Crossword clues for letterman
letterman
Wiktionary
n. (context US English) A student who has attained a specified level of participation in a sporting or other activity, and is awarded a cloth “letter” to be affixed to an item of clothing.
WordNet
n. an athlete who has earned a letter in a school sport
Wikipedia
A letterman, in U.S. activities/sports, is a high school or college student who has met a specified level of participation or performance on a varsity team.
Letterman may refer to:
- Letterman (sports), a classification of high school or college athlete in the United States
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David Letterman (born 1947), American television talk show host
- Late Show with David Letterman, talk show that aired on CBS from 1993 to 2015
- Late Night with David Letterman, talk show that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1993
- Jonathan Letterman, (1824-1872), American surgeon known as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine" and brother of William Henry
- William Henry Letterman, co-founder of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and brother of Jonathan
- Letterman Army Hospital, hospital operating from 1898 to 1995 on the Presidio of San Francisco, named after Jonathan Letterman
- Letterman Digital Arts Center, the home of several Lucasfilm units, located on the site of the former Letterman Army Hospital
- The Adventures of Letterman, segment on the children's show The Electric Company
- The Lettermen, musical group
- Mail carrier
Usage examples of "letterman".
He created a body of work rich enough for the most prolific of careers and he packed in enough adventure for three lifetimes: getting onstage at fourteen, skipping college, gobbling up books, philosophies, films, music, carrying on hundreds of intense friendships, inspiring his peers, making his first appearance on Letterman at twenty-two, searching for UFOs, eating passionately, going vegan, drinking, smoking, tripping, getting sober at twenty-six, playing guitar, singing the blues, writing movies, and, through it all, crossing the country hundreds of times telling his truth.
On Friday, October 1, Bill had taped a six-minute set for the Letterman show in its much-heralded new 11:30 time slot.
Comedy Store were playgrounds for Andy Kaufman, David Letterman, Elayne Boosler, Jay Leno, Larry Miller, Paul Reiser, Richard Lewis, Robin Williams, Roseanne Barr, and Jerry Seinfeld.
A few minutes past six, Bill heard Letterman introduce him for the first time.
Bill asked Wilkes and Farneti to come to New York with him for his second appearance on Letterman in late August 1985.
Bill was bemused by his two Letterman experiences but he felt as if both had been worth it in terms of exposure.
The second week of February 1986, Bill flew to New York for his third Letterman spot.
TV credits and though Bill had done Letterman, it was a long time ago.
So I fibbed to my boss that Bill was going on Letterman again and would plug the Punch Line.
Frank Gannon, the man responsible for booking him, had been a segment producer on Letterman for just two years.
In the end, Letterman succeeded in delivering to his audience an easy-to-digest, diluted Hicks.
Bill talked about giving his girlfriend crotchless panty hose for Christmas while Letterman looked appropriately flustered.
At any rate, the Letterman show had received numerous phone calls that day from strange men wanting to know what time the show was going to tape.
Standing in the wings, Bill listened intently as Letterman introduced him.
With fifteen seconds left, Letterman closed the show with a customary thank-you to his guests Andie MacDowell, Graham Parker, and Bill Hicks.