August 30, 1993 –
Moving himself and his gang of cohorts from NBC-TV, The Late Show with David Letterman premiered on CBS-TV, on this date.
David Letterman originally wanted to call Paul Shaffer’s musical ensemble “The NBC Orchestra,” but that name was already taken by Doc Severinsen and company on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Letterman settled for the name “Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band,” but he got his way in the end: when Letterman and Shaffer defected to CBS, they changed the name of Shaffer’s ensemble to “The CBS Orchestra.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 