Letterman opens up about "Late Show" ending

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CBS Sunday Morning

9 жыл бұрын

Jane Pauley sits down with David Letterman to discuss his feelings about retiring from "The Late Show."

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@1stchanygirl 9 жыл бұрын

I watched his first show over on NBC... I was 20, newly married, my husband worked nights so I turned my days around too... on the first night I remember thinking "Well Mr Letterman... show me what you've got". I rocked my babies to sleep with him..I rocked myself to sleep with him! I will miss you David.

@pauldudley8837 2 жыл бұрын

David Letterman came onto the scene guns blazing. I was in high school when he began and no one had ever seen anything like him. what's amazing is he built two brand new shows that thrive today. late night on NBC and late show on CBS. they didn't exist before Dave.

@CHDean 10 ай бұрын

Wow, Dave, that was heart-felt. Thank you for a moment of transparency.

@pasoparent1738 9 жыл бұрын

In late '89 I wrote to NBC in NY to request tickets for Dave's upcoming on-the-road anniversary tour in Los Angeles. I was absolutely thrilled when I got 2 tickets in the mail. (No internet in those days--snail mail!) A friend and I stood in line for many hours outside Universal Studios, got ushered in and thankfully got some great seats. The show was Feb. '90, a few months before Stevie Ray Vaughan died. His performance was great! Also Paul and the band were super. Dave was funny when the camera was rolling but as soon as there was a commercial break, BAM. He went backstage asap. He has since talked about his bouts w/depression so I understand why he needed some "alone time". I'm so glad I got to see him live before he retired!

@chrizbie 8 жыл бұрын

David letterman is legendary

@sillyboy2223 9 жыл бұрын

" I don't want a shrimp puff." - David Letterman

@MsRobinDuke 9 жыл бұрын

Parko Boy Classic! Will miss David Letterman and The Late Show!

@MsRobinDuke 9 жыл бұрын

What a great career David Letterman has had! Will miss his show.

@dianewinters8628 Жыл бұрын

I feel the same now about my life. I miss the people that are no longer here and the times we had together. Too much stuff I've learned is suffocating.

@Ken15643 3 жыл бұрын

I really admire his thoughts. Great interview.

@HyborianAge 9 жыл бұрын

"Five years from now, a nurse will be feeding me rice cereal." classic!

@carsoncobb9325 4 жыл бұрын

yet he has got his own show on netflix and seems to be doing really good!

@anthonystroman8407 3 жыл бұрын

All is vanity we must be born again nothing else matters.

@mikhailpantyushenko9718 9 жыл бұрын

There will never be another David Letterman again.

@alanroberts4060 3 жыл бұрын

Hope not, Thank God.

@Soxruleyanksdrool 3 жыл бұрын

So Alan you don't like funny?

@markjackson6431 Жыл бұрын

@@alanroberts4060 you must be as bland as Fallon

@shackdaddy7106 3 жыл бұрын

David Letterman , Johnny Carson and Steve Allen. They are the three stars that hover above the rest of the talkshow world. They were the best ever.

@anandguruji83 9 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU GOODBYE AND FAREWELL TO THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1993-2015

@anandguruji83 9 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU GOODBYE AND FAREWELL TO THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1993-2015

@Soxruleyanksdrool 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU GOODBYE AND FAREWELL TO THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1993-2015

@jtjurje357 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU GOODBYE AND FAREWELL TO THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN 1993-2015

@hallgeirhansen9124 3 жыл бұрын

Who is watching in 2030?

@jtjurje357 2 жыл бұрын

Me. I'm glad Dave's finally getting the Tonight Show.

@deanpapadopoulos3314 10 ай бұрын

He’s eloquent in explaining loss. Our lives are about continuing to learn in the present moment of where we are. No fixed stages for Americans outside of age. He described so well major changes and coming out well after getting hit with the loss and then the grieving and finally the healing.

@hawkiebaby 3 жыл бұрын

"Dave, you're a loner" Don Rickles. True, an introvert and an artist.

@gtoger 3 жыл бұрын

"5 years from now a nurse will be feeding me rice cereal." Oh boy... it's now 5 years from then and doesn't that seem like a better option than what we're actually facing?

@siggylloyd3566 2 жыл бұрын

I can't tell whether you're stupid or joking.

@theflorgeormix 4 жыл бұрын

Jane Pauley is the gold standard journalist...wonderful...Desk better b in The Smithsonian

@samuelrichey1888 6 жыл бұрын

Those last few seconds, "Shrimp puff, care for a shrimp puff?" in that classic emasculate voice he would do. Jeez. Perfect guy to have the show he did. Still miss it

@floydjohnson7888 3 жыл бұрын

Seems fitting that Jane Pauley would interview David Letterman. They both were with NBC in the 80s

@cliftonphillips9545 Жыл бұрын

They started together in Indianapolis in the 1970s

@Nick.Ashton 2 ай бұрын

2:40 "I don't think I'll ever be back in this building" .. what a suprise when he actually returned on Colbert

@pocodedo 9 жыл бұрын

JP looks amazing.

@Crimsonphilosophy 9 жыл бұрын

kinda awkward camera work

@20EUR20 3 жыл бұрын

💚

@seattleite6631 3 жыл бұрын

The look of the studio really fits the time it was created. Early 1990s. Never thought about that before.

@thefonzkiss Жыл бұрын

The 2015 set was totally different to the original 90s one.

@PaddyBoyDane 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s watching 5 years later?

@thefonzkiss Жыл бұрын

@deej19142 9 жыл бұрын

Dave is wearing a Carhartt shirt! Awesome. You will be missed Dave, please let us know what you are up to. Not sure if you use instagram or twitter, but it would be cool to just hear from you from time to time. Good luck and thanks for all the memories.

@Rcity2332 9 жыл бұрын

David Letterman is a Legend! If you love great comedy, your heart should be a little sad that the Letterman show is over. Thank god for KZfaq. I have all the great interviews. Especially the ones with Martin Short, Nathan Lane, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin. TV gold if you ask me.

@pasoparent1738 9 жыл бұрын

Rcity2332 and don't forget Bill Murray--he's the best! :)

@paulspeakman551 3 жыл бұрын

I have it on good authority that in five years from Dave's retirement there will be a pandemic but one of his drivers will win the Indy 500.

@kevinfitzgerald576 3 жыл бұрын

Good one mate

@vincereynolds8788 3 жыл бұрын

You're quite the prognosticator! Guess the rice cereal feedings will need to wait! Lol.

@carsenbart1482 3 жыл бұрын

“Five years from now a nurse will be spoon feeding me rice”... well has anyone checked on him?

@cameronprior4698 3 жыл бұрын

I miss him

@cliffedward 9 жыл бұрын

The history in that stage and theatre Ed Sullivan, Elvis,The Beatles and now Dave. It should be a shrine.

@networx7991 9 жыл бұрын

cliffedward Yes. It should be... regrettably... should have been. It's gone. CBS SHOULD HAVE preserved the Ed Sullivan Theater in mode of The Late Show with David Letterman. God Bless you, David Letterman.

@cliffedward 9 жыл бұрын

***** Not too sure what he means but what I do know is the sets were dumped. I think Dave's desk went to the Smithsonian. What George may mean is that the stage that Dave was on was not the original. The theatre was a wreck when they took it over and had to be refurbished.

@pasoparent1738 9 жыл бұрын

cliffedward There's footage showing scavengers climbing into dumpsters the day after they ended the Late Show. I cannot believe how CBS just trashed the set. They could have at least auctioned some it off for charity (like Yankees Stadium).

@rvsam4u 2 жыл бұрын

Miss ya Dave

@emilio1316 3 жыл бұрын

Carson > Letterman > Conan. The proper hierarchy. The tall show market is so oversaturated now it’ll never be the same.

@ScottGuilfoyle 3 жыл бұрын

its been 5 years, hes doing fine. did he take the desk?

@bernlin2000 Жыл бұрын

"I don't want a shrimp puff" But we want you Dave! Glad he's still making content and not just being fed rice pudding by a day nurse (but he's certainly getting that, too).

@rodroller6634 3 жыл бұрын

Dave and Bill Murray help make me the irreverent fool I am today. Thanks guys!

@oceanwoods 2 жыл бұрын

That desk literally went in the dumpster. I agree it should have gone to the Smithsonian. This show changed American TV

@JohnOtjenIV 9 жыл бұрын

Dave was a great talent and will be missed. On a side note the camera work in this piece was odd.

@michaelbruchas6663 4 жыл бұрын

These “kids” have known each other since Indiana TV years - long, long ago...

@paulrevere2928 3 жыл бұрын

I am like that too, I prefer a clean break and move on...

@alann5003 Жыл бұрын

Care for a shrimp puff? No, I don't want a shrimp puff. lmao

@Oliveras1943 3 жыл бұрын

I suggest this top ten list: the top ten retirement party locations by the gal who broke into dave’s house.

@kleeamd8274 2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't be funny. She committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a train

@jammer3618 3 жыл бұрын

The sad part of him leaving is that a lot or rice bowls were broken. He didn't have a financial worry but a lot of people did.

@bt10ant 3 жыл бұрын

"...a lot or rice bowls" ??

@jammer3618 3 жыл бұрын

@@bt10ant jobs

@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont 3 жыл бұрын

@@bt10ant Movie "The Sand Pebbles" reference.

@markdavies9117 Жыл бұрын

Another way to look at it is that they had great jobs working for Dave and professional experience they could market themselves with.

@thefonzkiss Жыл бұрын

@@markdavies9117 exactly. There’s an interview with the staff who were worried but all they had to do is say they worked for The Late Show and people wanted them.

@TaylorMade511 9 жыл бұрын

You didn't ask Dave what advice Johnny Carson gave him.

@moee7349 3 жыл бұрын

Both from indiana.

@helpmenow7 7 жыл бұрын

Jane can't figure Dave out it seems

@chrisarseneault5617 3 жыл бұрын

On TV he had a gruff and argumentative style....some say. This interview proves different

@walterlane99 4 жыл бұрын

I don't want a shrimp puff either! And what is a shrimp puff?

@Soxruleyanksdrool 3 жыл бұрын

If you don't know what one is, how do you know you don't want one? Maybe if you knew what one was, you'd want one.

@timfronimos459 6 жыл бұрын

Jane Pauley is still pretty.

@spark339 9 жыл бұрын

watte man!

@pfzt 3 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Pauley clearly has a little crush on Dave.

@danfarrelly2732 4 ай бұрын

He was the best … hands down ! Late night tv SUCKS now

@robertthompson3941 Жыл бұрын

Personally,I Enjoyed Dave’s Show.

@crowtservo 4 жыл бұрын

I haven’t even watched any of the late night shows since Dave and Craig Ferguson left. None of them are funny any more, it’s all too political.

@MrGopalrockz 3 жыл бұрын

Conan dude. Letterman's true heir.

@jiro4559 6 жыл бұрын

just step back a little bit please, its too close

@mrtippyman 3 жыл бұрын

Late night TV died when he and Leno went off the air...

@sha11235 3 жыл бұрын

I have not watched Stephen Colbert taking over Late Show.

@ABCABC-hn1xw 2 жыл бұрын

Letterman is one odd freak

@michaelggraham 3 жыл бұрын

Late night is horrific now. If you want funny, watch Graham Norton. Dave was the best their was. Carson was legendary at the time...but nobody was like Dave who could interview Robin Williams and just let him go, or some Nobel Nuclear Physicist - and both would be entertaining. Watch these idiots now try to interview someone intelligent. It’s embarrassing.

@2000Betelgeuse 9 жыл бұрын

He seems like a sad man, like he regrets stuff......I know old folks that have retired and seem very happy, Dave does not seem one of them for some reason

@nothwestmovieslike 8 жыл бұрын

+2000Betelgeuse I would disagree with that. You should go see his Interview f at Indy 500 and his Interview with Regis, Oprah and on The view. Dave is not really as unhappy as some think or want too. He had depression at one point but came out that.