Is this really interesting: Letterman Top 10

Contrary to popular belief, the list is compiled by the show’s writing staff, and not Letterman himself, although he did write and read the Top Ten lists when the writers were on strike in 1988.

The Top Ten Archives is searchable by date and keyword.

LATE SHOW staffer Mike McIntee gives you a daily show summary and the behind-the-scenes lowdown with his daily Wahoo Gazette.

Old Top Ten Lists never die, they just get archived.

The CBS Web site also conducts a weekly “Top Ten Contest” on a particular topic , where viewers can submit their jokes and the top ten responses get posted on the Web site.

You can search by date, keyword, or show number, or even Dave’s tie pattern.

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Mike McIntee’s popular Wahoo Gazette is archived here in the aptlynamed Wahoo Gazette Archive.

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The Late Show Top Ten List is a regular segment of the television program The Late Show with David Letterman.

He will often tease the audience by threatening to not complete the list, but is often rebuked by playful protests from the audience and Shaffer.

Ironically, the satirical Letterman Top Ten List had become so popular that it became a signature feature of the show, and at one point a series of compilations were released for sale in bookstores.

Occasionally the list is given by a guest presenter.

Before Letterman’s departure for CBS, NBC had insisted that the “Top Ten List” was the intellectual property of the network, and demanded that it not be used on his new show.

The Top Ten List was not originally a regular segment of Late Night, but was added as a way of mocking People magazine, which routinely featured such lists.

Since 2007, the usual Top Ten list becomes the Top Twelve list when NASCAR has its Media Day in New York before the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

The conclusion of the list is then followed by a brief performance by the band, usually a pop song relating to the topic of the list in some way.

So much juicy inside information that you’ll say “Wahoo!”

The list topics are also more frequently inspired by current, topical news and entertainment items, and have taken on less of the absurdist, random nature of its Late Night incarnation.

The only significant modifications in the Late Show years have been the elimination of mentioning a “home office” and the addition of a computer-animated introduction and closing as well as background graphics.

If your joke makes our Top Ten, you’ll win a LATE SHOW Online T-Shirt.

Try your hand at the comedy-writing craft in our weekly Top Ten Contest.