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variety show. It was thanks to the latter gig that, in November 1978, he got his first invitation to perform standup on— and, even more thrillingly, to stick around afterwards for an on-air chat with Carson. "You knew one thing for certain," Letterman says. "When you went through that curtain, your life was going to either get better or get worse — in five minutes, one or the other would happen. And luckily for me, it got better.
, and insisted on "many prohibitions," as Letterman calls them, to distinguish his show from Letterman's, which were communicated to Letterman by Carson's "lieutenant"was not to have a monologue, a sidekick to the host, an orchestra or A-list guests., turned these limitations into assets, crafting a late night show unlike any other, with outside-the-box segments and eccentric guests , which appealed to younger viewers.
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