David Letterman assesses his legacy as host of The Late Show

By Dave Itzkoff
Updated May 8 2015 - 6:10pm, first published May 7 2015 - 12:00am
David Letterman relaxes before taping <i>The Late Show</i>.
David Letterman relaxes before taping <i>The Late Show</i>.

In a single bound, David Letterman seemed to leap the full length of the stage at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, racing from backstage as if he'd been thrust forward by the fanfare played by his longtime bandleader, Paul Shaffer, and his CBS Orchestra, and by the rumble of his announcer, Alan Kalter, bellowing his name - "Daaaaay-vid Leh-terrrr-maaaaaaaan!"

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