Letterman Cracking Jokes From Hospital Bed

How's David Letterman doing? Well enough to keep up with the football news, and to joke about it. <br><br>Letterman, host of "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS, was in a private room at New

Monday, January 17th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

How's David Letterman doing? Well enough to keep up with the football news, and to joke about it.

Letterman, host of "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS, was in a private room at New York-Presbyterian Hospital recovering from heart surgery.

"I spoke to Dave on the phone," show producer Rob Burnett saidSunday. "I asked, 'Dave, how do you feel?' and he said, 'Betterthan Jimmy Johnson."'

Johnson was coach of the Miami Dolphins. He quit Sunday, a day after his team was hammered by the Jacksonville Jaguars 62-7 in a National Football League playoff game.

Letterman, 52, had emergency quintuple bypass surgery Friday after tests showed that one of his arteries was clogged. His doctors said that they are pleased with his progress and that he might be able to go home Friday.