Even Letterman is not entirely certain. On any given night, you wish you were working up to your potential, and when I don't get to my potential, or close to it, it's just discouraging. I think that by now, that ought to be automatic. And while he seems tense, chewing vigorously on a toothpick, he is also incisive and to the point. There are no jokes, no joshing around.
Letterman is all business.
Foremost, he gives the unmistakable impression of a man who will do whatever it takes to revive his show's fortunes. Staples like the monologue and the Top Ten list remain firmly in place. The host is more relaxed and even gives the impression that he's enjoying himself again. Nor has it hurt that the monologues are actually funny again, after what was a very long dry spell. Nevertheless, the host says that radical surgery is not out of the question.