David Letterman is to bow out of the late night wars next year, after 33 plus years in the trenches. He will have surpassed by four years his idol Johnny Carson who reigned over "The Tonight Show" for almost three decades beginning in the fall of 1962. And he will have outlasted his rival Jay Leno who got the "Tonight" show gig over him and hosted that NBC staple for 22 years before retiring last month in favor of Jimmy Fallon. -Break- Letterman began his career in late night television working for Carson. On Feb. 1, 1982, "Late Night with David Letterman" debuted on NBC in the hour following the "Tonight" show with Bill Murray as the first guest. Over the NBC years, Letterman made it his mission to showcasing people that wouldn't be booked on other shows as well as his loyal staff members including Kathleen Ankers (the NBC bookmobile lady), Jude Brennan, Pete Fatovich,...
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