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David Letterman: A Life on Television

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alynch

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I chuckled when I saw that they cropped Olbermann out when showing the McCain cancellation clips.

 

Vinnie Favale, who produced this special, was on Howard Stern earlier today promoting it. He mentioned that this whole thing was put together in two weeks, and it kind of shows. There was no throughline whatsoever, no attempt at encapsulating his career, aside from the closing montage, which was incredibly well done. It was mostly just a random assemblage of clips, which were nice to see.

 

NBC must have been charging something steep for their clips though, because they were few and far between.

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stonehaven

stonehaven

Loved it but it all went by so fast...I know they wanted to show all the musical guests but they could have shown more of Paul and the band..plus, I noticed the lack of Americana in the music montage but I gather they wanted to appear hip and "arty"..I didn't see any Foo Fighters or Regis...which makes me wonder...

Also, nice brief mention of the whole "Fire Dave" craze..and of course, no mention of his sex scandal..which I am grateful for....and they couldf have showed Zsa Zsa and Dave's trip through drive through...and they could have shown.....and what about...

Yeah, 90 minutes is too dan short...I just hope a lot of those  clips stay on You Tube....CBS better not remove broadcasting history...

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HelenBaby

HelenBaby

I'm glad they didn't show anything about the "sex scandal" because while it was compelling television Dave was very clearly humiliated by the whole thing and it's hard enough to make a marriage work without all of that being dragged up again.

They showed Paul Newman in the balloon chair, but I wish they'd shown him standing up in the audience and asking where are the damn cats. That was funny right there, I don't care who you are.

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StatMom

StatMom

Wow, showing the first show after September 11 and then the montage of old footage and photos made the ending quite sad. At least they put in some goofy talk from Dave at the very end.

I agree; I didn't mind having the post-9/11 stuff (ugh... Giuliani!), but why have it right at the end? You'd think they would have wanted to end the special on an up note, but maybe they were going for the This Is Important Stuff theme.

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kib

kib

That was a very fast 90 minutes! Enjoyed it so much, but of course I would have loved to see my a few of my favorites, including "How many ______________________ can you fit in a _____________" which never failed to make my stomach hurt from laughing or Dave and Zsa Zsa's roadtrip. We'll miss you Daveclip was 

Thankfully the show ran How many Easter Bunnies can fit in a H&R Block last week.  The wonderful part about that clip was it was early on in the show's run when the greater NYC metroplex wasn't altogether wise about getting pranked by Dave.  As Dave pointed out, "H" was a good sport, but "R" was a hot head. 

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opus

opus

I guess I'm alone, but I was disappointed by the special. It seemed like all the clips we've seen the last couple weeks slapped together. The Jack Hannah montage on the show the other day was better. I guess I was expecting more from the title than just random clips, I was hoping for more of a story but oh well.

Yeah, thanks Les. This obviously wasn't a long term project.

opus

opus

I loved it and had a big smile on my face the whole time. Wish there was more.

Is Stephen coming on right after Dave leaves, or is there a break in between? If the latter, what will be in that time slot in the mean time?

Colbert starts in September. Before that is CBS prime time reruns:

http://deadline.com/2015/01/stephen-colbert-late-show-premiere-date-1201348131/

jjj

jjj

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I loved it and had a big smile on my face the whole time.

 

I think I sat there for the entire show with my mouth open in a smile, and afraid to look away for a second!  It was captivating, and the only problem is that there was not enough!

Colbert starts in September. Before that is CBS prime time reruns

Oh, yuck, almost four months of reruns of try-out shows?  Even if they did one night a week of "best-of" Dave's interviews, that would keep the viewership tuned into the time slot.  But anyone looking for a talk show at 11:30 may have a new loyalty by September if CBS just abandons 11:30. 

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kib

kib

I think I sat there for the entire show with my mouth open in a smile, and afraid to look away for a second!  It was captivating, and the only problem is that there was not enough!

Oh, yuck, almost four months of reruns of try-out shows?  Even if they did one night a week of "best-of" Dave's interviews, that would keep the viewership tuned into the time slot.  But anyone looking for a talk show at 11:30 may have a new loyalty by September if CBS just abandons 11:30. 

I'd love to see a run of "best-of" but after CBS didn't offer Dave the courtesy of an opinion of who took over, as well as retaining the "Late Late" slot as a CBS produced product, I think it's safe to say WorldWide Pants and CBS don't have much of a business relationship anymore these days.

nowandlater

nowandlater

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I'd love to see a run of "best-of" but after CBS didn't offer Dave the courtesy of an opinion of who took over, as well as retaining the "Late Late" slot as a CBS produced product, I think it's safe to say WorldWide Pants and CBS don't have much of a business relationship anymore these days.

 

Now the not consulting Dave thing is a problem, especially since CBS' entertainment chairman Nina Tassler said shortly after they picked Colbert that:

 

http://www.ew.com/article/2014/04/10/cbs-interview-colbert-letterman

 

Anything you would care to add?

Tassler: It’s exciting to be a part of a landmark decision here at CBS. We’re grateful for Dave’s graciousness. He was a part of this decision. We’re extremely thankful to him.

 

Now, as for Letterman/World Wide Pants retaining control over the 12:30 slot, I just think that's a recipe for disaster.

 

CBS/Les Moonves wants to retain control of that timeslot. Having say over 12:30 was a perk of Dave's job. But Dave's gone now. And CBS wouldn't want Dave's people (and not Dave) controlling that timeslot.

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kib

kib

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Now the not consulting Dave thing is a problem, especially since CBS' entertainment chairman Nina Tassler said shortly after they picked Colbert that:

 

http://www.ew.com/article/2014/04/10/cbs-interview-colbert-letterman

 

 

Now, as for Letterman/World Wide Pants retaining control over the 12:30 slot, I just think that's a recipe for disaster.

 

CBS/Les Moonves wants to retain control of that timeslot. Having say over 12:30 was a perk of Dave's job. But Dave's gone now. And CBS wouldn't want Dave's people (and not Dave) controlling that timeslot.

Understood.

As they say "It's just business" and WWP & CBS will no longer be conducting business in a few days, so why would there be any expectation that Dave would offer a 'best of' package to a company he's no longer doing business with?

No harm, no foul except for awhile we're going to thrust back to the days when CBS was running Krazy Kat cartoons, color bars or whatever it was that they aired at 11:35 prior to Letterman.  The only person who's going to get burned badly is the stout kid from the UK who is tying up the transmitter at 12:35.

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kib

kib

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It was actually stuff like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimetime_After_Primetime

 

Thanks for the reminder. Who could forget promos from guys like CBS staff announcer Hal Simms cooing the words Silk Stalkings...

 

BTW - That whole "Crimetime After Primetime" didn't necessarily get clearance across the entire network.  There were more than a few affiliates still running bars & tone, cartoons and infomercials.  IIRC, there were a few stations that had to be persuaded to run Letterman when he came onboard.

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opus

opus

Thanks for the reminder. Who could forget promos from guys like CBS staff announcer Hal Simms cooing the words Silk Stalkings...

 

BTW - That whole "Crimetime After Primetime" didn't necessarily get clearance across the entire network.  There were more than a few affiliates still running bars & tone, cartoons and infomercials.  IIRC, there were a few stations that had to be persuaded to run Letterman when he came onboard.

It amuses me that when one of those shows gets remembered, it's inevitably Silk Stalkings.

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