mphtrilogy

I'm 50 this year and got a good chunk of time to watch Carson, and he was the absolute best.

Jay to me was always a great guest on letterman, but I neve watched his show ever.

Letterman has been more than a solid 2nd though, and an original who stands on his own with his place in talk show and late night history. His top 10, stupid human and stupid pet tricks, Larry bud melman, chris Elliot shtick and tons of other mindless fun stuff brought the form to a new level. His overall show will be missed, but he lost his fastball many years ago, probably the heart attack and the affair, he never quite had the same show vibe.

But I still watched for the good guest because as Julia Roberts said, he does not tolerate stupid people that made him one of the best tv interviewers.

Now it's a love fest everywhere. I can only hope Colbert can bring his sharp wit and irreverence front and center and carry the torch.

Dave will be missed but we are honoring the overall Dave who was an original thru and thru, not the watered down 2015 Dave .

End of an era indeed.

Deftones

The Norm thing.

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aktick

Is Norm still batshit crazy on Twitter?

dolphinboy

A lot of the time, yes, he is.

philo

So true. Fallon & Corben are especially nauseating in their fawning & giggling like schoolgirls. The endless singing & dancing is more suited to daytime than late night.

I really enjoyed the Tom Waits segment with Clooney handcuffed to Dave. Great stuff. The montage of all the outdoor stunts over the years was also a thing of beauty. Norm's standup was great & like Sandler the emotion was heartfelt & shows how much Dave has meant to comedians who grew up & admired him for many years.

Throwing Copper

This is so true. I just can't tolerate Jimmy Fallon much anymore. Corden is a bit annoying, but I do love the format of his show where all the guests are out there together.

As for Letterman, I've really enjoyed these last few weeks of shows. Can't believe it's almost over. Really intrigued by what will happen Wednesday with no guests.

Eric F

Conan is still good in bits and pieces, especially his "location" shoots. His Cuba show was great.

mwbmis

Dave was an interview subject on CBS Sunday Morning, and he told Jane Pauley that after Wednesday we'll probably never see him again.

dolphinboy

Pissed cbs doesn't have the entire interview posted. Jane Pauley and Dave on helium, though.

Mike86

I still like Conan a lot but I wish he'd move his show back to New York. I feel like it was better there and he felt more in his element. I enjoyed him going out on location more there too.

sportsfan64

Jane Pauley interviewed Dave on CBS Sunday Morning today. Here's a link to the script and some videos, including one from Jim Gaffigan.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-le...-night-career/

aintnosin

Sounds like he plans to retire the same way Johnny did.

mcnabb

Jimmy Fallon may have killed Late Night TV for me, and Letterman leaving this week is sort of symbolic that its sort of a metaphor for the death of late night TV.

I think the difference between Carson, Letterman and even Leno in many ways is they had a presence about them, where Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers, etc all come off like fanboys.

I went back and watched alot of Dave's old NBC clips this weekend on YouTube and god damn he was great back in the day.

mwbmis

Worth noting that on this week's Last Week Tonight, John Oliver and staff added a photo of David Letterman to their opening credits.

Throwing Copper

THIS (part in bold).

Mike86

Agreed. The only host who I would say had a real presence as a great host who was a relatively newcomer to the late night scene was Ferguson while he was still around. His show always felt special and not like another late night show but something more unique. I would say Conan and Kimmel are both pretty good too but in some ways they do come off as imitations of better hosts (particularly Kimmel).

Guys like Fallon, Corden, and Meyers all play things so safe and don't seem like they'll be memorable in the long run but are just kind of the in guys at the moment.

dolphinboy

Hanks wasn't particularly memorable, but the performance of "Better Man" by Eddie sure was.

Still think the Foos should have been on this week and can't for the life of me figure out why they weren't.

Regis has to play some part in Wednesday's show.

Mike86

I liked Eddie's solo performance but wondered why Pearl Jam as a whole group wasn't on. I sort of agree with Hanks not really being memorable for being one of the final guests. I get that it was because he and Dave have a long history but I dunno. It just didn't do much for me.

Count Dooku

They still could turn up as a surprise on Wed, but if they do not, it is because they are in Europe starting a world tour this weekend.

mwbmis

He was absolutely fantastic on the final NBC show. In addition to always being a good guest, I'm sure that carries some cache.

Throwing Copper

Tom Hanks didn't do much for me at all in this appearance, but I'm not a big fan of his anyway.

Loved seeing Eddie Vedder perform "Better Man" -- which I thought was going to be a solo performance.

Does it get any better than Bill Murray and Bob Dylan tonight? I think not. I really wish Dave would bring Dylan over for a short interview. That would be awesome, but I doubt it happens.

Eric F

Fuck Fallon and Conan for running new shows on Dave's last night. At least Kimmel and Comedy Central has enough respect for Dave to run repeats on his finale.

mwbmis

Conan airs a half hour earlier. He has said that he is going to say something about Dave in the first half hour and then tell people to switch over at 35 minutes after the hour. He is well aware of who David Letterman is and what he has meant to comedy. He wrote a glowing tribute of him in EW that I posted earlier in the thread.

Fallon...who knows. Probably an NBC decision.

Deftones

you really don't follow Conan, do you.

devilshalo

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