David Michael Letterman é um humorista, apresentador e produtor de televisão norte-americano. Ele apresentava o programa de entrevistas Late Show with David Letterman na CBS. Letterman ficou na televisão no horário nobre ininterruptamente de 1982 a 2015 com a estreia do seu show, originalmente na NBC. Ele superou em 2008 seu amigo e mentor Johnny Carson como o apresentador de carreira mais longa na história da televisão norte-americana. Em 3 de abril de 2014, Letterman anunciou sua aposentadoria do seu programa, assim que seu contrato com a CBS acabar em 2015. Seu último programa foi ao ar nos Estados Unidos em 20 de maio de 2015. Ele foi substituído pelo também comediante Stephen Colbert.
Letterman também é um produtor de televisão e cinema. Sua companhia Worldwide Pants Incorporated produz seu programa como também o The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. A Worldwide Pants também já produziu várias séries cômicas de sucesso, com a mais famosa sendo Everybody Loves Raymond.
“A primeira coisa que fiz quando o levei para casa foi sacudi-lo na sacada.”
pai do bebê Harry, recriminando com ironia o astro Michael Jackson, que de fato sacudiu o próprio filho do lado de fora da sacada de um hotel
Revista ISTO É, Edição n. 1780.
“Nice job…what the hell is U2 supposed to play?”
To Paul Shaffer, after the CBS Orchestra played "Pride (In the Name of Love)", The Late Show with David Letterman (5 March 2009), during U2's week-long guest appearance.
On announcing his retirement, quoted in Here’s what happened the moment David Letterman announced his retirement (transcript + video) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/03/heres-what-happened-the-moment-david-letterman-announced-his-retirement-transcript-video/ by Emily Yahr, in "The Washington Post" (3 April 2014).
“Now all of us can talk to the NSA—just by dialing any number.”
On the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program, on The Late Show with David Letterman, monologue (25 January 2006).
Late Night with David Letterman (5 March 1993).
Letterman: Wow I like the sound of this already; the female soccer team in the sorority house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbian. Noow we're gettin' somewhere. <br class="br">8th August 1996
“Hey, John, I got a question! You need a ride to the airport?”
The Late Show with David Letterman (24 September 2008), while watching a live feed of Katie Couric interviewing with John McCain in the CBS studio; McCain had just canceled his scheduled appearance on Letterman's show that evening, telling him he needed to return to Washington immediately and deal with the economic crisis, quoted in "The David Letterman-John McCain smackdown" http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/09/letterman-mccai.html by Gary Susman at Popwatch (25 September 2009).
Fonte: To Bill O'Reilly, in discussion about the supposed War on Christmas, as quoted in "In Letterman appearance, O'Reilly repeated false claim that school changed 'Silent Night' lyrics" http://mediamatters.org/items/200601040009, Media Matters for America, (4 January 2006).
“How long have you been a black man?”
To U.S. President Barack Obama, after he had responded to a question on whether he thought racism was fueling criticisms of him with the comment "First of all, I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election.", as quoted in "Obama Takes On Letterman" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/21/AR2009092103432.html by Michael D. Shear, in The Washington Post (22 September 2009).
During his first show after the September 11th attacks (17 September 2001).
Fonte: Final sign-off at end of final show, Late Night with David Letterman (20 May 2015).
