Entertainment News
2007-07-27
Hillary Clinton
to appear on Letterman
Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton, one of the leading Democratic presidential
contenders, will be a guest on CBS's Late Show
Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton, one of the leading Democratic presidential
contenders, will be a guest on CBS's Late Show With
David Letterman on August 30 to help observe the
14th anniversary of the broadcast, her campaign said
Thursday.
The appearance
will be Clinton's seventh on the show, one of the most
popular late-night programs on the air and a coveted venue
for national political figures.
Sen. Joe Biden,
also a Democratic presidential contender, will be a guest
on the show on Tuesday.
Clinton first
appeared on Late Show on February 14, 1994,
when Letterman's mother, Dorothy, interviewed her
briefly from the Winter Olympic Games in Norway during an
ice hockey game. She asked the then–first lady
whether she could do anything about the speed limits
in Connecticut that had bedeviled her son with tickets.
Her first
in-person time on the show with Letterman at the Ed Sullivan
Theater was January 12, 2000, following weeks of on-air
entreaties by Letterman. While on the show, she
discussed her intention to run for the Senate from New
York.
Shows such as
Letterman's or NBC's Tonight Show With Jay Leno
or Comedy Central's The Daily Show are eagerly
sought by some politicians because they present an
unconventional forum for national exposure.
Sen. John McCain,
appearing on Letterman's show at the end of February,
jumped the gun on his own planned kick-off for a
presidential run by announcing on the show that he
would be a candidate.
Former New York
City mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy
Giuliani made his 28th appearance on Letterman's show in
May. Clinton rival Barack Obama has appeared on
Letterman's and Leno's shows. Democrat John Edwards
was on with Letterman last November, before he declared his
candidacy. And Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich
appeared on the show last month.
Clinton's
husband, former president Bill Clinton, appeared on
Letterman on the first anniversary of the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He was a guest again in
June 2005 to discuss his quadruple bypass heart
surgery. (Jim Kuhnhenn, AP)
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