Mike Gracia

David Michael Letterman is 68 today.

Original run on NBC-TV: July 29, 1957 – March 30, 1962.

The talk show Tonight Starring Jack Paar (in later seasons The
Jack Paar Tonight Show) was broadcast, during most of it’s run,
from Studio 6B (formerly the home of Milton Berle‘s Texaco Star
Theater series) inside the RCA Building, now called the GE
Building, in New York City. The shows announcer was Hugh
Downs who stayed with Paar to the end.

Jack Paar left the show citing the fact that he could no longer
handle the load of putting on a show that (at the time) lasted
105 minutes a night, five nights a week.To fulfill the rest of his
NBC contract, Paar hosted a prime-time variety series, The
Jack Paar Program that aired weekly, on Friday nights, through
1965. As for Tonight Show, Johnny Carson was chosen as Paar’s
successor.

Naked man, Pat McCormick, streaks across the set of “The Tonight 
Show Starring Johnny Carson" in one of the funniest moments on
the late night show. Johnny was completely taken by surprise at
the sight of the 300lb McCormick running naked in front of the 
studio audience. 
 

Comedy writer Pat McCormick

Comedian, Actor, and director Carl Reiner is known for his appearances
with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows on NBC from 1950 to 1954. He
has won nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award during his career.

Before fame, Reiner, who is the father of Rob Reiner, worked as a sewing
machine repairman. He has been described as being one of the oldest
celebrities active on Twitter.

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Willard Scott in his Ronald McDonald costume.

Willard Herman Scott, Jr. was born in  Alexandria, Virginia.

Scott is best known for being a television weatherman on the NBC 
show Today. He was also the creator and original portrayer of
Ronald McDonald, the primary mascot of the McDonald’s fast-
food restaurant chain.