Goodbye, Dave

David Letterman helped me figure out who I am. At least, as an on-air performer.

As a young man getting started in radio at the time, Letterman's short-lived morning show was a revelation. I ripped him off shamelessly. I wanted to be him. Somehow, from that seed, I became who I am today when I'm behind a microphone. So in a way I owe it all to Dave.

He wa…