A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

TOP TEN REASONS WHY WE SHOULD NOTE TODAY MARKS 25 YEARS OF DAVID LETTERMAN ON LATE NIGHT TV:

1. In high school, I was president of the David Letterman Fan Club, an officially recognized student group. Our only activity was to meet once and awhile after school in the library to watch a video tape of a recent episode. I have no memory of the club ever doing anything beyond that.
   
2. The NY Daily News has a lame list of Dave's Top 10 Shows that includes only a single episode from the far, far superior NBC era (the Sonny and Cher reunion).
   
3. Entertainment Weekly's Whitney Pastorek recalls her brush with fame and how she subsequently got banned from the audience.
   
4. Bill Murray is tonight's guest, just as he was 25 years ago. Cue the Olivia Newton John music.
   
5. It's nice that Dave's hometown of Indianapolis will at least have one thing celebrate this week.
6. Dave's first post-9/11 show was quite simply captivating.
   
7. I still can't phantom why people voluntarily watch Jay Leno rather than him.
8. Two words: Chris Elliot.
9. YouTube appears to be down right now, so I can't link to some of the great musical performances from the show over the years, but the one that always stands out is a shy and shaggy haired Michael Stipe belting out "South Central Rain" from 1983.
   
10. Who knows what other surprises are in store for tonight? Gruff-but-lovable Gus, anyone?