Episode 435: From the Home Office in Howard Beach Queens

Show Notes Episode 435: From the Home Office In Howard Beach Queens Part Three of Winter Series 2024 “Late Nite With Dave Bledsoe” This week Host Dave Bledsoe gets into a blazing row with the network on whether or not he can submit bar tabs on his expense account, claiming them as a “vital research expense”. (Jeremy laughed him out of the office.) On the show this week we talk about the man who was hand picked to succeed Johnny Carson only to get screwed by The Chin, David Letterman. Along the way we discover Dave’s middle name (It is just as embarrassing as any of us could have hoped for!) Then we dive right into the backstory of Indiana's Favorite Son, David Letterman. (No state claims Dave Bledsoe) We follow him on his move to Los Angeles where he was discovered by Jimmy Walker, who thought he was DYNOMITE! (Sadly, we are the originators of that joke.) Then we see Letterman launch his career on television with a little help from the Starland Vocal Band. (This only sounds like we are making it up). Finally we see Dave behind the desk of Late Night where his legacy truly begins. Our Sponsor this week is a classic Sponsor from our early days the Mark Tweaky Tibbman YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN MAN podcast! He’s off the meth and high on podcasting.  We open with Letterman’s first time on Carson and close with The New Love Generation getting some in the afternoon. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/HrhKNLGoE5U?si=Lw367CmNctfGi-Pl We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Station History A short history of WBST and Indiana Public Radio https://indianapublicradio.org/about/stationhistory/ DAVID LETTERMAN: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW https://web.archive.org/web/20090415130808/http://www.playboy.com/articles/david-letterman-interview/index.html How I Discovered Jay Leno and David Letterman Recollections from Jimmie Walker’s writers’ room. https://slate.com/culture/2012/07/jimmie-walker-how-i-discovered-jay-leno-and-david-letterman.html David Letterman Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman How David Letterman Reinvented TV https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/how-david-letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices