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Last Laugh:

David Letterman Signs Off As Late-Night Host

Fans stand outside The Ed Sullivan Theater during the last taping of the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in New York.
(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

DAVID BAUDER let the show go without cut- Theater on Wednesday af- said Will Landman of Long “You could see his emo-
AP Television Writer ting it. ternoon to watch a steady Island, New York. “It was tion,” he said. “But I think
NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy The transplanted Hoosier, stream of celebrities arriv- the best way he could go he’s feeling a lot more than
stars from Steve Martin to who made Top Ten lists and ing, including Jerry Seinfeld, out.” he’s showing.”
Tina Fey and the rock band ironic humor staples of tele- Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, Julia Audience members point- Rival Jimmy Kimmel paid
Foo Fighters ushered David vision comedy and influ- Louis-Dreyfus, Barbara Wal- ed to a star-studded Top tribute to Letterman by not
Letterman into retirement enced a generation of per- ters, Peyton Manning and Ten list and the Foo Fighters making a fresh ABC show on
Wednesday after 33 years formers, will be replaced by Alec Baldwin along with as highlights. As for the host, Wednesday, where he usu-
and 6,028 broadcasts of Stephen Colbert in Septem- Fey and Martin. Letterman “was guarded ally competes in the same
his late-night shows on CBS ber. Several audience members but you could tell it was re- time slot. Fallon paid tribute
and NBC. Fans and photographers who filed out of the theater ally hard for him,” said John on “Tonight” on Monday:
His final “Late Show” broad- clustered outside the 53rd after the show had tears in Bernstein, who flew in from “I, like every kid who grew
cast ran long, some 17 min- Street side entrance to their eyes. Los Angeles to see the fi- up watching him, will miss
utes over its usual hour; CBS Manhattan’s Ed Sullivan “It was really incredible,” nale. him.”q