Dave as of tonight: 3,544 + 4 Prime Time Specials = 3,549 Late Shows + 1,810 Late Nights = 5,359 late-night shows he's hosted.
Assuming that Wikipedia's number (4531) is correct, then Dave matched it 828 shows ago, or March 19, 2007. (3,549 - 828 = Show #2,721) He overtook Johnny two nights later, March 21, 2007 (Dave was ill on March 20, so Adam Sandler guest-hosted the show that night). On Sep 8, 10:42 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. I was going with Wikipedia's numbers, which have Johnny at 4531 (about > 150/year on average) and Dave at 5300 through sometime in May (about > 175-180/year on average). The gap seems plausible, given Dave's occasional > four-show weeks, and Johnny's three-show weeks in the later years. > > David > > ________________________________ > From: donz5 <[email protected]> > > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Johnny & Dave > > I've never found a credible, reliable number of shows that Johnny > hosted, so I haven't figured out at what point Dave surpassed Johnny > in that stat. > > On Sep 8, 9:35 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In terms of number of shows, Dave met Johnny's mark about 900 shows ago > > (very rough estimate) if you combine Late Night and Late Show. I'd guess > > that was around 2005, but Donz would know for sure. > > > David > > > ________________________________ > > From: Kevin M. <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Johnny & Dave > > > That is a cool statistic. Thanks for that. > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 5:35 PM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I posted this elsewhere; thought I'd share it here as well: > > > > Johnny: October 1, 1962 to May 22, 1992 = 10,826 days > > > > Dave: February 1, 1982 to today (September 8, 2011): 10,811 days > > > > That leaves 15 days remaining before Dave matches Johnny's tenure. > > > That'll occur September 23. > > > > So on Saturday, September 24, Dave will become the longest-running > > > late-night talk-show host on network television. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
