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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? ...

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 ...

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 ...

Culture? >> well, i think dave was the most incisive interviewer since johnny carson. i think that's why he'll be missed, within of the main reasons he'll be missed. you see the late night hosts now, what they're doing is things that go viral, the guest interview is sort of an after thought for them. for dave, the guest interview was the thing. and he interviewed, you know, people of all political stripes. it's something you just don't see in the broadcast late night shows now. >> well, he did do stupid pet tricks. >> and stupid human tricks. >> and stupid human tricks. but my next stupid huma...

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...