{"id":50332,"date":"2022-02-01T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=50332"},"modified":"2022-02-01T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T20:23:18","slug":"letterman-launches-youtube-channel-for-classic-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/01\/letterman-launches-youtube-channel-for-classic-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"Letterman Launches YouTube Channel For Classic Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Letterman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Letterman.jpg\" alt=\"David Letterman\" width=\"678\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Letterman.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Letterman-339x170.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Letterman may have signed off the air seven years ago, but fans can still see classic comedy bits from the late night talk show host&#8217;s tenure thanks to the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCVUx0VcNxnHx7ZjuZK5Sthw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> Letterman has launched today, to mark the 40th anniversary of the premier of <em>Late Night With David Letterman<\/em> on NBC.<\/p>\n<p>The channel features well remembered recurring comedy bits like the Top Ten lists, Stupid Pet Tricks and Elevator Races, as well as stand-up sets from a number of the comedians who have appeared on the show, interviews with celebrities and more from across the 33 years Letterman headlined <em>Late Night<\/em> on NBC and then <em>The Late Show<\/em> on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Other famous moments from the show&#8217;s history already available on the channel include Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler\u2019s infamous brawl, Barrack Obama&#8217;s 2004 interview which first brought him into the national spotlight, the time Dave worked the drive-through window at a Taco Bell and more.<\/p>\n<p>The channel also has a playlist of videos featuring former staffers from the show talking about their jobs and favorite memories from their time there.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing that the channel doesn&#8217;t have right now is full episodes. This is most likely due to music rights surrounding music guests and other places where it was used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The former late night talk show host is opening up the vaults to showcase some of the classic comedy bits from his thirty-three year run.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2022\/02\/01\/letterman-launches-youtube-channel-for-classic-bits\/\" title=\"Letterman Launches YouTube Channel For Classic Bits\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10285],"tags":[9089,5972,11369],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-50332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv-news","8":"tag-david-letterman","9":"tag-late-night-with-david-letterman","10":"tag-late-show-with-david-letterman"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50332"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=50332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}