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The first guest, 31-year-old comedian and actor Bill Murray, came out in confrontational fashion, throwing jibes and accusations at the host as part of a knowing put-on.
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- The "Top Ten" List Started As a Cosmo Spoof... Or a Daily News Spoof... Or a People Spoof... The origin of The "Top Ten" List has its own little Rashomon narrative.
- The First "Top Ten" List Was About Peas. "The first one we did," says Steve O'Donnell, "was one suggested by Kevin Curran, which was 'Top Ten Words That Almost Rhyme With Peas.'
- Larry "Bud" Melman (Calvert DeForest) Was Discovered In a Student Film. Larry "Bud" Melman, portrayed by the sui generis Calvert DeForest, was probably the most beloved character in the history of Late Night.
- Calvert DeForest Kept His Day Job. According to Steve O'Donnell, "For the first three years of the show, Larry 'Bud' Melman had a day job at a methadone clinic as a receptionist.
Feb 3, 2022 · Most notably, the very first episode of "Late Night with David Letterman" opened with Larry "Bud" Melman played by Calvin DeForest, introducing the show with a Hitchcock-like reading of a comical intro that parodied Frankenstein, as Vulture reports.
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- An Appearance to Remember. Here’s where it all began: Murray’s interview as the first guest ever on NBC's Late Night with David Letterman. In his typical sardonic fashion, he makes fun of Dave, explains that he regrets not strangling Richard Nixon when he had the opportunity, has a humorous mental breakdown, shows off a short film he made in his backyard about a panda bear named “Cancun” that was forced to work in a Chinese restaurant, and ends the whole thing by doing aerobics while singing Olivia Newton John’s “Physical.”
- Creating a Late Night Theme Song. In this somewhat tame appearance from 1993, while promoting Groundhog Day, Murray shows off his pipes again and channels his old SNL lounge singer character—Nick Winters—to croon a proposed theme song for Late Night.
- Hecklers Beware. In 1991, Murray confronted a heckler in Letterman’s Late Night audience and defended Dave’s honor … if only it were real.
- Auditioning for Peter Pan. Murray flew into his January 2014 appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman to unofficially audition for a proposed live TV version of Peter Pan while singing “I Can Fly.”
Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS, the first iteration of the Late Show franchise. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, [2] and was produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, and CBS Television Studios.
May 20, 2015 · After a humorous tour through the NBC Studios, Letterman then welcomed his first-ever guest, Bill Murray; remarkably, Letterman spoke the same exact introduction word-for-word when bringing...
Late Night with David Letterman: Created by David Letterman. With David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Wendell, Stephen Hibbert. Popular late-night comedy/talk-show with host David Letterman, interviewing famous guests.
