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David Letterman is a celebrated personality who rose to fame in the early 80s for a series of hit television variety programs. He has received numerous awards for his long and accomplished career in front of the TV cameras, including the coveted Peabody. He also has been a producer with his company
Worldwide Pants
from the beginning of his work on talk shows for network television. He spent his years making people laugh with his uniquely hilarious antics and uncompromising attention to entertaining the viewers both in the studio and at home each night of the week. His live show was taped in front of a live studio audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, where it remained through his network changeover from NBC to CBS until he relinquished his seat to
Stephen Colbert
in 2015.
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David Letterman was born and raised in Indiana, where he also graduated from Ball State University in the late 60s before beginning his first job for television in 1970 at a local news channel. After a few years practicing stand-up comedy, he got his big break when he was asked to be a guest by
Johnny Carson
, host of the
The Tonight Show
in 1978. He continued to make regular appearances until he was selected as the permanent substitute host on the show in 1979. A few more years went by while David tried his hand at a few guest appearances on popular game shows and variety programs like
$10,000 Pyramid
and
The Starland Vocal Band Show
. He then got the show
Late Night with David Letterman
put together in 1982 on NBC, which went on to make him a household name and the longest-running host in talk show history.
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'Over the years, David Letterman made a name for himself by consistently coming up with new routines and skits involving sometimes random people being unexpectedly called upon to participate just for fun. These were often people located at establishments surrounding the Ed Sullivan Theater where he spent more than 30 years hosting his show, but guests frequently took part in the quirky and humorous antics as well.'
'One of the key ingredients to the routine of David Letterman is how he would feed off the energy of the crowd and would regularly reference the comments or questions written down by audience members before the show. Sometimes, they would be given a microphone and spotlight to ask the question directly to Dave as a part of the show. Another of his running gags was handing out canned ham to the audience.'
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During the decades he was on the air, David Letterman has broadcasted some notable moments on his shows that have left the public stunned and curious if they really just watched what they think they did. A couple of these events are when
Drew Barrymore
flashed David while she did a dance on his desk, and on another episode, Joaquin Phoenix appeared unkempt and mumbling incoherently in what was later revealed to be a hoax for publicity.
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David Letterman has interviewed numerous wealthy and famous individuals including
Madonna
,
Cher
,
Donald Trump
and
Barack Obama
.
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Since he retired from hosting
The Late Show
on CBS, David Letterman debuted his first season of
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction
in January of 2018, with the second season premiering in May of 2019.
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