The David Letterman Show is a live morning NBC talk show hosted by David Letterman. It ran from June 23 to October 24, 1980. The show originally lasted 90 minutes, then 60 minutes from August 4 onward.
Dave jokes that the world is coming to an end; interviews with news anchor Edwin Newman and bandleader Frank Owen; Merrill Markoe, Rich Hall, Gerard Mulligan and Paul Raley tell jokes that didn't make it on the air during the summer; Wil Shriner shows bloopers from the show's run; Dave introduces crew members, including Kathleen Ankers, Bob Pook and Bill Wendell; Harve Mann sings ""The David Letterman Show"" theme; a deck of ""living"" playing cards dances through the studio as confetti and balloons are dropped.
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