Hooray For Another Top 10 List From Dave

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Remember David Letterman?

The one-time king of late night emerged from retirement to appear on stage with Steve Martin and Martin Short in San Antonio.Instead of TV, this appearance is being broadcast on YouTube.

Letterman jokes about his decision to quit coming at a bad time now that Donald Trump is running for president. And as if enough folks aren't already giving Trump a hard time, Letterman produced a Top 10 list of his own devoted to the plutocrat-politician, most of those making references to Trump's hair. In San Antonio,

Letterman also gets a cheer by referring to the Spurs--and laments that the teams in his neighborhoods, the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks, are probably no longer in the league.

The video serves as a reminder that Stephen Colbert has big shoes to fill at CBS.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.