I TiVo most of the late-night talk shows each night, in the hopes that some band or author that I love is fea­tured – some­how, that's eas­i­er than pre­emp­tive­ly scan­ning TV Guide. But, I was gen­uine­ly sur­prised and thrilled to see the illus­tra­tor and writer Bruce McCall as a guest on David Letterman's show, the oth­er night.
Some of Bruce McCall's New Yorker covers, from 1995–2008.
Letterman's show might not have the cul­tur­al rel­e­vance that it once did, but you get the sense by watch­ing the seg­ment that he'd rather be sit­ting there talk­ing to McCall, than Mary-Kate or that chick from Twi­light. It's just one of the many things that make Dave tick, and why I have a TiVo sea­son pass for the Late Show.
In the clip below, Let­ter­man and McCall look at and dis­cuss some of the work in McCall's new children's book, Mar­vel­town.
We in the northeast are getting our first snow storm of the year.
After ven­tur­ing down to Quin­cy tonight, it was nice to find out that my Saab is actu­al­ly quite good in the snow. We were back in Cam­bridge in one piece before the snow real­ly start­ed pil­ing up.
It'll be a nice week­end to curl up with a bot­tle of wine, a good book, & some­one you love.