Letterman & Leno

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David Letterman.... "Top Other Changes At CNN": Wolf Blitzer changing name to Blitz Wolfer; When covering a hard story, reporters ask, "What would Jack Daniels do?"; Every Sunday it's "WKRP in Cincinnati" marathons; Reporters must make quotation marks with fingers when calling Bush "President"; They're putting Lou Dobbs on steroids; Every night, one lucky viewer receives an on-air physical from Dr. Sanjay Gupta; Last 10 minutes of newscasts, anchors sing hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today; Changing name to CNNN; Interactive feature allows viewers to administer painful electric shock to Larry King.

Jay Leno.... According to the "American Journal of Nutrition," the mother's genes are what drives obesity in children. How about the mothers that drive their children to McDonald's? .... Martha Stewart is getting out of prison this week. Boy, time really flies when you're not the one doing it. .... Martha also said that prison was the toughest, most humbling place she's ever been in. Ya know, outside of a K-Mart. .... Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was given an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth today. I believe he's now known as The Duke of Nerds. .... Rapper Nelly has been nominated for two Country Music TV Awards. Nelly collaborated with Tim McGraw on a song. That's an interesting combination, isn't it? Country and rap? What would you call that? Crap, I guess. .... In an interview on Japanese television President Clinton said that Hillary Clinton would make a great president. Lousy intern, but a great president. .... Eighty-seven-year-old West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd is in trouble after he compared Senate Republicans to the Nazis. He would have compared them to the Ku Klux Klan but he used to be a member. .... CNN, God bless them, has become the first national cable television news network to air commercials for hard liquor. Did you see their new slogan? "CNN -- News with Booze."