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In August 1993, she was a guest on David Letterman’sThe Late Showto promote a movie calledWilder Napalm.
The film is barely discussed, with Winger quipping, “Oh, it’s a fun film.
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Doing well for me?
Heh, no.”
But the appearance is notable for Winger’s exit.
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She had known Letterman since the 1970s when both of them were trying their hands at stand-up comedy.
“He was sort of the MC at the improv in the Comedy Store,” Winger tells EW.
Then read below to hear her explain it.
Like when you ran out of his show dressed as Wonder Girl.
DEBRA WINGER:I have to tell you the backstory on that.
I had a friend who was working on the show at the time.
Dave’s got something up his sleeve."
I’m like, “Oh, really?”
And that changes the game a bit?
Of course nothing like that was mentioned.
So that was what we were going to talk about.
So when I heard about Wonder Girl, I said, “Oh.
Well, thanks for the heads up.”
But you had the idea to dress up underneath your clothes?
And he knew nothing about that.
He didn’t know.
What was planned was he was going to get me.
They were just so eager to get one over on Dave.
I can totally picture his face.
If you look at him, he’s in total shock.
That was a lot of fun.
