Aside from that Red Sox comeback ...

How could you go wrong with last night's television ...

I, of course, was sleeping through one of the greatest comebacks in baseball's postseason history. But I'm not bitter about it ...

Kates and I caught last night's other highlights on DVR tonight ...

First, the special Thursday night edition of SNL ...

It's always good to see Fred Armisen’s impression of Barack Obama. And Darrell Hammond, well, he's good doing just about anyone -- his take on John McCain's constant blinking was right on ...



And Kristen Wiig as the misinformed “Crazy McCain Rally Lady” was perhaps my favorite of the night -- coupled with Amy Poehler's and Seth Myers' "We Liked It" segment ...

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Next it was on to Letterman's show and (insert dramatic music here) John McCain's appearance ...

As if we didn't already know it was going to be good (Read the fascinating transcript here), Letterman pulled out a map illustrating how McCain skipped out on Letterman's show a couple weeks ago.

The band played The Who’s “I Can’t Explain” when McCain was introduced. Letterman’s first question to the senator was “Now what exactly happened?” To which McCain said “I screwed up.”

It was on.



McCain was totally on the defensive and working hard to gain sympathy. His whining about Barack Obama not accepting his invitation to a town hall meeting? And then his suggestion that Barack Obama come on Letterman’s show to debate the issues with McCain? C’mon…. They’ve had three nationally-televised debates -- one of which was a town hall format -- and McCain has lost more ground than he’s gained.

But Letterman stayed his course and never let up. And, oh, it was fun to watch … McCain was squirming when Letterman pressed him on whether Sarah Palin was ready to become president. And then McCain couldn’t give a definitive answer when Letterman pounded him on the legitimacy of the Obama-Bill Ayers connection (Didn’t he say in Wednesday night’s debate that he didn’t “care about an old washed-up terrorist”) -- and to top it off, Letterman brought up McCain’s connection to Gordon Liddy. McCain initially stumbled to respond. ...

It struck me even more when McCain, as Letterman was still pressing a few minutes later, did a complete one-eighty and tried to laugh all of it off, saying "There's millions of words said in the campaign! Come on!"

It was a bad idea for McCain to go on the show.

But hey, Ne-Yo’s performance was pretty good.

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I heard about this one on the radio this morning ... Ha-larious.

My favorites, each delivered by Obama ...

"I was originally told the venue would be Yankee Stadium. Can somebody tell me what happened to the Greek columns that I requested?"

"I do love the Waldorf Astoria. I hear from the doorstep you can see all the way to the Russian Tea Room."

"Barack is actually Swahili for That One."