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Late Night with David Letterman (NBC). Laid-back and amiably hip, Letterman presides over a menagerie of stupid pet tricks, oddball celebrities and the man with the worm farm. A lullaby for the eccentric insomniac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The BEST OF 1982: Books | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...Widerman is doing his finest wrestling at Harvard," Lee said of the four-year letterman who is a top contender for the Ivy crown in the 118-lb, weight class...

Author: By John N. Riccardi and G. ROBERT Strauss, S | Title: Wrestlers Nab Third at Coast Guard | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...desperate to be known. For America, after two decades, Carson is much more than a casual acquaintance. But he never exacts the emotional burdens of a close friend. "He's sort of like everybody's hip uncle in show business," says David Letterman, who is currently applying the lessons of the master on his own late-night comedy show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Magician of 3,328 Midnights | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...dear diary, you land a good job in Washington and all of a sudden everyone wants to talk to you. It's sort of embarrassing, but when David Letterman called-you know, the host of Late Night on NBC-what could I say? I mean, David, he's so ahhhh. I'm 14 now, so it was O.K. for me to go to New York with my brother Jeff's wife Annette and my two Secret Service escorts, who follow me everywhere. I wore this new black dress that I had just bought, and everyone thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 14, 1982 | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

Since December, Markoe and Letterman have been bunkered in a Manhattan hotel suite working on the show. They miss their Malibu, Calif., home and, most of all, their German shepherds, Bob and Stan. Dogs are a major topic of Letterman's comedy, and absence from Bob and Stan may help drive Letterman and Late Night to California. For now, though, there is plenty to smile about-and Letterman does, with his patented platypus grin. "I just want to make the show as playful as possible," he says. And why not? Hey folks, it's only Network Television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: And Now, Fernwood 4-Real | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

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