Dickhead Dave

Letterman lover and Wash Post TV critic Tom Shales on his hero.  Permit me to summarize.  Sexually, no bark and no bite. 

But a 36% jump in ratings on Friday when he delivered his bizarrely immature "confession" that swung between joking and serious.  Last night Letterman boxed up the little boy and put on his adult mask.  Some audience members were disappointed Dave got serious.

Wife Regina Lasko, a former Letterman staffer herself, who endured 23 years and one kid with the man waiting for the gold ring, had to know he was dicking around on her with his captive harem well aware of the head they had to do to get ahead.  Working for Letterman was like working for Hugh Hefner: stiff competition among the girls for Dave's stiffy. Dave had a 10-year relationship with his head writer and co-creator of  "Late Night" - Merrill Markoe - from 1978 to 1988 that overlapped at the end with Lasko.

As for sexual harassment claims, CBS has a policy requiring employees to disclose in-house relationships but Dave doesn't work for CBS.   He's employed by his own production company, Worldwide Pants.

As for the perp producer Joe Halderman's Mob lawyer Gerald Shargel, it appears to me that the guy who got Gotti off once is trying to force a plea deal by going on TV and blabbing to the media threatening sordid revelations about Dave's sex life with staffers.

Letterman's joke Monday night about this being "phase one of the scandal" and sobbing on Oprah is next -  is no joke.

It's Shargel's move now.