Dave Nelson Viewer Mail Collection on Letterman, 1986-93

Home viewer Dave Nelson managed to get nine Viewer Mail and one CBS Mailbag letters read on the air, more than any other Viewer Mail/CBS Mailbag writer. Here are those letters.

Late Night:
1. October 9, 1986. Viewer Mail #3: "Why are there so many talk shows on TV this season?"
- with Barry Sand and Robert Morton

2. December 15, 1989. VM #1: "Week after week, it seems as though Paul becomes more and more like Ed McMahon. By that I mean that more and more he seems to laugh at jokes that aren't very funny and, in general, just seems to suck up a lot more. Do you or Paul have any comment?"

3. December 22, 1989. VM #2: "How come you're always using staff members to play the parts in your sketches? Can't you afford to hire REAL ACTORS? Or are you just cheap?"
- with Biff Henderson

4. March 30, 1990. VM #1: "Now that you're famous, it must be hard to go out in public. Do you ever wear any disguises when you go out?"

5. June 21, 1991. VM #4: Same letter as previous but with different joke.
- with Steve O'Donnell, Jude Brennan, Dave Hamilton, Daniel Kellison, Rick Scheckman, and Paul Simms

6. October 18, 1991. VM #2: "Do the dumb people sit in the front or in the back?"

7. January 8, 1993. VM #4: "What time is it?"

8. February 19, 1993. VM #1: "With [the bird network] you get a peacock. Which bird do you expect to get with CBS?"

9. April 16, 1993. VM #4: "When it comes time to move to CBS, will you hire a professional moving company, or will you just pressure a bunch of friends into helping you haul your stuff down the street?"
- with Larry "Bud" Melman

Late Show CBS Mailbag:
10. December 29, 1993. CM #1 (of 1): "All those businesses in your neighborhood that you keep visiting: you're not forcing them to pay 'protection' money, are you?"
- with Rupert Jee