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David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.
John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963) is an American actor, game show host, and comedian whose film credits include Christopher Guest's mockumentaries, the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late Shift, and a starring role in the American version of Kath & Kim.
These days, Letterman says he's a much happier person living in his home state of Indiana. "All I cared about was television, one hour of television that I was responsible for, for 30 years," he said.
Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the Late Show franchise.The show debuted on August 30, 1993, [2] and was produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, and CBS Television Studios.
Letterman, who spent much of his late-night career living in New York, left his hometown of Indianapolis in his early 20s to pursue his dream of a stand-up comedy career in Hollywood.
His Monday night appearance was Letterman's first time on the show since he retired in 2015.
The staff responsible for preparing the launch of Late Night included Merrill Markoe in the head writing role, seasoned TV veteran Hal Gurnee as director, Letterman's manager Jack Rollins as executive producer, and a group of young writers—most of them in their early twenties, along with the somewhat more experienced 29-year-old Jim Downey, who had previously written for Saturday Night Live ...
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