Editing Late Show with David Letterman (section)

==Staff==
Announcer [[Bill Wendell]] retired and left the show on August 18, 1995.<ref>{{cite news |work= The New York Times |type= Obituary |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E3DB143BF936A25757C0A96F958260 |title= Bill Wendell|date= April 15, 1999 |last1= Ramirez |first1= Anthony }}</ref> He was replaced by [[Alan Kalter]] on the show's next episode, September 5, 1995, which came after a two-week hiatus.

In 1996, long-time producer [[Robert Morton (producer)|Robert Morton]] left, and head writer [[Rob Burnett (producer)|Rob Burnett]] was promoted to executive producer.

In 1997, [[Justin Stangel]] and [[Eric Stangel]] were hired as writers;<ref name="observe">{{cite web|title=Stangel Brothers Team Up on Late Show ... Badlands of Battery Park ... Noriega Goes Down |date=April 3, 2000|first=Jason |last=Gay|work=[[The New York Observer]] |url=http://observer.com/2000/04/stangel-brothers-team-up-on-late-show-badlands-of-battery-park-noriega-goes-down/ |access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref> by March 2000, the Stangel brothers became the show's [[head writer]]s, taking over the job held by [[Rodney Rothman]].<ref name="observe" /><ref name="deadline2013">{{cite web |title=David Letterman Shakeup In ''Late Show'' Head Writers as Stangel Brothers Snag Multi-Year Development Deal |url=https://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=407507&KeepThis=true/TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215193508/http://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=407507&KeepThis=true/TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 15, 2013 |date=January 18, 2013 |first=Nikki |last=Finke |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=February 1, 2013 |quote=The twosome have had an unusually long and successful 14-year run as Letterman's head writers and now will turn a lot of their attention to coming up with TV shows in any format for Worldwide Pants.}}</ref>

Director [[Hal Gurnee]] and producer [[Peter Lassally]] left the show soon after to pursue other interests. Gurnee was replaced by Jerry Foley. Burnett was absent from the day-to-day operations from 2000 to 2004, and was replaced by [[Barbara Gaines (television producer)|Barbara Gaines]] and Maria Pope, both of whom served as executive producers, with Gaines acting as on-air producer.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} In 2003, producer Jude Brennan was added to the team of executive producers.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107331/ |title= Jude Brennan |work= [[IMDb]] }}{{unreliable source?|date= May 2015}}</ref>

Lassally, who had served as an executive producer for Johnny Carson on ''The Tonight Show'', was invited back to ''Late Show'' in January 2005 as a guest to discuss the recent death of Carson. Lassally served as executive producer for Worldwide Pants' ''[[The Late Late Show (American talk show)|The Late Late Show]]'' from late 1994 to February 2015, encompassing the tenures of hosts [[Tom Snyder]], [[Craig Kilborn]] and [[Craig Ferguson]]. Lassally also served as Executive Producer of the ''Tony Mendez Show'', an online [[webcast]] featuring ''Late Show''{{-'}}s "[[cue card]] boy", Tony Mendez (c.1945–July 29, 2021).<ref>[https://www.primetimer.com/item/Tony-Mendez-David-Lettermans-cue-card-guy-reportedly-dies-at-76-olSGG9 Tony Mendez, David Letterman's cue-card guy, reportedly dies at 76]. Retrieved August 16, 2021.</ref> Mendez served in that capacity until 2014, when after a long-running dispute with writer Bill Scheft over Scheft micromanaging Mendez's job, he attacked Scheft and was fired.<ref>Buiso, Gary (October 19, 2014). [https://nypost.com/2014/10/19/late-show-cue-card-man-fired-after-argument-assault-on-writer/ Late Show cue-card man fired after argument, assault on writer]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved August 16, 2021.</ref>

Matt Roberts, a long-time writer and producer for the show, became the show's [[head writer]] in January 2013, replacing brothers and co-head writers [[Justin Stangel]] and [[Eric Stangel]].<ref name="deadline2013"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Letterman Shakeup: 'Late Night Show with David Letterman' Changes Up Writers |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/letterman-shakeup-late-night-show-with-david-letterman-changes-up-writers-video-88537/|date=January 18, 2013 |first=Jon |last=Campbell|work=[[The Christian Post]] |access-date=February 1, 2013 |quote=A huge 'Letterman shakeup' is taking place on the hit CBS talk show. According to reports, writers working on the show are all getting moved around, as widespread changes are being prepared. It has been rumored that long-time writer and producer at the show, Matt Roberts, has been moved to be the new head writer for the show. Up until now the ''Late Show With David Letterman'' has had two head writers, ... Justin and Eric Stangel, [who] will ... continue to work with the production company Worldwide Pants.}}</ref>

[[Sheila Rogers]], the [[television producer|producer]] responsible for booking guests on the show, worked for Letterman since his ''Late Night'' days.<ref name="backstage">{{cite web|work=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]] |url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/12-talent-bookers-who-keep-new-york-talking-1005152912.story |title=12 Talent Bookers Who Keep New York Talking |date=April 25, 2011|first=Marisa |last=Guthrie |access-date=May 15, 2011}}</ref>

[[Biff Henderson]] served as the show's [[stage manager]], carrying over from ''Late Night''. Henderson had a prominent on-camera role with the show.<ref name="NYT 2002">{{cite news|last=Wadler|first=Joyce|title=PUBLIC LIVES; A Straight Man Who Won't Dwell on the Bad Stuff|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/13/nyregion/public-lives-a-straight-man-who-won-t-dwell-on-the-bad-stuff.html?n=Top%2fClassifieds%2fReal%20Estate%2fColumns%2fLiving%20In|accessdate=October 22, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 13, 2002}}</ref>