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84-457: Thomas Lauderdale has worked in politics since his years in high school in his hometown of Portland, Oregon . He considered the music at most fundraisers loud and boring. So as a remedy he founded the band Pink Martini in 1994, crossing genres such as classical , latin , traditional pop , jazz to appeal to a broad audience. During the following year, he called China Forbes , one of his colleagues from Harvard University , and invited her to join

168-518: A Hugh Grant interview, after Grant's much-publicized arrest for picking up a Los Angeles prostitute. Leno also benefited from the lead-in provided by NBC's popular Must See TV prime time programs of the mid-to-late 1990s. Likewise, the CBS network was hindered by a weak prime time lineup, along with several large- and major-market network affiliation switches in late 1994 relating to Fox 's acquisition of CBS's National Football League rights, stunting

252-473: A Series" during the nearly four-month-long transition to HDTV. The guests with the most appearances were Regis Philbin (150 appearances), Marv Albert (126 appearances, 73 from Late Night ), and Jack Hanna (102). Among the show's highlights: The person who appeared the most on the Late Show was media personality Regis Philbin , with 150 total appearances over the show's 22-season run. Jack Hanna

336-735: A failed stunt from earlier in the show. Later episodes included a brief comedy announcement from announcer Alan Kalter while showing the audience cheering. The final segment consisted of a live musical performance, a comedian performing a stand-up routine, or another guest interview. Musical guests included artists from David Bowie , U2 , Neil Young , Coldplay to indie bands like Grizzly Bear , Gorillaz , MENEW , and Animal Collective . The CBS Orchestra frequently accompanied musical guests in performing their songs. Episodes occasionally concluded with Letterman recommending viewers stay tuned for Tom Snyder , Craig Kilborn , Craig Ferguson ( James Corden in 2015), but usually he simply waved to

420-540: A lit marquee on 53rd and Broadway instead of through some unmarked, dented metal door on an industrial block of Hell's Kitchen. The theater for Late Show with David Letterman seats 450 people instead of 100, and its rococo balcony offers a glorious vista over the sprawling stage where the Beatles first performed in America . Instead of bathing us in washed-out, piped-in music, or a half-hearted pop quintet, Paul Shaffer and

504-672: A local gay periodical" were calling for his resignation. Portlanders at Lauderdale's rally compared Adams to Bill Clinton , saying he only lied about sex and should not resign. In October 2011, Lauderdale and Pink Martini organized and performed at a rally in support of the Occupy movement . The rally took place in downtown Portland in Pioneer Courthouse Square and included speeches and performances by Storm Large as well as Oregon congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio . In August 2024 Lauderdale played piano for

588-443: A particular guest; a running gag may have been featured. In 2005, after the death of Johnny Carson, it was revealed that Carson had made a habit of sometimes sending jokes to Letterman which Letterman would then incorporate into his monologues. The January 31, 2005, episode of the Late Show , which featured a tribute to Carson, began with a monologue made up entirely of jokes written by Carson since his retirement. Letterman read

672-497: A running gag or fake commercial/public service announcement. The monologue was followed by Letterman's introduction of Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra. Beginning in 2009, a commercial break replaced Letterman's trademark 'crossing to the desk', which he had done since the early years. Letterman then chatted with the audience and Shaffer, sometimes relating an anecdote from his personal life, sometimes discussing his anticipation of

756-487: A souvenir shop close to the studio. The stage layout followed the same basic structure Letterman employed on Late Night : the house band appeared on the far left, followed by the performance area and then the interview set. In May 2015, days before Letterman retired, Seth Stevenson described what it was like to attend a taping of Late Show : It felt almost regal to enter the Ed Sullivan Theater beneath

840-638: A week of performances and appearances, the Del Rubio Triplets performed at a fundraising concert at Cinema 21 in Northwest Portland. Stuck for an opening act for the group, Lauderdale threw on a Betsey Johnson cocktail dress, and joined by a bass player, a bongo player, and a singer, took to the stage as Pink Martini . Pink Martini’s official website advertising themselves say their “first concerts were often politically motivated, with performances at events for progressive causes such as

924-642: A week. ... This entailed putting a remote production truck on 53rd Street running somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 feet of video and audio cable just to tie the truck to the existing technical plant ... The coolest piece of equipment is our new control room Virtual Wall. We have done away with the conventional monitor for every video source and replaced it with four 70-inch rear projection screens and within those screens we can "virtually" place as many video images as we want, anywhere we want them, and when we want it. Kennedy and his crew won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for

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1008-524: Is run by its members and is distributed by RED Distribution . Heinz Records is also the label for China Forbes, Storm Large, and The von Trapps . Thomas Lauderdale Thomas Mack Lauderdale (born July 14, 1970) is an American musician and pianist , largely known for his work with his Portland -based band Pink Martini . Thomas Mack Lauderdale was born in 1970 in Oakland, California , and adopted by Kerby Roy and Linda Sue, née Mikesell. In 1972,

1092-478: Is the first openly gay pastor in his denomination. He performed the service when his former wife Linda remarried in 2000. In Portland, Oregon Lauderdale began his studies with Sylvia Killman in 1982. Killman and Lauderdale remain close friends. Lauderdale won the "Oregon Symphony's annual Corbett Competition" in 1985, marking the beginning of a long association with conductor Norman Leyden . He graduated from Portland's Ulysses S. Grant High School in 1988, where he

1176-479: The International Space Station . The astronauts were preparing to oversee the docking of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo vessel, Johannes Kepler, which took place at 17:08 CET on 24 February. The greeting was set to the soundtrack of Dosvedanya Mio Bombino —one of Pink Martini's signature songs—and was mixed with footage of the docking. Pink Martini's debut album Sympathique

1260-755: The Kennedy Center in Washington. Other appearances include two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall in 2007 & 2009; the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Frank Gehry -designed Walt Disney Concert Hall , with return sold-out engagements for New Year's Eve 2003, 2004, 2008, 2011 & 2014; the opening party of the New York Museum of Modern Art ; the Governor's Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008;

1344-668: The Late Show just as it was beginning to gain traction. Announcer Bill Wendell retired in 1995, with Alan Kalter taking his place. At times Late Show even came in third in its time slot (behind Nightline , most recently in November 2008), once prompting Letterman to arrange for a Manhattan billboard proudly declaring himself and his show to be No. 3 in Late Night, aping an older, nearby billboard which promoted Leno and The Tonight Show as No. 1. Letterman attempted to respond by making his show more political, aping

1428-481: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series 16 times during its run. In 2014, Letterman announced his retirement; the final episode of Late Show aired on May 20, 2015. After Letterman's final Late Show , instead of airing reruns of the show or having guest host episodes of Late Show , CBS opted to air reruns of scripted dramas in the 11:35 pm time slot over the summer with

1512-688: The Tony Mendez Show , an online webcast featuring Late Show ' s " cue card boy", Tony Mendez (c.1945–July 29, 2021). Mendez served in that capacity until 2014, when after a long-running dispute with writer Bill Scheft over Scheft micromanaging Mendez's job, he attacked Scheft and was fired. Matt Roberts, a long-time writer and producer for the show, became the show's head writer in January 2013, replacing brothers and co-head writers Justin Stangel and Eric Stangel . Sheila Rogers ,

1596-468: The Top Ten List at this point before turning to guest interviews with a celebrity, politician, or other public figure. On most episodes, the first guest stayed on through the commercial break and continued the interview. Following the first guest was a short segment to bridge two commercial breaks sequentially. In earlier episodes, Letterman would return to his running gag during this break, or retry

1680-542: The producer responsible for booking guests on the show, worked for Letterman since his Late Night days. Biff Henderson served as the show's stage manager , carrying over from Late Night . Henderson had a prominent on-camera role with the show. The show was taped at the Ed Sullivan Theater at the corner of Broadway and 53rd Street in midtown Manhattan during its entire run. Formerly called CBS Studio 50, it had been home to several TV programs over

1764-701: The 20th Anniversary Edition after entering the public domain. Also in 2018, the band collected songs in French from across its catalogue and released them on a compilation entitled Non Ouais! - The French Songs of Pink Martini . The band has performed with Jimmy Scott , Carol Channing , Rufus Wainwright , Martha Wainwright , Jane Powell , Henri Salvador , Chavela Vargas , Joey Arias , Basil Twist , Georges Moustaki , Michael Feinstein , Gus Van Sant , Courtney Taylor Taylor of The Dandy Warhols , Norman Leyden , Hiroshi Wada, Alba Clemente, Johnny Dynell and Chi Chi Valenti , Ari Shapiro , Pepe Raphael of Pepe &

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1848-801: The Bottle Blondes, the original cast of Sesame Street , Lions of Batucada, Jorge Alabê, March Fourth Marching Band, the Bonita Vista High School Marching Band from Chula Vista, California, and the Pacific Youth Choir of Portland, Oregon. Pink Martini's songs appear in the films In the Cut , Nurse Betty , Josie and the Pussycats , Tortilla Soup , Hitch , Shanghai Kiss , Mary and Max , and Mr. & Mrs. Smith and have been used on

1932-523: The CBS Orchestra rocked us with a wall of sound, including a horn section that blasted riffs clear to the theater rafters ... It was hard not to sit in that Late Show studio audience and feel—for the first time—indispensable. Letterman puts on a show. He presents fully-rounded entertainment, and he feeds off the energy in the room. This is a big, brassy venue with a live orchestra, instead of a cramped black-box studio with somebody's iPod plugged into ceiling speakers. And Letterman needed us there. Pieces of

2016-507: The CBS Orchestra, then introduced Letterman. On rare episodes, the show began with a cold open as Letterman, dressed casually, briefly interacted with a celebrity or performed a short sketch backstage before the traditional opening sequence began. As with his previous shows, the copy for the open included non sequiturs about New York and Letterman, though the former would change after the September 11 attacks to simply "the greatest city in

2100-526: The CBS show; and Paul Shaffer's "World's Most Dangerous Band" would become the "CBS Orchestra". NBC gave Letterman the choice of at least two options to name his new show, Late Show with David Letterman or Nightly with David Letterman . On this matter CBS executives stepped in, rejecting Nightly in part because of potential confusion with Nightline on ABC, along with the NBC Nightly News . Thus, Late Show with David Letterman quickly became

2184-561: The Clock", or onto 53rd Street or the roof to record various stunts there. The show began broadcasting in high-definition television (HDTV) on August 29, 2005. About two weeks later, Tim Kennedy, the show's Technical Director, commented on the transition in the show's official newsletter: The biggest challenge in the HD conversion was to renovate and upgrade our old control room, audio room, videotape room, and edit room while still doing five shows

2268-696: The Japanese charts. On September 24, 2013 the band released their seventh studio album Get Happy . On March 4, 2014, they released Dream a Little Dream with the von Trapps . In August 2014, Derek Rieth was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in what was ruled a suicide. In his honor, the band established the Derek Rieth Foundation with the goal of "Empowering Youth Through Music and Dance". In 2016, Pink Martini released its 9th new studio album, Je dis oui! , featuring three songs bandleader Thomas Lauderdale co-wrote for

2352-511: The Letterman show in 2007; instead, a repeat of her 2006 performance was shown. Love was also the musical guest on May 7, 2007, performing " River Deep – Mountain High ", while also appearing as a background choral singer on October 15, 2008. Love had a 22nd appearance, appearing as an interview guest on June 12, 2013, to talk about the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom . Blues Traveler holds

2436-856: The Oregon Symphony, the Seattle Symphony , the Portland Youth Philharmonic , Chamber Music Northwest, the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland and Oregon Ballet Theatre (where he collaborated with choreographer James Canfield and visual artists Storm Tharp and Malia Jensen on a ballet based on the original story of Bambi , written by Felix Salten in 1923). Beginning in high school, Lauderdale became interested in politics. He worked in Portland City Hall, first under Mayor J. E. "Bud" Clark in

2520-460: The Oregon constitution to declare homosexuality illegal. In June 2009, Lauderdale organized a rally of support for Portland Mayor Sam Adams , the first openly gay mayor of a major American city. Adams had a “romantic relationship” with 17-year old intern Beau Breedlove that included kissing and romance before he turned 18. The Times reports that the "Oregonian, the local police union and JustOut,

2604-1145: The United Kingdom and South America, Audiogram in Canada, Urtext in Mexico, Random Records in Argentina and Chile, Inertia Recordings in Australia and New Zealand, Ales in Korea, and Top 2 in Southeast Asia. The band's debut album Sympathique was released in 1997, and received nominations for "Song of the Year" and "Best New Artist" in France's Victoires de la Musique awards. Sympathique (1997), Hang on Little Tomato (2004), and Hey Eugene! (2007), Splendor In The Grass (2009) and Joy To The World (2010) have all gone gold in France, Turkey, Greece, and Canada selling over 2.5 million copies worldwide. In Fall 2011

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2688-986: The United States. In 1998, the ensemble made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival , as well as its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Norman Leyden. Pink Martini has since performed with over 50 symphony orchestras around the world including the Boston Pops , the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra , the Los Angeles Philharmonic , the BBC Orchestra , and with the National Symphony Orchestra at

2772-550: The approach taken by The Daily Show under Jon Stewart . On June 1, 2009, Conan O'Brien (who had succeeded Letterman as host of Late Night in 1993) took over as host of The Tonight Show —an event Letterman referenced in his own show's Top Ten List on that night—and Letterman's "feud" with Leno temporarily ceased. In 2008 Letterman told Rolling Stone that he would welcome Leno on his show once Leno's tenure ended. Letterman said on competing with O'Brien, "I still find it hard to believe that Jay won't be there." The interview

2856-988: The band has gone on to play with more than 50 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl , the Boston Pops , the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center , the San Francisco Symphony , and the BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London. Other appearances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Frank Gehry -designed Walt Disney Concert Hall , with return sold-out engagements for New Year's Eve 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2011; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall ;

2940-544: The band released two albums – A Retrospective , a collection of the band's most beloved songs spanning their 17-year career, which includes eight previously unreleased tracks, and 1969 , an album of collaborations with legendary Japanese singer Saori Yuki . 1969 has been certified platinum in Japan, reaching #2 on the Japanese charts with the Japan Times raving "the love and respect Saori Yuki and Pink Martini have for

3024-563: The band. Their first single, Sympathique , was released in 1997 and was nominated as "Song of the Year" at the " Victoires de la Musique Awards" in France . Forbes is monolingual but sings in 15 languages. "All of us in Pink Martini have studied different languages as well as different styles of music from different parts of the world", says Lauderdale. "So inevitably, our repertoire is wildly diverse. At one moment, you feel like you're in

3108-525: The branding CBS Summer Showcase . The show was then succeeded by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , hosted by Stephen Colbert , which premiered on September 8, 2015. CBS had previously attempted late-night talk shows with The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1972) and The Pat Sajak Show (1989–1990), but Griffin clashed with network censors and moved to syndication while Sajak was unable to compete with NBC 's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and

3192-478: The camera, saying, "Good night everybody!" In the latter part of the run, the admonishment to watch Craig Ferguson and James Corden was delivered by Alan Kalter, via voiceover . Late Show had various repeated absurdist segments, including those involving cast members' and audience participation. The show will also take a camera crew into the Hello Deli to show games such as "What's on the iPod ?" and "Beat

3276-442: The environment, affordable housing, civil rights, libraries, and public broadcasting.” Pink Martini has grown from four musicians to its current twelve. Singer China Forbes – who Lauderdale met at the college, Harvard University – joined the band in 1995. The band has performed its multi-lingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia, Australia, Canada and

3360-610: The family moved to Indiana , where his father was pastor at Eel River Church of the Brethren. After church services, Lauderdale usually went to the piano, and tried to replicate the hymns he heard. His parents bought for him an upright piano at an auction and so he began his formal musical studies at age six with Patricia Garrison of North Manchester, Indiana and later, Joyanne Jones at Indiana University / Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana . In 1976, his father resigned from

3444-513: The featured piano soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland under the direction of Roger Doyle, and Gershwin's Concerto in F with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Christoph Campestrini . In 2011 Lauderdale again appeared as the featured soloist with the Oregon Symphony, this time under the direction of Carlos Kalmar . He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including

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3528-416: The film Souvenir starring Isabelle Huppert. The album's guest vocalists include Ari Shapiro , Rufus Wainwright , Kathleen Saadat, and Ikram Goldman. In 2018, the band released a "20th Anniversary Edition" of its seminal debut album Sympathique . This version of the album features the band's popular arrangement of Ravel's "Bolero", which had to be removed from the original album, and was reinstated on

3612-529: The first iteration of the Late Show franchise . The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and was produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants , and CBS Television Studios . The show's music director and leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra , was Paul Shaffer . The head writer was Matt Roberts and the announcer was originally Bill Wendell , then Alan Kalter . In most U.S. markets

3696-698: The globe. Joy to the World received glowing reviews and was carried in Starbucks stores during the 2010 and 2011 holiday seasons. All five albums have gone gold in France, Canada, Greece, and Turkey and have sold well over 2.5 million copies worldwide. In Fall 2011, the band released two albums: A Retrospective , a collection of the band's most beloved songs spanning their 17-year career, which includes eight previously unreleased tracks, and 1969 , an album of collaborations with Japanese singer Saori Yuki . 1969 has been certified platinum in Japan, reaching No. 2 on

3780-404: The host of the program would be Stephen Colbert , then host of competing late-night series The Colbert Report on Comedy Central . Letterman's last Late Show aired May 20, 2015. In February 2022, David Letterman's official YouTube channel opened, and contains clips from Letterman's Late Show and his previous morning and late night shows on NBC. Announcer Bill Wendell retired and left

3864-414: The job held by Rodney Rothman . Director Hal Gurnee and producer Peter Lassally left the show soon after to pursue other interests. Gurnee was replaced by Jerry Foley. Burnett was absent from the day-to-day operations from 2000 to 2004, and was replaced by Barbara Gaines and Maria Pope, both of whom served as executive producers, with Gaines acting as on-air producer. In 2003, producer Jude Brennan

3948-634: The long-running BBC Two Later with Jools Holland TV music program. On June 14, 2007, Pink Martini performed on Late Show with David Letterman , performing "Hey Eugene". In December 2010 the band performed "We Three Kings" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and returned in December 2011 to perform "Santa Baby." In February 2011, China Forbes recorded a video greeting to the European Space Agency 's Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli , and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri , on board

4032-413: The longest running late-night talk show host in 2013. That same year, Late Night and Late Show were ranked at No. 41 on TV Guide ' s 60 Best Series of All Time. The show was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series 16 times, winning 6. It was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series 15 times, and was nominated for

4116-522: The memorial service of former Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt who is perhaps most known for raping children. Lauderdale lives in the Harker Building , a 9,600 square foot building in the downtown’s commercial district in Portland, Oregon. Late Show with David Letterman Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS ,

4200-541: The middle of a samba parade in Rio de Janeiro , and in the next moment, you're in a French music hall of the 1930s or in a Palazzo in Napoli . It's a bit like an urban musical travelogue. We're very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent a broader, more inclusive America … the America which remains the most heterogeneously populated country in

4284-468: The ministry and the Lauderdale family opened a plant nursery near North Manchester. The family moved to Portland, Oregon in 1982, after his parents divorced and his father came out of the closet . In the 1990s, his parents went on several talk shows – including 20/20 , Oprah , Jane Whitney , and Christina - to talk about what happens when a spouse comes out. Kerby returned to the ministry, and

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4368-823: The office of international relations, and later under City Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury on the city's civil rights ordinance. He was appointed by Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee; by Mayor Clark to the Metropolitan Youth Commission and by City Commissioner Mike Lindberg to the Public Safety in the Parks Task Force. In 1992, he was involved in the No on 9 and No on 13 Campaigns , in response to measures that would amend

4452-458: The official name. After Letterman was introduced on Late Show ' s very first episode, NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw accompanied him on stage and wished him "reasonably well". As part of a pre-arranged act, Brokaw then proceeded to retrieve a pair of cue cards while stating that "These last two jokes are the intellectual property of NBC!" After he carried them off stage, Letterman responded, "Who would have thought you would ever hear

4536-800: The opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia; two sold-out concerts at Paris 's Olympia theatre in 2011; and Paris's fashion house Lanvin 's 10-year anniversary celebration for designer Alber Elbaz in 2012. The band has collaborated and performed with numerous artists, such as Jimmy Scott , Carol Channing , Rufus Wainwright , Martha Wainwright , Jane Powell , Henri Salvador , Chavela Vargas , New York performer Joey Arias , puppeteer Basil Twist , Georges Moustaki , Michael Feinstein , filmmaker Gus Van Sant , Courtney Taylor, Taylor of The Dandy Warhols , clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden , Japanese legend Hiroshi Wada, Italian actress and songwriter Alba Clemente, DJ Johnny Dynell and Chi Chi Valenti , NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro ,

4620-466: The opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in New York City; the Governor's Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia; two sold-out concerts at Paris' legendary L'Olympia Theatre in 2011; and Paris' fashion house Lanvin 's 10-year anniversary celebration for designer Alber Elbaz in 2012. In its twentieth year, Pink Martini

4704-426: The original cast of Sesame Street , March Fourth Marching Band, The von Trapps , the Bonita Vista High School Marching Band from Chula Vista, California , and the Pacific Youth Choir of Portland, Oregon. Pink Martini has released seven studio albums and one live concert DVD on the band's own record label, Heinz Records and partnered with other labels worldwide, including Naïve Records in France, Wrasse Records in

4788-510: The other would be wearing a metal suit and operating a grinding machine against her abdomen, a carry-over from their first appearance on the sketch, "Is This Anything?" Letterman would then walk out on the show stage to perform his stand-up monologue , which occasionally began with a reference to something an audience member said to him during the pre-show question-and-answer session. The jokes were based on pop culture, current events, and politics. He then introduced one or two video jokes such as

4872-436: The pop tradition shines through on every track." In addition to his work with Pink Martini, Lauderdale has collaborated with cabaret performer and singer Meow Meow , the surf band Satan's Pilgrims and writer Tom Spanbauer . In Spring 2008, he completed his first film score for Chiara Clemente's documentary Our City Dreams , a portrait of five New York City-based women artists of different generations. In 2008, he performed as

4956-805: The record for most appearances on the show by a band. In 2000, after Letterman had quintuple bypass surgery, the Late Show Backstage was aired. This featured many celebrities reminiscing about their experiences as guests on his show. Charles Grodin (February 7), Regis Philbin (February 8 and 10), Bandleader Paul Shaffer (February 9 and 11), Drew Barrymore (February 14), David Brenner (February 15), Tom Snyder (February 16 and 17) (Snyder hosted The Late Late Show from 1995 to 1999), and Tom Arnold (February 18) were among those who hosted. These interviews were interspersed with past footage. Previously, only reruns without any special introductions had been aired since Letterman's temporary leave from

5040-510: The risk of seeming dated. However, in late 2011 Late Show reverted to the practice of taping the Friday show on Thursdays, helping the Friday shows become more topical and relevant. The show's opening credits featured a series of shots of New York City as the CBS Orchestra performed the Late Show theme (a livelier variation of the more jazzy Late Night theme). The announcer presented the names of that night's guests, as well as Paul Shaffer and

5124-568: The set were later acquired for use on The Chris Gethard Show . When Letterman was not on vacation (which he took roughly ten weeks per year ), he and his crew worked four days per week, taping Friday's show earlier in the week. From October 2001 until May 2004, Friday's show was taped on Thursdays. From 2004 to 2010, Friday's show was taped on Mondays. During this time, the Friday's show's monologue topics, sketches, and other segments were chosen for their lack of topicality, with few if any references to current events or any subject which would run

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5208-502: The show aired from 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time , and recorded Monday to Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The second Thursday episode usually aired on Friday of that week. In 2002, Late Show with David Letterman was ranked No. 7 on TV Guide ' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . As host of both Late Night and Late Show for more than 30 years, Letterman surpassed Johnny Carson as

5292-1138: The show began on January 15. Letterman returned on a limited basis on February 18, in a show which premiered three days later. To ease his transition back to air, temporary guest hosts carried the show. Bill Cosby (February 22), Kathie Lee Gifford (February 24), David Brenner (February 29), Nathan Lane (March 2), Janeane Garofalo (March 7). filled in on the first week. In February and March 2003, Letterman missed 14 shows due to shingles . Letterman had various guest hosts during his illness-inflicted absence: Bruce Willis (February 26), John McEnroe (February 27), Regis Philbin (February 28), Whoopi Goldberg (March 10), Vince Vaughn (March 11), Elvis Costello (March 12), Will Ferrell (March 13), Megan Mullally (March 14), Brad Garrett (March 17), Tom Dreesen (March 18), Bonnie Hunt (March 19), Paul Shaffer (March 24), Bill Cosby (March 25), and Luke Wilson (March 26). In June 2003, Letterman had guest hosts on Fridays. They included Tom Arnold (June 6), Tom Green (June 13), Kelsey Grammer (June 20), and Jimmy Fallon (June 27). Letterman's weekly absence caused

5376-416: The show on August 18, 1995. He was replaced by Alan Kalter on the show's next episode, September 5, 1995, which came after a two-week hiatus. In 1996, long-time producer Robert Morton left, and head writer Rob Burnett was promoted to executive producer. In 1997, Justin Stangel and Eric Stangel were hired as writers; by March 2000, the Stangel brothers became the show's head writers , taking over

5460-475: The show through 2014. The parties reached another agreement in October 2013 to extend the show an additional year, continuing the series into 2015. Including his 11 years on NBC, Letterman is the longest tenured late-night talk show host, having surpassed Johnny Carson . On April 10, 2014, one week after Letterman announced that he would retire as host of Late Show in 2015, CBS announced that his successor as

5544-462: The show would spend a month in Hollywood at least once a year. CBS purchased the Ed Sullivan Theater for $ 4 million, spending "several million" to renovate it. The renovation was supervised by architect James Polshek . CBS' total cost for acquiring the show including renovations, negotiation rights paid to NBC, signing Letterman, announcer Bill Wendell , Shaffer, the writers and the band

5628-448: The song as Letterman's Christmas finale 28 times across his Late Show and Late Night run. Love's final Christmas appearance was on December 19, 2014, nine days after the announcement that the show's finale would be in May 2015. Letterman has stated that the annual performance is his favorite part of Christmas. Due to the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike , Love was unable to perform on

5712-538: The subject in the interviews and tried to avert a new rivalry. In fact, the June 9, 2009 episode of Late Show featuring Roberts rated better than Tonight with a 3.4 household rating nationally to O'Brien's 2.9. The Letterman/Leno feud was revived in the wake of the 2010 Tonight Show conflict , which saw Letterman side with O'Brien. Despite the rivalry, Leno appeared in a Late Show promo with Letterman and Oprah Winfrey which aired on CBS during Super Bowl XLIV ; it

5796-441: The television shows Dead Like Me , The Sopranos , The West Wing , Castle , Sherlock , Parks and Recreation , Better Call Saul , and Scream Queens . Their song "Una notte a Napoli" is an integral part of the Italian movie Mine Vaganti (2010) by Italian-Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek . Heinz Records is an independent record label that produces the band's albums. Named after Lauderdale's dog, Heinz Records

5880-461: The words 'intellectual property' and 'NBC' in the same sentence?" In his opening monologue, Letterman said "Legally, I can continue to call myself Dave" but joked that he woke up that morning and next to him in bed was the head of a peacock (while the orchestra played the theme from The Godfather ). In ratings, Letterman's Late Show dominated Jay Leno 's Tonight Show for its first two years. Leno pulled ahead on July 10, 1995, starting with

5964-401: The world". In the last few years, Alan Kalter included himself in the introduction. In addition, Letterman took to dashing across the stage either just before, while, or just after Kalter introduced him. In years prior, Letterman would be greeted by two female models, sometimes in costume. For an extended stretch of episodes, one of the models would be performing with several hula hoops , while

6048-413: The world… composed of people of every country, every language, every religion". Featuring 10–12 musicians, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout the world. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut in 1998 with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then,

6132-442: The years, most notably The Ed Sullivan Show . Letterman made use of the immediate neighborhood surrounding the theater for his show on occasion, closing off the portion of 53rd Street that goes past his studio for various stunts. Nearby merchants gained fame after making frequent appearances on the program, including Rupert Jee , owner of the Hello Deli at 213 W. 53rd St., and Mujibur and Sirajul , Bengali immigrants who worked at

6216-573: Was Leno and Letterman's first joint appearance since Leno took over the Tonight Show in 1992. The feud between the hosts ended for good on February 6, 2014, with Leno's second and final retirement and Late Night host Jimmy Fallon , who succeeded Conan O'Brien in 2009, becoming the current host of the Tonight Show on February 17, with its subsequent return to New York for the first time since 1972. On April 3, 2012, CBS reached an agreement with Worldwide Pants and CBS Television Studios to continue

6300-484: Was added to the team of executive producers. Lassally, who had served as an executive producer for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show , was invited back to Late Show in January 2005 as a guest to discuss the recent death of Carson. Lassally served as executive producer for Worldwide Pants' The Late Late Show from late 1994 to February 2015, encompassing the tenures of hosts Tom Snyder , Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson . Lassally also served as Executive Producer of

6384-466: Was canceled due to poor ratings. For most of the 20 years preceding Late Show , CBS's late night fare consisted of movies, reruns and specialty programming packaged under the name CBS Late Night and broadcast to middling ratings. When David Letterman became available following a conflict with NBC , CBS was eager to lure him and offered him a three-year, $ 14 million per year contract, doubling his Late Night salary. According to their agreement,

6468-409: Was held prior to Leno announcing his return to NBC for The Jay Leno Show . In the second week after Letterman and O'Brien began their opposing broadcasts, viewer ratings for Tonight began to slip and Late Show was poised to beat Tonight for the first time in over ten years, a fact pointed out by Letterman's guests on air ( Howard Stern and Julia Roberts ). Letterman quickly tried to change

6552-486: Was in second place with 103 appearances, followed by Tony Randall with 70, Marv Albert with 52, and Tom Brokaw with 49. Darlene Love appeared with a musical number 21 times, most notably for a 19-year-long annual tradition of her performing " Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) " (18 live plus one video clip) on the show's last episode before Christmas. This continued a tradition that started in 1986 on Letterman's NBC show Late Night with David Letterman , performing

6636-741: Was inducted into both the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Pink Martini performed with the Eugene Ballet in 2006 and 2018. On New Year's Eve 2005, Pink Martini performed live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. This performance was aired live on National Public Radio 's Toast of the Nation , and in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting

6720-468: Was over $ 140 million. A significant issue regarding Letterman's move to CBS was the ownership of long-running comedy bits used on Late Night, as well as the name of the CBS show itself. NBC claimed that much of what he did on Late Night was intellectual property of the network. Letterman and his attorneys countered that some segments ("Stupid Pet Tricks", for example) pre-dated Late Night and had first aired on The David Letterman Show , which

6804-399: Was owned by Letterman's production company rather than NBC, and others, such as the Top Ten List and Viewer Mail, were common property and not owned by either Letterman or NBC. Ultimately a compromise was reached in key areas: the "Viewer Mail" segment would be called the "CBS Mailbag"; the actor portraying Larry "Bud" Melman on Late Night would use his real name, Calvert DeForest , on

6888-523: Was recorded for a live DVD and later broadcast on US public broadcasting and French television. The DVD has been re-released to retail as Discover the World: Live in Concert , featuring not only the full concert, but several vignettes and a short documentary of the band's history. On November 22, 2005, Pink Martini appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien . On June 1, 2007, the band appeared on

6972-513: Was released independently in 1997 on the band's own label, Heinz Records , and earned the group nominations for "Song of the Year" and "Best New Artist" in France's Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000. Pink Martini released Hang On Little Tomato in 2004, Hey Eugene! in 2007 and Splendor in the Grass in 2009. In November 2010 the band released Joy to the World , a festive, multi-denominational holiday album featuring songs from around

7056-540: Was student body president and editor of The Grantonian . Lauderdale studied at Harvard University , where he graduated cum laude with a degree in History and Literature. After seeing the Del Rubio Triplets on Pee-Wee Herman 's Christmas Special, Lauderdale arranged for them to travel to Portland, Oregon in October 1994 to give a series of concerts at retirement homes, nursing homes, and hospitals. After

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