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He was a kid, really, when he debuted on nbc's late night, lost out to jay leno for "the tonight show" and jumped to cbs. david letterman became known as a quirky guy with a smile and for his political views. he had to apologize for this joke about a ball game. >> one awkward moment for sarah palin at the yankee game. during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by alex rodriguez. >> wow. and he likes sparring with bill o'reiley. >> so working your way up, does that really apply to fox? >> joining us now from new york is mariesa guthrie. the media critics love dave, just like they co...

And the reason these didn't become more of a pornl indictment was because he went on his showed and talked about all of them. he brought the scandal out in the open. he brought the audience into it. he explained it to the audience. i'm not saying it was right. and i -- but i think that that's why he got away with it. he wasn't engaged in this cover-up. he didn't go on his show the next day and pretend like nothing happened. >> right. and he made an apology a few days later after some people thought he had taken it too lightly. now, the big question has been, who is taking over the show next ye...

Dave's style was to sort of, you know, take the you know out of people, out of guests. and i think for him, i mean, his political bent, as you said, howie, was not a secret. so you knew if you were john mccain and you got in that chair, remember that interview he did, mccain canceled, said he had to fly back to washington but then he didn't have to fly back to washington doing another interview. >> and he was taunting him every night. >> and that is the comedian's way of, you know, stick thing it to somebody in the audience. the guy who shows up late for the show. so i think that that's -- if ...

David letterman, i didn't see mentioned something i spent a lot of time covering in 2009. that was the sex scandal that he was embroiled in. he would have been the target of a $2 million extortion plot. let's take a quick look at what letterman said to his audience when he revealed this. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is, yes, i have. >> and those women included an intern. how was it when so many other politicians and corporate leaders are brought out with this sort of thing that dave was ultimately able to escape? ...

He was a kid, really, when he debuted on nbc's late night, lost out to jay leno for "the tonight show" and jumped to cbs. david letterman became known as a quirky guy with a smile and for his political views. he had to apologize for this joke about a ball game. >> one awkward moment for sarah palin at the yankee game. during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by alex rodriguez. >> wow. and he likes sparring with bill o'reiley. >> so working your way up, does that really apply to fox? >> joining us now from new york is mariesa guthrie. the media critics love dave, just like they co...