God these 80's NBC shows had such a laid back, creative, fantastic vibe. Even on a down night(for Letterman) like this, I still can't stop watching. It makes you feel like this show is some big secret being taped in a basement somewhere, and only you and 3 of your closest friends know about it. Never be another one like it.
Fun Fact: The script that was discussed for a movie called "Dust to Dust" never was made into a movie... BUT the person Eddie Murphy was talking about and that script's writer was none other than Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal, Green Book).
melikeymikey87 holy shit, really? I'm not even going to investigate. i dont care if youre trolling i believe you because i want to live in the world where that is true.
It's rare to see someone who actually upload Dave's 80 show at a decent, untampered quality. Thanks for uploading this! Do you have anymore of Late Night?
I REMEMBER TAPING THIS ON MY TAPE RECORDER BACK IN THA DAY IN 85 SINCE I DIDNT HAVE OR COULDNT AFFORD A VCR BACK THEN IPLAYED THIS EVERYDAY ON MY TAPE RECORDER.
too bad ya dont ever see much of eddie anymore... its crazy how young he started out n got mega famous! he was like 21 or 22 in trading places! thats insane
Its easy to forget how Letterman used to be a relentless smartass. That's why he had such a young audience. This kind of constantly tongue-in-cheek kind of thing just doesn't exist any more. It's a miracle it actually got on and stayed on air.
foto bitch it was the eighties pussy,great times because we were younger then,is the same for the twenty something's of today everything is new an exciting and they probably think Jimmy Fallon is the shits!
He's deflating all of the phony show biz hype, network executives, cable channels and stars plugging their material. He was as anti-establishment as it got. He got so much more mellow and celebrity-friendly in the later years. All he did later was criticize conservative Republicans, which in Hollywood, is the establishment position to take.
You do realize Johnny Carson... yes that Johnny Carson used his company to get this show put on the air after the tonight show because he thought it was so good and liked letterman’s talents so much? And that Dave and the rest of the Harvard comedy writer guys went in to be some of the most successful influential and talented people in modern writing history? Because Dave was indeed such a sarcastic smartass, but for the sake of being flippant and comedic. It was the Harvard lampoon style. Roasting everything and apologizing for nothing.
*MANDELA EFFECT* - Letterman's joke at 2:45 is about Ed McMahon and the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. Many seem to remember the commercials for PCH's Sweepstakes featuring Ed McMahon awarding winners with a giant $1,000,000 check. According to Publishers Clearing House, those commercials didn't ever happen as they now claim they never had any association with Ed.
Nerd Alert: This is actually from August (28) and not May- Eddie's album wasn't released until July and he's promoting the MTV VMAs which was held in September 13.
So refreshing to remember back in time when late night talk shows were fun and interesting to watch and not just a platform for the host to opine constantly about his dislike for the president.
Oh, boo fuckin hoo. Complain to Trump - tell him to stop giving them so much material. Elect a clown, then you don't get to whine when comedians laugh at him.
Incredible transfer. Looks like official streaming quality. Eddie and Dick were a great comic team. I liked the politically incorrect talk. I think Dave's funniest years were still ahead of him. They barely even tried to add jokes to the gift shop items. 1986 or 1987 seems to be when Dave really bloomed into his full comedic personality.
Edward Regan Murphy, conocido artísticamente como Eddie Murphy (Brooklyn, Nueva York; 3 de abril de 1961), es un actor, director de cine, comediante y cantante estadounidense. Fue miembro del reparto habitual en Saturday Night Live de 1980 a 1984. Ha trabajado como comediante de stand-up y ocupó el puesto número 10 en la lista de Comedy Central de los 100 mejores stand-ups de todos los tiempos. En películas, Murphy ha recibido nominaciones al Globo de Oro por sus actuaciones en 48 horas., la serie Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places y The Nutty Professor . En 2007, ganó el Globo de Oro al Mejor Actor de Reparto y recibió una nominación al Premio de la Academia al Mejor Actor de Reparto por su interpretación del cantante de soul James "Thunder" Early en Dreamgirls.
I saw previous Murphy on Letterman when he was talking about moving to Jersey and initially I thought "well well. He wants to go to Jersey. Good for him." But then it turned out to be New Jersey not Jersey and "well well" became "meh!"
hpoonis2010 If you haven’t learned, there’s likely no way an American would refer to Jersey, England when they say Jersey. Same with Georgia-we’re talking about the state not the country.
I think Paul was pissed at Dave the whole show. Dave didn't let him announce his band member's birth arrival. Took it right away from Paul. What a dick move.
Yeah- there was a story in Jeff Pearlman's USFL book about how James was friendly with members of the Bills and hired Doug Greene- who went onto USFL after a couple years in Buffalo- as a bodyguard
Who knew that Eddie Murphy and Dick Cavett would have comic chemistry?
him and cabbott were friends and would hang out together.
God these 80's NBC shows had such a laid back, creative, fantastic vibe. Even on a down night(for Letterman) like this, I still can't stop watching. It makes you feel like this show is some big secret being taped in a basement somewhere, and only you and 3 of your closest friends know about it. Never be another one like it.
MissMetalMelissa watched his morning show, friggin hooked from then on! So absurd and irreverent!
That is exactly what it felt like back in the day. I miss this show.
That's pretty much what it felt like.
This wasn't a "down night", Eddie had the #1 movie with Beverly Hills Cop.
Yes! Thanks for painting that picture! It sure does feel that way
Murphy's manager looks like a parody '80s Hollywood manager from a comedy sketch show.
Dick Cavett and Eddie Murphy is the combo I never knew I needed.
hillllarious !!!! 😂🤣🥰😍
Eddie Murphy reading off that list of performers is the most '80s thing I've seen in years.
Excellent episode. Great guests, great music. I miss this show. TV is not this cool anymore.
He's barely 24 here and the success he's already had was incredible.
This episode was AMAZING. Now THIS was a show! Ruben tied it up BEAUTIFULLY. Wow.
Interesting too you put a hat oh him and he looks pretty much the same.
Wow! Dick Cavett and Eddie Murphy were dynamic.
Fun Fact: The script that was discussed for a movie called "Dust to Dust" never was made into a movie... BUT the person Eddie Murphy was talking about and that script's writer was none other than Peter Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, Shallow Hal, Green Book).
Golden Child, however, did become a movie.
The movie Eddie's talking about 'Dust to Dust' was written by Peter Farrelly and it was an early version of Dumb and Dumber. Fun fact right there.
melikeymikey87 holy shit, really? I'm not even going to investigate. i dont care if youre trolling i believe you because i want to live in the world where that is true.
melikeymikey87 who am i kidding, i'm going to be all over investigating that
Matthew Carr not kidding, it really is true!
melikeymikey87 "BOBBY FARRELLY: It’s 100 percent accurate" www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/farrelly-brothers-talk-dumb-dumber-747853
yeah, i was all over investigating that shit
Eddie actually made Dave laugh genuinely 😂
Eddie Murphy is a comic genius and great actor!
Exactly.
Ruben Blades is a Legend!
Love love love these old Letterman NBC shows! Such pangs of nostalgia. Never missed a show in high school and college. Thanks for posting!
It's rare to see someone who actually upload Dave's 80 show at a decent, untampered quality. Thanks for uploading this! Do you have anymore of Late Night?
I REMEMBER TAPING THIS ON MY TAPE RECORDER BACK IN THA DAY IN 85 SINCE I DIDNT HAVE OR COULDNT AFFORD A VCR BACK THEN IPLAYED THIS EVERYDAY ON MY TAPE RECORDER.
Great nick Dave Letterman. Wait until u discover Don Giller here on TH-cam 😄
This is possibly one of my most favourite interviews of all time 😂
What a bunch of boring, empty and useless comments.
Thiis is perhaps the best interview I've ever seen.
lol right?! This is a GREAT interview....it gets even crazier when Cavett comes out.
yea! Eddie is very comfortable and the show was the hippest late night show at the time
This was great fuckin show...
This stuff is so Americana..i would watch it when i was sick or just depressed. I didnt get better right away but i didnt feel any worse..😉
This episode was actually broadcast August 28, 1985.
Eddie and Dick have good chemistry here and it makes for a great episode
Eddie's dick or somebody there named Dick?
Who the fuck is Dick?
Michael Melvin 😂😂😂😂
@@michaelmelvin8535 your toilet humor is a league below that which is in the aforementioned segment
@@DanJackson1977 you don't know? even Diana Ross knows
FANTASTIC Interview!
Eddie! Love when he threw his list out the back window! He is so humble about his music.
We need an Eddie Murphy & Dick Cavett buddy comedy........oh wait...... but anyway, this is GREAT!
Caveet is a wildly underrated entertainer.
Look at Ruben!! That’s amazing! Big fan of his and he’s great on fear the walking dead.
When Eddie brought out and went over the list of artists performing.....
wow and then Rubén Blades comes walking in....... great show!
Dave always has good chemistry with guests, but eddie is tough to crack but he likes dave so it works. Check Eddie on Leno, its a disaster
Dave is overbearing with Eddie, like a police officer demanding irrelevant information. Eddie is unfazed, or not too much, but Dave loses my vote.
@@g-r-a-e-m-e- True there. This was more like a polite police interrogation. It's almost as if Eddie just randomly showed up and Dave wasn't prepared.
@@g-r-a-e-m-e- Yeah Eddie Was Hip
@@g-r-a-e-m-e- WTF are you talking about.
By the time Leno had a show, Eddie had lost his mojo. Around 1989 or so the muse left Eddie Murphy so it’s not an apt comparison.
Eddie in his PRIME
Yep!
I miss the 80's..things were simple & Paul had hair!
that was a SICK version of Nasty Girl the band played...I'd love to get the audio from that during the commercial break. that sounded like FIRE!!!
yay to Ruben Blades🎵🎹💃
Ruben Blades!!!!!Awesome His Voice Is Amazing, I've Been Listening To ALL I Can Find Great Job Sir🎉🎉🎉🎉
too bad ya dont ever see much of eddie anymore... its crazy how young he started out n got mega famous! he was like 21 or 22 in trading places! thats insane
He was 19 years old when he was on SNL. He has been on TV a lot in the past 4 years.
Its easy to forget how Letterman used to be a relentless smartass. That's why he had such a young audience. This kind of constantly tongue-in-cheek kind of thing just doesn't exist any more. It's a miracle it actually got on and stayed on air.
foto bitch it was the eighties pussy,great times because we were younger then,is the same for the twenty something's of today everything is new an exciting and they probably think Jimmy Fallon is the shits!
I think the hosts today are wimpy and under remote control..
@@Gattopardo-ks4lv THanks for the insults, aging drunk.
He's deflating all of the phony show biz hype, network executives, cable channels and stars plugging their material. He was as anti-establishment as it got. He got so much more mellow and celebrity-friendly in the later years. All he did later was criticize conservative Republicans, which in Hollywood, is the establishment position to take.
You do realize Johnny Carson... yes that Johnny Carson used his company to get this show put on the air after the tonight show because he thought it was so good and liked letterman’s talents so much? And that Dave and the rest of the Harvard comedy writer guys went in to be some of the most successful influential and talented people in modern writing history? Because Dave was indeed such a sarcastic smartass, but for the sake of being flippant and comedic. It was the Harvard lampoon style. Roasting everything and apologizing for nothing.
BIG UPS to Ruben Blades at the end of this. He did become BIG FUCKING STAR!!!!!
The King of Late Night
*MANDELA EFFECT* - Letterman's joke at 2:45 is about Ed McMahon and the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. Many seem to remember the commercials for PCH's Sweepstakes featuring Ed McMahon awarding winners with a giant $1,000,000 check. According to Publishers Clearing House, those commercials didn't ever happen as they now claim they never had any association with Ed.
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why can't i reply?
his Academy Awards comment might just be the reason he was always overlooked on winning one.
Golden child was a huge hit
Next to Michael Jackson for the years 83-87 the biggest name in entertainment was Eddie, he was that big kids
I 👍
Yes indeed
Facts. I'd stretch it to 1988 too- Coming to America was the 3rd highest grossing film released in 1988.
WOW, 'musician' Ruben Blades... I haven't seen this intro in forever...NICE.
Eddie Murphy made it
He got snowed in at Rick James. I think we all know what snowed in means.
Yeah. It's Buffalo, NY in the winter, Enstein.
I thought it was funny bro. Ignore this humourless killjoy
Best Talk Show Ever.
i always felt that Late Night With David Letterman picked up where SNL left of at the end of the end of the '78 - '79 season
I use to love the 3 joke monologue
What is that?
Dick Cavett tap danced and moonwalked! Cool!
There is an episode of LNWDL where an edition of Viewer Mail actually had a letter from near me in Northern Alberta Canada which was wild lol
just a damn good show!
He mentioned Herbie Hancock.
Still love EM!!!!!!!!!
Nerd Alert: This is actually from August (28) and not May- Eddie's album wasn't released until July and he's promoting the MTV VMAs which was held in September 13.
Dude from Fear the Walking Dead at the end!
So refreshing to remember back in time when late night talk shows were fun and interesting to watch and not just a platform for the host to opine constantly about his dislike for the president.
Oh, boo fuckin hoo. Complain to Trump - tell him to stop giving them so much material.
Elect a clown, then you don't get to whine when comedians laugh at him.
@yohei72 get a grip
Eddie knows alot of white guys with jewfros and tinted glasses
They're called his management.
1 of them is 1 of the founders of MTV !
BTW I believe this was the August 28, 1985 show.
IT IS
Kudo's on the transitioning very smooth
BRILLLLLLIAAANT RUBEN BLADES!!!!!!!!!
Yvonne Ramirez
If my name was Ruben Blades?
Everybody could just kiss my ass!
The Eddie portion didn’t get good until Cavett came out.
Incredible transfer. Looks like official streaming quality. Eddie and Dick were a great comic team. I liked the politically incorrect talk. I think Dave's funniest years were still ahead of him. They barely even tried to add jokes to the gift shop items. 1986 or 1987 seems to be when Dave really bloomed into his full comedic personality.
🤔 Looks like it was taped off Trio to me.
I was actually looking forward to the commercials..
Eddie was giving David such a hard time 😂
Edward Regan Murphy, conocido artísticamente como Eddie Murphy (Brooklyn, Nueva York; 3 de abril de 1961), es un actor, director de cine, comediante y cantante estadounidense. Fue miembro del reparto habitual en Saturday Night Live de 1980 a 1984. Ha trabajado como comediante de stand-up y ocupó el puesto número 10 en la lista de Comedy Central de los 100 mejores stand-ups de todos los tiempos. En películas, Murphy ha recibido nominaciones al Globo de Oro por sus actuaciones en 48 horas., la serie Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places y The Nutty Professor . En 2007, ganó el Globo de Oro al Mejor Actor de Reparto y recibió una nominación al Premio de la Academia al Mejor Actor de Reparto por su interpretación del cantante de soul James "Thunder" Early en Dreamgirls.
Eddie, as he got older...did do serious movies....Mr. church, Dream girls!
He did Harlem nights in 1989....
AUGUST 28, 1985, NOT MAY 1985.
Paul actually had hair. lol
David Michael Letterman
12 de abril de 1947
75 años
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I saw previous Murphy on Letterman when he was talking about moving to Jersey and initially I thought "well well. He wants to go to Jersey. Good for him." But then it turned out to be New Jersey not Jersey and "well well" became "meh!"
hpoonis2010 If you haven’t learned, there’s likely no way an American would refer to Jersey, England when they say Jersey. Same with Georgia-we’re talking about the state not the country.
All of the people that came from backstage looked like versions of Will Ferrell!!!
huge cigars
I miss THIS Dave. Where did he go?
I'm Rick James, Bitch!
I think Paul was pissed at Dave the whole show. Dave didn't let him announce his band member's birth arrival. Took it right away from Paul. What a dick move.
EDDIEMURRFFAAYY
Eddie Murphy got Keenan ivory Wayan aka Frenchie chilling to get on
The last guy played Angie's alcoholic dad in the 1993 Michael J. Fox vehicle "Life with Mikey."
Fat lady soap is an awesome idea!
39:19 that's The El Salvador Guy From Fear the Walking Dead!
Dave was such a nervous wreck here
" It's not like I'm gonna stop doing comedy..."
Oh to be a stoner in 1985
Aug. 28, 1985
"i'll always do comedy." Eddie Murphy. he promised. what happened?
Money
I was thinking about that myself as soon as he said it. It wasn't that long after this he did a serious film.
Both dudes seemed very uncomfortable with each other
Dick and Dave or Eddie and Dave or Dick and Eddie?
what happened to Dave's eyebrows😅😅😅
I thought they claimed ed never worked for pch...
Rick James lived in Buffalo, New York? Wow.
Yeah- there was a story in Jeff Pearlman's USFL book about how James was friendly with members of the Bills and hired Doug Greene- who went onto USFL after a couple years in Buffalo- as a bodyguard
Yeah he’s from Buffalo. The biggest to ever come out in my opinion.
2:46 some Ed McMahon PCH ME residue
28:30 28:40 28:50 28:53
@Michael Seven. I’m Shek Eight
It's tough to be a comedian and a singer
That's like being a stripper and a preacher
28:52
Wow eddie‘s wearing a day-date onyx
never doing serious movies...never moving to LA. Never say never.
17:16 Dying!
Dick Cavitt doing the moonwalk??
both Eddie's hanger's ons were SO Hollywood-Jewish
Where's Will?? Merp!