It's Time . . . David Letterman . . . To Retire!

Take a closer look at this photo. You might recognize David Letterman in his hay days at NBC in the later time slot (after The Tonight Show) back in 1982. Do you recognize his guest? Well, it's Ozzy Osbourne!

Think carefully about how you feel about these two people 27 years later. Let's leave Mr. Osbourne out of it and ask something relevant to today.

If Jay Leno is moving into Prime Time and Conan O'Brien has moved into the Tonight slot and if you catch Jimmy Kimmel occasionally on ABC, then you know where I am going with this. In fact, Jimmy Kimmel was on in prime time last night before the NBA Finals. These people are creative and witty.

There was a time, back when David Letterman was in the later time slot and wore college-type clothes, that he was funny and fun to watch. The big survivor with Letterman is, of course, Paul Shaffer (a Canadian from Thunder Bay, Ontario, I have to add). Paul has class and he will always have something productive to do.

We really don't watch late night TV anymore. Its target market seems to be people younger than we are and we enjoy being nice and fresh every morning. The latest "headlines" which I won't glorify by mentioning, just prove one thing about David Letterman:

Wake up, Dave - you have had a very lucky 27 years! It is time to pack your bag and retire to Montana!