Lorne Michaels
Director
Late Night With David Letterman (1982)
Season 2
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.
Released Feb. 1, 1982
Episode 59 min
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Genres: Comedy, Music, Talk, Talk Show
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Production Companies: Worldwide Pants, Carson Productions, NBC Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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Feb. 1, 1983, midnight
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""New Dial-It Services;"" Bill Cosby; comedian-juggler Michael Davis.
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Dave invites poorly-seated audience member Cathy Renault to sit onstage; Andy Kaufman & Freddie Blassie visit; Alba Ballard and her assistant show off costumed birds.
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""Bad Phone Call"" to TV's Larry Hovis; Dr. Ruth Westheimer answers audience questions; Tommy Casabona drills a hole in Dave's desk to accomodate the desktop microphone cord (the legendary RCA 77DX); former ""Saturday Night Live"" creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels visits.
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S2E23 - Show #0285
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S2E28 - Show #0291
Dave introduces his Columbus Day gift collection and fronts an Afterschool Special called ""They Took My Show Away;"" Gilda Radner promotes Roseanne Roseannadanna's ""Hey, Get Back to Work!"" book, which has an unusually long forward. Later she and Dave call Mrs. Elizabeth Gilles, the prototype for Gilda's Emily Litella character on ""Saturday Night Live.""
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R.E.M. performs ""Radio Free Europe.""
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Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 82541 min.
Released: Feb. 1, 1982
Last Air Date: June 25, 1993, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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