In Praise of David Letterman

Can we talk about how good David Letterman has been lately? Yes, I know that he's been around and generally funny for some time—my work friend D reminds me of this regularly. But he has just recently embraced the fact that he's become an old man, which gives him the right to A) be crotchety and B) make fun of the kids these days. And don't worry: He has plenty of opportunities to apply both A and B. He dedicated, oh, about two full shows to railing on John McCain, who canceled his appearance on the show to "fly back to Washington to solve the economic crisis" (translation: sit down w/ Katie Couric). Then he got all adorable with Michael Cera and hounded Anne Hathaway about her ex-BF. Did she see signs that he was a, what's the word, loser? Did he steal things out of her purse?

This beautiful new era of Letterman really began, though, when ol' Dave was forced to acknowledge that the a-holes of The Hills are famous and then had to INTERACT with them.

First, there was boring Lauren Conrad. He asked her about Heidi and used the word frenemies.

Then he laughed wholeheartedly when Spencer told him how much he gets played for club appearances. (Heidi went on too, but I'll spare you her hair and makeup.)

THEN, he brought his Spencer hatred up when Mary-Kate Olsen was on. Because he's that amazing.