# David Letterman sans audience

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-sans-audience/639297>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 30, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-sans-audience/639297 "2012-10-30T03:41:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-sans-audience/639297/21 "2012-10-31T15:02:52Z")

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[CBS has the full episodes online.](http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/2298277679/the-late-show-10-29-2012) Pretty neat, definitely a different dynamic with no audience.

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-sans-audience/639297/22 "2012-11-01T19:35:12Z")

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Last night Letterman [was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel’s show](http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live/video/PL5520977/_m_VD55244142).

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-sans-audience/639297/23 "2012-11-02T03:47:33Z")

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I remember someone doing a show during a power outage? Jay Leno? I don’t remember how or why or who or what, but I DO remember there were no lights, just flashlights?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-sans-audience/639297/24 "2012-11-02T05:11:54Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> I remember someone doing a show during a power outage? Jay Leno? I don’t remember how or why or who or what, but I DO remember there were no lights, just flashlights?

Conan did an episode of _Late Night_ like that during the big blackout of 2003. They had an emergency generator at 30 Rock which provided enough power for a couple lights and one camera.

ETA: [clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsIwawod1wA).

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