For 33 years, he was David Letterman’s music director and comic sideman, a career that began in Canada with the Toronto production of Godspell, as did those of Gilda Radner, Martin Short, and Andrea Martin. Some production! Some careers! And now what? What do you do when your job ends after three decades? Savvy reflections on a life in show business for Humanities New York.

•  PERSON: Steven Schwartz
•  PLACE : NBC Studio 6-A, Rockefeller Center
•  THING: Murray the K’s hat
•  RANDY’S THING: regret