Letterman: the last giant of late night
In a career spanning more than thirty years, Letterman redefined the modern talk show with an ironic comic style that transcended traditional television. Yet he is a remote, even reclusive, figure whose career is widely misunderstood. Zinoman goes behind the scenes of Letterman's television car...
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| Summary: | In a career spanning more than thirty years, Letterman redefined the modern talk show with an ironic comic style that transcended traditional television. Yet he is a remote, even reclusive, figure whose career is widely misunderstood. Zinoman goes behind the scenes of Letterman's television career to illuminate the origins of his revolutionary comedy, its overlooked influences, and how his work intersects with and reveals his famously eccentric personality |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 345 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten mit Bildtafeln Illustrationen 24 cm |
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Introduction ix
PART I: EDUCATION OF A TALK-SHOW HOST, 1947-1979
1 Shock Jock 3
3 When David Met Merrill 33
PART II: THE ANTI-TALK SHOW, 1980-1984
3 The Art of Stupid 49
4 Not Tonight 69
5 The Harvard Takeover 95
PART III: THE ARCHANGEL OF IRONY. 1984-1987
6 The Founding Fathers of Late Night 117
7 The Writer Under the Stairs 133
8 The Letterman Generation 147
9 The Two Daves 165
PART IV: WRITER’S 8L0CK, 1888-1993
10 Comedy Is Not Prettyl 187
11 Meg and Mom 307
PART V: THE VERY BIG SHOW, 1993-2015
IS The Agony of Victory S33
13 The Oscar Myth 249
14 Hinky 271
15 More Fun Than Humans Should Be Allowed to Have 295
Acknowledgments 303
Notes 305
Index 329
VÜ!
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