Another Weird Guest for Letterman...

So we've talked about David Letterman's 'misfortune' when it comes to surreal guests. But something really surreal happened last night. Sasha Baron Cohen went on- as himself.



Traditionally, this wouldn't be weird, like if Jack Hanna or Rosie Perez did it (way to pick examples, Dan) but Cohen will traditionally stay in character when promoting a movie, like he did on Conan a while back:



Cohen is funny, and his characters are funny, and so his appearances in character are usually also funny- however, the whole going-on-a-talk-show-in-character thing kind of rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it's because Andy Kaufman did it well, or because Andy Dick does it so poorly. Either way I just don't like the concept of going on a talk-show in character, even though I normally like seeing Cohen do it. (I hate the concept of the piece, but like the art itself, similar to Britney Spears' 'Toxic') So seeing the artist instead of the character was actually nice, especially when Cohen is one of the most interesting artists working in Hollywood today.

Third most interesting, after us.

Anyway, poor Dave- the dude can not catch a break!

Dan