A David Letterman Talk Show Narrative, Part 3 of 4: Late Show
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- Опубліковано 18 гру 2023
- The Letterman Podcast's host Mike Chisholm asked if I might put something together to help commemorate his 100th episode.
Rather than select highlights and best-of conversations, I decided to try to craft a behind-the-scenes narrative of Dave’s talk show history as told by many of Mike’s podcast guests - the writers, producers, musicians, and network executives who worked for and with Dave throughout his 35-year tenure at NBC and CBS.
The narrative is distributed in four parts:
Part 1: Late Night on NBC, 1982-1993 - • A David Letterman Talk...
Part 2: The transition from NBC to CBS, 1993 - • A David Letterman Talk...
Part 3: Late Show on CBS, 1993-2015
Part 4: Epilogue and bonus clips - • A David Letterman Talk...
The roster of the guests selected include:
Amy Cherin Humes, Assistant to the Director
Bill Carter, Author
Carter Bays, Late Show Writer
Chris Harris, LS Writer
Chris Schukei, Assistant to the Music Director
Craig Thomas, LS Writer
Daniel Kellison, Late Night, LS Producer
Dave Rygalski, LN Writer
Felicia Collins, LS Musician
Fred Graver, LN Writer
Gabe Abelson, LS Monologue Head
George Schweitzer, CBS Chief Marketing Officer
Gerard Mulligan, LN Writer and Segment Producer, LS Writer
Jeff Martin, LN Writer
Jeremy Weiner, LS Writer
Joe Grossman, LS Writer
Jonathan Green, LS Writer
Lee Ellenberg, LS Writer
Matt Roberts, LS Head Writer, Executive Producer
Paul Shaffer, LN and LS Music Director
Robert Morton, LN Producer, LS Executive Producer
Rupert Jee, Proprietor, Hello Deli
Stephen Winer, LN Writer
Steve O'Donnell, LN Head Writer, LS Writer
Steve Young, LN and LS Writer
Tim Kennedy, LS Technical Director
Tom Malone, LS Musician
Tom Ruprecht, LS Writer
Vinnie Favale, CBS Vice President, Late Night Entertainment, East Coast
Will Lee, LN and LS Musician
Some details become blurred from long-dormant memories - a Viewer Mail letter is actually a separate, stand-alone comedy piece; a timeline might be off by a year or two. But the substance of those memories are precise and vivid, and they offer a heretofore untold look into the creation of material as well as fresh perspectives from the personalities that helped mold a culture-defining legacy.
Great thanks to Worldwide Pants for granting permission to share some of its owned and licensed content and to Mike for eliciting so much essential history from his guests.
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We are so proud of this collaboration with Don Giller. Thanks Don, your take on how to do this was really strong and effective.
Thanks, Donz & the Letterman podcast! This is amazing. My holidays have officially begun! 🙏
Ours too. So glad you enjoyed!
What is this Don ? I’m glad that UA-cam exists , this is the only way for me a to watch this masterpiece . I’m from a small village in the middle of the empty quarter and your films are my go to entertainment any time and place .
Thank you my friend .
Thank you so much for this, Don 💕💕💕💕
Over 6 hours of uploads in the past week and a half, how fortunate we are! Reminds me of circa 2016 and this channel being my primary entertainment. Thank you for the many, many hours of laughs and music and conversation over the years. Your work brings me joy and I know I'm far from alone in that.
Thanks!
These are wonderful.
The best point of this video is at 1:33:33! Thanks Don!
Holy cow. 18:12 - this is why the show was so great. And this is why I love this series and SFM over on that "other show" that has all the behind-the-scenes stuff about how comedy is crafted. Seinfeld's coffee show, same. Just so, so good.
Gabe Abelson's entire episode is really really good! Thanks so much.
I wish UA-cam -- or someone, somewhere -- had a clip of the first time Letterman met Dick Cavett.
It happened in the early days of the NBC show, 1982 or '83, maybe. Dave was out with his microphone, doing his Steve Allen man-in-the-street thing, looking for trouble. He barged into a situation where Cavett was sitting in a chair -- maybe it was a make-chair or something, I don’t remember -- and Dave walked up to Cavett uninvited, stuck the mic in Cavett's face and tried to get some rude comedy out of the situation, but Cavett didn't like it and memorably put young Dave in his place.
It wasn’t the first time Dick was on the show, he was in on the joke, and I uploaded it was part of my Dick Cavett on Letterman collection.
Easy to find if you searched for it.
@@dongiller Great, I'll look for it. Thank you!
@@dongiller If you're referring to this video -- ua-cam.com/video/jDqT2jAfTeU/v-deo.html -- the scene is not there. It didn’t happen in the studio. I think it happened in a different building, possibly the NBC corporate building that Dave invaded from time to time to put the big shots on the spot (provided he could get past the security goons at the front door).
@@johndimick1767 The only corporate building Dave “invaded” was the G. E. building shortly after the company bought RCA.
Yes, that’s the collection to which I’m referring. It includes every Dick Cavett appearance on the show. What you’re remembering never happened.
@@dongillerYes, the GE building. Those visits were great.
I'm sure the encounter between Dave and Dick happened as I described. It wasn't a scheduled thing. Cavett wasn't in any way a "guest" on the show for this encounter. And the animosity from Cavett was palpable. I was -- an still am -- a diehard fan of both men. I watched Cavett religiously when I was a teen (I'm 70 now) and I was awestruck by Dave's on-air send-ups of the format and seldom missed a show in the early years of Late Night, so seeing these two interact that was amazing.
But you say it never happened, so I'm going to drop it now. I'm going to continue enjoying your channel, though. All the best to you.
It's been years since I've heard Xerox. Kids, that's Kleenex for photocopy. Kleenex has stuck for tissues, Xerox gave way to the generic Photocopy. Just because.
I can’t keep trying to watch this.🥱