It's really difficult to explain to modern audiences how different David Letterman's show was & how much it changed the landscape of TV. He could turn any throwaway into a long running joke, a prank call to an office worker eventually turned into this:https://youtu.be/5PlincCwQsU
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Replying to @SoupComplex
I imagine watching Ernie Kovacs in the 50s was just as mind blowing. But the absolute love Letterman had for the genre allowed him to turn it on its head with such irreverence.
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Replying to @Eric_of_Aragon
Dave had a reputation for being disdainful of certain celebrities, but there were people he admired, especially in the early days, where his reverence was obvious. And here, you can tell, he had a fondness for his pal, Meg.
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Replying to @SoupComplex
He liked true show people. He had visible disdain for plugging celebrities.
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Replying to @Eric_of_Aragon
I was watching the interview with Ricardo Montalban. That was someone who many people felt was a punchline at the time. Dave was genuinely interested and let him hold court. You could see the respect he had for people of the generation before him.
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What do you think the running time of an actual Tony Randall compilation? I mean the drop-ins alone...
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It’s not the running time but the number of appearances/cameos that make such a compilation daunting: LN: 32 LS: 74
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