Letterman, the last giant of late night, Jason Zinoman
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Letterman, the last giant of late night, Jason Zinoman
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eng
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individual biography
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Letterman
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975270617
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Jason Zinoman
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the last giant of late night
Summary
New York TimesLate Night with David Letterman--he illuminates Letterman's relationship to his writers, and in particular, the show's co-creator, Merrill Markoe, with whom Letterman shared a long professional and personal connection.To understand popular culture today, it's necessary to understand David Letterman. With this revealing biography, Zinoman offers a perceptive analysis of the man and the artist whose ironic voice and caustic meta-humor was critical to an entire generation of comedians and viewers--and whose singular style ushered in new tropes that have become clichés in comedy today
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