David Letterman Joins Stephen Colbert for ‘Wanton Destruction of CBS Property’ in Spiteful Sendoff

Former Late Night host David Letterman joined Thursday’s broadcast of The Late Show in a spiteful sendoff for Stephen Colbert as the two took to the roof of the Ed Sullivan Theater to throw CBS property to the ground.

Letterman occasionally threw items off the top of the building during his run of the Late Show between 1993 and 2015. But CBS prohibited Stephen Colbert from emulating Letterman’s roof-tossing bit when he took the show over starting in 2015. Despite the prohibition, though, Colbert brought Letterman onto the show Thursday to revive his bit, this time throwing  items off the roof to destroy a CBS logo sign sitting on the street.

CBS has canceled its flagship late-night program, and there will be no successor for Colbert, whose last show is set for May 21 due to his unprofitable viewership. So, to send Colbert off into retirement, the two