David Letterman visits 'Late Night,' going back to the slot where he most belonged
CNN
Like a lot of people who discovered David Letterman in high school and college, I didn't quite know what to make of him at first. But a girlfriend (who was in hindsight a lot cooler than I ever was) insisted he was a genius and that I had to stay up and watch.
My admiration for Letterman lasted a lot longer than that relationship, and the fact that his "Late Night" debut came 40 years ago feels like another one of those "Where did the time go?" wakeup calls, only on steroids.
Yet the news that the famously cranky Letterman would rather sentimentally revisit "Late Night," now hosted by Seth Meyers, to commemorate that anniversary also brought to mind that the 12:30 a.m. slot where I first discovered him was where it felt like he always belonged.