That
last
entry was supposed to be the 20th Anniversary of David Letterman appearing
on CBS.
If
you recall in 1993, Johnny Carson retired from NBC's The Tonight Show. It was
assumed that David Letterman was going to move from his Late Night program to
that spot as Carson's heir apparent. The hosting duties went to another
comedian: Jay Leno.
Letterman
felt that he was screwed over and jumped to CBS where he became the host of the
newly created Late Show at the same time as Leno's Tonight Show. A former Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons writer by the name of Conan
O'Brien took over NBC's Late Night program. A similar episode repeated itself
in 2009 when Conan O'Brien moved to The
Tonight Show while Jay Leno was given a 9:00 PM (CT) weeknight talk show.
That bombed horribly and was causing NBC's ratings to head further into the
dumpster. Long story short, Leno returned to The Tonight Show and Conan O'Brien is hosting his own program on
TBS. It is hard to believe, but the relationship between Letterman and Leno has
thawed over the years. They appeared in a Super Bowl commercial together a few
years ago.
So,
why aren't you able to watch Letterman's first CBS program via the player I
provided?
Apparently
there is a copyright claim and the original holder has scrubbed YouTube of that
episode EVER existing.
Bastards!
I'm
sure if you go through some of my old posts you'll see some videos have been
removed due to copyright claims or the YouTube accounts associated with those
videos have been canceled.
The
only thing I can say is....
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