Don Giller

Yup. like @thedonz5 he's been digitizing all the NBC Letterman shows. Which is my favorite show of all time. He has a youtube channel with the results of his hard work.

Finished; finished digitizing all of the NBC Letterman shows. :)

Don, you are a hero. But how have you navigated the copyright issues, both for Worldwide Pants/NBCU Comcast and the music clearances?

The bird network has been picking and choosing their blocks; music publishers have claimed ownership and monetized their content, which they should. I've monetized nothing. WPI hasn't complained yet.

In other words, I'm completely rogue here, dependent on the whims of the content owners. At least in regards to sharing on YT.

I hope that continues! Did you keep all the commercials in the air shows, or did you take the trouble to cut them?

For YT purposes, I've cut them. Except in very few instances, like Dave's final morning show. My source material either has the full 58 min. (all of my recordings do), the ad-less 43 min. (from others) or tapes with no ads but with full break music.

The morning show too? Wow. LATE NIGHT was such a huge part of my high school and college life. I was watching pretty much from the get go. I have a bunch of the anniversary shows on VHS, but it looks like you don't need them.