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Dec. 24, 2003 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- With shouts of "Dave, Dave!" U.S. soldiers greeted the
American late night TV show host David Letterman as he visited troops in central Baghdad on
Christmas Eve.
Letterman, the host of CBS' "Late Show," chatted with wounded and sick soldiers in the military's
main combat hospital and met soldiers at one of Saddam Hussein's ransacked palaces that now
serves as part of the U.S.-led coalition's headquarters.
Arriving at the hospital, Letterman
emerged from a car wearing dark
sunglasses, smoking a cigarette,
holding a cup of coffee and casually
taking a phone call.
Last Christmas, Letterman visited troops in Afghanistan.
Letterman -- who brought along his comedy sidekick Biff Henderson
and the show's musician, Paul Schaffer -- toured the hospital and
stopped at the bed of Pfc. Jacob Dominique, 20, of Archbold, Ohio.
"We took his appendix," a nurse said.
Letterman's reply -- "I saw it downstairs in the gift shop" -- won a roomful of laughs.
In a routine that Letterman is famous for on the show, he read out a "top 10" list written especially
for the soldiers: the top 10 signs you've been in Iraq too long.
"No. 9: you've heard a crazy rumor that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the governor of California,"
Letterman said.
Number two was, "Camel: it tastes like chicken."
Number one was aimed at the soldiers running the hospital: "And the No. 1 sign you've been in Iraq
too long: Dave's heard about our outstanding health care and came to us for his hemorrhoids,"
Letterman said to loud applause.
American late night TV show host David Letterman as he visited troops in central Baghdad on
Christmas Eve.
Letterman, the host of CBS' "Late Show," chatted with wounded and sick soldiers in the military's
main combat hospital and met soldiers at one of Saddam Hussein's ransacked palaces that now
serves as part of the U.S.-led coalition's headquarters.
Arriving at the hospital, Letterman
emerged from a car wearing dark
sunglasses, smoking a cigarette,
holding a cup of coffee and casually
taking a phone call.
Last Christmas, Letterman visited troops in Afghanistan.
Letterman -- who brought along his comedy sidekick Biff Henderson
and the show's musician, Paul Schaffer -- toured the hospital and
stopped at the bed of Pfc. Jacob Dominique, 20, of Archbold, Ohio.
"We took his appendix," a nurse said.
Letterman's reply -- "I saw it downstairs in the gift shop" -- won a roomful of laughs.
In a routine that Letterman is famous for on the show, he read out a "top 10" list written especially
for the soldiers: the top 10 signs you've been in Iraq too long.
"No. 9: you've heard a crazy rumor that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the governor of California,"
Letterman said.
Number two was, "Camel: it tastes like chicken."
Number one was aimed at the soldiers running the hospital: "And the No. 1 sign you've been in Iraq
too long: Dave's heard about our outstanding health care and came to us for his hemorrhoids,"
Letterman said to loud applause.
See, he's Scrooge on the outside but Santa on the inside.
