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This week on\\xa0Here\'s The Thing, Alec talks with late-night legend David Letterman. Letterman describes his early years on TV in Indiana; his decision to try radio despite a boss who said \\u201cYou will never be heard of again\\u201d; and his eventual journey to LA where after 3 years at comedy clubs he found himself on\\xa0The Tonight Show.\\xa0As Letterman says, "that\'s not supposed to happen."

Letterman\\u2019s been doing the\\xa0Late Show\\xa0for 30 years and he says for a long time he \\u201cjust didn\\u2019t do anything else.\\u201d\\xa0Things have changed now, he tells Alec; he has \\u201cno patience for meetings\\u201d and he avoids making decisions on the show.\\xa0Dave is also taking time to explore the world with his 8-year old son: \\u201cwhen you have a child you do things you never thought you would do, and it\\u2019s fun.\\u201d

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