Michelle Obama appears on 'Late Show'

NEW YORK, March 20 (UPI) -- First lady Michelle Obama talked about values her disabled father instilled in her when she was a first-time guest on "Late Show with David Letterman."

Obama was greeted with a standing ovation from the studio audience when she appeared on Monday's edition of the late night chat show.

"How are things at the White House? OK?" Letterman asked.

"Things are good, things are good," Obama replied. "Trying to stay out of trouble."

"Hypothetically speaking, at the end of the day, has your husband ever come home and said to you, 'Oh, that John Boehner, what an idiot?'" Letterman inquired.

Obama laughed and said: "It has never happened, never, never. He is always upbeat, particularly about Congress."

"Yeah. How can you not be upbeat?" Letterman laughed.

The first lady also talked about her family and the lessons they have taught her.

"My father had multiple sclerosis and I never knew him to be able to walk, but my dad worked so hard and he loved us so much, and I think from him I learned just absolute, complete unconditional love, the notion that kids really don't need anything but to know that their parents adore them," she said. "And I think that's the greatest gift they gave us, just their constant support and, you know, stability, and that's really what we try to instill in our girls. I mean, you talk about raising kids, it's just really -- you know, we had rules, we had boundaries, but there wasn't anything my dad wouldn't do for us, and... Don't make me cry. This isn't 'Oprah!' It's supposed to be 'Letterman.' What's up? Where are the laughs?"

"Did somebody tell you this was 'Oprah?'" Letterman joked. "Is that why you're here? Oh my, someone misled the first lady."