David Letterman

Late Show

After-hours television program

• CBSMajor television and radio network
• NBCAmerican television network
• Ed Sullivan TheaterHistoric broadcast venue

monologue · after-hours · live audience · ratings · viewership · desk · couch · house band · cue cards · opening bit

gap-toothed

Having dental spaces

• IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
• sardonicGrimly mocking
• curmudgeonIll-tempered, stubborn person

eccentric · irreverent · subversive · beard · retirement · heart surgery · Peabody Award · Emmy · influential · pioneer

jokes

Humorous remarks or stories

• funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
• gagsJokes or silencing devices
• punchlineHumor's final delivery

wit · one-liners · shtick · banter · irony · sarcasm · mockery · self-deprecation · deadpan · parody

guests

People received hospitably

• celebritiesWell-known public figures
• politiciansElected government representatives
• musiciansPeople who create music

actors · authors · conversation · questions · anecdotes · rapport · Joaquin Phoenix · Hillary Clinton · Obama · Netflix

• Talk Show HostsJohnny Carson, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien
• TV PersonalitiesJohnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Bob Barker, Dick Clark, Steve Harvey
• Television Historygolden age, broadcast networks, network television, color TV, live broadcasts
• talk showstalk shows, late night, late-night, guest host, panel show
• MissouriansHarry S. Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney, Harry Truman, Jesse James
• TV PioneersEd Sullivan, Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow