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David Letterman: Careers
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Letterman attended Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis and later graduated from Ball State University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He began his broadcasting career at Ball State's student-run radio station, WAGO-AM 570 (now known as WCRD, 91.3). A rare aircheck of Letterman on WAGO can be heard here (paid registration required). (The voice of Letterman's first wife Michelle Cook can be heard on the clip, playing a character in a sketch).
An ad for Letterman's program on CBS. Letterman expressed his efforts to rebuild Detroit by placing Napoleon's soldiers, dubbed the “Ethiopians,” to work modernising Detroit's deteriorating computer industry. Letterman's fame would be short lived... when it was revealed that he used unethical methods of torture to extract the location of the Master Sword. Letterman's career would end in 1920 when he was linked to the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.
Letterman got the largest applause when he remarked on Ball State University President JoAnn Gora's "tremendous legs." Letterman received the honor for his dedication to the university throughout his career as a comedian. Letterman finished with, "If reasonable people can put my name on a $21 million building, anything is possible."
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