Release Date | 1993-06-25 |
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Runtime | 60 minutes |
Genres | Comedy, Talk |
Stars | David Letterman |
Directors | Jon Beckerman, Rob Burnett, Donick Cary, Spike Feresten, Larry Jacobson |
Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.
Episode 1 / Bill Murray, Mr. Wizard
Episode 2: Pat Paulsen, Steve Tesich
Episode 3: Terry Gilliam, Hank Aaron, Al Albert
Episode 4: John Candy, Joe Flaherty
Episode 5: Francis Ford Coppola
After being bumped from the debut episode of Late Night, Warren Zevon finally appears on the show, performing ""Excitable Boy.""
Remote: ""Celebrities and their Dry-Cleaning.""
A (bogus) look at the 1982 World's Fair; Hank Williams, Jr. is interviewed, and sings ""A Country Boy Can Survive;"" ""Celebrities and Their Auto Body Repairs;"" Elayne Boosler does stand-up; director John Carpenter plugs The Thing.