In case you missed it, something remarkable happened on David Letterman's Late Show last night.
Fifteen years ago, someone from either the show or the network (reports vary) cut a stand-up comedy performance by Bill Hicks from airing on that night's broadcast. Being cut from the show deeply effected Hicks, who tragically died several months later from pancreatic cancer.
Letterman obviously felt guilty about the incident. In addition to taking responsibility for originally cutting the segment, last night he personally apologized to Hicks' mother - and then finally aired the excised segment in its entirety.
Why was it cut in the first place? I suppose it might have been controversial in 1993 - but it doesn't seem even remotely so now. In any case, it was a class move by Letterman - and Mary Hicks, while accepting his apology, doesn't exactly let Dave off unscathed. Well worth watching.
