"[21] He also occasionally reported the weather and the day's very high and low temps for fictitious cities ("Eight inches of snow in Bingree and surrounding areas"), on another occasion saying that the state border between Indiana and Ohio had been erased when a satellite map accidentally omitted it, attributing it to dirty political dealings. David Letterman : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn This week, our guest is David Letterman. [11] In 2000, he told an interviewer for Esquire that, while growing up, he admired his father's ability to tell jokes and be the life of the party. Upon his return to the show on February 21, 2000, Letterman brought all but one of the doctors and nurses on stage who had participated in his surgery and recovery (with extra teasing of a nurse who had given him bed baths—"This woman has seen me naked! During the taping of his show on April 3, 2014, Letterman announced that he had informed CBS president Leslie Moonves that he would retire from hosting Late Show by May 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO (Photo … [89] A 2009 article in The New York Times, however, said his salary was estimated at US$32 million per year. "),[79] including Dr. O. Wayne Isom and physician Louis Aronne, who frequently appeared on the show. [105], On April 7, 2017, Letterman gave the induction speech for the band Pearl Jam into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame at a ceremony held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City. Letterman recycled the apparent debacle into a long-running gag. He stated: "This is the second song of theirs that will always have great, great meaning for me for the rest of my life". [163][164] Law professor Eugene Volokh called the case "patently frivolous".[165]. Track Late Show with David Letterman season 4 episodes. "[82] During Letterman's last show, on which Foo Fighters appeared, Letterman said that Foo Fighters had been in the middle of a South American tour which they canceled to come play on his comeback episode. I was satisfied. [128] A parody of Letterman named David Endochrine is gassed to death along with his bandleader, Paul, and their audience in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Later that year, Letterman was a cast member on Mary Tyler Moore's variety show, Mary. Lasko gave birth to a son in 2003. [74] In a joke about their unusual names (inspired by a celebrated comic essay in The New Yorker, "Yma Dream" by Thomas Meehan), he started off by introducing Uma Thurman to Oprah Winfrey, and then both of them to Keanu Reeves: "Oprah...Uma. Letterman and Baldwin introduced seven films for the series. The second Thursday episode usually aired on Friday of that week. Those issues show Pekar's accounts of appearances on Late Night. 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'These are people who were complete strangers when they opened my chest,' he says. This was the first time the band had heard this story. [29][30], By the summer of 1977, Letterman was a writer and regular on the six-week summer series The Starland Vocal Band Show, broadcast on CBS. Your favorites, all in one place. In 1971, Letterman appeared as a pit road reporter for ABC Sports' tape-delayed coverage of the Indianapolis 500, which was his first nationally telecast appearance (WLWI was the local ABC affiliate at the time). Letterman's biggest influence and his mentor was Johnny Carson. David Letterman is bringing his talk show talents back to Netflix. As a kid, the middle child to an older and younger sister, David Letterman had what some may consider to be a pretty idyllic Indianapolis upbringing. He also featured a montage of faux news coverage of his bypass surgery, which included a clip of Letterman's heart for sale on the Home Shopping Network. From 1993 to 2009, Letterman ranked higher than Leno in the annual Harris Poll of Nation's Favorite TV Personality 12 times. This and many of his other jokes fell flat. Critics blasted him for what they deemed a poor hosting of the Oscars, noting that his irreverent style undermined the traditional importance and glamor of the event. For Letterman's arrival, CBS spent US$8 million in renovations. Bill Murray, who had been his first guest on Late Night, was his final guest on Late Show. ", "Jay Leno And Jimmy Fallon Win the Late-Night Week of April 27 – May 1 – Ratings", "David Letterman: Julia Roberts helps him beat Conan O'Brien for first time; Denzel Washington, Jonas Brothers visit Thursday", "Who's loyal to Leno, O'Brien, and Letterman? In this and other appearances, Letterman is listed in the credits as "Earl Hofert", the name of Letterman's maternal grandfather. Letterman started his production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, which produced his show and several others, in 1991. [74] Although Letterman attracted the highest ratings to the annual telecast since 1983, many felt that the bad publicity he generated caused a decline in the Late Show's ratings.[75]. In most U.S. markets the show aired from 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time, and recorded Monday through Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. [177][178] Three days later, Worldwide Pants announced that Birkitt had been placed on a "paid leave of absence" from the Late Show. [158][159] Worldwide Pants co-produced Dave Grohl's Sonic Highways TV series. Since the game was played between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears, the Indianapolis-born Letterman wore a Peyton Manning jersey, while Winfrey, whose show was taped in Chicago, wore a Brian Urlacher jersey. And then all of a sudden I saw him doing it [on TV]. Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the Late Show franchise. Harry Joseph Letterman survived a heart attack at the age of 36, when David was a young boy. Late Night with David Letterman debuted February 1, 1982; the first guest was Bill Murray. Although Ernie Kovacs has also been mentioned as an influence,[135] Letterman has denied this. [90], On the February 3, 2011, edition of the Late Show, during an interview with Howard Stern, Letterman said he would continue to do his talk show for "maybe two years, I think. The streaming service announced Wednesday that the Emmy-nominated My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman is … David Michael Letterman, popularly known as David Letterman, is an American television host who has served the longest period hosting a late night talk show in the history of American television. In a later running gag he lobbied Indiana to rename the freeway circling Indianapolis (I-465) "The David Letterman Bypass". [122] Palin was in New York City at the time with her then 14-year-old daughter, Willow, and some contemporaries thought the jokes were aimed at Willow, which caused some controversy. In 1975, encouraged by his then-wife Michelle and several of his Sigma Chi fraternity brothers, Letterman moved to Los Angeles, California, with hope of becoming a comedy writer. I was one of those guys, I looked around, and everyone else had stopped drinking and I couldn't understand why. [114] During the early years of the Late Show's run, Letterman occasionally used some of Carson's trademark bits, including "Carnac the Magnificent" (with Paul Shaffer as Carnac), "Stump the Band", and the "Week in Review". [104] In season two's premiere episode, Letterman traveled to India to investigate the country's efforts to expand its inadequate energy grid, power its booming economy, and bring electricity to 300 million citizens for the first time. [173] A spokesman for Worldwide Pants said that the company's sexual harassment policy did not prohibit sexual relationships between managers and employees. This week, David Letterman ’s Netflix series makes a comeback and HBO’s “ The Undoing ” makes an entrance. [41], On June 23, 1980, Letterman was given his own morning comedy show on NBC, The David Letterman Show. Letterman appeared in the pilot episode of the short-lived 1986 series Coach Toast, and appears with a bag over his head as a guest on Bonnie Hunt's 1990s sitcom, The Building. Philbin again interviewed Letterman (and Shaffer) while guest-hosting CBS's The Late Late Show (between the tenures of Craig Ferguson and James Corden) on January 27, 2015. Lassally also claimed that Carson had always believed Letterman, not Leno, to be his "rightful successor". For a number of episodes, Letterman continued to crack jokes about his bypass, including saying, "Bypass surgery: it's when doctors surgically create new blood flow to your heart. He was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury following testimony from Letterman and pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted grand larceny on October 2, 2009. [70] Following Leno's return to The Tonight Show, Leno regained his lead. Watch full episodes of Late Show with David Letterman and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at TVGuide.com [40], Letterman's brand of dry, sarcastic humor caught the attention of scouts for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and he was soon a regular guest on the show.