With all the fun going on in the late night world and the revisiting of previous Late Nite talk show madness, I've been getting a kick out of exploring various aspects in the early careers of our protagonists. Here is David Letterman's Muncie, Indiana program on campus station WAGO from April 1969.

















It's the moning zoo - but at night!
Dave sounds like a game show host from Hell...
Posted by: mr. mike | January 21, 2010 at 05:48 AM
"Horse dentures falling into a rusted howitzer artillery shell" was the name of my cat.
Posted by: Didi H | January 21, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Wow - where did this come from?
Posted by: EW | January 21, 2010 at 02:53 PM
If I recall correctly the contest caller is actually Dave's wife.
Posted by: Geoff | January 21, 2010 at 08:52 PM
EW, it's from the Internet Archive.
http://www.archive.org/details/DavidLetterman-WagoBallStateUniversityMuncie-TuesdayApril11969
Posted by: Jim | January 22, 2010 at 12:56 PM
The AM sheen and crazy reverb on it is quasi-psychedelic.
Posted by: John Wenzel | January 22, 2010 at 04:21 PM