It was to be a birthday surprise for Letterman, who is a huge fan. But Tom said 'We've got commitments and we just can't do that.' I got to say, my chest went out a little bit at that.
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I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman.
Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.
I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way.
I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.
What could be more fun, on a crisp autumn Indiana afternoon, to load the family and get the picnic and have a little tailgate party out there in the parking lot of majestic Dave Letterman Stadium.
I've never been a TV junkie. I remember watching Letterman way back when he had a morning show.
We sort of look at our years at 'Letterman' as comedy grad school. I don't mind seeing jokes and hearing the laugh track because that was our bread and butter for a long time, just making an audience laugh ... There's no better feeling than having a crowd there and hearing a laugh.
Welcome to the Late Show. I am so glad you people are here, because last night what an awful audience, oh, my God. Remember those people What a horrible audience, and I hate talking about people when they're not here, but God, I thought it was the Bush administration, because they were so slow to respond. ... Late Show With David Letterman.
In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too.
Letterman... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.
He lives and breathes attention and combat. If he were to go on a friendly venue, there would be no story. It's made in heaven for him to be in a fight with Letterman.
There's a fork in the road, you can be jealous, or you can be happy. I always choose happiness. Jealousy is one of the seven deadly sins, ... If I've got two loaves of bread under each arm, why must I feel jealous of anybody Why can't I just be happy for myself If that's the way you look at it, then why isn't Randy jealous of David Letterman or Jay Leno Because there's always somebody better than you. The thing is, I would rather just be thankful and live each day as if it was a gift instead of a burden. It is a burden if you're so competitive or so ego-driven that you can't live unless you make everything else dead around you.
Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It's been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving's better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam's Club.
Can I get a raise if I balance the ball on my head on the Letterman Show.
Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.