join us after that last show. first of all, tom, your review of dave s final show? very entertaining, which is what he would want it to be. and as you said not emotional, particularly. there wasn t i m not sure both the eyes in my house were dry. i got a little emotional. because, you know he impacted the culture, to use that dull academic language. he really that show even though it wasn t number one and contrary to all that stuff, the top ten lists and the expressions, and the whole attitude he represented, the idea of sound comedy and all that using real people instead of scripting everything, all those things and many more will be influencing comedy for years and years to come. and will be imitated for years to come. i just don t think the imitators are likely to be as good as dave was. i do wonder if some of that
over the years. there s something about him that is just he s your older brother, he s your mentor. he s a protection against the network. he s a smart and funny guy. and you feel like you re on the same team with him and you feel like you really respect this guy that you re working for, which is not always the case. yeah. and tom shales, remember, you re hearing that from writers who, as you know, with any writer necessary copy, most of the stuff they ve offered dave he s rejected and they still are in awe of him. and he probably rejects a lot of what he does himself because, you know, there s very funny bits like where he becomes the guy at the drive through window of the mcdone al s or wherever they were, you know, they may i don t know, maybe they had to shoot for three hours to get two minutes of that. i don t know. but the stuff dave came up with, i don t think, was written in advance. he had a great mind. well, he still does, as far as we know. but he was so fast and so
kevin curran those of us who worked in show business know that it s very hard to find writers who don t think they re way smarter than the people they re writing for. i don t know a letterman writer who isn t full of respect for dave. i think that s that s very true. i don t know of any, either. there have been many writers over the years. there s something about him that is just he s your older brother, he s your mentor. he s a protection against the network. he s a smart and funny guy. and you feel like you re on the same team with him and you feel like you really respect this guy that you re working for, which is not always the case. yeah. and tom shales remember you re hearing that from writers who, as you know with any writer necessary copy, most of the stuff they ve offered dave he s rejected and they still are in awe of him. and he probably rejects a lot of what he does himself because, you know there s very funny bits like where he becomes the guy at the drive throu
mcdonald last week. i know that mr. letterman is not for the mockish and he has he has no truck for the sentimental, but if something is true it is not sentimental and i say, i love you. oh, wow. oh my god. the subject of last night s star-studded top ten list was things i ve always wanted to say to dave. your expensive plastic surgery was a necessity. and a mistake. i m just glad your show is being given to another white guy. thanks for finally proving men can be funny. dave did 11 minutes of thank
we ll take care of it. vo: we put members first. join the nation. thank you. nationwide is on your side people say to me dave when did you know it was time to retire? i said well, there were signs. there was always signs along the way. i think one of the signs was todd the cue card kid came up to me and said for the love of god, dave i can t write the words any bigger. remember that? all right, fine. all right.