Before he moved to Late Night, and made the slot his own, David Letterman was already doing what he does in the mornings on NBC. For ninety shows, he ran an experimental and embryonic version of Late Night from June to October of 1980. Here’s a moment from the final show, wherein they take a look back at the show’s many ‘screw-ups’.
Most of this series still exists in the Worldwide Pants archives, and it would be great to see more episodes.
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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…
