behind the scenes. as not very many female writers. and, you know it s also, too, when he had his women problems, he unlike many hosts who are on television who have women problems, he took it front and center. he didn t say what he had to say written by the network. he owned it. he owned it. i think that s why it wasn t talked about as much. i m not excusing it at all because he didn t excuse it and i never would. but he dealt with it with dignity and grace. i would say one of the greatest moments watching late night is when dave had to come out and say you know what? yeah i did this and i m really embarrassed. craig ferguson s monologue following that is one of the greatest things to watch. ever. youtubers listen to that. youtubers listen up. it s incredible. speaking of pets, joshua rockman has an assessment of the kind of humor dave is a purveyor
she would just run him down and embarrass him in a way that was so brilliant. so you watched strong people coming on and he would be his funny hilarious midwest self. and david letterman said, hey, why is your hair like that? you also brought this point. i didn t realize this. he had a female head writer who helped him create the show. women have been a big part of dave s whole thing. yeah. you know, the good and the bad. there has been i just feel like you can t talk about the legacy on letter without talking about mara marco. she is so hilarious in her own right. and he has a lot of strong women
can you envision yourself 20 years from now doing your late night show? [ laughter ] good one, john. i ll put that one down as a hardly no. david letterman, who has been on the air for 33 years with over 6,000 broadcasts, that makes my head hurt will have his last show tonight. he is the longest serving late night talk show host in tv history. last night s guest, bill murray who popped out of a cake and proceeded to spread it all over pretty much everyone and everything. tonight s guests at this point, that remains a mystery. joining me now is comedienne and co-creators of the daily show. it is always good to see you. so he s been in the industry for decades. and when you think about him as an artist that works in the medium, what do you think dave s legacy is going to be? i think one of the biggest legacies is going to be that every comedy writer who has come
years. as dave prepares the sign off we wanted to look back at one of the most memorable segments dave s stupid pet tricks preceded the internet s flood of viral pet videos. late night and the late show featured hundreds of pets and their owners performing silly and incredible feats. it s time now for one of our most favorite segments right here on the show. it s called stupid pet tricks. little animals, little pets. is he a special breed? or something went wrong at the lab? hop. hop, hop, hop. parakeets, turtles, venomous vipers. oh, look at these guys. hi. hello. play the piano with his nose and sing. i ve seen paul do that