Letterman Fans: Two questions

  1. Way back when he was Johnny Carson’ favorite comic and started appearing regularly, I seem to recall a comment that Johnny made about his buck teeth. The very next appearance and from that point forward, I noticed him “holding” his mouth/jaw awkwardly in an attempt to disguise the. Anybody else recall that?

  2. Has he ever commented in any way about his own preference for light colored socks even with dark pants?

Please feel free to add any other inane (is that the right word?) questions here …

Not a question, but there was a bit back when he was on NBC when he had a guy on who bred “exotic poultry”. He had a collection of rather cool-looking chickens with striking and/or oddball feather patterns. Dave, natch, was making constant wisecracks. Strutting around on the table was this huge gorgeous Rhode Island Red (I assume, based on my extensive knowledge of chicken-breeding).

Exotic Poultry Guy: [to Letterman] Shove him. Just give him a shove. [reached out, nudges rooster with the back of his hand]. Shove him.
Letterman: [reaches out, touches rooster, pulls hand back sharply] He pecked me!
EPG: See? He doesn’t like to be shoved.
I was literally on the floor for about ten minutes and it cracks me up into now. I’d love to get a video clip of this.