The Late Show

“I see that they’re going to start handing out tickets for going slow in the fast lane. It’s going to be a demolition derby on I-465.”

At a time when most TV talk shows were safe, choreographed showcases for celebrities to sell themselves, Late Night offered the possibility of seeing something real.

“I’m 68,” Letterman said in the interview. “Who the hell is going to say, ‘Let’s get a really old guy in here and see what he can do?’”

Who can blame the TV late-night legend and native Hoosier for sticking around longer than he intended? It’s hard to say goodbye to family.

An oral history of the funniest guy ever to call Indy home.