I used to like David Letterman. I liked him a lot as a performer. I liked what I saw of him as a person from our brief encounters and liked what I heard from friends who knew him well. But I liked him a little less after he threw that huge tantrum about not getting The Tonight Show and his recent tirades against Jay Leno strike me as petulant and childish and…well, I think they've pretty much nuked the last bits of affection I had for Dave.
A lady I worked with used to tell me she never watched him because he was always cranky and bitter and filled with contempt for those around him. I told her no…he was clever and funny and the crabbiness wasn't the real guy. It was just comedy. I'm starting to think like her on this. I used to love watching both Jay and Dave…and the end result of the recent Late Night War is that I like Jay a little less and can't watch Dave at all.