--- title: Watch David Letterman's Last Monologue on "Late Show" description: Late-night host and comedian David Letterman delivered his very last opening monologue Wednesday night. canonical: https://time.com/3891895/david-letterman-final-monologue/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-21T04:06:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:06.973Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch David Letterman's Very Last Opening Monologue og:description: Late-night host and comedian David Letterman delivered his very last opening monologue Wednesday night. og:url: https://time.com/3891895/david-letterman-final-monologue/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta16daab21db558b7/69885115f887dc6a40e90936/106613_1130b.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 106613_1130b og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch David Letterman's Very Last Opening Monologue twitter:description: Late-night host and comedian David Letterman delivered his very last opening monologue Wednesday night. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta16daab21db558b7/69885115f887dc6a40e90936/106613_1130b.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch David Letterman's Very Last Opening Monologue  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 21, 2015 4:06 AM UTC  David Letterman on the final Late Show, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 on CBS. David Letterman on the final Late Show, Wednesday, May 20, 2015 on CBS.John Paul Filo—CBS  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 21, 2015 4:06 AM UTC David Letterman’s last ever monologue on _Late Show with David Letterman_ was, not surprisingly, very meta. His subject? David Letterman’s last ever monologue. The retiring late-night host included a good amount of self-deprecating humor, including shots at his failing eyesight and his inability to remember crew members’ names. He also offered a hint as to where you can find him and bandleader Paul Shaffer once _Late Show_ has officially ascended to late-night heaven. Hint: It involves Las Vegas, Caesar’s Palace and a couple of white tigers. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3891895/david-letterman-final-monologue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3891895/david-letterman-final-monologue/"},"headline":"Watch David Letterman's Very Last Opening Monologue","datePublished":"2015-05-21T04:06:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:06.973Z","description":"The late-night legend went out in classic form","url":"https://time.com/3891895/david-letterman-final-monologue/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","David Letterman","Late Show with David Letterman","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta16daab21db558b7/69885115f887dc6a40e90936/106613_1130b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta16daab21db558b7/69885115f887dc6a40e90936/106613_1130b.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"106613_1130b","caption":"David Letterman hosts his final broadcast of the Late Show with David Letterman, Wednesday May 20, 2015 on the CBS Television Network. After 33 years in late night television, 6,028 broadcasts, nearly 20,000 total guest appearances, 16 Emmy Awards and mo","creditText":"John Paul Filo—CBS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3891895/david-letterman-final-monologue/","name":"Watch David Letterman's Very Last Opening Monologue"}}]}] ```