David Letterman – First NBC Episode (1982) with Bill Murray #video – Dave Olson's Creative Life Archive

David Letterman – First NBC Episode (1982) with Bill Murray #video

David Letterman – FIRST NBC EPISODE – Bill Murray (1982)

The show opens with a haunting intro by NYC-based character actor Calvert Deforest; the NBC Peacock girls introduce Dave; throughout the night, a welding demonstration is held backstage; a seemingly drunk Bill Murray dances to Olivia Newton-John’s hit “Physical”; Dave and Don “Mr. Wizard” Herbert experiment with air compression; Steve Fessler recites lines from the movie “Bowery at Midnight.”

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