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Besides Johnny Carson, who hosted "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, no
other television personality comes near David Letterman's impressive run
on late night network television.
Since his late night debut on February 1, 1982, David
has consistently been praised for his inventive and innovative
contributions to comedy. Recently, TV Guide chose him as one of the
"50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time," one of the most
influential television legends in the history of the medium.
While attending Ball State University he worked as a
TV-announcer in Indianapolis from 1970 to 1974 and on a radio talk show
from 1974 to 1975. Then he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a stand-up
comedian at The Comedy Store Club while trying to sell scripts for
sitcoms to the television networks. Eventually he was given a number of
writing assignments for television. He wrote for and appeared on a
summer comedy show called "The Peeping Times" in 1977 and was
a cast member of Mary Tyler Moore's variety show "Mary" in
1978.
On November 24, 1978, David Letterman made the first of his 22 appearances on "The
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." He later became a substitute
host for Johnny Carson.
In 1980, David began hosting a morning comedy/variety
program, "The David Letterman Show," which ran for three
months on NBC and earned him two Emmy awards. "Late Night with
David Letterman" premiered in February 1982, and through 1993, was
critically acclaimed and won many awards, including five Emmy awards,
and was honored with 35 nominations. In 1992, David received a George
Foster Peabody award for taking "one of TV's most conventional
and least inventive forms the talk show and infusing it
with freshness and imagination."
Since moving to CBS, "Late Show" has been
honored with two Emmy awards, including one for Outstanding Variety,
Music, or Comedy Program. Additionally, David and his staff have
received 15 Emmy nominations during the show's run on CBS, including
seven in 1993 (the highest nominations ever given to any late night
program in its premiere year).
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Born:
Apr 12, 1947
..in Indiana
..in Indianapolis
Based:
..in New York |