Tom Wolfe Collection on Letterman, 1987-98
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- 1. December 9, 1987: Tom promotes his first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities.
2. November 16, 1990: Tom promotes the movie release he hasn't seen yet of "The Bonfire of the Vanities." He also mentions working on his new book, then untitled, that he promotes eight years later on Late Show.
3. November 10, 1998: Tom promotes his new book, A Man in Full.
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In NYC while on the run from the law, I would dress up trying to feel better about my situation. One day I was parading while window shopping down Madison Ave. and I could not help but notice a man in a creamy white suit, bright white shoes AND white hat parading the opposite way, heading toward me. As he passed, I turned my head to get a last look and then it clicked in my mind. I just saw Tom Wolfe. I'd first read Electric Kool Aid Acid Test while at La Puente High ; I was no acid virgin but at that time most of its fiction was beyond me.
A truly great writer. Thanks for the upload, never seen any of these.
4:30 I like Tom's observations about culture in the 80's. Consumerism and commercialism and ostentatious displays of wealth became de rigueur in the mid 80's. I think it's because there was so much new wealth. The people that had wealth back in the 40's and 50's came from a background and tradition of appearing modest and polite ( maybe as an after effect of the depression too ). The new wealth were achieving it strictly for it's own sake. It was 'He who dies with the most toys...wins' attitude. Still exists today to a degree but now it's all about a suspicion of wealth, 'The wrong people have too much money and it belongs to us so they should just hand it over' sort of attitude.
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RIP Tom Wolfe Thanks for compiling all of these!
What fun! I love TH-cam as a time machine
Still sorting out my feelings on his passing. Then he walks in with those shoes. It gave me a chuckle.
Funny how neat Letterman looks in the first one and somewhat bedraggled 3 years later. In the first one he doesn't let Wolfe say a word about his new book.
We all have good and bad days.
This is the second celebrity death (first was Margot Kidder) that I learned about by seeing you post a video about them.
Prescient fellow.
10:46 much better than the 21st century
Articulate thinker. Great interview.
I cant get over the shape of this dudes head
I liked what TW said about not being involved in film versions of books. But ... Bonfire became the biggest disparity between quality of a book and film in the history of films of books.
Horrible casting
Dave never mentions the title of the book!
great writer. truly truly great. I could live without the silly clothes, myself
So down to earth, yet such a brilliant writer. He will outlast Hemingway. BFoftV is a classic that defines the Naked Apple rotten to the core!
No .. hemiingway changed america. Tom wolfe hasn't. What I say is from tom wolf himself. Thatès the drama of usa.
Bonfire of the Manatees . bloom county