In June of 1993, David Letterman did his last episode of Late Night on NBC before decamping for a new deal and a new show on CBS. This is the final eighteen-or-so minutes from that last NBC telecast and it features a guest spot by Tom Hanks that oughta be high on anyone's list of All-Time Best Performances by Someone in the Guest Chair on a TV Talk Show. And the nice thing is that Dave contributes just the right amount of participation, not breaking his guest's rhythm, not stepping on any punch lines.
A lot of talk show hosts don't know how to do that…or just plain don't want to. Even Dave after a while on CBS, seemed to have that "the audience came to see and hear me" attitude — but not in this spot…