Object Details
- Associated Name
- Letterman, David
- Let There Be Neon City, Inc.
- Description (Brief)
- This neon sign was used in the title sequence of NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman. Late night talk shows have been a stable of television since 1954, when NBC’s The Tonight Show first aired. Letterman’s (b. 1947) ironic sensibility reflected the critical yet enthusiastic engagement audiences had with the familiar format by this time. Letterman hosted Late Night from 1982-1993, later moving to CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman, which he helmed from 1993 until his retirement in 2015.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Jack Rollins
- 1990
- ID Number
- 1992.0607.01
- catalog number
- 1992.0607.01
- accession number
- 1992.0607
- Object Name
- Sign, Neon
- neon sign with power supply box
- Physical Description
- neon (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- plexiglass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 36 in x 5 in; 76.2 cm x 91.44 cm x 12.7 cm
- power supply: 6 in x 5 in x 9 in; 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm x 22.86 cm
- overall: 40 in x 79 in x 25 in; 101.6 cm x 200.66 cm x 63.5 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Comedy
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_1179977
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-569e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
