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Yahoo!'s Web Celeb David
Letterman
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On August 30,
1993, the
LATE SHOW
with David Letterman made its debut, and it
quickly went on to become one of the most
talked-about and critically acclaimed programs of
the year. One year later, Time magazine named
Letterman the heir to Johnny Carson's late-night
crown. Nearly three years later, TV Guide's "Best
of '95" edition praised Letterman as "still the
funniest man on TV in the hippest show on at
night," and cited LATE SHOW as one of The Ten
Shows that Clicked of the hundreds of
television programs on the air. Letterman, who is
beginning his 15th year on late-night network
television, has earned the honor by consistently
delivering inventive and imaginatively inspired
comedy.
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His first network
break was in 1978 on the CBS variety series
Mary, starring Mary Tyler Moore. In November
of that year, he made the first of his 22
appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny
Carson. He also guest- hosted Tonight
numerous times. In 1980, Letterman began hosting a
morning comedy-variety program, The David
Letterman Show, which ran for three months on
NBC and earned Letterman two Emmy Awards. His
Late Night with David Letterman premiered in
February 1982.
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Throughout its 11 1/2
years, Late Night was critically acclaimed
and won many awards, including five Emmys, and was
nominated for scores more. In 1992, Letterman was
honored with a George Foster Peabody Award for
taking "one of TV's most conventional and least
inventive forms - the talk show - and infusing it
with freshness and imagination." The "Late Show"
has won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Variety, Music
or Comedy Program and has been nominated for seven
additional Emmys, a record- breaking number for a
late-night talk show and for any late-night program
in its premiere year.
In addition, Letterman won a Foundation
Award from the International Radio and
Television Society and was named Funniest Lead
Performer in Series Television at the Eight Annual
American Comedy Awards.
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In November of 1996,
America Online and Late Show with David
Letterman launched Late Show Online, an
exclusive interactive site offering AOL members the
chance to participate in the unique, spirited brand
of comedy that has made the show a hit.
The Late Show Online site is exclusive to AOL
and is the only area where members can participate
in behind-the-scenes action and interact with
backstage personalities. The AOL site offers
members ever-changing humor, games and contests,
live entertainment, Dave's original Comedy Reviews,
audio and video clips from the show, daily prize
giveaways, downloadable selections from Dave's
Record Collection, backstage photos, and
numerous opportunities to design, suggest, and
execute trademark Late Show comedy, not to
mention the ever-popular El Chat Room and Los
Message Boards.
"We are working on a couple ideas that'll make
that 'Max Headroom' thing look like a puppet show,"
says Dave.
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