Tom Cruise On Letterman (Not Literally)

Last night. It was pretty kinky. Okay, that's just gross. A while back, Tom Cruise was a guest on the David Letterman show and I was hoping for entertainment, because Tom is a bit on the goofy (wacky kind) side now. He was there to promote not the 1st, not the 2nd, but the 3rd Mission: Impossible film. Sequels, that can mean only one thing, summer is almost here!

But anyway, back to Tom. He didn't jump on any couches. He didn't talk about Scientology. Dave didn't ask him about it or the "silent birth”. All they talked about were their kids pretty much and Tom gave very short answers, had a serious tone to his voice, a serious expression on his face and yet provided answers like he was a cast member of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure”. Actually, if you add all those elements together, it makes his appearance slightly amusing.

Dave asked if the whole process (birth) was easy and Tom's answer? "Yeah, it was easy." That was it. And yeah Tom, it was easy for you. You weren't the one pushing a newborn out your hole!

Letterman commented on Katie Holmes being good looking and Cruise responded with, "Yeah, she's good looking."

Then, you received a lot of, "It was awesome" or "It was unbelievable."

Tom did use the word "increment" at one point, so I was pretty impressed by that. Perhaps someone had it written on a cue card for him.

Dave then asked about a particular scene in the film and if it actually happened. Tom's response? Come on, take a guess. "Yeah, it was real." That was it.

You know, for an action star, paid mucho buckos to entertain the country, Tommy isn't too entertaining a person when you actually sit down and talk to (listen to, in our case) the guy. Even when the guy is serious, he's not very engaging. If it were up to him, he'd probably call for a twenty question true-false interview. Twenty words and then he'd be up and out.

It's too bad, because I enjoy most of his films. I wasn't a big fan of the second “Mission: Impossible,” but "Minority Report," "Vanilla Sky," "Collateral," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Magnolia" among others, I thought were quality films. I've learned to just appreciate celebrities for their talents, because some of them aren't so entertaining away from the screen.