# FROM THE VAULT: late night's "Host Whisperer" Peter Lassally

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Podcast: [brioux.tv: the podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/brioux-tv-the-podcast-104246)
Published: 2026-07-27T11:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Back in 2008, I had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Lassally, then winding up his extraordinary career in late night as executive producer of The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. For close to an hour, at his office deep within CBS Television City, Lassally regaled me with stories about Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Ferguson and many others. In listening back to the conversation — for the first time in 18 years — I’m struck not just by his professionalism but al...

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