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Adam Nelson

Nelson attended The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia and was a letterman and a standout in both football and track and field.

Alan Embree

Embree attended Prairie High School in Brush Prairie, Washington and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball.

Alonzo Highsmith

Highsmith was a four-time letterman in college, and a member of the 1983 Hurricanes squad that won the national championship with a 31-30 victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

Brad Kassell

Kassell attended Llano High School in Llano, Texas and was a letterman in football as a quarterback.

Brian Brikowski

Brikowski attended Freehold Township High School in Freehold, New Jersey, and was a letterman in basketball, football and Track & Field and Lacrosse.

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.

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Paul Shaffer; 7T1, well-known musical director, producer, performer, and David Letterman sidekick.

Dante Hall

He is mentioned in Lil Wayne's song "Dipset (Reppin Time)" in the line "I'm like Dante Hall, I just throw up the X." Hall appeared as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman on October 30, 2003.

DeMarcus Faggins

Faggins attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas and was a student and a letterman in football.

Drummond Pike

1995: Spearheads the Thoreau Center for Sustainability by rehabilitating the empty and dilapidated Letterman Hospital buildings according to a “green” architectural plan, using sustainably-harvested wood, recycled building materials, non-toxic paints and energy-efficient designs that maximize sunlight and natural ventilation.

Eddie Marrero

Eddie Marrero has appeared on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and co-starred in the historic first ever mini-series for teens "Miracle's Boys" from director Spike Lee for Nickelodeon's The N. Other TV credits include NBC's Third Watch, and the Law & Order franchise.

Frederique van der Wal

Van der Wal has also appeared on programs including: Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, GMA, The Today Show, E!, VH-1, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Bloomberg Network, and CNN.

Greg Buttle

Buttle not only excelled as a 4-sport letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track and field but also was a champion oarsman while on the Margate City Beach Patrol as well as participating in musical theatre.

Hal Gurnee

When Letterman moved to CBS in 1993, Gurnee followed Letterman to direct the Late Show with David Letterman, and remained its director and supervising producer from 1993 to 1995.

Ice Cream for Crow

However, the video was included in the Letterman broadcast on NBC-TV, and was accepted into the Museum of Modern Art, where it has been used in several of their programs related to music.

Interstate 465

Letterman even telephoned the Mayor of Indianapolis, Bart Peterson to make his case, but eventually the idea went nowhere.

Jamaar Taylor

Taylor attended Mission High School (Mission, Texas) and was a letterman in football.

James Dearth

Dearth attended Scurry-Rosser High School in Scurry, Texas and was a student and a letterman in football.

Jane Monheit

She has appeared on numerous television shows including Emeril, Ramsey Lewis' Legends of Jazz, Letterman, The View, and The Today Show.

Jeff Stoutland

Stoutland was a four-year letterman and three-year starter at inside linebacker for head coach Kevin Gilbride at Southern Connecticut State, where he earned Little All-America honors as a senior while acting as team captain.

Jeff Zgonina

He attended Carmel High School in nearby Mundelein and was a letterman in football, basketball, hockey, and track & field.

Kelley Washington

Washington attended Sherando High School in Stephens City, Virginia and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.

Khari Long

Long attended Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas and was a good student and a letterman in basketball and football.

Lauvale Sape

Sape attended Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii and was a student and a football letterman, he graduated in 1998.

Madison Hedgecock

Hedgecock attended Ledford Senior High School in Wallburg, North Carolina and was a student and a letterman in football and track & field.

Marcus Mailei

Mailei attended Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah and was a letterman in football and rugby, playing for the famous Highland Rugby Team coached by Larry Gelwix.

Margaret Mary Ray

However, in an interview with Barbara Walters, Letterman noted he never mentioned Ray's name on the air, and said that he had great compassion for her, often declining to press criminal charges against her.

Mark Grudzielanek

Grudzielanek attended J. M. Hanks High School in El Paso, Texas and was a letterman and an All-State selection in basketball and baseball.

Mary Cheney

During Mary Cheney's May 19, 2006, appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, Letterman addressed some of the issues raised by the gay community.

Peter Reveen

During his May 2009 Late Show with David Letterman appearance, comedian Norm Macdonald revealed he went to one of Reveen's shows as a teenager.

Phoenix Christian Junior/Senior High School

Notable alumni include NFL quarterback Tim Rattay; Vonda Kay Van Dyke, 1965 Miss America; Steve Green, a gospel singer, University of Wyoming football letterman Jeff Smith, Anthony Stannard, and Sean Bowman, University of Arizona football letterman Aaron Huisman, Washington State University football letterman Jimmy Wilson, and Boise State University football letterman Kyle Gingg.

Pierre Woods

Woods was a two-year letterman at Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio under the guidance of coach Ted Ginn, Sr., and his most notable teammates at the time were Troy Smith, Donte Whitner and Ted Ginn, Jr..

Randy Grossman

Grossman was an All State performer at Haverford High School, in suburban Philadelphia, where from a young age he would reply to the question, "What will you do when you grow up?" with the certain retort: "I'm going to be a professional football player." He was a varsity letterman in both football and wrestling at Haverford Senior High School.

Rashean Mathis

Mathis attended Englewood High School in Jacksonville at the same time as Brett Myers of the Chicago White Sox, and was a student and a letterman in football.

Remi Ayodele

Ayodele attended South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas and was a letterman in football.

Robbie Caldwell

Caldwell, a Pageland, South Carolina native, attended Furman University where he played football and was a three-year letterman.

Shane Halter

Halter attended Hooks High School in Hooks, Texas and was a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, track, and golf.

Steve Freeman

Freeman's son, Brad, was a four-year letterman on the Mississippi State baseball team and helped the Bulldogs reach the College World Series in 1997 and 1998, and is now a field judge in the SEC.

Tam Hollingshead

Hollingshead is a 1975 letterman at SMU and prepped at Brownwood High School under legendary coach Gordon Wood.

Taylor Lilley

After attending Hart High School (in Newhall, CA), she became a 4-year letterman for the University of Oregon Ducks.

The Adventures of Letterman

Gene Wilder—Letterman (most of the time—some early episodes use a different voice actor)

The Late Show

The Late Late Show (CBS TV series), an American television show right after Letterman and by his production company since 1995, currently hosted by Craig Ferguson

Timmy Chang

Born in Waipahu, Hawai'i, Chang attended St. Louis School in Honolulu and was an honors student and a three-year letterman in football and basketball.

Tinker Keck

Keck attended Colby High School in Colby Kansas his Freshman year, and Goodland High School in Goodland, Kansas his Sophomore, Junior and Senior years and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, and track&field.

Tyson Clabo

Clabo attended Farragut High School in Farragut, Tennessee, and was a student and a letterman in football and basketball.

Vernon Maxwell

Letterman asked his guest, Spike Lee, if there was a similar player on the Rockets who brandished Reggie Miller's manner, to which Spike replied, "Mad Max".

Wahoo, Nebraska

When Letterman jokingly said he wanted more, Wahoo sent him a '76 Ford Pinto with a sofa attached to the hood, a wall clock made of cow droppings, and two of the town's teenagers, brothers Jeff and Josh Price. This brought some degree of fame and tourism to the town. The nightly recap of the show on the CBS web site is titled The Wahoo Gazette.

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She appeared on The David Letterman Show and felt that Letterman made a spectacle of her.


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