Dave's Final Monologue: May 20, 2015 | Letterman 

We need a 10 year Letterman retirement anniversary show in 2025. National security depends on it!

9 years without my medicine.It's a miracle I m still alive

There will never be another David Letterman. He was magnificent.

I can't believe it's been nearly 10 years since he retired!

Thank you Dave. ❤ And thanks for still keeping us on the toes on The Barbara Gaines Show. ❤

And he's never shaved since....

Its still very emotional to watch. Late night has never been the same

I have watched and listened to David’s beautifully reserved, touching and super-classy final words at the close of this show COUNTLESS dozens of times: “And now, the only thing I have left to do for the last time on a television program, thank you and good night.”

That hold on the last note! 🎶🎶🎶💪 such a great band! Also it’s just fun to say Anton Figg!

For my generation, this was our May 22, 1992.

80's 90's Dave was the best. His remotes were hilarious.

Thanks Letterman

Dave Letterman was the only guy I would get up early in the summer to watch on TV. When he had his morning show with Rich Hall and Edie McClurg. I was such a fan of Dave, I wasn’t going to miss it. One of a kind comedic talent.

Thanks Dave, for 33 years of premium late night entertainment!

"When we started the show, the hottest show on television was Keeping Up With The Gabors!' is such a great joke, it has stuck with me all these years... Turns out it was actually a last minute addition to the monologue, courtesy of Bill Scheft.

Thanks for the great Show Letterman.

I miss my David & I miss his dear sweet mama who would always have that lovely smile on her face when he spoke to her in her kitchen!😊

I watched Dave every night throughout high school. When my dad passed and I was going through a hard time, the late show was a great bit of solace every night. Late night isnt the same anymore without him and Conan.

You gotta post more of Dave's monologues! They're great!

"Comedy that we could have done tomorrow" is still comedy nine years later. Always love seeing these flashbacks.

I remember watching Letterman in the early days at NBC, never stopped there after.

I’m thankful Dave hasn’t faded into obscurity like Johnny did. His old fashioned hamburgers at the Wendy’s joint are top notch. 👌🏻

What a truly incredible farewell show...can't believe it's been 9 years!

Our country hasn’t been the same since he left. Just everything has gone downhill.

Other than mom saying goodbye to us, I'd say this day when the great David Letterman said goodbye on CBS, the saddest day of my life! Miss you man!

All these years later I’m still sad that I grew up I lost time for up tv at 11:35. I can legit, but not blame LS for me being a bad student. Middle school. ~96, judging from the set. Old b/w tv turned so low I could barely hear. Then wondered my my 12 yr old body couldn’t wake up and go to 7:30 school. Lol. Wouldn’t take any of those minutes back!! Then couldn’t sleep and found Conan LN, which the combo just was perfect. So 12yo me didn’t sleep until 1:45/2. I wrote on my middle school walls “watch letterman, not Leno” like any other student even knew what those words meant. Always kept the love though, WALTER, so happy to find Dave again thanks you you and this channel. Of course, shout out to Donz for always holding the fort down. And then just for rambles, thanks to one of you guys, also Mark Hamill for being an OG taper. When I heard about the retirement, it was like a month from the day and bank acct said NOPE. but if I had the money - still would’ve gone, just to be on 53rd/broadway and get a sando from Rupert). Every time I see Dave, I just instantly have a smile that I can’t erase. So many amazing memories, others that I’ve forgotten and now reminded about, and all the LN is new to me and amazing. Just needed to ramble about this to the world (cuz none of my friends ‘get it’) Thank you WALTER, thank you DONZ for being the OG (I have some questions, but scared about what you’d think). Again, love DL, love the team, love Mike over at the podcast for confirming that the WP team really was a family that cared and loved each other. Ok, ramble over. Ps (obvi love all the other fans too.)

The Letterman channel should upload some full episodes similar to how the Carson Tonight Show channel sometimes does

We need a RU-vid channel that plays full episodes of Late Night/Show at it's original air time every week night.

A piece of my life died on this day

And you out of towners got to be a part of history

Miss you Dave! Thank God for RU-vid!

So happy to relive these moments when Dave is still alive. ;)

Miss The Late Show so much. Too bad it's not on anymore.

I still have this broadcast on VHS. SP speed, Hifi stereo. Along with the Hatsune Miku appearance.

This was the last good late night show to exist. Glad Dave still does stuff on his channel and great beard too Dave! You're missed big time!

Come back Dave!

Watching this as if I saw it in real-time nine years ago. I was almost graduating High School then, time flies. Loved the monologue and everything.

I didn't realize it was so long ago.

"World Wide Pants" in Maggie's blocks in the Simpsons bit. 😆

What a stellar opening segment and ending with President Obama’s sly sense of humor.

then, 2016: our NEW national nightmare has begun!

Live music died the last night of Letterman show has it been the same since. So many wonderful bands have been on that show nowadays late night just massively depressive....

Loved David

Apparently Dave's apparition now haunts Stephen Colbert staff members at the Ed Sullivan Theatre. But wait?

Jimmy Carter was the only living president not in the opening bit

He is my favorite late night host of all time creepy and corny but the best.

David & his dorky light-colored shoes! 😮 😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 🎉 ❤

Last time Dave had to shave

i have a vhs video tape cassette of all the guest bands. it was made on 2 vhs video cassette recorders vcr machines. with T-160 tapes.

Wow! That happened 9 years ago tonight. That was funny and emotional. Am I right?

He is greatly missed.

I cried at the end of this show and my girlfriend at the time made fun of me.

i honestly gave up watching late night tv after dave retired. i did stay to the end with craig ferguson,but that was just dessert. dave was always the main course.

Dave was so out of the ordinary that his last show was on a Wednesday...

Dave, give me a thumbs up if you really read these. (Modern day "Viewer Mail".) I'll be watching for it.

And starting 5/21/2015, the massive beard growing began.

@letterman Could you also upload Letterman's last top 10 list?

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The last top ten list on letterman

and the Letterman RU-vid long global nightmare has only begun

We need him to come back to do one show a week like Jon Stewart has! He can do Fridays and Colbert can stick to Monday-Thursday

What an awful year 2015 was...... we lost having Letterman every night and got the Orange-man every day and night instead.

The only good tv show. I do miss it. ❤

Pause at 0:01. I've seen this one, it was all a dream, right? I know what show you mean.

Wait! He's retired!?

I have mixed emotions about seeing that again.

PANTS! Forever!!

sad to see him with all the presidents

umm...you know Colbert has a Friday slot open

Did he get the tonight show though?

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Weird to see "older-Dave-sans-beard"

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The Late Show died on that day.

It's been 9 years since this was broadcast....this explains what happened. I never knew. I had not noticed he was gone.

Hiiiii dear dave ❤❤❤❤❤

Still gets me 😢

It got hard so Dave quit!

Thank you David Letterman for providing us🤔ok er good entertainment.😂 Thank you!👏👏