Dave was ahead of his time as usual. The first Zoom tv show

@samanthab1923

2 жыл бұрын

Right? 😂

@massapower

2 жыл бұрын

IT'S CALLED LIVE SATELLITE TV and it beats CRAPPY ZOOM anytime 😁👍🏻

@toddleopold2009

2 жыл бұрын

No.

Watching Dave get cable installed is much better than anything on TV right now

@catholicdad

Жыл бұрын

This is no lie.

Couldn't have had anyone better than Charles Grodin to pull off this bit.

Damn, Dave did his at-home show 36 years before other late-night hosts!

@djbeezy

2 жыл бұрын

Plus this was actually funny.

@caliscribe2120

2 жыл бұрын

There wasn't covid go around, but there was AIDS, which also involved Dr. Fauci. PS It actually closer to 38 years ago.

@djbeezy

2 жыл бұрын

@@caliscribe2120 True. Fauci has been wrong at every turn on everything. Hopefully America stops listening to beurocrats.

@joshfoster6189

2 жыл бұрын

@@djbeezy trump lost

@Marshall_Stacks

2 жыл бұрын

@@djbeezy Wrong. Learn to spell. Nice costume.

1:55 Paul Shaffer, believe it or not, is 33 years old here. Doesn't look a day over 53.

@chiefscheider

2 жыл бұрын

I got a lot of respect for ya, babe.

@bernlin2000

Жыл бұрын

He went from balding to galactic space captain in no time XD

Letterman was a genius just by not caring what people think. Authenticity is sorely missed these days.

Full length episodes! Yes! More of this! 😍

@last808

Жыл бұрын

Almost, seems like we missed Linda's performance.

@ImSonnyBurnett

Жыл бұрын

I've said for years they should make a David Letterman channel playing all the old shows in order. I'd easily pay to watch them!

There was no one cooler on TV than Dave in the 80's. There has been no one as cool since. Thanks for the memories!!!

@henrylee8510

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, watched him in HS and college. Nothing like it. Had to control my laughter so as not to awake my parents

@i.p.knightly149

2 жыл бұрын

Letterman and SCTV, and it's been all downhill ever since.

@TheGeekHeroes

8 ай бұрын

Letterman Is awful thank God he's gone

@HankGrill

26 күн бұрын

Yep 100% agree.

This was Letterman’s house in New Canaan CT. Shared it with Merrill Markoe & his two dogs Bob & Stan. Sold in 2002 for $1.1 mill. Over two hundred years old. Moved to North Salem NY.

@allendracabal0819

3 ай бұрын

Cool trivia, thanks. Can't help but wonder how you know all that.

@samanthab1923

3 ай бұрын

@@allendracabal0819 That show started in 1982. I was working in NYC then & because I commuted from NJ I read like three papers a day on the train. Used to love watching him back then. I guess it stuck with me because my mom lives up there now 👋

@mattwuxx3888

3 ай бұрын

I understand the house was torn down a few years ago along with a few adjacent homes so someone could build a compound on multiple lots. If true, that's sad. Houses like that with the camp lodge-type architecture are almost impossible to find now. Not to mention the history and novelty of being Dave's house during his most prolific era.

What a strange, trippy episode of Blue's Clues.

@macm3081

2 жыл бұрын

NICE. 😀

This is the ultimate beauty of the 12:30 time slot - just doing weird, experimental stuff. Nothing was ever cooler in late night. This is why Dave is the king and is so revered by so many generations of comedians, from Jon Stewart to Jimmy Kimmel and so many more.

I was SO hoping the cable guy was Chris Elliott.

@peabody3000

2 жыл бұрын

but still, that's easily the earliest footage i've EVER seen of gary willis.. pretty cool!

I never saw this show . I was 12 when this one aired and I didn’t start watching Letterman regularly until I was about 17. But man this makes me feel old. The late 70s and early 80s was an awesome time to be a kid.

@tigq1430

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was!✌👍🙋‍♀️

Linda Ronstadt was quite the chatterbox. Adorable.

@allendracabal0819

3 ай бұрын

I didn't really feel that way. I thought she talked just the right amount for a talk show. What surprised me is how shy she seemed.

Today, it’s hard to understand how revolutionary this was. To understand the full extent of the humor you have to know what network tv was like in the late 1970’s into the early 1980”s.

@danpatrick9080

Жыл бұрын

True. Tv was very structured and rigid. If someone stood up from their chair on the tonight show it was considered edgy

For the longest time, Charles Grodin looked the same. RIP CG

Kind of minor genius. Loved these years. Dave was at his best in the early days. His kooky enthusiasm was just so perfect. His later years were a tad more cynical, but still funny and sincere. :-)

@HankGrill

26 күн бұрын

He got older. But I couldnt get into the CBS show, Just wasn;t the same.

It’s amazing how it started as a very silly show, and ended with the incredible Linda Ronstadt talking about the diversity of music.

Charles Grodin and Dave Letterman is basically a proto Jordan Schlansky and Conan o'Brien

This was his house on North Wilton Road in New Canaan, CT. My good buddy lived directly across the street.

Linda Ronstadt, the woman who described Elton Johns first show at the Troubadour as "So good it made everyone feel like we were levitating" and Dexter Fletcher read that and used it in Rocketman.

Dave really filled out those jeans if you get my drift. Now I know why he was such a hit with the ladies

@savannahm4367

Жыл бұрын

I know!!! He looks incredibly gorgeous!!💙💙💙💙

@savannahm4367

Жыл бұрын

I can’t stop staring!!!!!😉😊

This is genius. Sheer genius.

Charles Grodin was must-watch in those early Letterman days. A great bit with them subtly busting each other's balls.

That was just a spectacular piece of nostalgia. Thanks for sharing Dave!

I would take two solid hours of Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killers over any talk show presently on television.

I would love to see the "Fun With Delivery Men. Dave had deliveries of pizza, a bird and an ice sculpture. That was one of the best EVER.

Dave was a wild & crazy guy in those days. Oh wait, that was Steve.

Charles Grodin was always great. How was he not a part of Dave's final shows?

@chiefscheider

2 жыл бұрын

I wondered that too. In terms of iconic Letterman guests, he was right up there with Teri Garr and Bill Murray. Grodin's last appearance on Late Show was in January of '08

Grodin, Paul Simon and Letterman all lived within 20 miles of one another at the time.

Looks like Dave found a Clue from Blue 🐕

@williamworrell178

Жыл бұрын

I think Dave preceded BC

thats steve's blue clues clothes

Unbelievably funny. Thank you!

I forgot how much fun I had in my 20's watching Dave. With a 'special' brownie that I baked. Maybe that's why I forgot. 🤣

The 1980's, the cable age.

Damn, Dave doing these things before everyone else does! Asmr with his dogs and doing his tv show from his home!

Young Jerry was so polite. 65yo Jerry would have nailed Dave for showing up late to work.

25:43 Jerry nervously vamping with Paul was great, Jerry did great

Why is Dave just Steve from Blues Clues in this clip it’s messing with me so hard.

Thanks for making these public Dave.

They should've had Charles wander up the street from his place to the Letterman household

Dave is so nutty! I miss that so much!

Like a fine wine.

love dave miss him

Absolutely fantastic

There was another episode where Dave sat at home and watched a rerun of a previous show.

Good old David Letterman, WFH - Working From Home, in the 80s. 😀👍 Joking aside, Letterman has always been a smooth articulate interviwer, with interesting conversations on his shows. 👍

It aired from midnight to 1 am when I was in high school. Really screwed me on the sleep.

@williamworrell178

Жыл бұрын

Actually, started after Carson, at 12:30 east coast. Yes messed up my sleep too. I still feel he and Carson turned me into the insomniac I am today.

What a treasure to have these..love this so much

Proud to have been a Letterman fan from the get go. Miss this type of show... And Dave's Mom!! 🥰 [Prediction: This Gary Stengfeld hack comic doesn't make it in the big leagues]

@chiefscheider

2 жыл бұрын

Hey at least his niece Hailee made it big

Dave's the best

How ballsy that bit was. Genius to everyone involved.

“35 dollars is alot” dude thats my average cost for McDonalds for two people

I miss Letterman so much !!!

RIP Charles Grodin

I wonder how long it was before that cable guy realized he installed cable on Letterman's show.

Pure comedy gold!

Great fresh material. Linda’s comment about hoping her voice is still strong at her Dad’s age 🥲

I love Dave! This is the best!

Great show line-up. Groden and Seinfeld are extremely funny. Linda is gorgeous.

*Pre Corona video taping*.. 😆 lol 10.21.2022

I like looking at the end credits. Chris Elliot, Barbara Gaines, Brian McAloon, and Edd Hall.

Oh dear … jeans, rugby shirt and vintage Nikes? That’s exactly what I wear every day NOW in 2022.

Great Guestlist, love the Rugby Shirt, and the dogs!

Classic Dave! We would all do the same BS for cable. Dave was a Regular Guy!

Full eps, yessss!!!

love this!

What a glamorous home!

Staggeringly ahead of his time, wow! I see comedians like Tim Heidecker (of "Tim and Eric" fame) drawing so much inspiration from episodes like this.

Love this!

Linda Ronstadt, wondering if people would be willing to pay the ticket price for her concert, “$35 is a lot to ask of people. Then they have to get a babysitter… I just don’t know. We’ll see.” $35!!!! Dang.

@allendracabal0819

3 ай бұрын

When you consider inflation, that actually is a lot.

Brilliant!

Dave, we need to track down Gary and say hi!

That's nuttier than squirrel turds in a pecan factory.

I was about 15 minutes in when I realized this was a full episode and not just a clip lmao

Beautiful...

Dave is wearing the same shirt as the guy in Blues Clues. Lol

Its like an episode of This Old House, from the early 80's

My Uncle (RIP) was one of the first to own a cable company down south. We were the $h!+ in the neighborhood(that's a good thing). Plus, all the newest gaming systems! But, no one, no one could resist our coolness for street football! We were the envy of outdoor entertainment! PS for prosperity, (when the Smithsonian looks for history) the kids on a show called Zoom wore these shirt too.

the funniest part of this bit is the shirt

19:05 hahahaha

1:38 11 years before pulp fiction came out, mia wallace was on letterman

I don't think that Steinfield guy will ever amount to anything

LOL there will never be another Dave and Conan

Bet that Wisconsin powered generator never let them down.

Whoever knew that Paul had eyes and hair at one point in his life?

@rickpaul2531

Жыл бұрын

Those of us who watched Paul on Late Night in the '80s and on SNL in the late '70s knew.

Linda Ronstadt is really interesting.

This is just great tv

Wow, has it been this long since this aired? I remember watching this on TV. I remember being annoyed with this show and thought he was just calling it in and being lazy.

@dianewinters8628

2 жыл бұрын

My parents didn't get Dave's humor either. I still think he's hilarious.

@allendracabal0819

3 ай бұрын

​@@dianewinters8628Obviously, someone going to the trouble to watch this and comment on it gets Dave's humor.

Strike force five

. Fantastic . ONE of his GREATesT ShowS 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 🏁gF NM/FL ☮️ V2.'24

Linda was the best part Wtf titlist?

Amazing episode. Never seen it before. Speaking of Andy Kaufman though, could you folks upload more Andy Kaufman appearances? Thank you!

36:00 Linda nailed the uselessness of religion. “People (nuns) running around in medieval costumes…” She was so articulate. Great guest. Thanks for sharing this video. Cheers.

this is the original AD house tour

What’s with the cameras?

Amazing episode "Andy Kaufman is here tomorrow" Whhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt?!

Okay. Was that a PBS show playing at the very end, (during credits)?

@allendracabal0819

3 ай бұрын

Safe bet.

Linda Ronstadt is an interesting person. I never watched an interview with her before. Her mind seems to be going 100mph in a 55.

I had that shirt.