Staff Favorite Moments: Writers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas | Letterman

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  • @craigthomas4604
    @craigthomas4604 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Thanks everyone for all the nice comments, we are thrilled people still remember and like all this stuff!

    • @dbyd777
      @dbyd777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Timeless stuff!!!

    • @pgknippel
      @pgknippel ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you! Great remembering these, and especially Alan Kalter.

    • @blackbluestudio6338
      @blackbluestudio6338 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Buzz only knew. The moon was in a Walmart that day.

    • @keppela1
      @keppela1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow, the writers of my favorite show started on Letterman? I never knew that! You guys are brilliant!

  • @mulletforyou
    @mulletforyou ปีที่แล้ว +22

    That Alan Kalter breakdown was PHENOMENAL!

  • @WTFG78
    @WTFG78 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Ah, the Alan Kalter Punch-Outs. That supercut made my frickin’ day. 😂 Love ya and miss ya, Big Red.

  • @thesportsfreak
    @thesportsfreak ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The legends behind Will It Float!?! All I want is a Will It Float supercut!

  • @MattTee1975
    @MattTee1975 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I love that Pat and Kenny seem to show up repeatedly on these.

    • @kstepko
      @kstepko ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Among my all time favourites - especially the theme song!

  • @bobbycreek187
    @bobbycreek187 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Alan Kalter was an American treasure! RIP, Big Red.

  • @JrunkJesus
    @JrunkJesus ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Amazing to see the faces behind my favorite memories. I remember ALL those Alan skits(RIP). I was a kid and used to stay up late to watch, I’d put my tiny tv on mute then put my headphones into my radio, back then you could tune into NBC, CBS etc and listen and watch. I kept getting busted by my parents cause it was silent in the house and I would just uncontrollably start laughing out loud at this show! Best TH-cam channel ever! 😂Thank you!

    • @Pretermit_Sound
      @Pretermit_Sound ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God I miss analog tv 📺

    • @rocketreindeer
      @rocketreindeer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I have similar memories of peeing off parents watching Dave or SNL. Great story.

  • @toreckman8899
    @toreckman8899 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This by far has been the funniest of these writer bits on you tube. Thank you.

  • @SasfootBigsquatch
    @SasfootBigsquatch 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I loved the bits with Alan Kalter, he was a great comedic actor. RIP

  • @BonkersButterfly
    @BonkersButterfly ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks for Will It Float. Remember giggling along to it with my dad during the 2000s and loved hearing my son giggle along to TH-cam compilations of it during the Covid lockdowns.

  • @apoxuponme9575
    @apoxuponme9575 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The great thing about Letterman was that even if the lighting guy had a funny idea, he had a chace

  • @BeauSorensen
    @BeauSorensen ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember seeing Alan's breakdown when it first aired. He was such a great part of the show. I would love to see Alan Kalter's For the Ladies at some point!

  • @rocketreindeer
    @rocketreindeer ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hilarious. Kenny and the deer has always put a lump in my throat, especially now that he's not with us. Like all these guys, he was a comedic gift.

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace96 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I'm just going to put this out there...
    Alan Kalter was "Will Ferrell", before Will Ferrell. Dude was insane, and hilarious!

    • @johnmcmillion876
      @johnmcmillion876 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hell yeah

    • @jimwaters1562
      @jimwaters1562 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I always think that also. Did Alan influence Will? Or maybe the other way around? They both started in 1995 (Will at SNL and Alan on Letterman).

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I nearly rolled off the bed in laughter when Alan started speaking Cantonese.

  • @porcorosso999
    @porcorosso999 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Buzz Aldrin is a legend.

  • @jonathanblock1359
    @jonathanblock1359 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for posting these Barbara … I love them! ❤

  • @KungEMuller
    @KungEMuller ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wow! Craig and Carter actually got Buzz Aldrin to participate in comedy pieces for The Late Show!? Well done!

    • @SESteve
      @SESteve ปีที่แล้ว

      Buzz Aldrin was hilarious on 30 Rock.

    • @KungEMuller
      @KungEMuller ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SESteve I'll say.

  • @johnlwagner1
    @johnlwagner1 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This channel needs more Will It Float

    • @JeffRLord
      @JeffRLord ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed! I've been hoping for a Will It Float oral history. Commentary from the models, Hula Hoop Girl, Grinder Girl, how the items are chosen, and of course how it all originated from the BBC television programme "Is It Buoyant?"

    • @debschaefer7820
      @debschaefer7820 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@JeffRLord Maybe the guy who does all the Lettermen compilations has one of will it float. His first name is Don, but I'm blanking on his last name right now.

    • @rocketreindeer
      @rocketreindeer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@debschaefer7820 Don Giller. The guy's brain for remembering and finding stuff is amazing. I don't remember a Will It Float compilation, but I should go check. There's so much good stuff there. I had never heard of Meg Parsont, but couldn't stop watching it when I found the first one. I bet they'll have a Meg's Fave Moments sometime.

    • @debschaefer7820
      @debschaefer7820 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rocketreindeer I'm old enough to remember watching Meg when it aired on the show.

  • @ajn465
    @ajn465 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome to see that. Buzz Aldrin really has a keen sense of humor. Absolutely played into his own stereotype. No question he got the joke though.

  • @benleach5534
    @benleach5534 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Total Request Live was appointment viewing in my freshman year of high school. I was fooled by Fresh Step. I believe the guy with the sideburns was in the late 90s revival of Footloose on Broadway, which we saw on a class trip. I remember telling my classmates, "Hey, that guy from Footloose is in a boy band that was on TRL yesterday!" I thought maybe we had seen someone before they hit it really big in pop music. I'm thrilled that this and Rodney Rothman's video confirmed what the real deal was with Fresh Step.

    • @DaneOrschlovsky
      @DaneOrschlovsky ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, the fact that they were named after a brand of kitty litter didn't tip it off?

    • @benleach5534
      @benleach5534 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DaneOrschlovsky I was 15, cut my adolescent brain some slack!

    • @DaneOrschlovsky
      @DaneOrschlovsky ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@benleach5534 hahaha fair enough, adolescent slack has been cut 😂

  • @jimwaters1562
    @jimwaters1562 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic! Great segment. Made my day.

  • @Kate7950
    @Kate7950 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is that Matthew Morrison in the fresh step skit?

    • @kstepko
      @kstepko ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it is!

  • @robinr.berardini4792
    @robinr.berardini4792 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yayyyyyyy! More More! TU❤

  • @daboys1215
    @daboys1215 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RIP Alan Kalter and to all those who worked with Dave who are no longer with us. Thanks for the laughs.

  • @robclarkson5356
    @robclarkson5356 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it, thanks guys!

  • @lancelucifer4851
    @lancelucifer4851 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome

  • @mhmrules
    @mhmrules ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG! I love Will it Float! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @Norwegian_Camper
    @Norwegian_Camper ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My man Bruce 😀

  • @toreckman8899
    @toreckman8899 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kaltar was amazing. I watch that bit about Britanny spears and laugh hysterically every time

  • @DaneOrschlovsky
    @DaneOrschlovsky ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fresh Step is BY FAR the best boy band of all time.

    • @thelettermanpodcast
      @thelettermanpodcast ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A reunion is in order. Perhaps on ‘How I met Your Father’

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "How many seasons have you been on Guiding Light... I walked on the moon?"

  • @Squidbillies1000
    @Squidbillies1000 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You guys are the best. While serving overseas, we could not wait to see DAVE in AFN. Let DAVE know how much the military appreciated the show especially around Christmas time. I will always remember Alan Kalter.

  • @MichaelLasotaMusic
    @MichaelLasotaMusic ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Chinese skit was awesome. Not bad pronunciation. I live in Taiwan.

  • @92Jaghk
    @92Jaghk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh I'm watching this April 6 2024 and laughing my head off😂😂😂😂

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo ปีที่แล้ว

    Will it float was on of my favorite bits.

  • @USALeonHeart
    @USALeonHeart ปีที่แล้ว

    I never saw Dave until the mid 2000s, but I fell in love with his style of humor because of Will It Float and probably my all time favorite, Know Your Cuts of Meat!

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who is the police officer sitting next to Dave at 14:53? I’m impressed that he didn’t start laughing during Alan’s speech!

    • @winonafrog
      @winonafrog 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love his face, like he’s wondering what he got himself into once he sees Mao 😅

  • @proto-geek248
    @proto-geek248 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic 👏

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Once you see the expression on Kenny’s face at 3:42, it’s not hard to believe that there was some drinking involved.

  • @SnootchieBootchies
    @SnootchieBootchies ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Alan Kalter was actually trying to speak Mandarin, not Cantonese. But hilarious all the same!

    • @JCO2002
      @JCO2002 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How well did he do? Was it understandable?

    • @thelettermanpodcast
      @thelettermanpodcast ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did any of it make sense? And remember, we have no way of verifying; say whatever you like.

    • @SnootchieBootchies
      @SnootchieBootchies ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@thelettermanpodcast No, his Mandarin is terrible. Without the subtitles, I would have no idea what he was trying to say. But it's the exaggerated way he changes his intonations as well as the pitch of his voice from syllable to syllable is what makes it hilarious.

    • @JCO2002
      @JCO2002 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SnootchieBootchies Thanks. But terrible is better than pure gibberish ;-)

    • @SnootchieBootchies
      @SnootchieBootchies ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@JCO2002 Agreed. Gibberish would not be funny. The hilarity comes from Alan actually trying to speak Mandarin.

  • @debschaefer7820
    @debschaefer7820 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anyone else try and call that phone? I did and it went to voicemail.
    Kenny kind of does a Stevie Wonder impression at the end of that Oprah video.

  • @justin_opportunities
    @justin_opportunities ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We need some 'worlds greatest red haired freak' mugs in honour of Big Red

  • @thelettermanpodcast
    @thelettermanpodcast ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Carter Bays is the featured guest on the current episode of our show. What a coincidence…or is it?

  • @jmagic111
    @jmagic111 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best television ever

  • @jamesheuer5139
    @jamesheuer5139 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant!!! Somewhere there a Skitch of Alan Kalter totally lampooning Robert DiNero and Dustin Hoffman!!🩷

  • @jamieturner6921
    @jamieturner6921 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No other late night show can compare.

  • @bambufan3636
    @bambufan3636 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Big Red, The Late Show's MVP.

  • @greyhoundfivemedia812
    @greyhoundfivemedia812 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All I need in life is a Will It Float supercut.

  • @Krndn42
    @Krndn42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dave and the gang was the best of Late Night

  • @justin_opportunities
    @justin_opportunities ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was wondering who the masterminds behind 'will it float' were

  • @clarkcioccolatino1701
    @clarkcioccolatino1701 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    More big Red!! more big Red's message to...

  • @mikewhite4560
    @mikewhite4560 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Alan & Kenny: Simply the BEST..Tina Turner

  • @jrpipik
    @jrpipik ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Are these guys in Barbara's studio?

  • @amichels
    @amichels ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell yeah, Buzz 8:49

  • @blackbluestudio6338
    @blackbluestudio6338 ปีที่แล้ว

    As free as the wind blows

  • @andrewthomason3857
    @andrewthomason3857 ปีที่แล้ว

    TV’s Uncle Jerry was a genius.

  • @MarkKanaster-ev6pq
    @MarkKanaster-ev6pq ปีที่แล้ว

    Genius

  • @JayDeeIsMyName
    @JayDeeIsMyName ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow. I don't remember the guys who destroyed How I met your Mother starting out as writers for the Late Show.

    • @craigthomas4604
      @craigthomas4604 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for taking the time out of your day to make this comment, you seem very nice and thank you for tracking my work thru the years!

    • @JayDeeIsMyName
      @JayDeeIsMyName ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@craigthomas4604 I must admit, my comment tends to be a bit sour. Especially as I genuinely enjoyed this video, as well as the content you guys apparently did for Dave's shows (I mean it, I did not know before). I also thoroughly enjoyed and to this day still enjoy the first couple of seasons of HIMYM, and I highly applaud both you and mister Bays for that (If you're out here just to read some compliments to soothe the ego, I'd strongly recommend you not to read my comment beyond this point).
      ...However. That does not make up for the fact that you both decided to make the story that HIMYM told suffer, for a longer run in the end. Seven seasons, tops, that's what was said in multiple interviews in the past. Then, the filler-seasons happened. And then, when Jason wasn't available for the entire first half of the final season, I was genuinely baffled by the way how it was resolved. And as you must know by now (and maybe sick of it), I wasn't the only one.
      Thanks for taking the time out of your day to respond to my snotty and sour comment. I'm not sure if you did so to intimidate me in a way (I don't feel intimidated, rather amused that you actually responded directly), or to treat my uncalled bullying with kindness. But yeah, I appreciate it.
      Last of all: I am very nice! I just tend not to show that much of it in the comments that I write. 😅

    • @craigthomas4604
      @craigthomas4604 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@JayDeeIsMyName Oh, I stopped reading comments sections years ago because well, because of people like you, but i was charmed to remember all these great times we had at Late Show (esp. those with some folks who are sadly no longer with us), so I looked...and then I remembered here due to your, as you said, sour and snotty comments, that it's a mistake...in a way I am grateful to you for reminding me never to look at all! (Kinda weird to get a lecture about a whole other project in the comments section of something about Late Show, but alas here we are...). You say you are very nice, so here's my challenge to you: Go say something nice to a total stranger you've never met, to even this interaction out. Go be nice to someone, we've got enough sour and snotty to go around in this world...

    • @winonafrog
      @winonafrog 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@craigthomas4604Weirdly insecure rant from someone with a successful career 🥸

  • @ripvanstinkle
    @ripvanstinkle ปีที่แล้ว

    WHAT IS THIS OFFICE! I need to know. Why is all this new David Letterman youtube content from this beautiful office? What is happening?!

  • @CthulhuInc
    @CthulhuInc 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i preferred the english show, is it buoyant?

  • @thegageshow3-k3h
    @thegageshow3-k3h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey look it's the creators of how i met your mother.

  • @razorbladethorax
    @razorbladethorax ปีที่แล้ว

    Long live Big Red!

    • @kstepko
      @kstepko ปีที่แล้ว

      RIP

  • @S1L3NTG4M3R
    @S1L3NTG4M3R ปีที่แล้ว +5

    :)

  • @robinr.berardini4792
    @robinr.berardini4792 ปีที่แล้ว

    OmGosh Stop! Not really Mo’Mo’!,

  • @winonafrog
    @winonafrog 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Insane amount of ads, close to making this page unwatchable. Like…does Dave Letterman & Pants Co. need cash? Wtf.

  • @celing99
    @celing99 ปีที่แล้ว

    See if you can get Joe Furey for one of these!

  • @RideAcrossTheRiver
    @RideAcrossTheRiver ปีที่แล้ว

    NOBODY picked up on the meta-comment of Alan Kalter's _Apocalypse Now_ parody--?

  • @robbybobbyhobbies
    @robbybobbyhobbies 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for HIMYM.

  • @LetsBeHonestImAPrat
    @LetsBeHonestImAPrat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back when the Late Show was funny and not political, please contact Colbert and tell him no one wants to hear politics on late night television

  • @b0tterman
    @b0tterman ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish Alan had ended up in some comedy films. He really was a good comedic actor.