The Professor Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 David Letterman signed off this week after a television career that spanned more than 33 years and 6,000+ episodes. Though I haven't watched Letterman in some time (his star faded for me almost 15 years ago) I did grow up watching Dave in his most innovative years where we'd laugh 'til it hurt, and I'll miss his presence on TV. After seeing Dave say goodnight one last time on Wednesday, nostalgia caught up with me and I began surfing YouTube, looking through old clips and being swept under by all the great memories. One of my favorite Late Night memories actually happened on The Tonight Show in 1986. This was during the years when Letterman was still at NBC. Johnny Carson was still host of The Tonight Show at 11:30 and Late Night with David Letterman would follow at 12:30. David Letterman was always known to have lived in his red Chevy pick-up truck when he was trying to make it as a stand-up comedian, and he kept this truck long after he had become successful. In fact, he kept it parked on the street in front of his Malibu home. Johnny Carson lived down the street from Dave and thought his old beat-up truck was an eye-sore. What happened next landed Dave & Johnny in front of Judge Wapner! Here are the clips in chronological order. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did: Dave's Truck is Stolen: Dave's Truck, The Arbitration: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 i had never heard of this.............. Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Oh man, that was good. Once you start watching, you have to finish it. And I think now we finally know why Johnny chose Jay Leno as his successor over Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsdower70 Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 That was awesome! Thanks for sharing. "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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