The Letterman Podcast

Tom, or Tommy (depending on who's asking) Ruprecht is a delightful human that also wrote for David Letterman for 12 years. He and Mike have a fantastic conversation about his time working at The Late Show that includes highlights and he outlines the writing process of many aspects of the show. As Tom and Mike get to know each other it becomes clear very quickly both men are happy and high energy w...

Bonus Show!   While we enjoy our commitment to releasing new episodes every Friday, we also have had a lot of fun doing other shows with members of the community and putting them out for the hungry public to consume not unlike certain rats with certain pieces of pizza.  Today we release 'The Post Mortem of Jerry Seinfeld.' Rob Kates, our first returning guest, joins Mike to discuss one o...

This episode of the Letterman Podcast is partially a tribute to Kathleen Ankers. Kathleen, while you are no longer with us in body, your spirit lives on, and if J and the rest of the Letterman Podcast Network community have anything to say about it, we will be discussing your work and the impact it made on us for many, many years to come. Thank you for all you did to be a major contributor to the...

Arthur Kelly worked with his Worldwide Pants family for 15 years, and his job with the organization never changed. Arthur answered the phones on David Letterman's floor and was one of the last gatekeepers in charge of filtering the massive volume of calls the organization received. He did however, have a significant new task added to his job description along the way; portraying a parody of Former...

There is an argument to be made that Daniel Kellison is one of the greatest segment producers in Late Night Television history, and no, we are not being hyperbolic in making that claim. Daniel started his career with David Letterman and Company in 1988 as a researcher, and worked his way up the ladder enthusiastically over the years. By the time 'The Late Shift' happened, Daniel was a very importa...

Jeff Altman is a legendary entertainer. He is a stand up comedian of the highest regard, an actor of many disciplines, a musician (yes, drummers are musicians too;) and a close up magician.  Jeff Altman also has known and been friends with David Letterman in 6 decades, from the 1970's to the present.  Becoming fast friends, Jeff and Mike have a delightful conversation about his history w...

Irene Hoffman saw 'The Late Show' many times over its massive run, and has a lot of stories she can tell from the 20 plus years she made the regular pilgrimage to The Ed Sullivan Theater in New York. Along the way she also became the girlfriend of Rupert Jee, owner of the Hello Deli on 53rd street, and Late Show legendary mainstay. Wanna hear about the first time they met? This is the show for you...

Friend of the show and author of 'The Last Days of Letterman,' Scott Ryan joins Mike on the latest installment of 'The Post Mortem,' where they have an in-depth discussion of Dave's conversation and presentation of Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the latest season of  'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.' Mike and Scott get into all sorts of nooks and cranny's featured in the episode. And yes, they t...

Once Again: Tom Dreesen has been performing for over 50 years, and is one of David Letterman's best friends, going all the way back to their stand up days at The Comedy Store. He is the author of two books:  Tim and Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White, and  Still Standing...My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra. In Part 2 of Tom's first appearance on 'The L...

Tom Dreesen has been performing for over 50 years, and is one of David Letterman's best friends, going all the way back to their stand up days at The Comedy Store. He is the author of two books:  Tim and Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White, and  Still Standing...My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra.  Tom jumped at the opportunity to come on our show a...

Welcome to the first installment of 'The Post Mortem,' one of the many special topic based episodes 'The Letterman Podcast' will release. The Post Mortem will revolve around special guests coming on the show to discuss new Letterman content not long after it's release. Its a celebration that Dave & Co are still putting out new material to add to the legendary body of work they have created dur...

Mark Malkoff is a comedian, writer and created and has been the host of 'The Carson Podcast' since 2014. He also worked for 'The Late Show with David Letterman in the audience coordination department for just over 11 months back in the show's heyday.  On this episode of The Letterman Podcast, Mike enthusiastically invites Mark to be a part of the community we here at the show are building, an...

Rob Kates has been a professional in the TV business for decades. Like many folks in broadcasting, Rob shares an affinity for the body of work Dave & Co produced. He is also a great enthusiast for the 'Showbusiness of Yesterday.' So much so, he is the administrator or co administrator on many fan group pages to do with Late Night Television, The Rat Pack, and of course, David Letterman. We are...

This is a hi def recording of The Letterman Podcast. It was first broadcast on FB live, in a livestream format that had some glitches. If there were an episode where Mike makes it about him, this is it. Normally, it will be his honor to make every single episode about the guest, and the conversation. In this episode however, Mike reads, The Lettermanifesto; his retelling of his brush with the show...

Eddie Brill is a Stand up comic who ran a comedy club in NY, founded a comedy festival that ran for 10 years in tribute to Johnny Carson, and has been performing for over 35 years. He was also the warm up comedian and comedy booker for The Late Show With David Letterman for 17 years. It was a fun conversation to say the least!

It's not hyperbolic to say that Marc Karzen was instrumental in creating the attitude of the visual tone of 'Late Night With David Letterman.' Karzen, along with art director Bob Pook and graphics coordinator Edd Hall, created the bumpers we the viewers would see as Late Night broke for and came back from commercials. The Emmy nominated “No-Logo” concept would take the show title and integrate it...

This is the inaugural episode of The Letterman Podcast, and we could not have asked for a better representation of what this show is about! Darin Cox, host of 'The Irritable Dad Syndrome' Podcast took time out of his schedule to talk to Mike about all one of his many fantastic encounters with The Late Show! He relays the story about how one time when visiting the show on Valentine's Day, he was pu...