The first version of Part 1 included Dave’s 1994 guest appearance on Conan. NBC blocked it, so I edited it out for this Recut version. The Conan folks must have done something, because that appearance is no longer blocked. They even uploaded most of it themselves. Anywho, that first version of Part 1 cab be seen here - th-cam.com/video/yrkPwfWbIrU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6b0_xPhvFUPzv1rt
I can give you some insight into the Dave's walk-on with Joan Collins... I was an intern on Conan when this happened. Dave was there to film a bit with Conan after "Late Night" finished taping (it was actually the clip right after that one). I was down in the 6A hallway, literally right next to Dave. I was shaking, but controlling myself, because I had idolized Letterman since high school. So Dave is standing there and sees Joan Collins on the video monitor. Suddenly, Dave says, "Oh, I need to talk to her" and just bolts right into the studio! It was COMPLETELY unplanned - NOBODY knew he was going to do that! And I assure you that, back in the office, Conan was COMPLETELY delighted and thrilled. He was just in awe of Dave and just thoroughly enjoyed the moment. Conan also launched into a HILLARIOUS riff on what would happen if he (Conan) did an impromptu walk-on with Dave. I can't do it justice, but it ended with Conan shattering Dave's hip. I may not work in TV anymore, but this was truly one of the highlights of my life. I felt like I witnessed television history.
@Lisa Elissa I was a long-timer too... fondly recalling the early days of dropping watermelons off the tall building and squishing stuff like cans of pork n beans & Barbies in the hydraulic press. .
@@katiezee2 I was watching Late Night back in the early 80's too. Late Night 82-90 was the closest to the original Tonight Show with Steve Allen of any of the shows in the last 60 years.
From the ‘96 interview to the ‘99 one, Conan makes a huge leap in terms of his confidence and control over the audience. You can sort of see the power dynamic shift between him and Dave here
That was because Conan's show was failing. So... Letterman, who rarely did anyone else's show around this time (I mean, Leno wasn't going to have him on any time soon),came up with the idea for this appearance. At the time, Conan's show was failing; the ratings were plummeting and NBC was considering either replacing Conan for someone else, or just canceling the show all together. Letterman's appearance gave the show a massive boost and from that point forward, Conan's ratings climbed up out of the cellar and became the hit show we all know and remember today. On many occasions, Conan has expressed his complete gratitude to Letterman for having done that for him, and he tells people to this day that, had that not happened, he'd just be a distant memory and his name would have become a punchline among failed talk show hosts.
@@mdhcccc -- Yeah? Because they don't discuss it in the interview... but EVERYONE just automatically knows that Conan's show was tanking and that Letterman did this as a huge favor because he believed in Conan and what he was doing? Okay, then... sorry, everyone... I feel like such a dick for wasting everyone's time. My bad.
Here: th-cam.com/video/D9NHDRt1_Xc/w-d-xo.html One thing you should know about this moment... Letterman rarely did anyone else's show around this time (I mean, Leno wasn't going to have him on any time soon). But, this appearance was solely Letterman's idea. At the time, Conan's show was failing; the ratings were plummeting and NBC was considering either replacing Conan for someone else, or just canceling the show all together. Letterman's appearance gave the show a massive boost and from that point forward, Conan's ratings climbed up out of the cellar and became the hit show we all know and remember today. On many occasions, Conan has expressed his complete gratitude to Letterman for having done that for him, and he tells people to this day that, had that not happened, he'd just be a distant memory and his name would have become a punchline among failed talk show hosts.
There’s a timeline where Dave was supposed to host the Tonight show and then take Conan under his wing before passing the mantle to him. I think being deprived of that, by being mutually screwed over by Leno, is what has given them this special bond over the years and it’s why Letterman has always stuck up for Conan. He knew Conan had potential before anyone else and it has been amazing to see their cross network camaraderie.
Leno has had an uncanny ability to not let on that he has the biggest ego in late night history...even Carson couldn't match him, and he was the first (and only) King of Late Night. The man pushed 2 people out of their jobs just to keep his small place as a mediocre version of Carson's brilliant show.
And as of today (October 7, 2019) they have collaborated yet again by means of Dave appearing on Conan's podcast, which is on iTunes and Earwolf if you're curious and willing to give it a listen. Absolutely love these two! And I can never thank you enough for making your goldmine available to us, Don. It really means a lot not only for us fans, but for everyone who loves a good late night talk show.
Not only that, but they actually posted--In the clear AND its entirety--The 1994 interview...Not to take away from Don's hard work, but the story would be incomplete without it... th-cam.com/video/D9NHDRt1_Xc/w-d-xo.html&t
I think it says a lot that, when Dave said: "When we come back, Angela Lansbury," my instant internal reaction was to go "Do we have a picture of Paul McCartney!?"
The respect between Conan and Dave is plain to see. This video was brilliant, no wonder Conan is so free with his compliments to Dave. I feel like I swallowed a box of fireworks after watching it all. Thank you for putting it together, Don.
Dave and Conan have awesome chemistry. It's like watching the student and the mentor at work. Conan genuinely cracks Dave up. You can tell Dave really liked Conan and wanted him to succeed.
“The only thing I know for sure about Conan is that he’s been to prison.” I like to imagine that Conan first saw that joke, laughed his ass off, and a friendship sparked from that very joke.
absolutely genius opening on the '93 line about Conan killing a guy and CLOSING w/ the '09 line about Conan killing a guy! look, if the joke works, the joke works, 20th century, 21st century, doesn't matter...
It’s really touching how much respect they had for each other. Dave did so much to help Conan. He was pitching the audience to like Conan and then here’s Conan writing jokes specifically for Dave about a lot of “inside baseball” production minutia that Dave would appreciate. Sweet guys.
Leno literally doesn't give a crap. Leno is actually a very well established and respected comedian, even by other comedians. He's had such a successful life, and continues to be successful in everything he does. Leno has a successful car show and still does stand up every weekend. Dave is shoveling pig crap and Conan is clutching at a fading career. Even his podcast title is pitiful. "Conan O'Brien needs a friend". Cringe... Leno doesn't give a flying crap what Conan and Dave say or do. Having said that, I love all three of them.
@@dangerous8333 ok maybe Leno doesn't give a crap but all 3 of these guys are respected by other comedians. All of these guys are successful, that isn't the point. In the context of late night hosts, Leno clearly lost. Letterman continued his show then got his Netflix deal and Conan is shutting down his show on TBS to go to HBO in 2021. Both working in their "hosting" capabilities and Leno has a car show and does stand up. Longevity seems to be the marker in the Late Night Wars and Leno didn't last as long as his colleagues. IMO, Leno did care. He declined going on Letterman or Conan. Now, while that's his choice and maybe he doesn't care, it came across as a comedian not being able to take a joke.
Great work putting this together. These are my two all time favorite funny men. You can tell they have a true affection for each other. Awesome to watch. Thank you.
Great great compilation, really had to dig through the VHS archives for some of those clips!! What great respect and camaraderie these 2 share! 2 of the all-time greats!
One of my most Vivid memories of any sort of media will always be when I started to watch Conan's show in 93, when I was just graduating from high school and starting College. I would watch him religiously every single night, and he is now one of my favorite comedic Minds on the planet
This is an hour and a half of just comedy genius. I can't remember laughing so hard. And also, been watching both shows since I was a kid, and I had no idea how much things Dave and Conan did together
46:48 - The future King of British talk shows - the great and lovely Graham Norton is seen sitting in the audience of Late Night, and clapping away. He must have been on a trip to New York as in 1996 he was just starting out in comedy and slowly becoming well known in Britain, especially on sitcom Father Ted
I've always been a Conan fan, I also preferred Dave over Jay. I had no idea Dave was so supportive of Conan. From what I've watched Conan would have failed without Dave. Much love for Dave.
I think he would still being the host of the show and giving the quality of the tbs one (incluiding the new type of quarantine show from some theater on LA or NY), and thinking of leaving the late tv maybe in 5 or 10 years and giving the show to another host as capable as he, letterman or Carson are
Letterman and conan's humor is not for the mainstream, they would of probably got lower ratings. Mainstream Americans like corny stuff like leno and Fallon. I'm glad both got their own control of their shows
I come back to this every now and again just to watch the interview where Letterman flogs the Bob Crane bit with Conan. "I don't think they found him for quite a while either..."
David Letterman has been on so long. 33 years of great memories. I am glad we can go back and watch him and Conan. Conan is a little harder to find because he was on NBC for so long. Sad that He, Max and his announcer Joel were not as close as they acted on the Show. At least not Joel. They left him in New York and didn't invite him with them. I am sure it was NBC not Conan but it was still sad. If you go on TH-cam here and search Conan O'BRIEN photos you will find all kinds. Like Conan barbeque photos. Or Conan Christmas party photos. These were hilarious bits with Conan and Max and Joel. When Conan went to The Tonight Show the trio were split up. Max was having heart problems at the time so he didn't go with Conan to the Tonight Show. And Joel was not invited by NBC. It was heart breaking and I think it hurt the Show. Because the best of Conan was the Trio doing bits and their relationship with each other. Since then it has never been the same. Conan is good on his other shows but it will never be what it was on Late night with Conan O'BRIEN. They brought back Andy but it just wasn't the same. And it is sad Conan could not use his NBC bits that made him successful. If they mated for example. But he has one if they molded which is similar.
What an amazing collection. Thank U. Letterman and Conan are top shelf and cut from a similar cloth - no other late night hosts come anywhere near the realm of their shows. Both had experimental or even surreal segments and interludes. Cheers to the both of them for a lifetime of funny and wit. I love the Sid & Marty Crofft scary room thing @ 37:14 - not sure I ever saw that.
Conan is and always will be my personal favorite. I have been lucky enough to have eun into both Andy and Conan here in LA. Andy I met in front of Surf Liquor in Santa Monica - Conan I met a block or so from my mother's place, in Culver City. Both of them were super funny and took their time to chat with me for a few minutes. Conan even took a photo with me. He handed my phone to his wife and she was more than happy to help.
Those standby people were ingrates. If Dave tells you to do something, you go do it and don’t complain! For crying out loud Letterman’s show had started, you weren’t getting in!
I wasn’t sure what I commented on, since I originally wrote about the ingrates 2 years ago. I rewatched the video and the standby complainers start at 17:00
A few days ago, I just found another clip of Dave's cameo appearance on LNwCO's 3rd anniversary episode in 1996. Dave congratulated Conan and then said to him "In 9 years, you guys can switch networks and start making some real money!". And in fact, it took Conan 14 years from 1996 to finally switch networks and start making some real money.
These years & to come, Dave was at top of his game. I luved his shows.bhe had Jay & Conan on his shows equally. Really enjoyed these clips...brought back good times.
"I know he killed a guy" 😂😂😂 What a great start to what has been an incredible late night career. Almost 30 years between 3 shows. Conan is a legend, with him and Letterman gone, there's not much to laugh about on late night nowadays.
Wow, knowing how big a fan Conan is of Dave I wonder how he felt that Dave announced the birth of his child on his show. That must have been surreal, having your first child and your hero making a point to talk about it
Conan's comedy has changed a lot. I can tell that a lot of his earlier stuff is in the style of stand up like Jay would do whenever he was on Letterman, but now Conan's comedy seems mostly improv, which I love.
When Conan showed up on David Letterman with the book if they mated was my favorite part. Especially the one with Regis and Kathy. After that it was David's reaction that made me laugh. Because he and Regis always had that picking on one another friendship.
NBC made a DVD out of the Late Night 10th Anniversary special. The "was it a theme writing contest" clip is in a montage of moments on that DVD so that's why 90% of the interview is fine but that one part gets copyright struck. I ran into the same issue. I'd bet that if the whole interview was uploaded with just that moment taken out, it'd be left alone but it's probably not worth the risk. Also, I'd bet that the reason the other video doesn't get struck is that the video quality is so bad, the algorithm doesn't see it as identical video. Thank you so much for these clips. I wanted to see these interviews so badly that I remember reading transcripts of these interviews online back before internet video existed.
Possibly, but NBCU blocked all 11 minutes of the second half of the interview. Seems if they objected to just a tiny snippet, their block would have comprised just that moment. Who knows. I'm working on something now... :)
Also, the block stated that NBCU found the offending video "manually," suggesting that it wasn't an algorithm but instead someone physically watching it. Unless I'm reading this wrong.
Yes, I'm well aware of what they did. I can contest their decision, but that risks a copyright strike should they reaffirm their decision, and it's not worth it. Also, the "theme writing contest" line was in the first half of the interview. It's the second half that NBCU blocked. I asked why but got no response.
you can translate what i'm gonna write, my english is not quite good tbh: una profesora en la escuela una vez me dijo: ''el primero en terminar una carrera, no siempre es el mejor''.... y estas dos leyendas son el mejor ejemplo de esa frase ya que si bien ambos no llegaron al show que siempre habian querido y tampoco eran los primeros en cuanto a ratings, mucha gente los considera como parte de los mejores comediantes y anfitriones de la historia, además de ser inspiraciones para la respectiva siguiente generación de comediante.... es genial ver la relación que tienen y ver como bromeaban juntos y generaban situaciones bastante divertidas., además de como eran parte en gran medida del show del otro. creo que algo que me encantaría saber es que sentira dave, despues de tantos años, al ver que su protegido llegó lejos en su carrera en relación a como lo conoció
No time for that extra joke but lemme run across the street and give it to Conan, lmao Dave and Conan had/have such a mutual respect for each other and it is awesome.
Dave is a complicated guy. But guesting on Conan's show in 1994, and having Conan on his own show that same year was just pure class and decency on Dave's part. Especially considering that Dave owned the slot after him on CBS, so helping a competitor out didn't benefit him at all. He just liked what Conan was doing, and thought he deserved a fair shot. Very cool of him.
I never really like David letterman that much, but I always watched and preferred Conan over anyone else. However, seeing the relationship between these two is pretty cool. You could tell Letterman wanted Conan to succeed from the very beginning is super cool to see. New found respect for letterman.
Sometimes, I like to pretend that I could do late-night television and imagine the jokes I would say. Then I realize all my jokes are racist and in bad taste. And then I realize how talented Conan O'Brien really is.
Not sure what's funnier, Conan dancing like Chris Farley or moments after young start up Conan touching his chin. He was always playing with and looking at his hands and or touching his chin. Oh how far he's come
The first version of Part 1 included Dave’s 1994 guest appearance on Conan. NBC blocked it, so I edited it out for this Recut version.
The Conan folks must have done something, because that appearance is no longer blocked. They even uploaded most of it themselves.
Anywho, that first version of Part 1 cab be seen here - th-cam.com/video/yrkPwfWbIrU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6b0_xPhvFUPzv1rt
I can give you some insight into the Dave's walk-on with Joan Collins...
I was an intern on Conan when this happened. Dave was there to film a bit with Conan after "Late Night" finished taping (it was actually the clip right after that one). I was down in the 6A hallway, literally right next to Dave. I was shaking, but controlling myself, because I had idolized Letterman since high school. So Dave is standing there and sees Joan Collins on the video monitor. Suddenly, Dave says, "Oh, I need to talk to her" and just bolts right into the studio! It was COMPLETELY unplanned - NOBODY knew he was going to do that!
And I assure you that, back in the office, Conan was COMPLETELY delighted and thrilled. He was just in awe of Dave and just thoroughly enjoyed the moment. Conan also launched into a HILLARIOUS riff on what would happen if he (Conan) did an impromptu walk-on with Dave. I can't do it justice, but it ended with Conan shattering Dave's hip.
I may not work in TV anymore, but this was truly one of the highlights of my life. I felt like I witnessed television history.
That’s great! Thanks for spilling the beans. :)
@Lisa Elissa I was a long-timer too... fondly recalling the early days of dropping watermelons off the tall building and squishing stuff like cans of pork n beans & Barbies in the hydraulic press. .
@@katiezee2 I was watching Late Night back in the early 80's too. Late Night 82-90 was the closest to the original Tonight Show with Steve Allen of any of the shows in the last 60 years.
@@seththomas9105 good ole Steverino
Thanks a lot for.sharing!
Conan in his early thirties: "I'm in my late fifties"
Conan in his late fifties: "I'm in my early thirties"
😂
I never knew that Dave and Conan did so many things together. Dave really likes Conan is my conclusion.
Precisely. Conan looks up to Dave like Dave did to Johnny Carson, and Dave is aware of that.
They mutually respect each other.
They are great. Especially when Mocking Jay .. *drum snare* 😂
whateverpbk yes! And both are Aries! Lol for some reason many Aries guys are very funny! Alec Baldwin & Christopher Walken are Aries , too.!
Atsuko Livernois Stop with that Harry Potter calendar or whatever it is, they are funny and that's it, they were born for this matter
@@crowns9966 ??? What!? Aries is their signs! And I love both of them! So ,what is wrong with you!? Lol.Aries are born leaders,btw.
From the ‘96 interview to the ‘99 one, Conan makes a huge leap in terms of his confidence and control over the audience. You can sort of see the power dynamic shift between him and Dave here
dpaul428 the confidence in Conan’s delivery at this point such a 180 compared to his first years. Loved this compilation
That was because Conan's show was failing. So... Letterman, who rarely did anyone else's show around this time (I mean, Leno wasn't going to have him on any time soon),came up with the idea for this appearance. At the time, Conan's show was failing; the ratings were plummeting and NBC was considering either replacing Conan for someone else, or just canceling the show all together. Letterman's appearance gave the show a massive boost and from that point forward, Conan's ratings climbed up out of the cellar and became the hit show we all know and remember today. On many occasions, Conan has expressed his complete gratitude to Letterman for having done that for him, and he tells people to this day that, had that not happened, he'd just be a distant memory and his name would have become a punchline among failed talk show hosts.
@@thebonesaw..4634 we all know that
@@mdhcccc -- Yeah? Because they don't discuss it in the interview... but EVERYONE just automatically knows that Conan's show was tanking and that Letterman did this as a huge favor because he believed in Conan and what he was doing? Okay, then... sorry, everyone... I feel like such a dick for wasting everyone's time. My bad.
@@thebonesaw..4634 It was the closest Dave could give the way johny Carson gave to him.
Had no idea there was this much synergy. It’s heartwarming to see Dave take what Johnny did for him to the next level with Conan.
NBC blocking the clip ACTUALLY IS one of life’s pleasures being ruined by meddling bureaucracy!
Well played. :)
Fantastic Comment
Here: th-cam.com/video/D9NHDRt1_Xc/w-d-xo.html One thing you should know about this moment... Letterman rarely did anyone else's show around this time (I mean, Leno wasn't going to have him on any time soon). But, this appearance was solely Letterman's idea. At the time, Conan's show was failing; the ratings were plummeting and NBC was considering either replacing Conan for someone else, or just canceling the show all together. Letterman's appearance gave the show a massive boost and from that point forward, Conan's ratings climbed up out of the cellar and became the hit show we all know and remember today. On many occasions, Conan has expressed his complete gratitude to Letterman for having done that for him, and he tells people to this day that, had that not happened, he'd just be a distant memory and his name would have become a punchline among failed talk show hosts.
Dave loved Conan more than the other late night hosts cuz conan was as goofy as him
He saw the next level of goofyness like Carson saw in Dave xD
Dave is a class in himself and Conan is people's late night host. These two are truly highly talented in their chosen fields.
Singular field
now, i understand why dave was so pissed when Conan got replaced by jay leno.
Because he was finally winning the ratings battle when Conan was there?
@@mikestevenson576 nah because Leno is a cry baby tbh... really it's funny how Terrible he is
@@kylekondit9709 Nobody in the history of show business did more whining than Conan O'Brien.
Mike Stevenson Conan did anything BUT whine. He said nothing. He left to preserve the Tonight Show as it was.
@@mikestevenson576 that us revisionist history and you know it
There’s a timeline where Dave was supposed to host the Tonight show and then take Conan under his wing before passing the mantle to him. I think being deprived of that, by being mutually screwed over by Leno, is what has given them this special bond over the years and it’s why Letterman has always stuck up for Conan. He knew Conan had potential before anyone else and it has been amazing to see their cross network camaraderie.
How'd he get screwed over by Leno? I'm young I don't know lol
Leno has had an uncanny ability to not let on that he has the biggest ego in late night history...even Carson couldn't match him, and he was the first (and only) King of Late Night. The man pushed 2 people out of their jobs just to keep his small place as a mediocre version of Carson's brilliant show.
And as of today (October 7, 2019) they have collaborated yet again by means of Dave appearing on Conan's podcast, which is on iTunes and Earwolf if you're curious and willing to give it a listen. Absolutely love these two! And I can never thank you enough for making your goldmine available to us, Don. It really means a lot not only for us fans, but for everyone who loves a good late night talk show.
Not only that, but they actually posted--In the clear AND its entirety--The 1994 interview...Not to take away from Don's hard work, but the story would be incomplete without it...
th-cam.com/video/D9NHDRt1_Xc/w-d-xo.html&t
@@PIXPromosMore Thanks a lot for the link! It's a real show of class, respect and quality comedy :)
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I love the way Dave laughs at Conan's one-liners! They have such different senses of humor and styles of comedy, but they get along so well.
I wasn't born in that era, but both Conan and Letterman shows were/are great
I think it says a lot that, when Dave said: "When we come back, Angela Lansbury," my instant internal reaction was to go "Do we have a picture of Paul McCartney!?"
The respect between Conan and Dave is plain to see. This video was brilliant, no wonder Conan is so free with his compliments to Dave. I feel like I swallowed a box of fireworks after watching it all. Thank you for putting it together, Don.
You can really see how these two have nothing but respect for each other :)
Dave and Conan have awesome chemistry. It's like watching the student and the mentor at work. Conan genuinely cracks Dave up. You can tell Dave really liked Conan and wanted him to succeed.
Exactly!
1 hr and 21 mins of Dave taking care of Conan. Now Conan stands equal to Carson and Dave.
It’s so cool seeing how much mutual respect they have for each other
“The only thing I know for sure about Conan is that he’s been to prison.”
I like to imagine that Conan first saw that joke, laughed his ass off, and a friendship sparked from that very joke.
absolutely genius opening on the '93 line about Conan killing a guy and CLOSING w/ the '09 line about Conan killing a guy! look, if the joke works, the joke works, 20th century, 21st century, doesn't matter...
It’s really touching how much respect they had for each other. Dave did so much to help Conan. He was pitching the audience to like Conan and then here’s Conan writing jokes specifically for Dave about a lot of “inside baseball” production minutia that Dave would appreciate. Sweet guys.
Seeing Dave constantly troll Conan and crash his set is hilarious, now the horse makes sense.
I bet Leno hate-watches this occasionally
Hes disliked it 82 times at this point
Nice try Leno, I see you
I love it when Dave does the Leno Squeaky Voice, and Conan adds the Bobblehead Leno head-shake ahaha
Leno literally doesn't give a crap.
Leno is actually a very well established and respected comedian, even by other comedians. He's had such a successful life, and continues to be successful in everything he does. Leno has a successful car show and still does stand up every weekend.
Dave is shoveling pig crap and Conan is clutching at a fading career. Even his podcast title is pitiful. "Conan O'Brien needs a friend". Cringe...
Leno doesn't give a flying crap what Conan and Dave say or do.
Having said that, I love all three of them.
@@dangerous8333 ok maybe Leno doesn't give a crap but all 3 of these guys are respected by other comedians. All of these guys are successful, that isn't the point.
In the context of late night hosts, Leno clearly lost. Letterman continued his show then got his Netflix deal and Conan is shutting down his show on TBS to go to HBO in 2021. Both working in their "hosting" capabilities and Leno has a car show and does stand up. Longevity seems to be the marker in the Late Night Wars and Leno didn't last as long as his colleagues.
IMO, Leno did care. He declined going on Letterman or Conan. Now, while that's his choice and maybe he doesn't care, it came across as a comedian not being able to take a joke.
Great work putting this together. These are my two all time favorite funny men. You can tell they have a true affection for each other. Awesome to watch. Thank you.
Watching this, I can clearly see Dave's influence on Conan's comedy.
Great great compilation, really had to dig through the VHS archives for some of those clips!!
What great respect and camaraderie these 2 share! 2 of the all-time greats!
One of my most Vivid memories of any sort of media will always be when I started to watch Conan's show in 93, when I was just graduating from high school and starting College. I would watch him religiously every single night, and he is now one of my favorite comedic Minds on the planet
Damn, I never knew how tall Dave was until seeing him next to Conan.
This is an hour and a half of just comedy genius. I can't remember laughing so hard. And also, been watching both shows since I was a kid, and I had no idea how much things Dave and Conan did together
1:40 - 2:00 Norm's impersonation of Dave is even more accurate than I thought.
46:48 - The future King of British talk shows - the great and lovely Graham Norton is seen sitting in the audience of Late Night, and clapping away. He must have been on a trip to New York as in 1996 he was just starting out in comedy and slowly becoming well known in Britain, especially on sitcom Father Ted
Now we know why graham is one of the best talk show hosts of all time... he learnt from the bests
WOW that’s a great find
Wow, I never knew Letterman loved Conan so much.
Like, he always went out of his way to help him. You can tell he genuinely respected Conan.
I've always been a Conan fan, I also preferred Dave over Jay. I had no idea Dave was so supportive of Conan. From what I've watched Conan would have failed without Dave. Much love for Dave.
David really enjoy his talk with conan,he laugh out loud everytime conan tells him stories
Holy crap...if you watch from beginning to end you’ll get to see Dave do a callback to a joke from 16 years earlier! 🤣
You get it. :)
Noticed that too! Genius editing!!
I think about how different network tv would be if Dave got the Tonight Show instead of Leno, then Conan got it after Dave.
I think he would still being the host of the show and giving the quality of the tbs one (incluiding the new type of quarantine show from some theater on LA or NY), and thinking of leaving the late tv maybe in 5 or 10 years and giving the show to another host as capable as he, letterman or Carson are
Letterman and conan's humor is not for the mainstream, they would of probably got lower ratings. Mainstream Americans like corny stuff like leno and Fallon. I'm glad both got their own control of their shows
I come back to this every now and again just to watch the interview where Letterman flogs the Bob Crane bit with Conan.
"I don't think they found him for quite a while either..."
Love their interactions. Thanks so much!
Thanks for putting this up. This is a super interesting topic for me and you really did an amazing job compiling all of these clips. Fantastic job!
This is my life. I love these two.
Conan is the only late night comedian worth watching.......and he's on TBS. SMH.
Miles Finnch Letterman was too
Col Friday letterman was on cbs
Agreed. Conan is WAY better than the other 3 late night hosts by a mile. Thanks to Leno and the a-holes at NBC, Conan's wound up on TBS.
I think Conan may be the funniest man on earth!
and jimmy kimmel
I love the way Dave just keeps insulting the people in the lobby. The young Dave was so acerbic and funny.
All we know is that Conan was a real mench with an actual sense of humor, thanks David!
David Letterman has been on so long. 33 years of great memories. I am glad we can go back and watch him and Conan. Conan is a little harder to find because he was on NBC for so long. Sad that He, Max and his announcer Joel were not as close as they acted on the Show. At least not Joel. They left him in New York and didn't invite him with them. I am sure it was NBC not Conan but it was still sad. If you go on TH-cam here and search Conan O'BRIEN photos you will find all kinds. Like Conan barbeque photos. Or Conan Christmas party photos. These were hilarious bits with Conan and Max and Joel. When Conan went to The Tonight Show the trio were split up. Max was having heart problems at the time so he didn't go with Conan to the Tonight Show. And Joel was not invited by NBC. It was heart breaking and I think it hurt the Show. Because the best of Conan was the Trio doing bits and their relationship with each other. Since then it has never been the same. Conan is good on his other shows but it will never be what it was on Late night with Conan O'BRIEN. They brought back Andy but it just wasn't the same. And it is sad Conan could not use his NBC bits that made him successful. If they mated for example. But he has one if they molded which is similar.
What an amazing collection. Thank U. Letterman and Conan are top shelf and cut from a similar cloth - no other late night hosts come anywhere near the realm of their shows. Both had experimental or even surreal segments and interludes. Cheers to the both of them for a lifetime of funny and wit.
I love the Sid & Marty Crofft scary room thing @ 37:14 - not sure I ever saw that.
Conan is and always will be my personal favorite. I have been lucky enough to have eun into both Andy and Conan here in LA. Andy I met in front of Surf Liquor in Santa Monica - Conan I met a block or so from my mother's place, in Culver City. Both of them were super funny and took their time to chat with me for a few minutes. Conan even took a photo with me. He handed my phone to his wife and she was more than happy to help.
Thank you so much for publishing this. So enjoyable.
lmao at the standby audience who didn't want to go over to Conan!
Those standby people were ingrates. If Dave tells you to do something, you go do it and don’t complain! For crying out loud Letterman’s show had started, you weren’t getting in!
They still are.
The legend says that they still waiting on the line to get to the show lol
Shocking since I know so many people who loved Dave loved Conan
I wasn’t sure what I commented on, since I originally wrote about the ingrates 2 years ago. I rewatched the video and the standby complainers start at 17:00
It's possible that Letterman was famous in their country but Conan was not. Still, kinda rude.
Letterman is seriously funny. I've laughed out loud at all of his jokes
Letterman is super weird
@@eskimoto4417 people are weird in general wdym
True
Have you looked at your own pic and name at all before calling someone weird?
Your dedication is brutal man..thanks for this from a fan outta switzerland
Indeed
A few days ago, I just found another clip of Dave's cameo appearance on LNwCO's 3rd anniversary episode in 1996. Dave congratulated Conan and then said to him "In 9 years, you guys can switch networks and start making some real money!". And in fact, it took Conan 14 years from 1996 to finally switch networks and start making some real money.
i remember "If They Mated" being some sort of fantastical super-wonder in the days before Photoshop™ was easily pirated.
41:15 surprised the censors let that through
Thank you for pulling this all together. That was really enjoyable 🙂
Conan and Carson were the best to ever do late night.
Nice to see you sharing the wealth, Donz. Used to chat with you about the Beach Boys and Beatles on AOL many moons ago. Hope you're doing well!
I know that screenname!
@@dongiller I would hope so! :-)
Best compilation of this kind.
back when late night was golden
This is wonderful. Thank you.
These years & to come, Dave was at top of his game. I luved his shows.bhe had Jay & Conan on his shows equally. Really enjoyed these clips...brought back good times.
Holy shit.. I never knew Conan exists because of Letterman..? I kneel in all humility to David Letterman now.
I've never seen the clip with Conan going on Dave early on. Incredible
This was great. Thank you
28:20 It's been 26 years but I've never forgotten that bit.
although they were on competing networks, they did so much together .... very cool .... obvious mutual respect from day 1
"I know he killed a guy" 😂😂😂
What a great start to what has been an incredible late night career. Almost 30 years between 3 shows. Conan is a legend, with him and Letterman gone, there's not much to laugh about on late night nowadays.
My Google Home kicks up at 23:29. Thanks Dave! Thank You Don!
the 2 best comedy intervierws. both are the best at playing into other comedians strength
Wow, knowing how big a fan Conan is of Dave I wonder how he felt that Dave announced the birth of his child on his show. That must have been surreal, having your first child and your hero making a point to talk about it
I love these two together.
Conan's comedy has changed a lot. I can tell that a lot of his earlier stuff is in the style of stand up like Jay would do whenever he was on Letterman, but now Conan's comedy seems mostly improv, which I love.
Amazing video to lay back and watch , I loved it
JacobJay Absolutely. I can literally fall asleep to this video. It’s bliss.
I find myself watching so many of your videos 💚☄️
When Conan showed up on David Letterman with the book if they mated was my favorite part. Especially the one with Regis and Kathy. After that it was David's reaction that made me laugh. Because he and Regis always had that picking on one another friendship.
NBC made a DVD out of the Late Night 10th Anniversary special. The "was it a theme writing contest" clip is in a montage of moments on that DVD so that's why 90% of the interview is fine but that one part gets copyright struck. I ran into the same issue. I'd bet that if the whole interview was uploaded with just that moment taken out, it'd be left alone but it's probably not worth the risk. Also, I'd bet that the reason the other video doesn't get struck is that the video quality is so bad, the algorithm doesn't see it as identical video. Thank you so much for these clips. I wanted to see these interviews so badly that I remember reading transcripts of these interviews online back before internet video existed.
Possibly, but NBCU blocked all 11 minutes of the second half of the interview. Seems if they objected to just a tiny snippet, their block would have comprised just that moment.
Who knows.
I'm working on something now... :)
Also, the block stated that NBCU found the offending video "manually," suggesting that it wasn't an algorithm but instead someone physically watching it. Unless I'm reading this wrong.
Don Giller The separate Interview was struck as well. Shame on NBC for trying to erase Conan from their company.
Yes, I'm well aware of what they did. I can contest their decision, but that risks a copyright strike should they reaffirm their decision, and it's not worth it.
Also, the "theme writing contest" line was in the first half of the interview. It's the second half that NBCU blocked. I asked why but got no response.
@@dongiller x
Dave was my favourite..now Conan is.
Don Giller is some sort of magnificent mega-mensch.
you can translate what i'm gonna write, my english is not quite good tbh:
una profesora en la escuela una vez me dijo: ''el primero en terminar una carrera, no siempre es el mejor''.... y estas dos leyendas son el mejor ejemplo de esa frase ya que si bien ambos no llegaron al show que siempre habian querido y tampoco eran los primeros en cuanto a ratings, mucha gente los considera como parte de los mejores comediantes y anfitriones de la historia, además de ser inspiraciones para la respectiva siguiente generación de comediante....
es genial ver la relación que tienen y ver como bromeaban juntos y generaban situaciones bastante divertidas., además de como eran parte en gran medida del show del otro.
creo que algo que me encantaría saber es que sentira dave, despues de tantos años, al ver que su protegido llegó lejos en su carrera en relación a como lo conoció
No time for that extra joke but lemme run across the street and give it to Conan, lmao Dave and Conan had/have such a mutual respect for each other and it is awesome.
Did you notice Graham Norton, the king of British talk shows and a frequent guest on US talk shows now.
@@johnking5174 he had a talk show in America on Comedy Central awhile back..kinda a random comment tho.
I saw Biff right outside 30 Rock in Manhattan in late ‘99. He looked at me like he knew me and said hi, one of the coolest things ever.
Dave is a complicated guy. But guesting on Conan's show in 1994, and having Conan on his own show that same year was just pure class and decency on Dave's part. Especially considering that Dave owned the slot after him on CBS, so helping a competitor out didn't benefit him at all. He just liked what Conan was doing, and thought he deserved a fair shot. Very cool of him.
The 12:35 slot on CBS hadn’t yet debuted Tom during this period.
@@dongiller Gotcha. Thank you for clarifying that point.
Thank you so much thisssss❤️❤️❤️
OMG thanks man !
I never really like David letterman that much, but I always watched and preferred Conan over anyone else. However, seeing the relationship between these two is pretty cool. You could tell Letterman wanted Conan to succeed from the very beginning is super cool to see. New found respect for letterman.
Two of the best.
Thank you for putting all these clips together, I enjoyed it a lot
I miss Dave. He was so funny. This is coming from a former 21 year old who watched his show religiously. Who’s Leno?
Happy 25th "Late Show" Anniversary, Don!
Documented here. :)
th-cam.com/video/C_3cp-AtjPs/w-d-xo.html
I miss late night TV from this era and Conan’s earlier seasons.
Sometimes, I like to pretend that I could do late-night television and imagine the jokes I would say. Then I realize all my jokes are racist and in bad taste. And then I realize how talented Conan O'Brien really is.
I know what you mean!
you must just be racist lol
How did I miss this..? Let's get watchin
Don't know who Don giller is but his videos help me sleep. This and the norm collection complete me.
Not sure what's funnier, Conan dancing like Chris Farley or moments after young start up Conan touching his chin. He was always playing with and looking at his hands and or touching his chin. Oh how far he's come
To me Conan and Letterman were great together. I also thought that of Letterman and Carson. Or Conan and Lopez.
Didn't Lopez flip out when his show was canned after Conan took his original time slot?
I love how this cut begins and ends with the "he's killed a guy" bit
In that giant rat skit he seems ripped out of his mind.
43:20 that cascade is amazing
Ben oh my god Conan OH MY GOD Joan OH MY GOD!