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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...subject matter, rejuvenating political satire, breaking the "fourth wall" to make fun of the TV medium itself. It helped launch or boost the careers of comics like Steve Martin and Andy Kaufman, gave avant-garde rock an outlet on mainstream TV and made the world safe for David Letterman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: At 15, Saturday Night Lives | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...Talk-show host David Letterman has had his Connecticut home broken into four times and his sports car taken for a spin by a 36-year-old woman who refers to herself as "Mrs. Letterman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Fatal Obsession with the Stars | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

...Neither can Carson, Letterman, that guy from Wheel of Fortune or that Black kid who hangs out with Eddie Murphy. [Degrading verb], no. Mort...

Author: By Julio Verala, | Title: Life Without Mort Downey | 7/25/1989 | See Source »

...with early press reports depicting a boozy Hazelwood leaving the bridge of the 987-ft. tanker and turning control over to an unqualified mate. SKIPPER WAS DRUNK, screamed the New York Post. "I was just trying to scrape some ice off the reef for my margarita," chortled comedian David Letterman, suggesting one of Hazelwood's "Top Ten Excuses" for the spill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Joe's Bad Tripon the Exxon Valdez | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

What does America think of Jim Wright? Dan Quayle? The Exxon oil spill? Find out by turning to the comedy monologues of Carson, Leno, Letterman and Sajak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents PageVol. 133 No. 24 JUNE 12, 1989 | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

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