Oprah and Dave: It was nice.
By this, I mean "nice" – not "exciting" or "groundbreaking" or "thrilling."
Just nice. Sometimes that’s good enough, but I still think Oprah missed an opportunity. There were so many questions to ask, so much to talk about, so much of EVERYTHING, that O just kinda figuratively threw up her hands and said “the heck with it…” She tossed in a few softies, he whacked ‘em right back at her. Honestly, there was nothing particularly revealing here, and Letterman – a bigger sphinx than Carson – kept O at arm’s length for 35 minutes.
As mentioned, some nice moments – pictures of Baby Harry, now a boy, cute anecdotes about tricycles in driveway, and a mock scold of O who wondered whether he wanted another kid. Missed it? Some highlights:
* The city of New York has gone crazy for O, and as evidence, Dave reveals a photoshopped picture of Lady Liberty with Lady O's face on it.
* Top ten reasons I love Oprah - 2.) Gave me my first post-surgery sponge bath; 1.) She's giving everyone in today's audience a new house.
* Dave talking about Harry, and "the constant razor's edge - when do you apply patience or discipline and honest to God, I never know." Oprah wondered whether Harry "thinks you're funny." Dave: "Mommy has to tell him a lot that I'm just teasing." Oprah:"It's not good."
* Dave, on fatherhood: "I kinda feel silly addressing this because with eight billion people on the planet, clearly I'm not the first person to have a son. What can I add to that experience except that it's been remarkable."
* Dave on whether his show is still fun - "I'll tell you what's fun - the hour you do the show, then everything else gets to be a little weary and tedious because you do it so many times..."
* Asked what he does when he "kicks back," Dave looked genuinely stumped, then said, "it'd be nice to be in Montana on a horse."
* Dave, on Ball State naming a building after him: "My knees buckled - and I was sitting down..."
* Dave on his heart surgery: "It was one of the best things that ever happened to me. For a hypochondriac it was perfect - gives you so much to talk about.
From the first lovefest.