David Letterman
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman. Only Letterman’s friend and mentor Johnny Carson has had a longer late-night hosting career.
Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company Worldwide Pants produces his show as well as its network followup The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, currently in syndication.
Letterman began his career as a radio talk show host on WNTS (AM), and on Indianapolis television station WLWI (now called WTHR) as a local anchor and weatherman. He received some recognition for his unpredictable on-air behavior, which included congratulating a tropical storm for being upgraded to a hurricane, and predicting hail stones “the size of canned hams.” (To this day he occasionally gives out canned hams on his show). He also hosted a talk show which aired early on Saturday mornings called “Clover Power,” in which he interviewed 4-H members about their projects. He would also occasionally report the day’s very high and low temps for fictitious cities.
In 1971, Letterman appeared as a pit road reporter for ABC’s Wide World of Sports delayed same-day coverage of the Indianapolis 500.
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