A top ten of top tens
Last night, David Letterman took his final bow and the Ed Sullivan Theater went dark. If you're of a certain age, and I'm right in the sweet spot, David Letterman is late night TV. Johnny Carson belonged to our parents, and Jay Leno was way too ingratiating to ever be cool, but Dave was ours.
He was the guy you found out about from your friend with the cool older brother, who seemed to let you in on this giant secret. There was this guy who did all sorts of crazy stuff on late night TV, and they let him get away with it.