'Our Long National Nightmare Is Over': What Obama Had to Say about Letterman Retiring

Claire.Lejeune | May 21, 2015

The opening of David Letterman’s The Late Show isn’t one we will soon forget. It opens with President Ford announcing, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” Then follow Presidents Bush, George Bush, Clinton and Obama all repeating that the national nightmare is over. Obama closes with “Letterman is retiring” - and David Letterman’s reaction is hysterical.