Wil Shriner and Edd Hall worked on the show too (Hall would later go on to be the announcer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) as did Rich Hall and Edie McClurg. I still look back at it with fondness; he was funny and inviting without being cynical. Some users flagged this comment as containing a spoiler. (Originally published by the Daily News on June 24, 1980. Just ask Conan and everyone on Saturday Night Live and Jon Stewart and all of the various Jimmys on late night right now.
In 1980, following lengthy negotiations, NBC president Fred Silverman and Johnny Carson arrived at a contract agreement which would keep the "King of Late Night" in place for another three years. "The David Letterman" show was a live, 90-minute alternative to game shows, soap operas and syndicated reruns of old sitcoms. The David Letterman Show is a live morning NBC talk show hosted by David Letterman. You've done a lot in your television career and you have a massive amount to be proud of. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a34945/letterman-morning-show The black-and-white photographs, the music, the low-key announcer. Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. Other parts of the show need work. This story was written by Val Adams.) It ran from June 23, 1980… It ran from June 23 to October 24, 1980.
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