Neon sign from set of <i>Late Night with David Letterman</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1990
name: label: Associated Name
content: Letterman, David
label: maker
content: Let There Be Neon City, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This neon sign was used in the title sequence of NBC’s <i>Late Night with David Letterman</i>. Late night talk shows have been a stable of television since 1954, when NBC’s <i>The Tonight Show</i> first aired. Letterman’s (b. 1947) ironic sensibility reflected the critical yet enthusiastic engagement audiences had with the familiar format by this time. Letterman hosted <i>Late Night</i> from 1982-1993, later moving to CBS’s <i>Late Show with David Letterman</i>, which he helmed from 1993 until his retirement in 2015.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jack Rollins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0607.01
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0607.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0607
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sign, Neon
label: Object Name
content: neon sign with power supply box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: neon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plexiglass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 36 in x 5 in; 76.2 cm x 91.44 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: power supply: 6 in x 5 in x 9 in; 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 79 in x 25 in; 101.6 cm x 200.66 cm x 63.5 cm