i ll take care of this. oh my tonight, we ll celebrate the legacy of the man who changed it all. joining me now is daniel kellison, who was a writer and producer for late night and late show for eight years. he is writing about his memories of working for letterman in the 1990s. and actor and comedian jay thomas who has been a regular guest on letterman through the years with his annual quarterback challenge. thank you so much for being here. jay, what is the david letterman legacy?
that was exciting. i think madonna was really fun to produce as well. david letterman show was vital for politicians to stop by. here are some of the highlights, jay and daniel. number seven. make sure the white house library has lots of books with big print and pictures. let me give you one that i
they did. and jay is not a bad guy at all. no. and neither is dave. i hope they re together tonight. i know there is other people that they ve said have gone. i think chris rock is there tonight. people have seen him going in. but, yeah, i hope jay leno is there. i don t know. what do you think, daniel? what do you hope to see tonight? i m not a big jay leno fan. but i hope to see chris rock and everybody else there. you don t think dave would want jay leno? i know that he does. i can t forget or forgive what happened back in the day. really? wow. just because i care about dave. and i thought that what jay did was wrong. less forgiving and forgetting than the people that are actually in the riff. i have a very disloyal staff. so i ve never known that type of loyalty. daniel kellison and jay
when you re a kid you think is hilarious. when he put on the velcro suit. he has made a lot of people happy and brought a lot of fun. i liked when he did his segment where he threw stuff off the roof. that was pretty funny. you get a sense who have he is. the audience feels like we know him. daniel, what will you miss the most? i ll miss dave. i hope he does find another outlet and finds another place to be on tv. he was such an important part of my life when i was a college kid. i wanted to be somehow associated with him. and that was my goal was to work there. and just to even be clearer, i only wrote about this experience for this farewell. that was my i wrote for something for grantland. but no i hope that he finds i think it would be great for