NEW YORK – Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed "Late Show" TV talk show host David Letterman back to the air after a two-month hiatus by presenting a key to the city to the show's latest character — Letterman's beard.
Letterman, like NBC's Conan O'Brien, brought his show back Wednesday sporting a beard that was cultivated while the "Late Show" and many other TV shows were dark, deprived of their writers during a strike.
The strike continues, but Letterman is back — with his writers — after reaching a deal with the Writers Guild of America to let them work.
Bloomberg stopped by at the start of Thursday's show "to pay a special tribute."
"I wanted to present a key to the city," he said, holding a case with the symbolic honor.
Letterman thanked him, but Bloomberg said it wasn't for him.
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"This is for your beard," the mayor said.
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