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Splitsider Comedy Book Club

Checking in Halfway Through 'And Here's The Kicker'

by | May 29th, 2012

Two weeks ago, we named And Here's The Kicker as the first book of the Splitsider Comedy Book Club. The plan is to give everyone a month to obtain and read the book but I wanted to check in as we're halfway through. So far, I've read the wonderful interviews with Buck Henry, Stephen Merchant, Harold Ramis, Dan Mazer, Merrill Markoe, Paul Feig, Bob Odenkirk, Todd Hanson, Marshall Brickman, and Mitch Hurwitz. Though the hope is to have a longer discussion at the end of the book, below are a few questions to be discussed in the comments section of this post to get the ball rolling [...]

It's All in Books

Inside the Almost 100% Successful 1985 Late Night with David Letterman Book

by | January 6th, 2012

Everyone knows that Merrill Markoe just wrote a book called Cool, Calm & Contentious. But did you know she also did a first book? It’s true, because that is how ordinal numbers work, and for the purposes of this, it is Late Night with David Letterman: The Book.

Perhaps you can tell by the cover that this book was published in 1985 (also: there are some Tip O’Neill jokes). But: it captures a lot of what we might now refer to as “Late Night High Ironic” and at the time was referred to as “confusing to anyone not accustomed to constantly adjusting their point of reference”. That [...]

From the Archives

Watching Tom Snyder Interview Young Versions of Letterman, Markoe and Crystal

by | February 3rd, 2012

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 120,000 television shows, commercials, and radio programs, there are thousands of important and funny programs waiting to be rediscovered by comedy nerds like you and me. Each week, this column will highlight a new gem waiting for you at the Paley Library to quietly laugh at. (Seriously, it’s a library, so keep it down.)

As you may already know, this week marks David Letterman’s 30th anniversary. In this series of articles, we’ve already looked at a classic example [...]

Anniversaries

Look Back on Letterman's 30 Years of Stupid Pet Tricks and Top Ten Lists

by | February 2nd, 2012

David Letterman has been a late-night host for 30 years yesterday, and it's worth taking a look back through this collection of clips ranging from Merrill Markoe's dog poetry (above) to Dave's time working at Taco Bell. Or reading this piece about Letterman's early TV career, starting with his morning talk show The David Letterman Show. May he have 30 more years in late night! Or, however many he wants, because dude deserves to retire whenever he feels like it.

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