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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- David Michael Letterman has hosted 6, late night television episodes in the past 33 years, and has launched the careers of numerous comedians.
But he got his start as a radio host and weatherman in his home state of Indiana – and even got pulled from a gig on a student-run radio station for failing to treat classical music with sufficient reverence.
Letterman was born in Indianapolis on April 12, , to Harry Joseph and Dorothy Letterman. He attended Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis and went on to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
His broadcast career began at student-run Ball State radio station WBST – now a National Public Radio station.
"The chairman of the department said to me, we have this young kid who is very energetic, and we need to hire him and put him to work," former WBST manager Al Rent told CBS affiliate WTTV-TV, Indianapolis in a Tuesday story.
But the station played classical music, and Rent told WTTV that the rock music fan Letterman made a joke of it.
"His job was to put together the biographies of the classical composers. Every biography he wrote, he tended to embellish and change the composer's lifestyle -- such as Claude Debussy," Rent told WTTV. "Letterman's line was, 'A little known fact was Cla
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David Letterman
American television host and comedian (born )
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, ) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, , debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, , broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6, episodes of Late Night and Late Show,[1] surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history.[2]
He is also a television and film producer. His company, Worldwide Pants, produced his shows as well as The Late Late Show and several primetime comedies, the most successful of which was the CBS sitcomEverybody Loves Raymond. Several late-night hosts have cited Letterman's influence, including Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers (each of whom succeeded Letterman on Late Night), Stephen Colbert (his successor on The Late Show), Jimmy Kimmel, and Jon Stewart. Since , he has hosted the Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.
Early life and career
[edit]Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 12, , and
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David Letterman
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