When is letterman going to retire

The doting father has expressed a desire to be bffs with his son, Harry, born in to Letterman and his wife, Regina Lasko. Unfortunately, according to Letterman, the feeling is not fully reciprocated.

You get into a rhythm so I miss that. But the best part is, I get to do stuff with my son, who is now I want to be the best friend. View this post on Instagram. And I phoned him just before the program, and I said 'Leslie, it's been great, you've been great, and the network has been great, but I'm retiring,'" Letterman said in his monologue. He added, "I just want to reiterate my thanks for the support from the network, all of the people who have worked here, all of the people in the theater, all the people on the staff, everybody at home, thank you very much.

What this means now, is that Paul and I can be married. Watch: Letterman announces his retirement. Moonves, the chief executive of CBS Corporation, quickly issued a statement on Thursday afternoon thanking Letterman for his years of service -- and silliness. He's also managed to keep many celebrities, politicians and executives on their toes -- including me. On a personal note, it's been a privilege to get to know Dave and to enjoy a terrific relationship.

It's going to be tough to say goodbye. Such resourcefulness helped put Letterman on the crest of a new wave of comedy that came to be called "found humor" and remains a major part of his legacy, one long ago coined "Lettermanesque.

And then I got to a point I knew how to do what they were wanting me to do. As the end nears, "Late Show" has dug into its vaults to replay a sampling of vintage comedy bits, some almost Dada-esque in their absurdity. On a recent show, a clip found Dave cruising Manhattan making mischief with his car phone, as when he alerted a news-radio station that traffic was backed up on Amsterdam Avenue, then corrected himself: "Oh, I think it was just a red light. But no one stays avant-garde forever, especially after a record-breaking, surely never-to-be-matched run that exceeds even Johnny Carson's 30 years on "The Tonight Show.

We have less than two weeks! I know why I shouldn't be doing it anymore, but these last few months have been soooo easy. As the days count down, love for Dave is escalating: "With a simple retirement announcement, every day I'm Salesman of the Month. Letterman's life was anything but easy in October , when an extortion plot compelled him to acknowledge on the air that he had been sexually involved with women on his staff. I remember just thinking, 'Oh my God, I've ruined my family,' and that became the only concern.

And then: Oh, yeah, you could get fired! You couldn't draw an unlabored breath. Is he up there just randomly exploiting women sexually?

Plus, everybody was worried about me, and doing everything they could. People would come and see me and bring me things. Jane Pauley gave me some pajamas and a pair of slippers. It was delightful, like every day was Christmas. That was 15 years ago, and when I had my regular test in October they said, 'This is exactly the way it was after the surgery.

I used to wonder how other people weren't always screaming and punching the Sheetrock.