You can always count on things to get interesting whenever Howard Stern, ever the troublemaker, pays a visit to the “Late Show,” so it wasn’t too much of a surprise last night when Stern threw this curveball at host David Letterman. After complaining about how his first appearance on the show did not result in Stern becoming an instant millionaire, Stern asked if Jay Leno would be making an appearance as the number of Letterman’s remaining shows winds down into the single digits.  “And by the way, Dave, are you thinking about having Jay Leno on next week for your last show?” Stern asked. “Are you serious? Are you out of your mind?”  “I don’t know,” Letterman answered, and the two turned to the show’s producers to see what was what.  “You know, Jay asked me to be on when he was finishing his show, and I said, ‘That’s a lovely offer, but I think it should be more about just Jay on his final week of shows,’ so I declined,” Letterman said. “And I think he may feel the same way about this situation.”  Well. Thanks for clearing that up for us, Howard.  Stern, in comparison to his 1996 visit, when he showed up in drag, was relatively subdued. Monday night he did the show, where’s he’s been a guest more than 20 times, in a very grown-up suit. Okay, sort of a grown up suit. The jacket did have quite a few buttons, and Letterman couldn’t resist a dig: “I didn’t realize it was Carnaby Street night,” he said.  He still tried to kiss Letterman, though. Good behavior only goes so far with this one.  Soraya Nadia McDonald covers arts, entertainment and culture for the Washington Post with a focus on race and gender issues.
Howard Stern pressed David Letterman about whether late night rival Jay Leno would be one of the last guest on the show. Looks like that's a no.