I try to do all three. He gives a monologue, and we laugh of course. He then introduces his first bit. We clap our approval. We thought it would be fun to take a person off the street and do one on him.
Letterman tells a camera crew to enter the pizzeria next door.
Letterman invites the unsuspecting man into the studio and on stage. A mockumentary of the bailiff from the old sitcom Night Court , who wastes away his career and cash on a pizza addiction. Included in the video are testimonies from Kathy Lee Gifford, Johnny Depp, MC Hammer, and of course David Letterman himself. The man, a good sport, retires out the door in which he came in. During a commercial break, Martha Stewart sets up.