zinoman: and david letterman was a broadcaster down to his bones.at makes light bulbs becoming his boss offended him deeply. letterman: i'm dave letterman, nice to meet you. what is your name? security: i'm gonna ask you to turn the cameras off, please. letterman: okay, we just wanted to drop off this basket of fruit... security: okay, cameras, please. letterman: ...as a gesture of good will. security: cut the cameras, please. letterman: you'll have to talk to the director over there, mr. gurnee. gurnee: and that was part of the whole bit that we did on the air, but then we used that over and over again as the general electric handshake. letterman: here it is in slow motion now, the general electric corporate handshake. get a good look at it because... yeeee... no! [laughter] zinoman: this was a running joke for years that's rooted in a kind of working class anger towards these corporate overlords that letterman really felt deep in his bones. morton: dave had such reason to be resentful of the network. he gave them a franchise, then they abused him.