David Letterman Would Have Loved to Interview Bob Marley

On May 8, 1981, David Letterman appeared on The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson. He was there to promote a 30-minute HBO special titled Looking for Fun.

Three days later, reggae superstar Bob Marley passed away at age 36. That twain pops up again in David Marchese’s conversation with Letterman for this week’s issue of New York magazine.

The retired talk show host, after mentioning that he does not watch any of his own clips or other current late night TV hosts, shifts gears a bit when presented with a what-if:

If you could snap your fingers and make it happen, who’d be a dream interview for you?

I think about that all the time.