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Dave's Summer Vacation
Who knew David Letterman was such a slacker?
The CBS Late Show ringleader, who has in the past eschewed long breaks from his hosting chair, has revealed he plans to take a few extra days off this summer and hand over the reins to a guest host, as he did on Friday when comic Tom Arnold substituted for him.
Letterman spontaneously announced his decision on his show last week, informing band leader Paul Shaffer that he suffers from "T.A.S."--Lettermanese for "Tired Ass Syndrome"--and decided it was time to get out from behind the desk in Gotham's Ed Sullivan Theater and stop and smell the roses, at least for a little while.
"I've worked since I was 11 years old," Letterman said. "And I just feel like it's summer now, I'd like to take a day off."
So how long is this vacation gonna last?
The gap-toothed comic wouldn't say, but did announce he would be calling on guest hosts Tom Green, Kelsey Grammer and Jimmy Fallon to fill in for the last three Fridays in June.
Letterman already gets a three-day weekend. Currently, Late Show tapes Friday's segment immediately following Thursday's show, so Dave's early leave will merely give him a break from the grind of prepping two shows in one day.
The Indiana native is known for being a workaholic during his 20-year tenure headlining his own late night programs on NBC and now CBS--the exceptions being the sick leave he was forced to take after undergoing emergency heart bypass surgery in 2000 and the five weeks he missed after coming down with the shingles earlier this year.
Letterman pals Whoopi Goldberg, Regis Philbin, and Bruce Willis were among those celeb-guest hosts who stayed up late in his place, helping the show maintain its solid ratings, albeit behind rival Jay Leno's The Tonight Show.
Earlier this week, a spokesman for the Eye says the network's fine with the funnyman scaling back his summer duties.
"We were aware he was taking last Friday off," CBS rep Chris Ender told the Associated Press at the time. "We don't know what the situation is for next Friday. But we don't expect it to be a prolonged situation."
Adds Letterman rep Steve Rubenstein, "Dave's going to make up his mind as he goes along. But Dave's going strong."
(Originally published June 10, 2003, at 11:15 a.m. PT.)
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