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1	* ''Trivia/LateNightWithConanOBrien''
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3	!!David Letterman era:
4	* BeamMeUpScotty: Around 1986 Dave became fascinated with a KitschyLocalCommercial in New York for the Wilfred Academy of Beauty, featuring a stilted testimonial for the school by hairdresser Floyd Kenyatta, turning the phrase "beauty is my bidness!" into a RunningGag. But [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dI5a3AL6rs the video of the ad]] shows that Kenyatta actually said "come on, join me in the beauty bidness!"
5	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With ''Late Night'' co-owned by NBC Productions and Letterman's World Wide Pants, don't expect a "Best Of" DVD anytime soon.
6	* NetworkToTheRescue: Given how much of a shambles his relationship with NBC ended up becoming, it's easy to forget that hiring Letterman for ''Late Night'' was a gamble for the network after the high-profile flop of ''The David Letterman Show'' in 1980, something that Letterman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubil-RUmgJU acknowledged]] when he was invited as a guest on ''Late Night''[='s=] 40th anniversary episode.
7	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
8	** Creator/ConanOBrien applied for a job as a writer for ''Late Night with David Letterman'' around 1986, and was apparently seriously considered. When Letterman was reminded (years after the fact) just who he'd turned down, his response was, "Well, our loss."
9	** When Letterman left to host ''Series/TheLateShow'' on CBS, Creator/DavidSpade was approached as a replacement, but he declined. Spade would host a late-night talk show, ''Lights Out with David Spade'', on Creator/ComedyCentral on 2019.
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11	!!Jimmy Fallon era:
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13	* RealSongThemeTune: The theme was a sped-up version of "Here I Come" by Music/TheRoots.
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