I came across this great piece on David Letterman's retirement by Bill Simmons: Letterman
It really hits the nail on the head as far as what I always thought made Dave so much better than anyone else who has tried to do that job. And the segment during which he announced he would be retiring was 10 minutes of great television that I can't imagine any other late night host pulling off:
[video=youtube;l5sVI_-LRCI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5sVI_-LRCI[/video]
It really hits the nail on the head as far as what I always thought made Dave so much better than anyone else who has tried to do that job. And the segment during which he announced he would be retiring was 10 minutes of great television that I can't imagine any other late night host pulling off:
[video=youtube;l5sVI_-LRCI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5sVI_-LRCI[/video]