Letterman
Subtitle: the last giant of late night
By: Jason Zinoman
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780062377210
Subjects: Television personalities; Biography; Comedians
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-327) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Education of a talk-show host, 1947-1979; title: Shock jock; title: When David met Merrill; title: Part II: The anti-talk show, 1980-1984; title: The art of stupid; title: Not tonight; title: The Harvard takeover; title: Part III: The archangel of irony, 1984-1987; title: The founding fathers of late night; title: The writer under the stairs; title: The Letterman generation; title: The two Daves; title: Part IV: Writer's block, 1988-1993; title: Comedy is not pretty!; title: Meg and Mom; title: Part V: The very big show, 1993-2015; title: The agony of victory; title: The Oscar myth; title: Hinky; title: More fun than humans should be allowed to have.