At the signing for Paul Dini's book — which is looking like one of the best-selling graphic novels of all time — I got into a discussion with a group of people talking about late night TV, a frequent topic in my life. We were discussing Colbert and Meyers and Conan and guys named Jimmy or James. Then someone asked me what David Letterman was doing these days and I said, "Mostly taking it easy and spending time with his family, plus he was all over the Indianapolis 500, as he usually is."
Then a woman who was listening to all this said, "He's got that beer commercial running now."
We all told her, "Dave isn't doing beer commercials."
She said, "Of course he is. It's on all the time. It's David Letterman and he's selling beer." We all assured her she was wrong but she was sure she was right.
A few minutes ago, I was watching last night's Nightly Show and I saw a commercial for Traveler Shandy, which I guess is some kind of ale. It features this fellow, who I guess is an exec with the company…
And I suddenly realized why that lady thought what she thought.