"Classic" Letterman from '98...Cher & The Twin Towers

How utterly bizarre it is to use the word "classic" to describe 1998, and yet...it's almost a decade ago. This Letterman episode is actually from late that year, just about nine years ago. It seems like yesterday and 30 years ago at once...an uneasy feeling that comes more and more as one ages. And so we have the shot of the World Trade Center at night in this episode...honestly, it feels like having lived in another dimension to view it. It's dreamlike. I don't have to tell you. Then there's Cher. Like my transition? I could've used a cliche newscaster-esque "switching gears" comment, but I do try so very hard to be original. It's almost more remarkable NOW that this 52-year-old frequent-punchline of an entertainer scored an out-of-nowhere #1 single with BELIEVE. It is SO odd. Good odd, but odd. And #1 for a solid month. With an accompanying top five album. Twelve-year-olds were grooving to a 60s icon!?! God BLESS our enduring national treasure, Cher! And thank you, Mr. Letterman, for another slap-in-the-face reminder that you blink, POOF, and a decade of your life is gone. That's meant to be a positive statement...