David Letterman On Taylor Hicks’ ‘Idol’ Win

David Letterman joked during his Late Show monologue on Thursday night, “Did you see the finale of ‘American Idol’? A guy named Taylor Hicks won. Does he look like a star? Because to me he looks like a guy you see busted on ‘Dateline’. … I was watching ‘American Idol’ last night for their two hour whoopdeedoo. About half way through, I was asking myself, ‘Is Ryan Seacrest really necessary?’”