Talk:Late Night with David Letterman

message: NBC never promised Letterman the Tonight Show.
:According to the book The Late Shift, Letterman had it in his contract that he would host The Tonght Show after Johnny. NBC was able to escape this by putting a clause stating that if they didn't give Letterman the job, they had to pay him....one MILLION dollars! MrBlondNYC 20:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They did promise it to him after the fact. They promised that he  would replace Leno after Leno's first contract ran out.24.94.59.120 (talk) 08:38, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tonight Show "promise" 

message: Does anyone remember the bookmobile recurring segment? I think it was called the "NBC Bookmobile" but I'm not sure.  Kathleen Ankers was the librarian, I believe, and someone played "Gus", the driver, always introduced as "gruff but loveable" (or something like that).  Ray Spalding 23:11, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I finally added it to the list Ray Spalding 07:23, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Bookmobile

message: :Why does it say he moved to CBS for a better money deal? He moved there cause Jay leno was selected to host and he wanted to go to CBS more than the other stations that wanted him Mike 20:22, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving 

message: I would like to add to this page that the program is broadcast in High Definition widescreen format in America and other countries, such as Australia, but I'm not sure where to work it in. It is granted that the all shows will eventually become HD, but Letterman was one of the first and one of the few shows that is broadcast in HD in countries other than America. I believe that the change of broadcast resolution and change to widescreen is important to add as it is a big change to a television show, but also I am not sure when the show actually changed to HD widescreen. If anyone knows this kind of stuff, it would make a brilliant addition to this page. JayKeaton 16:26, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  HD 

message: There should also be a mention of some of the Late Night theme shows that helped set the series apart from the others (including Late Show). A few I remember fondly are the reversed show, the 360-degree rotation show, the audience-participation show (in which the regular chairs were replaced with barber chairs in one segment and Jane Pauley was in another segment in which everybody sounded as if they had inhaled helium), the "VCR show" (in which Letterman pretended it was a morning show), and the episode at the Port Authority bus terminal. B.Wind 06:01, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme shows 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Lnwdl logo.gif

message: If someone can cite specific sources, or owns the movie American Splendor, it should be mentioned in the memorable moments section that guest Harvey Pekar had a memorable moment in which the show would not air because of his controversial t-shirt denouncing NBC. Coffee and TV 16:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Memorable Moments

message: 'Peaboy' is mentioned at least twice, each with a link to an article about Peaboy.  However, 'Peaboy' redirects back to this article, creating a loop. Cheers 200.41.2.144 (talk) 20:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Peaboy

message: Shouldn't an overview article, say Late Night (NBC) be created to overview the three incarnations, like exists for The Tonight Show ?  70.29.208.129 (talk) 04:01, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Late Night

message: I saw a youtube clip where the inventor of the Nautilus cam was interviewed and I'm just wondering when it took place. Dave addresses him as the owner of the company, which was sold in 86 so somewhere from 82-6 I'm guessing. I'm wondering if this is significant, or if maybe we should just create a list of episodes and the guests he interviewed who are notable enough to have their own articles currently? Dictabeard (talk) 17:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Arthur Allen Jones]]

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message: Is the date in this article the preferred way of dealing with dates for shows that air after midnight? Throughout the 80s and 90s, when I still watched Letterman, it was always said that his first show was February 2nd, 1982. This, obviously because technically speaking, Late Night was a Tuesday-Friday show in the beginning, airing early morning on the next day. Every time he'd have Anniversary specials, they would say February 2. This obviously, because by airing at 12:30 AM, it actually debuted in the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 2. But now I see that every site calls it February 1. Is this some sort of established new way to deal with this (going by the date it was taped), or are all the sites just going by Wikipedia? I feel that there should probably be some mention of this to avoid any confusion.24.94.59.120 (talk) 08:44, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates when dealing with a post-midnight show