David Letterman: Difference between revisions

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** "I wouldn't give my troubles to a monkey on a rock."

** (When a joke set-up has a fairly obvious punchline coming up) "I think we can all see this one coming down 2nd Avenue."

* ''[[Cats]]'': Shortly after moving to the Ed Sullivan Theatre, Dave would parody Sullivan's habit of introducing celebrities in the audience. One night he introduced a confused looking Paul Newman who stood up, said "Where the hell's all the singing ''Cats''?" and walked out.

* ''[[Cats]]'': Shortly after moving to the Ed Sullivan Theatre, Dave would parody [[Ed Sullivan|Sullivan]]'s habit of introducing celebrities in the audience. One night he introduced a confused looking Paul Newman who stood up, said "Where the hell's all the singing ''Cats''?" and walked out.

** Part of the joke here is that the Winter Garden Theater, where ''[[Cats]]'' spent its Broadway run, is one block down and across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theatre.

* [[Channel Hop]] / [[Executive Meddling]]: Pissed that NBC execs picked [[Jay Leno]] over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009.