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"Klaus Kinski on Letterman March [--] [----] By request: Klaus Kinski's only Late Night appearance. Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski"
YouTube Link 2016-09-21T04:14Z 250K followers, 1.7M engagements
"Tom Cruise's 1st Appearance on Letterman August [--] [----] Today someone asked me to research a chronological mystery concerning the film "American Psycho" and a Tom Cruise appearance on Dave. The query: "The director of the movie 'American Psycho' Mary Harron once said that Christian Bale based his performance on an interview Tom Cruise did with David Letterman. Many people claim it's this interview link to Tom and Dave on Late Show but as far as I can tell this interview was from [----] while 'American Psycho' came out BEFORE it in [----]. However I haven't been able to confirm this for sure. Do"
YouTube Link 2021-03-14T19:20Z 250K followers, 695.2K engagements
"Stupid Pet Tricks on Letterman August [--] [----] By request of the daughter of Participants #4 Jack Wilkinson and Lucy Keeble and their doggie Milton. The full Frank Zappa collection can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=kPjKacvp6iU Stupid Pet Tricks Stupid Pet Tricks"
YouTube Link 2019-02-18T03:52Z 250K followers, 137.2K engagements
"Zsa Zsa Gabor on Letterman February [--] [----] Zsa Zsa's second of three appearances on the show. Zsa Zsa Gabor Zsa Zsa Gabor"
YouTube Link 2016-12-19T02:30Z 250K followers, 282.2K engagements
"Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir on Letterman April [--] [----] Jerry and Bob appear in four of the show's eight segments chatting with Dave and performing "Deep Elem Blues" and "Monkey and the Engineer." Also included is the Cold Open where Dave teaches Jerry how to play "Proud Mary" the show intro and opening remarks and the show close where Jerzy Kozinski offers to disguise himself next time as Jerry. Jerry Garcia Bob Weir Jerzy Kozinski Jerry Garcia Bob Weir Jerzy Kozinski"
YouTube Link 2016-11-29T01:14Z 250K followers, 207.7K engagements
"Norm Macdonald Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 5: 2003-15 [--]. November [--] [----]. Promoting "A Minute with Stan Hooper." [--]. September [--] [----]. "Ridiculous" CD [--]. May [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. "Sports Show with Norm Macdonald." [--]. March [--] [----]. [--]. May [--] [----]. Final Stand-Up on Late Show. Norms frequent walk-on music: Youre Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go by Bob Dylan from his [----] LP release Blood on the Tracks. In honor of Norms son Dylan. Links to all Parts: Part 1: The Early Years 1990-95: https://youtu.be/hXPu-Sta5a0 Part 2: 1996-97: https://youtu.be/KWwMdr7NfdI Part 3: 1998:"
YouTube Link 2019-11-25T08:32Z 250K followers, 5.6M engagements
"Whitney Houston on Letterman September [--] [----] Whitney performs "Saving All My Love for You." This is the complete segment plus the closing act with Dave. Whitney Houston Whitney Houston"
YouTube Link 2016-05-09T04:37Z 250K followers, 877.2K engagements
"Harris Parton Ronstadt on Late Show March [--] [----] (full stereo) "Trio II" was recorded in [----] but not released until [----] when Emmylou Harris Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt appeared on Late Show to perform Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush." The Glass Harmonica (or Armonica) was played by Dennis James who remembers the performance in an interview with Rich Bailey in 2002: Rich Bailey: I remember when you appeared with her on Letterman and you discussed the Armonica a bit. How was that Dennis James: Well it was a great surprise. A sort of unspoken message in the air to me before the"
YouTube Link 2018-05-02T16:16Z 250K followers, 9.9M engagements
"Donald Trump on Letterman 1986-87 Trump's first appearance was in a remote that aired October [--] 1986: Dave paid a quick visit to his office at Trump Tower. (This was referenced in the next clip.) Trump's first guest appearance on Late Night was taped fourteen months later on December [--] [----] and aired on December [--]. He came on to promote his book he didn't write Art of the Deal. It being the run-up to the [----] campaign Dave asked if he were interested in running for the presidency. The story behind his feud with NYC mayor Ed Koch was uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=tych7G79U-I"
YouTube Link 2017-02-22T02:53Z 250K followers, 11M engagements
"Jack Hanna Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 11: 1998-1999 Jack Hanna appeared on Dave's Late Night and Late Show [---] times. Here are all of them split into eleven parts plus some extras. A separate blog post will have detailed descriptions. Included will be animal stats and entries from Michael McIntee's "Wahoo Gazettes." This is for Jack and his family. May they find some comfort and laughter. Late Show: [--]. February [--] [----]. [--]. April [--] [----]. [--]. July [--] [----]. With kids. [--]. September [--] [----]. [--]. November [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. April [--] [----]. [--]. July [--] [----]. [--]. October 8"
YouTube Link 2021-04-25T17:12Z 250K followers, 283.2K engagements
"Will Ferrell as Harry Caray Collection 2008-15 & Harry Caray [----] '89 By request: Here's the full collection of Will Ferrell's Harry Caray impressions on Late Show. Then both of Harry's appearances on Dave's earlier show on the bird network. The first has been previously uploaded. Will Ferrell as Harry Caray on Late Show: [--]. February [--] [----]. [--]. July [--] [----]. [--]. August [--] [----]. [--]. April [--] [----]. (Note: Incorrectly dated as [----] in the video.) [--]. July [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. [--]. May [--] [----]. Harry Caray on Dave's bird network show:: [--]. July [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. Will Ferrell Harry Caray"
YouTube Link 2019-04-23T02:44Z 250K followers, 875.6K engagements
"Alan Alda on Letterman May [--] [----] Alan Alda promotes his new film "Sweet Liberty" then demonstrates his own Stupid Human Trick speed-kissing staffer Bridget Jackson's wrist. Alan Alda Bridget Jackson Alan Alda Bridget Jackson"
YouTube Link 2016-07-29T22:20Z 250K followers, 229.6K engagements
"Sonny & Cher on Letterman November [--] [----] (full show stereo) + [----] One of the top shows in Late Night's [--] 1/2-year run presented in full here and in stereo. First preceded by Dave promoting the appearance the night before and then Bill Wendell's pre-announce. From the repeat of October [--] [----]. (There were two LNs broadcast this night the first a new show that aired in Carson's slot at 11:30 PM -- the Tonight Show's 26th Anniversary special had aired earlier in prime time -- and then this repeat at 12:30 am.) Accompanying Cher with her performance of "I Found Someone" and then later with"
YouTube Link 2017-01-15T17:36Z 250K followers, 3M engagements
"Harmon Killebrew Night on Letterman February [--] [----] (full) Minnesota Twins Hall-of-Famer Harmon Killebrew had originally been part of the first Film Festival that aired on November [--] [----] but he and his film were bumped due to the show running long. So Late Night devoted an entire show to him two-and-a-half months later on February [--] [----]. In addition to showing his film (along with some outtakes) on the show to salute him in a "This Is Your Life" homage were: Bob Allison Harmon's best friend and former Twins roommate; Jim Kaat another teammate sitting in the audience; Liberace for reasons"
YouTube Link 2017-08-30T15:56Z 250K followers, 33.6K engagements
"Norm Macdonald Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 5: 1999-2000 [--]. March [--] [----]. Promotes "The Norm Show." With Don King (here in sync). [--]. September [--] [----]. 'The Norm Show" Season [--]. (Now called "Norm.") [--]. February [--] [----]. Backstage Show with guest-host Tom Snyder. (Deleted: a remote with Dave and Richard Simmons and a Top Ten list with Demi Moore.) [--]. February [--] [----]. "Norm." Links to all Parts: Part 1: The Early Years 1990-95: https://youtu.be/hXPu-Sta5a0 Part 2: 1996-97: https://youtu.be/KWwMdr7NfdI Part 3: 1998: https://youtu.be/S6ke6O4Q8tI Part 4: 1999-2000:"
YouTube Link 2019-11-24T06:40Z 250K followers, 2.9M engagements
"Neil Diamond "Cherry Cherry" on Late Show December [--] [----] (full st.) An amazing live performance of a memory-jarring favorite from [----] then a chat with Dave. Late Show with David Letterman Neil Diamond Cherry Cherry Late Show with David Letterman Neil Diamond Cherry Cherry"
YouTube Link 2018-09-24T06:35Z 250K followers, 93.7K engagements
"Peter O'Toole and Richard Harris Collection on Letterman 1983-2007 The complete collection of Peter O'Toole's and Richard Harris's appearances on Dave's late night talk shows. Included in the listings are the films theater productions and books they were promoting. But it was of course the stories. Late Night: [--]. April [--] [----]. Peter O'Toole. Film: "The Ruling Class." Film clip deleted due to copyright caution. [--]. May [--] [----]. Peter O'Toole. Broadway production: "Pygmalion." [--]. January [--] [----]. Richard Harris. Film: "The Field." [--]. April [--] [----]. Peter O'Toole. Book: _Loitering With Intent: The"
YouTube Link 2019-11-14T16:51Z 250K followers, 2.7M engagements
"Steely Dan on Letterman October [--] [----] Upgraded and Expanded This is an upgraded and expanded version of Steely Dan's October [--] [----] appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. It includes the band participating in both the break music preceding and following their broadcast performance of "Josie." In far superior video and audio quality. [--]. Break music #1: "Do It Again" [--]. Broadcast performance: "Josie" [--]. Break music #2: "Deacon Blues" There are audio edits in the source video. I tried to clean them up as best I could. David Letterman Steely Dan Walter Becker Donald Fagen Josie Do It"
YouTube Link 2019-08-18T19:26Z 250K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Norm Macdonald Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 5: 1996-97 Bump Week January 8-12 1996: [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. Recap with Wednesday and Thursday switched in sequence. Reconstructed video of Norm's fall. [--]. February [--] [----]. Anchor on SNL's "Weekend Update." [--]. May [--] [----]. Still anchor. [--]. January [--] [----]. Still anchor. [--]. April [--] [----]. Still anchor. [--]. July [--] [----]. Still anchor. Links to all Parts: Part 1: The Early Years 1990-95: https://youtu.be/hXPu-Sta5a0 Part 2: 1996-97: https://youtu.be/KWwMdr7NfdI Part"
YouTube Link 2019-11-24T00:26Z 250K followers, 1.6M engagements
"Gregg Allman (and Redd Foxx) on Letterman November [--] [----] Gregg performs "I'm No Angel" as Sid Mcginnis makes perhaps his only mistake in his 31-year run on Dave's shows starting the song a half step higher but correcting himself as soon as Will Lee and Gregg come in. In the next segment Gregg begins to chat with Dave but is interrupted by a "surprise" walk-on by Redd Foxx. Redd Foxx was the last of several other "surprise" walk-ons throughout the show's hour: Christopher Reeve Willard Scott Susan Saint James Peter Allen and a joke walk-in by Biff Henderson. Gregg had sat in with the band"
YouTube Link 2017-01-15T20:14Z 250K followers, 3M engagements
"More New Chris Elliott Segments on Letterman 1986-89 Featuring The Incredible Shrinking Guy four episodes of "Night Light" The Little Leprechaun Man "Dangerous Liaisons" and "The Johnny Graham Request Show." Plus the source for Johnny Graham. [--]. June [--] [----]. Dave's Grab Bag. Includes Chris's The Incredible Shrinking Guy. [--]. Night Light with Chris Elliott: a. February [--] [----]. With Lynda Carter. b. February [--] [----]. With Panicky Boy (Adam Resnick) and Edward Woodward. Clip from "The Equalizer" deleted because it was blocked. The scene consisted of The Equalizer confronting a peeping tom"
YouTube Link 2019-12-02T01:27Z 250K followers, 213.5K engagements
"Randall "Tex" Cobb Collection on Letterman 1982-87 Kickboxer/Boxer/Actor Randall "Tex" Cobb made three appearances on Late Night the second including a memorable skit on Viewer Mail. Here they are. [--]. December [--] [----]. Eleven days after Cobb went all fifteen rounds with WBC's Heavyweight champion Larry Holmes and lost every one of them. [--]. April [--] [----]. Viewer Mail interview and a promo. This comes from a pre-broadcast pre-censored source. Certain words were muted when it aired. The full Viewer Mail segment can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Mg7QQVoo1xQ [--]. January [--] 1987."
YouTube Link 2020-02-09T00:34Z 250K followers, 463K engagements
"John Hiatt "Slow Turnin'" on Letterman September [--] [----] stereo John Hiatt's first Late Night appearance performing "Slow Turnin'" with the World's Most Dangerous Band then chatting all too briefly with Dave. In glorious stereo. John Hiatt Slow Turnin' John Hiatt Slow Turnin'"
YouTube Link 2017-06-12T00:15Z 250K followers, 150K engagements
"Jay Leno Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1984-1986 Jay Leno appeared on Late Night forty-one times forty as a guest and one in a taped cameo. Here are all of his appearances plus other related videos scattered within. A few clips were edited together from different sources. For one video (January [--] 1983) I chose the E broadcast as it's the only source in my collection that didn't mute "Hostess Twinkies." The collection is in three parts: Part 1: Clips #1 to [--] -- https://youtu.be/_M9yTG19PnE Part 2: Clips #15 to [--] -- here Part 3: Clips #29 to [--] -- https://youtu.be/kqAjGBtZINk Part 3"
YouTube Link 2017-10-16T15:52Z 250K followers, 2.1M engagements
"Dave Chappelle Collection on Letterman 1994-2014 [--]. August [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat with Dave. [--]. April [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. February [--] [----]. Chat. [--]. June [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. January [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. March [--] [----]. Chat with Guest-Host Whoopi Goldberg while Dave was recovering from shingles. [--]. January [--] [----]. Chat. [--]. June [--] [----]. Chat"
YouTube Link 2020-10-29T05:31Z 250K followers, 5.5M engagements
"Norm Macdonald Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 5: [----] [--]. January [--] [----]. Norm fired as SNL's "Weekend Update" anchor. [--]. March [--] [----]. "Dirty Work" opening in May (later moved back to June). [--]. May [--] [----]. [--]. June [--] [----]. Promotes "Dirty Work." Clip deleted due to copyright caution. Links to all Parts: Part 1: The Early Years 1990-95: https://youtu.be/hXPu-Sta5a0 Part 2: 1996-97: https://youtu.be/KWwMdr7NfdI Part 3: 1998: https://youtu.be/S6ke6O4Q8tI Part 4: 1999-2000: https://youtu.be/8ZClGJ917uM Part 5: 2003-15: https://youtu.be/aFq7LGZlVsc Norm Macdonald Norm Macdonald"
YouTube Link 2019-11-24T03:02Z 250K followers, 4.6M engagements
"Brian Dennehy on Letterman June [--] [----] Brian Dennehy's only appearance on Dave's Late Night here promoting "Cocoon." Film clip deleted due to copyright caution. Brian Dennehy Brian Dennehy"
YouTube Link 2020-04-16T19:50Z 250K followers, 34.8K engagements
"Henny Youngman on Letterman November [--] [----] Henny Youngman (TV Actor) Henny Youngman (TV Actor)"
YouTube Link 2015-12-07T00:43Z 250K followers, 99.8K engagements
"Jay Leno Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1982-1984 Jay Leno appeared on Late Night forty-one times forty as a guest and one in a taped cameo. Here are all of his appearances plus other related videos scattered within. A few clips were edited together from different sources. For one video (January [--] 1983) I chose the E broadcast as it's the only source in my collection that didn't mute "Hostess Twinkies." The collection is in three parts: Part 1: Clips #1 to [--] -- here Part 2: Clips #15 to [--] -- https://youtu.be/QUQvDz7CSF8 Part 3: Clips #29 to [--] -- https://youtu.be/kqAjGBtZINk Part 3"
YouTube Link 2017-10-16T15:51Z 250K followers, 4M engagements
"Donald Trump on Letterman May [--] [----] Trump discusses his recent financial woes and divorce Ross Perot and his take on Mike Tyson's rape conviction. For some backstory: http://www.newsfromme.com/s=trump+letterman+tyson I have a much better source for this but I felt there might be some urgency to get this out there now so I selected another source more immediately accessible. Thanks to Nic for the suggestion. Donald Trump Donald Trump"
YouTube Link 2016-10-18T16:36Z 250K followers, 4.6M engagements
"Keith Emerson "America" on Letterman September [--] [----] (full video; partial stereo) Here's Keith's full performance of "America" with The World's Most Dangerous Band presented in better video and audio quality than previously uploaded by others. My source is in mono but I edited in the stereo audio from BetaGems Lost Media's partial performance that's uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=hcTzWfkerEA. The stereo kicks in at 2:00; the mono returns after the performance"
YouTube Link 2021-11-04T22:17Z 250K followers, 441.6K engagements
"Stupid Pet Tricks on Letterman February [--] [----] By request. [--]. Kevin Downs with Iaxe. [--]. Skip Denenberg with McQueen. [--]. Art Richardson with Shanta. Will Lee comes up short. Stupid Pet Tricks Stupid Pet Tricks"
YouTube Link 2020-04-01T18:07Z 250K followers, 80.3K engagements
"Norm Macdonald Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 5: The Early Years 1990-95 By request. [--]. May [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. September [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. December [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. February [--] [----]. Stand-up. [--]. May [--] [----]. Sit-down. [--]. October [--] [----] Sit-down. [--]. November [--] [----]. Cameo. Links to all Parts: Part 1: The Early Years 1990-95: https://youtu.be/hXPu-Sta5a0 Part 2: 1996-97: https://youtu.be/KWwMdr7NfdI Part 3: 1998: https://youtu.be/S6ke6O4Q8tI Part 4: 1999-2000: https://youtu.be/8ZClGJ917uM Part 5: 2003-15: https://youtu.be/aFq7LGZlVsc Norm Macdonald Norm Macdonald"
YouTube Link 2019-11-12T18:47Z 250K followers, 1.7M engagements
"Jay Leno Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1986-1993 re-up Jay Leno appeared on Late Night forty-one times forty as a guest and one in a taped cameo. Here are all of his appearances plus other related videos scattered within. A few clips were edited together from different sources. For one video (January [--] 1983) I chose the E broadcast as it's the only source in my collection that didn't mute "Hostess Twinkies." The collection is in three parts: Part 1: Clips #1 to [--] -- https://youtu.be/_M9yTG19PnE Part 2: Clips #15 to [--] -- https://youtu.be/QUQvDz7CSF8 Part 3: Clips #29 to [--] -- here"
YouTube Link 2021-11-25T06:06Z 250K followers, 393K engagements
"Leon Russell on Letterman June [--] [----] Leon Russell's complete appearance on Late Night. Leon Russell Leon Russell"
YouTube Link 2016-04-24T17:38Z 250K followers, 994.4K engagements
"Gregg Allman on Letterman. January [--] [----] Gregg first performs "Come and Go Blues" then after chatting with Dave offers up "Melissa." Yes the date is correct. Gregg Allman Gregg Allman"
YouTube Link 2019-07-04T03:40Z 250K followers, 529.3K engagements
"Hootie and the Blowfish First and Last on Late Show [----] & [----] Hootie and the Blowfish made their network television debut on Late Show performing "Hold My Hand" on September [--] [----]. Twenty-one years later they appeared for the last time on the show performing the same song on April [--] [----]. Late Show with David Letterman Hootie and the Blowfish Late Show with David Letterman Hootie and the Blowfish"
YouTube Link 2018-12-04T19:35Z 250K followers, 209.2K engagements
"Bob Dole Collection on Letterman 1995-96 [--]. February [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. Top Ten participant (taped February 3). [--]. November [--] [----]. In Washington D.C. three days after losing the presidential election"
YouTube Link 2021-02-21T03:24Z 250K followers, 18.2K engagements
"Fun with Rupert Collection on Late Show 1994-97 + [----] Coda Fun with Rupert Collection on Late Show 1994-97 + [----] Coda The now-complete collection of the "Fun with Rupert" remotes that aired on Late Show with David Letterman from December [----] until November [----]. Eight years later Dave explained why they stopped doing them. Rupert Jee: "We would be out there all day long -- at least six to seven hours -- and after all that we were happy if we got a few minutes of footage to show. "I rarely witnessed Dave laughing at humor probably because he has been involved in it for so long. When I heard"
YouTube Link 2017-08-01T15:35Z 250K followers, 217.5K engagements
"Booker T. & MGs "Soul Limbo" on Letterman April [--] [----] (stereo) Booker T. Jones Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn perform "Soul Limbo" with the World's Most Dangerous Band with Will Lee on cowbell. Booker T. Jones Steve Cropper Donald Dunn Soul Limbo Booker T. & the M.G.s Booker T. Jones Steve Cropper Donald Dunn Soul Limbo Booker T. & the M.G.s"
YouTube Link 2018-12-20T04:30Z 250K followers, 423.7K engagements
"4th Anniversary/Airplane Special on Letterman February [--] [----] Updated A November [--] [----] Facebook dialogue with Rick Scheckman and Merrill Markoe: Rick: Merrill happened to be in the offices and walked into a November [----] meeting looking for ideas about a fourth anniversary special. She suggested we do the show on a [---] jet flying to Miami with friends and family as passengers. Flash forward to late January [----]. Mission accomplished. Merrill: I have no memory of that. I had no idea that was my idea. ------------------------------- Part [--]. The anniversary show is taped in a TWA Boeing 747"
YouTube Link 2020-07-02T19:02Z 250K followers, 11.8K engagements
"Ockeghem Choir of San Francisco 1978: Ockeghem's "Petite Camusette" The remaining piece from our last performance at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Berkeley California on April [--] [----]. "Petite Camusette" is a secular work here rendered by a small chorus rather than by soloists and/or instruments because we felt it best captured the full impact of Ockeghem's music. As always dedicated to the memory of John Ronsheim music professor at Antioch College from [----] to [----] who injected all of his students with his love for this extraordinary composer. A Ronsheim biography is forthcoming. Sopranos:"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T22:46Z 250K followers, [---] engagements
"Gwyneth Paltrow and Dave on Harvey Weinstein Late Show November [--] [----] A brief segment with guest Gwyneth Paltrow where both chat about Harvey Weinstein. Thanks to stm for remembering the segment and suggesting this upload"
YouTube Link 2017-10-11T00:06Z 250K followers, 1.5M engagements
"Meg Parsont Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: [----] Meg Parsont worked in the Publicity Department at Pocket Books in the Simon & Schuster building across the street from [--] Rock. Dave chatted with her on the phone [--] times on the bird network and then once on his CBS show. Here are all of her appearances in three parts. Part 1: [----] Prologue. June [--] [----]. CNN Showbiz Today. 1990: [--]. February [--]. Office Worker of the Month; first of two studio appearances. [--]. February [--]. New jacket. [--]. March [--]. First window drop. [--]. April [--]. Paper airplane. [--]. April [--]. Hole-punch confetti. [--]. May 8."
YouTube Link 2019-04-07T16:30Z 250K followers, 1.8M engagements
"Tad Lathrop and Don Giller "City Lights" (1977 2004) Tad brought this tune to my apartment one night in July [----] when we were both living in San Francisco. We recorded our electric guitar parts and his first vocals onto my sound-on-sound reel-to-reel tape deck. We then overdubbed his second vocals and my momentary harmonies. The music was finished the lyrics not so Tad just repeated the first verse for the second. From there the song sat for the next [--] years. In [----] when I was working on tracks that would end up on our [----] CD "Red Horizon" we decided to re-record "City Lights" from"
YouTube Link 2025-06-08T03:29Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Jonathan Winters on Later with Bob Costas Parts [--] & 2: Nov. [--] & Dec. [--] [----] Title says it all. I deleted a photo montage that used The Who's "Who Are You" as its soundtrack. Concerned with potential copyright issues I decided to just cut it"
YouTube Link 2024-08-20T18:24Z 250K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Jerry Foley October [--] [----] I thought I'd share this last moment with Jerry Foley Director of Dave's Late Show for twenty years from [----] to its last show in [----]. He passed away last weekend. This was after Late Show's tribute to Rupert Jee that had taken place in the lobby of the Ed Sullivan Theater on October [--] [----]. We were underneath the marquee when I spotted Jerry chatting with Mike McIntee Bill DeLace and Steve Young. A short clip to say hail and farewell Jerry"
YouTube Link 2024-03-15T03:06Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1997-2000 This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part [--]. [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. June [--] [----] [--]. March [--] [----] [--]. May [--] [----]. CBS Mailbag [--]. November [--] [----]. Gene's last appearance; he had had brain surgery the previous May. [--]. February [--] [----]. Dave on Gene Siskel's death two days earlier. [--]. September [--] [----]. Roger Ebert [--]. June [--] [----]. Roger Ebert Roger Ebert Jokes Late Show Sampler: [--]. September [--] [----] [--]. October [--] [----] [--]. May [--] [----]. With Billy Crystal [--]. November [--] [----] [--]. September [--] [----]. With Kevin"
YouTube Link 2019-07-24T00:21Z 250K followers, 90.3K engagements
"The Greatest Cadenza I Ever Heard I knew John Sauer when we were both Antioch students in the early '70s. He was -- and still is -- a brilliant pianist who never took his extraordinary talent seriously unless he had to for concerts and private audition recordings for others that I was tasked to tape. Before the "proper" recordings for those auditions John would play joke pieces he'd make up on the spot parodying snarky television ads and silly childrens tunes playing them straight until he entered a dark zone and the tunes would suddenly turn into something far more sinister. All spontaneous"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T23:24Z 250K followers, [---] engagements
"Gerard Mulligan & Steve O'Donnell on Live at Five October [--] [----] Gerard and Steve guest on Live at Five to promote the publication of the first Top Ten book"
YouTube Link 2023-12-15T19:37Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Buffalo Springfield "Ballad of the Bluebird" Collection 1967-68 A few years ago I wrote a blog post on how I had acquired possibly the best-quality audio of Buffalo Springfield's [----] "Bluebird" acetate that had first aired on an L.A. radio station that spring courtesy of the band and later on WBCN in Boston courtesy of one of its deejays Charles Laquidara who had gotten it from Richie Furay and Jim Messina when Charles had been working at Pasadena's KPPC in [----]. The blog post can be found here: https://donzblog.home.blog/2019/01/23/buffalo-springfields-1967-bluebird-acetate/ The post ended"
YouTube Link 2023-03-07T04:14Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Four Smothers Brothers Appearances on The Tonight Show 1982-1989 Shared with kind permission from CarsonEntertainmentGroup. October [--] [----] October [--] [----] March [--] [----] May [--] [----] (Jay Leno guest-host) Apologies for the substandard video quality on some of these clips"
YouTube Link 2023-12-27T20:34Z 250K followers, 204.2K engagements
"Ask Mr. Melman Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1985-1986 For an explanation on the origins of "Ask Mr. Melman" see the description to Part [--] uploaded here: https://youtu.be/bgeygNHLL9I [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. Calvert's first full reading of Meltzer's catchphrase. [--]. April [--] [----]. Larry "Bud" is now an attorney. [--]. May [--] [----]. Dave's "Festival of Guitars" comment refers to both Waddy Wachtel and Joe Walsh sitting in with the band. [--]. August [--] [----]. The edited phrase snipped out of Dave's introduction was "Dancing Waters." [--]. October [--] [----] (taped October 7). 17."
YouTube Link 2020-09-14T15:45Z 250K followers, 68.6K engagements
"David Letterman on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson December [--] [----] re-up I had uploaded this in [----] but deleted it two years later due to copyright concerns. Those concerns having been alleviated some time ago it's now back up. There's a copycat YouTube channel that's appropriated my name and many of my uploads this being one of them. But this comes from my collection"
YouTube Link 2023-01-15T04:43Z 250K followers, 29.7K engagements
"John Waters (& Divine) on Letterman Part [--] of 3: [----] Beginning a series of John Waters' appearances on Late Night. Here's Part [--] from 1982: [--]. March 18: Glenn Milstead better known on stage and screen as Divine performs "Born to Be Cheap." John Waters then joins him in the next two segments introducing his book Shock Value and discussing his films which includes a clip from "Polyester." [--]. August 24: John again plugs Shock Value and then plays clips from "Female Trouble" "Multiple Maniacs" "Pink Flamingos" and Desperate Living." In the last segment John happy describes a letter he"
YouTube Link 2018-02-16T17:27Z 250K followers, 934.9K engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "Red Horizon" "Red Horizon" is a rather complex song that Tad composed in California. There's no discernible tonal center yet the song is firmly rooted. Tad would send me the work-in-progress over a number of months in early [----] until he felt it complete. He plays both the acoustic and electric guitar parts and is the sole vocalist. I then added basses and basic drums which were later complemented by an actual drummer Elan Fish. This is the title track to our CD released in [----]. All of the videos elements come from the online sources below. The photos are mostly"
YouTube Link 2022-11-17T01:00Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Ockeghem Choir of San Francisco 1978: Requiem (fixed) It was the Winter of [----] my third year at Antioch College. My academic interests had been in radio production and music but I hadn't yet declared a major. I was losing focus with the radio production so I explored the music angle by enrolling in a Harmony class and singing in the school's chorus. Its music director was John Richard Ronsheim (19271997) an extraordinary professor whose biography I'm currently researching. He was a force of nature a firm believer in absolutes. He didn't give class lectures; he gave performances visualizing"
YouTube Link 2024-02-25T09:00Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Stupid Pet Tricks on Letterman March [--] [----] By request. With Stacy Darden Jim Audubon Linda Weber and Alaine Lombardo. The dog Lady doing "push-ups" was shown again when Dave guested on The Tonight Show the following week. That clip is here; https://www.youtube.com/watchv=e9j5SExJBw8&spfreload=10 From E's February [--] [----] broadcast"
YouTube Link 2016-05-22T16:38Z 250K followers, 237.5K engagements
"Stupid Pet Tricks on Letterman September [--] [----] [--]. Candi Booker: dog Argos picks up three tennis balls in mouth [--]. Paul McGee: dog Woofy picks MacDonalds over his favorite Burger King [--]. John Flowers: dog Ceasar balances on a fiber glass rod Stupid Pet Tricks Candi Booker Paul McGee John Flowers tennis balls Stupid Pet Tricks Candi Booker Paul McGee John Flowers tennis balls"
YouTube Link 2017-07-29T23:59Z 250K followers, 594.1K engagements
"29th Anniversary of Tom Snyder's Late Late Show: Conversations with Dave Letterman A collection of clips highlighting the 29th anniversary of the January [--] [----] launch of Late Late Show with Tom Snyder. [--]. July [--] [----]. Larry Sanders: "Life Behind Larry." [--]. August [--] [----]. Press Conference announcing the creation of the show: Opening statements from Dave and Tom. It can be seen in full here: https://youtu.be/iVohG7tzI2Q [--] January [--] [----]. CNN reports on the launch of the show which includes a brief chat with Tom. [--]. February [--] [----]. A Late Late Show segment with guest Larry King that ends with"
YouTube Link 2024-01-04T02:49Z 250K followers, 34.2K engagements
"Johannes Ockeghem M. Mi-Mi (complete) Ockeghem Choir of San Francisco (1977) This is a composite performance of Johannes Ockeghem's Missa Mi-Mi from two venues five days apart. The first is a run-through we recorded at St. Joseph's in Berkeley on February [--] [----]. By the time we got to the Sanctus the group was pretty much drained and the music suffered for it. We held a concert at St. Mark's Episcopal Church also in Berkeley five days earlier on February [--]. The first three mass movements -- Kyrie Gloria and Credo -- were a little dicey but I feel it came together for the last two the"
YouTube Link 2024-07-25T00:34Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "Song in D" (1972) Another song resurrected from Tad and my early acoustic period. I had worked on it in the Fall of [----] and Tad then helped arrange it with me. This is one of several songs we recorded in my dorm room at Antioch on the evening of November [--] [----] exactly [--] years ago today. Most of the images come from my first and last days at the college in late June [----] and mid-June 1973"
YouTube Link 2022-11-27T21:39Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"The 4th Anniversary/Airplane Special on Letterman February [--] [----] A November [--] [----] Facebook dialogue with Rick Scheckman and Merrill Markoe: Rick: Merrill happened to be in the offices and walked into a November [----] meeting looking for ideas about a fourth anniversary special. She suggested we do the show on a [---] jet flying to Miami with friends and family as passengers. Flash forward to late January [----]. Mission accomplished. Merrill: I have no memory of that. I had no idea that was my idea. ------------------------------------------------------------ Part [--]. The anniversary show is"
YouTube Link 2020-02-24T06:29Z 250K followers, 25.3K engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "Tell Me What You See" (1972) "Tell Me What You See" is a throwback to our earliest years creating music together. I had been working on it for a while little bits and pieces that finally came to fruition by the time we first recorded the then-lyric-less song in my college dorm at Antioch in February [----]. Tad's interest in the tune was what made it tick. He helped compose the lyrics and melody and his added guitar part gave the song a dimension I could not have hoped to conceive on my own. It was a realization that we could do much more. By the summer we were in New"
YouTube Link 2022-09-10T19:37Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Buffalo Springfield Acetate: "Down to the Wire" A few years ago I wrote a blog essay explaining how I had acquired a reel-to-reel dub of two Buffalo Springfield acetates in [----]. They had come from then-WBCN legend Charles Laquidera. He had prepared the tape for me at the station's top recording speed [--] ips. I had asked for the first acetate the extended [--] 1/2-minute "Bluebird" which I learned years later was the best-quality version that had never circulated. But Charles was generous enough to also include a dub of a second acetate Neil Young's "Down to the Wire." Neil had included the song"
YouTube Link 2024-02-23T05:42Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Kid Inventors on Letterman February [--] [----] With Sarah Alger (12 years old) Ariel Potischman (9) and Scott Golder (10) Aimee Clark (9) and Kara Coen (8). Kid Inventors Kid Inventors"
YouTube Link 2018-12-09T02:33Z 250K followers, 79.7K engagements
"The Chris Elliott Jr. Show Collection on Letterman [----] [--]. The Morton Downey Jr. Show excerpt July [--] [----] with Henny Youngman. [--]. January [--] [----] promo with Robert Morton accompanying Chris to the studio; Chuck Flagg Steve Dean Dave Rygalski and Adam Resnick in the front-row audience; Candy Carrell applying makeup; Beth O'Day with her Stupid Pet Trick; and Jude Brennan challenging Chris to take a swing at her. [--]. February [--] [----] with Robert Morton into the studio with Chris; audience members Joe Furey Chuck Flagg and Steve Dean; Adam Resnick and Dave Rygalsko with audience questions; and"
YouTube Link 2018-06-20T23:25Z 250K followers, 180.8K engagements
"The Musicians on Late Night with David Letterman 1982-1993 I have a new blog post titled "The Musicians on Late Night." It includes spreadsheets on the guest performers and song titles; network television debuts; musicians sitting in with the band; band member subs; and more. All preceded with an extensive essay on the band members' individual pivotal moments that changed their career trajectories and how they came to form the World Most Dangerous Band. Here's the link: https://donzblog.home.blog/2022/04/17/the-musicians-on-late-night-with-david-letterman/"
YouTube Link 2022-04-17T17:07Z 250K followers, 10K engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller Luck Tonight In the Spring of [----] Tad had secured for us a music project where we'd compose and record two-minute samples of various music genres. Tad would then write an article about each. We recorded samples of Blues Rhythm & Blues Rockabilly Heavy Metal Funk Reggae New Wave and Fusion. To prepare for the project we bought ourselves a 4-track cassette recorder to allow for actual multitracking. We had previously been using the sound-on-sound feature on my reel-to-reel tape recorder but this was an entirely new dimension for us. We became more efficient and"
YouTube Link 2022-03-21T23:46Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Guilluame Dufay Ave Regina Caelorum [--]. Ockeghem Choir of San Francisco (1977) Recorded live in concert at St. Marks Episcopal Church in Berkeley February [--] [----]. This 3-voice work was the earliest of three polyphonic settings of the antiphon "Ave Regina Caelorum" that Guillaume Dufay had composed throughout his life.* It was copied into the section of the manuscript Bologna Q15 that dates from [----]. Dufay would have been around [--]. *Dufay would later compose a Mass Ordinary his last built over the antiphon chant an upload and further description for another time. Regarding the second note"
YouTube Link 2024-07-14T02:34Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "Army of Ants" It was in the Summer of [----] when Tad and I both at the end of our third year at Antioch College began to get serious with our music-making. I traveled to NYC and met up with Tad and his close friend Steve Kelly who played bass. The three of us would rehearse in Tad's mom's art studio in Soho at that time a desolate dark and foreboding neighborhood. We wrote a lot of songs there together among them an instrumental called "Army of Ants." Tad had brought in the main body of the tune; he and I then added a middle section. The recording here comes from"
YouTube Link 2022-06-20T06:05Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Chris Elliott as Marv Albert Collection on Letterman [----] [--]. Chris discusses his Marv Albert impression in an interview with Dave Eggers on November [--] [----]. [--]. February [--] [----]. Chris as Marv #1. [--]. Al Albert's chocolate hockey puck: a. January [--] [----] with Marv Albert b. February [--] [----] with Wayne Gretsky c. February [--] [----] with Teri Garr e. February [--] [----] with Marv Albert again [--]. July [--] [----]. Chris as Marv #2: The payoff then Chris's brothers "Al" and "Steve" (Matt Wickline and Sandy Frank) and the woman making out (his real-life wife Paula Niedert). [--]. September [--] [----]. Chris as Marv"
YouTube Link 2018-06-06T08:47Z 250K followers, 366.7K engagements
"Melman Production Collection on Letterman [----] The complete [----] collection of "Melman Production" outtros. [--]. February 8: Hal directs Calvert where to stand [--]. February 16: "Melnor" corrected by Hal [--]. July 26: "Melnor"; Hal corrects again [--]. April 8: "Melnor" self-corrects [--]. February 17: black wig hand on hole [--]. July 8: black wig no hand [--]. April 22: blonde wig [--]. March 1: cowboy hat [--]. March 25: nightcap [--]. February 22: sign upside down [--]. March 18: tears newspaper wrapping from sign [--]. February 24: sign falls down [--]. March 3: from audience seat applauds [--]. March 15: from audience"
YouTube Link 2017-12-30T02:17Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "Price of Diamonds" Tad composed "Price of Diamonds" in June [----]. We spent months that summer fine-tuning the arrangement and mix using all of the music gear and software available in my apartment -- a MIDI guitar two electric guitars a synthesizer for the bass a programmed drum pattern fed into a sampler and an 8-track reel-to-reel tape recorder/mixer to record it all including Tad's lead vocal. We returned to the recording in January [----] for more guitar and vocal overdubs. Another eight years would pass until Spring [----] when I had the tools to digitize all 8"
YouTube Link 2022-08-03T18:53Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Ockeghem Choir of San Francisco 1978: Missa Au Travail Suis Our choir presented 15th-Century Flemish composer Johannes Ockeghem's M. Au Travail Suis at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Berkeley on April [--] [----] the same evening as his Requiem.* That night was the group's final public performance and it was our best. Yes there were imperfections -- a vocal section not blending as tightly here a breath not executed cleanly there but minor in the overall. We were a bunch of friends doing what we loved not hired professionals whose commercial recordings failed miserably to do the music justice. And"
YouTube Link 2024-02-26T08:08Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Quentin Crisp Collection on Letterman 1982-83 By request: All of Quentin Crisp's appearances on Late Night: [--]. March [--] [----] [--]. April [--] [----] [--]. August [--] [----] [--]. July [--] [----] Quentin Crisp Quentin Crisp"
YouTube Link 2018-03-11T03:24Z 250K followers, 427.1K engagements
"The Fugitive Guy Collection on Letterman 1985-87 There were eight episodes of Chris Elliott's "The Fugitive Guy" on Late Night. Included here are the episodes plus all visits and references by Chris to his show. With lead players Matt Wickline as the one-legged guy Sandy Frank as security and assistant and Paula Niedert as Chris's wife. [--]. July [--] [----] (taped June 5): The character is introduced. [--]. June [--] 1985: Chris visits 1; Jury Duty and plug for the pilot episode. [--]. June [--] 1985: Episode #1: "Music Soothes The Savage Killer." [--]. June [--] 1985: #2: "Cue For Murder." [--]. July [--] 1985: #3:"
YouTube Link 2017-11-27T05:03Z 250K followers, 207.9K engagements
"John Richard Ronsheim (19271997) A Life in Music and Photos - Revised This is a revised video tribute to an extraordinary music professor I was fortunate to know when I attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio from [----] until [----]. All of the music selected here were staples in John's music courses except for his own composition "Easter - Wings" and the two choral performances: [--]. Louis Moreau Gottschalk - "The Banjo" Op. [--] (1853) [--]. Charles Ives - "Decoration Day" (1912) [--]. John Ronsheim - "Easter - Wings" (1964) [--]. Charlie Parker - "Ko-Ko" (1946) [--]. Richard Wagner - Love Duet from"
YouTube Link 2024-12-27T07:22Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Jim Carrey's First Appearance on Letterman July [--] [----] Jim Carrey's first of two Late Night appearances. His second was seven years later in [----]. Jim Carrey Jim Carrey"
YouTube Link 2018-12-01T21:52Z 250K followers, 13.2M engagements
"A David Letterman Talk Show Narrative Part [--] of 4: Transition from NBC to CBS The Letterman Podcast's host Mike Chisholm asked if I might put something together to help commemorate his 100th episode. Rather than select highlights and best-of conversations I decided to try to craft a behind-the-scenes narrative of Daves talk show history as told by many of Mikes podcast guests the writers producers musicians and network executives who worked for and with Dave throughout his 35-year tenure at NBC and CBS. The narrative is distributed in four parts: Part 1: Late Night on NBC 1982-1993 -"
YouTube Link 2023-12-19T19:26Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"The Letterman Faces Project Part 2: [--------] Sure I like the Faces thing. Go nuts W.K. January [--] [----] In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Dave's final network broadcast. I'm presenting it now because reasons. [----]. That's the number of Late Shows Dave hosted between August [--] [----] and May [--] [----]. Every one of them is represented here in chronological order with a screen capture of Dave sitting behind his desk (or in some instances on a deskless chair when the show went to different one-off locations) looking directly at the camera. Not as tedious as one might imagine. More like"
YouTube Link 2025-05-02T00:33Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Barbara Walters Interviews David Letterman January [--] [----] Barbara Walters interviews Dave. Originally aired on the alphabet channel January [--] [----] this is the extended cut that a cable network broadcast on February [--] [----]. This version edited out all Late Night footage that was included in the original air. The original version can be found elsewhere on YT"
YouTube Link 2022-12-31T03:55Z 250K followers, 46.1K engagements
"Chris Elliott's Friday Night Videos Collection 1987-88 Here are (presumably) all of Chris Elliott's guest-host appearances on Friday Night Videos plus promos that preceded the shows during the half-hour breaks on Johnny and Dave. One can see the evolution (or devolution) of Chris's acting persona here from being himself on the first show along with occasional portrayals of other characters first developed on Late Night; to creating a fictitious family on the second; to finally going Full Brando on the third. [--]. April [--] [----]. Chris as himself the Watercolor Painter; Marv Albert; and Paul"
YouTube Link 2023-03-05T00:43Z 250K followers, 25.5K engagements
"First Stupid Pet Tricks on The David Letterman Show June [--] [----] On February [--] [----] Merrill Markoe held a book reading/Q&A in Berkeley. One of the audience members Katherine Ann Freeman reported back a few days later: "Merrill revealed the Holy Grail: the exact moment Stupid Pet Tricks was born. One night years and years ago she was hanging out with a bunch of Berkeley friends and they were all strapped for cash. Seeking cheap entertainment they put socks on the friends' Doberman pinscher. The dog in socks became the evening's entertainment and the rest is history." On the fourth day of the"
YouTube Link 2017-07-22T23:35Z 250K followers, 215.4K engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller Just Started Learning "Just Started Learning" had a twenty-year gestation before it was finally completed in [----]. Its initial ideas were conceived in January [----] with a tune Tad and I had both worked on called "Islands in the Sky." Tad reworked the song in mid-'92 in San Francisco and then again towards the end of that year. He recorded it on his home 4-track cassette player with two vocals and two guitars with a drum machine underneath one of them. The bridge was the only section salvaged from "Islands." In the Spring of [----] I transferred the four tracks into the"
YouTube Link 2023-04-10T02:32Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"The Regulator Guy Collection on Letterman [----] Chris Elliott's next extended-running character after "The Fugitive Guy." [--]. February [--] 1986: Promo #1 [--]. February [--] 1986: Promo #1 again and panel with Chris (clip includes his wife Paula Neidert) [--]. February [--] 1986: Promo #2 [--]. February [--] 1986: Promo #3 [--]. February [--] 1986: Preempted #1 [--]. March [--] 1986: Promo #4 [--]. March [--] 1986: Preempted #2 [--]. March [--] 1986: Promo #5 [--]. March [--] 1986: Promo #6 [--]. March [--] 1986: "The Omega Men" interrupted by Bob Jamieson bulletin [--]. April [--] 1986: Promo #7 [--]. April [--] 1986: Promo #8 [--]. April [--] 1986:"
YouTube Link 2017-12-02T21:21Z 250K followers, 43.6K engagements
"Sandra Bernhard Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1983-85 Sandra Bernhard Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1983-85 Requested by many. [--]. February [--] [----]. Promoting "The King of Comedy." (clip deleted due to copyright caution) [--]. June [--] [----]. Appearing at NYC Caroline's comedy club. [--]. July [--] [----]. Long Island's My Father's Place. [--]. August [--] [----]. Woodstock's Joyous Lake. [--]. September [--] [----]. Caroline's. [--]. December [--] [----]. New Year's Eve appearance at Rochester's Red Creek Inn. [--]. March [--] [----] (Custom-made Show #2). Town Hall; moving to L.A. [--]. November [--] [----]. The Bottom Line."
YouTube Link 2019-07-18T07:38Z 250K followers, 160.2K engagements
"Tad Lathrop and Don Giller Husted Story NYC July [--] [----] Fifty years ago this coming July Tad Lathrop his high-school-and-beyond best friend Steve Kelly and I recorded this Lathrop/Giller tune in a townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where Tad and I had been house-sitting. It was conveniently next door to Steves place where he was living with his dad Pogos Walt Kelly. During that summer of [--] in between quarters at Antioch College Tad and I decided to get serious with our music-making. We wrote quite a number of songs both instrumental and with lyrics in that townhouse and earlier"
YouTube Link 2022-05-17T06:48Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"SCTV Cast Members on Letterman and Carson Part [--] of 12: 1992-1993 All television and film promotional clips deleted due to copyright caution. Late Night except where noted: 1992: [--]. May [--] [----]. Martin Short on The Tonight Show: "Clifford"; "Captain Ron" (at this point titled "The Wanderer"); with Teri Garr and Michael Keaton. A week before Johnny's finale. [--]. July [--] [----]. Catherine O'Hara: upcoming "Home Alone 2"; recently married. [--]. September [--] [----]. Martin Short: "Captain Ron." Instead of Martin's customary walk-on music of either Julian Lennon's "Valotte" or "Too Late for Goodbyes""
YouTube Link 2021-08-03T18:04Z 250K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Ask Mr. Melman Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1983-84 On March [--] [----] "Dr." Bernard Meltzer appeared as a guest on Late Night. (He insisted on being addressed as "Doctor" while acknowledging that it was from a PhD in Economics.) At the time he was hosting a local evening call-in radio show called "What's Your Problem" offering advice on any and all topics asked by home callers. Dave and Merrill would listen to his show on their way home from a Late Night taping. "It made us laugh how Meltzer felt he had useful answers to questions on such a wide variety of topics everything from home"
YouTube Link 2020-09-13T21:00Z 250K followers, 34.7K engagements
"A David Letterman Talk Show Narrative Part [--] of 4: Late Show The Letterman Podcast's host Mike Chisholm asked if I might put something together to help commemorate his 100th episode. Rather than select highlights and best-of conversations I decided to try to craft a behind-the-scenes narrative of Daves talk show history as told by many of Mikes podcast guests the writers producers musicians and network executives who worked for and with Dave throughout his 35-year tenure at NBC and CBS. The narrative is distributed in four parts: Part 1: Late Night on NBC 1982-1993 -"
YouTube Link 2023-12-19T19:26Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Gordon Cooper Phone Calls Collection on Letterman [----] [----] (Edited) Beginning in early [----] Mercury Astronaut Col. Gordon Cooper began "calling in" to the show to add his two cents thanking honoring advising bemoaning lecturing about whatever was occurring on the show at the moment "as if he were a bit of an unpredictable nuisance" (Late Night Head-Writer Steve O'Donnell). In a phone call seventeen years ago Steve told me that he remembers that the original idea for the calls came from fellow writer Matt Wickline. Steve would phone Col. Cooper then living in Colorado and ask if he would"
YouTube Link 2017-09-02T18:07Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"The Musicians on Late Show with David Letterman 1993-2015 New blog essay: The Musicians on Late Show with David Letterman featuring a brief history of the band and loads of PDF spreadsheets containing full rosters of performers song titles band sit-ins and subs. Music track: Tad Lathrop and Don Giller "Untitled Idea" May [--] [----]. [----] Stomp-on-Henry Productions https://donzblog.home.blog/2022/09/20/the-musicians-on-late-show-with-david-letterman/"
YouTube Link 2022-09-21T01:48Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"John Lennon Paul McCartney on The Tonight Show May [--] [----] Complete Audio The history is well known: John and Paul guested on The Tonight Show while in New York City to promote their new self-managed enterprise Apple. Unfortunately that night Joe Garagiola was guest-hosting for Johnny Carson and unbelievably his first guest was long-faded actress but now just known-for-being-known Tallulah Bankhead. Both John and Paul were disgusted and embarrassed with the appearance as Joe presented them with the most inane questions they'd been asked over a thousand times before questions more suited for"
YouTube Link 2024-06-30T04:38Z 250K followers, 79.3K engagements
"Kids Show & Tell on Letterman November [--] [----] Once again proving that the kids love Dave"
YouTube Link 2018-11-23T21:30Z 250K followers, 139.8K engagements
"Art Donovan on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson April [--] [----] I was sure someone would have uploaded this by now but it looks like no one has yet. Art had been on Dave's Late Night ten times before his first Tonight Show appearance in January [----] so the TS bookers decided to get on the bandwagon. This was Art's second guest appearance on Johnny and it was notable at the time for certain words that the censors evidently allowed to slip through"
YouTube Link 2023-06-18T00:23Z 250K followers, 83.7K engagements
"Brother Theodore Complete Collection on Letterman 1982-89 The complete collection of Brother Theodore's Late Night appearances plus a bonus: [--]. September [--] [----] (taped September 2) [--]. October [--] [----] [--]. February [--] [----] (taped February 2) [--]. May [--] [----] [--]. July [--] [----] (taped July 7) [--]. September [--] [----] [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. May [--] [----] (will replace when a better video turns up) [--]. September [--] [----] [--]. October [--] 1984: cameo bumper [--]. December [--] [----] [--]. July [--] [----] (taped June 3) [--]. October [--] [----] (taped October 14) [--]. September [--] [----] (with Billy Joel sitting in with Paul) 15."
YouTube Link 2017-06-18T18:13Z 250K followers, 585.2K engagements
"The Panicky Guy Collection [----] Revised Chris Elliott in his second running character The Panicky Guy. It ran for [--] episodes on Late Night that began on April [--] [----] and ended two months later on June [--]. [--]. April [--] 1984: Chris debuts his new character during Dave's Opening Remarks followed by a more formal introduction and schedule for future episodes later in Act [--] with a phone call from former astronaut Col. Gordon Cooper. (sorry for the poor video quality) [--]. April [--] 1984: Act [--]. Chris's heart isn't in it and a telegram and another call from Gordon Cooper [--]. May [--] 1984: during Viewer"
YouTube Link 2016-04-24T17:26Z 250K followers, 99.1K engagements
"Ask Mr. Melman Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1987-1992 For an explanation on the origins of "Ask Mr. Melman" see the description to Part [--] uploaded here: https://youtu.be/bgeygNHLL9I [--]. January [--] [----]. The gift: a hundred packs of gum. [--]. February [--] [----]. Again a hundred packs of gum. [--]. March [--] [----]. Ask The Big Man. A Steve O'Donnell creation. Gift: a 3-liter bottle of soda. [--]. April [--] [----]. Ask The Big Man. Gift: $6 and $11. [--]. April [--] [----]. The Big Man in Peace Through Dramatization Players skit. [--]. May [--] [----]. Ask The Big Man. Gift: A bucket of nickels. [--]. July [--] 1987."
YouTube Link 2020-09-16T04:21Z 250K followers, 51.7K engagements
"Jack Hanna Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 11: 2009-2010 Jack Hanna appeared on Dave's Late Night and Late Show [---] times. Here are all of them split into eleven parts plus some extras. A separate blog post will have detailed descriptions. Included will be animal stats and entries from Michael McIntee's "Wahoo Gazettes." This is for Jack and his family. May they find some comfort and laughter. Late Show: [--]. March [--] [----]. [--]. June [--] [----]. [--]. September [--] [----]. [--]. November [--] [----]. [--]. February [--] [----]. [--]. May [--] [----]. [--]. September [--] 2010"
YouTube Link 2021-04-25T19:36Z 250K followers, 274.5K engagements
"Tom Shales on Later (1991) and Late Late Show (1997) Two late night conversations with TV critic icon Tom Shales who passed away at [--] yesterday January [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] 1991: Later with Bob Costas. Tom is [--] here. [--]. July [--] 1997: Late Late Show with guest-host Jon Stewart. Tom at [--]. Sorry about the overall quality of the Costas video. It tracks better on another VCR that's no longer functional. The Late Late Show appearance is shared here by kind permission of Worldwide Pants Inc"
YouTube Link 2024-01-14T20:25Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "I Don't Want to Hear It" (November [--] 1972) Tad and my early acoustic period hit its peak with a concert at our home college Antioch exactly [--] years ago tonight. Towards the end of the evening something special clicked when we performed "I Don't Want to Hear It." Tad had composed the song in June [----]. "I remember coming up with the main melody and chords for 'I Don't Want to Hear It' at 12th Street in NYC sitting at the desk in my boyhood bedroom and feeling a surge of rightness." (Email from Tad Apriil 2003) Tad quickly recorded it at a relatively fast tempo with"
YouTube Link 2022-11-29T18:32Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1982-89 This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part [--]. [--]. March [--] 1982* [--]. January [--] [----] [--]. November [--] [----] [--]. January [--] [----]. Roger Ebert only [--]. September [--] [----] [--]. October [--] [----]. Viewer Mail [--]. October [--] [----]. New Halloween Costumes [--]. August [--] [----]. Viewer Mail [--]. May [--] [----]. Chicago cameo backstage [--]. May [--] [----]. Chicago Wacky Props [--]. September [--] [----] Previously uploaded: *March [--] 1982: https://youtu.be/-B11ZP8_Xus Other Parts here: Part 2: 1990-91 - https://youtu.be/SS6O1AoGtAI Part 3: 1992-93 -"
YouTube Link 2019-07-22T18:44Z 250K followers, 194K engagements
"Werner Herzog on Letterman October [--] [----] By request: Werner Herzog's first television interview here promoting his film "Fitzcarraldo" (clip deleted here for copyright caution). Werner Herzog Werner Herzog"
YouTube Link 2016-09-21T16:54Z 250K followers, 374.6K engagements
"Rupert Jee Retires: A Tribute Featuring screen captures of every one of Rupert's [---] Late Show appearances presented here in chronological order from September [--] 1993's "Meet the Neighbors" (Late Show #16) to the penultimate show on May [--] [----] (#4213). The CBS Orchestra's performance of Ian Hunter's "Central Park n' West" comes from the break music of September [--] [----] (the beginning) and July [--] [----] (the rest). The music to the closing photo of Rupert and me (from May [--] 2015) comes from a Rockabilly sample my musical partner Tad Lathrop and I recorded in late [----]. Late Show audio and"
YouTube Link 2023-10-07T01:00Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Ockeghem Choir of San Francisco 1977: Intemerata Dei Mater Johannes Ockeghem's "Intemerata Dei Mater" motet consists of five voice parts each their own fully-realized entity but when combined with the others form one of the densest compositions of the 15th century no pauses in sight until the end of its three sections. Its contrapuntal richness and spiritual depth are unmatched within its time. It's also extremely difficult to perform. Sharp ears will recognize the "Mi-Mi" motif in the lower voice at the very beginning. All of the recordings of this piece on YouTube consist of soloists for"
YouTube Link 2024-12-05T06:07Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Cecil Taylor Unit Live at Antioch College April [--] [----] I vividly remember that Saturday April [--] [----]. The Spring quarter at Antioch College had just begun earlier that week; I had flown into Dayton Ohio the previous Monday and had gotten a ride to campus. It was the last quarter of my second year there having recently turned [--]. I didn't know what I was in for when the college's radio station WYSO-FM asked me to record Saturday's day and night concerts in Kelly Hall. The afternoon featured the Lake Mendota Players of the University of Wisconsin Jazz Ensemble organized by Cecil Taylor then"
YouTube Link 2024-06-18T06:37Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Dave Slices Finger on LNwDL March [--] [----] Kitchen gadget pitchman Arnold Morris demos his products and warns Dave not to slice too deep but to little avail. Network Nurse Mary Ellen McCann arrives to mend Dave's wound while Arnold carries on with his pitch. Arnold Morris Mary Ellen McCann Arnold Morris Mary Ellen McCann"
YouTube Link 2018-01-01T02:53Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"The New Bremen Town Musicians: "How Great Thou Art" This is a companion video that closes a blog essay I wrote about my 6th-grade teacher in 1962-63 Eleanor Lindner. I wanted to share what I knew about this remarkable woman and I ended up getting invaluable help from her children Marged Dan and Rick all now in their late 70s and early 80s. (Eleanor passed away in 1996.) I had learned that Eleanor would play and sing hymns on the family piano back in the '50s and one of her favorites was "How Great Thou Art." I had further learned that Dan and Rick -- Vermont's preeminent bluegrass performers"
YouTube Link 2023-08-29T03:44Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"The Conspiracy Guy Collection 1983-84 The Conspiracy Guy was Chris Elliott's first running character that ran for seven episodes on Late Night from October [--] [----] until January [--] [----]. The security thugs who dragged him away were Late Night writers Joe Toplyn and Sandy Frank. [--]. October [--] 1983: first introduced during a Viewer Mail segment [--]. November [--] 1983: as part of a segment called "Reasons for Editing the Show" [--]. November [--] 1983: as part of "Who Asked For It" [--]. November [--] 1983: in the beginning of Dave's opening remarks [--]. December [--] 1983: again during Dave's opening remarks; the"
YouTube Link 2016-04-23T23:19Z 250K followers, 100.1K engagements
"A David Letterman Talk Show Narrative Part [--] of 4: Epilogue and Bonus Clips The Letterman Podcast's host Mike Chisholm asked if I might put something together to help commemorate his 100th episode. Rather than select highlights and best-of conversations I decided to try to craft a behind-the-scenes narrative of Daves talk show history as told by many of Mikes podcast guests the writers producers musicians and network executives who worked for and with Dave throughout his 35-year tenure at NBC and CBS. The narrative is distributed in four parts: Part 1: Late Night on NBC 1982-1993 -"
YouTube Link 2023-12-19T19:26Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Father Biff Collection on Letterman Autumn [----] Here are the nine Father Biff segments that aired on Late Night from September [--] to November [--] [----]. Featuring Biff Henderson Edd Hall David Rygalski Kathy Michelcik Mavrakakis and Jerry Vale. [--]. September 19: Father Biff is introduced. [--]. September 20: with punk Edd Hall* [--]. September 21: with punks Edd Hall and David Rygalski - stealing candles [--]. September 22: with punks Edd and David - rolling dice [--]. October 3: with punks Edd and David - stealing from poor box [--]. October 10: with punks Edd and David - spray-painting [--]. October 27: with"
YouTube Link 2017-10-20T03:47Z 247K followers, [----] engagements
"David Letterman and Conan O'Brien Part 2: 2010-2012 David Letterman and Conan O'Brien Part 2: 2010-2012 September [--] [----] marks Conan O'Brien's 25th year on late night television. Here's a two-part Dave/Conan compilation to commemorate the milestone. Part [--] documents Dave's and Conan's interactions on each other's shows from [----] to [----] followed by Dave's reactions when Conan was awarded The Tonight Show in [----] and then finally took over the show in [----]. Part [--] is here: https://youtu.be/aAcOHwtq__E In the absence of further appearances Part [--] is devoted mostly to Dave's gags and running"
YouTube Link 2018-08-28T19:17Z 249K followers, 3.6M engagements
"Lulu Cash Gibson (Child Genius) on Letterman December [--] [----] By request. Four-year-old child genius Lulu Cash Gibson guests on Late Night after having flown in from London two weeks earlier but was bumped. Into the break the band plays of course "To Sir With Love.""
YouTube Link 2017-06-27T22:38Z 250K followers, 2M engagements
"Gene Autry on Letterman August [--] [----] Gene Autry's only appearance on Late Night. I had to edit out both film clips due to copyright issues"
YouTube Link 2017-04-04T03:36Z 249K followers, 134.2K engagements
"Fran Lebowitz Collection on Letterman 1980-2010 The David Letterman Show: [--]. June [--] [----]. Recent book Metropolitan Life (1978). Late Night: [--]. June [--] [----]. Social Studies (1981). [--]. August [--] [----]. [--]. September [--] [----]. [--]. December [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. May [--] [----]. [--]. July [--] [----]. The previous guest to which Dave and Fran were referring was surprise walk-on Mary Tyler Moore. [--]. October [--] [----]. Plus Cold Open with Dave John Candy and Fran. [--]. December [--] [----]. [--]. September [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. August [--] [----]. [--]. November [--] [----]. Late Show:"
YouTube Link 2021-01-11T17:27Z 248K followers, 848K engagements
"Jack Hanna Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 11: 2006-2008 Jack Hanna appeared on Dave's Late Night and Late Show [---] times. Here are all of them split into eleven parts plus some extras. A separate blog post will have detailed descriptions. Included will be animal stats and entries from Michael McIntee's "Wahoo Gazettes." This is for Jack and his family. May they find some comfort and laughter. Late Show: [--]. February [--] [----]. With Amanda Peet. [--]. May [--] [----]. [--]. November [--] [----]. [--]. February [--] [----]. [----]. May [--] [----]. Late Show Art Director Jason Kirschner displays a bird one day too"
YouTube Link 2021-04-25T18:59Z 249K followers, 757.5K engagements
"Walter Swan 1-Book Store Owner on Letterman June [--] [----] Walter Swan wrote a book. No store would carry it. So he opened up his own bookstore its inventory consisting only of his book"
YouTube Link 2018-01-23T20:15Z 249K followers, [----] engagements
"Chris Elliott as Marlon Brando Collection on Letterman 1987-88 Here's the complete collection of Chris Elliott as Marlon Brando from July [--] [----] until January [--] [----]. There were [--] episodes; I added one more clip from November [--] for reasons that will hopefully be apparent. The video quality varies from episode to episode. If better sources turn up I'll put together an upgraded version. Comments about the character from Chris: "Later with Bob Costas" 6/22/89: Chris: Of that series The Guy Under the Seats was my favorite character. he was the most performance-art-oriented of the stuff I did."
YouTube Link 2017-02-24T18:09Z 248K followers, 560.5K engagements
"Nanci Griffith Collection on Letterman 1988-2005 Late Night: [--]. August [--] [----]. "From a Distance." Network television debut. With Will Lee vocal harmony. Composed by Julie Gold performed here two years before Bette Midler's massive hit. [--]. September [--] [----]. "Drive-in Movies and Dashboard Lights." With backup vocalists Denice Franks and Douglas Hudson. [--]. March [--] [----]. "You Made This Love a Teardrop" and chat with Dave. With Will Lee vocal harmony. [--]. May [--] [----]. "It's Just Another Morning Here" and chat with Dave. With Will Lee and Paul Shaffer vocal harmony. [--]. November [--] [----]. "Hometown"
YouTube Link 2021-08-14T06:10Z 233K followers, 287.7K engagements
"George Miller Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1994-2002 Late Show: [--]. January [--] [----]. Stand-up only. For the first and only time George performs in a suit and tie. And groomed hair. [--]. June [--] [----]. Stand-up only. [--]. February [--] [----]. The True Stupid Stuff Comedian gimmick. [--]. July [--] [----]. The Getting Older Comedian gimmick. [--]. August [--] [----]. [--]. December [--] [----]. The Guy Who Doesn't Know What's Going On gimmick. [--]. April [--] [----]. The Presumptuous Comedian gimmick. [--]. June [--] [----]. [--]. October [--] [----]. Stand-up and short chat. [--]. March [--] [----]. The Investigative Comic gimmick. 58."
YouTube Link 2020-10-20T23:13Z 248K followers, 53K engagements
"Veronica Harrington on Letterman March [--] [----] By request: Six-year-old Veronica Harrington displays her ham radio skills"
YouTube Link 2016-05-01T05:02Z 249K followers, 177.8K engagements
"David Letterman on Later with Bob Costas January [--] [----] Unedited The full unedited interview including pre-and post-footage. There were three cameras utilized each with its corresponding videotape: one focused on Dave one on Bob and a center shot covering both. I synced the first and third together as a split-screen because one camera captured footage and angles the other didn't and vice versa as you'll see. (I didn't have the isolated camera on Bob.) The taping took place on January [--] [----] the night after Dave had taped his own Late Night which had included a two-segment appearance with"
YouTube Link 2017-03-06T01:58Z 247K followers, 121.6K engagements
"Monty Python on Letterman Part 1: [----] re-upped The earlier version of this upload from November [----] was blocked due to film and television copyright restrictions. This version omits all film and television clips to avoid further blocks. [--]. Terry Gilliam: February [--] [----]. Promotes "Time Bandits."2. Graham Chapman: April [--] [----]. Promotes "The Meaning of Life" to begin filming in July.3. Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman: June [--] [----]. Promote "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" and upcoming reissue of "Jabberwocky."4. Michael Palin: November [--] [----]. Promotes "The Missionary."5. Terry"
YouTube Link 2019-07-05T18:19Z 248K followers, 168.3K engagements
"Tom ("Biff") Wilson Collection on Letterman [----] By request. In honor of November [--] [----]. [--]. February [--] [----]. "Back to the Future II." [--]. May [--] [----]. "Back to the Future III.""
YouTube Link 2019-11-12T19:14Z 249K followers, 233.2K engagements
"Meg Parsont Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: [----] Meg Parsont worked in the Publicity Department at Pocket Books in the Simon & Schuster building across the street from [--] Rock. Dave chatted with her on the phone [--] times on the bird network and then once on his CBS show. Here are all of her appearances in three parts. Part 2: [----] 1991: [--]. January [--]. Paint. [--]. February [--]. Billy Dee Williams. [--]. March [--]. Flowers Dwight. [--]. May [--]. Horseback ride. [--]. June [--]. Toilet paper rolls. [--]. July [--]. Nerf balls. [--]. September [--]. Wedding. [--]. October [--]. Top Ten list; Leonard Tepper's first"
YouTube Link 2019-04-07T16:31Z 248K followers, 209.6K engagements
"Otis Blackwell on Letterman January [--] [----] Legendary songwriter Otis Blackwell first chats with Dave then performs one of his classics "Don't Be Cruel.""
YouTube Link 2017-09-22T02:28Z 249K followers, 100.9K engagements
"Zsa Zsa Gabor on Letterman November [--] [----] Zsa Zsa's first of three guest appearances on the show"
YouTube Link 2016-12-19T01:14Z 247K followers, 123.8K engagements
"Jerry Garcia Bob Weir on Letterman October [--] [----] (stereo) Jerry and Bob perform "I Second That Emotion" here in glorious stereo. The rehearsal has been graciously uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=gGeibRBQ01g"
YouTube Link 2017-09-22T02:34Z 250K followers, 137.9K engagements
"Talk Show Hosts Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 7: Merv Griffin This is my own supplementary material to the six-part documentary "The Story of Late Night" that will air on CNN. I selected seven talk-show hosts who had guested on Dave. Fifth up: Merv Griffin. The David Letterman Show: [--]. September [--] [----]. Book: Merv. Late Night: [--]. November [--] [----]. Book: _ From Where I Sit: Merv Griffin's Book of People. Later joined by Brooke Shields. [--]. August [--] [----]. Dave mentions Merv's last show. Late Show: [--]. [----] to 1998: Montage of Dave wondering if Merv is still alive: November [--] 1995."
YouTube Link 2021-02-07T02:33Z 250K followers, 68.1K engagements
"Los Lobos Collection on Letterman 1991-2004 Los Lobos's seven music performances on Dave's Late Night and Late Show plus a music video created by Paul Shaffer in tribute to a cable-car driver in San Francisco. Late Night: [--]. August [--] [----]. "The Neighborhood" [--]. June [--] [----]. "Reva's House" [--]. December [--] [----]. "Dream in Blue" Late Show: [--]. November [--] [----]. "Peace" [--]. April [--] [----]. "Mas Y Mas" [--]. May [--] [----]. Cameo in "Guadalajara Guido" Music Video [--]. July [--] [----]. "This Time" [--]. June [--] [----]. "Charmed""
YouTube Link 2020-02-11T19:27Z 249K followers, 55.6K engagements
"Marilyn Mach Vos Savant on Letterman March [--] [----] The night before Dave announces Marilyn Mach Vos Savant's upcoming appearance doubting her status as "the smartest woman in the world." Then the night of her appearance"
YouTube Link 2016-07-16T00:00Z 250K followers, 2.8M engagements
"Sandra Bernhard Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1986-88 [--]. February [--] [----]. The Whoopee Boys." [--]. July [--] [----]. "Elle" magazine. [--]. September [--] [----]. With Zippy. Chicago's Park West. [--]. October [--] [----]. Hosting "New Music Awards." [--]. December [--] [----]. Boston's "The Paradise." [--]. January [--] [----]. My Father's Place. [--]. July [--] [----]. Hosting "Friday Night Videos." [--]. November [--] [----]. Soon performing on Off-Brodway "Without You I'm Nothing" [--]. February [--] [----]. "Without You I'm Nothing." [--]. July [--] [----]. With Madonna. "Without You I'm Nothing." (Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killer"
YouTube Link 2019-07-18T07:39Z 248K followers, 124.5K engagements
"Paul Simon on Letterman May [--] [----] In one of the very few Dave shows that featured just one guest the complete Paul Simon appearance with solo performances of "The Late Great Johnny Ace" (interrupted by a stuck string) and an unfinished "Citizen of the Planet.""
YouTube Link 2017-06-18T16:09Z 233K followers, 1.1M engagements
"Spinal Tap Collection on Letterman 1982-93 All "Spinal Tap"- related segments on LNwDL. Plus Harry Shearer's industrial film shown on the first Film Festival featuring Michael McKean and Christopher Guest. Note: Harry Shearer appeared on the show eleven times but "Spinal Tap" came up only twice the second only in passing; both mentions are included here. I'll eventually put up a complete Harry Shearer/Dave collection. [--]. December [--] [----]. Paul Shaffer. [--]. February [--] [----]. Billy Crystal. [--]. December [--] [----] (taped Dec. 12). Harry Shearer. [--]. February [--] [----]. Rob Reiner. [--]. March [--] [----]. Paul"
YouTube Link 2019-05-08T08:28Z 250K followers, 657.2K engagements
"Juggler/Comic Michael Davis Collection on Letterman 1983-86 By request: All of Michael Davis's Late Night appearances. [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. November [--] [----] (bumped from June 16) - we learn that Dave juggles [--]. March [--] 1986"
YouTube Link 2018-05-25T03:17Z 249K followers, 437.5K engagements
"Diane Keaton on Letterman April [--] [----] Diane Keaton makes her second guest appearance on the show here promoting the new film she directed "Heaven" (clip edited out here due to copyright caution)"
YouTube Link 2016-10-07T18:23Z 249K followers, 114K engagements
"Captain Beefheart on Letterman November [--] [----] Don Van Vliet makes his first of two guest appearances on Late Night. Before he's introduced a surprise Bob Hope Sandwich Walk-On with Late Night writer Steve O'Donnell"
YouTube Link 2016-06-13T01:19Z 248K followers, 586.5K engagements
"The David Letterman Show October [--] [----] (final full) The final episode of The David Letterman Show with the original commercials included. This comes from KCRA the NBC affiliate in Sacramento. With guests Wil Shriner Edwin Newman and Frank Owens. Plus Viewer Mail (including one by Barbara Gaines); the final installment of Coffee Cup Theatre; Stupid Writer Tricks with Gerard Mulligan and Merrill Markoe; a tour of the studio to thank the staff; and a special closing segment with Harve Mann and the giant playing cards of among others Edd Hall Marie O'Donnell Barbara Gaines and Brian McAloon."
YouTube Link 2017-07-22T06:00Z 250K followers, 90.8K engagements
"Roy Rogers on Letterman June [--] [----] Roy Rogers' only appearance on Late Night"
YouTube Link 2017-04-04T01:49Z 249K followers, 481.1K engagements
"Vespucci Films on Letterman February [--] [----] A look at Vespucci Films presented by Late Night writers Karl Tiedemann and Stephen Winer on February [--] [----]. And an early promo for Melman Buslines with Bill Wendell's voice-over"
YouTube Link 2015-10-11T17:43Z 248K followers, [---] engagements
"Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1990-91 This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part [--]. [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. October [--] [----] [--]. March [--] [----] [--]. March [--] [----]. Dave and Michael J. Fox talk about Siskel & Ebert. [--]. June [--] [----] [--]. June [--] [----]. Advice for Paul. [--]. July [--] [----]. Reviews to Dave's story. [--]. November [--] [----] Other Parts here: Part 1: 1982-89 - https://youtu.be/qfFG6YdayX4 Part 3: 1992-93 - https://youtu.be/ZDXtGhbxZmU Part 4: [----] - https://youtu.be/-NYARpevi-k Part 5: 1995-96 - https://youtu.be/kqdbJwo8qgI Part 6: 1997-2000 -"
YouTube Link 2019-07-22T22:29Z 250K followers, 110.5K engagements
"Point-of-Views Collection on Letterman 1982-83 The Point-of-View concept began on Dave's morning show in [----] and then continued and expanded on Late Night. Here are the Late Night segments: [--]. February [--] 1982: Dave's Point-of-View With Sandra Furton Candy Carell Pete Fatovich Barry Sand Dency Nelson Merrill Markoe and Calvert DeForest [--]. February [--] 1982: Audience Point-of-View With Pete Fatovich [--]. August [--] 1982: Guest Point-of-View With Howard Taylor Candy Carell Robert Morton Captain Haggerty Barry Sand and Dency Nelson [--]. October [--] 1982: Paul Point-of View With Dency Nelson Will Lee"
YouTube Link 2017-12-15T02:59Z 248K followers, [----] engagements
"Peter O'Toole on Letterman April [--] [----] Taped the week before April [--]. O'Toole's first appearance on the show. It took a while for him orient himself not certain where he was what day it was and who Dave was"
YouTube Link 2016-06-07T17:50Z 248K followers, 729.2K engagements
"Basia "Copernicus" on Letterman November [--] [----] By request"
YouTube Link 2018-12-01T08:07Z 250K followers, 106.9K engagements
"Stephen King on Letterman April [--] [----] Stephen promotes his new film "Creepshow." With photos from the film of E.G. Marshall Leslie Nielsen and a pre-Cheers Ted Danson"
YouTube Link 2019-04-13T04:44Z 249K followers, 284.5K engagements
"Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1992-93 This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part [--]. [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. May [--] [----]. Viewer Mail [--]. September [--] [----] [--]. November [--] [----]. Celebrity audience [--]. December [--] [----]. Remote: Dave and Biff at Acting School [--]. January [--] [----] [--]. January [--] [----] Gene Siskel after Dave's press conference on move to CBS.** Late Show: [--]. September [--] [----]. Cold Open & guest [--]. October [--] [----]. Celebrity Audience Previously uploaded: **January [--] 1993: https://youtu.be/cSZyBzDw040 Other Parts here: Part 1: 1982-89 -"
YouTube Link 2019-07-23T04:18Z 250K followers, 93.1K engagements
"Steely Dan on Late Show [----] and [----] (stereo) Steely Dan performed two times on Late Show: [--]. October [--] 1995: "Josie" [--]. March [--] 2000: "Cousin Dupree" Both performances in full and glorious stereo. For Walter"
YouTube Link 2017-09-04T05:11Z 248K followers, 2M engagements
"Jack Hanna Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 11: 2011-2012 Jack Hanna appeared on Dave's Late Night and Late Show [---] times. Here are all of them split into eleven parts plus some extras. A separate blog post will have detailed descriptions. Included will be animal stats and entries from Michael McIntee's "Wahoo Gazettes." This is for Jack and his family. May they find some comfort and laughter. Late Show: [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. [--]. September [--] [----]. [--]. October [--] [----]. Cameo: Animal Fun Facts [--]. [--]. October [--] [----]. Cameo: Animal Fun Facts [--]. [--]. October [--] [----]. Cameo:"
YouTube Link 2021-04-25T20:14Z 247K followers, 255K engagements
"Charles Grodin Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 7: 2000-03 Late Show continued: [--]. February [--] [----]. Backstage Show host with Julia Roberts and Regis Philbin while Dave recuperated from quintuple heart surgery. Late Show clips edited out. [--]. August [--] [----]. "60 Minutes II." [--]. December [--] [----]. "60 Minutes II." [--]. August [--] [----]. "60 Minutes II"; Play: "The Co-Opt Chronicles." (writer) [--]. May [--] [----]. "60 Minutes II"; Book: I Like It Better When You're Funny. [--]. January [--] [----]. The Charles Grodin/Don King comedy skit that was taped sometime before Charles' May [--] [----] guest"
YouTube Link 2021-06-07T05:34Z 248K followers, 52.4K engagements
"Marlon Brando Interview with Connie Chung Sept. [----] Complete Connie Chung interviewed Brando in September [----] and aired it on her show "Saturday Night with Connie Chung" on October [--]. Five months later on March [--] [----] she presented an expanded version of the interview shared here in full. Preceding the interview is a clip from Chris Elliott on "Later with Bob Costas December [--] [----]. Dave's reaction to Marlon's impression here: https://youtu.be/GmpR-QniFW8 Full Costas interview here: https://youtu.be/vnv5au4r_Kw Full Chris as Marlon Brando here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=6IjL-lxDXSk"
YouTube Link 2017-11-24T20:14Z 247K followers, 3.4M engagements
"Do DEMONS use people as portals Get our Book of Enoch audio: https://amzn.to/4aftwuc Get our Book of Enoch https://amzn.to/4gpV4yZ Video Episodes Drop Every Tuesday Website: blurrycreatures.com Blurry Creatures Socials https://www.tiktok.com/@blurrycreatures https://www.instagram.com/blurrycreatures https://www.facebook.com/blurrycreatures/ https://www.twitter.com/blurrycreatures/ Special Thanks for Platinum Members Joshua Drummond Maureen Munoz Amber Freeman Nicolle Benz Zach Mills Adam Dougherty Desiree Nichols Kate Logan Kimberly Lee Fayola Shakes Suzanna Wenzel Kent Denmark Michelle"
YouTube Link 2025-11-13T03:31Z 160K followers, 42.4K engagements
"Chris Elliott as Jay Leno + Followup on Letterman June October [----] By request: Chris first hints at his Leno impression towards the end of his portrayal as Mummenschanz's "Gunther" from June [--] [----]. He then goes full-Leno four months later on October [--]. Jay evens the score two weeks later on October 14"
YouTube Link 2017-05-06T23:05Z 248K followers, 736.6K engagements
"Top Ten "When Spoken or Sung by" Collection on Late Show 1994-2010 [--]. January [--] [----]. Words That Sound Great When Spoken by James Earl Jones. (1) [--]. November [--] [----] (Prime Time Special #1). Words That Sound Romantic When Spoken by Barry White. [--]. February [--] [----]. Things That Sound Better When Sung by a Barbershop Quartet (The Westchester Airs). (1) [--]. May [--] [----] (in London). Words That Sound Cool When Spoken by London's Town Crier (Peter Moore). [--]. October [--] [----]. Words that Sound Cool When Sung By an Opera Singer (Marilyn Horne). [--]. September [--] [----]. Things That Sound Cool When Sung by"
YouTube Link 2019-11-16T22:40Z 249K followers, 128K engagements
"Eddie Murphy Collection on Letterman 1984-2011 Late Night: [--]. December [--] [----]. Walk-on during George Miller's homebase segment. [--]. December [--] [----]. Promotes "Beverly Hills Cop" [--]. August [--] [----]. With Dick Cavett. [--]. December [--] [----]. "The Golden Child." [--]. July [--] [----] "Coming to America." [--]. November [--] [----]. "The Distinguished Gentleman." Late Show: [--]. May [--] [----]. "Beverly Hill Cops III." [--]. October [--] [----]. "Vampire in Brooklyn." [--]. May [--] [----]. "The Nutty Professor." [--]. January [--] [----]. "Metro." [--]. April [--] [----]. "Shrek Forever After." [--]. October [--] [----]. "Tower Heist." All film"
YouTube Link 2019-08-29T01:44Z 249K followers, 2.8M engagements
"Jay Leno on Letterman September [--] [----] By request: Jay Leno's 15th Late Night appearance here promoting his new project "Viva Late Night.""
YouTube Link 2017-09-13T15:05Z 248K followers, 263.9K engagements
"Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1995-96 This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part [--]. [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. March [--] [----]. Top Ten Nicknames for Dave [--]. July [--] [----] [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. February [--] [----]. WBBM: Gene Siskel reviews "The Late Shift" (yes that's Lester Holt) (courtesy Jack Demus) [--]. May [--] [----]. Siskel looks for Ebert [--]. June [--] [----] [--]. November [--] and [--] [----]. WBBM: Dave in Chicago (courtesy Jack Demus) [--]. November [--] [----]. Remote with Dennis Rodman***** Previously uploaded: *****November [--] 1996: https://youtu.be/8TUDx9CfIP0"
YouTube Link 2019-07-23T21:25Z 247K followers, 70.4K engagements
"5th Anniversary Special on Letterman February [--] [----] Taped the day before in SNL's studio 8-H. Preceded by a profile/interview on Entertainment Tonight February [--]. With stand-ups by Jay Leno and Carol Leifer and a performance by Joe Cocker and Wilson Pickett backed up by Rita Marley Bonnie Raitt and Judy Mowatt. And a Chris Elliott video retrospective. Sitting in with the World's Most Dangerous Band: Freddie Hubbard trumpet Clarence Clemons and Grover Washington Jr. saxophones Peter Frampton and Andy Summers guitars Felix Cavaliere and Herbie Hancock keyboards"
YouTube Link 2020-07-10T00:06Z 233K followers, 22K engagements
"Carson Letterman and Malkoff Mark Malkoff is publishing a book on Johnny Carson with a special focus on his 30-year run hosting "The Tonight Show." Its release date is October [--] [----] two days before the centennial of Johnny's birth. If there's anyone best qualified for such a task it's Mark. For eight years he hosted nearly [---] episodes of "The Carson Podcast" talking with hundreds of Johnny's guests and staffers gaining invaluable insights into every aspect of Johnny's television career. Soon after ending his podcast series Mark devoted four years collecting all of his podcast data and"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T04:01Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Gilda Radner on Letterman July [--] [----] + Gene Wilder [----] By request. Gilda's last appearance on Late Night here promoting her new film "Haunted Honeymoon" (clip edited out due to copyright caution). Three years later in the spring Gilda's husband Gene Wilder appeared on Later with Bob Costas to promote his new film with Richard Pryor "See No Evil Hear No Evil." Excerpted here is some discussion on Gilda and concern how she was doing as her cancer had returned six months earlier. The show aired May [--] [----]. Two weeks later while undergoing a CT scan Gilda fell into a coma and she passed away"
YouTube Link 2017-06-29T01:43Z 249K followers, 675K engagements
"Viewer Mail Collection on Letterman 1982: Part [--] of [--] To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Late Night with David Letterman's debut on February [--] [----] I'm launching a compilation series of all of the Viewer Mails that aired on the show. First up is [----] which is in two parts. The first covers the first half of the year; the second covers the second. [----] and on will follow in due time. (Note: The April [--] [----] video clip that Andy Kaufman airs has been deleted here due to copyright caution; it had been blocked in my Kaufman compilation.) This is a video companion to my new blog post that"
YouTube Link 2022-01-12T20:54Z 247K followers, 117.9K engagements
"George Carlin on Letterman Part [--] of 2: 1994-2001 The Late Show Years: [--]. January [--] [----]. "The George Carlin Show." Stand-up and panel. [--]. October [--] [----]. "The George Carlin Show." [--]. September [--] 1995.* [--]. June [--] [----]. Stand-up and panel. Book: Brain Droppings. [--]. June [--] [----]. Stand-up and panel. Book: Brain Droppings. [--]. November [--] [----]. Stand-up and panel. " The Little David Years." [--]. March [--] [----]. [--]. November [--] [----]. Stand-up. HBO: "Complaints and Grievances." * The guy sitting next to George: Earlier in the show Dave had instructed a live camera into the apartment"
YouTube Link 2021-09-28T01:15Z 233K followers, 1.9M engagements
"Jack Hanna Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 11: 2013-2015 Jack Hanna appeared on Dave's Late Night and Late Show [---] times. Here are all of them split into eleven parts plus some extras. A separate blog post will have detailed descriptions. Included will be animal stats and entries from Michael McIntee's "Wahoo Gazettes." This is for Jack and his family. May they find some comfort and laughter. Late Show: [--]. January [--] [----]. [--]. May [--] [----]. [--]. October [--] [----]. [--]. February [--] [----]. [--]. May [--] [----]. [----]. June [--] [----]. Backstage Photo Club: Sheryl Hurni Barwicki with her kids and Jack."
YouTube Link 2021-04-25T21:23Z 249K followers, 298.9K engagements
"Kids Tell Jokes on Letterman June [--] [----] Kids from P.S. [---] in Queens tell their favorite school jokes on the show"
YouTube Link 2018-10-18T02:49Z 249K followers, 477.6K engagements
"John Matuszak on Letterman October [--] [----] By request"
YouTube Link 2018-07-28T00:10Z 248K followers, 101.5K engagements
"Nanci Griffith "From a Distance" on Letterman August [--] [----] Composed by Julie Gold performed here by Nanci Griffith two years before Bette Midler's massive hit. Shared for personal reasons. The band went into the commercial break performing 'Hey Jude" in honor of Jude Brennan's birthday"
YouTube Link 2020-04-09T21:33Z 248K followers, 518K engagements
"Mort Sahl Collection on Letterman 1988-2002 Late Night: [--]. January [--] [----] Late Show: [--]. November [--] [----]. [--]. December [--] [----]. Stand-up"
YouTube Link 2021-10-27T18:00Z 248K followers, 52.7K engagements
"Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: [----] This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part [--]. [--]. February [--] [----]. Guest and Cop on the Edge [--]. June [--] [----]. Working at Rock America [--]. June [--] [----]. Cold Open and guest*** [--]. July [--] [----]. Remote Door to Door**** [--]. November [--] [----]. Big Ass Ham Commercial & guest [--]. December [--] [----]. New for Holidays Previously uploaded: ***June [--] 1994: https://youtu.be/jwW5RVPBDmQ ****July [--] 1994.: https://youtu.be/USW1T3nN_vc Other Parts here: Part 1: 1982-89 - https://youtu.be/qfFG6YdayX4 Part 2: 1990-91 -"
YouTube Link 2019-07-23T17:08Z 250K followers, 71.4K engagements
"Peeping Times January [--] [----] Complete Show The full broadcast of "Peeping Times" that aired on a national network on January [--] [----]. Co-hosted by Alan Oppenheimer as "Miles Rathbourne" and David Letterman as "Dan Cochran." With the original ads. Produced and Directed by Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson. Among the writers was Christopher Guest. And Mel Brooks as Adolf Hitler because of course. Dave's Ball State fraternity buddy Jeff Lewis told me in November [----] that the name "Dan Cochran" came from a fellow college friend named Tom Cochran. Tom was a news reporter and appeared on Dave's"
YouTube Link 2017-08-04T04:40Z 243K followers, 11.8K engagements
"The Heavy "How You Like Me Now" (extended) on Late Show January [--] [----] By request. The full unedited version of The Heavy's "How You Like Me Now." After the broadcast performance Dave asked the band to do it again. Their second version was cut to a commercial break. Here's the full version without the break"
YouTube Link 2020-01-19T02:59Z 245K followers, 232.7K engagements
"Meg Parsont Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 3: 1992-93 Meg Parsont worked in the Publicity Department at Pocket Books in the Simon & Schuster building across the street from [--] Rock. Dave chatted with her on the phone [--] times on the bird network and then once on his CBS show. Here are all of her appearances in three parts. Part 3: 1992-93 1992: [--]. February [--]. Mariachi band. [--]. April [--]. Hawk. [----] April [--]. Hawk followup. [--]. May [--]. MEG. [--]. August [--]. Miles Ludvigsen. [--]. September [--]. What Are We Cooking [--]. December [--]. Santa. 1993: [--]. March [--]. Flower petals. [--]. May [--]. Beach balls."
YouTube Link 2019-04-07T16:32Z 243K followers, 172.6K engagements
"A David Letterman Talk Show Narrative Part [--] of 4: Late Night The Letterman Podcast's host Mike Chisholm asked if I might put something together to help commemorate his 100th episode. Rather than select highlights and best-of conversations I decided to try to craft a behind-the-scenes narrative of Daves talk show history as told by many of Mikes podcast guests the writers producers musicians and network executives who worked for and with Dave throughout his 35-year tenure at NBC and CBS. The narrative is distributed in four parts: Part 1: Late Night on NBC 1982-1993 Part 2: The transition"
YouTube Link 2023-12-19T19:26Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"Denise Matthews (Vanity) on Letterman March [--] 1985"
YouTube Link 2016-04-29T03:31Z 242K followers, 539.1K engagements
"Penn & Teller's First Appearance on Letterman June [--] [----] By request. Their first of eighteen Late Night and nine Late Show appearances"
YouTube Link 2018-11-23T20:52Z 215K followers, 335.9K engagements
"George Miller Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1987-1989 Dave and George hit their stride. 1987: [--]. February [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. George's Top Eight entries to the Gimmicks contest. [--]. April [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. [--]. June [--] [----]. The Disgusted Comedian gimmick. [--]. August [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. You'll hear Dave laugh after George's first joke. [--]. October [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. The Religious Comic gimmick. 1988: [--]. August [--] [----]. In the News Comic and the Bothered Comic gimmick. [--]. October [--] [----]. In the News Comic gimmick. 1989: [--]. January [--] [----]. Stand-up and"
YouTube Link 2020-10-19T16:54Z 229K followers, 21.5K engagements
"Floyd Stiles Collection on The David Letterman Show [----] On the September [--] [----] episode of Dave's morning show the last item of Small Town News concerned a Floyd Stiles from Collins Missouri. Dave called him to get more details. By the end of the month on September [--] Dave invited Floyd to attend the show. Floyd Stiles Day was thus celebrated on October [--] as Floyd and his wife Zola Mae sat on comfy chairs in the audience front row. Guests that morning included Edwin Newman Ray Linnen and special musical guest Rusty Draper. Plus Viewer Mail. Towards the end of the show Dave invited Floyd"
YouTube Link 2018-11-01T22:08Z 244K followers, [----] engagements
"No-Audience Hurricane Sandy Shows on Letterman Oct. [--] & [--] [----] After today's announcement that all NYC late-night talk shows are to be taped without audiences during the CAVID-19 outbreak a friend requested these audience-free Letterman shows. [--]. October [--] [----]. With guest Denzel Washington and musician Paul Banks. [--]. October [--] [----]. With guest Michael McIntee as Kate Hudson meteorologist Jim Cantore documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and musician Andrew Bird. Film clips deleted due to copyright caution"
YouTube Link 2020-03-12T04:06Z 239K followers, 98.5K engagements
"Frank and Fred Do's and Don'ts Collection on Letterman 1982-86 The "Frank and Fred Do's and Don'ts" were Late Night's take on Garry Cleveland Myers' comic strip "Goofus and Gallant."* There were eleven segments more than half occurring in Late Night's first year. [--]. March [--] 1982: Dating [--] [--]. April [--] 1982: Dating [--] [--]. May [--] 1982: Wedding [--]. June [--] 1982: Honeymoon [--]. September [--] 1982: Office [--]. November [--] 1982: Having a Baby [--]. March [--] 1983: Making the Marriage Work [--]. August [--] 1984: At the Beach [--]. November [--] 1984: Being a Good Houseguest [--]. February [--] 1985: Ski Trip [--]. August 13"
YouTube Link 2017-11-19T00:17Z 236K followers, [----] engagements
"Roy Blount Jr. Bill Murray Martin & Mom Scorsese on Letterman Nov. [--] [----] Roy Blount Jr. promotes his book Camels Are Easy Comedy's Hard but then Bill Murray drops by and takes over the interview. Later in the show Martin Scorsese promotes his new film "Cape Fear" and in the next segment his mom Catherine makes pizza. Bill Murray again lurks and is invited to the stage"
YouTube Link 2018-11-24T05:58Z 231K followers, 151.9K engagements
"Dave's Consumer Corner on LNwDL June [--] [----] Aired on E August [--] 1995"
YouTube Link 2015-11-26T02:43Z 245K followers, [---] engagements
"Burt Reynolds on Letterman December [--] [----] Burt appears on the show to promote his film "City Heat" with Clint Eastwood tells some Hollywood stories and is quizzed on food prices at his new restaurant"
YouTube Link 2016-06-11T04:34Z 243K followers, 873K engagements
"Bob Newhart & Don Rickles on Donahue November [--] [----] Newhart's hit sitcom "Newhart" was in its last season and Rickles was about to shoot "Keaton's Cop.""
YouTube Link 2017-10-28T00:29Z 218K followers, 1.6M engagements
"George Miller Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1985-1986 1985: [--]. April [--] [----]. George Miller Day. [--]. June [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. [--]. October [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. First "gimmick" remark. 1986: [--]. February [--] [----]. Stand-up and chat. Little-known facts gimmick [--]. May [--] [----]. The bothered comic gimmick. (Sorry about the intermittent video glitches.) [--]. July [--] [----]. The socially-conscious comic gimmick. [--]. September [--] [----]. The In-the-News gimmick. [--]. December [--] [----]. The In My Pants gimmick. End of the [---] Show"
YouTube Link 2020-10-18T02:20Z 229K followers, 20.4K engagements
"Ockeghem Requiem Introitus Pomerium Nov. [--] [----] Because reasons"
YouTube Link 2016-11-07T02:19Z 237K followers, [---] engagements
"Kevin Costner on Letterman April [--] [----] Costner's first appearance on Late Night here promoting his upcoming film "Field of Dreams." Afterwards Dave self-critiques his last words to Kevin"
YouTube Link 2017-06-23T05:20Z 244K followers, 109.3K engagements
"The Letterman Remote to G.E. Headquarters Collection 1985-93 With Jack Welch's passing it seemed timely to post this. Some history: On March [--] [----] Capital Cities made a surprise announcement that it was purchasing ABC for $3.5 billion. Ted Turner then attempted but failed to buy CBS. RCA which owned NBC saw its stock rise due to both renewed interest in takeovers as established by Capital Cities and attempted by Ted Turner as well as NBC's prime-time lineup in particular the ratings successes of "Hill Street Blues" and "The Cosby Show." It had been in merger discussions with MCA this same"
YouTube Link 2020-03-04T05:43Z 238K followers, 74.3K engagements
"Teri Garr Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 5: 1990-1993 All of Teri Garr's appearances on Dave. Here's Part [--]. [--]. March [--] [----]. Dave calls Teri gets answering machine destroys phone. [--]. April [--] [----]. "Short Time" and "Waiting for the Light." [--]. June [--] [----]. [--]. November [--] [----]. "Waiting for the Light." [--]. April [--] [----]. "Toast to the Nation's Capitol." [--]. October [--] [----]. "Good and Evil"; An abbreviated clip from "Head." [--]. April [--] [----]. "Deliver Them from Evil." [--]. November [--] [----]. [--]. March [--] [----]. Links to all Parts: Part [--] of 5: 1982-84 - https://youtu.be/zXf9uQf6iuM Part 2"
YouTube Link 2020-01-04T00:31Z 224K followers, 219.8K engagements
"George Miller Collection on Letterman Part [--] of 6: 1981-1982 When Dave moved to L.A. in mid-1975 to begin his career in stand-up comedy among his closest contemporaries there were Tom Dreesen Johnny Dark Jay Leno and George Miller. The trajectory to national exposure would always begin with an appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Among these five Tom Dreesen was the first to make the cut debuting on Carson December [--] [----] after being bumped twice shortly before. He had a reliable and safe act that garnered more time on the show throughout the rest of the '70s. George Miller was next"
YouTube Link 2020-10-15T16:00Z 229K followers, 47K engagements
"Albert Finney on Letterman February [--] [----] Albert Finney's only appearance on Dave here promoting "Shoot the Moon." All but the last few seconds of the film clip deleted due to copyright caution (the clip that aired ran for [--] minute [--] seconds). The earlier guests on the show to which Dave was referring were Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. This was Late Night episode #7"
YouTube Link 2019-02-08T20:07Z 242K followers, 48.1K engagements
"Tributes to David Letterman Part [--] of 31: Julia Roberts [----] [----] To commemorate the 5th anniversary of Dave retiring from late night television (his last show was on May [--] 2015) I've put together a series of "first and last" appearances the latter paying tributes in their own ways to the last giant of late night (h/t Jason Zinoman). Part [--]. Julia Roberts [--]. November [--] [----] [--]. May [--] [----] The [----] guest appearance comes from Andrew Lynch's superb YouTube upload linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=Keu3Rf7Y_kA&t=6s"
YouTube Link 2020-04-21T20:33Z 223K followers, 21.9K engagements
"Grace Slick on Letterman August [--] [----] Grace's third and last appearance on Late Night here promoting her new Starship LP "No Protection." Her first appearance on January [--] [----] is here: https://youtu.be/HVKIbDtDu9M Her second appearance on February [--] [----] is here: https://youtu.be/fXemZb3Y1Dw"
YouTube Link 2017-06-28T00:41Z 245K followers, 1.4M engagements
"Tad Lathrop and Don Giller: Home Demos 1972-1984 This is a collection of home demos Tad and I had recorded either alone or together from [----] until [----]. Five are instrumentals two include vocals. Most are complete compositions we would record solely to preserve their existence. Also included are some early run-throughs before we were satisfied with the songs' constructions. The video here is sparse no visual distractions. Just the music. [--]. Jackie [----] (Tad only two guitars) This was one of the fruits of Tad's mentorship with jazz guitarist extraordinaire Dave Creamer in San Francisco in the"
YouTube Link 2025-05-17T19:09Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
"6th Anniversary Special on Letterman February [--] [----] Taped January [--] at Radio City Music Hall. Part 1: Satellite Interviews that aired the night of the anniversary: [--]. Bobbi Wyant Dallas TX [--]. Monica Schneider Rockford IL Part 2: The anniversary show. With a stand-up by Richard Lewis and a performance medley by Ben E. King and Cyndi Lauper with backup vocalists Nick Ashford Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack. Sitting in with the World's Most Dangerous Band: Freddie Hubbard and Jon Faddis trumpet Clarence Clemons Tom Scott and David Sanborn saxophones Robert Cray Joe Walsh and Dwayne Eddy"
YouTube Link 2020-07-17T02:53Z 234K followers, 48.4K engagements
"David Letterman on Speaking of Everything February [--] [----] Howard Cosell interviews Dave on his talk show "Speaking of Everything." Taped one of the days after the Winter Olympics luge indoor coverage which took place on February [--] [--] [--] [--] and 19"
YouTube Link 2017-03-04T03:31Z 245K followers, 79K engagements
"The Strong Guy Fat Guy & Genius on Letterman [----] [----] A compilation of The Strong Guy The Fat Guy and The Genius segments that aired on both of David Letterman's late night shows: [--]. Late Night May [--] [----] [--]. Late Show April [--] [----] in three parts The song was written by Paul Shaffer and Late Night/Late Show writer Steve Young with contributions by then-Head LN/LS writer Rob Burnett. Will Lee provided the lead vocal. The Strong Guy was Mike Kovar a professional body builder from New Jersey. He died in [----]. The Fat Guy was Tim Jackson The Genius was Andrew Pessin a philosophy professor"
YouTube Link 2017-06-27T01:17Z 235K followers, 16.3K engagements
"Parody Broadway Performances & Fresh Step on Late Show 1998-99 [--]. May [--] 1998: Cast from "Homecoming" performing "Jimmy's Coming Home" [--]. May [--] 1998: Cast from "One Small Step" performing "On the Moon" [--]. December [--] 1998: Cast from "But Boy Could He Sing" performing a medley [--]. February [--] 1999: Boy group "Fresh Step" performing "Ya Gotta Be Fresh" VCR 4541-6 [--]. March [--] 1999: "Fresh Step" returns performing "Don't Talk to the Hand (Girl Talk to the Heart)" Rodney Rothman on Twitter: "Years ago when I wrote for David Letterman we would make these fake broadway shows and put them on at the end"
YouTube Link 2019-01-05T02:57Z 241K followers, [----] engagements
"Rutger Hauer on Letterman February [--] [----]. In memory of"
YouTube Link 2019-07-24T19:07Z 236K followers, 42.7K engagements
"Alan Kalter's Celebrity Interview Collection on Letterman 2005-10 - Updated This is an updated version which now includes the unaired DeNiro/Hoffman Celebrity Interview. [--]. April [--] [----]. David Duchovny [--]. September [--] [----]. Gwyneth Paltrow [--]. December [--] [----]. Sarah Jessica Parker [--]. November [--] [----]. George Clooney [--]. June [--] [----]. Robin Williams [--]. August [--] [----]. Samuel L. Jackson [--]. September [--] [----]. Jodie Foster [--]. October [--] [----]. Jerry Seinfeld [--]. February [--] [----]. Regis Philbin [--]. May [--] [----]. Harrison Ford [--]. June [--] [----]. Will Smith [--]. August [--] [----]. Richard Simmons 13."
YouTube Link 2019-09-03T04:22Z 234K followers, 130K engagements
"Tributes to David Letterman Part [--] of 31: Sarah Jessica Parker [----] [----] To commemorate the 5th anniversary of Dave retiring from late night television (his last show was on May [--] 2015) I've put together a series of "first and last" appearances the latter paying tributes in their own ways to the last giant of late night (h/t Jason Zinoman). Part [--]. Sarah Jessica Parker [--]. February [--] [----] [--]. April [--] [----] The [----] guest appearance comes from Andrew Lynch's superb YouTube upload linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=c-3NiKEQ-V4&t=4s"
YouTube Link 2020-04-21T20:24Z 235K followers, [----] engagements
"Tad Lathrop & Don Giller "La La Song" (1974) Tad and I had moved to San Francisco after college graduation at Antioch in June and July [----] the goal to "make it" there with our music. We auditioned all over the city in coffee shops and bars including one then-folk-music drinkery called Holy City Zoo in the Richmond District where Robin Williams would later hone his stand-up skills. Never quite achieving superstardom we abandoned the duo-acoustic guitars lineup that autumn for a rock-jazz-salsa format rehearsing in an artists and musicians conclave called Project One located south of Market"
YouTube Link 2023-09-17T19:55Z 250K followers, [----] engagements
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