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Late Show with David Letterman

Season 15 · Episode 54

Bill Cosby, Lake Bell, The Matt Savage Trio

0.0January 29, 2008

Lt. Len Easton calls up C-SPAN's "Washington Journal"; Bill Cosby shares an antedote about his recently deceased mother; teen jazz prodigy Matt Savage and his trio perform "El Fuego."

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