The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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waiting for Jack, Johnny, Dave, or Jimmy to call them into the chair next to their desk. Okay, so we got Jack Hanna and his zoo animals and Los Lobos, which had performed on the La Bamba soundtrack the year before. But they were pretty cool guys, and we got to pet an aardvark or some such exotic animal. We had hoped to spend a few minutes with Letterman after the show, but he had something going on. Still, Morton said he was sorry about that and was glad to have us at the show. Desmond and I watched the whole show on a big monitor screen, and Letterman was on his game. I can't recall a single joke from the monologue or a barb he hurled at Hanna, who The night before Desmond Howard won the Heisman was wearing that crazy safari Trophy, he went to a taping of David Letterman's hat. But I can remember how show in New York City. photo courtesy michigan athletic media relations loudly we laughed. Oh, we just howled. News anchor requested his presence The show was taped just before in his office. We were on the elevathe dinner hour in order to have the tor and down the hall to Brokaw's proper amount of time to set it up on sprawling office. satellite for the time slot at 12:35 am. Desmond told Brokaw, "You're So that night I curled up in my bed smooth, like Brent Musburger." They at the Downtown Athletic Club and laughed and Brokaw complimented watched the show again. And since him for his abilities and desires to there is no ceiling to the green room, help various charities once he turned which is adjacent to the stage and set, pro—an announcement that would I could hear Desmond cackling and come after the Rose Bowl. me laughing way too loud. Brokaw absolutely gushed over And I laughed some more. Desmond but acted as if the rest of Meeting Tom Brokaw after the show us shouldn't have been allowed in. was anything but a rush. Word had He gave us dead-fish handshakes spread that Desmond was in Rock- and quickly looked away to ask quesefeller Center, and the NBC Nightly tions of Desmond. I wanted to say,