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...that the dust has settled, it all seems so obvious. Of course David Letterman was the logical person to take over the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson retired. Of course NBC made a mistake in betting on Jay Leno and letting Dave slip away to CBS. Of course Letterman's hip, edgy 12:30 a.m. sensibility could be adapted for a more mainstream audience...
...Dave Letterman, because even though he'sstupid and predictable, we still think he's prettyfunny...
...Games created as many stars as it tarnished -- notably Greg Gumbel, who did a businesslike job anchoring the coverage, and David Letterman's mother, who sent back homey reports from Lillehammer for her son's late-night talk show. Indeed, the spectacular ratings proved that CBS was doing something right. Each evening's program was crafted for maximum dramatic effect, with heroes, suspense and, almost always, an ending accompanied by The Star- Spangled Banner. Who cares if it's old news when you've got a TV movie like that...
...DAVID LETTERMAN...
...landing on a stabilizing one-repeated-note bass-line. The songs can be, have to be, so simple because most of them have a central riff that takes over your auditory memory all by itself; the end result is an album that's got more hooks than Dave Letterman's Velcro suit...