Letterman the last giant of late night
"New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation. In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefine...
| Main Author: | Zinoman, Jason. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Education of a talk-show host, 1947-1979
- Shock jock
- When David met Merrill
- Part II: The anti-talk show, 1980-1984
- The art of stupid
- Not tonight
- The Harvard takeover
- Part III: The archangel of irony, 1984-1987
- The founding fathers of late night
- The writer under the stairs
- The Letterman generation
- The two Daves
- Part IV: Writer's block, 1988-1993
- Comedy is not pretty!
- Meg and Mom
- Part V: The very big show, 1993-2015
- The agony of victory
- The Oscar myth
- Hinky
- More fun than humans should be allowed to have.