Top 10 list, a sombre Letterman instead addressed the audience as just another shocked resident of the Big Apple. It's terribly sad here in New York City. Longtime fans would acknowledge that Letterman is a smart, thoughtful man, but he has always been reluctant to share too much of that with his audience, preferring to hide behind goofy antics and, to use the popular term for it, an ironic detachment. What he had to say about the disaster and the way he said it probably aided a lot of viewers in a time of extraordinary sadness and stress. Late-night comics are not leaders in the way that politicians are, but they occupy a significant role in the culture.
Letterman obviously understands that.
Since his breakup with Liz Hurley, Hugh Grant says he's dated 50 women but can't find anyone who matches up to Liz. I need someone to love. I hate being on my own. Terrorists taking over an office building in Die Hard. The White House and Empire State Building blowing up in Independence Day.