Because he’s a pro…

…David Letterman had no problem with a quiet and pensive Joaquin Phoenix, who was on the Late Show for what? Oh yeah, he was promoting a movie and retiring from acting, but you wouldn’t have known that if Letterman didn’t drag it out of him. Its not easy to sit at a desk day after day and talk up celebrities and make the time interesting, let alone a guest that doesn’t say a thing. But, in short, Letterman shows you why he is still the king of late night TV. He simultaneously calms any agitation (if that is what he was felling) that Phoenix had and then zings him with some great lines. My favorite is, “We owe an apology to Farah Fawcett, ” a reference to what was until now, the most uncomfortable Letterman appearance.