David Letterman Biography

David Letterman, Comedian

Born as	David Michael Letterman
Occup.	Comedian
From	USA
Born	April 12, 1947 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Age	78 years

David Michael Letterman is an American talk show host on The Late Program with David Letterman, which is produced in the renowned "Ed Sullivan Theatre" on Broadway in New York City City.

Letterman started his career as a radio host as well as weather forecast on a neighborhood tv terminal in Indianapolis. In 1975, Letterman moved to Los Angeles, California in hopes of being an author for various funny series. He additionally started carrying out at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles.

Letterman was discovered by the famous talk program host Johnny Carson and also was a regular visitor of The Tonight Show from 1978.

He obtained his very own program on NBC, The David Letterman Show, which was a terrific success and also won two Emmy Awards. The program was a disappointment in the audience and also dropped in the summer season of the 1980th

NBC communicated with Letterman, and also in 1982 he was again his own talk program, Late Night with David Letterman. The program indholdte frequently unanticipated function as "Stupid Pet Tricks," "Top 10 checklist", "Viewer Mail", "Throwing things off the roofing" that made enjoyable of the category.

Our collection contains 34 quotes who is written / told by David.

Related authors: Mitch Hedberg (Comedian), Fran Lebowitz (Journalist), Rita Rudner (Comedian), Emo Philips (Comedian), Bill Hicks (Comedian), Drew Barrymore (Actress), Johnny Carson (Comedian), Jay Leno (Comedian), Conan O'Brien (Entertainer), Sam Kinison (Comedian)

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34 Famous quotes by David Letterman

"There is no off position on the genius switch"

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"People say New Yorkers can't get along. Not true. I saw two New Yorkers, complete strangers, sharing a cab. One guy took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine"

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"Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton"

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"We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also given them a gift certificate for future nuclear secrets"

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"USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population"

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"The White House is giving George W. Bush intelligence briefings. You know, some of these jokes just write themselves"

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"The big debate right now is if Saddam is alive or dead. He's dead, then he's alive, then dead, then alive. It's just confusing. Today they showed videotape, and Saddam was speaking at his own funeral"

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"New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you"

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"Here's a little known fact - Arnold is the first body builder to run for governor since Janet Reno"

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"For the love of God, folks, don't try this at home"

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"It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody thinks he said"

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"Dick Cheney said he was running again. He said his health was fine, 'I've got a doctor with me 24 hours a day.' Yeah, that's always the sign of a man in good health, isn't it?"

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"Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives"

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"There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting"

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"No one knows if Saddam is still alive. They keep showing old footage of him on TV saying that it's live. You know, it's like the same thing we do with Dick Cheney"

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"Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger"

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"It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?"

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"The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong"

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"President Bush has been silent on Schwarzenegger. Of course, he can't pronounce Schwarzenegger"

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"The weather here is gorgeous. It's mild and feels like it's in the eighties. The hot dog vendors got confused because of the weather and thought it was spring, so they accidentally changed the hot dog water in their carts"

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"I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious"

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"Wherever we've travelled in this great land of ours, we've found that people everywhere are about 90% water"

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"Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?"

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"Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard"

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"I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments"

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"I had no idea this thing was televised. Boy, is my face red"

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"Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees"

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"A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag"

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"President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?"

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"President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either"

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"New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move"

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"I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host"

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"Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel"

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"Don't forget it's daylight savings time. You spring forward, then you fall back. It's like Robert Downey Jr. getting out of bed"

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