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Letterman : the last giant of late night Cover Image Book Book

Letterman : the last giant of late night

Zinoman, Jason (author.).

Summary: In a career spanning more than thirty years, Letterman redefined the modern talk show with an ironic comic style that transcended traditional television. Yet he is a remote, even reclusive, figure whose career is widely misunderstood. Zinoman goes behind the scenes of Letterman's television career to illuminate the origins of his revolutionary comedy, its overlooked influences, and how his work intersects with and reveals his famously eccentric personality.

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  • ISBN: 9780062377210
  • ISBN: 0062377213
  • Physical Description: print
    xvi, 345 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-327) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part I: Education of a talk-show host, 1947-1979. Shock jock ; When David met Merrill -- Part II: The anti-talk show, 1980-1984. The art of stupid ; Not tonight ; The Harvard takeover -- Part III: The archangel of irony, 1984-1987. The founding fathers of late night ; The writer under the stairs ; The Letterman generation ; The two Daves -- Part IV: Writer's block, 1988-1993. Comedy is not pretty! ; Meg and Mom -- Part V: The very big show, 1993-2015. The agony of victory ; The Oscar myth ; Hinky ; More fun than humans should be allowed to have.

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Subject: Letterman, David
Television personalities United States Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Entertainment & Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS Television History & Criticism
Letterman, David
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  • 49 of 49 copies available at Evergreen Indiana. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Spencer County Public Library.

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Spencer Co PL - Marylee Vogel Branch (Richland) 791.4502 ZIN (Text) 70741100105527 Adult Non Fiction Available -
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