is an inexpensive item. larry: that s correct. you are going to put the rumors to rest tonight about who wrote letters from a nut. yes. larry: who was identified as ted l. nancy, a nom deplume. a nom of plume. now this idea of this character started 15 years ago. and when the idea arose we decided to keep it a secret, who was writing these letters larry: and tonight tonight, you will meet the person who has conceived of this entire character. and it was really thought of we did it as kind of a gag, just for ourselves to have fun and the books took off. and there s been, i think, four or five of them now, best sellers and never intended to be that larry: the trouble with the book, called trouble, you can t read it without breaking up. we will read some letters later. writes crazy letters to people. and they answer him. larry writes to hotel,