David Letterman to retire

[Cooley Hurd]

Source: CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney)

Late night television legend David Letterman will retire in 2015.
Letterman announced his plan during a taping of "The Late Show" on Thursday afternoon. CBS (CBS, Fortune 500) is expected to issue a statement sometime before the program is broadcast Thursday night.

A CBS spokesman declined to comment. Letterman's announcement initially leaked out when a performer, Mike Mills, who was at the taping of "The Late Show" tweeted out the news. "Dave just announced his retirement," Mills wrote.

What exactly Letterman says about his decision on "The Late Show" is not yet known.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/03/news/david-letterman-retiring/index.html

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[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. Sad.

Love Dave. = (

[itsrobert]

2. It's a shame a performer leaked the news

not kosher.

[onehandle]

3. He should have been retiring from The Tonight Show.

Jay 'The Dinosaur' Leno was a travesty after Johnny.

Carson rightly wanted Letterman.

[truebrit71]

4. Yup...

...Leno slimed has way into that job...and was never anywhere as edgy or as funny as Letterman...

[Dawson Leery]

6. Scum like Leno always find a way to screw good people over.

[Ken Burch]

36. Wild thought...would Conan have a shot at taking this over?

After all, since "Coco" is now the same age as his competitors, he's not going to be pressured to get Leno's old audience(an audience that, basically, doesn't exist anymore) and his sensibility is closer to Dave's in some senses.

[Blue_Tires]

9. +1

[olddad56]

14. True, Jonny wanted Letterman, but Jonny was fueding with NBC and they chose Leno.

Leno was a great stand-up comic until he took over the tonight show.

[reformist2]

5. Sad news. He was always a reliable... and funny!... Republican basher.

Here's one of my favorites!

[Enthusiast]

10. Her horses wear Costco horseshoes.

[olddad56]

12. Hey, Kirkland does have great dress shirts. I prefer them over Nordstrom's dress shirts.

They last longer, and are 3 times less expensive. And I doubt if Mittens has ever worn one.

[davidpdx]

22. Me too

[progressoid]

7. I kind of expected this.

You can tell he's not as engaged in it anymore.

[hibbing]

13. My thoughts exactly

I used to love him and the show. He seems to have been sleepwalking through it the last couple years, which is a shame. I'm glad he is retiring, I hope he can enjoy his family.

Peace

[Jesus Malverde]

24. People hardly watch the tube any more.

Sitting passively while madison avenue force feeds you ads and week old memes is so yesterday

That this broke on twitter and not the networks shows how much the world has changed.

[bagimin]

31. Bullshit

tv is excellent if you know where to look...and I will miss Dave Immeasurably.

[bigwillq]

8. That stinks.

I enjoying watching his show. I think he's a great talk show host.

[demosincebirth]

19. ...and very knowledgeable, too.

[Plucketeer]

11. He's a MASTER at his craft.

But he's had a good run - if he wants some time to decompress, he's surely earned it!

[benld74]

15. And NOW, The Top Ten Reasons Letterman is Retiring,,,,,,,,

[Rhiannon12866]

30. +100!

Perfect! And I wouldn't be at all surprised if this turns up soon! Dave is the best!

[Kingofalldems]

16. Innovative show. Stupid Pet Tricks:

[LanternWaste]

17. I was a sophomore or junior in high school when I caught my first Letterman show...

I was a sophomore or junior in high school when I caught my first Letterman show-- he was lampooning Walter Mondale (odd that I remember that) during the presidential run, and threw watermelons off the roof of his building.

Was hooked by his sarcastic, non-sequitur style humor since.

[gvstn]

29. I remember his morning show.

Let's just say his humor did not quite fit the morning show model. They move him to late night pretty quick.

[CottonBear]

37. I remember his morning show too!

I love Dave!

[mac56]

38. Me too.

It just wasn't the right venue, as NBC quickly discovered.

[frylock]

18. Dave is a great Liberal voice and he will be missed.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Heard this on the radio on the way home

Said that he had hosted the show for 32 years, which was a record.

He was a true fixture in the late night arena.

Hope he considers doing some specials....

[lordsummerisle]

21. anybody counting

how many threads on this?

[Jesus Malverde]

23. About tiime.

[Ken Burch]

26. Log off, Leno. n/t.

[Jesus Malverde]

27. lolol

[Ken Burch]

25. Dave is going out at the top of his game...I think this was always the plan.

He outlasted Leno on late night(I think that became his career goal, once the chance to hose TONIGHT! was gone)and everyone he's competing with is now at least twenty years younger.

[muntrv]

28. Hope his retirement is more classy than Leno's.

[Ken Burch]

33. MUBARAK's retirement was more classy than Leno's n/t.

[mackerel]

32. Used to love him! I still think he's good but

he's phoning it in this days. He was funny when he kept calling McCain out during his presidential run. LOL It will be interesting to see his replacement. Jimmy Kimmel? LOL

[Ken Burch]

35. I'm thinking Craig Ferguson has the inside track on that.

It'd be worth it just to see Geoff Peterson on the Ed Sullivan Theatre stage.

Second choice would be John Stewart.

[IcyPeas]

34. Letterman was the reason

I bought my first VCR. I wanted to watch his show every night.

He's always had great musical guests on his show too.

[underpants]

40. Great article about how the Late Night show changed TV culture

http://m.rollingstone.com/culture/news/david-letterman-year-one-20110929

[IcyPeas]

41. thanks underpants

that was a very interesting read.

[CottonBear]

42. Thanks for the link. Great article.

I remember watching the (short-lived) morning show with my dad in a Holiday Inn hotel room in Key West, Florida while on a spring break trip with my family!

Gee, now I am now sad, because my dad died the next year (1981). He was a very conservative (Ayn Rand, Bircher) type of guy, but we both loved Dave. He thought Dave was really funny and cool.

I miss my dad so much.

Thanks for the great link for the article.

[underpants]

39. Been a fan since his morning show

He's 66 he doesn't need to sign up for another 5 years.


Thanks Dave you were the best ever.