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Dave's Big Break(s)

David Letterman pulled a stupid human trick—on himself.

The late-night funnyman was in such agony after breaking his schnoz that he nearly recruited Tony Danza to host Monday night's Late Show.

Monday was Letterman's first day back following a long vacation, and Danza was actually waiting backstage in case he got the call. But according to a CBS spokesperson, Letterman managed to soldier through—before making a postshow trip to the doctor's.

Letterman, 60, told the studio audience that he accidentally broke his nose while horsing around with three-year-old son Harry several weeks ago. He said things had gone "haywire" with the healing process and that he was still taking Vicodin to alleviate the pain. To illustrate how awful his condition was, he blew his bloody nose for all to see.

After the show wrapped, Letterman returned to his physician, who ended up rebreaking his nose and setting it correctly.

Meanwhile, Letterman got a big break of another kind Wednesday.

Authorities confirmed they had captured Kelly A. Frank, a 45-year-old ex-con arrested for plotting to abduct Harry Letterman in 2005 and hold him for a $5 million ransom. Frank and another inmate escaped Monday from a prison work detail in northwestern Montana.

The other fugitive, 22-year-old William Willcutt, who was doing time for burglary, is still on the loose.

U.S. marshals nabbed Frank in an area approximately three and a half hours from the town of Choteau, where Letterman owns a 2,700-acre retreat.

Frank, who worked as a painter at the residence, pleaded guilty to charges including theft and misdemeanor obstruction in exchange for prosecutors dropping the kidnapping charge. Because Frank was on work release for a 1998 stalking conviction, the Montana native was sentenced to 10 years.

According to authorities, Frank and Willicut slipped out of a state prison ranch by stealing a truck.

"They were assigned to a work crew that was outside the prison fence outside the prison ranch," Montanta state prison warden Mike Mahoney told CNN. "When you have a population of over 1,400 inmates, every once in awhile someone makes bad choices."

Letterman's camp has so far declined to comment on Frank's escape and recapture.

Frank, who was scheduled to have his first parole hearing within three months, and Willicut now face having their sentences extended by an additional 10 years.

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