Chris Elliot as Jay Leno was far funnier than Jay Leno being Jay Leno ever was.

@genaseidenschwarz1014

8 ай бұрын

Chris Elliott is funnier than anybody being who they actually are.

@willymcpeters2982

7 ай бұрын

Jay was pretty funny

@genaseidenschwarz1014

7 ай бұрын

Oh yeah!

@EllakGr

7 ай бұрын

Funny how I never found Leno being funny being funny

@spensert4933

6 ай бұрын

Chris as Jay.. that is who should have followed Carson's retirement.

The more I watch these old Chris Elliott clips, the more I realize how he may be one of the greatest comedians ever.

@oneanddone7992

4 жыл бұрын

He is.

@mikepalumbo4362

4 жыл бұрын

As a kid in early 60's I always watched his dad Bob, in Bob and Ray, and they always cracked me up. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

@ROGER2095

4 жыл бұрын

Try to find the episode of "Get a Life" where he get's his driver's license - It's gold!

@musicuniverse1356

4 жыл бұрын

ROGER2095 I loved “Get a Life” when I was a kid I used to love the intro with him riding the bicycle with REM’s “Stand”.

@areyoutheregoditsmedave

4 жыл бұрын

He’s no Hornus Cummings, but he’s ok

Chris Elliott is so good that I think many don't realize how good he is. I'm not sure if that statement makes sense to anybody but me, but I get it.

@RJLKMRD

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Elliott is a seriously good comedian, look at his work in There's Something about Mary, he basically stole that film...

@trainliker100

3 жыл бұрын

@@RJLKMRD True. In that film he was at the high end of the quality performance spectrum. Brett Favre at the other. Another good performance often overlooked is by W. Earl Brown who played Warren. I thought it was so funny when after many years he remembers and blurts out "Beans and franks!"

@mikebradshaw6484

2 жыл бұрын

Watch him in Everybody Loves Raymond. The cast is doing all they can not to burst out laughing.

@trainliker100

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikebradshaw6484 Agreed. Extra creepy funny in that show. And a great asset to the cast of Schitt's Creek, too.

@joshlewis575

2 жыл бұрын

Cabin boy!!

Chris is an underrated comedian if I ever saw one. Love his stuff.

@Tuck_Frump

4 жыл бұрын

His such a delight in shit creek

@pedlpower

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the series Get A Life. It was great comedy!

@JonnySublime

4 жыл бұрын

One of the first videos where underrated actually makes sense. Well done 😂

@kjkiefcakes1847

3 жыл бұрын

Chris is funnier than Jay

@drugsmadilla

2 жыл бұрын

Have you never seen a comedian? What kind of backhanded compliment is that?

Man, what a genius. The comedic timing is down to a millisecond. Such a pleasure to watch.

These were the best years in Letterman..the 80s

@jamesway

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@Raja1938

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, right up until the writer's strike in 1988.

@birdie13916

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@georgiethumbs2438

4 жыл бұрын

It was, that's when he had Larry Bud Melman, remember the "Boing" sound every time he came on? LOL! "Hey Larry, how's it going?" Boiiinng!!

@charlesdjones1

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, fame eventually went to his head and losing the Carson spot drove him over the cliff.

Whenever Chris Elliott was on David Letterman, I was HAPPY.

@lockandloadlikehell

Жыл бұрын

*delirious

Chris Elliott was the best part of the Letterman Show. The awkwardness was thick & every appearance was hilarious & memorable.

That Leno impression was actually incredible.

@boyshaveapenisgirlshaveava7256

Жыл бұрын

100th like here. Dont ever let anyone tell you that you cant write a good comment. Keep up the good work!

@wolverineiscool7161

Жыл бұрын

@@boyshaveapenisgirlshaveava7256 LOL

Wow. That is probably the BEST Leno impersonation I have ever seen. It's obviously a slight caricature, but he really allows you to suspend disbelief when you're watching him.

@gsadventures678

Жыл бұрын

Check out Frank Caliendo doing Leno

@sandraandrews9907

Жыл бұрын

​@@gsadventures678 I ❤ Dave & Conan's impressions of him.

@caiusmadison2996

9 ай бұрын

Dave Caliendo always tried impressions he can't physically embody.

@2:50 OMG, Chris as Jay Leno is Chris' BEST impression! And I forgot how good Leno was with Letterman. Thanks, Don!

To me, Chris Elliott will always be The Guy Under The Seats.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Collection here -- kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZeDtZeIg9Xbkso.html

@crs290

5 жыл бұрын

Laylock, king of the Mole People.

@melodymakermark

4 жыл бұрын

“DAVE!!! DAVE!!! SHAFT 9 just caved in!!!”

@sterlingholobyte

4 жыл бұрын

To me, he will always be Chris Peterson, 30 year old paperboy. Sorry, that's HEAD paperboy.

@christopherscottb

4 жыл бұрын

@Ulysses432 That I've never heard of, but I don't know everything he's done.

I saw him walking down Market Street in San Francisco in 2013, I yelled HEY CHRIS, he came over to us bike messenger types and was totally cool.

@evanabbott2737

3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome.😁

@chrischampagne4307

3 жыл бұрын

Bike messengers?

@freddymarcel-marcum6831

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrischampagne4307 yup

Sheer brilliance. Man I miss those days. All of Elliot's characters were great.

Chris Elliot is an American treasure.

@billyshead1339

4 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@chrischampagne4307

3 жыл бұрын

Miss puss puss

This was a period in Chris’ career when he was experimental and sarcastic. He always had two voices, one seemingly normal, and another voice which was hypercritical of all the clichés of the entertainment industry, and media in general, almost as skewed as Andy Kaufman, but a little more straightforward and acceptable, not as deceitfully acerbic.

@lockandloadlikehell

Жыл бұрын

And far more entertaining

@ThunderZandor

9 ай бұрын

Acerbic? Well, isn't that unorthodoX.😄

"Leno" looks like the Mac Tonight character on McDonalds 80s commercials.

@celticfox

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/o66elsmBpauYfKQ.html

@THX11458

4 жыл бұрын

@@celticfox I was thinking of that exact same thing.

@celticfox

4 жыл бұрын

@@THX11458 great minds!

@acewilliams7917

4 жыл бұрын

It's Mac tonight...

@StandWatie1862

4 жыл бұрын

You should Google moon man music video I'm sure you'll be entertained

chris elliott was the best.

@F0CKSTR0T

5 жыл бұрын

RIP

@maryellenbosche9901

5 жыл бұрын

He’s funny on Schitt’s Creek!

@toddvandell85

5 жыл бұрын

Still is. Turns 59 this month.

@mchris65

4 жыл бұрын

I knew what you meant.

@billyshead1339

4 жыл бұрын

Yea. I loved the show “Get a life”

80’s era Letterman rules!!! Chris & Dave are comedic geniuses!!! xoxo The Clarences

Back then I would watch the show thinking, “What is Chris Elliot going to do this time?” He never disappointed.

@FulciLives

4 жыл бұрын

I also looked forward to seeing him back in the day!

@MrNckissfan

4 жыл бұрын

FulciLives: I’m surprised not to see any footage of him as The Panicky Man. My earliest memories of him.

@billsteeves2974

4 жыл бұрын

I loved the old guy he would have interview people. is name escapes me.

@funkster007

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Steeves Larry "Bud" Melman

@robertdavis8192

4 жыл бұрын

The Panicky Guy. "I know what that means! I'm getting the hell out of here!"

"What's our beef? What's bugging Mummenschanz?" Grand stuff, Chris.

I was 14 years old when I saw Chris Elliot for the first time on the show and loved him - while my parents couldn't stand him. But then when he came on doing the Morton Downey Jr. character, they both did a total 180. For some reason that really did it for them and they loved him from then on.

@RK-eo8gl

Жыл бұрын

At first I didn't care much for Chris Elliott's comedy. I became a huge fan since and can't find enough of his work. Get A Life & Eagleheart were such Great Shows.

Wish late night was as funny as this today. Elliott was great on this show.

Chris' dad was a comic genius too.

@svs1481

4 жыл бұрын

Bob and Ray was a great act.

@bubbadano1508

3 жыл бұрын

@jfsico1 Chris Elliott's. His dad was in a comedy team and wrote too many sitcoms to name. Becker, Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers (174), etc.

@MrRyan-wu4jx

3 жыл бұрын

His Daughter was on SNL too

@ignorecorporatenews

3 жыл бұрын

@jfsico1 Bob Elliot

@ignorecorporatenews

3 жыл бұрын

@jfsico1 Who's

Chris Elliot did anything and everything for David Letterman

Amazing amount of talent on that stage with those three guys.

Chris Elliott = unqualified genius. He keeps throwing in a little Marv Albert every time he brushes the invisible dust from his trousers.

Love when Chris came out at the end all disheveled and beat up and sat next to Jay Leno. 🙂😀

@rytvdinners5064

3 жыл бұрын

"Yes sir Mr. Leno"

Chris E was, arguably, the best part of the DL Show.

chris elliot is hysterical. My pipes are CLEAN!!!

That costume was great, kinda reminds me of Mac Tonight from the old McDonald's commercials.

@daveidmarx8296

6 жыл бұрын

When those commercials first aired, they always made me think of Jay Leno!

@ianpat2768

5 жыл бұрын

Das raysiss

@jamescombs8316

4 жыл бұрын

@@daveidmarx8296 God, me too! My Mom had McDonald's "Mac Tonight" drink glasses.

@celticfox

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Mac Tonight!

Always loved Chris Elliot 😊

Dave absolutely defines hip. Hello from the future.

The Leno thing is brilliant and completely deservedly brutal

@freecitizen2760

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Parsons : You would have passed on Tonight Show money?

@freecitizen2760

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Parsons : Why?

@freecitizen2760

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Parsons : To give up your art or your principles for cash or some other reward. I’m a musician but I had to work as a schoolteacher a lot in order to pay bills. Jay Leno loves old cars and trucks; he used his comedy skills to pay for that hobby. That’s “selling out”? (Edit: To me “selling out” means betraying someone or yourself in order to profit.)

@freecitizen2760

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Parsons : I’m 65 and caregiver to my ill wife, so I am neither young nor unprincipled. Maybe you know something I don’t. Could you maybe try communicating that in a nicer manner?

@freecitizen2760

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Parker : We’re going to have to agree to disagree on Leno. I watched some U.S. government officials being grilled by Tucker Carlson of Fox news because they had advance info about the Corona virus and so sold a lot of their stocks. That’s “selling out” their constituents. Profiting by hurting someone else, or allowing them to be hurt, that’s selling out to me; not telling jokes to make money.

just wanted to thank you for putting so much GREAT Fave memories! this really tks me bk and I'm enjoying everything so far. Steam roller bit was awrsome...lol. can't wait for the box O Surprises where he dumped stuff on his head at the beginning of every show. all this is back when Dave was the absolute best. back when he did silly stuff that ended up being everybody's favs. the Dave we got the past 10-15 + yrs ended up being just like all other host on TV and lost a lot of his true fans....

@utoobuser101

6 жыл бұрын

yes, I agree wholeheartedly

@robandmarycole7467

5 жыл бұрын

It was inevitable that the show ran out of creative steam being on for so many years, and Dave has said in interviews he changed his focus in the later years, not working 100% of the time on the show. He also didn't have talent like Chris Elliott, which was pure comic genius. Late night television now is an uwatchable wasteland. Craig Ferguson was the last of the innovators.

@gallery7596

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, at the end I think Dave may have been just hanging in there because he wanted to out last Jay, and from that standpoint I guess he won. Still, he just wasn't the same Dave I loved and revered so much during the glory days of "Late Night."

"does this go back to the ming dynasty dave?" i fuckin lost it

Nice to see the two as friends before all the shit happened. In current interviews, they still speak well of each other when it comes to their early days.

He looks like the bad guy on "Lazytown."

@_PrimetimePranks

6 жыл бұрын

Porfle Popnecker lol !!!!

@lockandloadlikehell

6 жыл бұрын

Porfle Popnecker That show is disturbing.

@Firebrand1967

5 жыл бұрын

Omfg.

@catatonicsuns

5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@Sshooter444

5 жыл бұрын

RIP

I just searched KZread for "Mummenschanz" and after research today, although I had never heard of it before, that makes this bit at the beginning all the funnier!

@dongiller

4 жыл бұрын

Here’s the full collection- kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqpt1M-eepqvh8Y.html

@Mode-7

4 жыл бұрын

They’ll be appearing at Zany’s

@jimmyconway294

4 жыл бұрын

Mode S3V3N And Mime-Os.

Elliot's TV show where he was a paperboy was hilarious.

@toweypat

4 жыл бұрын

Get A Life! Sorry, that's the name of that show. I'm not telling you to get a life.

@chrischampagne4307

3 жыл бұрын

Miss puss puss

@rynehall9990

3 жыл бұрын

Never missed an episode

Don you are a scholar and a gentleman, keep the Chris Elliott comps coming.

@rynehall9990

3 жыл бұрын

Do you remember a routine Dave aand Paul did where Chris Elliot was the captain of a boat they chartered?

@lockandloadlikehell

Жыл бұрын

*#legend*

...oh my god how I miss these simpler days ..

Don this is great!!! Everytime I mention Mummenchanz to someone they have NO idea what I’m talking about.

Both Chris and Jay get chances to showcase their range, Chris as an impressionist and Jay as underworld kingpin.

CE always cracked me up!

such a great time to be in NYC

The good old days 🥲

Chris Elliot is funny as hell

eliot is a genius

"Dave, I'm not doing Jay Leno"

Chris Elliot is a comedic genius. He was the whole reason Letterman was successful and was the main writer of the show. I really looked forward to his bits as they were zany and off the wall!

@dongiller

4 жыл бұрын

Incorrect on both parts. He wasn’t the “main writer,” and he wasn’t the “whole reason” for Dave’s success.

@DW-nb2zc

Жыл бұрын

@@dongiller He certainly played a big part in Letterman's success on NBC

Wow. Never realized the depth of Chris Elliott. I can't get enough of his clips.

The material is pure Leno.

@gallery7596

4 жыл бұрын

Jay probably helped them write it.

So much history with those two. Hard to believe they have moved on.

@gallery7596

4 жыл бұрын

At least their feud seems to be over. Wish the fans would get over it, too.

Growing up with Bob and Ray must have been great.

Chris' Jay...his face looks like a crescent moon.

@spormlastname267

5 жыл бұрын

jaybone23 like those McDonald’s commercials.

@jaybone23

5 жыл бұрын

+Sporm - Ha! Yes! The "Mac Tonight" commercial. Nice reference.

@spormlastname267

5 жыл бұрын

jaybone23 it was a masterpiece of advertising. No doubt.

It was Chris Elliot that got me watching Letterman. I loved Get A Life and Cabin Boy, and of course him as Woogie in Something About Mary.

Wow, that is a brilliant Leno impression. How have I never seen this before? :O

He was underrated and underappreciated

At the time, all the footage of the local area is taken for granted. But it's nice to see in (current year)

Chris Eliot has a regular role as the mayor on (the Canadian production of) Schitt’s Creek

Show the whole skit it is genius I recorded it in the day but I haven’t searched all my tapes 😊thank you for this😊

Leno smoking a cigar almost seems like he was going to launch into a Letterman impersonation

@FreeMarketSecularist

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin МАРУСЕК I thought the same thing!

@gallery7596

4 жыл бұрын

He should've. Turnabout is fair play.

I always enjoyed when Dave would have an honest big laugh reaction, if that make sense. Chris Elliot and Norm Macdonald could accomplish that.

@ryanpeterson8668

2 жыл бұрын

And Rickles... pretty much non stop laughing

This was the best...I never saw this before

I don't know why I watch this, but thank you.

The great thing about early Letterman is the basic cable feel. It hardly seemed like a network show.

Leno looks more like that in 2018 than he did then.

Chris Elliot impersonating Jay Leno is so much funnier than the actual Jay Leno on his best night.

4:36 Drifted into Richard Lewis there for a few seconds.

@user-hm5zb1qn6g

4 жыл бұрын

Good catch !!

That's a lot of talent right there...

Chris is great. Miss the letterman show in its heyday

@jamescombs8316

4 жыл бұрын

Me, too...

Hilarious. Thanks for posting this!

I remember watching that live back in the day.

That was me back in the day dressed up as a Fork.

Nostalgic you are right Chris Elliott is underrated . Nobody knows all the stuff he did prior to everybody loves Raymond

Wow. I remember watching ( and laughing) to this episode.

Chris as The Guy Living Under the Stairs and The Regulator Guy and The New Regulator Guy. Classic.

Simply magnificent. Looks like someone was reaching for the Like button and accidentally hit the Dislike button, oops!

@albanymike

7 жыл бұрын

It was probably Leno

@micahclawrence

4 жыл бұрын

Highly unorthodox

"Cabin Boy" way underrated.

@r.french4415

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Cornelius Luckily he became a cabin man

Pulling up the sleeves on your sport jacket, i love it

I know I've watched too much Letterman when I can identify which member of Mummenschanz is Gerard Mulligan.

Excellent !!

You watch these old Letterman's and realize how far today's comedy has fallen.

So can we all say that this is a genius in our midst his daughter is on Saturday night live and his dog is named fluffy 😊

These pipes are cleeeaaann!!

@michaeljordan6008

3 жыл бұрын

And how!

Chris is under appreciated.

Chris deserved a spot on Dave's final Top 10 list.

Jay Leno could play an oddly terrifying mob boss in a movie.

And this all led up to being the Mayor of Schitts Creek!

He is so good at making me cringe with his faux/smug/celebrity thing. No one ever did that except hi. It was always cringe worthy!! Brilliant!!

back when late night shows were always funny.

@danmseattle975

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the good old days. I think funny late night TV ended when Craig Ferguson left the airwaves in 2015. I mean, I don't like Trump either, but he's pretty much all late night comics talk about now. I think Stephen Colbert is the worst offender because he's obviously more intelligent than Fallon or Corden and should know better. As for Jimmy Kimmel, he's the best at kissing celebrity ass- the worthy successor to Arsenio Hall in that department. Other than that, there's nothing noteworthy about him. Nobody on TV takes risks anymore- NOBODY. That's why the networks are losing viewers to HBO and Netflix.

@scottingram7634

4 жыл бұрын

@@danmseattle975 I used to stay up way too late to watch Ferguson. That was one loose operation he was running over there. Crazy funny!

@massapower

4 жыл бұрын

YUP !!

@mikejessup9304

4 жыл бұрын

Amen!

Has Leno down cold. I've always thought Chris Elliot is under-appreciated.

LMAO I Loved when he dropped character as Leno and simply started acting disappointed that his Leno impression wasnt being appreciated. 6 months preparation, $800 chin, three men to apply chin. Then goes right back to impersonating Leno. "IM OVER (MY INTERVIEW IS OVER)?! HIGHLY UNORTHODOX!"

Precious.

Chris elliot way underrated as an impersonator. Did Paul, Leno and others.

Even the jokes are Leno humour.

The Chris Elliot show was the funniest show on TV.

"The Ming Dynasty"

Letterman on NBC used to have like 2 sort of comedy type things mixed into the show, but that gradually fizzled out and seemed like there was less of it or it was less funny when he was bigtime on CBS.