David Letterman: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"And now… a man who shouldn't be up this late… David Letterman!"''|Dave's first intro line from 1982.}}

''"Johnny, you keep using language like that and you're gonna find yourself out of a job!"''|'''[[Johnny Carson]]''''s opening question to Dave on Letterman's first ''[[The Tonight Show|Tonight Show]]'' appearance after NBC made their decision.}}

* [[Big Applesauce]]: New York-based, unlike the LA-based ''Tonight Show''.

* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: On ''Late Night'', Letterman constantly took shots at NBC and their parent company, General Electric. And he's poked plenty of fun at CBS since his channel hop.

* [[Body Horror]]: "Things [[Take That|More Fun]] Than Reading The [[Sarah Palin]] Memoir" consists of [[Body Horror]] [[Stock Footage]], mostly from old movies.

* [[Brick Joke]]: A relatively recent joke involving newly installed button on Dave's chair. He's told to press it - cue Dave getting blasted out of the building (everyone is then told he's okay). A couple of episodes later, Dave reveals that said button is still there. He pushes the button, and we [[Foregone Conclusion|think we know what will happen next]], but instead, [[Subverted Trope|the head of the orchestra is blasted outside]]. Another push of the button, though, [[History Repeats|and Dave's right behind him]].

* [[Little-Known Facts]]: "Fun Facts".

* [[Logo Joke]]: The first airing of ''Late Show'' was prefaced with the [[CBS]] ID of the era playing as normal, except Dave said "This is CBS" instead of the usual V/O guy, and he actually appeared midway through the ID.

* [[Long Runner]]: Dave just celebrated 30 years in late night television. However this is split between two shows, Late Night on NBC and CBS's the Late Show.

* [[Lovely Assistant]]: Grinder Girl and Hula Hoop Girl in "Will It Float?"