I went to Hollywood for the first time not long after this aired; the one celebrity I saw was. . . Florence Henderson, filming a commercial at Universal Studios, so Dave was on the mark here (and RIP to the lovely and talented Ms. Henderson).
Dave was influenced by Steve Allen who WAS the king of remotes. He perfected the street cam and man on the street among a lot of other shtick he'd pull from his bag of tricks. He was truly a comedy genius.
Yeah, he used to do a ton of them. Usually the best part of the show. Then he suddenly stopped, and would send out Rupert Gee or someone instead. It may have coincided with that foiled plot to kidnap him by those guys in Montana. He, or the network, or the insurance company, may have put a stop to it.
There was a few times where Biff Henderson was looking for "celebrities" around New York. Among others, he managed to find Liza Minnelli, Don Rickles, Ryan Seacrest, Weird Al Yankovic, and Lennox Lewis, among others. Those were some interesting segments.
Florence Henderson became legend when she did the opening scene in "Shakes the Clown". Great sense of humor, and classy lady. Almost as funny as Mrs. Cleaver's appearance in, "Airplane!"!!
Notice how all late night hosts are basically non paid publicists for celebrity’s now. You don’t get true conversations just lapdog jokes and games …..Letterman was amazing at bringing out actual spontaneous comedy ❤
Norm once commented that Dave changed the way people spoke, their humour and alongwith comes how they think if only in terms of humour but i think humour changes the world. Dave and Norm are my favourites.
In the video’s description, it’s got hashtags for Florence Henderson and Bill Murray. I must say Bill was looking super Magnum that day with his mustache!
This is where you can really see how Conan was influenced by Dave, absolute genius. He was sharper and funnier in the 1990s imo, his humor more well-developed.
I missed most of the early Dave stuff and most of my life was the CBS era Dave. While most people were apparently watching Jay Leno, I personally thought Dave got funnier and funnier. His rants about the boneheads at NBC and long meandering discussions about playing one bar of an Eagles song were classic. I can still watch that stuff and laugh, a lot of other comedy, not so much.
@@rocketreindeer I became a huge fan of his in the late '80s as a kid. I remember the incredible fanfare and publicity when he left NBC and started the CBS show. He was king of the ratings for a while at least. I was so angry about Leno, and really thought his show sucked, even though he had been a decent guest host on Carson before.
@@jedijones Yeah totally. My best friend's dad would only ever watch Jay Leno, and every night it was this big ritual where everything stopped so he could watch it and eat ice cream or some sh**. So I saw many miles of Jay added up over the years. Somehow I can barely remember anything from Jay's show, even though he's naturally funny, but everything from Dave. My other buddy told me Dave is natural, and most of the other shows like Jay were more canned and artificial. Seth Meyers can still fall flat, but he's the only one today I sort of look forward to because he constantly breaks and roasts his writers for writing bad jokes and stuff. Ha ha. I didn't like him then found him funnier since Covid.
@@rocketreindeer I don’t really watch the shows now. Some of the clips from Colbert I’ve seen on TH-cam were okay. I just can’t believe no one is carrying on Dave’s tradition of making stars out of normal people in the crew and out in the city. Because everything is so focused on celebrities, there is no sense of spontaneity.
@@jedijones Yeah bro, I totally agree. They all have their moments, but it's not enough to look forward to. Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel can be hilarious, but their shows are mostly canned. Colbert has a great band. The only one I've grown to like is Seth, who I always thought sucked before. His skits can fall flat, but the "news of the week" monologues can be actually hilarious. Especially when he screws up or blames his writers for doing terrible jokes. Basically when it's him talking it can be super funny, and Amber Ruffin and a couple others can also be ridiculous and funny. When it's all overly directed down to every second, like you said, the spontaneity is tied down and it's just not funny. All the "ordinary" guys with Dave were hilarious, even if they were like Rupert and didn't think they were remotely funny. The whole organism of the show was funny. I just realized I said "funny" like 9 times describing how things are unfunny. Colbert has these slick cartoons and stuff and they're creative but not hilarious. "EHH!" But you may find an occasional dose of Seth funny, but not their skits, which still are also mostly kinda "EHH."
It's fairly impressive they managed to find that many people who looked like some celebrities. Segment wouldn't have amounted to much if they went out and saw no one with any resemblance.
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I went to Hollywood for the first time not long after this aired; the one celebrity I saw was. . . Florence Henderson, filming a commercial at Universal Studios, so Dave was on the mark here (and RIP to the lovely and talented Ms. Henderson).
I lived in Burbank for years. It's a working actor's town. Would see somebody of note fairly often. Even saw Jay Leno at a local hamburger joint.
80's 90's Letterman was the absolute best.
Agree, then he sold out and not funny anymore
Every era was awesome. His tired old dad years were legendary.
I don't know why but letterman show helps ease the mind...keep em coming..
Letterman is the gold standard for late night television.
That was a great Gag ! R.I.P Florence Henderson
Having Florence Henderson randomly through this skit made it
Some of my greatest memories are watching dave back in the 90s.
Dave was just the king of remotes. Hilarious every one of them.
So dry and hip!!! Loved their zingers! ❤️🔥
Dave was influenced by Steve Allen who WAS the king of remotes. He perfected the street cam and man on the street among a lot of other shtick he'd pull from his bag of tricks. He was truly a comedy genius.
Yeah, he used to do a ton of them. Usually the best part of the show. Then he suddenly stopped, and would send out Rupert Gee or someone instead. It may have coincided with that foiled plot to kidnap him by those guys in Montana. He, or the network, or the insurance company, may have put a stop to it.
@@clark9992 And then he had Rupert Jee stop it because he was afraid Rupert would get beaten up.
Letterman is the master. All must bow down.
There was a few times where Biff Henderson was looking for "celebrities" around New York. Among others, he managed to find Liza Minnelli, Don Rickles, Ryan Seacrest, Weird Al Yankovic, and Lennox Lewis, among others. Those were some interesting segments.
By the time Florence came to the door to ask her "husband," I was choking with laughter. Damned reflux, but magnificent Florence. What a great gag.
Florence Henderson became legend when she did the opening scene in "Shakes the Clown". Great sense of humor, and classy lady.
Almost as funny as Mrs. Cleaver's appearance in, "Airplane!"!!
"Kenny Rogers. Now we're gettin somewhere." I miss Dave so much.
I miss Letterman and his humor!!! Glad he’s well still playing in shenanigans lol
same here.... miss him and Paul.
Too bad he doesn't look human any more.
@@adamcarrey9115 bad face lift?
@@mikemcf33 what a great duo they were on Letterman!! Every talk show host has a schtick requiring the support team :)
@@annettematisz46 Bad beard.
Hah, always love Dave's "organic", honest, Midwestern commentary. "Hey look. It's Siskel and Evert." Hahaha, I love when he plays the dumb guy!
Not Anorld Schwarznegger is Letterman's producer Peter Lassally. Very well cast in The Late Shift btw.
A Peter Lassally sighting at 3:12!
Nice catch! I would not have recognized him as someone notable.
LOL
Came here to point that out 🙂I sure hope it was Peter's actual home, it looked nice.
great seeing Florence Henderson. everywhere.
This routine would not be funny if performed by anybody else. Thank you so much!
I don't believe that
I think Jay Leno could have pulled it off with no problem!
Conan would nail it.
I miss Letterman so much, he always had great bits like this.
Notice how all late night hosts are basically non paid publicists for celebrity’s now. You don’t get true conversations just lapdog jokes and games …..Letterman was amazing at bringing out actual spontaneous comedy ❤
This was a great promotional segment for Florence Henderson though. 😆
todays late night hosts are PUPPETS for the agenda, my gods, wake up.
You can tell by the way he was cracking up; he wasn't told Florence would be in the shop window!
You know what I noticed now that there are smaller bits of the show is that Dave is a genius….
This might be the best thing ever on Letterman.
Perfect! 😆 and great cameos
Norm once commented that Dave changed the way people spoke, their humour and alongwith comes how they think if only in terms of humour but i think humour changes the world. Dave and Norm are my favourites.
Dave should have saved this skit for the Oscars. Those Hollywood big shots would have been rolling on the floor.
Haha, this one had a little bit of a "Police Squad" vibe, love Florence Henderson. 💝
This is awesome - never seen it before!
MEATLOAF I choked on my soda lol
dave king of late night
Honest to goodness...me and my husband played this as a game everywhere we went. So good David...and that shirt and pants!! Wowza
I always thought it was Siskel that had a mustache at one point...
She looked absolutely amazing for 60 years old.
3:11 Peter Lasalle!
In the video’s description, it’s got hashtags for Florence Henderson and Bill Murray. I must say Bill was looking super Magnum that day with his mustache!
This is where you can really see how Conan was influenced by Dave, absolute genius. He was sharper and funnier in the 1990s imo, his humor more well-developed.
I missed most of the early Dave stuff and most of my life was the CBS era Dave. While most people were apparently watching Jay Leno, I personally thought Dave got funnier and funnier. His rants about the boneheads at NBC and long meandering discussions about playing one bar of an Eagles song were classic. I can still watch that stuff and laugh, a lot of other comedy, not so much.
@@rocketreindeer I became a huge fan of his in the late '80s as a kid. I remember the incredible fanfare and publicity when he left NBC and started the CBS show. He was king of the ratings for a while at least. I was so angry about Leno, and really thought his show sucked, even though he had been a decent guest host on Carson before.
@@jedijones Yeah totally. My best friend's dad would only ever watch Jay Leno, and every night it was this big ritual where everything stopped so he could watch it and eat ice cream or some sh**. So I saw many miles of Jay added up over the years. Somehow I can barely remember anything from Jay's show, even though he's naturally funny, but everything from Dave. My other buddy told me Dave is natural, and most of the other shows like Jay were more canned and artificial. Seth Meyers can still fall flat, but he's the only one today I sort of look forward to because he constantly breaks and roasts his writers for writing bad jokes and stuff. Ha ha. I didn't like him then found him funnier since Covid.
@@rocketreindeer I don’t really watch the shows now. Some of the clips from Colbert I’ve seen on TH-cam were okay. I just can’t believe no one is carrying on Dave’s tradition of making stars out of normal people in the crew and out in the city. Because everything is so focused on celebrities, there is no sense of spontaneity.
@@jedijones Yeah bro, I totally agree. They all have their moments, but it's not enough to look forward to. Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel can be hilarious, but their shows are mostly canned. Colbert has a great band. The only one I've grown to like is Seth, who I always thought sucked before. His skits can fall flat, but the "news of the week" monologues can be actually hilarious. Especially when he screws up or blames his writers for doing terrible jokes. Basically when it's him talking it can be super funny, and Amber Ruffin and a couple others can also be ridiculous and funny. When it's all overly directed down to every second, like you said, the spontaneity is tied down and it's just not funny. All the "ordinary" guys with Dave were hilarious, even if they were like Rupert and didn't think they were remotely funny. The whole organism of the show was funny. I just realized I said "funny" like 9 times describing how things are unfunny. Colbert has these slick cartoons and stuff and they're creative but not hilarious. "EHH!" But you may find an occasional dose of Seth funny, but not their skits, which still are also mostly kinda "EHH."
"Thats a big boy". 😂
3:37 dude looks like Vic Tayback from the show Alice
well im sure that big guy got teased by his coworkers for months.
that was awsome!, really hilarious.
Dave. ❤
This short clip could be a litmus test for whether people get Dave.
It's fairly impressive they managed to find that many people who looked like some celebrities. Segment wouldn't have amounted to much if they went out and saw no one with any resemblance.
I'm surprised he didn't see Slash. I see Slash everywhere.
I think if you REALLY want to, you can find Kenny Rogers hanging out anywhere you are.
The fat shaming is hilarious 🤣
That wasn't Gene siskel with Rodger ebert, that was Richard belzer
OMFG Florence was so hott, serious, she got even better as she aged.
This was hilarious. 😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂 👍👍
Classic Dave
David Michael Letterman (12 de abril de 1947) es un presentador, comediante, escritor y productor de televisión estadounidense.
77 AÑOS.
"Folks, look right over there -- Wayne Newton." I did an actual spit take when he said that.
Letterman was the best.
Those ties are so 90s.
I was with Kenny that day! LOL
OH ! you were there ? With faux Kenny ??
@@otisdriftwood1697 Just joking. I was with the real one!
@Garth Shaw oh wow ! You his friend, relative ?....or a concert ?
@@otisdriftwood1697 I was his Road Manager in the 70s and 80s.
@@RoadieGarth oh nice ! That's really cool
On the program tonight, we've got actor Michael Keaton, and the star of the TV show "Murder, She Wrote", Angela Lansbury. Stay tuned, we'll be right back.
Stop it😂 so adorable 🥳
Larry "Bud" Melman!!!!
shout out to Mr. Curious.
al pacino looks like martin scorsese
I heard Dave now has dementia, and believes he is Tom Selleck.
All the weak-minded people who can't take a joke have ruined comedy and late night tv.
WE NEED DAVE BACK!
Unashamed about the fat-shaming, circa 1994
Too bad the ABC Entertainment Center and Subert Theater were torn down and are no more.
I miss those days when you could be entertained with silly jokes
LMFAO
3:11 Peter Lasally.
Is that the uncle from "Harry Potter"?
With Dave and Conan gone late night humor is dead.
advanced comedy
Fat shaming ... so 1993. :)
🕴🏻look! It's michael jackson!😆😁
😹😹😹😹😹
When it was possible to watch late nightTV,It all is super woke now.
L.A before the dark times
Here's a story. Of a man named Brady... and of course, fat is funny.
They should oiled them both up with Wesson then made Dave wrestle Mrs. Brady for a bucket of KFC.
back when it was okay to laugh at fat people apparently
I miss simpler times when the government was honest and we weren't about to go to war with everybody on the street that's what I miss.