Today on Stu's Show, the topic is late night television. Stu has assembled a panel of experts — TV critics/historians Steve Beverly and Wesley Hyatt, plus the operator of this here blog, Mark Evanier! We'll be discussing David Letterman's exit and possible future plans, then we'll launch into a complete history of late night talk shows starting with Broadway Open House starring Jerry Lester and Morey Amsterdam. Among the names that will be mentioned are Steve Allen, Jack Lescoulie, Al "Jazzbeaux" Collins, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Joey Bishop, Les Crane, Letterman, Jay Leno, Joan Rivers and I'm not sure how far we're going to get with this but there is much to say about all these folks.
Stu's Show can be heard live (almost) every Wednesday at the Stu's Show website and you can listen for free there. Webcasts start at 4 PM Pacific Time, 7 PM Eastern and other times in other climes. They run a minimum of two hours and sometimes go to three or beyond. Shortly after a show ends, it's available for downloading from the Archives on that site. Downloads are a measly 99 cents each and you can get four for the price of three. We'll be back right after these messages.