If you haven’t read Bill Carter’s excellent book (The Late Shift and later The War For Late Night) about the changing of the guard in late night after Johnny Carson announced his retirement, you really should.
On the 30th August, 1991, Letterman appeared on The Tonight Show, and Johnny asked him how he was feeling about the recent announcement that Leno was going to take over the slot.
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For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…
