David Letterman Talks About The Time Johnny Stole His Car on Carson Tonight Show

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  • David Letterman Talks About The Time Johnny Stole His Car on Carson Tonight Show - 08/31/1989
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  • @eatonuter7113
    @eatonuter7113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I didn't watch Carson, but tuned into David Letterman starting in 2011 and watched his show on and off until around 2014. Late night shows are all political and it gets boring after a while. Letterman was my Johnny Carson you could say. This interview between Dave and Johnny is purely funny and cool.

  • @35diamondgirl
    @35diamondgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    For my generation, Carson-Letterman was back-to-back comedy gold on late night television, and whenever I knew Letterman was visiting The Tonight Show (20 plus times), I made a point to stay awake instead of just setting the VCR. I was lucky enough to catch Carson's appearances on Letterman's shows too. It was a different era of late-night TV.

    • @johnsjohnson448
      @johnsjohnson448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. The Next Phase came when it was Dave and T.S. on CBS. The two BEST hours of Late Night Television in the Mid-90's.

    • @jonathanbrown8115
      @jonathanbrown8115 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A friend and I worked at different gas stations of the same company. We'd get off at the same time and meet at Country Sweet Chicken and Ribs. We'd take our orders back to my house and watch Letterman. Best times to remember.

  • @annem8152
    @annem8152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    it's funny. Paul Newman ended up being what Dave called "a friend of the show" when he moved to CBS. Regis was another one and also Tony Randall. Paul would just "be in the audience" or some silly thing. Good memories. Dave also ended up with the Bobby Rahal as co owner of a racing team. Rahal Letterman Ranigan aka BMW Team RLL, as it is now known. yes, I'm a Letterman fan...

  • @GeneBurnett
    @GeneBurnett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Johnny and Dave were both great at rescuing jokes that didn't go over well. They made bombing fun or at least it seemed that way.

    • @GeneBurnett
      @GeneBurnett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @ShadowKnight8 Cool! As Johnny would say, "I did not know that."

    • @Redmenace96
      @Redmenace96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Had to! When you were on every night and put out so much product? It wasn't all pure gold.

  • @goinsouth051
    @goinsouth051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Johnny Carson was the father of talk show hosts. He would just sit there and let funny things happen. I miss this kind of comedy 🙂❤️

    • @andreabiagi7833
      @andreabiagi7833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He was the best. Other hosts aren't good enough to tie John's shoes. It was such a treat when I was able to stay up to watch. Miss him.

    • @karlacleverly9812
      @karlacleverly9812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andreabiagi7833 I think a lot of us almost felt like we knew Johnny personally. Watching him appear on stage was like seeing an old friend. I still feel that way when I watch these videos.

    • @carlosiswhoiis9971
      @carlosiswhoiis9971 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Steve Allen was the Father of late night talk show

  • @BonnChnd
    @BonnChnd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Johnny admired Dave because of how quick-witted Dave is and how they could easily play off each other. Their minds worked together like that.

  • @mdhotstuff
    @mdhotstuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    God I wish we had hosts nowadays like Carson and Letterman.....many of the hosts nowadays, they just aren't as funny, smooth or professional - alot of times, they seem like they are just rapd firing for laughs. These pros are such a joy to watch. I also enjoyed Arsenio and Charlie Rose

    • @suedenim
      @suedenim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think Conan O'Brien is the last of the great broadcast hosts.

  • @emansnas
    @emansnas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So Dave was kind of a clown while Johnny ran the circus and this is why they got the big bucks. Perfect.

  • @GeneBurnett
    @GeneBurnett 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I really like the warmth and friendship these two men shared. All of their appearances together are just great. The whole car thing, Johnny's appearances on Dave's show after he retired...all great.

    • @RyanConnell5150
      @RyanConnell5150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I liked that Dave revealed after one of his monologues shortly after Johnny passed that the monologue had consisted only of jokes written by Johnny.

    • @GeneBurnett
      @GeneBurnett ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RyanConnell5150 Yes, that was very cool!

  • @garymiller3264
    @garymiller3264 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Back when late night was worth staying up for.

  • @cindydufala7646
    @cindydufala7646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Two greats in Late Night hosts. 2020 sucks for Late Night AND Day time.

    • @oldanddisgusted5998
      @oldanddisgusted5998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      2020 just sucks. All of it.

    • @joyceleeper9421
      @joyceleeper9421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah what's on late night now I don't even watch. It's no fun and it's not entertaining.

    • @WHEREVER-I-ROAM
      @WHEREVER-I-ROAM ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joyceleeper9421
      LATE NIGHT POLITICAL THEATER
      NOTHING to do with FUNNY at all

  • @code-52
    @code-52 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I wish I could go back to this simpler time. I knew Johnny was a good talk show host but I really didn't know how good until he was gone.

  • @jamessmithe5490
    @jamessmithe5490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Dave was really on fire this night.

  • @mattmillah428
    @mattmillah428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I could watch this forever. Perhaps I will.

  • @Long2556
    @Long2556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Min 4:00 onwards: Dave lost his (relative modest, compared to Johnny's) Malibu home in his divorce to his first wife. Johnny had many divorces with such settlements. This was the greatest example of these two titans knowingly amusing themselves equally as they're amusing the public. Testament to their special relationships and greatness.

  • @stewartsnape1231
    @stewartsnape1231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Dave and Johnny, two great talk shows. Always interesting and funny

    • @siggylloyd3566
      @siggylloyd3566 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did not know that. That is some wild, wild stuff.

  • @perceive8159
    @perceive8159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Those were the days😎

  • @r3b3lvegan89
    @r3b3lvegan89 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This aired 2 months before I was born. I missed a helluva good time

  • @pho3nix-
    @pho3nix- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You can tell Dave idolized him

  • @MagicAl5F4781
    @MagicAl5F4781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    4:00 referring to breakup with Merrill Markoe, original head writer of Dave's NBC shows.

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow. Alternate opinion, here. Letterman was a genius. Very complex dude. I'm not sure he has the same success if he lands on Tonight Show. In the end, Leno fit better on that show. More gentle. If Letterman gets that gig, the Tonight Show changes to fit him and his zaniness. Carson and Leno are not zany.

  • @mr.b8372
    @mr.b8372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Miss these days

  • @bigd-1-channel514
    @bigd-1-channel514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Wow, Johnny's suit was really flaring. This was great, Carson shows his quick mind and keen sense of comedy.

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who remembers the blue, double breasted jacket on Letterman?

  • @loralee4848
    @loralee4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such fun. I miss Johnny Carson and those days. 😶🦋♥️🦋

  • @philwright2480
    @philwright2480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The two best

  • @lionelraoul
    @lionelraoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Carson is still the king. Even now. Letterman should have been his replacement but would have never filled his shoes.

    • @35diamondgirl
      @35diamondgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Jerry Seinfeld said in the American Masters/PBS Carson documentary that when Carson left, he took The Tonight Show with him. Seinfeld has a point, and in retrospect it's why I'm glad Letterman defected to CBS (NBC had wanted to keep Letterman at 12:30 after naming Leno as host of The Tonight Show). Letterman's Late Night on NBC had already established him as a groundbreaking comic, but the 11:30 time slot on CBS allowed him to go just a bit broader and get out from under the shadow of The Tonight Show (where a bland Leno did not break any new comedic ground, as opposed to Carson, who had built on different Tonight Show templates created by Steve Allen and Jack Paar and loosely melded them together).

    • @bigd-1-channel514
      @bigd-1-channel514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@35diamondgirl If you have not seen it, search for "The Late Shift " its on the tube-its all about how Letterman got the NBC shaft.

    • @lionelraoul
      @lionelraoul 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@35diamondgirl I'm definitely glad he defected.

    • @35diamondgirl
      @35diamondgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bigd-1-channel514 The book is better. :)

    • @benambler1393
      @benambler1393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Letterman would have been the first person to agree with you, but still better than Leno.

  • @tsherman393
    @tsherman393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God bless Oliver North.
    Semper Fi

  • @jamessmithe5490
    @jamessmithe5490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dave was really on fire this night.

  • @Long2556
    @Long2556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At the end, after Dave's Paul Newman story bombed, you can tell Johnny had real care for his protege. 🤗😜🤷

  • @oofoot
    @oofoot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'll never unsee the double sided eraser pencils now that I know lol

  • @rustymertz
    @rustymertz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Two masterful joke/story tellers.

  • @nancyseidel1132
    @nancyseidel1132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love Dave andJohnny

  • @bramiwami
    @bramiwami 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much!

  • @GordonW203
    @GordonW203 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can tell that Johnny and David really liked each other. I heard that Johnny really wanted David to replace him on the Tonight Show instead of Jay Leno. I always thought that David was much better than Leno.

  • @karlpedersen9943
    @karlpedersen9943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1989 was a cool year!!!

    • @carlosiswhoiis9971
      @carlosiswhoiis9971 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not if you were in the 1989 quake in the Bay Area as I was. But then again, other than the death and destruction, it was a very interesting experience.

  • @MustertheBrohirrim
    @MustertheBrohirrim ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know Johnny felt hip after Dave said he'd run the same skit on his show.

  • @paulyd2406
    @paulyd2406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love the show & always 🤣 when Letterman is on!!

  • @danieldials7660
    @danieldials7660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Precious moments, I miss these guys, 😂 funny !

  • @thunderbolt513
    @thunderbolt513 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    David is a genius. Also were Johnny, Ed, Don and others. Those were the days. I mean, we have Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. They're great, but it's another ball game

  • @petesmitt
    @petesmitt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dave thought he was so cool and edgy wearing a double breasted jacket with casual pants and shoes.

    • @WhenImBackInChicago
      @WhenImBackInChicago ปีที่แล้ว

      He always looked mighty fine❣️
      Definitely cooool. 💋

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was hoping that they would leave in the commercial so I could see if it was for Maxwell House Coffee.

  • @akaishuichi4320
    @akaishuichi4320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the old American accent

    • @bettymessner3247
      @bettymessner3247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Accent? I’m American and honestly don’t hear anything. ❤️

    • @akaishuichi4320
      @akaishuichi4320 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bettymessner3247 ohh really?😅 I mean is little different

    • @kathywollam32
      @kathywollam32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They were-from the Midwest ,which has an “ accent “ of its own !!!

    • @akaishuichi4320
      @akaishuichi4320 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kathywollam32 great:)

  • @LiPo5000
    @LiPo5000 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FWIW, Ollie North was following his orders. Ollie North is not guilty. It's a shame they choose to chastise this man, and I greatly admire the man for the way he handled the entire situation.
    They need to move on and find the people who gave him the orders. Enough said.
    Ollie, we love you.

    • @LiPo5000
      @LiPo5000 ปีที่แล้ว

      And why they chose this program to bring this situation up in this thread is beyond me and many other people.

    • @modernretroradio993
      @modernretroradio993 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gov't is a criminal system.

  • @ivant.2683
    @ivant.2683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great show. Pretty funny. ;)

  • @ManishSingh-is8hj
    @ManishSingh-is8hj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @jasonpate7900
    @jasonpate7900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Johnny Carson was known to be a total asshole off the set. Dave lands some nice jabs and basically treated Johnny like Johnny treated everyone else. I think they are both having a great time and get the impression they like and respect each other.

    • @gartwilliams3347
      @gartwilliams3347 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re correct. A friend of mine worked security at Carson’s home in Malibu back in the early 90’s. It was understood by all working for Carson they were NOT to address or attempt to speak with him at anytime..

  • @sherryhesner5940
    @sherryhesner5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    😘

  • @robertphelps8494
    @robertphelps8494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2 GREATS!!!!

  • @tsherman393
    @tsherman393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great times:)

  • @timedwards8944
    @timedwards8944 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These two guy's should have been together more often love them both 👍👍👍

    • @catmom49
      @catmom49 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys (2 men); guy's (guy is). These two guy is should have been.......

    • @paulthepainter2366
      @paulthepainter2366 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@catmom49now I can sleep at night

  • @Jestroo
    @Jestroo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boom mike lol

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales7218
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales7218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Johnny Carson
    23/10/1925
    23/01/2005
    79 años

  • @jerzeyguy71
    @jerzeyguy71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dave was desperately trying to apply for this job on this one! Not sure if the past changed and Leno was booted and Dave got the show after Johnny if it would be better or worse? but things did go alright!

  • @SpottoBotto
    @SpottoBotto 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still hilarious in 2024 🤣

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales41
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales41 ปีที่แล้ว

    DAVID MICHAEL LETTERMAN
    12 DE ABRIL DE 1947
    75 AÑOS (76)

  • @donsurlylyte
    @donsurlylyte ปีที่แล้ว

    Carson was the King of his time, and Letterman of his. NBC screwed him over.

  • @last808
    @last808 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was great! I especially loved the meta commentary about running a talk show.

  • @felixthelmocevallosmorales7218
    @felixthelmocevallosmorales7218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    David Letterman
    12/04/1947
    74 años (75)

  • @mikeconklin1567
    @mikeconklin1567 ปีที่แล้ว

    Willard Scott with Clog Dancers. LOL

  • @bettycogswell9851
    @bettycogswell9851 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two Legends right here..❤❤

  • @user2144
    @user2144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My comment was deleted

    • @user2144
      @user2144 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Comedy Room I don’t remember 😃

    • @user2144
      @user2144 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Comedy Room Hey, would you like to buy a monkey? _- David Letterman, Cabin Boy._

  • @ProfessorCockrum
    @ProfessorCockrum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The 2 greatest of ALL time...

  • @urwholefamilydied
    @urwholefamilydied ปีที่แล้ว

    Just watched a bunch of Letterman on Carson vids, and I noticed that Dave is always dressed pretty hip... or at least hip for whatever era it is... and Johnny always looks a good 10 years out of date. Maybe they had an older wardrobe lady who wasn't quite up on the smart outfits of the day. Anyway... that's my shower thought for the day.