David Letterman on Donahue January 25, 1985

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  • David Letterman on Phil Donahue's daytime show taped January 23, 1985, broadcast two days later.

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  • @blu48
    @blu48 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I think Letterman respected Phil Donohue immensely. RIP Mr. Donohue. Classiest most informative daytime show that ever aired.

  • @NoellaScott
    @NoellaScott ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I worked for Phil (and Marlo, indirectly) for a few years. He's a great guy, and she's lovely, too. He's a broadcaster even when you're sitting alone chatting with him.

    • @Jemy-e5r
      @Jemy-e5r 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you for sharing that.

  • @TheSkapaw66
    @TheSkapaw66 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    With Phil passing today, I did a search and came across this clip. Double good!! Phil really involved his audience which is unique to this day. Dave was/is so good with an audience.

  • @scurfie2343
    @scurfie2343 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I would rush home from my college class to watch the Letterman morning show. it was outstanding.

  • @10Hammers
    @10Hammers 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I loved Donahue. When TV was still worth watching.

    • @troyevitt2437
      @troyevitt2437 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He had interesting guests, launching his show with-GASP!-America's Most Hated Woman, Madalyn Murray O'Hair who had just gotten MANDATORY prayer taken out of tax-funded public schools by the Supreme Court. I'd seen the MMOH episode several times before realizing that was Phil's FIRST show.
      The rumors soon started that if a kid VOLUNTARILY prayed or had a Bible in their locker, schools had to punish them. No, they just had to stop MAKING KIDS pray while a faculty member prayed on the PA system.
      Oprah started with meaningful guests, too, and then Geraldo took the genre' downhill with, as some have said, "Nazis and Satanists".

    • @trekkiejunk
      @trekkiejunk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      "When TV was still worth watching." For every great Letterman or Donahue 40 years ago, there were countless more duds. You just don't remember the duds. Just like today. There is some amazing TV being made now, and countless trash. Always been that way, and always will be.

    • @derekwischmann6123
      @derekwischmann6123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen!

    • @StephenEdwards-yr4kg
      @StephenEdwards-yr4kg หลายเดือนก่อน

      What would that calender (actually both) be worth now I wonder. Wondering what ever happened to them.

    • @ExodusPessoa
      @ExodusPessoa หลายเดือนก่อน

      Here Here

  • @vickilanger1228
    @vickilanger1228 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Rest In Peace Phil Donahue🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
    Thank You For Wonderful Memories✨️✨️✨️✨️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @georgeshelton6281
      @georgeshelton6281 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've never seen David Letterman this young. I didn't say this to David Letterman. Do you sometimes keep on getting a thrill/feeling that Hollywood CA. history is repeating itself? 🙄

  • @HAL_9000__
    @HAL_9000__ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Awww God bless you Don Giller. THIS is gold.
    What a great show. I LOVE how Phil would let the audience ask questions.

    • @georgeshelton6281
      @georgeshelton6281 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've never seen David Letterman as a 17-year-old. It was definitely unearthed to me.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    There was none other like Phil. The most influential broadcaster of the last hundred years. RIP. Thanks for all you did (except breaking my heart by marrying Marlo!)

  • @JackSilbert
    @JackSilbert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is perhaps the best interview with Dave I've ever seen (and I've seen a whole bunch over the decades). Much more relaxed and honest than he normally is!

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's good, but his Howard Cosell interview is better, and funnier.
      th-cam.com/video/RedsCvnjDOw/w-d-xo.html

  • @35diamondgirl
    @35diamondgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I watched Letterman religiously during the '80s, and I watched Donahue when I could, but I didn't know this existed until I stumbled upon it now. I remember that David was already being talked about as a possible successor to Carson, but he was always careful to deny or defer when asked about it. He handles the surprise guests here with self-conscious grace (which might explain why he dislikes being surprised), and the audience with (as someone below comments) disarming charm. Thank your for uploading this.

    • @troyevitt2437
      @troyevitt2437 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As Donahue intimated, my VHS VCR was primarily for taping Letterman at his 12:30 timeslot starting in the 10th grade, then watching it after school. In a foreshadowing of the Seinfeld episode where he taped a ballgame, I was always telling other people at school, "Don't tell me about Letterman, I taped it." How they managed to watch until 1:30 AM and then be up for school was beyond me. Once I had a real social life, I did the same thing with Farley/Spade-era Saturday Night Live.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton ปีที่แล้ว

      Good stuff, eh?

  • @beholden1663
    @beholden1663 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Oh gosh, look how young Letterman looked in 1985. Dave was 38 years old in this video. Today Dave is 77 years old. This was the early day of Dave’s late night show. Rip Phil❤️

    • @vanmoody
      @vanmoody 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Back then we didn't know Dave could grow so much facial hair. He now looks like Grizzly Adams with glasses.

    • @RobMyself
      @RobMyself 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I remember this. I was 20. Yes, it's scary 😂

    • @johnogrady2418
      @johnogrady2418 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Dave's THIRD year...

  • @Rob_Kates
    @Rob_Kates 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Phil and Dave, 2 legendary broadcasters.

    • @omalone1169
      @omalone1169 ปีที่แล้ว

      Letterman was a racist, a sexist, a misandrist, a capitalist, a cis-genderist and monosexualist.

    • @sharonjones2775
      @sharonjones2775 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Larry King and Barbara Walters…THEE best!

  • @markybgoode
    @markybgoode 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Oh man, Letterman in his youth. Both Phil & Dave are my TV heroes!

  • @cyclo1224
    @cyclo1224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks for these Don. Its like im sitting home with my mom on a day she called me in sick to school watching the guy she watched every night. i miss her very much right now.:) DAVE RULES!

  • @wecontrolthevideo
    @wecontrolthevideo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Dave never liked being interviewed but he’s pretty comfortable talking with Phil.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Agree. I noticed that. I think most people were very comfortable with Phil.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Phil also does a great interview with Johnny Carson in 1970 and Johnny is great with Phil. Genuine, funny, and seems relaxed with being questioned. I usually found Johnny uneasy to a large degree when he was being interviewed.

  • @lurx2024
    @lurx2024 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I remember watching Letterman in the morning. I considered him a legend even back then.

  • @acousticshadow4032
    @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Donahue was the master of getting the best out of his guests; letting THEM shine.

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What a great show. Letterman was never so authentic and down to earth as he was that day.
    And Donahue deserves enormous credit for pulling the whole thing off.

  • @elizabeththomson9373
    @elizabeththomson9373 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love Donahue . Was my favourite talk show host when I lived stateside

  • @simplehibiscuslife1188
    @simplehibiscuslife1188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love both of these Dudes! Phil was a pioneer. 💗

  • @t.b.g.504
    @t.b.g.504 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    RIP Phil Donahue.

    • @marcyfan-tz4wj
      @marcyfan-tz4wj หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i'm thinking of phil hartman who did world class impression of phil donahue. i wish he was still around...two great phils, one great dave.

  • @Tribeca40
    @Tribeca40 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    29:20 and 39:28: "This is your life, David Letterman". Great clip from "Donahue"! Loved Dave in this entire video. Saw this show when it actually aired. If I recall correctly, this was Phil Donahue's first regular show that aired from New York. Thanks for sharing, Don..

  • @rgrndu
    @rgrndu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Dave’s show was so good back then.

  • @jnadle1
    @jnadle1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It was only a couple weeks into shooting the new episodes at NBC 8G in New York.
    He moved his show there to be close to his wife, Marlo Thomas.

  • @bulafritz
    @bulafritz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Letterman, Donahue and Larry King were all one of a kinds who couldn't be replaced. So now there's nothing to watch.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      That's fairly accurate. I haven't watched a talk show since Dave left the air. I've seen lots of Conan and Seth Meyers clips on TH-cam, but nothing else interests me. But to be honest, I quit watching Letterman the last few years as he seemed to be just phoning it in. I watched the last few weeks of final shows however.

  • @zachthebulldog
    @zachthebulldog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Great - thanks for posting. I´m a huge Letterman fan!

  • @jasonhardie111
    @jasonhardie111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Two of my favourite hosts, i always tried to watch every show of theirs.

  • @daudidaudi
    @daudidaudi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm surprised on how intelligent this audience was. America wasn't so dumb before.

    • @rberka555
      @rberka555 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can look at any audience from the 70's and 80's and see something's different. My money's on pesticides and vaccine adjuvants goofing up our brains.

    • @driversteve9345
      @driversteve9345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's been the name of the game all along! Make your average citizen dumb as a rock so that they can easily be controlled! :(

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a NYC audience, where it was all happening at the time. They were hep.

    • @holysmokes4259
      @holysmokes4259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is the generation that was first told money trickles down and they believed it. Not that intelligent.

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@holysmokes4259 ...which beats the generation that put a conman in the oval office in 2016.

  • @KelleneHubbard
    @KelleneHubbard 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    😢😢Phil lived a Great life with Marlo ☺️😁. I hope Marlo is doing well ❤️‍🩹🙏.

  • @ZefTillDeath8878
    @ZefTillDeath8878 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It was interesting to see Dave in this format. The audience surprisingly asked good questions for the most part. They must not be regulars on Donahue.

  • @aussienate5765
    @aussienate5765 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Letterman was the best for a long time he was the only late night talk show we had on tv in Sydney Australia we were lucky to have the best

  • @glen4326
    @glen4326 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Donahue was a great communicator. as is Dave Letterman. I miss the clear, intelligent and funny speaking. Things back then were more real, everything is very phony today. I want to know what Phil thought of the world today.

  • @exiles_dot_tv
    @exiles_dot_tv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    4:26 Dave makes a joke about not saying "'hot' in this studio"
    "One of the most talked-about incidents in Donahue's history came on January 21, 1985, soon after the show moved to New York. On this day's program, seven members of the audience appeared to faint during the broadcast, which was seen live in New York. Donahue, fearing the fainting was caused by both anxiety at being on television and an overheated studio, eventually cleared the studio of audience members and then resumed the show. It turned out the fainting "spell" was cooked up by media hoaxer Alan Abel in what Abel said was a protest against what he termed as poor-quality television."

    • @omalone1169
      @omalone1169 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i did wonder about that moment. if the audience were aware then well done

  • @driversteve9345
    @driversteve9345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    46 minutes of a talk show? That's unheard of today! We get 20 minutes of a show and 40 minutes of commercials today!!!

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Makes me so nostalgic for the good old days.

  • @Rebecca-gc9gw
    @Rebecca-gc9gw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I watched a video of Merrill Markoe’s favorite moments of LNwDL. In the comments someone wrote “Dave will never be a groom to Merrill and Merrill will never be his bride.” It stuck my heart when he talked about her as his bride. 😭Although, I approve of her selection of current partner. I love the song “Mexican Radio”

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I didn't know until I saw your comment, and did some follow-up research, that she has been in a relationship for more than 20 years. I am happy for her.

    • @allendracabal0819
      @allendracabal0819 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I see, though, that her boyfriend had nothing to do with "Mexican Radio". It was recorded and released before he joined the band.

  • @hermanblume275
    @hermanblume275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Heckuva job, Don. This stuff is great!

  • @barbarabrennan1753
    @barbarabrennan1753 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I watched the daytime Letterman show. Takes me back to my normal days. When life was not twitterized. Where were you when Letterman was daytime. What would Dave or Phil do if they had been thwarted from doing what they loved.

    • @jaliscodiss
      @jaliscodiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was in the ninth grade when Letterman was daytime. I was 20 when this episode of Donahue aired. The first time I heard of Letterman was when he was on the cover of the Miami Herald TV Guide in 1980

  • @Loisjean8
    @Loisjean8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I really enjoyed this , thank you !

  • @genegjr
    @genegjr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Paul Shaffer filled in for the Roots Band on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon just for one night in 2003 😮😊

    • @wadebarnett2542
      @wadebarnett2542 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Did you mean 2023?

    • @genegjr
      @genegjr หลายเดือนก่อน

      @wadebarnett2542 yes

  • @indieshack4476
    @indieshack4476 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember the 90's skit on Letterman when he fashions mash potato on his head to look like Phil's white hair and he goes to pick up Phil's paycheck!

  • @pronemanoldbutyoung5548
    @pronemanoldbutyoung5548 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    There must be hundreds of people still around, that watched Dave doing his peculiar and funny weather reports, and then saw him years later on NBC late night with David Letterman. I find that fascinating.

  • @James-ll3jb
    @James-ll3jb 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you look at the very early years of the original Tonight Show you can see how much of Letterman's wit and "creativity" is owed the late, great Steve Allen😊

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      As Dave had repeatedly acknowledged, and that Steve, in one of his books, had appreciated.

    • @James-ll3jb
      @James-ll3jb 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@dongiller Sad not to hear it mentioned here...

  • @stephendavis6066
    @stephendavis6066 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dave was always Dave... that's talent!!!

  • @nothx962
    @nothx962 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Letterman looking 14 and 50 at the same time.

  • @renhoek3851
    @renhoek3851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks again Don, love you :)

  • @gravyedwards9853
    @gravyedwards9853 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love this interview! Dave is still funny but also giving a more serious interview! ❤

  • @johnogrady2418
    @johnogrady2418 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Those New York accents are beautiful!

  • @barbarabrennan1753
    @barbarabrennan1753 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Bits with Dave's mom were cute. Nice of him to include her.

    • @mschwes5376
      @mschwes5376 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His mom at the Olympics was the best! Followed closely by the pie episodes.

  • @Kedeas
    @Kedeas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The plant at 45:03 was a real Buzz Kill. Later she reminisced about drowning puppies for fun.

    • @samsungtelevision695
      @samsungtelevision695 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What a cup of sunshine. Gross vibes

    • @qixxxz
      @qixxxz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jay Leno, sent her from the future.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      Debbie Downer's bastard sister.

  • @macintosh46
    @macintosh46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When America was America!! Good times!!

  • @annek1226
    @annek1226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to be in the audience of both these gentlemen’s shows! At the time I was at Phil’s he was still doing the show in Chicago and his guest that day? Harry Reemes! The guy who stared opposite Linda Lovelace in Deep Throat! What do you ask him? As for Letterman, the guest were John Goodman and Heather Locklear who David spent the entire interview trying to humiliate! Not my favorite host at all! What you see on screen is not what you get in real life! He never gave you the feeling he enjoyed the work. Never interacted with the audience even once! It was his last year on his contract.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think you mean Phil, not David, who you say tried to humiliate.

  • @tubularbill
    @tubularbill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And Letterman was right. NBC went with Jay Leno.

  • @GjpgrD
    @GjpgrD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dave's friend Jeff wrote a cool book about their college yrs called "The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi." The girlfriend he mentioned in college was eventually Dave's 1st wife Michelle - Jeff was at their elopement & tells a very funny story about it.

  • @tomhilterbrant1286
    @tomhilterbrant1286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Terrific show.

  • @floofytown
    @floofytown 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Geez, he's so disarmingly genuine.

    • @omalone1169
      @omalone1169 ปีที่แล้ว

      i am triggered by this word

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      Phil or Dave?

  • @ComedyJakob
    @ComedyJakob 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey, look at Dave, he almost talked about marrying Marrill Markoe

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      Merrill was/is hilarious. I wish they could have made it work, they seemed like a great couple. Identical style of humour. Self deprecating with lots of sarcasm.

  • @Opedanderson
    @Opedanderson 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Donahue had the best talk show

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Where did the years go?

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let us know when you find them.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check the lost and found.

  • @ralphus44
    @ralphus44 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Two totally cool guys in the primes of their careers.

  • @lookingatthemarkets
    @lookingatthemarkets 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Dave's wearing a Chris Chan shirt

    • @nomadcowatbk
      @nomadcowatbk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did the goodwills in VA get donations from NYC?

    • @culwin
      @culwin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chris Chan cosplay

    • @ZenFox0
      @ZenFox0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s funny. Polo shirts were all the rage in the 80s to early 90s. Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, and eventually Gap and Old Navy sold them by the millions.

  • @privatepenguin3137
    @privatepenguin3137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't believe The Late Shift was released 25 years ago today 🙄

  • @realestatephotovideoshawns8926
    @realestatephotovideoshawns8926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dave just said 86ed in 1985.... crazy!

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That term has been around since the 1930s. Crazier!

  • @johndong3110
    @johndong3110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    NBC Dave was the best

    • @mattrogers9574
      @mattrogers9574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He seemed bitter in his CBS, years. I don’t blame him, but it showed in his work.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mattrogers9574 - Mostly because he could no longer wear running shoes with his suit.

  • @mikewhite4560
    @mikewhite4560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good in-depth DAVE! Phil was the best. Would have succeeded if he gave away CARS...

  • @clete3977
    @clete3977 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The New York accents in the audience are fascinating. To think that a person could be taught to speak like that. I believe only 23 letters of the alphabet are vocalized in New York. I must take it on faith that Elementary school children ask why there is a red strike through the R in their alphabet table. Teacher explains it is a useless letter and to disregard it in all forms of communication. So the word "first" becomes "feist". "Mister Letterman" becomes "Mista Lettaman". "Personal" become "poysonal". "Consider" becomes "considda". "Work" becomes "woik". They are kind of adorable, like a pet trying to talk.

  • @jamesten
    @jamesten 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Drake Hotel - one of the sponsors - was razed about a decade ago. I like the audience members - plucky New Yorkers sounding like they're mostly from Queens. I remember this being broadcast - particularly when Dave's frat brother was brought out and the two men kind of shrugged at the bizarreness of it. Happy times.

    • @lauraenright5639
      @lauraenright5639 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it the Drake that was "a Dunfee classic"?

    • @shawnuel
      @shawnuel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is it just me or is Donahue a pretty bad interviewer?

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shawnuel - It's just you. He's considered a pioneer.

  • @CapnSlipp
    @CapnSlipp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    35:49 _“None of the names come to mind…”_ In his later years, Letterman made it more obvious that this is one of his go-to jokes. Completely lost on this audience, in this era.

  • @BigBluePlanet
    @BigBluePlanet 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Interesting discussion about whether he'd be the successor to Carson.

    • @SecsSells
      @SecsSells 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bigblueplanet Interesting that DL bluntly answered no.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joan Rivers was the permanent guest host at this time. But I do not think she ever would have gotten the show for herself. They would have continued stringing her along in that respect. Just interesting they thought that Dave was to be a replacement. And I remember we all did. Jay Leno was awful. Shoulda picked Dave!

    • @julierood1228
      @julierood1228 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Donahue show was cutting edge back in the day. The original feminist!

  • @nothx962
    @nothx962 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Phil was such a cool dude 😎

  • @geraldking4080
    @geraldking4080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dave and Phil are wearing the same glasses. I wore the same until about Y2K.

  • @georgeshelton6281
    @georgeshelton6281 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I should've looked it up when Phil Donahue passed away. 😪

  • @timothyarts8969
    @timothyarts8969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No political talk.....just entertainment

  • @ericmuschlitz7619
    @ericmuschlitz7619 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Clues to where Carmen Sandiego is today.

  • @brianallen2358
    @brianallen2358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Don. What was the origin of the calendar?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It began on September 5, 1984, when Donahue announced he was moving his show from Chicago to NYC in November. Dave decided to count down his arrival.

    • @brianallen2358
      @brianallen2358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dongiller Such a simple explanation, I'm having a laugh at myself. Thank you very much.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dongiller - I think he did another countdown calendar gag with Oprah coming on the show after teasing her for years about not ever being a quest on the show?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OMGWTFLOLSMH That was his “Oprah Log,” where he kept track of the days she hadn’t called him back.

  • @davidrya88
    @davidrya88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Asking if Mario Cuomo was going to run for President, Cuomo brothers still in the news 35 years later.

  • @xgum
    @xgum ปีที่แล้ว

    that Rocky the Bulldog clip was a really good idea for an example clip from the late show. very tumultuous outlay of comedy, dave's show could be paced like splitting wood, with the occasional incidental audience uproar

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว

      That was from Dave’s Late Night years on NBC (1982-93). Dave’s Late Show years were on CBS (1993-2015).

  • @jfjoubertquebec
    @jfjoubertquebec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the people's accents

  • @troyevitt2437
    @troyevitt2437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stupid Pet Tricks to this day has me saying, regarding elections and sports events, "As Always, Folks, This is an Exhibition, not a Competition. Please, no Wagering".

  • @thwipp89
    @thwipp89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    interesting interview and candid questions from the audience. dave wasn't nearly as snarky here as he generally was in interviews, especially later in his career.

  • @katoffeevhs9798
    @katoffeevhs9798 ปีที่แล้ว

    so cool to see letterman in 1975

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ‘85.

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dongiller - Maybe he's referring to his weatherman clip, which was pretty funny.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OMGWTFLOLSMH Conceivable.

  • @finnibertlunchiken7792
    @finnibertlunchiken7792 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:02 "you've also interviewed the chefs where famous people eat". I personally would be very interested to know exactły where those chefs are that people seem to eat at.

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When you host your own unscripted hour-long show and all your questions come out smoothly and well-worded, then, sure, go ahead and pick on Donahue.

  • @rwdplz1
    @rwdplz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    David Letterman's wardrobe by Christian Weston Chandler

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH ปีที่แล้ว

      More like, by Stevie Wonder.

  • @Emy53
    @Emy53 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dave always looks great in a suit.

  • @andrewmiller4573
    @andrewmiller4573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "CABIN BOY?????" C'MON DAVE!!!! OSCAR WORTHY PERFORMANCE!!!!!

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eight years before it was filmed.

    • @privatepenguin3137
      @privatepenguin3137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dongiller He had Mork & Mindy under his belt by this time! (...and who WOULDN'T want Mindy under their belt!)....insert Anton Fig rimshot!

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Badaboom.

    • @fasterhamster
      @fasterhamster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw Fig in a group photo on the cover of a used Ace Frehley record dressed like a space person. 😂

  • @BenSkyLakewood
    @BenSkyLakewood ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dave is funny

  • @Whoknowsuknow
    @Whoknowsuknow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's interesting to see how impressed everyone was with what by now would be standard late night hijinks.

    • @ZenFox0
      @ZenFox0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember that era. Dave might be considered tame or passé now, but prior to his arrival on the scene national shows tended to be of the Johnny Carson format, Donahue/Oprah format, or the slightly more edgy Tom Snyder or ridiculous Jerry Springer format. Dave’s brand of juvenile irreverence (paired with his disarming charm and self-effacing humor) was new and fresh at the time, and taking his camera crew out on the street to talk with everyday New Yorkers in an unplanned and unscripted manner was funny and something new.
      A lot of shows since have done it (like Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” or Jimmy Kimmel’s version), so it’s no big deal now. Maybe part of that had something to do with cameras becoming portable enough in the 1980s to take around the building or onto the street.
      I can imagine a lot of people thought Letterman’s show was kind of stupid, but the fact that it wasn’t over-rehearsed or canned made it feel spontaneous, and its silliness made it a fun way to end a long day.

  • @diannegazzola1957
    @diannegazzola1957 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    David Letterman looks much better without the beard

  • @FloatingAppleProductions
    @FloatingAppleProductions 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didn't he actually shine a light on a building and have someone do shadow puppets on em?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, a month later, February 26, 1985. Good memory!

  • @nancyhoagland5270
    @nancyhoagland5270 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What was with the lady that said "what was the point of the show"😂

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dave should have gotten the Tonight Show when Johnny left. Not sure why Jay Leno got it over this man.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Read Bill Carter’s definitive book _The Late Shift._ The why is all there.

    • @35diamondgirl
      @35diamondgirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In retrospect, David benefited from the move to CBS, for several reasons. As it turned out, he didn't need to inherit The Tonight Show to inherit Carson's crown.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Samuel Alexander I heard that too. And he played ball better with the 'suits' than Dave.

    • @jacksonmorganfroghin4815
      @jacksonmorganfroghin4815 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As I understand it, Johnny asked Dave who he thought was the funniest man in the business. Johnny probably thought the answer would be either one of the two in the conversation. Logical.
      But no Dave was very genuine when he said Jay Leno. Jay and Dave were great friends and he would come on Dave's show and be very funny.
      Aaangh: wrong answer!!!!
      Johnny always wanted Dave but the NBC execs took Dave's answer and ran with it. The rest is history. Or as Dave would say: In the archives. That book The Late Shift might have a totally different story but this came right from the horse's mouth. Mr Ed .

    • @joadbreslin5819
      @joadbreslin5819 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jacksonmorganfroghin4815 That's not at all how it played out. That horse is lying.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Back when The Monkees were not cool. Neither was Dave's circa 1973 haircut. Both are back in now.

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    17:58 I swear I thought her question was, "Do you like how it's done?" How _what's_ done, I was thinking.

  • @not_steve340
    @not_steve340 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The late questioner who asked him indignantly what the point of this appearance was -was she under the impression that he was a physicist or there to promote some cause?

  • @culwin
    @culwin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't wait to get some Harvard cutlery!!!

  • @bredmaster
    @bredmaster 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love Dave's Chris Chan shirt.

  • @jadaaleeshamindexpert7365
    @jadaaleeshamindexpert7365 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn i wasnt born yet

  • @acastl5871
    @acastl5871 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That second to last question tho

  • @tvbarn
    @tvbarn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And a year later, Oprah happened

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And here she is, January 13, 1986 -- th-cam.com/video/zcEcb_pCbGo/w-d-xo.html

  • @lenoreandreas4000
    @lenoreandreas4000 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This. Is YOUR LIFE! 😂