Were you a fan or was he a big jerk 🙂
On this day in 2015 David Letterman, after 33 years, hosts the "Late Show with David Letterman" for the last time…

It opened with a presidential send off featuring the four of the five living presidents, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, each mimicking the late president Gerald Ford's statement that "Our long national nightmare is over." 

It also featured cameos from The Simpsons and Wheel of Fortune (the latter with a puzzle saying "Good riddance to David Letterman")

A Top Ten List of "things I wish I could have said to David Letterman" performed by regular guests including Alec Baldwin, Barbara Walters, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Peyton Manning, Tina Fey, and Bill Murray

It closed with a montage of scenes from both his CBS and NBC series set to a live performance of "Everlong" by Foo Fighters.

The final episode of Late Show with David Letterman was watched by 13.76 million viewers earning the show its highest ratings since following the 1994 Olympics.

In total, Letterman hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show

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