Who broke new ground in late-night TV by being submerged in water while covered with Alka Seltzer tablets?

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David Letterman is the correct answer for radio trivia!

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David Letterman

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sounds like a Letterman stunt

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David Letterman.

But he wasn't pregnant when he did it, so maybe you have the wrong forum.

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Dave Letterman is correct

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David Letterman's first late night talk show. It premiered on NBC at 12:35am on February 1, 1982. Coming off of his failed morning show, NBC still had confidence in Dave. This show was the result, and it changed the late night talk show forever.

Dave's first show saw him introduced by the "NBC Peacock Girls", a group of cabaret dancers in feathered costumes, whom Dave said had "come home to roost". His first guest was Bill Murray who, having had a little too much to drink that evening, went off on a twenty minute aerobic dance routine to Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" (much of which was edited down for broadcast).

And all of that was just on the first night.

Dave went on to make TV history on several occassions. He dressed up in giant suits made of things such as rice krispies or alka-seltzer. Then he'd be submerged in milk or water. He once donned a suit of magnets and pressed up against a shelf of metal cans. Another time he held elevator races in the building. He'd read viewer mail and sometimes even go and visit fans who wrote in (such as the time he encountered a fan who criticized his shoes. Dave found the young woman who wrote the letter and took her shoe shopping with him to find suitable footwear).


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