Chris Elliott as Paul Shaffer on Letterman, March 25, 1987

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  • @mrfuriouser
    @mrfuriouser 6 ปีที่แล้ว +804

    Chris Elliott, always underrated, unappreciated and yet brilliant.

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The Dope Chronoscope ah 2019, the year of the overused word “underrated”

    • @pacifiedbeaumonte
      @pacifiedbeaumonte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MrBiggysmalls87 nah hes right

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      pacifiedbeaumonte Nah. He was on snl for Christ sakes. He was in a ton of movies and tv shows. Everyone loved Chris Elliot. He’s just old now.

    • @pacifiedbeaumonte
      @pacifiedbeaumonte 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@MrBiggysmalls87 nah, he never blew up to the level of his talent, so, nahhhh

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pacifiedbeaumonte huh? I think you need to re-read my previous comment. SNL. MOVIES. TV SHOWS. What’s bigger than that? What “level” do you speak of?

  • @Coltranized
    @Coltranized 6 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    Chris laughing as Shafer is hilarious.

    • @tommydarko1984
      @tommydarko1984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ahh.. Hahh!

    • @justafanintexas7913
      @justafanintexas7913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's easy to imitate a phony.

    • @joewright9879
      @joewright9879 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      DewDee Paul didn’t like this.

    • @dkelly26666
      @dkelly26666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aa....AAa...

    • @fretbuzz59
      @fretbuzz59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@justafanintexas7913 Clearly, it all went over your head.

  • @csedan510
    @csedan510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Whoever requested this, thank you. Elliot's mannerisms are the best.

  • @xander9564
    @xander9564 7 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    Chris Elliott's work in general was/is sheer genius.

    • @tomsenft7434
      @tomsenft7434 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Xander956 : Chris Elliot is the best comedian and Chris Burden is the best artist!

    • @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
      @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tom Senft that is a kinda weird comparison but I will say yeah totally valid

    • @gleith3
      @gleith3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I watch Chris’s video clips over and over.

    • @robertdavis4192
      @robertdavis4192 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're both named Chris, that's something

    • @Robb3348
      @Robb3348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how about his work in Schitt's Creek?? omg ahahahaha (on Netflix)

  • @merlin8675309
    @merlin8675309 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I love that he used no makeup, no wig, and still mimicked Paul so well, as if he woke up and said "It feels like a Paul day today."

  • @brugglesby
    @brugglesby 7 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    I love when Chris breaks character and talks in his own voice, Like "Dave, I don't know how to do this', that's what always made me laugh.

    • @_PrimetimePranks
      @_PrimetimePranks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      brugglesby My favorite part !

    • @lookbovine
      @lookbovine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dave had just called him Chris.

    • @ryanscottnix
      @ryanscottnix ปีที่แล้ว

      Same!

  • @LowescC
    @LowescC 7 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    one of the most underrated comedians of his time..

    • @waterwind2266
      @waterwind2266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Does no one understand how rude it is to call someone underrated?

    • @UnitedSoundVideo
      @UnitedSoundVideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@waterwind2266 the word is used all the time on TH-cam and seeing it makes me crazy.

    • @waterwind2266
      @waterwind2266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@UnitedSoundVideo Not only is it used all the time, but people constantly misuse it. In addition to it being rude, they use it to describe things that are not underrated in the slightest. For instance, Chris Elliot is not underrated - everybody likes him. I think people just use it because they think it sounds cool.

    • @aavalbonesi
      @aavalbonesi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@UnitedSoundVideo totaly underrated.

    • @LaPtiteAnglaise
      @LaPtiteAnglaise 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I always wanted to ask, ‘where do you get your ideas from?’

  • @bloodyhellghost
    @bloodyhellghost 7 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    I give this vid the Universal Sign for Appreciation

    • @alskndlaskndal
      @alskndlaskndal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      👍👌

    • @ianbauer4703
      @ianbauer4703 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thumbs up,and an okay!

    • @JoeCnNd
      @JoeCnNd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the Okay sign turned into white power sign some how. I think 4chan.

    • @JH-ji6cj
      @JH-ji6cj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JoeCnNd I think you're a vapid idiot. Quit letting others 'turn things into things' and follow suit you friggin sheep.

    • @MrFtge
      @MrFtge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JH-ji6cj Things turn into things. What are you, some kind of a vapid idiot?

  • @hesdeadjim3646
    @hesdeadjim3646 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Paul was thrilled and honored and showed it by giving New York City’s universal sign of appreciation.

  • @mikemalm7789
    @mikemalm7789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Smoking weed, eating pizza and drinking beer watching letterman in the 80s. Some of the best times with some of the best friends back then!!!

    • @Area_man_88
      @Area_man_88 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      smokin pizza eatin beer drinkin weed, yup those were the daysss

  • @nigabastard1268
    @nigabastard1268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is as good as it gets. Pure talent.

  • @inova11901
    @inova11901 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    In the genius of Chris Elliott, this might be his masterpiece.

  • @trainliker100
    @trainliker100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Chris Elliott is one of the rare examples of being a child of a famous entertainment industry parent and actually having talent equal to or greater. Many today don't know about his father Bob Elliott who was half of the comedy team "Bob and Ray" (with Ray Goulding). They were extremely hilarious and clever with all sorts of droll humor. I think some of the droll and deadpan humor was imparted to Chris Elliott.

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And the next generation has talent, too. Chris' daughter Abby is a great comedienne. It is a shame she didn't last long on SNL; I felt she really had the potential to be a breakout star there.

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@allendracabal0819 meh

    • @QuincyDisneyVegan
      @QuincyDisneyVegan ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Chris and his Dad were actually costars in their TV show "Get A Life" which was on air for a handful of seasons back in the early 90's!

    • @QuincyDisneyVegan
      @QuincyDisneyVegan ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@allendracabal0819I just found out last night about Abby and her time on SNL. Both she, her siblings and Her dad Chris eluded true fame and had a lesser form of it due to their industry connections

    • @jimmyguitar2933
      @jimmyguitar2933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everybody knew that

  • @archaicsoul4597
    @archaicsoul4597 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Possibly one of the most underrated bits in television history

    • @UnitedSoundVideo
      @UnitedSoundVideo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s that word again ..... underrated ugh

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell ปีที่แล้ว

      Will you shut up with that
      Now we gotta go through 10 years of boomers using it- all excited about their new discovery
      I thought we were finally done

  • @slandgsmith
    @slandgsmith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Chris Elliott and Larry "Bud" Melman were my favorites.

    • @robrichmond6171
      @robrichmond6171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dang.....Larry Bud Melman......blast from past I totally forgot about him!

    • @jjryan1352
      @jjryan1352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bud is the reason I wear suits!

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We've taken out ads in _Honcho, Cheese Fancier,_ and _Italian Cyclist._

    • @Scottie404
      @Scottie404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget Rupert Jee.

    • @lukebuchwald9252
      @lukebuchwald9252 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Scottie404 --- how many years did Rupert appear on the show? I wanna say only a couple but not sure.

  • @psdavenport
    @psdavenport 7 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    God I had never seen that, how funny! Chris Elliott, what a genius!!

  • @KarzenX
    @KarzenX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    When late night didn’t suck.

    • @ONE_OF_MANY-MANY_OF_ONE
      @ONE_OF_MANY-MANY_OF_ONE 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Before Netflix and chill meant late night suck. 😂🤣😂
      Ahhhh see ahhhh.... See what I did there?!
      LOL

    • @junghunt8645
      @junghunt8645 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your self awareness is non-existent, huh?

    • @chonconnor6144
      @chonconnor6144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Now I watch old Letterman instead of current TV lol. His 80s stuff is all new to me anyways, great stuff.

    • @MrBiggysmalls87
      @MrBiggysmalls87 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ONE_OF_MANY-MANY_OF_ONE is a wanger

    • @hockeyteeth
      @hockeyteeth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly! Fucking garbage 🗑️ now.

  • @GodsMan500
    @GodsMan500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I met Paul in a book store a few years ago and had a 90 minute conversation with him. It was during the writers’ strike and he was browsing the magazine rack as a customer.
    Just a pleasant, low-key, decent guy... no trace of that “cool hipster” vibe he conveys on the show. He wanted to know all about my amateur music career. We talked about Christmas (my holiday) and Hanukkah (his) and upon parting I jokingly wished him a very Merry Christmas, and he wished me a Happy Hanukkah. He is a real down to earth, polite and friendly guy.

    • @amcsibozgor6791
      @amcsibozgor6791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peaceandlove544 Now that I know he was done by Chris Elliott.

    • @Alexandrius_Caesar
      @Alexandrius_Caesar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      90 minutes? I don’t think so guy.

    • @dyates6380
      @dyates6380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Uhhhhh, an hour and a half? Ahhhhh, no. Not likely.

    • @jugaajugaa3447
      @jugaajugaa3447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Are you sure you didn't meet Chris Elliott?

    • @videosofinterest9227
      @videosofinterest9227 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice story bro. After the 90 minutes did you swallow?

  • @bloodyhellghost
    @bloodyhellghost 7 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    He does Paul better than Paul

    • @blakfloyd
      @blakfloyd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's apauling how good he is.

    • @petehutchins7062
      @petehutchins7062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Paul at the end should have gave the appreciation symbol

    • @JohnDoe-id1es
      @JohnDoe-id1es 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Hulk Hogan

    • @kjkiefcakes1847
      @kjkiefcakes1847 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does paul... better than paul... does paul

    • @SpokenBroke
      @SpokenBroke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dave slipped up and called him Paul :)

  • @JackRainfield
    @JackRainfield 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow! This has to be one of the best impersonations I've ever seen.

  • @wilmtigers
    @wilmtigers 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    In the 80s, I thought Chris Elliott was the funniest man alive. Then again, I didn't get out much. Great clip!

    • @angellacanfora
      @angellacanfora 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's hilarious in the new Netflix comedy "Schitt's Creek." Just brilliant...

    • @jeffreyhubbard9740
      @jeffreyhubbard9740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, you were right, back then. I thought the same thing, and I got out a reasonable amount. My college years, you know...

  • @mikewhite4560
    @mikewhite4560 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BRILLANT 🎉
    I was in the Audience for the last Appearance of MAN UNDER THE SEATS...
    They NAILED the Floor SHUT..LOL

  • @xTheFly
    @xTheFly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Every time Chris Elliot did something on Letterman I always laughed a ton. He is hilarious. I wish he would have been given more credit and better opportunities over the years to show this.

  • @jukeboxwiz
    @jukeboxwiz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My favorite of all of Chris' impressions.

  • @amfm2662
    @amfm2662 7 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    Forgot how late night TV was once clever and fun.

    • @rev68
      @rev68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      You mean 5 whole minutes without doing a single hack joke about a president/politician? Who knew it could be done.

    • @youbetcha6880
      @youbetcha6880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Plisken65 Even Letterman was a shadow for his former self the last decade and a half or so. Letterman was brilliant from the '80s to his first couple of years at CBS.

    • @my3dviews
      @my3dviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@youbetcha6880 I used to watch David Letterman all the time and though the was really funny. That was until the writers strike in the late 80s. He tried to wing it while the strike was on and it was anything but funny. The strike ended and coincidentally (not really) became funny again. It just showed me that he really wasn't that funny on his own, but was good at doing scripted material written by others.

    • @allangray6764
      @allangray6764 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I smell boomers

    • @wnerko7484
      @wnerko7484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rev68 the political landscape back then wasnt quite the JOKE that it is now

  • @kellywittmann1893
    @kellywittmann1893 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Don, you are making all my Chris Elliott dreams come true!

    • @uncletony6210
      @uncletony6210 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wow, a woman who gets lil' Chrissie Peterson's humor! that's gotta be a first! *or a second, my mammy digs him too.

  • @shacklynized
    @shacklynized 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Almost 35 years later this is still hilarious. I wish Chris Elliot was still as prominent as he was back then.

    • @crede9427
      @crede9427 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Youbwatch schitts creek?

    • @user-hm5zb1qn6g
      @user-hm5zb1qn6g 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@crede9427 He was great in Schitts Creek. Problem is, rather than exploiting his prodigious comic gifts the show turned into a Rainbowfest after Season 1 and focused on Eugene Levy's obnoxious kid.

  • @DeRothschild
    @DeRothschild 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Chris Eliot is one of the most underrated actors. I always want to see more of him.

  • @charmerci
    @charmerci 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When Paul started talking, I thought it was still Chris!

  • @kpec3
    @kpec3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for finding this! So funny!

  • @jptvi1
    @jptvi1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG! This is an awesome reminder on the greatness of The Letterman show and Chris Elliot!

  • @coosoorlog
    @coosoorlog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wasn't even aware of this guy! I mean I've seen him in some films but those weren't his memorable roles or anything. Now I'm stuck in an endless marathon watching his appearances on letterman and other shows. Brilliant stuff.

  • @crashburn3292
    @crashburn3292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I remember Letterman in the early to mid 80's, when it felt like you knew about a hysterical, hip show that most people didn't know of yet. Like you were in on a great secret.

    • @ImYourHuckleberry_29
      @ImYourHuckleberry_29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's how I felt when Conan became the host

    • @basilfomeen9995
      @basilfomeen9995 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's how I feel about Jimmy Fallon.

    • @ImYourHuckleberry_29
      @ImYourHuckleberry_29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@basilfomeen9995 u think Fallon is hip and underground??? Really???

    • @basilfomeen9995
      @basilfomeen9995 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ImYourHuckleberry_29 Sorry, my mistake! I meant Jimmy Kimmel!🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ImYourHuckleberry_29
      @ImYourHuckleberry_29 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@basilfomeen9995 maybe comparatively he is but he's still too Mainstream for my preferences. I thought Ferguson was more offbeat and off the cuff. It's a Shame I didn't put more effort into watching him the way I did Conan when he was in NY.

  • @georgejordan5611
    @georgejordan5611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the series "Get a Life" that Chris Elliott went on to do later and these are great to view since I missed seeing them when they aired! Thanks for posting them!😂

    • @Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy
      @Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out Eagleheart if you haven't already!! Graphic content but super funny! Enjoy! 😆

  • @_PrimetimePranks
    @_PrimetimePranks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    The brilliance of Letterman's NBC years is beyond measurable.

    • @sdm12342002
      @sdm12342002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I sort of stopped liking him when he went to CBS. I feel like he lost his "edge."

    • @adamcortright3445
      @adamcortright3445 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I hear this a lot. And maybe it's because I didn't start watching Letterman until 1995, but I loved his CBS era. From 1995 to his heart surgery, and then towards the last several years again, he could sit at his desk and tell a story for 10 minutes, and I'd be enraptured and in stitches. He never really did that on NBC did he?

    • @sdm12342002
      @sdm12342002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think more towards the end, Adam. He would do things like ask Paul what he was doing over the weekend and Paul would tell him and then Dave would say "I'm going to fry up some bacon and watch televised golf." That sort of off-the-wall/out of left field stuff would crack me (and my mother, who also loved Dave's NBC days) up. He was a big influence on me...and not always a good influence.

    • @KOSMICKEN09
      @KOSMICKEN09 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just like dave period but maybe the early days seem more low budget and sillier

    • @vikings844
      @vikings844 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      NBC years were pure genius and did bits that other shows copied! He went soft at CBS and when he started going political I was done! Thanks to You Tube I can relive the old Dave

  • @brucewebb1114
    @brucewebb1114 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw this on tv when it aired and I never imagined I'd be watching it on a tablet 36 years later. The nostalgia is all over this. If I go in a room and turn off the the lights it's like I'm back in 1987. Cool 🎉🎉

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have that same feeling sometimes with this Letterman content.

  • @Charlesinfinite
    @Charlesinfinite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Chris Elliott is a fearless entertainer!!

  • @jimperry4108
    @jimperry4108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    MAN! I miss this. worth getting a letter grade less in high school staying up for it. would do it all again in a minute

  • @tamaracummings316
    @tamaracummings316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wandered over here from a link on Facebook---I've watched many many of your videos, Don Giller---somehow hadn't subscribed till now. I watch Dave randomly on this sight when I need to giggle suddenly, dumbly, for no reason that can be put into words---and Elliott as Paul Shaffer is just such an occasion! Chris really camps it up as Paul, exaggerating all his quirks and hipster vibe perfectly. There was never better mindless banter than this! Thank you, truly, for helping me enjoy things I see on a screen once again.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, Tamara! Welcome to the rabbit hole. :)

  • @mikemelow
    @mikemelow 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    this is pure gold

  • @renhoek3851
    @renhoek3851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    that's hilarious but Paul's such a good sport to take it like that! very classy bloke.

  • @prodevus
    @prodevus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Chris Elliott is one of the few comedy geniuses. Kills everytime. Top 5 comedic performers i think.

  • @garydunn5797
    @garydunn5797 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Chris Elliot needs to be recognized for the genius that he truly is! His dad was also a comic genius!

  • @victormark2205
    @victormark2205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had the good fortune to have video recorded (later saved to DVD) of a half hour special in which Chris Elliott impersonated FDR. This was about 1986. Still has me in tears whenever when I play it. Zany.

    • @RG-gk4yi
      @RG-gk4yi ปีที่แล้ว

      It's at th-cam.com/video/mg99W68_NzU/w-d-xo.html

  • @grimecrimetime
    @grimecrimetime 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Just wanna go back in time and watch this in my dark bedroom.

  • @scotttully8572
    @scotttully8572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how Chris always says his gag, then acts like he's got somewhere else to go and is bothered by David's questions 😂

  • @bozsongz3652
    @bozsongz3652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Anybody who never found Chris funny, is hopeless. One of the most underrated comics in history!!!

    • @aovint63
      @aovint63 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some times, it's hard to laugh when your chin is on the floor, in owe of his talent.

    • @SlightReturn666
      @SlightReturn666 ปีที่แล้ว

      He and Martin Short are my two faves of all time

  • @MrKmanthie
    @MrKmanthie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for all these back-to-back Chris Elliott-as-Brando, then as Paul Shaffer, etc...what great memories of back in the mid-80s, when Letterman & Late Night, in general, was at its peak! This was THE best time to stay up until, well, midnight, if you were in certain places, IDK when, if you lived on the coast... I remember, back in high school, friends talking about these Chris Elliott skits, when he'd pop out on to the set as "Marlon Brando", of course, the funny part of it is, the real Brando would never have been so wacky. But that's wherein the humor lies. Ha ha....now I want to go try & find a bunch of the older Letterman shows when Larry "Bud" Melman used to show up from time to time (that wasn't his real name, either, which, in itself, was funny)!

  • @MrThermostatic
    @MrThermostatic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    May be the most brilliant imitation I've seen in my life.

  • @Breakbeats92.5
    @Breakbeats92.5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    The T.V. Show "Get A Life" was freaking hilarious.

    • @adamfox9245
      @adamfox9245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AGREEE!

    • @TheBent139
      @TheBent139 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Loved that show. We used to get torn up every week and roll around on the floor laughing at Chris's miserable life. The opening was one of the all-time greats. who gets R.E.M. to do their theme song? Maybe the most bizarre prime time show ever.

    • @dkelly26666
      @dkelly26666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Can't believe I'm actually modeling. And I'm good at it, too!"

    • @Rowgue51
      @Rowgue51 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately he pretty much did nothing but play that same character in everything he did after that. I found his recurring appearances on everybody loves raymond stale and forced.

    • @saraheart2804
      @saraheart2804 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Rowgue51 , I thought he was great.

  • @RICHFOW
    @RICHFOW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i never thought i would be a Chris Elliott fan but here i am. Times changes everything.

  • @whom382
    @whom382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I lived in Denton in 1987. It was a small place and I never heard of "The Tack Room". Give it up Sandy!

  • @peteh.5236
    @peteh.5236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Chris is a god of comedy. So underrated.

  • @ztoxtube
    @ztoxtube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That bit with the character break, the switch and the piano was genius.

  • @marccohen1335
    @marccohen1335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Chris Elliot is a comic genius.

    • @kooale
      @kooale ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andy Kaufman good right?

  • @Scramble187
    @Scramble187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm so glad this video is back up

  • @ocan1033
    @ocan1033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    This is brilliant on multiple levels. If Letterman was the "edgy outsider" then Elliott was Letterman's Letterman. And while Letterman recognized this, it had to make him a bit uncomfortable too.

    • @ocan1033
      @ocan1033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roger Coley he wasn’t pulling 30M per when Chris did the show.

    • @TakenTook
      @TakenTook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Describing him as letterman’s letterman is accurate! Good observation

    • @rickdynes
      @rickdynes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Underrated Comment !!!!

    • @luke125
      @luke125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No, Letterman loved Chris. He said when he retired that Chris was the funniest person he ever knew.

    • @kooale
      @kooale ปีที่แล้ว

      Letterman's Letterman, great concept. I'll agree!

  • @v8vrooooom
    @v8vrooooom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Rare never seen either, great job!

  • @richardmorgan3974
    @richardmorgan3974 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing time, long gone! Great post.

  • @QuantumBraced
    @QuantumBraced 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a spot-on impression, wow.

  • @ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552
    @ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don, that actually is 1 of the funniest things I've seen Elliott do (and he has always been 1 of my favorites - including the TV show he did called Get a Life)! One thing he missed is using the word "Nutty..." in that sort of jazzy, coo,l lounge-singer way that the inimitable (well I guess he is a little imitatable here:-) Paul Shaffer often uttered it. I even heard him say "nutty" again in a recent interview (2018 or 2019) and he still wears that word so well!

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shaffer; Paul Shaffer. :)

    • @ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552
      @ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dongiller well, that darn speech to text! I certainly didn't mean to misspell it and will go in and correct it now. So, spelling aside, check out the kernel of what I'm communicating with my comment - I really appreciate you putting these together - you're amazing!

  • @TomRocheEditorial
    @TomRocheEditorial 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you. Fabulous. Greatly appreciated.

  • @sherman2374
    @sherman2374 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Who else saw Cabin Boy at the movies when it came out? ⛵

    • @WeerdMunkee
      @WeerdMunkee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It stayed at our theater for one week. But I was there. Went and saw it with a friend on a Saturday night, we were the only ones in there. We laughed our asses off! Still hilarious 25 years later.

    • @trappedintime8273
      @trappedintime8273 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Now on bluray thank god

    • @trappedintime8273
      @trappedintime8273 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If only Tim Burton would have directed it they would have had a budget and a name attached and it probably would have went a different direction for the two involved, damn shame but i loved it.

    • @RangerProV1
      @RangerProV1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      These pipes.....ARE CLEAN!!!!

    • @dariawells7438
      @dariawells7438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had a Cabin Boy poster on my teenaged bedroom wall!

  • @jimb01957
    @jimb01957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is freaking hilarious !!!! Chris is great!

  • @SynthAddict
    @SynthAddict 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great stuff, never saw this one
    Don Giller continues to chronicle the wonderful old days of late night TV - thanks for the clips Don :-)

  • @TheDameduck
    @TheDameduck 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the algorithm brought me here...the humor and craft kept me here...brilliant stuff from Chris Elliot...

  • @laserluver1
    @laserluver1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The great Chris Elliot proves his mettle once again.

  • @ranchump
    @ranchump 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant bit. Just perfect old time late night letterman genius as I remembered it in the old days.

  • @Itelkner
    @Itelkner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    So, let me get this straight... it's a thumbs-up...with the ok??

    • @rytvdinners5064
      @rytvdinners5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was sooo Paul

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just don't do it in Italy

  • @rickyb533
    @rickyb533 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Chris Elliot is AWESOME

  • @PedroMartinez-tt7lr
    @PedroMartinez-tt7lr ปีที่แล้ว

    This is beautiful!!! I love it!

  • @tinytanks
    @tinytanks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    when paul shaffer came back he felt less like paul shaffer than chris elliott did

  • @fagan4119
    @fagan4119 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Haven't thought about this guy in more than 30 years and it's like coming home to an old friend.

  • @Stardust_Lily
    @Stardust_Lily 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The universal sign of appreciation. It's a thumbs up 👍 with the OK
    👌.
    It's a thumbs up 👍 with the OK
    👌.

  • @docteurshepherd
    @docteurshepherd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "It's time for small town news, do you have some music for this?" "AH HA- what?"

  • @JordanTaylorvision
    @JordanTaylorvision 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Ah, the good ol' days -- and the good ol' Dave. I love how Chris could always make Dave laugh, and do so in a way that you knew was genuine.
    Great channel, Don. My oh my, we're having some fun now.

    • @vikings844
      @vikings844 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jordan Taylor Yes, Weather the audience was laughing or not, all that mattered to Chris was that Dave was laughing!

    • @joeymorvant161
      @joeymorvant161 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vikings844 If I could make Dave laugh, I'd be happy, too.

  • @bradwooldidge6979
    @bradwooldidge6979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Does anybody remember “Get a Life”? I thought it was hilarious.

    • @zenos.5315
      @zenos.5315 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Best show on tv, way to ahead of its time to last

    • @danochiara8544
      @danochiara8544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I remember. Also the song "Stand" by R.E.M.

    • @daves4645
      @daves4645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I downloaded the entire series last year and rewatched, still hilarious.

    • @danjuric622
      @danjuric622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, great show! Stand in the place where you live...🎶

    • @gregbernard7861
      @gregbernard7861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Watched every episode twice - when it was on TV and then recently on TH-cam.

  • @todd8414
    @todd8414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The funnest man of all time! Chris Elliott!!!

  • @NotBrianStelter
    @NotBrianStelter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I only wish this video was longer. Now I am off to binge watch Chris Elliott videos. Anyone else remember, "Get a Life"?

    • @luke125
      @luke125 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do. Hilarious.

  • @garla5851
    @garla5851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FUNNY!!
    I’m 65 and I really was never even familiar with this guy , he is hilarious!😂😂😂

  • @xkgbciax5286
    @xkgbciax5286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    guy under the seats wow miss them late night 80's shows johnny too so much fun !

  • @circle1c
    @circle1c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That's a great Paul impression. I wonder what Paul really thought.

    • @moxica93
      @moxica93 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch his fingers at the end of the clip...

  • @ryankenyon5010
    @ryankenyon5010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss this. Dave on the tube four nights a week. Chris Elliott was magic.

  • @zenbabaloo1931
    @zenbabaloo1931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    His best impersonation ever. I suspect Paul wasn't very amused
    but acted nonplussed about it.

    • @samsmith4216
      @samsmith4216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Actually you can hear Schaeffer laugh loudly in the background.

    • @tomitstube
      @tomitstube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      part of the schtick is for paul to act unamused by chris' impersonation of him. paul will be fine.

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      " *but* acted nonplussed"
      I don't think you know what non plussed means, with that qualifier in the context of that full sentence.

    • @Ledgeview
      @Ledgeview 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Watch Paul's hands (when he describes how much he enjoyed it or not to Dave at the end)

    • @tomitstube
      @tomitstube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Ledgeview his right hand... didn't notice that before, you can't really see anything, probably why it was left in.

  • @nightowl1851
    @nightowl1851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hilarious then, hilarious now. Notable that this is two bits going on at the same time, Elliott's impression and Small Town News. And both are funny. Show was genius in the late '80s.

  • @davebonnar1199
    @davebonnar1199 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    awesome !!!! love it hilarious

  • @MichiganPeatMoss
    @MichiganPeatMoss ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jan 2023: I miss those little skits on Letterman. Long time ago...

  • @CS-ys4sy
    @CS-ys4sy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the best, wow lol!

  • @duckpond-studio
    @duckpond-studio 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Elliott Kills me!!!!!

  • @InjuriousPersonalities
    @InjuriousPersonalities 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “Agghh!” Lmao that sound is somehow so funny

  • @ihaveinsomnia1
    @ihaveinsomnia1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was great!

  • @pledgestone
    @pledgestone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Chris Elliott highly talented. I always loved him on this show.

  • @mellotronage7073
    @mellotronage7073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good gawd, that was spot on !! 😎

  • @longfade
    @longfade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just brilliant.

  • @steadfastcoward
    @steadfastcoward 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a golden nugget of television history.

  • @Rattlehead930
    @Rattlehead930 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That. Was. AMAZING! :D

  • @rixpix2957
    @rixpix2957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad Chris made it. Funny as hell.

  • @sexualnapalm8498
    @sexualnapalm8498 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You rule Chris, best segments ever

  • @anniechaloupka8052
    @anniechaloupka8052 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow....this is great....yet again another Letterman bit I missed while living in the Colorado Rocky Mtns before cable .....and NO access to TV in a DEEP mountain canyon

  • @abefinklestein711
    @abefinklestein711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Chris Elliot us an underappreciated genius!