[Ace1965]

Originally Posted by johnbear

Better known to Late Night and Late Show viewers as Dave's Mom was the mother of late-night talk show host David Letterman and frequent telephone and live guest on his show died age 95.
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I watched David Letterman just about every night he was on since he first started in 1982.

I used to love it when Dave's mom was on. She first got popular when Dave sent her to Norway to cover the 1994 Winter Olympics. She seemed to be a very kind and gentle woman. Anytime she was on and Dave was up to his usual goofing around and he would ask her some sort of ridiculous question, she always responded with that very gentle, "Yes David" or "No David".

My favorite was just before every Thanksgiving Dave would have her on from her actual kitchen in Indianapolis. Dave would recount that every year his mom would make these delicious pies when he was growing up. He would make a game out of it and try to guess which kind of pies she had made this year. The segment would wrap up with something silly like Dave asking what's in her refrigerator and she would open the door to show it was full of Colt 45 Malt Liquors or something stupid like that. Then he would ask her what her plans were for Thanksgiving and she would say something like they were going to the dog track and start fist fights or whatever the show's writers had written for her to say. She was a very good sport.

I lost my grandmother in 1990 and I used to like the think that Dave's mom was my surrogate grandmother. She was so sweet. I know Dave loved her very much and she was so proud of him.

R.I.P. Dorothy