102 The Don Giller Compilation Celebration Part Three: The Late Show Years

#thelettermanpodcast is pleased to present the continuation of our 100th episode celebration. The definitive archivist of #davidletterman material #dongiller has gone to painstaking efforts to organize highlights of the hundreds of hours we have filmed so far to create a 4 part compilation of the #behindthescenes moments of the #letterman timeline as discussed on the #podcast In this third instalment, the focus is on the Late Show with David Letterman Years.

From Don Giller:

The Letterman Podcast's host Mike Chisholm asked if I might put something together to help commemorate his 100th episode. Rather than select highlights and best-of conversations, I decided to try to craft a behind-the-scenes narrative of Dave’s talk show history as told by many of Mike’s podcast guests — the writers, producers, musicians, and network executives who worked for and with Dave throughout his 35-year tenure at NBC and CBS. The narrative is distributed in four parts. This week's episode:

Part 3: Late Show on CBS, 1993-2015

The roster of the guests selected include:

Amy Cherin Humes, Assistant to the Director

Bill Carter, Author

Carter Bays, Late Show Writer

Chris Harris, LS Writer

Chris Schukei, Assistant to the Music Director

Craig Thomas, LS Writer

Daniel Kellison, Late Night, LS Producer

Dave Rygalski, LN WriterFelicia Collins, LS Musician

Fred Graver, LN Writer

Gabe Abelson, LS Monologue Head

George Schweitzer, CBS Chief Marketing Officer

Gerard Mulligan, LN Writer and Segment Producer, LS Writer

Jeff Martin, LN Writer

Jeremy Weiner, LS Writer

Joe Grossman, LS WriterJonathan Green, LS Writer

Lee Ellenberg, LS Writer

Matt Roberts, LS Head Writer, Executive Producer

Paul Shaffer, LN and LS Music Director

Robert Morton, LN Producer, LS Executive Producer

Rupert Jee, Proprietor, Hello Deli

Stephen Winer, LN Writer

Steve O'Donnell, LN Head Writer, LS Writer

Steve Young, LN and LS Writer

Tim Kennedy, LS Technical Director

Tom Malone, LS Musician

Tom Ruprecht, LS Writer

Vinnie Favale, CBS Vice President, Late Night Entertainment, East Coast

Will Lee, LN and LS Musician

Some details become blurred from long-dormant memories — a Viewer Mail letter is actually a separate, stand-alone comedy piece; a timeline might be off by a year or two. But the substance of those memories are precise and vivid, and they offer a heretofore untold look into the creation of material as well as fresh perspectives from the personalities that helped mold a culture-defining legacy. Great thanks to Worldwide Pants for granting permission to share some of its owned and licensed content and to Mike for soliciting so much essential history from his guests.

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