David Letterman is finally coming back to guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show
More than 8 years after departing The Ed Sullivan Theater, Dave Letterman is coming back to chat with Stephen Colbert
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In the eight years since he stepped down from hosting Late Show With David Letterman on CBS, David Letterman has appeared on a ton of talk shows, lending his increasingly wizard-bearded visage to The Drew Barrymore Show, The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and even the final episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden. But there’s one couch he’s never darkened in all that time: That of his old stomping grounds at the Ed Sullivan Theater, now the home of Stephen Colbert’s own version of the Late Show.
But, no more: Deadline reports that Letterman will be returning to that famous stage next week, when he serves as a guest on the show on Monday, November 20. Colbert broke the news earlier today, to audible sounds of celebration from his audience. It’s not clear yet what Letterman is coming on to talk about—but given that it’s been about a year since he last released a new episode of his Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, we could certainly hazard a guess.
Colbert and Letterman last shared a stage at the theater back in 2015, after the former Comedy Central star had been tapped to serve as Letterman’s replacement on CBS’s late night throne, and Letterman welcomed him into his new house. Since then, Letterman has mostly been focused on his interview program, where he’s sat down with some of the biggest names on the planet, with Barack Obama, George Clooney, Kim Kardashian, and more all subjecting themselves to Letterman’s very particular interview stylings. Now, he’ll face Colbert’s own gentle, TV-friendly interrogations, as the two men sit down and talk to each other publicly for the first time in several years on Monday night.
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Safe to assume that they will be discussing the new SPR3 video.
You guys suck.
Hopefully he won’t get pelted with rocks and garbage.
They’re going to take Jay Leno to the roof and drop him off, alongside a bunch of watermelons.
Letterman was a guest on Strike Force Five, the podcast the five late night hosts did during the WGA strike. I highly recommend it and you don’t have to like all the late night shows to enjoy it. They just sit around shooting the shit, teasing each other relentlessly, (Fallon gets the worst of it, deservedly so) and telling stories about bad guests, great guests, first shows, etc. It’s worth a listen. Letterman’s particular interview style nowadays isn’t what it was when he hosted Late Night. He gets guests he wants, not people promoting something, or some reality show star he isn’t remotely interested in. That’s why he was cranky with people on the old show. On “My Next Guest” he has the time to really get into a great conversation with his guest. Saying guests “subject themselves to him” makes it sound like he is terrible to them and they’re miserable. Every guest seemed to be enjoying themselves immensely. Have you even seen it?
I’m willing to bet that Hughes hasn’t seen Letterman’s new show, but would have used the exact same wording if he had. The requirements for writing an AV Club article seem to include, “Be snarky; the less sense it makes the better.”
Letterman even said, at the end of the episode, how much he had surprised himself by enjoying it. I suspect that experience is why he decided to go on Colbert.
For people who are interested in late night talk shows, Strike Force Five is a really good listen.
I loved how Strike Force Five did a whole episode ragging on Fallon’s alcohol-induced dyslexia and everyone loved it so they said, “Okay let’s just do that again,” and it worked! Jimmy Fallon being unable to communicate in a coherent manner is the gift that keeps on giving.
Between the texts he sent to the wives, and the episode where he willfully admits he put onions in his socks to stop a sore throat, I have to wonder how the fuck he ever got on SNL let alone being handed the hosting gig of the Tonight show. When they talked about him sending Seth’s wife a text that read “do you have any pet names?” and she replied “Frisbee”, (their dog) I was dying. And then they go off on him about “Claire” and the onions, I was laughing so hard I almost pulled my car off the street so I wouldn’t get in an accident.
I think he got the job because he could do impressions. Lorne loves impressions.
Plus he wasn’t yet married when he got SNL so there was no opportunity for him to admit that his wife once admonished him for coming to bed at 1am with a bowl of soup.
If Letterman doesn’t do a Top Ten list I will initiate anarchy.
Letterman is way funnier than Colbert has been as late night host. It’s embarrassing how much Colbert sucks.
Letterman didn’t suffer fools. So yeah, if you were a twat like Crispin Glover you got what you deserved. Even when he interviewed the ‘diva of the moment’ he was only perturbed if they weren’t giving him anything to work with. If you engaged with Letterman you received an engaging interview.His new show, which is wonderful, has no fools cuz he get to hand pick every guest. The Jay-Z episode featured an amazing duet with Lukas Nelson and Madison Ward. (below)As far as what he’s going on the Colbert show for … my guess it’s to promote his fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity. You can win the old marquis, a trip for two to NYC and you get to meet the bearded curmudgeon himself, which would be beyond comprehension for me.