David Letterman: Difference between revisions

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** Dave also hosted a disastrous [[Game Show]] pilot called "The Riddlers". The pilot has been shown on GSN, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHJDu-hPhDo and here] you can see him talk with Michael McKean about it.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]

* [[Guest Host]]: Letterman became famous as [[Johnny Carson]]'s guest host on ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. Much later in his career, Letterman would have heart surgery and a bout with shingles that led to famous guest hosts for his show, like [[Regis Philbin]], [[Bruce Willis ~~(Creator)~~]], [[Will Ferrell]], [[Jimmy Fallon]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Adam Sandler]], [[Tom Green]], [[Megan Mullaly]], [[Vince Vaughn]], and [[Bonnie Hunt]].

* [[Guest Host]]: Letterman became famous as [[Johnny Carson]]'s guest host on ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. Much later in his career, Letterman would have heart surgery and a bout with shingles that led to famous guest hosts for his show, like [[Regis Philbin]], [[Bruce Willis]], [[Will Ferrell]], [[Jimmy Fallon]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Adam Sandler]], [[Tom Green]], [[Megan Mullaly]], [[Vince Vaughn]], and [[Bonnie Hunt]].

* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: Every so often, you'll ''still'' hear someone refer to the current CBS show as ''[[Late Night]] With David Letterman''.

* [[Jerkass]]: Letterman's interview style was often charitably described as "acerbic" in his early days. [[Cher]] told him that for years she didn't want to come back on his show because she thought he was "an asshole".