Late Night with David Letterman
*Late Night with David Letterman* is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show that aired on NBC. Created and hosted by David Letterman, the series premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the *Late Night* franchise. It concluded in 1993, following Letterman's departure from NBC to host *Late Show* on CBS. *Late Night with Conan O'Brien* later became the second iteration of the franchise.
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Credits
- David Lettermanas Self - Host (1377 Episodes)
- Calvert Deforestas Larry "Bud" Melman (20 Episodes) , Self (uncredited) (1 Episode)
- Jerry Seinfeldas Self - Comedian (12 Episodes) , Self - Guest (7 Episodes)
- Lou Reedas Self - Musical Guest (7 Episodes)
- Bruce Willisas Self - Guest (7 Episodes)
- David Sanbornas Self - Musical Guest (6 Episodes)
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Cast & Crew
910 unique people credited
Top billed cast
David Letterman
as Self - Host (1377 Episodes)
Calvert Deforest
as Larry "Bud" Melman (20 Episodes) , Self (uncredited) (1 Episode)
Jerry Seinfeld
as Self - Comedian (12 Episodes) , Self - Guest (7 Episodes)
Lou Reed
as Self - Musical Guest (7 Episodes)
Bruce Willis
as Self - Guest (7 Episodes)
David Sanborn
as Self - Musical Guest (6 Episodes)
Bruno Kirby
as Self - Guest (6 Episodes)
John Waters
as Self - Guest (6 Episodes)
Catherine O Hara
as Self - Guest (5 Episodes)
Jay Leno
as Self - Guest (4 Episodes)
Dolly Parton
as Self - Guest (4 Episodes)
Eddie Murphy
as Self - Guest (4 Episodes)
Supporting cast
420Marv Albert
as Self - Guest (4 Episodes)
Darlene Love
as Self - Musical Guest (3 Episodes)
Joel Hodgson
as Self (3 Episodes)
Timothy Busfield
as Self (3 Episodes)
Shelley Winters
as Self - Guest (3 Episodes)
Penelope Ann Miller
as Self (3 Episodes)
Terry Gilliam
as Self (2 Episodes) , Self - Guest (1 Episode)
John Candy
as Self (2 Episodes) , Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Dana Delany
as Self - Guest (3 Episodes)
Garry Kasparov
as Self - Guest (3 Episodes)
Richard Lewis
as Self - Guest (3 Episodes)
Don Rickles
as Self - Guest (3 Episodes)
Chris Elliott
as Self - Guest (1 Episode) , The Guy Under the Seats (1 Episode) , The Regulator Guy (1 Episode)
Iggy Pop
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes) , Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Andie Macdowell
as Self - Guest (3 Episodes)
Bill Cosby
as Self (2 Episodes)
Lisa Bonet
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Norm Macdonald
as Self (2 Episodes)
Joe Regalbuto
as Self (2 Episodes)
Bonnie Hunt
as Self (2 Episodes)
Helen Hunt
as Self (2 Episodes)
Julia Roberts
as Self (2 Episodes)
Manute Bol
as Self (2 Episodes)
Jessica Savitch
as Self (2 Episodes)
Paula Poundstone
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Jack Palance
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Gilda Radner
as Self - Guest (1 Episode) , Self (1 Episode)
Shawn Colvin
as Self - Musical Guest (2 Episodes)
John Turturro
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Phil Hartman
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Elle Macpherson
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Walter Kowalski
as Self (1 Episode) , Self - Guest (as Walter "Killer" Kowalski) (1 Episode)
Michael Caine
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Kurt Russell
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Demi Moore
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Paul Reiser
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Jane Pauley
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Adam West
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Bill Murray
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Wayne Newton
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Bette Davis
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Charles Grodin
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Crispin Glover
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Regis Philbin
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Biff Henderson
as Self (2 Episodes)
Sean Young
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
Jeff Altman
as Self - Guest (2 Episodes)
William Shatner
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Carol Kane
as Self (1 Episode)
Jonathan Winters
as Self (1 Episode)
Ann Wedgeworth
as Self (1 Episode)
Tim Thomerson
as Self (1 Episode)
Rip Taylor
as Self (1 Episode)
Jim Belushi
as Self (1 Episode)
Rob Reiner
as Self (1 Episode)
Robert Vaughn
as Self (1 Episode)
O J Simpson
as Self (1 Episode)
Tom Bodett
as Self (1 Episode)
Dick Clark
as Self (1 Episode)
Thomas F Wilson
as Self (1 Episode)
Bob Newhart
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Robert Downey Jr
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Bebe Neuwirth
as Self (1 Episode)
John Larroquette
as Self (1 Episode)
Linda Hamilton
as Self (1 Episode)
Ed O Neill
as Self (1 Episode)
Kathryn Harrold
as Self (1 Episode)
Patrick Dempsey
as Self (1 Episode)
Jason Priestley
as Self (1 Episode)
Bill Nye
as Self (1 Episode)
Janine Turner
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Marisa Tomei
as Self (1 Episode)
Jason Alexander
as Self (1 Episode)
Bob Hope
as Self (1 Episode)
Chris Mulkey
as Self (1 Episode)
Elizabeth Ashley
as Self (1 Episode)
Richard Kiel
as Self (1 Episode)
Oprah Winfrey
as Self (1 Episode)
Laraine Newman
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Eric Roberts
as Self (1 Episode)
Steve Landesberg
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Luke Perry
as Self (1 Episode)
Lysette Anthony
as Self (1 Episode)
Adam Arkin
as Self (1 Episode)
John Kruk
as Self (1 Episode)
Tony Danza
as Self (1 Episode)
Ben Stiller
as Self (1 Episode)
Michael Jordan
as Self (1 Episode)
Tom Kenny
as Self (1 Episode)
Sting
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Sandra Bernhard
as Self (1 Episode)
Bill Maher
as Self (1 Episode)
Tim Conway
as Self (1 Episode)
Bobby Knight
as — (1 Episode)
Kris Kristofferson
as — (1 Episode)
Warren Zevon
as Self (1 Episode)
Gretchen Polhemus Jensen
as Self (1 Episode)
Marky Ramone
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Ernie Banks
as Self (1 Episode)
Johnny Cash
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
John Malkovich
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Penn Jillette
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Teller
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Aaron Neville
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Digable Planets
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Rae Dawn Chong
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tito Puente
as Self -Musical Guest (1 Episode)
John Wesley Shipp
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Joe Pesci
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Kathleen Turner
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Elayne Boosler
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Charles Kuralt
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Robert Pastorelli
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Paul Sorvino
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Michael J Fox
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Dean Stockwell
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tony Bennett
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
John Chancellor
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Kathy Shower
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Fred Dryer
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Chuck Norris
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Jimmie Walker
as Self (1 Episode)
Sharon Stone
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Jake Johannsen
as Self - Comedian (1 Episode)
David Cronenberg
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Dee Snider
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Dennis Miller
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Louie Anderson
as Self - Comedian (1 Episode)
Rodney Dangerfield
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Rosanne Cash
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Sam Kinison
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Lesley Anne Down
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Charlie Hill
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Letitia Baldrige
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tama Janowitz
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Robben Ford
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Elizabeth Perkins
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Eric Idle
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Harvey Pekar
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Kirstie Alley
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Christopher Walken
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Spin Doctors
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Richard Petty
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Sam Donaldson
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Jeff Healey
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Lesley Ann Warren
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Kreskin
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Milla Jovovich
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Pauly Shore
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Don Herbert
as Self - Guest (as Mr. Wizard) (1 Episode)
Pat Paulsen
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Steve Tesich
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Dr Norman Hoffman
as Self (1 Episode)
Hank Aaron
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Al Albert
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Irving Caesar
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Joe Flaherty
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Rita Stipo
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Francis Ford Coppola
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Henry Morgan
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Dr Walter Fairservis
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Alec Baldwin
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Ruth Westheimer
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Andy Kaufman
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Carole King
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Charles O Finley
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Jerry Lewis
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Gloria Parker
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Costas Mandylor
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Rickey Henderson
as Self (1 Episode)
Jack Hanna
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Suzanne Vega
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Dick Cavett
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Ruben Blades
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Cindy Crawford
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Al Green
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Amy Wallace
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Joe Jackson
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Basia Trzetrzelewska
as Self - Musical Guest (as Basia) (1 Episode)
Susanna Hoffs
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Billy Dee Williams
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Robbie Coltrane
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Ringo Starr
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Rick Ducommun
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Joey Ramone
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Jacques Pepin
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Johnny Ramone
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Clint Howard
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Ally Sheedy
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tom Brokaw
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Toukie Smith
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Jackie Mason
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tim Robbins
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Johnny Dark
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Maria Shriver
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Mavis Staples
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Dwight Yoakam
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Morley Safer
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Divine
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Robin Williams
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Norman Lear
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Paulina Porizkova
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Bonnie Raitt
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Tahnee Welch
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tom Snyder
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Mary Gross
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Joe Walsh
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Joan Cusack
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Robert Palmer
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Larry King
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Bill Bradley
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Billy Carter
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Errol Morris
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tracey Ullman
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Linda Ronstadt
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Howard Stern
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Leon Russell
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Sarah Michelle Gellar
as Suzy Walker (1 Episode)
William Perry
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Emmanuel Lewis
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Debbie Reynolds
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Tower Of Power
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Tony Randall
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Harry Connick Jr
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Ruth Brown
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Wayne Gretzky
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Gary Moore
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Danny Aiello
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Amy Madigan
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
David Lowery
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Johnny Hickman
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Bob Rupe
as Self - Musical Guest (1 Episode)
Bette Sussman
as Self (1 Episode)
Debra Ponzek
as Self - Guest (1 Episode)
Paul Shaffer
as Self - Musical Director, Self - Bandleader, Self - Guest, Self - Hismelf, Self - Band Leader
Bill Wendell
as Self - Announcer
Stephen Hibbert
as Self - Guest, Self - Various Characters
George Miller
as Self - Guest
Elmer Gorry
as Grant Tinker, Robert C. Wright, Santa #1
Teri Garr
as Self - Guest
Robert Klein
as Self - Guest
Carol Leifer
as Self - Guest
Jeff Martin
as Dad, Flunky The Late Night Clown, Home Shopping Host, Emergency Broadcast guest, Jack Nicklaus, Tommy, Flaherty, Billy, Closing Ensemble Member #1, Ventriloquist, Timmy, Whale Home Viewer #1, Dutch Master #1, Thomas Jefferson, Jimmy, Husband
Laurie Sykes
as Perishable Item Lady, Cricket, Navy Singer #3, Deborah, Clothing Size Expert, Closing Ensemble Member #2, Up With Hal Gurnee Singer #1, Dustin Hoffman Researcher, Suzy, Mother, Dining Companion, Swimsuit Model, Chorus Line Cast #6
Billy Crystal
as Self - Guest
Bob Costas
as Self - Guest, Self - Winter Baseball Network Host
Roger Ebert
as Self - Guest
Steve O Donnell
as Dad, Police Officer #1, Dan 'Cat's Eye' Berry, Grandson, Blue Angels Colonel, Uncle Charlie, Control Room Messenger, Hallway Fan, Closing Ensemble Member #5, Chet, Up With Hal Gurnee Singer #2, Scottish Pencil Tosser, Dutch Master #2, Secret Service Agent #1, Holiday Greeter
Gene Siskel
as Self - Guest
Kamarr
as Guest
Phil Donahue
as Self - Guest
Steven Wright
as Self - Guest
Martin Mull
as Self - Guest
Fran Lebowitz
as Self - Guest
Sandy Frank
as Security Goon, Lighting Assistant, Bernie, Liquid Nitrogen Expert, Blue Angel, Ferret Man, Sandy the Spotter, Park Ranger, Steve Albert, Special Agent Convoy
John Witherspoon
as Self - Guest
Larry Miller
as Self
Rich Hall
as Self - Guest
Connie Chung
as Self - Guest
Bob Sarlatte
as Self
Joe Toplyn
as Security Goon, Jason the page, Heavy Sleeper, Closing Ensemble Member #3, NBC Security Guard, Up With Hal Gurnee Singer #4, Secret Service Agent #2, Joe, Holiday Greeter, Chrisopher Reeve
Harry Shearer
as Derek Smalls, Guest
Rita Rudner
as Self - Guest
Theodore Gottlieb
as Self
Gerard Mulligan
as Self - Timmy the page, Self - Plant Boy, Self - Writer, Self - Norm Brenner, Self - Hallway Fan
Martin Short
as Self - Guest
Fred Willard
as Self - Guest
Hal Gurnee
as Self - Director
David Steinberg
as Self - Guest
Jimmie Jj Walker
as Self
Paul Reubens
as Pee-wee Herman
Art Donovan
as Self - Guest
Bill Hicks
as Self
Paula Niedert Elliott
as Glamorous Woman, Mother, Robe Carrying Fan, Brandy, Closing Ensemble Member #6, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Letterman, Goodwill Games Woman, Chorus Line Cast #7
Michael Keaton
as Self - Guest
Marilu Henner
as Self - Guest
Al Roker
as Self - Guest
Andrea Martin
as Self - Guest
Julia Child
as Self - Guest
George Carlin
as Self - Guest
Billy Connolly
as Self - Guest
Buck Henry
as Self - Guest
Jerry Vale
as Self - Guest, Self - Audience Member
Bruce Kapler
as Self - Guest
Susan Saint James
as Self - Guest
Carl Reiner
as Self - Guest
Alba Ballard
as Self
Steve Martin Nm0000188
as Self - Guest
Kathleen Ankers
as NBC Bookmobile Library Lady, Emergency Broadcast Cooking Expert, Madame de Tourvel, Aunt Helen, Broadway Actress, Wealthy Homeowner, Ernest Hemingway's Friend, Attempted Arm Awakener
Dana Carvey
as Self - Guest
Bob Einstein
as Self - Guest, Self - Super Dave Osborne
Richard Belzer
as Self - Guest
Michael Palin
as Self - Guest
Tom Hanks
as Self - Guest
Carolyn Jabs
as Self - Guest
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Self - Guest
Matt Wickline
as The One-Legged Man, Hot Dog, Self, The Fill-in Panicky Guy, Blue Angel, Al Albert
Tom Selleck
as Self - Guest
Riquette Hofstein
as Self - Guest
Laurie Diamond
as Brandy, Navy Singer #2, Belinda, Up With Hal Gurnee Singer #3, Chorus Line Cast #4
Lynda Barry
as Self - Guest
Pat Sajak
as Self - Guest
Lily Tomlin
as Self - Guest
Kevin Nealon
as Self - Guest
Don King
as Self
Rick Moranis
as Self - Guest
Jane Curtin
as Self - Guest
Grace Jones
as Self - Guest
Susan Sarandon
as Self - Guest
Jeff Cesario
as Self - Guest
Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest
Francisco Centeno
as Self
Ed Begley Jr
as Self - Guest
Phil Collins
as Self
Roseanne Barr
as Self - Guest
Belinda Carlisle
as Self - Guest
Adam Resnick
as Bruce Rheinhold, The Panicky Boy, Jason Watts, Jim Mirage, Craig Durling, Potential Voter, Northwestern Student #5, FX-11 Operator
Lyle Lovett
as Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest
Jack Cover
as Self - Guest
Gene Shalit
as Self - Guest
Carol Gold
as Self - Guest
Mike Myers
as Self - Guest
Joe Cocker
as Self - Musical Guest
B B King
as Self - Musical Guest
Bryant Gumbel
as Self - Guest
Ron Silver
as Self - Guest
Harry Anderson
as Self - Guest
Linda Ellerbee
as Self
Robert Wuhl
as Self - Guest
John Cleese
as Self - Guest
Gary Busey
as Self - Guest
Paul Prudhomme
as Self
Margaret Smith
as Self
Gilbert Gottfried
as Self - Guest
Allan Havey
as Self
Lee Marek
as Self - Guest
Bob Saget
as Self - Guest
Larry Jacobson
as Bobby Rahal, Billy Rahal, Howard Green, Waiter
Ritch Shydner
as Self - Guest
Sally Love
as Self - Guest
Jeff Stilson
as Self - Guest
Indigo Girls
as Themselves, Themselves - Musical Guest
Barry Squitieri
as Fat guy jumping in eggs, Fat guy eating eggs, DancingElf, Daves Fan Club, Slogan Guy (Dukoko Ri fic), Southern Belle
David Brenner
as Self - Guest
Meg Parsont
as Self - Guest
Allyce Beasley
as Self - Guest
Joe Frazier
as Self - Guest
Willard Scott
as Self - Guest
Al Franken
as Self
Toots Thielemans
as Self - Guest
Dabney Coleman
as Self - Guest
Peter Ustinov
as Self - Guest
Bob Elliott
as Self
Wil Shriner
as Self - Guest
Madeline Kahn
as Self - Guest
Tom Dreesen
as Self
Tom Davis
as Self
Gary Mule Deer
as Self
Quentin Crisp
as Self - Guest
Tom Brown Jr
as Self
Mary Tyler Moore
as Self - Guest
Garry Shandling
as Self - Guest
Isabella Rossellini
as Self - Guest
Cybill Shepherd
as Self - Guest
Don Novello
as Self - Guest
Tom Waits
as Self
Michael Mckean
as Guest, David St. Hubbins
Cyndi Lauper
as Self - Guest
Tom Jones
as Self
George Wallace
as Self
Emo Philips
as Self - Guest
Randy Cohen
as Self - Doctor, Self - Guest, Self - Dr. Sanborn, Self - Green family member
Bob Greene
as Self
Jeff Daniels
as Self - Guest
Jonathan Katz
as Self - Guest
Jude Brennan
as Various Characters, Panicked Author, Susan Donahue, Hair Color Expert
Maria Conchita Alonso
as Self - Guest
Jerry Hall
as Self - Guest
Dick Enberg
as Self - Guest
Robert Cray
as Self - Guest
George Clinton
as Self - Musical Guest
Todd Rundgren
as Self
Jan Hooks
as Self - Guest
Wayne Cotter
as Self
Glenn Close
as Self - Guest
Donald Trump
as Self - Guest
Julie Brown
as Self - Guest
Stevie Ray Fromstein
as Self
The Uptown Horns
as Themselves
Bob Mccoy
as Self - Guest
Michelle Shocked
as Self - Guest
Steve Guttenberg
as Self - Guest
K D Lang
as Self - Musical Guest
Steve Ferrone
as Self - Guest
Al Chez
as Self - Guest
Phoebe Cates
as Self
Kevin Kline
as Self - Guest
Conan O Brien
as Self
George Foreman
as Self - Guest
Wolfgang Puck
as Self - Guest
Martha Stewart
as Self - Guest
Billy Bragg
as Self - Guest
Bev Tanner
as Self - Guest
Kenny Aronoff
as Self
Ron Howard
as Self - Guest
James Brown
as Self
Swoosie Kurtz
as Self - Guest
Graham Parker
as Self - Guest
Smothers Brothers
as Themselves
Leslie Nielsen
as Self - Guest
Howie Mandel
as Self - Guest
Charles Fleischer
as Self
Marshall Crenshaw
as Self - Musical Guest
Bob Weir
as Self - Guest
Alan King
as Self - Guest
Sugar Ray Leonard
as Self - Guest
Hunter S Thompson
as Self
Howard Cosell
as Self
Art Buchwald
as Self
Jan Harold Brunvand
as Self
Writers
3Producers
23Arlene Sand
assistant to producer1 episode • 1982
Barbara Gaines
associate producer4 episodes • 1992–1993
Barry Sand
executive producer / producer169 episodes • 1982–1988
Collette Coleman
assistant to producers / assistant to producer / audience coordinator31 episodes • 1988–1992
Daniel Kellison
segment producer / producer2 episodes • 1993
David Letterman
executive producer197 episodes • 1987–1993
Frank Gannon
segment producer38 episodes • 1987–1992
Gerard Mulligan
segment producer24 episodes • 1982–1985
Jack Rollins
executive producer265 episodes • 1982–1992
Josh Tane
segment producer4 episodes • 1990–1991
Jude Brennan
associate producer / producer239 episodes • 1985–1993
Kristian Forland
assistant producer
Laurie Sykes
talent coordinator (as Laurie Guthrie) / assistant to producers (as Laurie Guthrie) / researcher (as Laurie Guthrie)60 episodes • 1984–1991
Lisbeth Anderson
associate producer37 episodes • 1982–1985
Mary Connelly
segment producer5 episodes • 1992–1993, talent researcher / assistant to producers / researcher / talent coordinator / research coordinator / assistant to producer / assistant to the producer46 episodes • 1986–1992
Merrill Markoe
producer: remote segments32 episodes • 1982–1986
Peter Lassally
executive producer34 episodes • 1992–1993
Robert Morton
producer / segment producer / co-executive producer222 episodes • 1982–1993
Rose Migas
assistant to producer / assistant to the producer / assistant to the producers4 episodes • 1982
Sandy Gillis
assistant to producers / assistant to the producer16 episodes • 1982–1984
Susan Shreyar
assistant: Robert Morton / assistant to producers / assistant to producer8 episodes • 1991–1993
Tom O Malley
segment producer5 episodes • 1982
Tony Geiss
associate producer2 episodes • 1982
Other crew
477Charles F Moore
(as Charles Moore), audio (as Charles Moore)37 episodes • 1987–1992
Steve O Donnell
1 episode • 1992
Jeremy Conway
2 episodes • 1985, scenic designer168 episodes • 1983–1989
Kathleen Ankers
2 episodes • 1990–1992, scenic designer89 episodes • 1982–1993
George Drew
28 episodes • 1982–1984
Hal Gurnee
318 episodes • 1982–1993, opening sequence creator75 episodes • 1989–1992
Susan Hum
65 episodes • 1984–1993
Jimmy Cuomo
assistant art director2 episodes • 1985
Chris Albers
assistant to musical director35 episodes • 1988–1993
Marie O Donnell
assistant: David Letterman37 episodes • 1982–1985
Peter Pete Fatovich
associate director / second associate director92 episodes • 1982–1993
Kevin Hartmann
audio (as Kevin Hartman)1 episode • 1992
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