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[ebk57]

I was just coming here to post the NYT interview @dcalley.  

 

Thanks for the Nat Geo stuff.

[King of Birds]

http://deadline.com/2016/10/david-letterman-jay-leno-jimmy-fallon-new-yorker-festival-1201833177/

His Life Today: “Most of the day I just sit around and wait for Ellen to come on.”

No, Seriously: “I do a lot of stuff. The family and I did a great deal of traveling this summer and it was delightful.

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"Whether the show was good, not good, mediocre, ugly, awful, Paul Shaffer, you can count on him and the fantastic music. The thing that I miss most, other than the friends that I worked with, is not having the great privilege of live music every night.”

[ebk57]

I miss Dave

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/arts/television/david-letterman-late-show-retirement.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[Grommet]

Thanks for the link! I miss him too. (I tweeted as much to Barbara Gaines a while back and she liked my tweet, so we're like BFFs now, right??)

[BW Manilowe]

Link to Variety's article on the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for Comedy's tribute to this year's recipient, Bill Murray. It mentions both Dave & Paul Shaffer. The tribute's supposed to air on PBS on October 28th.

http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/bill-murray-mark-twain-prize-chicago-cubs-david-letterman-1201898528/

[BW Manilowe]

Dave's National Geographic Channel (aka Nat Geo) program on climate change--the first part of The Years of Living Dangerously--airs tomorrow night, October 30th, on National Geographic Channel at 8PM Eastern/7PM Central.

There's also supposedly an interview with him about it in National Geographic magazine, but I have no idea in what issue--it came up, in passing, when I Googled for the time the show's on.

[Grommet]

Thank you!

[jjis]

Dave's last appearance on Carson is on tonight on Antenna TV.

[ebk57]

Did anyone watch the Nat Geo show?  I thought it was quite interesting.  I learned a lot during Cecily's segments on solar power here in the states.  And Dave was...Dave.  Thank goodness.  Loved the shirt with his name on the back!

Over in the SNL forum, someone posted this link to an interview Dave did with Tina Fey in the Hollywood Reporter.  I haven't read it yet, but posting it here is my way of bookmarking it for later.  I'm sure it's brilliant!! 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/tina-fey-david-letterman-interview-parenting-anxiety-alec-baldwin-952250

[dcalley]

In Conversation: David Letterman

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I was in New York City standing on Sixth Avenue, and a woman on the sidewalk looked at me and she said, “Do you have a television show?” “No, I don’t.” “Did you used to have a television show?” “Yes, I did.” “What happened?” “I got fired.” “Are you David Letterman?” “Yes, I am.” And then she said, “Man, they fucked you up.”

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Paul Shaffer and I get together about once a month and have dinner, and nothing about the show ever comes up. Memory lane is closed for repairs.

I'm so glad to read they see each other regularly!

[ebk57]

And speaking of Paul...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/arts/music/paul-shaffer-david-letterman-bill-murray-album.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ftelevision&action=click&contentCollection=television&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

 

A lovely article in the NYT.  He's releasing an album next week, and going on tour.  Good news.  Hope he swings through my town.

[dcalley]

David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist

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Of the 6,028 late night shows that Mr. Letterman hosted, on NBC and CBS, Mr. Giller, 66, has videos of all but two.

WOW.

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Mr. Giller said he is not at a loss now that Mr. Letterman is off the air. He is still fielding requests from fans, and hopes to be done digitizing all of “Late Night” by 2018. Pointing at his wall of tapes, he said, “This thing has now become 24/7.”

I'm glad there's an archive.

There's a book coming out next week, Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night, by Jason Zinoman, who wrote the NY Times article above.

Edited April 6, 2017 by dcalley

[Slade347]

Dave is stepping in for a sick Neil Young to  induct Pearl Jam into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow night.

[dcalley]

Thanks! I'm surprised 1996 was their first time on the show. I would have guessed earlier than that by at least 2 years.

A Video History of Pearl Jam and David Letterman

[dcalley]

Video and text of Letterman's introduction of Pearl Jam: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/read-david-lettermans-moving-rock-hall-speech-for-pearl-jam-w475822

[BW Manilowe]

There's a new, I'm assuming unauthorized, book/biography about Dave which has apparently just been published. Here's a link to a review in USA Today, I think it's today's issue, April 10th, in the Life section (at least in the online version).

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/04/10/letterman-the-last-giant-of-late-night-jason-zinoman/100139932/

[BW Manilowe]

And here's an article from People magazine about the new Dave biography referenced above. It hasn't been published yet, like I originally thought; the publication date is in the article.

http://people.com/tv/how-david-letterman-dealt-sex-scandal-blackmail-new-book/?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag

[BW Manilowe]

Another article from People about the new book about Dave. This time, talking about his feud (alleged feud?) with Jay Leno.

http://people.com/tv/david-letterman-feud-jay-leno-a-new-biography-host-unhappiness/?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag

[BW Manilowe]

According to Dave's sister, their mom Dorothy died today. She was 95.

https://twitter.com/rontimes/status/851957797222838273

[ebk57]

37 minutes ago, BW Manilowe said:

According to Dave's sister, their mom Dorothy died today. She was 95.

https://twitter.com/rontimes/status/851957797222838273

 

This is very sad news.  95 is a good, long life...but I'm still sad. 

[BW Manilowe]

Here's a more extensive obit for Dave's mom than I posted earlier.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/advance-obit-dorothy-mengering-dead-795160?utm_source=twitter

[biakbiak]

I will bake a pie tomorrow in her honor!

[King of Birds]

Perhaps we should guess at what kind of pie @biakbiak will bake?

[dcalley]

6 minutes ago, King of Birds said:

Perhaps we should guess at what kind of pie @biakbiak will bake?

Oooh, that throws spring pies into the mix! Strawberry-rhubarb? (Too early?)

Edited April 12, 2017 by dcalley

[biakbiak]

3 minutes ago, dcalley said:

Oooh, that throws spring pies into the mix! Strawberry-rhubarb? (Too early?)

I am not giving any hints! But I will post a pic!

[spiderpig]

No, not Mom!  I adored her and the way she brought out the soft side of our favorite curmudgeon.

She was fortunate to have a long life and (in this day and age) to have passed peacefully at home, where we all feel we'd want to be.  Didn't it feel like her kitchen was yours from your childhood?

Sympathy to Dave and his family, and thanks for so many happy memories for folks who never knew Mom personally, but feel like they did through the show.

[Wings]

Dave was guessing what kind of pies she made, as usual, on a holiday segment.   She made 5 pies (apple, pumpkin, cherry, blueberry and ?).  David guessed the first 4 immediately but was stumped on the 5th.   He finally had to give up and and ask.  She replied, "another apple pie!"   It was very funny! 

[dcalley]

 

Courtesy of Don Giller, the archivist mentioned in the NYTimes above.

[dcalley]

NY Times: How David Letterman’s Mother Endeared Him to Viewers

Indy Star: Dorothy Mengering's life story, written by her children

[biakbiak]

I went with an Indiana Classic Sugar Cream pie!

[ebk57]

2 hours ago, dcalley said:

NY Times: How David Letterman’s Mother Endeared Him to Viewers

Indy Star: Dorothy Mengering's life story, written by her children

 

That Indy Star piece is absolutely beautiful.  

 

@biakbiak, the pie is beautiful too!! 

 

And, BTW, Happy 70th Birthday Dave! Well, as happy as it can be under the circumstances.

Edited April 13, 2017 by ebk57
Dave is 70 - wow!

[jjj]

Dave's Mom was a real gift to all of us -- and first of all to her family.  I would have watched daily phone calls between them, if he had decided to do that.  This reminds me of how much I miss his show, and how much his mother added to the dimension of that show.  I still look up her pie segments for Thanksgiving!  Peace to all of the Letterman family. 

[dcalley]

Yesterday's Jeopardy! had a category in celebration of Dave's birthday. Unfortunately, the contestants weren't big Dave fans and left two of the clues unrevealed. The three that were shown will eventually be available here at the 4-12 link.

[stonehaven]

Dave says goodbye:

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/04/15/david-letterman-we-didnt-want-anything-because-my-mom/100431438/

[dcalley]

On 4/6/2017 at 5:12 PM, dcalley said:

There's a book coming out next week, Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night, by Jason Zinoman, who wrote the NY Times article above.

Reviews:

• 7 Surprising Revelations in the New David Letterman Biography (THR): "fabulous book about the late-night legend"

• The Naughty Genius of David Letterman, Late-Night's Colossus of Cranky, by Tom Shales: "probably the finest profile ever written of a TV comic"

Shales writes, "In the course of their conversations for the book, Zinoman got Letterman to talk about...." I had assumed Dave was not involved one bit, so that's interesting to see!

[ebk57]

Zinoman was interviewed on All Things Considered today.  My boss very rudely came into my office in the middle of it, but what I heard was good.  I'll listen to the rest later.

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/17/524393134/-the-epitome-of-new-york-cool-letterman-biographer-on-late-night-icon

[dcalley]

There's no small talk thread, so I'll stick this in here. Former Letterman worker on a new show counts, eh? I'm alone in the house for a couple of weeks and am watching a lot of stuff, and I noticed "Written by Stephanie Birkitt" at the beginning of an American Housewife episode. It's somewhat embarrassing to admit that I was watching that, because it's not that good, but the bit of information is interesting. I thought she went to law school.

[ebk57]

Holy crap - Dave is at the Caps game tonight!  Here in our Nation's Capital!!  If only I'd known...I still wouldn't have gone...  :-)

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/david-letterman-and-his-playoff-beard-make-a-rare-appearance-at-nhl-playoff-game

[dcalley]

Love the Zevon with this: https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/857752905616695300

[ebk57]

Ovie majored in Home Ec.   Hahahahahahahaha

I miss Dave on TV so much.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2017/04/27/david-letterman-and-his-giant-beard-came-to-the-caps-game/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news&utm_term=.aa6410d57bf2

[dcalley]

I saw Paul's name in the credits for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. I didn't catch what the credit was and IMDB doesn't have it, but he's been the music producer several times before.

[dcalley]

"Late-Night Mainstay Paul Shaffer On Finding New Musical Life After Letterman," Here & Now on NPR

[ebk57]

Dave will be on with Alec Baldwin hosting The Essentials on TCM starting tomorrow.

https://www.tvinsider.com/184670/david-letterman-alec-baldwin-the-essentials-tcm/

An interesting 4 films (I've seen 3 of them).  Looking forward to this.

 

ETA after the movie:  2 great Dave quotes about Walter Pidgeon -  "his hair should be a National Park" and "He won the Academy Award for Best Posture."   He and Alec were fun. 

Edited May 7, 2017 by ebk57

[Kromm]

On 5/5/2017 at 11:03 PM, ebk57 said:

Dave will be on with Alec Baldwin hosting The Essentials on TCM starting tomorrow.

https://www.tvinsider.com/184670/david-letterman-alec-baldwin-the-essentials-tcm/

So he's been sticking with the Santa look, eh?

[ebk57]

Dave is getting the Mark Twain Award from the Kennedy Center!  I must figure out a way to get a ticket...

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/05/16/david-letterman-to-receive-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_letterman-1215pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.38be7aef4108

[BW Manilowe]

Dave is the recipient of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, presented by/at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-letterman-get-nations-top-prize-comedy-1004241

Edited May 16, 2017 by BW Manilowe
To correct the name of the award Dave's receiving.

[Grommet]

On ‎5‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 4:38 PM, Kromm said:

So he's been sticking with the Santa look, eh?

Well, everyone hates it, so yes.

[ebk57]

If you have the XM radio, tune in to hear Dave and Paul on Elizabeth Cook's Apron Strings on Wednesday!!  I love her show.  Really looking forward to this!

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/david-letterman-and-paul-shaffer-co-host-apron-strings-on-siriusxms-outlaw-country-with-elizabeth-cook-300461359.html

[ebk57]

More Dave!  From the GQ June Comedy Issue:

http://www.gq.com/story/david-letterman-interview-2017?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313

 

I only listened to the end of Apron Stings this morning (I'm going to listen to the whole thing shortly), and I actually teared up in the car.  I really miss Dave.

[Grommet]

Thanks for that link! Barbara Gaines tweeted "2 years" the other day and it made me so sad. I still have the final episode and a handful of others on my DVR.

What the fuck happened, Don, indeed.