of the show, really did not want to be david s girlfriend and the head writer of the show. and you wanted to be dave s girlfriend and the head writer of the show. yeah but that was not going to happen clearly from the first meeting. that s a lie. that s a lie. okay. but i said that i as soon as i could finish this project, i would come back and do it. and so i joined the show later, like end of the summer of 82. but that s the only problem we discussed with you. but i didn t know if i d be good at that kind of thing but i loved dave s show. i loved him, you know. let s take a look, 33 years ago or whatever it was, 30 something years ago, your first shot on with dave. where are it s somewhere here. the control room it says on a hi, bill. hi. how s it going? good. thanks for being on the show. i missed the first part of the show by the way. what happened? is it going well?
night that you ve been there. well, if you ve been watching i have been been. there s this amazing amount of power in the room. there s a lot of emotion in the room. even to think this is what i ll do and it will be funny and i talked with jim about what i was going to do. and he threw some things at me. everyone wants to be in on it. everyone has ideas. my friend, mitch, from california says oh, you should hand cuff yourself to dave. that was like a week ago. that was done a couple of days ago. so there are all kinds of people that want to be involved. everyone is feeling it. and dave is at some incredible level of capability right now. people come out and they can do anything. he s just so he just floats above everything. yes. he s really on a different plane than the rest of us right now. did you feel pressure tonight
a hi, bill. hi. how s it going? good. thanks for being on the show. i missed the first part of the show, by the way. what happened? is it going well? i know this is the first show and i think this guy needs a little support. dave letterman. all right, okay. good. all right. okay. where were we? jim, how important were the guests? i know you guys were concentrating on the writing, the writing, the monologue, all that stuff. but these guys, in many ways, carried the show. in fact, when bill was on, in every way he carried the show. well, bill bill was a very important kind of guest because apart from everything else, bill gave the show credibility, you know, having him on. but, to be honest with you, for the most part, the guests were treated as, like, comedy objects that dave could could play
do and it will be funny and i talked with jim about what i was going to do. and he threw some things at me. everyone wants to be in on it. everyone has ideas. my friend mitch from california says oh, you should hand cuff yourself to dave. that was like a week ago. that was done a couple of days ago. so there are all kinds of people that want to be involved. everyone is feeling it. and dave is at some incredible level of capability right now. people come out and they can do anything. he s just so he just floats above everything. yes. he s really on a different plane than the rest of us right now. did you feel pressure tonight as the final guest? well, i know that pressure is a false thing. i know that it s a false thing. it s something you re doing to yourself. well, it s something other people do to you. i knew it was a false thing.
george meyer. george and people who would say how about this idea.? and because you reserved like a unfortunately you could say it was a movie star idiot, you could go, oh, it s cool. i always felt like, what the hell? let s play. because it was kind of like dave was you know, dave had to make his bones. you know, dave had to make his bones. and because he had been so severe with people already, you felt like, okay, these are the guys dave has chosen, his writers. you know, he s insisting that you be of this standard. i always felt, come on, let s try whatever you guys got. try whatever you guys got. those guys were extraordinary. they came up with great ideas. george and steve and jim. all these guys came up with great stuff. and you could because, you know, i don t think most people understand, but, you know, dave throws a part of himself out