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Indianapolis native David Lettermans first evening talk show, "Late Night with David Letterman," debuted on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982.

Indianapolis native David Lettermans first evening talk show, "Late Night with David Letterman," debuted on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982.

Indianapolis native David Lettermans first evening talk show, "Late Night with David Letterman," debuted on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982.

Indianapolis native David Lettermans first evening talk show, "Late Night with David Letterman," debuted on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982.

Indianapolis native David Lettermans first evening talk show, "Late Night with David Letterman," debuted on NBC on Feb. 1, 1982.

Success can lead you down some pretty surprising paths. After the monster success of Smash, the Offspring were ready for their follow-up album, but ran into some issues with Epitaph, who had released their prior effort and seen it become one of the biggest selling independent albums ever. Before the album arrived, the band made the jump to Columbia Records, which led to a little bit of backlash from the fan base until the group pulled the veil back on what had happened. In an open letter to fa...