David Letterman started off his 6,028th and final late-night broadcast last night with an admission: "It's beginning to look like I'm not going to get The Tonight Show." He kept up his trademark self-deprecating tone throughout his final Late Show episode, joined by plenty of celebrities and old friends from the last 33 years.
In a pre-recorded segment at the start of the broadcast, four presidents—George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama—echoed Gerald Ford saying, "Our long national nightmare is over."The 68-year-old Letterman kept the retirement jokes coming, with lines like "Next week I'll be Googling foods that improve prostate health" and "I hope to become the new face of Scientology."
The final Top 10 list—"Top 10 Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave"—was read by 10 celebrities, including Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Peyton Manning, and Barbara Walters. "I'll never have the money I owe you," quipped Bill Murray, while Julia Louis-Dreyfus thanked him for letting her "take part in another hugely disappointing series finale.
