Across the Yawning Chasm: Sleepy Bush Supporter Perks Up on 'Letterman'

"How do you put into words what this must feel like?" Ryan Seacrest asked Janet Jackson yesterday afternoon as she continued her tour to promote her new album, "Damita Jo."

He was referring, of course, to the utter fabulousness of being a guest on his syndicated daytime TV show in Hollywood, seated on his big red sectional sofa surrounded by about 120 Jackson worshipers and a big picture window overlooking the Ryan Seacrest billboard on Highland Boulevard, and with her lap drenched in water.

Seacrest had accidentally spilled some water on her at the start of the interview.

"It's just incredible to see all this love," Jackson said of the crowd, which included one "super fan" -- who had at one time used the name Damita (Jackson's middle name) and who said Janet inspired her to find love again -- as well as a guy waving a "will you marry me" sign.

Jackson performed two songs from her new album -- the same two she'd sung earlier in the week on ABC's "Good Morning America," But, as Seacrest noted, it was Jackson's first West Coast performance since the Super Bowl halftime show.

And speaking of the Super Bowl, after Jackson's first number, Seacrest quickly went in for the Big Question.

"There's one question on everyone's mind," Seacrest said, leaning in toward Damp Janet.

"Your eyes are green," Jackson responded. "You know, where is it, the Geico commercial, that little lizard . . . they're that color. . . . They're really green, like an iguana or something."

Seacrest struggled to get back to the script: "Did you stop to consider that in about another 10 years, you might wind up singing background for William Hung, or parking cars?"

No, wait -- that's the nasty Nighttime Seacrest script for "American Idol." We need the fawning Daytime Seacrest script.

"There's one question on everyone's mind," Seacrest asked. "Who do you think -- is going to win 'The Apprentice'?"

That Daytime Seacrest is such a kidder.

The Jackson superfans roared their approval of the non-Super-Bowl-halftime-breast-baring question.

Damp Janet smiled.