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After an amazing 33 years and 2 networks, David Letterman said “Thank you and good night,” for the very last time yesterday on The Late Show. The talk show ended its legendary run in a way that proves why late night will never be the same without him. It was a pure class, lots of laughs and even a few tears. So sit back and watch the magic happen in a way that only he could make work.
Thank you David Letterman, and I know this is not good night…with a little luck that is!
Before Will Forte was co-writing his own show, The Last Man on Earth, he was just a writer on The Late Show with David Letterman. He looks the same now as he did when he was 27 in that 1997 bit.
Tonight at 11:35p on CBS, David Letterman is saying goodbye to late night after 33 years, a third of a century. Not only has he influenced many people, he has been a big part of all of the remaining talk show hosts’ lives. Jimmy Kimmel was obsessed with him since he was a teenager. Conan O’Brien would still not be on the air had Letterman not come on to Late Night to save it. Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Fallon were guests on his show when they were starting out. Finally, Seth Meyers wouldn’t have a show if Jay Leno didn’t screw Letterman out of The Tonight Show.
So in the last few days, all of the above took time out of their shows to rightfully salute their hero. So watch them pay tribute to the man who they all have to thank for their jobs. Without him Kimmel would still be doing radio, Conan would be writing for The Simpsons, Fallon would be doing unwatchable movies, Ellen would have another sitcom and Meyers would still be on Saturday Night Live. Come to think of it… Joking, they are all better when they are!
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Bill Murray was David Letterman’s first guest on NBC’s Late Night and CBS’s The Late Show, so it is only fitting that he was his last guest. Murray always does something wacky and fun whenever he is on the talk show, and tonight was no different. Scrooge made everyone happy when he came out of a huge cake. Proving you can have your cake and eat it too, if you host late night talk shows for 33 years.
Before David Letterman had 2 late night national talk shows, he had one on Saturday mornings in Indianapolis and he also did weather at the same station, WLWI now WTHR. Even in his mid-20’s back in the early ’70s, you could tell he was going to be a star who would change television forever.
