A David Letterman Talk Show Narrative, Part 4 of 4: Epilogue and Bonus Clips
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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 - • A David Letterman Talk...
Part 4: Epilogue and bonus clips
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, 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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Thank you so much, Don - your efforts are so appreciated 💕💕💕💕
Don, I don't have 6 hours to spare on bingeing all 4 parts of this right now, but I do have time to thank you as always for your incredible work over the years. You truly are the Christmas Miracle that keeps on giving.
It’s only 5 hours and 45 minutes. Not so long, eh? :)
Agreeeed. Love it all but short and sharp most of us hv jobs and places to be zero time
@@kims5954 You don’t need to do this. I figured it’d be of interest to those who cared about this stuff.
@@dongillerI was wishing it was longer! Amazing work. And thank you!
@@kims5954 Have you heard of a feature called "Watch Later"? I've pieced these out over two weeks. You don't have to marathon it.
wow...this looks to be awesome and a LOT of work....thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was. He spent MANY hours combing through footage of The Letterman Podcast to assemble this one, and make a wonderful progressive narrative.
We use analogies from ‘The Godfather’ on our show from time to time. So when Morty started telling his real life Godfather story, well, that was kind of full circle. Many, many thanks to Don Giller for his countless hours and efforts to make ‘episode 100’ so special. For better or worse, Don is a direct inspiration for The Letterman Podcast.
Well done on all 4 parts, Don! Happy Holidays and thank you!
I want big screen please
It is what it is. Don’t be greedy.