Letterman’s last show

Mark Matassa Jul 1, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Letterman’s last show</h1>
                <h2><p>After a couple of weeks of terrific countdown shows, David Letterman’s “Late Night” program on CBS closes down tonight. The guests lately have been fantastic -- Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and more – all paying tribute to Dave’s 33 years on the air. The New</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/mmatassa-mac-com/">Mark Matassa</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/david-letterman-john-mccain_0.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="David" loading="lazy" width="300" height="262"></figure><p>After a couple of weeks of terrific countdown shows, David Letterman’s “Late Night” program on CBS closes down tonight. The guests lately have been fantastic -- Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and more – all paying tribute to Dave’s 33 years on the air. <em>The New York Times</em> has a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/business/media/prickly-innovator-counts-down-to-his-exit-from-late-night.html?hp=&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news+The+night+we+called+it+a+day.&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">nice retrospective</a>.</p><p>Here’s <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/2C6A6F38-EC55-6969-5BC7-6F1F5338CEC0/bob-dylan-the-night-we-called-it-a-day-david-letterman/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Bob Dylan’s performance</a> of “The Night We Called It a Day,” on Tuesday night’s show.</p>
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After a couple of weeks of terrific countdown shows, David Letterman’s “Late Night” program on CBS closes down tonight. The guests lately have been fantastic -- Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and more – all paying tribute to Dave’s 33 years on the air. The New York Times has a nice retrospective.

Here’s Bob Dylan’s performance of “The Night We Called It a Day,” on Tuesday night’s show.