Third Anniversary Special on Letterman, January 26, 1985

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  • David Letterman's third anniversary show, taped January 24, 1985, and aired two nights later in SNL's time slot. With Vince McMahon and Bob Costas in two Manhattan hospitals waiting for the first baby born during the show's taping.
    The expectant mother, Mary Feury, emailed a friend in 2004 about her experience when her son Sean was born:
    We were at NY Hospital on Jan. 24, 1985 and I was in labor when [my husband] John said they were doing "something" on new parents. I told him he could do whatever he wanted, but nobody better come in the labor room. I had been in "false" labor for days.
    As it turned out, it was David Letterman's 3rd anniversary show. The first baby to be born at NYH or Lenox Hill Hospital would be the "Late Night Baby." Sean then became the "Late Night Baby" when as they said, "Mrs. Feury is in overdrive and it looks like she will deliver the next baby," John was interviewed by Vince McMahon and a woman came into the delivery room and took a polaroid of Sean and me that was shown at the end of the show.
    It was aired two days later during the Saturday Night Live time slot at 11:30 on Saturday. We got calls from people all over the country who saw the show. … Sean won a bunch of gifts, etc.
    We were contacted a few months later to see if they could do a show at our house and have Dave babysit Sean, but we said no.* Later, we were told that the show was "international" as it had been sold to British TV. Thus, as Andy Warhol once said, "Everyone has their own 15 minutes of fame." (Or something like that!) I think that was it for John and me. Who knows what will happen with Sean. He surprises us all the time
    [end quote]
    *The reason they turned down the invite for Dave to babysit a few months later was because their house was in the middle of renovation, with "plastic sheeting, dust, etc. everywhere."
    Today Sean is 35.

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  • @kenimiller3896
    @kenimiller3896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I watched this the night it aired and Bob Costas' line 'meanwhile, the plaintive cries of desperately ill men and women go unheeded' is something I have never forgotten, and to this day, at least a couple of times a year, I find a reason to repeat it!

    • @deborahhansen7516
      @deborahhansen7516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes! I recorded this when it first aired, and that line (and Dave’s delighted reaction) is an all-time favorite!

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do the same thing with "Ray Charles!" which is from the episode where Cybill Shepherd came out wearing nothing but a bath towel and frye boots. To this day my favourite episode -- it's also the one where they had the 85-year-old Scandanavian woman sing Take a Walk on the Wild Side, but she forgot the words so she just started saying "zabbedy-do, zabbedy-do, zabbedy-do, zabbedy-do" over and over.

    • @randall-king
      @randall-king ปีที่แล้ว

      Too funny!

    • @LeeKav
      @LeeKav ปีที่แล้ว

      Ray Charles!

    • @prmaninla
      @prmaninla ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely agree... That line still makes me laugh... as does when Vince McMahon says to the father whose baby was born 35 minutes too early "have you always been a little early with everything you do..."

  • @waynechapman9823
    @waynechapman9823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The Late Night Baby would be 35 now. If you're out there, Mr. Feury, I congratulate you on your awesome timing!

    • @jaro9467
      @jaro9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if they ever appeared on the Late Show.

  • @siggylloyd3566
    @siggylloyd3566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In a time of great need, I thank you for this!

  • @user-tw2fk6sd2s
    @user-tw2fk6sd2s ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was 15 yo back then and couldn't stay up late to watch it.
    Still the most fun show to watch. Nothing is more entertaining than Dave's show even with so many shows these days.

  • @deputay
    @deputay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks Don, one of my favorites! Bob and Vince knocked it out of the park

  • @rubbersoul3723
    @rubbersoul3723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From Rhode Island-Thank you Don! MORE-PROOF, that 80s Dave was the best!

  • @franktheo2055
    @franktheo2055 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watched this show on NBC when I came home from night school. I haven't seen these clips as far as I can remember.
    Chris Elliott & Larry Bud Melman where absolutely Hysterical !!!

  • @joshuazerubbabel5951
    @joshuazerubbabel5951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I went back in time in my head for a brief moment. Thanks!

  • @fromtherubble6890
    @fromtherubble6890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have great memories of these specials... thanks for posting

  • @illiamdeebe7579
    @illiamdeebe7579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My god I can’t tell you how happy my heart was while watching this. Such a great time capsule. Brought me right back. The show barely holding together, the live remotes. Oh man. I’ve always been a huge fan. Just bulbs/shades made me feel like a kid watching in awe again. Thank you.

    • @CinemaDemocratica
      @CinemaDemocratica ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think the dog poem is the time-capsule moment: We were *so* innocent back then, Jeebus.

  • @josephmagil1149
    @josephmagil1149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The world hasn't been the same since we lost Calvert DeForest.

  • @LeeKav
    @LeeKav ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Have you ever seen the world's largest humidor?"
    "No, I haven't."
    "Any interest in that?"
    "None whatsoever."
    I love this line and the way its delivered. It tickles me every time I see it.

  • @kjkiefcakes1847
    @kjkiefcakes1847 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dave saying "where did we get this guy?" About Vince McMahon is fucking priceless.

  • @bigtalkwithbrucedickey8603
    @bigtalkwithbrucedickey8603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I wondered if this show would ever resurface. I thought it was one of the funniest I ever saw, and I watched pretty much the whole NBC run, including the morning show. Thanks so much for finding it and throwing it on.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks! But others have uploaded it before me. Just not of this quality. Plus there are a few little things in this version that didn’t make air.

    • @RageTVHTX
      @RageTVHTX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dongiller I’m amazed at how you’re able to get a hold of these little extras that didn’t air

  • @ClassicJunk88
    @ClassicJunk88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dave roasting Vince was great.

  • @thomascunningham1619
    @thomascunningham1619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks Don. Congrats on the 85million views!

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks! Let’s hope we make it to 100.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@graxjpg There’s always doubt; I’ve no control over the channel’s survival.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@graxjpg I’m counting on you. Your wife will understand! :)

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@graxjpg I accept PayPal. :)

  • @markjones952
    @markjones952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is the Vince McMahon/Bob Costas episode! I remember watching this live.

  • @user-mi9cz2zs1f
    @user-mi9cz2zs1f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I only have three words for Bro Theodore....O.M.G. p.s. loved him in The Burbs!!

  • @scottmoore1614
    @scottmoore1614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man, I do so miss Dave’s old NBC show. It just wasn’t the same after he went to CBS.

  • @DoktorStrangelove
    @DoktorStrangelove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This might be the best of the anniversary shows. The 4th is brilliant, but this one is utterly insane.

    • @PittsburghMarky
      @PittsburghMarky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is. It was Letterman at his peak.

  • @katiezee2
    @katiezee2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    oooh a fresh upload ! Thank you

  • @timmcleaners1987
    @timmcleaners1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buddy is truly 'man's best friend'.

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brother Theodore! The best guest ever!

  • @harlhequim
    @harlhequim ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE MUSIC INTRO, THE CAMERA MOVING THROUGH THE BUULDING with the innovative angle of a new kind of comedy made this TV show truly a landmark.
    A wonderful.postcard from the 80's not only for nostalgic eyes but pragmatically good then and now.

  • @WEPDRabbitEarsTV
    @WEPDRabbitEarsTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks a ton don, again.

  • @MrSteelermania
    @MrSteelermania 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bob smoking a stoggie in the hospital is something you will never see again folks

  • @donaldsmith7077
    @donaldsmith7077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Vince McMahon either by accident on purpose or both - very funny.

  • @joemuggs100
    @joemuggs100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "All hail...the Late Night baby!"

  • @moncorp1
    @moncorp1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss the 80s. Back when the world was sane.

    • @bobdecarlo7778
      @bobdecarlo7778 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reagan as President, JP2 as Archbishop of Rome, Dave on NBC... we didn't realize how good we had it. May like leadership & entertainment rise up again.

  • @WEPDRabbitEarsTV
    @WEPDRabbitEarsTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cooky wooky thing was great...

  • @user-mi9cz2zs1f
    @user-mi9cz2zs1f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Come on baby Fuery , if you're out there....do you still have the pepper grinder????

  • @MichelleUS66
    @MichelleUS66 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Definitely my favorite of the anniversary shows!
    (IMO, the anniversary shows lost a little something after they started being done in huge auditoriums. I preferred the more-intimate regular studio.)

  • @katoffeevhs9798
    @katoffeevhs9798 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you can't sell that dog beer! he's under 21

  • @claudecat
    @claudecat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's weird, but Vince McMahon is hilarious in his role as remote host at one of the hospitals! At first it seemed to not please Dave, but when he asked Larry "Bud" if that was his tux... huge laugh from Dave, and me and everyone else. It's hard to believe there was a time when McMahon was not what he's since become, and that pro wrasslin' was largely comedy back then, though not always intentionally.

  • @denpolderart
    @denpolderart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love to Chris Elliot!!!! He was a big reason for the early crazy!

  • @PookaBazooka
    @PookaBazooka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At the 52:30 mark, is... is that a time-traveling Sean Penn?

  • @nsdiehl
    @nsdiehl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don, have you uploaded the full 'life-detector' segment before? Love the channel.
    Thanks

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t think I have. And thanks!

  • @wilnerolivier7971
    @wilnerolivier7971 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dave identifying McMahon as the voice of the then WWF!! But not once mentioned that he was the owner of the WWF.

    • @a_plus
      @a_plus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Kayfabe was alive and well.

  • @merlinsclaw
    @merlinsclaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Any updates on the Late Night Baby?

    • @dougherendeen3241
      @dougherendeen3241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beat me to it... (Thanks, Don!)

    • @romansroad2007
      @romansroad2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Baby boy is doing 30 years hard time. Lol

  • @wannabe4668
    @wannabe4668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Trial and error on that one

  • @itstherevolution
    @itstherevolution 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    29:40 🖤. Kind of a cruel trick though lol.

  • @realemetic1
    @realemetic1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if the baby took the internship in 2003!

  • @jaro9467
    @jaro9467 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does the Late Night Baby ever appear on the Late Show as an adult or could they not reference them on a rival network?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It likely wouldn’t be a problem, since Dave did refer to Colleen Boyle in 2015.

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The funniest bits are the stupid pet tricks dogs (who were not stupid), Bob Costas and The Curious Guy.

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the name "stupid pet tricks" it is the tricks which are stupid, not the pets.

  • @LivLaRaj
    @LivLaRaj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Okay, weird... I remember seeing this first broadcast and very much recall the announcement for next week's SNL said Alex Karras/Tina Turner (which was the live show the next week Feb 2 1985).

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was wondering when someone noticed this. The SNL preemption lead-in here is from the 3rd anniversary rebroadcast that aired on June 8, 1985.

  • @wecontrolthevideo
    @wecontrolthevideo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder, did baby Sean Michael ever get his internship?

  • @jgarofalo8813
    @jgarofalo8813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who was the woman after the Steve Martin clip?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Iris Chacón

  • @wiedep
    @wiedep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should have had Tom Carvel cater the festivities

  • @lrg3834
    @lrg3834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    For me, Late Night is better than Late Show.

  • @gregsh8240
    @gregsh8240 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    what song are they playing at the 1 hour mark?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      “What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)” - Junior Walker. Here’s the original: th-cam.com/video/7ZK3gllwOa8/w-d-xo.html

    • @gregsh8240
      @gregsh8240 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dongiller thanks! do you know the song Paul plays when the bubble machine comes on?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gregsh8240 Can you give me a time marker? Paul usually played the Lawrence Welk theme.

    • @saywhatmachine
      @saywhatmachine 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely cookin’ version of What Does It Take!

  • @katiezee2
    @katiezee2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anyone tell me who is the angry guy at 20:08 ?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/kj5fVnHWUl4/w-d-xo.html

    • @katiezee2
      @katiezee2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dongiller Thanks ! I'd heard of the guy but had never seen him before this

  • @FlockOfHawks
    @FlockOfHawks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One more reason why 👁 💖 🇺🇸 !!!

    • @FlockOfHawks
      @FlockOfHawks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ( and this great channel of course )

  • @jamesmurray3889
    @jamesmurray3889 ปีที่แล้ว

    35 minutes in and already eight commercials. Unsubscribe.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You’re blaming this channel for TH-cam ads. Go figure.