He really is an artist. Watching these old Letterman videos and seeing his designs -- especially for the monsters -- I thought "That's art." He has to be an artist first to design these creatures and effects and bring them into the world, and he's got to be a natural engineer to bring them to life with nothing more than springs and cables (and, yeah, tubes for the fake blood).
Tom Savini came to my school during the mid-1980s (Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh), he wired up our SCHOOL PRINCIPAL with a squib and shot him during an assembly for the whole school. It was nuts. He had a white jumpsuit wired with a squib and had the principal put it on, made it look like the principal was shot in the chest. Outrageous in retrospect, we enjoyed the demo immensely!
Your principal sounds like a cool and funny guy. Today nobody would try that because some kid would wet their pants and go crying to mommy about how gun violence is being promoted
Tom Savini was an army photographer in the Vietnam War and saw all kind of real gore, death, and bodies while there. He said that was a big reason why he could make his stuff look so real as those images are burned into his brain. He also said that reproducing the real stuff he saw there in his fake models, confronting the trauma in that way, was very therapeutic for him.
Wow, what an amazing way to work through grief. I saw the date on this, and a classmate passed away on June 2, of ‘84, and it’s sad to think of how much his family was grieving, on that day.
Hmm, in the therapeutic sense. When I watch guts and gore in movies I barely bat an eye, because it's fake. But when I watch real guts and gore, I can faint. I wonder if him replicating his experiences, with fake materials, it could make his real experience feel more unreal.
Tom Savini is the man I have the utmost respect for. Actor - director - stuntman - special effects master & make-up artist - author - editor - U.S.ARMY Veteran - the man has literally done it All. The true Master of Horror. Thank you for inspiring & entertaining so many... especially me.
I'll take 1 to 6 over 0 to 6 any day. I can't remember the last night time talk show guest that wasn't a dull actor just doing a press release plug for their latest thing.
I remember when they wouldn't talk politics Johnny Carson said it would be the death of late night shows when they did it..I don't remember what year it was but they had a very interesting article about David Letterman when he basically lost his way and became unlikable not only to the audience but to his staff.I love the first 10 years of David Letterman but not so much when he moved to CBS
Haha Me: "I'm not wasting the effort on a click on all these 2-4 minute clip shows" Me right now: "Thank god, something long enough to warrant a click" xD
The whole video I´m like "where do I know this guy from?..." and half way through light shines in, he´s was one of the guys at the vampire bar in "From Dusk Till Dawn"
This is a great example of why Late Nigh With David Letterman was such a great show. Dave had cult and underground guests on that no other shows cared about. People like Tom Savini, Howard Stern, Andy Kaufman, Hunter Thompson and other assorted maniacs. Dave's Late Night was like a secret club for insomniacs and oddballs to come together and rejoice.
The guy is 73 now and still going strong. He recently created and produced the masks for Slipknot’s “We Are Not Your Kind” album and subsequent tour cycles.
I saw Tom at the London Film and Comic Con 2008, he walked through the Cosplay area, strode up to a guy dressed as Indiana Jones and asked him if it was a real Bull-Whip on his belt? The fella didn't know so Tom said "let's see", cleared an area around him and then proceeds to demonstrate his Whip skills to everyone in the Cosplay area, after a few minutes he hands it back to the Indy guy and says " yes, it's a real Bull-Whip"! The guys jaw was on the floor!!! Priceless!! 🤯
@@gongoozleriam9783it was an hour show with different guests and segments, not to mention commercial breaks. Each guest was given a certain amount of time and David had to push the program along.
So, somewhere in India, there's a guy saying "my grandma was in Friday the 13th, Creepshow, Dracula and 265 other horror flicks" and he's technically correct...
Don't donate your body to science, or donate on your license. No joke, u litterally go into a store, whole body is expensive depending on condition, u can buy parts sent to your home too. Fingers are cheap . 100 bucks. You maybe will help a student at college but most likely your parted out
@@breakingames7772 Uh...sorry, BG, but I call bullshit on your outrageous, silly, nonsense!! C'mon man, a hundo for a finger?!? Get the fuck outta here! Fake news brobro, fake news.
I remember staying up late when I was 10yrs old to watch Tom’s first appearance on this show. I had just recently bought his book and wanted to eventually become a SPFX makeup artist when I grew up. With the direction of his great book Bizarro I was constantly being suspended from school for playing practical jokes on the squeamish girls and the overbearing teachers. Tom Savini has always been my idol along with Dick Smith and Rick Baker. I did eventually grow up to work in movies as a SPFX makeup artist but now I work in the legal Cannabis industry as a master gardener. I still have lots of fun on Halloween👻!!!
This is the best! I really needed this. I remembered watching these episode as little kid at sleep overs. These two crack me up! Tom is such a genuine guy.
It is so nice to see Tom Savini early in his career. He is so excited for the art of his work. Dave comes across as a whiny,. but the last bit when Dave is shot in the head is hilarious! Tom is such a humourous gentle man. Thank you Tom, for your life's work. Thanks whomever put this video together!
These Tom Savini appearances on Letterman are hallmarks of my Junior High and High School years. My VHS tapes are long gone now, so thanks for sharing!
Brian Jones with the limited resources they had back then, sure, they were in fact masters. But being from my era, I see Greg and Tom as masters of the craft as well. And knowing they were taught by Baker and co. I have much respect for them guys.
@@bones22j Don't get me wrong, I like Nicotero and Savini as well, but they came up under some of the greats.... Savini came up under Dick Smith, from Exorcist fame. They both do great work, but I never felt they did creature work as well as Winston, Baker and Bottin. They are all great artists though.
@Ganu Manel I absolutely agree. If I were Tom I wouldn't have enjoyed Letterman much either. Letterman much like most of the world didn't understand Tom. Glad we do though.
I get Letterman was trying to be a "funny host". But I wanted to grab him and tell him DUDE STOP MOVING! when Tom was applying special effects to him. Like if anything happened to him, he should blame himself, not Tom. Cuz he's fidgeting worse than a kid would be. But for the sake of the vid, great show!!
Yup, when people like Tom had to use their imaginations, and have a ton of fun, coming up with new ways to scare the shit out of us. And all that effort and fun showed through in the final film.
I definitely have a soft spot for practical effects and for the people who created them. At the same time though I acknowledge that a good use of CGI has made it possible to create movies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy which would have been nearly impossible to bring to life using just practical effects.
Here's the thing. People think CGI is bad because all they SEE is bad CGI. The truth is, CGI is used everywhere, even in movies you wouldn't ever think. Why? Because when CGI is effective you don't actually see it. For example, when there are big crowds of people, they're all simulated digitally, or when you see helicopters in the air, all CGI. Even when there's chase scenes with cars it's usually all CG. People tend to crap on computer effects, but they don't realize it's everywhere in plain sight. It's an effective tool, when used right.
I think people who say this don't understand that there's plenty of great CG work that you never notice, and also practical effects are definitely not dead. There are some things that are better practical, some better CG, and some a combination. The Walking Dead uses both a lot for many different effects
Letterman continuously interrupts him and rushes him along, just concerned when the sponsors will pay for his show, because that's what pays his bills, not his guests. "We've got to go to a commercial break." is Letterman's famous last words. Storm Waver, your comment looks even more stupid than before, yes?
I searched for Carolina Biological Supply! I had a chance to work for Stan Winston Studios in my 20s but I couldn't get a truck so I couldn't get the job. I'm really happy with how my life turned out but I wish I could have seen what path I could have followed if I did have that truck!
Thanks again Don. I'm your number 2 fan. Watch out for the number ones: unless it is your significant other, they are stalkers. Lol. Seriously, he is my favorite special effects/makeup guy.
Loved this. Tom Savini is legendary in the S/FX biz so this was a real treat. Dave was kind of wimpy near the end there but I like to think it was partly for the laughs. I wish he would have had Tom Savini on more times though but I guess he was truly annoyed after that last appearance. Side note: I read an article about you Don. Until I read the article I was convinced "Don Giller" was actually a whole team of people churning these compilations out. Thanks for all your hard work over the years. Lots of us really appreciate it.
Well, there's a real neuroses there with Dave, and squibs actually DO hurt, and his hand DID actually get burned, and do you really want to take the risk of someone firing ANY pistol at you on camera? He was genuinely perturbed at times. Was a bit uncomfortable at times, but I'd rather see it than not.
Tom is still a master of his craft. Brilliant artist. He served in Vietnam during the war and saw some really nasty things, that's why a lot of his effects look so realistic.
cruiserweight190 unfortunately back in the 1970s and 1980s, service in Vietnam wasn't something veterans mentioned. The American public was fooled into thinking every Vietnam veteran was crazy or a drug addict through the media, movies and television. As a kid, I looked up to the men who had served overseas, but most people acted like Vietnam was a black eye for the country. It was awful, the veterans never got the homecoming they deserved.
@@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-μ9β the war was a black eye, but no reason to blame the vets. I don't really understand volunteering for such a war though, if that's what he did.
yup saw an interview where he said he was saved by a raccoon he had to guard weapon barracks where he heard a noise and a trap was set to notify that the enemy was coming he freaked out started shooting causing everyone to shoot only to find out it was a raccoon setting it off he was pulled off guard duty the very next day the barracks was attacked killed everyone in it he was literally saved by a raccoon
I just read an article in the local newspaper a week ago about Greg Nicotero reviving Stephen King's "Creepshow" on Shudder, which is apparently AMC's streaming service. The movie "Creepshow" was shot in Pittsburgh, well parts of it anyway, and Nicotero graduated from a high school there, and Tom Savini is from there too. It was weird to see Tom in the Feb. 1985 appearance say "This is a model of one of the actors in Day of the Dead, Greg Nicotero" when I was just reading about them.
Yeah,it was a different time. Back in the early/middle 80s many shows would do stuff like this but rarely had any ballyhoo since back then if you liked horror you were a future serial killer or Satanist. I could literally do a documentary on those times and my growing up outside Marion,Ohio and the differences of the times.
@@robertblowstein7291 It depends on which way you look at it. I mean in the 80s, not every 10-year-old could just find actual videos of being people tortured online within a few clicks and worse.
I remember watching tales from the dark side when I was a around 8-9 years old and that Lizzy thing scared me shitless for weeks after watching it. Thought it was hiding under the bed or in my room somewhere 😂
Ah, he pays hommage to Dick Smith, the godfather of all this. You know Dick Smith from The Exorcist. Oddly, he himself thought his best work in that film was the makeup of Father Merrin.
When I first saw it I didn't know any better, I just assumed Max Von Sydow was an old dude at the time. He was actually 44. Incredible work. We've all seen age make up since then and until very very recently most of it really pales in comparison.
This is a quality interview from one of the greats. It's amazing that this guys work is so prolific that the moment I see some of these props I know exactly what movie they are from. I think that alone speaks volumes of the quality of this guys special effects.
So more than "some" sucked or less? Or are you implying that some TV does suck now? Or are you just saying that this episode didn't suck? Your comment makes me feel uncomfortable because of how vaguely you phrased it.
It may be a more peaceful world now but we're all miserable with the politics, lunatics, Left v. Right BS, and mind control. Believe it or not, that sh1t aint ever going away. But those 80s really were good days to live in, what with the culture, and good stuff back then. The music and clothes back then were great and we were lucky. Who wants to turn on the TV or Radio these days...
Maybe it's my collectable OCD , but what made me squirm the most was how heavy handed David Letterman seemed with Tom's excellent and iconic props. If Tom Savini was cool with it though maybe I should be too.
Carolina Biological!!! Supplied all of my specimens when I was a professor of veterinary medicine... so cool to see this related to Creepshow! Thank you for the upload!
That's not true. Prosthetics are still used in films. You may not have noticed CGI in well made movies. Not every director can afford CGI - It can be too expensive!
Check out the Stan Winston School here on youtube. They got a ton of expertise on practical movie effects. Body suits, prosthetics, models, etc. I don't think practical effects will ever be really gone.
wow awesome upload i loved sitting up late at night to watch David Letterman & The 3 Stooges (Bizarre i was maybe 6 and somehow i could actually sit and watch this on a old beat up color tv (Gotta love the 80’s)
I love how he said "they all come from India" about the skeleton which is also mentioned in Return of the Living Dead when Frank suggested they must have skeleton farms.
@@avidnongetit8710 sweet. I'll have to check that out. Such a gem. So unique and on par with ED2 for me. I'm sure it's probably in the doc, but I heard this is the first film with zombies groaning about "brains".
14:15 - holy shit: 1. I never would have thought they use _real_ skeletons 2. I thought the "skeletons from India" notion was just something they came up with for "Return of the Living Dead"
Horror wouldn’t be horror without Tom Savini. Great artist.
An artist, technician and movie magician... !
Kawy Thowy. He sure is; and don’t forget Rick Baker!
Talk about standing the test of time! That’s for sure.
Amen!
He really is an artist. Watching these old Letterman videos and seeing his designs -- especially for the monsters -- I thought "That's art." He has to be an artist first to design these creatures and effects and bring them into the world, and he's got to be a natural engineer to bring them to life with nothing more than springs and cables (and, yeah, tubes for the fake blood).
Tom Savini came to my school during the mid-1980s (Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh), he wired up our SCHOOL PRINCIPAL with a squib and shot him during an assembly for the whole school. It was nuts. He had a white jumpsuit wired with a squib and had the principal put it on, made it look like the principal was shot in the chest. Outrageous in retrospect, we enjoyed the demo immensely!
Would likely never happen today.
Your principal sounds like a cool and funny guy. Today nobody would try that because some kid would wet their pants and go crying to mommy about how gun violence is being promoted
Back when people weren't pussies and PC culture was non existent.
WOW amazing story
@@rustynail6819 To be fair the kids today have to live with real mass shootings.
Tom Savini was an army photographer in the Vietnam War and saw all kind of real gore, death, and bodies while there.
He said that was a big reason why he could make his stuff look so real as those images are burned into his brain.
He also said that reproducing the real stuff he saw there in his fake models, confronting the trauma in that way, was very therapeutic for him.
Whoa.
I got his autograph on a 80s day of the dead card when he was promoting his fluffy model kit in California 😊
Wow, what an amazing way to work through grief. I saw the date on this, and a classmate passed away on June 2, of ‘84, and it’s sad to think of how much his family was grieving, on that day.
Hmm, in the therapeutic sense.
When I watch guts and gore in movies I barely bat an eye, because it's fake.
But when I watch real guts and gore, I can faint.
I wonder if him replicating his experiences,
with fake materials, it could make his real experience feel more unreal.
well thank god he didn't become like richard ramirez's uncle, his bad influence.
Tom Savini is the man I have the utmost respect for.
Actor - director - stuntman - special effects master & make-up artist - author - editor - U.S.ARMY Veteran - the man has literally done it All. The true Master of Horror. Thank you for inspiring & entertaining so many... especially me.
and Duck Slayer.
Remember when late night talk shows actually had interesting guests on?
I'll take 1 to 6 over 0 to 6 any day. I can't remember the last night time talk show guest that wasn't a dull actor just doing a press release plug for their latest thing.
I remember when they wouldn't talk politics Johnny Carson said it would be the death of late night shows when they did it..I don't remember what year it was but they had a very interesting article about David Letterman when he basically lost his way and became unlikable not only to the audience but to his staff.I love the first 10 years of David Letterman but not so much when he moved to CBS
No
CGI killed the Special Makeup Effect Star
Everyone remember the movie they live ? Ya were livingthat now wool being pulled off
I visited Tom at his shop in Pittsburgh in 1989. Wonderful and generous with his time.
Me: I’m not watching an hour long video right now.
Me an hour later: That was great.
lol
These kids, with their zombies and blood.
Haha Me: "I'm not wasting the effort on a click on all these 2-4 minute clip shows"
Me right now: "Thank god, something long enough to warrant a click" xD
The whole video I´m like "where do I know this guy from?..." and half way through light shines in, he´s was one of the guys at the vampire bar in "From Dusk Till Dawn"
@Wa Wa Damn 😕 guess I need to rewatch the movie, it has been some time
This is a great example of why Late Nigh With David Letterman was such a great show. Dave had cult and underground guests on that no other shows cared about. People like Tom Savini, Howard Stern, Andy Kaufman, Hunter Thompson and other assorted maniacs.
Dave's Late Night was like a secret club for insomniacs and oddballs to come together and rejoice.
Mufnstuf I agree. THIS show was so much better than his mainstream CBS show.
And don’t forget Norm Macdonald
Good guests on the show, but Letterman always sucked.
@@TheCunningStunt agreed, he seemed to be faking a lot
He'll ya that's what up...............909er
The guy is 73 now and still going strong. He recently created and produced the masks for Slipknot’s “We Are Not Your Kind” album and subsequent tour cycles.
Awesome. Didn't know that
Tom Savini is a legend. He was definitely the person who influenced my decision to become a sfx makeup guy.
I saw Tom at the London Film and Comic Con 2008, he walked through the Cosplay area, strode up to a guy dressed as Indiana Jones and asked him if it was a real Bull-Whip on his belt? The fella didn't know so Tom said "let's see", cleared an area around him and then proceeds to demonstrate his Whip skills to everyone in the Cosplay area, after a few minutes he hands it back to the Indy guy and says " yes, it's a real Bull-Whip"! The guys jaw was on the floor!!! Priceless!! 🤯
he time given to Tom Savini was very generous. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this, Don. Thank you for posting it.
Big Huge Besides Letterman being a little bitch, it was great.
Bill It looked like genuine annoyance to me, tbh. He was witnessing movie magic and treated it like a dog shat on his rug, lol.
Much more interesting than some boring beautiful Hollywood actor
Not generous enough, I wanted to hear more of what he had to say and David's just rushing him through it's stupid how he got treated.
@@gongoozleriam9783it was an hour show with different guests and segments, not to mention commercial breaks. Each guest was given a certain amount of time and David had to push the program along.
The 80's had some of the best effects. It's such an amazing art form. Tom was one of the best!
Rachelstorrersings Sadly, today’s films are almost all CGI.
Can't forget Rick Baker
Love your vocals on your channel!
Still is
So, somewhere in India, there's a guy saying "my grandma was in Friday the 13th, Creepshow, Dracula and 265 other horror flicks" and he's technically correct...
Don't donate your body to science, or donate on your license. No joke, u litterally go into a store, whole body is expensive depending on condition, u can buy parts sent to your home too. Fingers are cheap . 100 bucks. You maybe will help a student at college but most likely your parted out
@@breakingames7772 what's wrong with that? I don't think I would care much at that point.
@david forte - That's still at least some sort of use. What's so great about the alternative of rotting uselessly in a box or being cremated?
@@breakingames7772 Uh...sorry, BG, but I call bullshit on your outrageous, silly, nonsense!! C'mon man, a hundo for a finger?!? Get the fuck outta here! Fake news brobro, fake news.
@@0okamino Indeed.
Actually, name's "'Sex Machine."
Recognized him straight away. I'm going to assume the dick gun was his invention?
I knew he looked like the guy from dusk till dawn.
TY
This way before Dusk Till Dawn.
Clearly.
a thousand thanks you to Mr Savini for giving me most of my childhood, old school SFX artists were true magicians, ffs how much i miss the days ...
I remember staying up late when I was 10yrs old to watch Tom’s first appearance on this show. I had just recently bought his book and wanted to eventually become a SPFX makeup artist when I grew up. With the direction of his great book Bizarro I was constantly being suspended from school for playing practical jokes on the squeamish girls and the overbearing teachers. Tom Savini has always been my idol along with Dick Smith and Rick Baker. I did eventually grow up to work in movies as a SPFX makeup artist but now I work in the legal Cannabis industry as a master gardener. I still have lots of fun on Halloween👻!!!
thank you for sharing :-)
Sounds like a good life mate, enjoy the Ganja
so now you grow dope....
@@wrenchaholicDon't sound like a fan pal
@@crashdudes911 I am. I just dont do politically correct speaking....
This is the best! I really needed this. I remembered watching these episode as little kid at sleep overs. These two crack me up! Tom is such a genuine guy.
It is so nice to see Tom Savini early in his career. He is so excited for the art of his work. Dave comes across as a whiny,. but the last bit when Dave is shot in the head is hilarious!
Tom is such a humourous gentle man.
Thank you Tom, for your life's work. Thanks whomever put this video together!
These Tom Savini appearances on Letterman are hallmarks of my Junior High and High School years. My VHS tapes are long gone now, so thanks for sharing!
Tom Savini is a legend. Greg Nicotero is also. I love seeing this kind of stuff. Props to Dave for having him on so much.
Stan Winston, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin..... Those guys were the masters.
Brian Jones with the limited resources they had back then, sure, they were in fact masters. But being from my era, I see Greg and Tom as masters of the craft as well. And knowing they were taught by Baker and co. I have much respect for them guys.
@@bones22j Don't get me wrong, I like Nicotero and Savini as well, but they came up under some of the greats.... Savini came up under Dick Smith, from Exorcist fame. They both do great work, but I never felt they did creature work as well as Winston, Baker and Bottin. They are all great artists though.
@@brianjones8432 And the Grand daddy was Dick Smith just before them. 😊
24:57 That's Nicotero's head!
He actually gives Tom alot of time and even though he cracks his usual jokes seems to have a real interest in his work and respects him...
@Ganu Manel I absolutely agree. If I were Tom I wouldn't have enjoyed Letterman much either. Letterman much like most of the world didn't understand Tom. Glad we do though.
agreed. and It's obvious Tom is fine with Letterman. Don't know what these other dudes think was going on
I get Letterman was trying to be a "funny host". But I wanted to grab him and tell him DUDE STOP MOVING! when Tom was applying special effects to him. Like if anything happened to him, he should blame himself, not Tom. Cuz he's fidgeting worse than a kid would be. But for the sake of the vid, great show!!
@Ganu Manel i felt the same way. Letterman is just awful!
@@cyklonus1 he was just like that one hyper little kid who's trying to get all attention at a bday party
Before the movie industry started crapping all over with horrid CGI
Hear! Hear!
Yup, when people like Tom had to use their imaginations, and have a ton of fun, coming up with new ways to scare the shit out of us.
And all that effort and fun showed through in the final film.
I definitely have a soft spot for practical effects and for the people who created them. At the same time though I acknowledge that a good use of CGI has made it possible to create movies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy which would have been nearly impossible to bring to life using just practical effects.
Yes!
Here's the thing. People think CGI is bad because all they SEE is bad CGI. The truth is, CGI is used everywhere, even in movies you wouldn't ever think. Why? Because when CGI is effective you don't actually see it. For example, when there are big crowds of people, they're all simulated digitally, or when you see helicopters in the air, all CGI. Even when there's chase scenes with cars it's usually all CG. People tend to crap on computer effects, but they don't realize it's everywhere in plain sight. It's an effective tool, when used right.
Great compilation, thank you for putting it together! I love Tom Savini even more after seeing these. 🧟♂️
Even in 2019 this is quite impressive and more realistic and hands on that all the cgi bs. The magic is gone.
I think people who say this don't understand that there's plenty of great CG work that you never notice, and also practical effects are definitely not dead. There are some things that are better practical, some better CG, and some a combination. The Walking Dead uses both a lot for many different effects
@@dudepersonvids Agreed. The only CG people "see" is bad CG. The rest (the good stuff) they all think was done in camera.
@Dr. Loomis Did you really call me a boomer lol. Im a millennial, and you stole that boomer meme from the Altright
@Dr. Loomis Naaaww, how cute. Keep up the charade.
The great Tom Savini.
Sex Machine!
italian like me...
And idiot Letterman
@N.Z. Storm Waver
I agree. He's making lots of great jokes.
Letterman continuously interrupts him and rushes him along, just concerned when the sponsors will pay for his show, because that's what pays his bills, not his guests. "We've got to go to a commercial break." is Letterman's famous last words. Storm Waver, your comment looks even more stupid than before, yes?
When I die I want my skeleton to be a Tom Savini prop.
You don't have the correct bone structure lol
That Lizzie monster from Tales from the Darkside scared the pants off me when i was a kid.
all those monsters from Tale from the Darkside were fantasmogorical!!
Right there with you. The most memorable one, for me. Love that intro. I watched it every week!!!
What about Tales from the Crypt? "Hello Kiddies!"
I came here to post the same thing.
This was the one episode that always stuck with me. Had no idea Savini directed it.
Just finished great Phil Hartman collection. Just started Tom Sevini. Lovin' it
Thanks for uploading this. I’ve been a huge Savini fan since reading Fangoria as a kid.
Man this really makes me miss practical effects...I know it's still out there.. Point is CGI sucks in horror films..
Tom Savini seems so humble about his craft....but....he deserves an Oscar!!!!!!!
How many searched for the "Inside the Closet" episode after watching this? Tom Savini is a master. Always will be.
I saw it when it first aired.
I searched for Carolina Biological Supply! I had a chance to work for Stan Winston Studios in my 20s but I couldn't get a truck so I couldn't get the job. I'm really happy with how my life turned out but I wish I could have seen what path I could have followed if I did have that truck!
@@chefjoanna333 damn u needed a truck
He was so good that nowadays the industry is going back to this amazing craft! Witch is amazing!
He looks !like he loves his job!!!
What a job that would be.
Thanks again Don. I'm your number 2 fan. Watch out for the number ones: unless it is your significant other, they are stalkers. Lol. Seriously, he is my favorite special effects/makeup guy.
Loved this. Tom Savini is legendary in the S/FX biz so this was a real treat. Dave was kind of wimpy near the end there but I like to think it was partly for the laughs. I wish he would have had Tom Savini on more times though but I guess he was truly annoyed after that last appearance. Side note: I read an article about you Don. Until I read the article I was convinced "Don Giller" was actually a whole team of people churning these compilations out. Thanks for all your hard work over the years. Lots of us really appreciate it.
Thanks!
i also thought Letterman was getting a little annoyed (and also annoying) near the end.
please just _move, closer, to_ *_the, WALL_*
youtube, i don't know why you recommended this to me at this particular point in time. but thank you. this is great.
Tom Savini is AWESOME!!! Thanks for the compilation!
David: Drop that chewing gum before the show starts!
Tom: Nope!
Dave's crankiness and dismissiveness were part of his schtick. He knew what he was getting into (usually).
I wondered about that - if Dave was as put out with the stuff as he makes out to be.
I appreciate that crankiness. Made it more real and funnier.
Well, there's a real neuroses there with Dave, and squibs actually DO hurt, and his hand DID actually get burned, and do you really want to take the risk of someone firing ANY pistol at you on camera? He was genuinely perturbed at times. Was a bit uncomfortable at times, but I'd rather see it than not.
@@ziparis If Dave was upset with anything Tom did, or was doing, he wouldn't've kept inviting Tom back.
Tom is still a master of his craft. Brilliant artist. He served in Vietnam during the war and saw some really nasty things, that's why a lot of his effects look so realistic.
And he never once mentioned he was a combat camera man in Vietnam when he was in the Army the man's a hero!
cruiserweight190 unfortunately back in the 1970s and 1980s, service in Vietnam wasn't something veterans mentioned. The American public was fooled into thinking every Vietnam veteran was crazy or a drug addict through the media, movies and television. As a kid, I looked up to the men who had served overseas, but most people acted like Vietnam was a black eye for the country. It was awful, the veterans never got the homecoming they deserved.
@@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-μ9β Indeed you are 100% correct!
@@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-μ9β the war was a black eye, but no reason to blame the vets. I don't really understand volunteering for such a war though, if that's what he did.
@@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-μ9β The military did pump many of them full of experimental drugs, so that assumption wasn't too far off.
yup saw an interview where he said he was saved by a raccoon he had to guard weapon barracks where he heard a noise and a trap was set to notify that the enemy was coming he freaked out started shooting causing everyone to shoot only to find out it was a raccoon setting it off he was pulled off guard duty the very next day the barracks was attacked killed everyone in it he was literally saved by a raccoon
What an artist he is and he obviously loves his work
Weird thing to watch on Christmas eve, but strangely captivating.
Xmas day watcher here! Yas!
Any day that you watch this is Christmas.
I just read an article in the local newspaper a week ago about Greg Nicotero reviving Stephen King's "Creepshow" on Shudder, which is apparently AMC's streaming service. The movie "Creepshow" was shot in Pittsburgh, well parts of it anyway, and Nicotero graduated from a high school there, and Tom Savini is from there too. It was weird to see Tom in the Feb. 1985 appearance say "This is a model of one of the actors in Day of the Dead, Greg Nicotero" when I was just reading about them.
Thanks so much for posting this goldmine! Huge Savini fan.
I loved this , I laughed so hard all the way through , was amazed too and grossed out ! Thanks for the upload ! .
Holding the blood-filled condom, I was waiting for Dave to say "might be time to see the urologist."
I guess Steve finally got his period.
That would have too funny for Dave
Haha!...you should have a show!
That time of the month again
This was years before i even exsist..
Here i am watching it today.. thank you TH-cam!
...that was awesome to see the evolution of the effects over just a short period of time, imagine what it would be like now?
Man, what other show puts on a SFX guy?
Yeah,it was a different time. Back in the early/middle 80s many shows would do stuff like this but rarely had any ballyhoo since back then if you liked horror you were a future serial killer or Satanist. I could literally do a documentary on those times and my growing up outside Marion,Ohio and the differences of the times.
@@robertblowstein7291 It depends on which way you look at it. I mean in the 80s, not every 10-year-old could just find actual videos of being people tortured online within a few clicks and worse.
@Corpsi - to easy what? (Your comment doesn't make sense)
@abc def Scrambled Pay Per View! Don't forget about that. You could see a glimpse of real porn once in a while if you were willing to wait.
@@Devo13 the core on shudder
Just great. Final appearance was the last straw, lolol. He was a great guest though! Lol
Thank you so much for this upload! Dave was kind of reminding me of Woody Allen in that last bit!
I remember watching tales from the dark side when I was a around 8-9 years old and that Lizzy thing scared me shitless for weeks after watching it. Thought it was hiding under the bed or in my room somewhere 😂
Awesome Don Giller.. ty for all of your D.L videos
Ah, he pays hommage to Dick Smith, the godfather of all this. You know Dick Smith from The Exorcist. Oddly, he himself thought his best work in that film was the makeup of Father Merrin.
When I first saw it I didn't know any better, I just assumed Max Von Sydow was an old dude at the time. He was actually 44. Incredible work. We've all seen age make up since then and until very very recently most of it really pales in comparison.
It was his best work. Max von Sydows old man makeup looked just like he looks now.
The makeup was so good that Sydow had a hard time finding work afterward. Everyone thought he was much older and wouldn't cast him.
This is a keeper! Man I miss the old days of late night TV.
In Dave’s defense, he was led to believe these would all be cooking segments with Bev Tanner.
HELLO!
i think a dave fan would say 'julia child' 😂😂😂
Thank you for the hour of entertainment! i stayed here and watched it from start to finish. special effects like this have always fascinated me
Man, Tom Savini is just a cool mf. Can't say enough good about him.
is he? I hear he can be a jerk at conventions
@@IndyHulkSlamBam he would sign everything for free at one point. Always posed for pics too.
This is a quality interview from one of the greats.
It's amazing that this guys work is so prolific that the moment I see some of these props I know exactly what movie they are from.
I think that alone speaks volumes of the quality of this guys special effects.
This is amazing thank you don you keep on surprising me
What a treat! Thanks for uploading this collection. Long live Tom Savinni!
When some tv didnt suck
So more than "some" sucked or less? Or are you implying that some TV does suck now? Or are you just saying that this episode didn't suck? Your comment makes me feel uncomfortable because of how vaguely you phrased it.
When tv somewhat sucked
silentdecay aint that the truth!
Except that torturous first 3 minutes with sycophant Shafer.
The best TV is always in the middle of the night, when the censors are in bed
People sound so thrilled to be alive in the 80s....
It may be a more peaceful world now but we're all miserable with the politics, lunatics, Left v. Right BS, and mind control. Believe it or not, that sh1t aint ever going away. But those 80s really were good days to live in, what with the culture, and good stuff back then. The music and clothes back then were great and we were lucky. Who wants to turn on the TV or Radio these days...
I feel bad for people who didn't experience the 80s
what an artist !!!! Seriously one of My idols
Maybe it's my collectable OCD , but what made me squirm the most was how heavy handed David Letterman seemed with Tom's excellent and iconic props. If Tom Savini was cool with it though maybe I should be too.
Carolina Biological!!! Supplied all of my specimens when I was a professor of veterinary medicine... so cool to see this related to Creepshow! Thank you for the upload!
No, Paul, *Tom Savini* is the National Treasure!
This is fucking awesome - best videos on youtube IMO. This is great work. After Siskel & Ebert this has been my fav thing to revisit.
This is when Letterman was still great; he was a riot back in the 80's
Idk. He was acting like a little bitch to me.
He was very funny at one point, but did eventually become the way you described him. And, one can indeed see shades of it here.
Well done the editing I like you kept all the intros and outros intact. Glad to see this again!
Back when people with real talent got to be on t.v.
This was really entertaining. Some great setups for Letterman to deliver some jokes, some obvious, some not so obvious. Great TV.
"I did put the split in between your teeth". Lol.
11:50
Dave : "Oh ,thank you ."
Very revealing and funny to see Letterman's ever increasing irritation and worried reactions to Savini's effects. Thanks for uploading :D
that one time when letterman had a corpse on his show
re- animator
"One time"?...i beg to differ.
And now he's the corpse on the show
@@mathewjensen6903 WE are all a corpse on earths stage.
@@dwalker399 yep!!
I didn’t think i’d watch the whole thing. I did. I enjoyed it. Also, love their banter
"Lizzie", whom I always thought was called "Margaret", was from one of the best Tales of the Darksides ever. Do watch it. "Inside the Closet"
truly, one of the greats, thanks for posting.
The good old days of practical horror effects.
When they didn't rely so heavily on the ultra gore of CGI.
Great interview. Even Dave got super interested.
25:05 "I'm gonna be right here, making your life a living hell. I'm watching you, Dave. I see you!"
Thanks for uploading, important TV history
This is becoming a lost art. Everything is CGI now.
it's a shame that you don't see amazing modern CGI as an art form :/
@@hawksandwich4742 I never said that. I didn't even imply that.
That's not true. Prosthetics are still used in films. You may not have noticed CGI in well made movies. Not every director can afford CGI - It can be too expensive!
it may not be as common now, but it's far from a lost art. The Walking Dead is a good example
Check out the Stan Winston School here on youtube. They got a ton of expertise on practical movie effects. Body suits, prosthetics, models, etc. I don't think practical effects will ever be really gone.
This popped up in my feed, in 2020......and I clicked without hast.
Tom Savini is a legend.
"When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth."
Classic Line!
@Joe Home So obsessed 😂😂
@Joe Home You mean to tell me Democrats dont spew hate ?
@Joe Home Are you even American?
Fuck yes. Thanks for the upload. Those guys really seem to get along. Watched the whole thing
*Shows off zombie animatronic
Dave: So what is this one made out of?
Tom: Oh, it's a real dead body
Dave and everyone in the world: 👀
wow awesome upload i loved sitting up late at night to watch David Letterman & The 3 Stooges (Bizarre i was maybe 6 and somehow i could actually sit and watch this on a old beat up color tv (Gotta love the 80’s)
I love how he said "they all come from India" about the skeleton which is also mentioned in Return of the Living Dead when Frank suggested they must have skeleton farms.
There's a great documentary on RoTLD on TH-cam. Hilarious and informative
@@avidnongetit8710 sweet. I'll have to check that out. Such a gem. So unique and on par with ED2 for me. I'm sure it's probably in the doc, but I heard this is the first film with zombies groaning about "brains".
So glad you uploaded these....I remember watching all these back when I was in high school...Dave was the best!!! Thank you!
Ha! Coincidentally just watched TCM2 for the first time a few days ago. Fun to see some props from it.
Thanks for uploading this...great stuff.
His voice reminds me of Robin Williams a little.
How did this pop up in my youtube feed ? I actually clicked and liked it :)
14:15 - holy shit:
1. I never would have thought they use _real_ skeletons
2. I thought the "skeletons from India" notion was just something they came up with for "Return of the Living Dead"
They really used to use real skeletons for everything! Things may have changed a bit since then, partly because of how much CGI is used.
Amazing compilation, thanks!
Watching vintage Dave makes me want to go up and drop something off the roof.