Word: letterman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pressure valve is self-mocking humor, long an NBC staple. On his Late Night hour, David Letterman has provoked "feuds" with NBC stars Mr. T and Today's Bryant Gumbel. Among Letterman's supporting comedy cast is a silver- haired gent who purports to be one "Grant Tinker"; he recently celebrated NBC's No. 1 status by offering lunch money to habitues of the network commissary. The real Brandon Tartikoff, who has been host on Saturday Night Live, will play himself next week on a comedy special called Bob Hope Buys NBC?--a needling joke in itself, since...
...despair. By the time "Late Night with David Letterman" is over, at about 1:30 a.m. (1:33 on the second floor of Sever), you probably will have figured out how to overcome these inconveniences. But don't stay up later than that worrying about it--or you'll miss breakfast...
This time, permanent quarters were secured for training meals and a meeting place for team members, coaches, and letterman alumni, in a Holyoke St. house that had been renovated with the help of some contributions from alumni. With a central place for members to congregate, its popularity increased dramatically...
Castle residents used to look for inspiration to humorists like E.B. While and James Thurber and seek slots at the New York or Vanity Fair after graduation. Today's crowd is more apt to look for its heros on Second City Television or the David Letterman Show and join the ranks of television and movie script writers in Hollywood or New York...
...doing the same thing now that I did in College except I get paid for it and I don't have homework." says former Lampoon President Jeffrey Martin '82, a writer for the David letterman Show in New York...