The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.
- Won 9 Primetime Emmys
- 16 wins & 127 nominations total
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Dave is the man.
Well, Dave cracks Leno everytime. He is just more personal than mr standup.
Letterman reliably entertaining
One of the best shows on TV
WOW, The best talk-show EVER ~!
Letterman is king of Late Night.
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- TriviaOn the show, people in the audience are often wearing coats, or appear "bundled up". This is because the temperature of the Ed Sullivan Theatre is kept at 58 degrees during taping, supposedly at Dave's insistence.
- Quotes
[David is working at McDonald's]
David Letterman: Welcome to Mc Donald's.
Customer: Get me a cheeseburger.
David Letterman: Your order is a cheeseburger?
Customer: Yep.
David Letterman: Are you busy right now?
Customer: I gotta head to work. Why?
David Letterman: Could you swing by the grocery store and get us a bag of onions?
Customer: A bag of onions?
David Letterman: Yeah. We're running low.
[Later, David takes new customer]
David Letterman: United 16957, 727. This is Kennedy Ground Control. What's the problem? Power it on in.
Customer: I have your onions here.
David Letterman: What?
Customer: The ten-pound bag of onions.
David Letterman: You're got the onions? All right. Come on through. We really appreciate it. Thanks for helping out.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys (1996)
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