If you don’t watch him on his Emmy Award-winning CBS “Late Show”, it has to be because you go to bed early. Or you work nights. Or, maybe, you just don’t like talk shows. Because, David Letterman’s show draws in nearly 4.5 million viewers each night. He’s been cracking jokes about other people for nearly three decades now, keeping his personal life private and barely tapped. Read this interesting article and learn some little known facts about talk-show host David Letterman you’re sure to enjoy!
His Early Life “David Michael” was the second child born to florist Harry, and his wife Dorothy Letterman. He was born on April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Lettermans already had a daughter, Janice. Another daughter, Gretchen, followed David’s birth.
It’s probably not surprising, but, a little known fact about talk-show host David Letterman is that, while he attended Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis, he was voted “Class Smart Aleck.”
His College Years
David Letterman graduated from Ball University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Telecommunications. Just like footballer Mike Ditka, David Letterman is a Life Loyal Member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He is also a Significant Sig laureate. He subsidizes the “Letterman Telecommunications Scholarship” at the college.
Perfect Attendance Record
Before Letterman was forced to take some time off for a quintuple heart bypass surgery on January 14, 2000, he had never missed one day of work in eighteen years for illness.
After he returned to his late-night talk show on February 21, the comedian had his doctors and nurses on the show. For once, David Letterman wasn’t making a wise-crack when he thanked them and announced, “”These are the people who saved my life!”
Romance A little known secret about talk-show host David Letterman is that, even though he appears to be a happy-go-lucky bachelor, he married his college sweetheart, Michelle Cook, in 1969. But, the marriage only lasted eight years.
Later, Letterman was engaged to Merrill Markoe, who was once a writer on his “Late Night” show. But, that relationship broke up as well.
Now, the comedian is engaged to Regina Lasko, a woman he used to work with. She’s thirteen years his junior. Lasko gave birth to the couple’s son, Harry Joseph Letterman on November 3, 2003. “Harry Joseph” is the name of David Letterman’s father who died in 1974.
Letterman, Lasko and their son live in North Salem, New York.
“Earl Hofert” Here’s another little-known fact about David Letterman: If you ever see the name “Earl Hofert” in a movie credit, it’s probably, in reality, David Letterman. The talk-show host sometimes uses this name, which, in real life, was a maternal uncle in his family. Letterman made an appearance in the movie “Cabin Boy” in 1994, and Hofert appeared in the credits. In 1996, when he did the voice of the “Mötley Crüe Roadie #1″ in “Beavis and Butt-head Do America”, David Letterman again used his pseudonym.
His Long-Time Prop
If you watch David Letterman’s “Late Show”on the CBS station, you’ll see an archaic RCA DX 77 microphone sitting on his desk. When he left NBC, the crew gave him the mike as a “going away” gift. The microphone isn’t used. It only serves as a prop.
