NEW YORK -- David Letterman finds the Bristol Palin-Levi
Johnston engagement announcement irresistible as monologue fodder.
But the late-night host, who ran afoul of the Palin family last
year with a misfired joke, took it relatively easy on the young
couple on Wednesday's "Late Show."
Letterman joked that Johnston will arrive for the wedding tied
to "Sarah Palin's pickup." He also wisecracked that Bristol Palin
made the announcement on an "hour-long ESPN special," a reference
to the channel's show on LeBron James.
Letterman's final Palin joke poked fun at himself. Last year, he
apologized to the Palins for a ribald joke involving one of their
daughters. On Wednesday, the CBS host noted that Johnston, who made
comments critical of the Palins, has issued a "heartfelt apology"
to them.
Letterman paused a couple of beats, then said: "That kind of
rings a bell."
