33 YEARS . . . JUST LIKE ME

Another iconic tv show has come to an end.

"The Late Show, With David Letterman" 

ended a 33 year run on Wednesday, May 23.

Our career journey was the same length . . . 33 years!

Dave was so funny, and I loved his 

Top 10 List the best!

I watched him the entire 33 years!!!

There was even a few times when I was with Conrad

that people asked if he was David Letterman!

(2 were in Florida!)

Here's a picture of Dave appearing on 

The Tonight Show

with Johnny Carson.

(Check out that iconic curtain!)

Always laughing in interviews!

In April, 2006, me and 12 of my closest friends went to

New York City for Spring Break!

I tried a few weeks before to get tickets to the show.

(Bucket List)

The show said I couldn't get 13 tickets.  I could only get 10.

It was about not having empty seats.

You also had to take your chances that your group would be picked.

(C'mon!  I had seen the "standby audience" on the show!)

Anyway, if I had gotten 10, 3 in our group could not go.

The way things go...no one would be able to decide who got to go.

I also think they'd be mad at me if we went to stand and line, and didn't get in.

And somehow...the person who made all the arrangements, me...would be left out.

So, I didn't get them.

But, one day, Jane was a trooper...and we went to see the "neighborhood!"

These are pictures from my NYC pictures on my well...but they're all good!

Top:  Guest Star, Michael Douglas

Biff Henderson, part of the production

These pictures were taken where guests enter and exit

for the show.

There was a fancy car waiting to take Michael Douglas away.

It was running the entire time...with the air conditioning on.

DIVA!

The sign on the corner

Yup. Me.

Across the street from the "Ed Sullivan Theater!"

I always watched the Ed Sullivan Show when I was little in the 60's!

The owner of "Hello Deli" was also a part of the show!

I got a tee shirt from here.

The place is a dump.  But famous.
The owner, Rupert Jee (pronounced "Gee")

The best part was the appearance of
Sparky Mortimer on the show!
Sparky was in 1st grade at Alpine Elementary,
and Cathy was his teacher!
He sat by Channel 2 news anchor, Michelle King,
at BYU football games.
He was soooo into sports, and pretended he was
a play-by-play announcer.
He was filmed at a game doing his thing,
and Michelle put it on the news.
David Letterman's people saw it, and
Sparky was off to NYC!
I took my class out front of the school to watch
the limo pick him up!
He was an absolute hit!!!
He became a semi-regular on the show!
He was a commentator for the show for the BIGGEST sporting events:
World Series
Super Bowl
NBA Finals
And her was just 6!

When he was in 3rd or 4th grade, he MC'd an assembly
for Teacher Appreciation Week.
He wrote everything (above most kids heads)
He gave all of the teachers a name.
I only remembered one:  "Polyester Pants Vance!"