really after that time, his -- his monologues got a little more political and started poking more fun, and he really did take a look, i think, at world as a whole the way a lot of people did and a lot of comedians did after 9/11. >> well, here he is, david letterman, right after 9/11, a week later. >> watching all of this i wasn't sure that i should be doing a television show because for 20 years we've been in the city making fun of everything, making fun of the city, making fun of my hair, making fun of paul -- well. >> you know, it seems like it was -- reminds me of johnny carson, i watched another guy for 30 years, and carson never talked politics. nobody could read his politics like we can't read politics. i don't know what letterman's politics are and yet after robert kennedy, his neighbor at u.n. plaza right there in new york city on the east side, when bobby was shot down, he came on and just blew us away by saying we've got to do something about