# Letterman to be a daddy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239 "2003-09-12T17:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/21 "2003-09-13T01:42:53Z")
#8 Boutros-Boutros ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/22 "2003-09-13T01:45:09Z")
Hmm, him and Conan, both with pregnant wives. I smell sweeps! Do you think this will give him the excuse to quit that he’s been searching for these past five years? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/23 "2003-09-13T02:17:29Z")
Dave’s been dropping hints about quitting for a while now. Apparently, serious enough that it made the news a couple of weeks ago that there was ‘speculation’ that Dave would retire fairly soon. (Fairly soon in the late-night biz probably means at the end of a contract, maybe two or three years or something). Carson threatened to retire for about a decade before he actually did. Anyway, if Dave’s kid is a boy, any bets that he names him, “Warren”? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/24 "2003-09-13T02:46:50Z")
#7. David Letterman, Jr, David Letterman, Jr. - the kid so nice, they named him twice. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/25 "2003-09-13T02:47:37Z")
#6 & #7: Tie- Either “Oprah” or “Uma” ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/26 "2003-09-13T03:25:18Z")
**TeaElle** , I was referring to Dave’s famous mother, Dorothy Letterman, who still lives in Indiana and was the _Late Show_’s correspondent at the Winter Olympics in, uh, some even-numbered year. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/27 "2003-09-13T03:42:30Z")
Wait, her last name’s not Letterman. She remarried after Dave’s dad died, and her current last name is not public. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/28 "2003-09-13T04:15:15Z")
Congrats David! #5 Gigli ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/29 "2003-09-13T04:34:47Z")
#4 - Madonna ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/30 "2003-09-13T04:48:37Z")
Dave’s mom’s current married name is made public right inside her own book _Home Cookin’ With Dave’s Mom_: Dorothy Mengering. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/31 "2003-09-13T05:30:05Z")
#3 – Daljit ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/32 "2003-09-13T05:34:31Z")
#2 — Mujibur Sirajul Letterman ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/33 "2003-09-13T05:36:29Z")
#1 – FARRAH! ---
**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/34 "2003-09-13T05:43:14Z")
#2 – Qusay or Uday in remembrance of his late fallen sons… ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/35 "2003-09-13T05:46:32Z")
#1 - Larry “Bud” Letterman ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/36 "2003-09-13T05:57:18Z")
Wait a minute. How do we know Richard Simmons isn’t really the father? ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/37 "2003-09-13T06:22:59Z")
Top Ten reasons, I, David Letterman decided to have a baby: #10 - I was waiting until I had good paying job. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/38 "2003-09-13T06:30:40Z")
#9 - Had trouble finding a girl he could bring home to Paul Schaffer. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/39 "2003-09-13T06:43:09Z")
#8. Finally figured out how it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239/40 "2003-09-13T06:49:21Z")
#7 - Finally gave up on having one with Madonna. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterman-to-be-a-daddy/201239.md?page=3)