Well, it turns out that the Moore/Letterman exchange I mentioned last week is indeed apparently fictional. (As I mentioned in the original post, “Don’t know if it’s true, and I won’t assume that it is. But it’s at least a good joke.”) Nathan Florea says he has a more accurate transcript, which is very different, and he points to a file containing the relevant clip.
I couldn’t get the file to work for me — I saw the video, but not the audio, and I don’t read lips much. But, especially given my original skepticism about the original version, I suspect that Mr. Florea is right. Another beautiful story ruined by ugly fact . . . .
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