It reminds me when, on the night of Dave's last show, Conan said to the TV audience, "Tonight is David Letterman's last show. 35 minutes into this show, I'm going to tell you to turn off our show and go watch Dave's last show when it starts." Sure enough, he did it. It was a nice show of respect.

@kowalski5599

2 ай бұрын

"Alright, record us! Turn to Dave! Switch to Dave!... okay, they're gone. All 7 of my viewers are gone. Now we can do whatever we want." - Conan & Patton Oswalt.

I know someone who was working as a page on Conan's show in the early days. They'd be sent down to the street in front of 30 Rock to beg people to take tickets for the show. Dave was a class act doing this. He helped him more than NBC ever did in those days

@genghiscan2918

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't take much though, NBC was only renewing Late Night with Conan for 2 weeks at a time.

@thelettermanpodcast

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. And him guesting on Conan’s show was a class act move that gave Conan legitimacy

@FredLord-sp4ym

5 ай бұрын

I know, right? Dave promoted Conan's NBC show which competed against "The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder" on CBS .

My wife and I were visiting Times Square once, and we got two free tickets to Letterman. It was the one with Ben Stiller and Elvis Costello. We are sitting upfront - right in front of Paul and the band! Dave came out before the show while still getting ready and made everyone feel welcome and laugh etc. . He was his own warm-up act. He and his staff were so gracious and I’ll never forget how terrifically lucky we felt to be there in the Ed Sullivan room. It was a magical night. Thank you Dave!

I loved Paul and the band playing Conan's theme!

it really does show how generous Letterman is and how much he wanted Conan to succeed

@1MeanBean

Жыл бұрын

Conan got more support and love from Letterman than Conan ever got from that backstabber Jay Leno. That’s probably why Dave and Conan were more friendly with each other since they both got screwed over by Jay Leno for the Tonight Show.

Dave and Conan in the same day for me would have been the best day ever.

Haha, Dave’s genuine disgruntlement with what he considers a botched comedy segment ends up saving the whole thing and making it great in the end.

@brushwoodthicket

Жыл бұрын

They’re lousy lobby-dwellers! 😄

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

Жыл бұрын

This is the real Dave he knows they're a bunch of ingrates and lets em have it lol

The last visual gag with Conan also having the flying rat is great!

Very interesting to hear the CBS Orchestra doing a version of Conan's NBC Late Night theme.

This was absolutely Dave at his best. I laughed every time he said Gunthar with such disdain

@michelchartrand3719

Жыл бұрын

Considering his name was "Mike" I think it's so much funnier.

Two greatest Late Night host after Carson. Won’t ever see anything like this again. Glad I was able to see them both nightly.

@Lostmymind1

Жыл бұрын

The sad part is, there are people who will see you write "Carson", and think you mean "Carson Daly". As generations pass, even the greats are lost to time. We must realize that we're only here for the moment. In 100 years, nobody will know who we were.

That was a dangerous comedy bit. It could have gone sour multiple times. Dave never got the credit he deserved for his improvisation skills. It all went quite well.

@hankkingsley9300

Жыл бұрын

Dave always took a risk and more often than not succeeded

"Chris, I enjoyed you in Cabin Boy." Genius

THIS is the stuff we love. So fun to see them all screwing around. We would love to talk to anyone in that audience.

The quiet guitar playing while the standby audience came up to see Dave? Sly & the Family Stone, “Stand”. Paul and the band always had the best appropriate music gags. Just another cherry on top of Dave’s 20-layer cake.

@nick3221

Жыл бұрын

No one asked.

@ineedausernamenow999

Жыл бұрын

Well I’m happy to know. I love the CBSO

Hearing Paul and the band play the Conan theme is pretty darn cool.

@thomascunningham2919

Жыл бұрын

It really was a wonderful showing of respect.

@nomnom112

Жыл бұрын

They played it wrong though

they weren't pleased at all with the decision to watch Conan hahahahaha

@TRJ2241987

Жыл бұрын

Conan was very close to cancellation around this time

There ia nothing more I enjoy than to see classic Letterman segments or even those new little videos Dave does once in a while.

Dave and Conan ought to come together and merge these two episodes on their respective channels.

@rockhills

Жыл бұрын

I could be mistaken but I don't think Conan owns any of his NBC content. The characters and things they created there they couldn't take to TBS.

@johnsjohnson448

Жыл бұрын

@@rockhills I thought he got control of the old footage because he ran highlights on his TBS show.

@ragnarokangaroo

Жыл бұрын

He owns the Late Night era stuff, just not the Tonight Show stuff.

@outsidethewaxbox

Жыл бұрын

@@ragnarokangaroo I didn’t realize he didn’t own any footage from the “Tonight” era. That’s too bad, but perhaps he isn’t at all interested in that era anyway.

@0Aberration

Жыл бұрын

@@outsidethewaxbox The Tonight Show stuff really wasn't Conan's strongest work. The only stuff I'd really be interested in rewatching would be the first week, and everything after the point where Conan goes scorched earth because Jay's return is a foregone conclusion.

Ah amazing crossover. I hope Conan can post their side of it.

@wmhfanatic

5 ай бұрын

I don't think Conan used that take in his episode

Dave was so kind to Conan

@DissertatingMedieval

Жыл бұрын

I suspect he saw it as his reponsibility to pay forward all the mentorship Carson gave him.

@bmla88

Жыл бұрын

@@DissertatingMedieval i agree 100%

Chris Elliott was great in this sketch.

@chrismofer

Жыл бұрын

Loved his work in cabin boy

@ALIAN18

Жыл бұрын

Hey you wanna buy a monkey?

@rhuephus

11 ай бұрын

yeah ... the makeup artist did a great job making him look like a hot black chick

Dave is a class act. This was beautiful.

I hope Conan's team can upload the version from his show of this same night.

2:32 "Chris I enjoyed you in Cabin Boy." Andy Richter was also in Cabin Boy.

@RayChiTown

Жыл бұрын

So was David Letterman!

@3dv4tt

Жыл бұрын

@@RayChiTown "Hey, would you like to buy a monkey?" (That's one of Dave's lines in Cabin Boy.)

@grasmereguy5116

Жыл бұрын

@@RayChiTown He was the crusty old salt. I actually went to see "Cabin Boy" in the theater -- TWICE! (I was the one.) But I haven't seen it ever again since then.

@dlxmarks

Жыл бұрын

"Would you like to buy a monkey?"

I got to see Dave's NBC show via standby in 1984. My friend and I sat in a line near the gift shop inside 30 Rock from about 7 am until 5 pm. Still a great memory.

@rishoutfield2043

Жыл бұрын

Who were the guests, Louis?

@louisrios5546

Жыл бұрын

@@rishoutfield2043 May 1984, Willie Nelson was the main guest, plus a science experiment guy.

@JackF99

8 ай бұрын

Wow! I had no idea took that kind of dedication to get into the audience!

“We want to stay here”!! WTH is with these people!! Enjoy the bit! 😂🤣😂

Love Dave, Love Conan, Love You.

Chris Elliott gives a great handshake!

I watched every episode on CBS for the first 4 years. I don't remember this at all. I'm getting old.

@dwaynesisto5185

Жыл бұрын

Me and you both

@HOTD108_

Жыл бұрын

You and I both.

Conan had been hosting Late Night for less than two years at this point and was virtually unknown prior to that. Even though he had replaced Letterman on Late Night, I wouldn't be surprised if some of Letterman's audience didn't even know who he was at this time.

@markgodwin8945

Жыл бұрын

wow

Dave always supported Conan and CBS never seemed to be uptight about these things like NBC typically would. At leaset in Public. LOL. Dave was always Classy and brililant which made him one of the true greats in Late Night.

"Chris I enjoyed you in Cabin Boy" 🤣🤣

Dave was salty that night 🤣 hahaha

First thing I thought when I saw the one guy not letting go of Dave's hand: UNGRATEFUL!

best part about this is that Dave doesn't realize its the end of the show. Hes like "oh its the end of the show?? oh ok, goodnight everyone!"

This was hysterical! Dave really helped Conan by promoting his NBC show on CBS! Dave was a peach. LOL. Thanks for sharing.

Love that old Conan Late Night theme song.

“they dont deserve conan obrien” THEY REALLY DONT😭😭

Dave was the true king of late night

@KaneRobot

Жыл бұрын

Nope

@d.e.7467

Жыл бұрын

Johnny Carson is. I prefer Dave. Dave learned a lot from Carson.

I wonder if Günther has been seeing this clip on KZread. Back in the days the Late Show was Letterman’s first regular appearance on German TV thanks to RTL2. It was an absolute blast every night! Best regards from Germany!

2:03 dude went from playing cool and unimpressed to overtaking others in the line in a matter of 10 seconds 💀

After the taping of Conan's show the stand-by audience went to the streets of NY to perform a legendary breakdance choreography for Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" music video.

@jjryan1352

Жыл бұрын

Perfection. 👌👍

@thefantasyreview8709

Жыл бұрын

hah hah! Torrence dance troupe multiverse.

@guitaristssuck8979

Жыл бұрын

I think that was 3 years after

It would be great if Conan will share the corresponding clip on his channel!

@Lostmymind1

Жыл бұрын

He may not have the rights to it. I don't know. It's part of his time at NBC, and I know he has some stuff put on his channel from that time period, but my understanding is that NBC owns it. So he would have to get permission from NBC, which may or may not be possible. I don't know why some stuff from NBC days is ok, and some of it isn't.

Now I want to see Tom Snyder’s interview with Norm Crosby.

So great!

Just neat to see this kind of history.

everyone in the late show audience, "where's our drinks?"

Dave at his best. Only he could make something out of that

@jkhoover

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, he did it by mocking the people.

@johnh3

Жыл бұрын

@@jkhoover Most comedians do unfortunately.

Like Johnny, Dave was a class act.

Ha, just a random slice of silliness.

I had no idea they did this. Very cool bit.

That there's some quality TV...yesiree, boy howdy!

Highlight is seeing a young Jeff Ross!

I'm just here for the flying rat.

Dave was a spaz in this episode 😆

Literally

The part about the people invited to two parties is TRUE!! I’ve seen that happen.

Anybody have a link to the Conan taping of this?

Now I want to see the corresponding Conan bit

I wonder, did Conan do a follow up segment on his show from his perspective?

I think this was the first episode of Letterman I ever saw, or an early one at least. We didn't get Conan in the UK, which is so insane as it was VERY clearly made only for *me*, so I didn't really understand what Dave was doing here!

@hankkingsley9300

Жыл бұрын

You're just a youth if you don't remember Dave's daytime show

Is there a version available from the point of view of the Conan O'Brien show?

Saw him 2x. With tickets and never had to stand in the rain.

I miss the 90’s

Tom Snyder and Norm Crosby. Can't go wrong there.

Dave did an uncredited cameo in the movie Cabin Boy

That was Waldo. 😎

I want to see the clip from the Conan show

I’m interested in the monologue and jokes for this episode, could you upload this full episode? If you could

Haha, the black dude wasn't buying it! Dave had to give him a shove.🤣

saw dave at NBC and CBS. 30 rock is so cool. The procedure at the CBS show was pretty bad. They line you up like cattle in a dank garage-like area b4 finally getting into the theatre.

They got to meet Andy Richter! And smell La Bamba!

Hi Andy

Is there a Late Night with Conan version of this? Lol

That’s not Chris Elliott. It’s Jim Gaffigan.

@caseyinmi1315

Жыл бұрын

nice one . . . that’s their love child

The original Twitch Raid

I miss Tom Snyder and his chuckle. We'll be right back after this. And one day right back never comes.

Those German tourists had the time of their freakin lives

I'm sure Leno was going WTF?

@NHatemN

11 ай бұрын

Conan did some sketches with Leno in the 90s, one of them was Abe Vigoda assaulting Leno with pepper spray

START THE MUSIC AGAIN PAUL!

Jay Rudin 1 second ago Im sure I’m just confused about the timeline so set me straight. Was Dave at CBS at the Ed Sullivan theater at this time? And Conan was at NBC? Was Tom Snyder ever on CBS? Why did Dave tease the Tom’s show at the end there. Like I say, I’m sure I’m just confused. Maybe Tom WAS on CBS?

@JustForSneaksEnt

Жыл бұрын

Tom Snyder hosted the first incarnation of The Late Late Show on CBS at 12:30 AM, before James Cordin, Craig Ferguson and Craig Kilborn hosted it afterwards. The Late Show with David Letterman has always been taped and broadcasted from the Ed Sullivan Theater. Also, Letterman was telling his viewers to stay tuned for The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder when his show ended for the night and even Jay Leno has done the same thing by telling his viewers to stay tuned for Late Night with Conan O'Brien when the episode of The Tonight Show ended for the night.

@jackeppington6488

Жыл бұрын

Tom Synder was part of another Dave standby audience before doing his own show. Apparently, Dave wanted the original standby audience to go to Snyder's show to keep the bit going. But Tom refused, screaming "I hate live audiences! I hate Rona Barrett! I hate ranch dressing!" Or words to that effect. I'm not sure.

Tourists are so awkward 🤣

How convenient that a German was appointed to arrange this, they are the best people to pull that one off

the makeup artist did a great job making Chris Elliot look like a hot black chick

Eh, Mike, Guntar, close enough.

Back when Dave was still doing the old show but at CBS ... Not sure when that ended? The bypass surgery? Before that?

@the406seadonkey6

Жыл бұрын

I believe his bypass surgery was well before this bit, so I don't think that's it.

@MrEvans1973

Жыл бұрын

This is long before the heart surgery.

@the406seadonkey6

Жыл бұрын

@@MrEvans1973 Yep I was definitely wrong. The memory is an odd thing. Thanks for clarifying.

Lol, they're so upset, wtf is Conan, lol

Such a shame we lost Dave. Wonder what his commentary would be on the state of things today?

@MattTee1975

Жыл бұрын

What?

@mdogzino

Жыл бұрын

I mean you still get to see him on Netflix

@DaRealCheeseboy

Жыл бұрын

Hey. Do you think Dave is dead?

@kurtispopp

Жыл бұрын

He was my favorite member of the Monkees. He will be missed. Wait that was Mike Nesmith. Dave is still alive I think.

@murrynathan

Жыл бұрын

@@DaRealCheeseboy I ain’t sure who that pinheaded in the beard is, but that ain’t Dave!

We desperately need Conan and Letterman back, it's just tragic what's happened to late night talk shows, it's almost entirely political propaganda nowadays, i have no idea who seriously thought bringing in John Stewart's guys to late night was a good idea, they have no talent other than rage about politics all the time they're incapable of actual comedy