David Letterman

Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin

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4.4 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2012

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week on Here's The Thing, Alec talks with late-night legend David Letterman. Letterman describes his early years on TV in Indiana; his decision to try radio despite a boss who said “You will never be heard of again”; and his eventual journey to LA where after 3 years at comedy clubs he found himself on The Tonight Show. As Letterman says, "that's not supposed to happen."

Letterman’s been doing the Late Show for 30 years and he says for a long time he “just didn’t do anything else.” Things have changed now, he tells Alec; he has “no patience for meetings” and he avoids making decisions on the show. Dave is also taking time to explore the world with his 8-year old son: “when you have a child you do things you never thought you would do, and it’s fun.”

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0:22.4	And remember, don't do anything I wouldn't do.
0:25.2	Just do it better.
0:56.8	Hey, I'm Jay Shetty and I'm the host of On Purpose.
1:03.8	In this week's episode, I had the honor to interview President Joe Biden in his first
1:09.3	ever personal interview about mental health.
1:11.8	We have an enormous opportunity, but the thing I want to change is American attitude.
1:16.5	We can do anything.
1:18.3	There's nothing we've ever said or mine do we've not been able to do we've done together.
1:22.2	For real.
1:23.2	Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the I-Hard Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever
1:28.6	you get your podcasts.
1:30.6	This is Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's the Thing.
1:34.8	When David Letterman started late night in 1982, the New York Times said he was, quote,
1:40.5	more of an acquired taste than most comedians, unquote.
1:44.1	Now, it's time, ladies and gentlemen, for a segment of this program that we like to
1:48.7	call Stupid Petrics.
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