September 13, 2003

TOP TEN BABY NAMES

David Letterman is soon to become a father:

After the cheers and applause from the studio audience subsided, Letterman joked about the upside of becoming a father for the first time at his age: "By the time the child has trouble in life, you know, I'll be dead. I'll be long gone. By the time the kid's out stealing cars, you know, Dad will be dead a few years."

Not necessarily.

Posted by Tim Blair at September 13, 2003 10:00 AM
Comments

If the child is a boy, then there's only one name possible. “Warren”.

Posted by: Eric Jablow at September 13, 2003 at 10:33 AM

And if it's a girl, she'll likely be named "Monty".

Posted by: Clarke Kent at September 13, 2003 at 10:01 PM

Frequent Letterman guest Tony Randall had his first child at age 77 (his wife's about 40 years younger than he is), so Dave may still have to deal with his kid's college years before passing on...

Posted by: John at September 14, 2003 at 03:59 AM