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28 unusual facts about David Letterman


Alix Dobkin

She gained some unexpected fame in the 1980s when comedians such as David Letterman and Howard Stern tracked down her landmark Lavender Jane Loves Women album, and began playing phrases from the song "View From Gay Head" on the air.

Barbarian Chronicles

In April 2005 the Sci Fi Channel announced that Barbarian Chronicles will be produced by Worldwide Pants- a company owned by David Letterman.

Ben Dreith

David Letterman stated he wanted the previous sentence to be a topic for Know Your Current Events.

Brain of Britain

Brain of Britain was also broadcast on BBC World Service for many years; in fact, talk show host David Letterman was a fan of the show, and invited 1993 winner Geoffrey Colton to appear on his talk show.

Broad Ripple High School

David Letterman (1965), entertainer, comedian, philanthropist, producer of numerous network comedy series, such as 'Everybody Loves Raymond" and Indy Car team owner

Buddy Biancalana

In 1985, during the countdown to Pete Rose breaking Ty Cobb's hits record, David Letterman instituted a Buddy Biancalana countdown calendar.

Biancalana later appeared as a guest on Late Night with David Letterman, quipping "I'm closer to Cobb than you are to Carson." Biancalana finished his big-league career with 113 base hits, over four thousand short of Cobb or Rose.

Cállate con Carlos Sicilia

The show followed the same format that the talk shows and variety shows of David Letterman, Johnny Carson, and Jay Leno and was known for a lack of the double entendre humor that is overly common in the Venezuelan television.

Choteau, Montana

Letterman has talked about the ranch on his late-night show and showed photos of a black bear invading the place in September 2003.

Dick the Bruiser

Indianapolis native David Letterman would later name his television show's band The World's Most Dangerous Band as a derivation of Dick the Bruiser's nickname, "The World's Most Dangerous Wrestler."

Dolly James

She also appeared with Simply Red on the David Letterman show and numerous other US television programmes.

Edgar Winter

He has appeared in the film Netherworld, and the TV shows The Cape, Mysterious Ways, David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

Frank Mundus

JoAnne Kalish, internationally known photographer, booked Captain Frank Mundus on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Girl with Curious Hair

Though the stories are not related, many of them share the theme of society's fascination with celebrity, some using real celebrities, including Alex Trebek, David Letterman and Lyndon Johnson, as fictional characters.

An actress appears on Late Night with David Letterman while her television producer husband obsessively coaches her.

Joel Fan

His other performances with the ensemble range from venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Concertgebouw to television appearances on Good Morning and David Letterman.

Liar's Club

Frequent panelists on the 1970s version included White (then Allen Ludden's wife), Joey Bishop, Dick Gautier, Fannie Flagg, David Letterman and Larry Hovis.

Mark Pope

Pope and his wife Lee Anne, a former assistant to talk show host David Letterman, have four daughters.

Michele O'Callaghan

She was personal makeup artist to David Letterman on The Late Show for 23 years and made occasional appearances on his show.

Password Plus and Super Password

On June 20, 1980, three other NBC game shows were canceled to make room for David Letterman's morning talk show.

Paul Dixon Show

David Letterman credits Paul Dixon for inspiring his choice of career as talk-show host.

(David Letterman would later incorporate a variation of this into his own show, instead giving canned hams to people in the audience for their participation in a skit.)

Rubin and Ed

Crispin Glover appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1987 dressed and in character as Rubin Farr.

This caused much confusion to David Letterman as he, after almost being kicked in the face by Glover, walked off his own set while still on the air.

The Abstinence

Later, talk show host David Letterman informs Jerry his appearance has been canceled because he bombed at the middle school assembly.

The Knights of Prosperity

The show follows a group of misfits—the titular Knights—who attempt to rob various celebrities, the first being Mick Jagger (Jagger was also credited as one of the executive producers, along with the creators and David Letterman, whose production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated also backed Ed).

The Love Experts

Among the celebrities who appeared as panelists were David Letterman, Elaine Joyce, Jo Anne Worley, Geoff Edwards, Soupy Sales, Nipsey Russell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Johnson, and Billy Crystal.

Tonight Starring Steve Allen

Beginning that fall, Ernie Kovacs was the regular Monday and Tuesday host for the 1956–1957 season with his own cast and regulars, including his own announcer (Bill Wendell; who would later work with David Letterman) and bandleader.


Andrea Nocetti

In May 2001, David Letterman joked about the 'special talent' which Noceti, the then-reigning Miss Colombia, possessed - that she was able to "swallow 50 balloons full of heroin" for the (non-existent) talent competition in the Miss Universe 2001 pageant.

B.J. Woodbury

Expanding on his career, Woodbury has also written comedy for Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O'Brien.

Broad Ripple Village, Indianapolis

Some notable Hoosiers raised in or near the Broad Ripple neighborhood include late night talk show host David Letterman, professional football player Rosevelt Colvin, Indiana Pacers guard George Hill, New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson, astronaut David Wolf, actor Abraham Benrubi, and author Dan Wakefield .

Dial-A-Joke

The original recordings, which later included such notables as Jay Leno and David Letterman, were donated to the Smithsonian Institution in the late 1980s.

Gaylord Dingler

He eventually became bitter, and seemingly held grudges against many Comedy Store alumni (such as Jim Carrey, Andrew Dice Clay, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Eddie Griffin) who'd successfully risen through the ranks following the same path.

Inboxtv

Company executives were Barak Kassar, founder and CEO, formerly of Wink Communications, Jim Spare, COO, formerly of General Instrument (now Motorola) and WebTV (now Microsoft), Alan Teague, CTO, formerly of Kinecta, Susan Evans, formerly of Publicis, Sandy Frank, four-time Emmy winning writer for David Letterman and Tim Myers, a CLIO winning animator

Jake Johannsen

Johannsen is a favorite of David Letterman and on May 20, 2011 made his 40th appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Peeping Times

Co-produced, written and directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson, the special featured an early broadcast network appearance of David Letterman.