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Paul Allen Wood Shaffer CM [2] (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian [3] [4] singer, keyboardist, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).
"Small Town News" was a segment that began on The David Letterman Show in 1980 and continued through his tenure on Late Night and the Late Show. For most of the run of the Late Show , Letterman dropped the punchlines, thereby making the sketch nearly identical to Headlines , a sketch on Jay Leno 's programs which relied on the news items ...
The band was initially unnamed, although in early 1982 it was occasionally jokingly referred to as "The World’s Most Dangerous Band" when closing the show, sometimes alternating it with "Paul Shaffer and the Orchestra," "Paul and the Organization," "Paul Shaffer and the Folks," "Paul Shaffer and the Melody Makers," or a combination: "Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Orchestra."
Letterman began his late night TV career at NBC, where he hosted the groundbreaking “Late Night With David Letterman” from 1982 to 1993. The show followed Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.”
Letterman's top ten skit was thought of when Steve O'Donnell was head writer of the Late Night with David Letterman show. [1] [2] According to O'Donnell, the Top Ten List was an "almost simultaneous inspiration arriving from staffers Jim Downey, Randy Cohen and Robert "Morty" Morton — largely prompted by the ridiculous 'eligible bachelor' lists in a local New York paper that included the 84 ...
David Letterman to haters who hate, hate, hate: 'Shut up' How to enter the raffle To enter for a chance to win Paul Shaffer's "Late Show" marquee sign and an autographed jacket, visit GalaBid.com .
Bill Murray appears on a 1984 episode of Late Night With David Letterman. The comedian was Letterman's first-ever guest when the show premiered 40 years ago on Feb. 1, 1982.
Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian and writer known for his surreal sense of humor. He was a regular performer on Late Night with David Letterman while working as a writer there (1983–1988), created and starred in the comedy series Get a Life (1990–1992) on Fox, and wrote and starred in the film Cabin Boy (1994).