091 The last hurrah for the Hello Deli, our tribute to Rupert Jee's retirement

After a 32 year run, Rupert Jee and May Chin have sold the Hello Deli. Their culturally relevant tiny restaurant was equipped with only a couple of tables, perfect for lucky customers to occupy and get a front row seat to Late Show staffers, Late Show guests, or Late Show fans showing up to visit Rupert. He dispensed wisdom , superior listening skills, and of course, sandwich's.

Rupert entertained the world audience by just being himself, a perfect character for Late Show, holding the distinction of having the most total appearances on the program, at 455.

David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, threw Rupert and May a retirement party on October 6, 2023, in the lobby of the Ed Sullivan Theater. Mike and Candace were there. Mike spoke at the event, and even got a couple pity laughs. This episode of The Letterman Podcast is a breakdown of the Letterman-historic event, and a few extra stories, including a bit where Stephen Colbert personally enjoys this show. We're as surprised as you are. That dude is book smart, man.

We are proud, ever so proud in fact, of the relationship we have with Rupert, May, and the Hello Deli. We will always count them as friends and founders of this show; all they want to do is tell their Late Show family how much they love and miss them. Every, single, one of them. Donz too.

While the Deli may be changing hands, Rupert and May are still here, and we cannot wait to see them at another reunion down the line.

Oh yeah. Go to hello-deli.com and buy something. Now. Lets send him out with a bang in the pocket book.

Incidentally, 'Bang in the Pocketbook' or 'BITP' was the name of our band in collage.