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'''David Letterman''' (born 1947) is a late-night [[Talk Show]] host famous for defining the genre in the post-[[The Tonight Show|Johnny Carson]] era. Letterman's shows (''The David Letterman Show'' in 1980, ''[[Late Night]]'' from 1982-93, and ''The Late Show'' since then) came to be known as examples of the "[[Post Modernism|Anti-Talk Show]]", a show that is relentlessly [[Lampshade Hanging|self-aware]] and intent on deconstructing the conventions of the very medium that gives it life.
From the beginning, Letterman fashioned his persona as a smartass host
Letterman took frequent shots at his network (first NBC, then CBS), and then his network's parent company when NBC was acquired by General Electric. He would intentionally bomb jokes in the monologue, and openly waste network airtime on ridiculous gags whose only purpose served to illustrate simply that, "Hey! I'm wasting NBC airtime here!" He eschewed the typical talk show uniform of a tailored suit in favor of a tie, a blazer, khakis...and white Adidas wrestling shoes.
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