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* ReferencedBy: Bizarrely, Letterman [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DaveAvengers.jpg was in an issue of]] ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' in 1984. A parody version of Letterman ("David Endochrine") was murdered (along with his audience) by ComicBook/TheJoker in Creator/FrankMiller's ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. Funnily enough, David Endocrhine was voiced by Creator/ConanOBrien in the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns animated adaptation]], and come 2015, the cast of ''Film/AvengersAgeofUltron'' would feature heavily... on ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive''.
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** There were discussions as Dave made the move to CBS whether or not the new ''Late Show with David Letterman'' would be based out of Los Angeles instead of New York.
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** There were discussions as Dave made the move to CBS whether or not the new ''Late Show with David Letterman'' would be based out of Los Angeles instead of New York. The week of shows he did at CBS Television City in 1994 was viewed by some as testing the waters for a possible relocation to California.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. That didn't stopp fans from posting episodes on Website/YouTube, although those videos have been subject to takedown notices by Worldwide Pants since Dave started his own channel.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. That didn't stopp stop fans from posting episodes on Website/YouTube, although those videos have been subject to takedown notices by Worldwide Pants since Dave started his own official channel.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. However, that hasn't stopped fans from posting episodes on Website/YouTube.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. However, that hasn't stopped That didn't stopp fans from posting episodes on Website/YouTube.Website/YouTube, although those videos have been subject to takedown notices by Worldwide Pants since Dave started his own channel.
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** Two people rumored to make a surprise appearance on Dave's last show...Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman. Neither showed.[[note]]A clip of Kaufman from ''The David Letterman Show'' was shown, and Creator/JimCarrey, who played Kaufman in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', was part of the final Top Ten list. Kaufman and Leno also made multiple appearances in the final montage.[[/note]]
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** Two people rumored to make a surprise appearance on Dave's last show...Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman. [[note]]Andy Kaufman died in 1984, though a conspiracy theory that he faked his death and will reemerge at some point in the future has persisted.[[/note]] Neither showed.[[note]]A clip of Kaufman from ''The David Letterman Show'' was shown, and Creator/JimCarrey, who played Kaufman in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', was part of the final Top Ten list. Kaufman and Leno also made multiple appearances in the final montage.[[/note]]
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** As Bill Carter recounted in his book ''The Late Shift'', after Letterman let it be known he was willing to leave NBC, he listened to pitches from CBS, Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/{{Fox}}, and several FirstRunSyndication offers, including Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Disney}}. The syndicators were rejected early on. Letterman at one point leaned toward ABC, but ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' was too much of an obstacle (ABC also pursued Creator/JayLeno around that time). Fox had already signed Creator/ChevyChase to host a talk show and weren't too clear on what their plans for Letterman might be, so he ended up with CBS largely by default.
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** As Bill Carter recounted in his book ''The Late Shift'', after Letterman let it be known he was willing to leave NBC, he listened to pitches from CBS, Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/{{Fox}}, and several FirstRunSyndication offers, including Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Disney}}. The syndicators were rejected early on. Letterman at one point leaned toward ABC, but the question of whether his show would air before or after ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' was too much of led to an obstacle impasse (ABC also pursued Creator/JayLeno around that time). Fox had already signed Creator/ChevyChase to host a talk show and weren't too clear on what their plans for Letterman might be, so he ended up with CBS largely by default.
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** As Bill Carter recounted in his book ''The Late Shift'', after Letterman let it be known he was willing to leave NBC, he listened to pitches from CBS, Creator/{{ABC}}, Creator/{{Fox}}, and several FirstRunSyndication offers, including Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Disney}}. The syndicators were rejected early on. Letterman at one point leaned toward ABC, but ''Series/{{Nightline}}'' was too much of an obstacle (ABC also pursued Creator/JayLeno around that time). Fox had already signed Creator/ChevyChase to host a talk show and weren't too clear on what their plans for Letterman might be, so he ended up with CBS largely by default.
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** Letterman's assistant Stephanie Birkitt started appearing on the show in 1996 and became a very frequent presence over the next decade, at one point even co-hosting the aforementioned ''Tony Mendez Show''. In October of 2009 she was placed on leave of absence after it was revealed that a former lover of hers had tried to blackmail Letterman, with the related revelation that Letterman and Birkitt had been in a secret relationship. Birkitt had essentially stopped making appearances in 2008, and never appeared again after the scandal.
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** Tony Mendez, known to viewers as "the cue-card guy" and host of the Worldwide Pants-produced webcast ''The Tony Mendez Show'', was fired in 2014 after he assaulted staff writer Bill Scheft during an argument.
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** Tony Mendez, known to viewers as "the cue-card guy" boy" and host of the Worldwide Pants-produced webcast ''The Tony Mendez Show'', was fired in 2014 after he assaulted staff writer Bill Scheft during an argument.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced Letterman's entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the production staff.
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** Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced Letterman's entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the productionstaff.staff.
** Tony Mendez, known to viewers as "the cue-card guy" and host of the Worldwide Pants-produced webcast ''The Tony Mendez Show'', was fired in 2014 after he assaulted staff writer Bill Scheft during an argument.
** Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced Letterman's entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the production
** Tony Mendez, known to viewers as "the cue-card guy" and host of the Worldwide Pants-produced webcast ''The Tony Mendez Show'', was fired in 2014 after he assaulted staff writer Bill Scheft during an argument.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced his entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the production staff.
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced his Letterman's entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the production staff.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. However, that hasn't stopped fans from posting episodes on Creator/YouTube.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. However, that hasn't stopped fans from posting episodes on Creator/YouTube.Website/YouTube.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. However, that hasn't stopped fans from posting episodes on YouTube.Creator/YouTube.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', David Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', David Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats or on DVD. However, that hasn't stopped fans from posting episodes on YouTube.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced his entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the production staff.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Bill Wendell, Letterman's long time announcer (having announced his entire ''Series/LateNight'' run before crossing over with him to CBS in 1993), officially retired in 1995 and was replaced by Alan Kalter. Appearing on a podcast in 2018, former ''Late Show'' producer Robert Morton revealed that Wendell had actually been fired for habitually stealing bottled water intended for the production staff.
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* ChannelHop: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009.
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* ChannelHop: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', ''The Tonight Show'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009.which became ''The Late Show''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009. Carson himself never forgave NBC for picking Leno over Letterman, as he always thought that Letterman was the best choice to succeed him. As such, whenever Carson got an idea for a joke while in his retirement, he would send them to Letterman instead of Leno. And when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i6A6LGwa4 Carson himself showed up on-air]], the applause was ''deafening''. Both men were clearly overwhelmed by it.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', ''The Tonight Show'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009. Carson himself never forgave NBC for picking Leno over Letterman, as he always thought that Letterman was the best choice to succeed him. As such, whenever Carson got an idea for a joke while in his retirement, he would send them to Letterman instead of Leno. And when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i6A6LGwa4 Carson himself showed up on-air]], the applause was ''deafening''. Both men were clearly overwhelmed by it.
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** The Super Bowl commercial Dave made with Oprah and Jay Leno was planned to feature Creator/ConanOBrien, but Conan's deal with NBC stipulated that he couldn't appear on television for several months after leaving ''Series/TheTonightShowWithConanOBrien''. More to the point (at least according to Bill Carter), Conan didn't ''want'' to do the commercial.
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** The Super Bowl commercial Dave made with Oprah and Jay Leno was planned to feature Creator/ConanOBrien, but Conan's deal with NBC stipulated that he couldn't appear on television for several months after leaving ''Series/TheTonightShowWithConanOBrien''. More to the point (at least according (according to Bill Carter), Carter and Letterman himself), Conan didn't ''want'' to do the commercial.
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** The Super Bowl commercial with Oprah and Leno was planned to feature Creator/ConanOBrien, but Conan's deal with NBC stipulated that he couldn't appear on television for several months after leaving ''Series/TheTonightShow''. More to the point (at least according to Bill Carter), Conan didn't ''want'' to do the commercial.
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** The Super Bowl commercial Dave made with Oprah and Jay Leno was planned to feature Creator/ConanOBrien, but Conan's deal with NBC stipulated that he couldn't appear on television for several months after leaving ''Series/TheTonightShow''.''Series/TheTonightShowWithConanOBrien''. More to the point (at least according to Bill Carter), Conan didn't ''want'' to do the commercial.
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** Two people rumored to make a surprise appearance on Dave's last show...Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman. Neither showed.[[note]]A clip of Kaufman from ''The David Letterman Show'' was shown, and Creator/JimCarrey, who played Kaufman in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', was part of the final Top Ten list. Kaufman and Leno also made multiple appearances in the final montage[[/note]]
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** Two people rumored to make a surprise appearance on Dave's last show...Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman. Neither showed.[[note]]A clip of Kaufman from ''The David Letterman Show'' was shown, and Creator/JimCarrey, who played Kaufman in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', was part of the final Top Ten list. Kaufman and Leno also made multiple appearances in the final montage[[/note]]montage.[[/note]]
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* BannedEpisode: Notoriously, Letterman initially refused to air Bill Hicks's 1993 stand-up set on the show. He finally aired the cut segment on a 2009 episode (complete with Hicks's mother as guest), and wondered why he had a problem with it in the first place.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', David Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes, so don't expect the ''Late Show'' to show up in repeats (except on CBS when Letterman has the day off) or on DVD.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', David Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes, so don't expect episodes. Despite the fact that Letterman's stewardship of the ''Late Show'' is over, there are no current arrangements to have his episodes show up in repeats (except on CBS when Letterman has the day off) or on DVD. DVD.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009. Carson himself never forgave NBC for picking Leno over Letterman, as he always thought that Letterman was the best choice to succeed him. As such, whenever Carson got an idea for a joke while in his retirement, he would send them to Letterman instead of Leno. And when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i6A6LGwa4 Carson himself showed up on-air]], the applause was ''deafening''. Both men were clearly overwhelmed by it.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009. Carson himself never forgave NBC for picking Leno over Letterman, as he always thought that Letterman was the best choice to succeed him. As such, whenever Carson got an idea for a joke while in his retirement, he would send them to Letterman instead of Leno. And when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i6A6LGwa4 Carson himself showed up on-air]], the applause was ''deafening''. Both men were clearly overwhelmed by it.it.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', David Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes, so don't expect the ''Late Show'' to show up in repeats (except on CBS when Letterman has the day off) or on DVD.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The Super Bowl commercial with Oprah and Leno was planned to feature Creator/ConanOBrien, but Conan's deal with NBC stipulated that he couldn't appear on television for several months after leaving ''Series/TheTonightShow''. More to the point (at least according to Bill Carter), Conan didn't ''want'' to do the commercial.
** There were discussions as Dave made the move to CBS whether or not the new ''Late Show with David Letterman'' would be based out of Los Angeles instead of New York.
** Two people rumored to make a surprise appearance on Dave's last show...Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman. Neither showed.[[note]]A clip of Kaufman from ''The David Letterman Show'' was shown, and Creator/JimCarrey, who played Kaufman in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', was part of the final Top Ten list. Kaufman and Leno also made multiple appearances in the final montage[[/note]]
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: After A&E aired repeats of ''Late Night'', David Letterman apparently felt that such repeats hurt the value of first-run episodes, so don't expect the ''Late Show'' to show up in repeats (except on CBS when Letterman has the day off) or on DVD.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The Super Bowl commercial with Oprah and Leno was planned to feature Creator/ConanOBrien, but Conan's deal with NBC stipulated that he couldn't appear on television for several months after leaving ''Series/TheTonightShow''. More to the point (at least according to Bill Carter), Conan didn't ''want'' to do the commercial.
** There were discussions as Dave made the move to CBS whether or not the new ''Late Show with David Letterman'' would be based out of Los Angeles instead of New York.
** Two people rumored to make a surprise appearance on Dave's last show...Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman. Neither showed.[[note]]A clip of Kaufman from ''The David Letterman Show'' was shown, and Creator/JimCarrey, who played Kaufman in ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'', was part of the final Top Ten list. Kaufman and Leno also made multiple appearances in the final montage[[/note]]
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* ChannelHop: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009.
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** Inverted when Jay Leno permanently took the lead over Letterman in the ratings after his 1995 interview with prostitute-solicitor Hugh Grant. This came in the wake of Letterman's disastrous stint as host of the Academy Awards that year, where his style of humor clashed ''horribly'' with the tone of that event.
** Many musical performers got their first mainstream exposure on Letterman's shows, with {{Music/REM}} and Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish probably being the ones who got the biggest boosts from their appearances.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009. Carson himself never forgave NBC for picking Leno over Letterman, as he always thought that Letterman was the best choice to succeed him. As such, whenever Carson got an idea for a joke while in his retirement, he would send them to Letterman instead of Leno. And when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i6A6LGwa4 Carson himself showed up on-air]], the applause was ''deafening''. Both men were clearly overwhelmed by it.
* ColbertBump:
** Inverted when Jay Leno permanently took the lead over Letterman in the ratings after his 1995 interview with prostitute-solicitor Hugh Grant. This came in the wake of Letterman's disastrous stint as host of the Academy Awards that year, where his style of humor clashed ''horribly'' with the tone of that event.
** Many musical performers got their first mainstream exposure on Letterman's shows, with {{Music/REM}} and Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish probably being the ones who got the biggest boosts from their appearances.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Pissed that NBC execs picked Jay Leno over him to host ''Tonight'', Letterman took his show to CBS, where he had to make a few changes for the 11:30 slot that seemed minor at first but ultimately ended his peak until NBC's Jay-vs-Conan meltdown in 2009. Carson himself never forgave NBC for picking Leno over Letterman, as he always thought that Letterman was the best choice to succeed him. As such, whenever Carson got an idea for a joke while in his retirement, he would send them to Letterman instead of Leno. And when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9i6A6LGwa4 Carson himself showed up on-air]], the applause was ''deafening''. Both men were clearly overwhelmed by it.
