On Sep 15, 12:07 pm, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > And Mr. Newman delivered newscasts during David Letterman's NBC > morning show in 1980. Despite the awkwardness of doing newscasts with > a studio audience watching (although near the end I believe he was > moved back to the newsroom), he and Dave always seemed to get along > well.
I only saw Letterman's morning show once, toward the end of its run. After the news update (which Newman did from the newsroom), Letterman showed off a prop Edwin Newman lunchbox - a child's metal lunchbox emblazoned with Newman's name and face. I remember reading about one episode early in the run, when the news segments were still being done in front of a live audience. This was during the Iranian hostage crisis. Newman opened his news segment by announcing that Ayatollah Khomeni had died; there was shocked silence from the audience, and then Newman smiled and said, "Just kidding." -Tim -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
