“I'd watched a lot of David Letterman for sure. As far as who I watched as a late-show host, it was definitely Letterman.” ShowsLateHostLetterman Author:Chad VanGaalen
“My brain does like the idea of hosting a late-night show. My brain does like the idea of maybe having a show about me. So, I often pitch ideas and work on scripts and do that just because I may not be right about how I feel, so why not just do this, and if it happens and I got my own show, well maybe I would really end up falling in love with it.” IfsFeelsWellsMayDoeIdeasEndsShowsHappensNightFallMy OwnBrainLateFalling In LoveScriptsWhy NotLate NightI May Not Be Author:Jen Kirkman
“I'm on the Internet a lot more than I watch TV and most everybody I know is, and yet if you watch most late-night talk shows, it's as if it doesn't even exist.” IfsKnowsShowsNightWatchesTvsInternetLateTalk ShowsLate Night Author:Andy Milonakis
“By the late Nineties, we had become a more visual nation. Big-money taste moved to global standards - new architecture, design and show-off contemporary art. The Sloane domestic aesthetic - symmetry, class symbolism and brown furniture - became as unfashionable as it had been hot in the early Eighties.” ArtShowsBigsNationsClassDesignTasteLateStandardsHotMovedArchitectureContemporaryVisualsBrownAestheticFurnitureEightySymbolismShowing OffSymmetryContemporary ArtArchitecture Design Author:Peter York
“Good evening, America. I'm a woman, and welcome to The Late Late Show.” ShowsAmericaLateWelcomeEveningGood Evening Author:Whitney Cummings
“On the eve of the election last month my wife Judith and I were driving home late in the afternoon and turned on the radio for the traffic and weather. What we instantly got was a freak show of political pornography: lies, distortions, and half-truths - half-truths being perhaps the blackest of all lies. They paraded before us as informed opinion.” ShowsHomeLastsPoliticalLyingHalfOpinionWifeMonthsLateElectionRadioMy WifeDrivingWeatherAfternoonFreakTrafficPornographyDistortionHalf TruthDriving HomeInformed Opinions Author:Bill Moyers
“Mayor de Blasio wants to eliminate garbage. He believes New York City produces way too much garbage. Well, heck, forget about producing too much garbage. What about late-night talk shows?” WayWantBelieveWellsShowsNightForgetCitiesToo MuchNew YorkProduceLateNew York CityGarbageMayorsTalk ShowsLate Night Author:David Letterman
“It's two days until tax time. I know it's late, but there is still time to deduct this show as a loss.” KnowsStillsTwoShowsLossTaxesLateTwo Days Author:David Letterman
“A lot of issues were on the ballots. In New York City there was Proposition 14. That would put a ceiling on the number of late-night talk shows. And California passed Proposition 21. That would change guacamole officially to guac.” ShowsNightNumbersCitiesIssuesNew YorkLateCaliforniaNew York CityPropositionsCeilingsBallotsTalk ShowsLate NightGuacamole Author:David Letterman
“I'm sure that people who have been tweeting funny things have ended up on writing staffs of a late night show.” PeopleWritingHas BeensShowsNightLateFunny ThingsLate Night Author:Dane Cook
“I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on stage, did my show, and then some guy in the audience threatened to kill me because he didn't like my joke. Instead of talking to him, I just ran off stage. And then, because I was late, the owner of the restaurant threatened to kill me. And I was 19 years old and so scared that I almost started crying. But, I've done every gig you can imagine, in every state.” YearsStatesDoneShowsGuyTalkingAudienceImagineStageCryCoupleLateJokesScaredRanRestaurantsOwnersBroadsItalianOne TimeThreatenedKill MeGigsBrooklynBad ExperiencesTalking To Him Author:Nick Swardson