Lulu Cash Gibson (Child Genius) on Letterman, December 15, 1989
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- By request. Four-year-old child genius Lulu Cash Gibson guests on Late Night after having flown in from London two weeks earlier but was bumped. Into the break, the band plays, of course, "To Sir With Love."
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Lucinda Cash-Gibson is currently a highly accredited professor at Univ. Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and writes on Public Health matters
Professor of what? A lot of these kids who are supposed geniuses go on to live every average lives.
@Ordinary Pete probably not Professor of Logic at the university of science.
@@mem1701movies dog house owner, perhaps?
@@tubester4567 she's a professor at u of Spain in Madrid. And u r response is she's probably average? U won't be booked on Late Night soon, cause a genius u r not
I was just wondering what she was up to in her adult life. She was a total cutie pie in this interview!
She was the youngest member of MENSA at the age of 4 1/2 yrs with an IQ of 161. She's doing very well now she's Professor and Dr Lucinda Cash Gibson BSc, MSc, MRes, PhD.
Awesome fact check . Wonderful outcome
Thanks for sharing 💐
Wow
Now there's a 3 year old
mensa💀
Her laughing at Letterman saying he was smart is priceless.
She was right too lol
It took .00012 seconds to laugh in his face.
Bingo!
H8 b h
At four, she was even smarter than everyone thought.
Nice to see that she’s still has a child like spirit.
He said who's the bone-headed VP and everyone thinks of the current one (with her 28% approval rating)
@@noahhyde8769 Better than your one percent approval rating as a scholar.
Yeah it's like she is 4 years old or something.
If cuteness were sunlight...she would shine from a million miles away.😇
Yep, approximately 93 million on average.
@@BeckVMH Oh Stevee, You are just too smart. 😉
WAW u would really flatter me if you ever wrote to me☺️🤭❤️
@@iagreewithyou749 the happiest I've ever been. It was a sunset in Costa Rico. It was the most amazing color I've ever seen. I couldn't figure out how to explain the beauty of the sky. I thought I'd never see a color so beautiful. Then, I saw your eyes. It was the same exact color as on the beach. Thank you of reminding me of that amazing day. Would that be good?🤫🤔
@@montemccarty6512 WAW yes!
That's amazing
U can be a poet👊😍
Wow! I can not believe they did absolutely nothing in this segment to prove her intelligence, I was hoping to be so impressed
They flew her twice for THAT?! Indeed, very disappointing. Anyway, she was a cute kid and she's doing well as an adult, so good for her.
This was a farce. They flew her all the way over from London, and Letterman did all the talking trying to be funny - obviously determined not to share the spotlight.
All she could do was to answer yes or no to his nonsense - as time ran out.
As a result, they could have placed any kid in that chair.
@@lisasim it was awkward
@Gwendolynn Sue doe you need a hobby, When you scroll through comment sections to look missed spelled words usually due to "text talk" you got some serious issues..
@Gwendolynn Sue doe Hmm is a non-contraction of the original two words a misspelling? Doubt we’re dealing with that level of syntactic sophistication.
"You can't even suck your own thumb" Lmaooooo 🤣🤣🤣 best come back ever🤣🤣🤣🤣
Best line " the answers arent here , I'll have to take your word for it " 😂
🥰🥰🥰🥰so adorable I could never get enough of her wish she was on longer
Sames I was agreeing with the audience when they said they didn't have any time left
Her smile, giggles, laughter is precious! So sweet, beautiful and bright! 🤭☺️❤️
The way little girls used to grow up
She was adorable. Too bad he didn't have more time for her.
Gorgeous kid and could you imagine the laughs you get being around a super cute and smart kid like her. She's a blessing
All children are adorable, even the less smart.
Children are all blessings 😊😊
My favorite genius is Don Giller for capturing so much of Letterman's history! Us Letterman fans and NBC owes you a tremendous amount of thanks!
I think she would have liked some more interesting questions.
A study in how to artlessly fritter away time by avoiding asking intelligent questions of an intelligent child: commenting on appearance /cuteness, inconsequential facts, irrelevant chatter, mildly mocking comments directed at her intelligence and finally creepy proximity!
@@meganc5884 That's YOU reading all that creepiness into this. Says more about you than Letterman.
I think she would've like a more interesting interviewer 🤓
@ Megan C. Very insightful comment.
"What's the capital of Assyria?" is historically a tough question.
David letterman just treats her like a child, and she is delighted. Not what I was expecting with the title, but very sweet.
That interview didn’t show her intelligence very well , flew her over twice for that ! She was so adorable..
Correct. And, yes. Granted the DLS is a comedy talk show, so the "test" was not proper, or even meant to be: knowledge does not equate to intelligence, necessarily. Oh well, was still fun to watch :)
@@pashadyne Perhaps. But I have to think her acceptance into Mensa was based on an INTELLIGENCE test, NOT a KNOWLEDGE test. And my understanding is that one can increase their knowledge, but not their intelligence - though perhaps this has been challenged. lately. Anyhow, I do know the kinds of questions on a Mensa test, and they are about pattern recognition, and the like, but not about knowledge in and of itself. Unfortunately, terms, concepts, associations/relations are often conflated by those who don't fully contemplate them. Oh well.
@@pashadyne Hm? Sorry I was taken to be shouting, as it was not my intent. The caps were for emphasis, not as shouting. Anyhow, yes, she said she didn't take a test, but I suspect she misspoke, as I can't imagine anyone, at any age, accepted into Mensa w/o taking an approved test - though I guess they could have made an exception. Anyhow, I didn't mean to outright dispute that knowledge at a young age might indicate some level of intelligence, only intended to note the generally view that they are not necessarily connected. I think we are much of the same mind, just having a slight communication issue. As George Bernard Shaw has been attributed as saying, "The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place."! :D Take care, and be well...
How old is she now 2021? What has become of her now?
Truth
Somebody needs to have her on now as she is a professor. That would be fun.
Especially if we can ask if she KNOWS and UNDERSTANDs the bioweapon -19.
@@gforcewindswinds291 She would certainly make short work of whackos like you.
Janet Partyka Maybe on "My next guest needs no introduction"?
Yeah, and she could interview Letterman, he'd have the wits of a 4 yr old.
@@gforcewindswinds291 and as a native english speaker maybe you can discern
the text better than I can.
I can’t believe this clip came up! I remember watching this episode when it came on.
Dave: "You know, I'm a pretty smart guy."
Girl: Laughs her head off! (HILARIOUS!)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Dave is highly intelligent.
She's s o intelligent that she's STILL WEARING A NAPPY. at the age of three . ! None of the children in our family were wearing nappies after r nine months old.!
Russia is not a country it is a continent. I don't think she is particularly intelligent
She had s imply been t aught a set of facts. and memorized t hem.
@@valerieobrien5521 russia is indeed a country but the size of a continent but yes some children do memorize a set of facts and thus appear highly intelligent whereas their problem solving ability is much more limited
@@valerieobrien5521 Russia is a country, and Google her name. She is definitely highly intelligent.
I like how she laughs when asked "Do you smoke?" hehehe...
"I'm a pretty smart guy" how she cracks up is gold
Nah she laughs cuz she burns out with the best of them
Precious ❤️girl
@@marymccloskey1201 cute
Wow they weren't kidding. Look this kiddo up now. She has so many letters after her name for all of her degrees, I'm pretty sure they are going to move onto numbers and symbols next haha.
If cuteness is smart, she's a freaking genius!
There was nothing here that suggested she was anything other than a youngster with average intelligence.
@@generalyellor2187 average intelligence doesn’t get one into MENSA.
@@jennys.214 No one is denying that she was smart enough to get accepted into MENSA, just that it wasn't obvious in the interview. She came across as a typical 4 year old.
Letterman should've given her a large doll house.
When she laughs at him the innocence of a child.
This is a sentence?
Cliche comment
@@kwisclubta7175 Nope 🤪🤪
I don't think that's taught in schools anymore. Not punctuation, grammar, or spelling, it seems -- the very basics of language.
"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Here's where she is now: Currently working at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), involved in the scientific coordination of EU-PEARL project. Also a Collaborative Researcher with the Research Group on Health Inequalities, Environment, and Employment Conditions (GREDS-EMCONET), Dept of Political and Social Sciences,Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) The Johns Hopkins - UPF Public Policy Center (JHU-UPF PPC).
@Recuts I'm guessing you have a particular problem with muslims, why is that?
If early indicators are large enough.. I would think it matters.
@Recuts it's the Establishment that you should be angry at....they rule everything.
@Recuts And which country is that?
Ah what a nice interview, not too much pressure and plenty of fun for the little girl
What an adorable, gorgeous bright kid with beautiful shoes, hair and what a dolly walk and oh so innocent yet mature.
Mature? In what way? She struck me as a perfectly ordinary 4 year old.
A perfectly normal 4 year old. Absolutely enchanting, though 😊
Omg…that laugh of hers is so beautiful to hear. Dave is amazing with children!
he was fucking weird... he was obviously nervous, talking nonsense, complementing her appearance multiple times. I mean, couldn't he ask about school, pets or something? he never talked to a kid before? wtf. Also, of course he couldn't control himself at the end and had to put her on his lap. Fucking old creep
And animals! (RIP Bob😘)
Such a cute little girl, the interview was precious.
She was adorable, let her shine brighter and show her intelligence to all of us, interview didn't go quite like it should've!!
you can tell she s smart by the way she sits there like a grownup.
how she looks, talks, watch and see everything... it is sublime, the air of a gifted creature.
a 4 year old would n t be able to sit for 3 sec.
Yes, I thought the same. 4:34 how she looked at the bubble machine and gauged how the audience reacted. Processing.
Some 4 year olds, maybe. I've known 4 year olds who can sit still and answer questions. In fact, it's a fairly recent phenomenon that 4 year olds can't sit still for 5 minutes. It used to be that most of them could and did.
She's just so adorable. I've never seen anything cuter. What a sweetheart.
So true my friend
You never had kids? Never cuter? Get out in the world
@@KQwest98 ?
Precious and hilarious! And so is that little girl also...😉
@@heavnnnsent wdym she’s “😉”
She handles an interview well.
Like any other four-year-old.
yup,she listens think and responds in a timely manner.
He didn't give her much of a chance. All she could do was answering yes and no, and time was gone.
The interview was like the bubbles that was supposed to amaze her...puff.
This is the video i needed in 2021. Thanks TH-cam
She was so smart that she studied what would get her over in America at the time and determined that ultimate cuteness was the key!
Her laughter is so unforced.
I like how Letterman doesn’t talk down to kids; yet makes them laugh.
Are you kidding? He was so arrogant and condescending it's almost unimaginable. (Sorry, I seem to have missed your irony).
letterman talked the whole time. The kid had no chance to say anything.
I much prefer how Carson used to handle these kind of interviews. He was a natural with children and animals. I think the key to his success here was that he used to park his ego at the stage door, as it were, and just let the guests shine.
I often wonder why in heck Letterman ever had kids on at all. He is so awkward and uncomfortable with them. Am I right or am I missing something?
@@1960markN That's certainly how I see it. I feel really uncomfortable watching him interact with chikdren. Never felt that way with Carson. He played it liked someone's favourite uncle or beloved grandfather with a ready smile and twinkle in his eye.
I miss Johnny and Dave. When Talk shows were great.
And didn’t talk about politics that no one cares about.
I don’t miss Letterman and grouping him in with Carson is an insult to Carson. Carson was at least funny. Letterman was a narcissistic jerk whose one great accomplishment was to make it fashionable for middle aged men to continue to act sophomoric. He was a negative influenced of the culture while Carson was a credit to it. Carson’s show was light and healthy and appealed to the better side of us while Letterman’s was dark and disturbing and appealed to the baser side of our nature. His humor was ascerbic and biting. He tore down while Carson built up.
@@alextaylor8776 that no one cares about?! What planet are you living on?
@@Person-mh6xq Klingon Homeworld and all I got to say to you is yIDoghQo.
@@CSUnger : Clearly, you don’t remember Carson that well. His opening monologue was full of topical humor & jokes about politicians. And when in New York City, his guests included John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Nixon & other political figures. But when he moved the show to California, the show leaned heavily on Hollywood personalities & cheap laughs. Letterman, starting at 12:30, & being based in New York, was more experimental, more about parodying the whole genre. Carson always favored Letterman, & wanted him to succeed him as the host, but the network preferred Leno.
This was an interview with a child genius. Meanwhile, a fellow commented that this interview was a (waist), a (waist) of time. How wonderfully amusing. She was tiny, and so she had a tiny waist, but I didn't see this as a waste of time, not at all.
😂😂😂a waist of time!!!
A mind is a terrible thing to midriff.
@@sdkerby What an abdominal pun.
Thank you ; the level of nastiness of some of these commenters -- directed at a FOUR YEAR OLD -- is mind boggling.
@@patricias5122 As of this year she would be thirty six, but still. She was a sweet, harmless, adorable child.
She's adorable, love her laugh.
Wow she's a genius🙄 She's so smart that she behaves like a normal child to fool us
OMG, she was ADORABLE!!!!!
Ah yes, TV was actually fun 30+ years ago when late night TV featured real comedians and Guests wore gorgeous attire!!
That is the sweetest little girl!
"Ehh... Rusher." I remember that well. Dave would ask so many kids if they smoked. I'd venture to guess he never got a bigger laugh than this one out of that question. Thanks Mr. Donz! I really appreciate what you're doing here.
What an adorable child.
The way she said cause people tell me is amazing ahahahahhh
I watched his show every night after becoming an adult in 1990.
It came on at 11:30 pm. I had to get up for work at 6:30 am. I couldn't do that today on 5-1/2 hours of sleep.
@@pattiday431 I wish I could get 5.5 hours of sleep a night. I'm lucky if I get a full 4 a night. Never watched this show however, can't stand the guy!
Should have brought her back a third time. She was sharp and adorable.
I must say though, I wish we had got to see some of her smartnes here on this show, asking her two questions wasn't convincing me of anything. She might be smart and a genious but this clip didn't show it.
She was precious!
I want to believe her immediately laughing at him saying he's a pretty smart guy is a sign of genius level comedic timing, and she understands what she did there.
Nah just a kid being a kid
@@swirlingfudge I agree, you can be plenty good with numbers but I think understanding social cues and wordplay and stuff like that comes with age
@@ryliel3130 Yes, and that is why the OP said he WANTS to believe it.
She is so cute and sweet! She reminds me of my first daughter so very much.
Having a sense of humor is a sure-fire sign of intelligence, especially
in young kids, who mostly tend to take tongue-in-cheek statements
literally and don't recognize irony ("You smoke?")
That makes me feel smarter..
No affectation there and that is very smart for a young child.... She's adorable.
4 years old kid understands the adult joke very well and you are asking if she even smart?
"Lulu Cash Gibson" is a tremendous name. Also a great interviewer
@Chi Sam got me! Should've said interviewee. boy, my face sure is red! Thanks for the call out friend :)
@Chi Sam ever since I saw beauty and the beast as a young chap I have avoided the word! How dare you
I'm glad he was having fun with her and not making it a science experience. 😀
They really spent their time to explain and demonstrate this girls genius in this segment...
hey it's Letterman, what did you expect?...
The sweetest little munchkin I’ve ever seen!
She's in jail now.
@@redwater4778 Don't try to start rumors.
What a charming young person she was... a real sweetie pie.
Remember when we had real late night talk show hosts?
Bill Bored - You can't seriously mean Letterman? He has been a jackass buffoon his entire life. There was nothing funny about him, but the size of his own ego. Couldn't stand watching him.. he was so untalented. Leno, Carson and the greats, letterman will never be.
@@ms.farmgirl Thanks for letting me know your opinion on Letterman. So interesting.
@Fvck Off Peoples opinions of a talk show host = FACT. Makes perfect sense, LOL :)
@Fvck Off You responded to my post..... yeah? I wasn't letting YOU know, I just made a comment. You just had to disagree, just had to let me know YOUR opinion. So your response there, doesn't quite work. But hey, good try. But hey, your 'opinion as fact,' will always make me laugh.... we have that. :)
@Fvck Off Yours too. Ok, I'm off to watch some reruns of Letterman, best late night talk show host! Cheers.
She's adorable. I love that laughter and giggles.
Hi iamlight, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Richard by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture, it can brighten up the most darkest atmosphere of any man’s world😉.
@@richardsmith7696 You haven't "met" anyone here, you are just trying to use this as a dating site 👎
The more astonishing thing was seeing a British child. They're elusive. Like baby pigeons, you never see them.
Letterman: "What's the largest country in the world?"
Lulu: "Russia."
Letterman: "Well...the answers aren't here, so I'm going to have to take your word for it."
If ever there was a 'genius' late night talk show host, David Letterman was it. I even miss the bubble machine!!
💩💩💩💩💩
@@CIoseyourmouth I don't understand
My gosh, that kid is adorable! That smile...
I don't know who is this girl and i know that she is 16 years older than me now but when i see this interview it makes me feel like i want to protect her she is soo adorable! 🤗
Ahhh "To Sir with love" by lulu
Clever
Who was the bonehead who flew the girl here for a 2 minute interview?
Yea. Dave showed his partisan side even back then. Tell me, was Dan Quayle wrong when he was highly criticized and attacked for saying that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to a breakdown in society? All the smarmy leftist late night show hosts should be embarrassed for their highly vocal opinions regarding people and things they were so clearly wrong about. How many of them would ever admit their extremely poor errors in judgement? I'm guessing not one of them....
Twice!
@@t.martin1841 yes! If it wasn’t for his wife, he never would have graduated college.
"To Sir With Love" = 2121 gematria. L=12, U=21. Flown "twice" for a "two" minute interview. "to" and "two". 1989 year of interview. 17x117=1989. Video re-uploaded 2017. 2017 is the 306th prime. 306=17x18. 3x7=21. 21st prime is 73. 17 is the 7th prime. Lulu was 4 years old in this video. The 4th prime is 7. It's 2021=47x43.
@@t.martin1841 Yeah, and look what society has become as a result of "the breaking down of the family unit". What a mess.
What a Little Angel!!
He was right, that was a cute dress.
I don’t care how smart you are , you gotta love bubbles .
Boom Shock a lock a Bubbles
too too cute this beautiful girl
Hi Nancy, it’s nice meeting you here.. I’m Richard by name, it would be nice getting to know you better, if that’s ok with you? My mom once said good friends are never too much to have. if you don’t mind, can we be friends??
Lovely smile you got there on your profile picture, it can brighten up the most darkest atmosphere of any man’s world😉
Youngest-ever member of Mensa in 1989 at the age of four and a half with an IQ of 161
IQ-Inflation adjusted that would be 176 in 2021
And no life to boot.
Well, she said her IQ had never been tested.
@@sungam69 , humanity's intelligence has dropped that much, eh?
I think it's like grade inflation--higher grades given to boost self-esteem.
Omg the cuteness is off the scale
Precious
Very K O { Kelly Osbourne }
Hello Susan
How are you?
I scored in the top 1% of societal intelligence quotient and I live a normal fulfilling life. I love God so I'm happy being me. My family turned down mensa when I was in the 1st grade. Some local college professors had me put in the paper for understanding vast chemicals and their interactions, also in the 1st grade. I hope my daughter is more intelligent than I and does something good to benefit humanity.
How sweet both of them🤭💗
What an adorable little girl!
Looking at this she be 36 years old today love to see her again
She is so adorable!
When going to break, the band played "To Sir with Love" by Lulu.
One of my all-time favorite songs when it first came out...and even now! it really meant something to me...think it was like 1967-68 something like that...it just was beautiful and so passionate....I loved it
Good for you. I missed that.
I miss Letterman so much!! She was a cutie... I actually remember when she was on! Wow I'm old I guess! 💕😂💕
"Rusher..."
Dave was great with kids in his own way. Always treated them nice, and would throw in a few jokes over there heads that the adults would get, without being inappropriate.
@Chi Sam So your phone translate there, their and they're perfectly everytime? Wow you're such a better human than I.
@@kidwave1 He's prolly not a better human than you, he's just not as stupid as you are.
@@acmeopinionfactory8018 In our society, intelligence is not as important as social skills and likability are.
@@Broken_Cracka If being liked by idiots is important to our society, then we deserve the inevitable collapse.
@@Broken_Cracka That's for sure, and our country is worse off for it. As a society we seem to resent smart people, but they have brought us so much.
Clone her! She's so sharp and adorable.
"To Sir, with Love" 😌...awww, great film, wonderful song, sung by Lulu, about a beloved teacher...Paul was himself always a bit of a genius with his lead in and break songs, always brought me such delight!
💜😉💖 I miss this show. 😔
What are YOU smoking???
Adorable
All Dave needs is kid to goof around with and he's gold.
Johnny was great with kids too.
I always wondered how you can determine that a 4 year old kid is a genius. I would assume that it would be primarily by assessing their problem solving skills as how much have they seen at such an early age. Come on knowing who is the president is not a sign of cleverness even at 4 years old. One thing for sure she is lovely and look very happy a good start in life.
I was tested at age Six sitting age appropriate puzzles and problem solving questions. I am gifted, an abstract thinker. However, I didn't have pushy parents.
When I was tested at age 5, it was with the Stanford-Binet instrument. Like Thomson I was asked age-appropriate questions and did puzzles. I also read out loud the notes that the woman facilitating the tests wrote on her paper - in cursive, and upside down to me, sitting across from her. The woman didn't believe I could possibly do that, so she wrote more and I read it back to her from across the table again. I ended up scoring a 144 on my intelligence test - and still play Scrabble upside down to this day!
Her telling him he didn’t know how to suck his thumb was genius comedic timing
@@bluemoon1972 It's really good that you're so smart. And humble!
I was tested at the age of 4, in the 1950s. At that age, I could read my dad’s doctoral thesis - I didn’t know what all the words meant, but I could read it. The only part I clearly remember is being shown pictures of different piles of blocks and had to quickly say how many blocks were in each; it was easy and fun!
It's hard not to like such a cute kid.
Dave is soo good with kids, I'm glad he had one.
You consider that good with kids? She hardly said 3 words.
@@ViaticalTree I taught young children for 35 years. You are correct. He won’t draw any child out with yes/no questions.
Dave isn't good with anyone. He has interesting guests and sometimes he doesnt spoil the interview completely. He is a condescending prick.
This is how I lost my talk show. I tired to make it about me instead of hurling watermelons out the window.
"To Sir, With Love" sung by Lulu. Very clever.
help
my ice cold heart
it's melting
So adorable ❤
That was sweet!
Today, Lucinda (Lulu) CASH-GIBSON.
Education: University Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona, Spain. BSc / MSc / MEes / PhD
Currently working at Vall DeHebron Research Institute.
Party school
@@morpheus6749
PhD, You can get just about any job you want, anywhere in the world.
@@Mark-lq3sb LOL what? I know people that got their PhD online. Are you kidding?
@@Mark-lq3sb Who told you that? I can show you boatloads of PhDs who have trouble finding a halfway decent job. Not all PhDs are created equal. With a PhD in some bullshit mickey mouse subject like gender studies you can maybe get a job as a burger flipper at Mickey D's, as long as you don't tell them about your "PhD".
@@morpheus6749
Then you are a fool not choosing wisely.
I miss David Letterman.
Asking someone a list of basic, fact-based questions doesn't tell you how smart they are. It only tells you what they've memorized.
It was a cute interview but I clicked to see a demonstration of how she was a genius. I'm disappointed he didn't do a little more with that, but oh well
True that relatively speaking with the child prodigies in 2022 !! 0-o
@@styphlynne8253 when I was in high school I was hanging out at a friend's house and his brother (a sophomore) asked me two questions:
1. Who lives on Pennsylvania Avenue? (I didn't know)
2. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? (I said SpongeBob SquarePants)
Apparently The White house is on Pennsylvania Avenue so the correct answer is that the president lives on Pennsylvania Avenue.
My friend's brother goes on to say that most Americans these days can answer question 2 but not question 1, and how this was proof that America has gotten stupid.
Of course I recognized his argument as being heavily flawed because these questions has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence. But he was one of those people who had such confidence that they are right even if they are not
Letterman doing his best Johnny Carson...
Please.
I don’t miss Letterman and grouping him in with Carson is an insult to Carson. Carson was at least funny. Letterman was a narcissistic jerk whose one great accomplishment was to make it fashionable for middle aged men to continue to act sophomoric. He was a negative influenced of the culture while Carson was a credit to it. Carson’s show was light and healthy and appealed to the better side of us while Letterman’s was dark and disturbing and appealed to the baser side of our nature. His humor was ascerbic and biting. He tore down while Carson built up.
He's good with kids but someone needs to teach him how to ask open ended questions .