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On Letterman, laughs for striking writers

With the same ol' writers, same ol' attitude, and (oh yeah) that new beard, David Letterman returned to the air last night in the midst of an eight-week Writers Guild strike that continues to sideline the rest of entertainment television -- late-night TV now excepted.

And in the chance anyone in the audience didn't know what this whole strike thing was about, Letterman soon corrected that...

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