David Letterman’s Top 10: Marking 40th Anniversary

late at night host David Letterman Already put on a suit full of Elka style and put myself in a bucket of water. Really, how do you matter the most? On September 18, 1985, he made his debut in the Future Classics, the top ten. (Surprisingly mundane topic? “Almost with the top ten words that rhyme with pea.”) Working late at night “Heaven is because other people are so fun, it’s really hell because you have to come up with something new all the time, and then- Steve O’Donnell,71, tell us. “That’s why the top ten list is such a godsend: It’s something you can do over and over again.” In fact, thousands of times were first on NBC, then later on CBS – we still remember our favorites.

Who is involved

O’Donnell recalls the writer Robert Morton, Randy Cohen And everyone else agrees that they should be their top 10 version of the people. one McCallThe ranking of the top ten bachelors in over 60 or so does it really make them itchy. “There is a ridiculous inclusion Bill Pelleyin his mid-80s, he said, “We all laughed at it.” Plus, everyone recognizes the urgent need for reproducible content: “I compare the day of inspiration to a deserted island in a bunch of hungry people and a box full of food, who wants to eat food?”

Why we remember it

Over the years, a large list of celebrity readings, such as “when they say the top ten things that sound creepy John Markovic“(“Does this look infected to you?”) and “Top 10” Dolly Parton PET PEEVES” (“No one noticed I have a great ass too!”). Celebrities are happy to participate, only bigger laughs, like giggles James Gandolfini There is also the 1st “Things you won’t hear soprano”: “I just hit myself! “Of course, Letterman himself proposed a batch, which references everyday absurdity, politics, and so on.

Key details

Most of the rosters are group efforts, and are executed quickly at O’Donnell’s pace. “Sometimes we’ll write 100. Then, I’ll throw the best Letterman to Letterman a few minutes before the show. He’ll pick a couple and add a couple.” Ohio’s famous “Top Ten Favorite Numbers from 1 to 10” got 60 seconds and came from “pure panic” after the idea on a plane was thrilled.

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as a result of

Letterman signed on May 20, 2015 to bring us a Class A hangover from his farewell “The Top 10 Things I Always Want to Say to Dave.” Among the participants (bottom left), O’Donnell said: “Julia Louis-Dreyfus Come up with a great joke – probably the best on the list! ” (That would be “Thank you for putting me in another disappointing series finale.”)

A new perspective

It’s easy to forget the late night we attribute to Team Letterman’s sensitivity. “All of these great writers are writing satisfying things, and they feel a little alternative,” O’Donnell said. “Of course, we think it’s alternative or challenge that ends up being the norm.”

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Where are they now?

Letterman returns to Netflix’s interview game My next guest needs no introduction. Top 10 concepts live in parties, offices, parties, weddings…although some amateur efforts impressed O’Donnell: “At the same time, I’m leaving, ‘well, almost anyone can do it.” Like Fang Wu. ”