story. Over nearly ten minutes he peeled layers off a story with a clever delivery, playing to laughter and applause. Letterman is CBS's cash cow, generating high ratings, and lots of advertising revenue. The story attempts to portray Letterman as a victim of a blackmailer. It's only in the final minute of the story that Letterman says he had sex with woman staffers on his show. No names, no number of women, nada. The whole thing smacks of clever crisis management by Letterman's attorneys and CBS HQ to protect the franchise, Worldwide Pants. Two stories, from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, offer insight into a whitewash designed to protect CBS from sexual harassment suits and the potential loss of Letterman's golden egg. As for the blackmailer, it seems until last month he lived with one of Letterman's office playmates. To use Letterman's term, this is hinky . . . and more.
Next week's guests: Roman Polanski and Woody Allen.
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What's even more "hinky", at least to me, is the audience's reaction... applause and laughter? Wonder if his wife's response was the same.
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