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Back here at home, after 33 years of making america laugh, david letterman has now signed off for good. ♪ >> i'll be honest with you, it's beginning to look like i'm not going to get the tonight show. >> i don't think so. the late night house poking fun at himself till the very end. even get a lot of amazing vip's to leave him a good-bye message. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> our long national nightmare is over. letterman is retiring. >> other celebrity guests to show up for dave's 6,028th show inclu...

Cbs says he's done 6,028 shows and i watched a lot of them and used to love staying up late to catch dave when he was on at 12:30 on nbc. that was the innovative gap toothed comic genius who set the pace for late night of comics. >> long time letterman comic bill murray the latest in a constellation of stars helping dave say good-bye to the late show. after a few farewells of selfies and talking retirement messages. >> we can play dominos together. >> tonight letterman will take the stage for one final hour. the man behind top ten lists and stupid pet tricks. known for turning 53rd street into...

The show wearing a suit covered in frosting. so it was -- it was a classic slapstick -- >> how many people do that? >> exactly. >> i like many things -- like once a year, i watch his treatment of john mccain. and i -- the great hero canceled on the show. diechbt bring me his vice president. and so many things have just been wonderful. it's a wonderful -- the word legacy i have trouble with because it's defined as something that's given. and david has given this for year and years. and there's no comparable record, even -- even king johnny was eclipsed in the time element. >> in fact 6,028 late...

Different ways. we take it for granted now. letterman was one of a kind. nowadays a dozen late night hosts. all over the place. there's only one david letterman. >> there are some amazing numbers when you sort of tick through how many shows he's had. how many top 20,000 total guest appearances, 6,028 shows. 16 emmy awards. >> that's what i mean. >> 4,600 top ten lists. >> this is worth the hype. i'm sure he has an amazing top ten list to wrap up the last episode. think about this he announced his retirement a year ago. he's been thinking about how he wants to leave for a very long time. he doe...

Present i.d. for possible future legal action. bad situation on the streets of manhattan last night. six people hit by a car that jumped a curb in new york's packed herald square. all the victims suffered serious injuries, they are expected to survive. the woman who was driving the car has also been hospitalized, she has been arrested and is now facing d.u.i. charges. funny man david letterman has announced the day that he will step down from his late night gig. may 20th, 2015. the comedian surprised everyone last april, including cbs when he announced he was going to retire in 2015. he is...