“Letterman’s name might have been on the marquee, but in his final moments on air, he took time to tip his hat to the multitude of talented individuals who aided his trip up the show business ladder. The modesty was almost anachronistic, but it’s Letterman through and through. And nobody cried. Dave wasn’t really much for tears.” Grantland’s Dave Schilling on Dave Letterman’s final show, including the last top ten list.

+ “Our long national nightmare is over.” WaPo’s Hank Stuever on the last show: Sap Free and Just Right. (I agree, though I would have traded all the presidential appearances for one last exchange with Chris Elliot.)

+ The show had its highest ratings in a decade.

+ And nothing sums up the reality of modern life quite like the fact that a demolition crew began taking apart the set within hours of the show going off the air. The second I send out my last issue of NextDraft, I’m having my fingertips sent to the Smithsonian. (Thankfully I only type with two fingers.)