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I've always loved David Letterman. There was an irreverence to his show that I remember, especially in 'Late Night' - it always seemed so…

— Paul Rudd

When I was young, I'd watch guys on 'The Tonight Show', Buddy Hackett, guys like that, where all they'd be is funny. Later, I…

— Norm MacDonald

I'd watched a lot of David Letterman for sure. As far as who I watched as a late-show host, it was definitely Letterman.

— Chad VanGaalen

I grew up watching 'The Tonight Show' and Jimmy Fallon on 'SNL.'

— Borns

Certainly there were so many different people I had as heroes growing up. Steve Martin is always my number one. David Letterman's show, that…

— Will Forte

One night I attended a Laughing Liberally comedy show. There was one funny comedian there - Lee Camp.

— Matt Labash

When I was a comic in the 1980s, I was on the road somewhere every day, and I'd get back to the hotel, and…

— Jerry Seinfeld

The first time I was on Letterman, I was, like, 20 years old, and I was on a show called 'Camping with Barry White…

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I did a live late-night talk show called 'Creation Nation' with friends of mine. I had a sidekick and a band, and I wrote…

— Billy Eichner

David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.

— Timothy Simons

Johnny Carson was a big influence on me - all of those shows I did with him over the years, like, 100 of them,…

— Don Rickles

I may have been on the cover of People and gone on 'David Letterman' and 'Arsenio Hall' because they had young audiences I wanted…

— Ruth Westheimer