David Letterman to Return to Canada After 48-Year Break (Exclusive)
David Letterman is returning to perform in Canada for the first time in nearly a half century. The former Late Night and Late Show With David Letterman host is set to make his Just For Laughs festival premiere in Vancouver on Feb. 18 with an interview of guest star Zach Galifianakis. “We couldn’t be more…
David Letterman is returning to perform in Canada for the first time in nearly a half century.
The former Late Night and Late Show With David Letterman host is set to make his Just For Laughs festival premiere in Vancouver on Feb. 18 with an interview of guest star Zach Galifianakis.
“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome David Letterman to Just For Laughs Vancouver. He is one of the defining voices in comedy history, and to be able to pair him with Zach Galifianakis for a show like this is incredibly special for us and for comedy fans in Vancouver,” Nick Brazao, vp of programming & talent at Just For Laughs, said in a statement about the in-conversation event.
Letterman last did a stand up routine before an interview on the variety show 90 Minutes Live in Feb. 1978 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., the country’s public broadcaster. “I was advised by the staff here to speak very slowly on behalf of the viewers in Brandon, Manitoba,” the legendary funnyman told host Paul Soles in his trademark deadpan comedy style.
Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introductionon Netflix has returned the comedy star to the host’s chair following a 33-year TV run that made him the longest-running late night broadcaster in U.S. television. His guests on the streaming series have included Barack Obama, Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jay-Z, Robert Downey Jr., Volodymyr Zelensky, Dave Chappelle, Miley Cyrus, Caitlin Clark, Billie Eilish and Adam Sandler.
The An Evening with David Letterman and Special Guest Zach Galifianakis gig during Just For Laughs Vancouver’s 10th season also gets Letterman back on the road. His other recent TV credits include the Disney+ documentary Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, with Dave Letterman.
Galifianakis is best known for his online talk show, Between Two Ferns, and star turns in The Hangover trilogy, The Campaign, Dinner for Schmucks and a recurring role on season four of Only Murders in the Building. His upcoming work includes AMC’s The Audacity series and the Taika Waititi pilot Very Young Frankenstein.
