主持人大卫·莱特曼告别《深夜秀》_时事

主持人大卫·莱特曼告别《深夜秀》

Mr. Letterman joined CBS in 1993, a year after HBO introduced “The Larry Sanders Show, abehind-the-scenes parody of “The Tonight Show that starred Garry Shandling as aninsecure, self-absorbed talk-show host.

莱特曼于1993年加盟CBS，一年后，HBO推出了《拉里·桑德斯秀》(The Larry Sanders Show)，那是对《今夜秀》幕后情节的滑稽模仿剧，由加里·赡德令(Garry Shandling)扮演缺乏信心、又自我陶醉的脱口秀主持人。

But Mr. Letterman’s onstage persona, as host of “Late Night at NBC, and later at CBS, was aone-man sendup of the talk-show genre. Even after more than 30 years, Mr. Letterman neverlost his arch, ironic self-awareness; he did not sink into the easy, quid pro quo conventionsof late-night talk shows, but kept defying them.

但是，莱特曼作为NBC《深夜秀》、后来是CBS节目主持人的舞台角色，是脱口秀体裁的单人滑稽模仿。即使在30多年后，莱特曼从未失去他特有的、具有讽刺意味的自我意识;他并没有陷入深夜脱口秀节目等价交换惯例的轻车熟路，而是不断地违抗惯例。

Over the last few weeks, a parade of celebrity guests including Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts andGeorge Clooney have paid their respects to Mr. Letterman. On Wednesday, he described all theencomiums as “over-the-top and said he found it “flattering, embarrassing and gratifying.