David Letterman peppered his final monologue as host of CBS’s “Late Show” with wisecracks about Scientology, recently resurfaced controversial immigrant Elian Gonzalez, and other topics of the day on Wednesday.
Letterman, who entered the stage to a standing ovation, started out with a joke about his infamous loss of the hosting gig on NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” which went to Jay Leno.
“I’ll be honest with you: it’s beginning to look like I’m not gonna get ‘The Tonight Show,’” he quipped, starting the joking portion of the evening.
Then he said what he’s going to do now that he’s retired: “I hope to become the new face of Scientology,” Letterman cracked.