Editing David Letterman (section)

==Appearances in other media==
[[File:David Letterman 2012.jpg|thumb|Letterman receiving the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors Medallion, December 2012]]
Letterman appeared in the pilot episode of the short-lived 1986 series ''Coach Toast'', and appears with a bag over his head as a guest on Bonnie Hunt's 1990s sitcom ''[[The Building (TV series)|The Building]]''. He appeared in ''The Simpsons'' as himself in a couch gag when the Simpsons find themselves (and the couch) in ''Late Night with David Letterman''. He had a cameo in the feature film ''[[Cabin Boy]]'', with [[Chris Elliott]], who worked as a writer for Letterman. In this and other appearances, Letterman is listed in the credits as "Earl Hofert", the name of Letterman's maternal grandfather. He also appeared as himself in the [[Howard Stern]] biographical film ''[[Private Parts (1997 film)|Private Parts]]'' and the 1999 [[Andy Kaufman]] biopic ''[[Man on the Moon (film)|Man on the Moon]]'', in a few episodes of [[Garry Shandling]]'s 1990s TV series ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', and in "[[The Abstinence]]", a 1996 episode of the sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]''.

Letterman provided vocals for the [[Warren Zevon]] song "Hit Somebody" from ''[[My Ride's Here]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1107536,00.html |title=Hit Somebody The Hockey Song by Warren Zevon @ARTISTdirect |publisher=Artist Direct |access-date=November 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024438/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1107536,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and provided the voice for Butt-head's father in the 1996 animated film ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head Do America]]'', again credited as Earl Hofert.

Letterman was the focus of ''The Avengers on "Late Night with David Letterman"'', issue 239 (January 1984) of the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic book series ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]'', in which the title characters (specifically [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]], [[Wonder Man]], [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]], [[Beast (comics)|Beast]], and [[Black Panther (comics)|Black Panther]]) are guests on ''[[Late Night with David Letterman|Late Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics4.html|title=Stupid Comics |publisher=MisterKitty.org|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> A parody of Letterman named David Endochrine is gassed to death along with his bandleader, Paul, and their audience in [[Frank Miller]]'s ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.batman-on-film.com/comics_thedarkknightreturns_review3_jett.html|title=Batman-In-Comics&nbsp;— Book Review: "The Dark Knight Returns, Part 3" by Bill Ramey|publisher=Batman-on-film.com|date=December 21, 2006|access-date=November 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824150557/http://www.batman-on-film.com/comics_thedarkknightreturns_review3_jett.html|archive-date=August 24, 2013}}</ref> In ''[[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron]]'', Letterman was parodied as "David Litterbin". Letterman appears in issues 13–14 and 18 of [[Harvey Pekar]]'s autobiographical comic book ''[[American Splendor]]''. Those issues show Pekar's accounts of appearances on ''Late Night''.

In 2010, a documentary directed by [[Joke Fincioen]] and [[Biagio Messina]], ''[[Dying to do Letterman]]'', was released, featuring [[Steve Mazan]], a standup comic, who has cancer and wants to appear on Letterman's show. The film won best documentary and jury awards at the [[Cinequest Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dyingtodoletterman.com/ | title=Dying to Do Letterman |publisher=Dying to Do Letterman | access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref> Mazan published a book of the same name (full title ''Dying to Do Letterman: Turning Someday into Today'') about his own saga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thebooktree.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-dying-to-do-letterman.html|title=The Book Tree: Book Review: Dying to Do Letterman|website=The Book Tree|publisher=Blogspot|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=November 23, 2013}}</ref>

Letterman appeared as a guest on CNN's ''[[Piers Morgan Tonight]]'' on May 29, 2012, when he was interviewed by [[Regis Philbin]], the guest host and Letterman's longtime friend. Philbin again interviewed Letterman (and Shaffer) while guest-hosting CBS's ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|The Late Late Show]]'' (between the tenures of [[Craig Ferguson]] and [[James Corden]]) on January 27, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/01/22/david-letterman-set-as-regis-philbins-late-late-show-guest/22193293/|title=Letterman set as Philbin's 'Late Late' guest|last=Keveney|first=Bill|date=22 January 2015|website=USA Today|access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref> In June 2013, Letterman appeared in the second episode of season two of ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/david-letterman-i-like-kettlecorn|title=David Letterman I Like Kettlecorn|publisher=Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee|access-date=November 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223810/http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/david-letterman-i-like-kettlecorn|archive-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref> On November 5, 2013, he and [[Bruce McCall]] published a fiction satire book, ''This Land Was Made for You and Me (But Mostly Me)'', {{ISBN|0-399-16368-9}}.

In Week 13 of the [[2021 NFL season]], Letterman joined Peyton and [[Eli Manning]] on their ''[[Manningcast]]'' feed of the ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' game between the [[New England Patriots]] and [[Buffalo Bills]]. Letterman mocked [[Bill Belichick]] after he was caught on camera wiping his nose with his shirt, and was in the middle of recalling being with [[Roger Goodell]] when Goodell was booed at the unveiling of [[Peyton Manning]]'s [[Statue of Peyton Manning|statue]] in Indianapolis when ESPN suddenly cut to commercials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/sports/espn-commercial-david-letterman-roger-goodell-story-video-manningcast/|title=ESPN Abruptly Cut To Commercial During David Letterman's Story About Roger Goodell On The Manningcast|publisher=Uproxx|date=December 6, 2021|access-date=December 8, 2021}}</ref>

On February 1, 2022, Letterman was the guest on ''[[Late Night with Seth Meyers]]'', marking the 40th anniversary of the franchise's debut.<ref>{{cite web |title=Timed to the 40th Anniversary of NBC's "Late Night," David Letterman Will Join Seth Meyers for an Interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" on Feb. 1|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2022/01/25/timed-to-the-40th-anniversary-of-nbcs-late-night-david-letterman-will-join-seth-meyers-for-an-interview-on-late-night-with-seth-meyers-on-feb-1-299012/20220125nbc02/ |website=The Futon Critic |access-date=January 25, 2022 |date=January 25, 2022}}</ref>

On November 20, 2023, Letterman returned to the Ed Sullivan theater on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''.<ref name="return">{{Cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/other/david-letterman-returns-to-the-late-show-talks-show-differences-with-stephen-colbert/ar-AA1kjbLr |first=Taijun |last=Moore |publisher=[[Gannett]] |via=[[MSN.com]] |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |title=David Letterman returns to 'The Late Show,' talks show differences with Stephen Colbert |date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2023-11-21 |issn=0734-7456}}</ref>