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'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy. -- Jesse Ventura
I don't know about you, but I can never get enough David Letterman. -- Barbara Walters
In that sense, when a Bush or a Gore, or whomever, goes on David Letterman, that's the news, too. -- Frank Rich
David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times. -- Timothy Simons
David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. -- George Lopez
The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows. -- Rivers Cuomo
CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talents of our time, and we hope things work out. -- Leslie Moonves
The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do more damage than any Republican assault by Newt Gingrich. -- Michael Moriarty
David Letterman used to say, 'I wasn't the class clown, but I wrote for him,' and that's exactly it. You want to be known to be funny without having it pointed out. -- Michael Keaton
I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch. -- Rosie Perez
I grew up loving David Letterman and Pee-wee Herman, but as far as live performance comedy, all I knew were the Jerry Seinfeld-type comedians of the world, and that's what I thought live performance comedy was all about. -- Scott Aukerman
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. -- Bob Woodward
Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in the American experience. Since the founding of our country, citizens from Ben Franklin to David Letterman have made fun of their elected officials. -- Evan Bayh
I think David Letterman is a genius. Night after night he is funny and smart. He seems to really enjoy his jokes. They seem connected to who he really is. I like watching him, and there is no one better at turning an awkward moment into something very funny. -- Casey Affleck
I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so infuriating. It's like, 'Who is this guy, and why does he have a memoir?' David Letterman could write a memoir. Joan Rivers could. I'm just a nobody. I'm a comedian and a writer. -- Mike Birbiglia
Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature. -- Bil Keane
I was a huge David Letterman fan, even going back to when he was on NBC. My parents would only let me watch a half hour of television a day, so I would record Letterman the night before and then watch it when I came home from school. That's what made me want to do a T.V. show. -- Trevor Moore
I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. -- Teri Garr
Did you know David Letterman was offered millions of dollars to do a commercial for dog food? -- Tracey Ullman
Never name it after yourself. Maybe we'll throw a with in there. That seems to work. Like Late Show With David Letterman. -- Jon Stewart
I'd watched a lot of David Letterman for sure. As far as who I watched as a late-show host, it was definitely Letterman. -- Chad VanGaalen
We will try to honor David Letterman achievement by doing the best show we can.And occasionally making the network very mad at us. -- Stephen Colbert
I think the first time I was on The David Letterman Show, he didn't quite know what to expect. I think people generally are just a little afraid. -- Paul Reubens
I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants. -- Stephen Colbert
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. -- Barbara Bush
The idea that I would ever end up on David Letterman or Jay Leno is horrifying. I am such a freak in comparison to most other twenty-five-year-old guys. I have no idea what other people are thinking. I'm not really in touch. -- Jared Leto
Everybody gets inspired by different things. I grew up wanting to go up the street with a video camera because I liked watching David Letterman yell out of the ninth floor of Rockefeller Center with a megaphone at people on the street. I thought that was a riot. -- Tom Green
Probably the most fun I've ever had, actually, acting. Because it was the perfect extension of the stuff that I'd started to do on Late Night With David Letterman, and when I look back on all my work, it was probably the best possible incarnation of Chris Elliott, of me. -- Chris Elliott
I was told David Letterman and Kaufman had heart attacks on the same day: David Letterman's heart attack was at a hospital in NYC. Kaufman's heart attack was at the red light district in Amsterdam, Holland. I think Kaufman had more fun. You're a great artist. I just love the way you painted my portrait. -- Howard Stern
Simply being a guest on David Letterman's show has been a highlight of my career. I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave's lead. I'm thrilled and grateful that CBS chose me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go grind a gap in my front teeth. -- Stephen Colbert
Sure, losing an election hurts, but I've experienced worse. And at an age when every day is precious, brooding over what might have been is self-defeating. In conceding the 1996 election, I remarked that "tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do." I was wrong. Seventy-two hours after conceding the election, I was swapping wisecracks with David Letterman on his late-night show. -- Bob Dole

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