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I was surprised to read, and maybe everybody knows this, that the likelihood of Osama bin Laden being at that location -- about 55 percent, is that about right
Mullen talks bin Laden on 'Late Show' Jun 14, 2011
It's chemically treated. You'll be sick for weeks. You won't be out of the egg for a month
Lady Gaga eats Letterman's notes May 24, 2011
I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception
Letterman apologizes to Palin Jun 15, 2009
Ed McMahon's voice at 11:30 was a signal that something great was about to happen
Hollywood remembers Ed McMahon Jun 24, 2009
The night before the French Open final, I used the wrong conditioner and it started to come off
Agassi retires mullet weave on 'Letterman' Nov 12, 2009
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. Only Letterman's friend and mentor Johnny Carson has had a longer late-night hosting career.
Letterman is also a television and film producer. His company Worldwide Pants produces his show as well as its network follow-up The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond, currently in syndication.
Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His father, Harry Joseph Letterman (April 1915 – February 1973), was a florist of British descent; his mother Dorothy Letterman (née Hofert, now Dorothy Mengering), a Presbyterian church secretary of German descent, is an occasional figure on the show, usually at holidays and birthdays.