Baseball & Beyond

Brad Straubinger interview with Author Scott Ryan, who penned the book, "The Last Days of Letterman". I have always been a fan of Letterman, more from the late 80's/early 90's shows. It seemed the last few years of the show became formulaic, but after announcing his retirement, Dave seemed rejuvenated. In the book, and here on the podcast, I speak with the author about the last 6 weeks of shows, Dave got his fastball back, with all of the entertainment world wanting to be part of the send off. There are great stories about what these legends asked to do as part of the final shows, jokes they wanted to tell, how Dave was incredibly hands on for the final show, and how that show almost didn't even air. The book is a great oral history of those last 6 weeks with the major players from behind the scenes of the show giving great details of the actual behind the scenes.