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1. Late night talk show host writer for simpsons series#
2. Late night talk show host writer for simpsons tv#

Though he registered for the draft and passed his physical after graduating from college, he was not drafted for service in Vietnam because he received a draft lottery number of 346 (out of 366). A self-described average student, Letterman later endowed a scholarship for what he called "C students" at Ball State. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and graduated in 1969 from what was then the Department of Radio and Television. According to the Ball State Daily News, he originally wanted to attend Indiana University, but his grades were not good enough, so he instead attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Letterman attended his hometown's Broad Ripple High School and worked as a stock boy at the local Atlas Supermarket. The elder Letterman died of a second heart attack in 1973 at the age of 57.

The fear of losing his father was constantly with Letterman as he grew up. Harry Joseph Letterman survived a heart attack at the age of 36 when David was a young boy. In 2000, he told an interviewer for Esquire that, while growing up, he admired his father's ability to tell jokes and be the life of the party. He enjoyed collecting model cars, including racers. Letterman grew up on the north side of Indianapolis, in the Broad Ripple area, about 12 miles from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. His mother, Dorothy Marie Letterman Mengering (née Hofert J– April 11, 2017), a church secretary for the Second Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis, was an occasional figure on Letterman's show, usually at holidays and birthdays. His father, Harry Joseph Letterman (Ap– February 13, 1973), was a florist. Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1947, and has two sisters, one older and one younger.

Late night talk show host writer for simpsons series#

Letterman currently hosts the Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. Several late-night hosts have cited Letterman's influence, including Conan O'Brien (his successor on Late Night), Stephen Colbert (his successor on The Late Show), Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, and Seth Meyers. His company, Worldwide Pants, produced his shows as well as The Late Late Show and several primetime comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, now in syndication and streaming.

He is also a television and film producer.

Late night talk show host writer for simpsons tv#

In 2002, The Late Show with David Letterman was ranked seventh on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 1996, Letterman was ranked 45th on TV Guide 's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history. He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS.