Muncie, Indiana is very proud of its most famous native son. David Letterman spent all of his youth there, right up to the point he graduated from Ball State. Anybody who attends Ball State today will know that the communications building in the college is now named after him. It's one of many generous tributes which have been afforded to the popular broadcaster over the years.
Letterman didn't really know what he wanted to be when he was growing up. He lived within twelve miles of Indiana's speedway track, and so saw plenty of races as a child - so much so that he briefly considered attempting a driving career. Instead, he discovered his ability to talk for a living while hosting student radio shows at Ball State, and was then picked up as a weatherman and news anchor for a local television station. He eventually had to move to Los Angeles to land comedy work.