Talk:Late Show Top Ten List/Archives/2019
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Background
I cancel the following sentences because they are pure, irrelevant speculation: "The Top Ten List was not originally a regular segment of Late Night, but was added as a way of mocking People magazine,[citation needed] which routinely featured such lists (as well as 'Worst 10' lists). Letterman had once made an off-hand remark on the show that he found the People lists to be annoying, and began his own lists as a way of ridiculing what had by then become an increasingly recurring trend in other periodicals and magazines. While Letterman may have been mocking People and other publications (such as The New York Post) which published these top ten lists, those lists themselves as well as the format used by Letterman may well have been inspired by The Dick Clark Show, which aired on Saturday nights from February 1958 until September 1960 on the ABC network. At the end of each show, Clark would unveil the "Top Ten" records of the coming week, in reverse order and with a great deal of fanfare, similar to that used by Letterman.[1] Reeg99 (talk) 06:04, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable Shows, 1946–Present (8th, revised and updated ed.). Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0