There was obviously no way this special was going to please everyone. Stuff was going to be left out. My chief criticism is the focus was on highlights of people who are popular now as opposed to popular over the past several decades. That said, Selena Gomez wasn't included despite her being one of Dave's most frequent guests in recent years (she did make the Late Show's official highlight package on the Steve Martin show the other night). Also omitted was one of my favorites, Tony Randall, who was for my money one of the top five best talk show guests ever. I suspect potential uproar prevented the inclusion of either Bill Cosby and Brian Williams. Cher, Howard Stern, and Julia Roberts appeared on multiple segments on the show, and considering they only had 90 minutes to work with, a single mention of each should have sufficed so there could have been others included.
I am contemplating creating my own highlight reel of Letterman stuff from my VHS archives and maybe posting it to YouTube or Vimeo, but I suspect CBS (and/or NBC) would issue a takedown notice. To me, the absolute best moment in all of the Late Show was Dave telling the story about waking up to find a bear in his house. It was funny, of the moment, personal, and a story only Letterman could tell in the way only Letterman could tell it. It runs roughly 15 minutes so I understand why it wouldn't be included on the prime time special, but it stands out to me as a personal favorite worthy of inclusion. On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Edit: and at least *one *Stupid Pet Trick believed (by me) to be of > Peacockian vintage. > > B > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
