I just saw last night's Letterman show with Howard Stern and Don Rickles. Stern wore out his "I'm here to make trouble" routine with me long ago and there were moments there when it looked like Dave was feeling as I do…but maybe not. I mean, you book Howard Stern, that's what you get. Dave couldn't have been surprised that Howard took control of the conversation, wouldn't let Dave run his own show and asked questions designed to make the host uncomfortable. That's what the guy does.
But Rickles…well, we've heard that for the last few years, he's had trouble walking. This is the first time he seemed to be having trouble talking. The mind seemed pretty sharp for a guy who just turned 89 but there was a definite speech problem there. Let's hope it's just wobbly dentures instead of something less fixable.