David Letterman

Clips of Letterman’s ’70s era appearances on Mork and Mindy and Mary Tyler Moore’s variety show haunt him to this day, but had it come to pass, this one would have taken the cake.

Tentatively titled Almost Funny: My Life in Late-Night Comedy, Smithberg tells Marketwatch the first act of the book covers her early career working for David Letterman (who memorably once referred to her as “a husky idler“).