I'm here viewing this after watching a small interview with Dave after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock ... In the interview, Dave pointed out that when he hosted the Awards back in 95 , ''no one got hit '' 🙂

@spiderpimp33

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@murraymall5116

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too. I remember watching the entire broadcast live. This was in the realm of: what is the wierdest dream I could have that can't possibly come true ... but it did. Letterman, Oscar, Oscar, Letterman.

@Sadaqat1

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@HenryMPittman

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@darma99

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! probably we watching it together in different place..

"'Eat Drink, Man Woman'...coincidently, how Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Maria Shriver out on their first date." THAT is an amazing joke!

@KateBates22zabu

2 жыл бұрын

Maria should have run up & batch slapt Dave for implying Arnold is Neanderthal..like the woke 2022's. Haha 😄

@last7509

2 жыл бұрын

what if he was sensitive? 👋💥

@artlover1477

Жыл бұрын

I loved how Maria enjoyed the joke.

Dave is brilliant! He should never have been hated on for this! The taxi driver interviews were absolute gold!

The always quirkily hilarious David Letterman! Came to watch after Dave’s post from yesterday. Watched it in ‘95, and it’s still amusing today.

@58turbovision

2 жыл бұрын

yes hes great..2 me he comes second to Johnny Carson

@JayElls

2 жыл бұрын

I watched this yesterday for the first time. I was too young in ‘95. Holy hell he’s genius. Fan for life. Letterman is a legend!

@Darkness-ie2yl

2 жыл бұрын

roger ebert owed him a 🖐 💥

@televisionarchivestudios1130

2 жыл бұрын

Amusing? It was awful. Carson was the perfect hose. Letterman was a train wreck

Dave did an awesome job hosting the Oscar. He got bad reviews because did won't play the Hollywood game&suckup to studio executives. This is also why he didn't get The Tonight Show

1995! Senior in high school and blockbusters still existed! How times have changed!

@subliminalvibes

Ай бұрын

I'd do anything to go back,. 😎

I love David Letterman, so talented, witty and bloody funny. The media was ruthless because he didn't cater to them. Idiots, I say! Dave is a legend!!!

@assmane999

2 ай бұрын

This wasn’t that funny. So, I im understand the hate

I watched it back in 1995 and felt that it was not his forum. He was so far above the Hollywood types. Loved it then, love it now.

Say what you will, but this holds up. Completely and unfairly roasted at the time, Letterman had some fantastic jokes. That Arnold joke is a fuckin’ 10/10. 🤣😂🤣

@paulkevinkoehler9490

11 ай бұрын

Agreed! And Arnold wasn't impressed!

@jedijones

7 ай бұрын

@@paulkevinkoehler9490 Maria got it!

This just popped up on my phone as recommended. I can't tell you how happy that makes me. Dave did not change the way he was. He made his living with his style of humor and interviewing people who would normally be looked over. I miss him

This just reminds me how much I miss David Letterman being on TV every night. So good!

@kodyscot9360

2 жыл бұрын

late night!!!

Dave needs to host again. I loved the job he did here.

I can remember, back in the day, I didn't like Letterman at all. Now I think he is a genius. He is most definitely an acquired taste, but once you 'get him', he is terrific. His offbeat, awkward yet very genuine style remains refreshing and I will miss him. Nice to see that he will be coming back in a limited capacity on Netflix.

Sorely underrated Oscar host - he's only time doing it. If you wasn't a fan of his late night talk show, you wasn't going to like this. This is normal Letterman stuff, and it's great.

This was enjoyable. His laugh is so adorable

5:28 The Roger Ebert joke was a classic Letterman crack LOL. Had me in stitches.

@_hardees

2 жыл бұрын

@@smnbgn Roger Ebert is fat and ate all the chocolates

Dear people, know that this was brilliant! Dave Letterman has had the "chops" since the I first watched him on a morning show in the early eighties. What a talent this man is!!!!

Wow, I watched this live more than 20 years ago and it doesn´t look that bad now. It´s actually very funny. The thing is that now we´re used to guys like Ricky Gervais hosting the Golden Globes and being "mean" to people. Back then the hosts were supposed to be more elegant and polite. Dave was Dave, you know, awkward, strange and very, very funny.

@jedijones

7 жыл бұрын

I loved it live then and love it now.

@kayem3824

6 жыл бұрын

Gervais doesn't have any respect for actors. He is right in that.

@summeralicia

6 жыл бұрын

except for the Roger Ebert joke...and the Arnold Schwarzenegger joke...and the....basically all comedians are "mean". Gervais is hilarious. Dave does better with a more intimate crowd. I find them both great and talented.

@toxicmasculine77

6 жыл бұрын

Is your first name pronounced "yahoo!"?

@jbird4754

5 жыл бұрын

João Solimeo Classic Dave❣️

Dude so underrated, better than most hosts definitely

Dave's jokes are all intelligent and funny. Big shout out to my childhood sweetheart at 7:57 - so elegant, so serene, so beautiful.

@pacojaviersg

4 жыл бұрын

Don't remember her name

@peternemeth1777

4 жыл бұрын

@@pacojaviersg I think it's Andie Mcdowell that starred in the movie groundhog day together with bill murray. To get from her such a heartwarming genuine smile is a great thing. Her smile here is more than gorgeous is more like to fall in love with her. Not many poeple can provoke in her such a smile quite sure. Thanks Dave. You're the all time best.

@pacojaviersg

4 жыл бұрын

@@peternemeth1777 thanks, your right, I don't know what's with me, can't remember many of their name's. Now I don't remember her 0:26

It was vintage Dave. All I can say... AND that his digs about Hoop Dreams were spot on.

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman joke was the best.

@773SleepyHollow

2 жыл бұрын

Arnold kinda had a frozen smile on his face, but Maria clearly got a real kick out of it.

@jedijones

2 жыл бұрын

Dave predicted that there'd be another Rocky sequel though.

Dave is just ahead of its time.

All the critics trashed him when he hosted, but look how bad it's been the last 20 years? This show is brilliant compared to what we've had since 2000.

Aaww! I was 15yrs old when this aired! Good times

Love Dave’s laugh 😆..... !! He did a Great job... I remember watching this .... wow... Freshman year of HS 🙈... where has time gone ...

I found him fantastic hosting the Oscars. I miss Dave.

@Edmundyu1995

6 жыл бұрын

blueearthquake he’s baccckkk

@dalefalafo5429

4 жыл бұрын

So do We !

Haha that Schwarzenegger joke was funny though. Eat, drink, man, woman? lol

@jedijones

7 жыл бұрын

His delivery is so good, when he reads the title, you're already laughing, anticipating the many directions he could take that joke.

@batgurrl

5 жыл бұрын

whateverpbk yes it was classic Dave Letterman

@innosanto

4 жыл бұрын

He is great here and this joke is great.

@773SleepyHollow

3 жыл бұрын

I came here expressly to hear that joke again.

@GjpgrD

3 жыл бұрын

Commander, the only jackass here is you.

I've just watched every available monologue from 1970 to this (don't ask), and this is the first one I've laughed all the way through. Don't know why he got hate for this. Guess his style of humor just didn't play everywhere.

3:28 how gorgeous is Jodie Foster

@droz1000

3 жыл бұрын

agree top look for her

Laughing my ass off on a clip older than myself. Classics. Always good to watch an Oscar clip, whenever

@kennethrexford5572

4 жыл бұрын

Few months older than I am this has aged well

David Letterman is always with the normal people

This hosting gig was like a fine wine, drank by a kid. The kid won't like it, whatever amazing wine you're setting down in front of him. Just give it time, let it grow. It will be amazing. 😄😁

Looking back the dream works jokes are so unintentionally hilarious XD

So many beautiful and young faces. That makes me want to do.. anything I wanted to do, faster, and remember it hard. And love it dearly.

@yvesilboudo7009

5 жыл бұрын

this is deep. We should talk to each other

@cici9137

2 жыл бұрын

WOW

What I'm getting from this comment section is that you either love David's humor or you hate it It's interesting that it ranges from "this unfunny guy bombed" to "this was fantastic" I personally find everything he said hilarious

Fuck the critics, Dave was awesome that night!

@redskywalker3374

2 жыл бұрын

check bill crystal from 93

@privatepenguin3137

2 жыл бұрын

I agree - I thought Letterman was great. I would have LOVED to see Norm Macdonald host. That would have been classic.

Oprah, Uma, have you met Keanu?

He was amazing! Wtf is up with all these LA writers calling him "the worst host ever". He didn't suck up to the Hollywood glam like the other hosts of the time. 22 years later, this is still one of the funniest monologues. Letterman being Letterman,

@EnzoTheBaker

6 жыл бұрын

Wrong. Look at the other opening monologues. They make fun of the audience all the time. It's not a kiss ass fest. You're not looking close enough. This was ranked the worst because the delivery was stiff, material was okay but dry, like an overpriced steak. Felt like TV jokes spoken at a higher volume. Personally, the worst one was Neil Patrick Harris and the year with James Franco/Anne Hathaway (not Anne's fault - Franco showed up stoned and was dead weight)

@DENDEAURA

2 жыл бұрын

FAKE NEWS existed back then too

7:32 The Joker laugh :D (Joaquin Phoenix knew that laugh very well)

what a year for movies, golden.

this is pretty good stuff...he was undoubtedly super hilarious...his mean-ness does the magic

@slomofome14

2 жыл бұрын

This was awful

@manojshyamalan2854

2 жыл бұрын

Nope it was awesome, ur awful 🤣

That Arnie joke was fucking hilarious!

@artlover1477

Жыл бұрын

And nobody got slapped, what a concept!!!!!

I am here at home Dave. Watching you COVID-19 got me Trapped at home. Thank you Dave. You’re Wonderful

The joke at 5:28 was hilarious and I know Dave meant no disrespect to the late Ebert because they were friends in real life. Seeing Hanks and Rita Wilson’s reaction to the joke made it funnier.

@jedijones

7 ай бұрын

Gene Siskel routinely insulted Ebert's weight on Letterman's show. This was a running gag, but the crowd seemed to have no idea that Ebert was often in on the joke.

Maria Shriver loved that joke... Arnold not so much.

@thelibrarian9421

3 жыл бұрын

Cause she related to it big time and and he was wondering why was that funny.

No award presenters were hit during the making of these 95 oscars

I don't know why he was considered a bad host, this is pretty easily the funniest Oscars monologue I've seen

@soccerscoutsbdtm9164

5 жыл бұрын

@Jonas Bettencourt you didn't laugh at the Rocky part?

@drewskee4466

5 жыл бұрын

Thats so strange i thought all along he was considered the KING of late night television?? Ahh what do i know..

@drlee2

4 жыл бұрын

@@soccerscoutsbdtm9164 The entire monologue was funny. Not just the jokes, but Dave's cadence and timing was perfect. A lesser host could have screwed these jokes up with poor comic timing and being off cadence. Plus, Dave throws in his own personality. It's basically an extended version one of his late night monologues.

@curtisburr1762

4 жыл бұрын

I GUESS THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE YOU'VE HAVE EVER SEEN.

@creekalmighty

4 жыл бұрын

i like letterman

God, just take me back to 1995....

@davidhutchinson7888

2 жыл бұрын

Please God

why does he say this was a disaster. seems like normal Dave Letterman

After hearing so many terrible things about this show, I had to come and find it, and it’s great. I don’t know what they were complaining about twenty years ago.

The monologue was great...uncharacteristically so for Dave. His performance was terrific. He brought a freshly anarchic attitude to the proceedings, which might be what made people pan his performance, but which is an essential ingredient in comedy. The taxi driver skit, however, wasn't so hot. Less cut-in gags and more verbal interplay would've helped.

Dave was simply the King. That's it. Not Johnny,not jack paar,not Steve Allen. David letterman.

This guy is a genius

So much better than some last editions!

I'm miss 1995 y'all.

@ZinniasandAsters

4 жыл бұрын

TELEthruVOXx gosh me too

This was before we were so hooked up with the internet.I saw this show and I had the time of my life.I didn't understand the next day he got attacked for his hosting gig.

Vintage Dave. The best.

The young dave was like conan

Would love to get the complete show. Anyone have it? Or a link to it? Thought Dave did a brilliant job to be honest.

R.I.P. Blockbuster video

Wow it's been 24 years. We were all using Windows 3.1 and 14,400 baud modems waiting for boxes of Windows 95 diskettes and Ram Doubler to arrive at CompUSA.

Who remembers David lettermen giving Tom Hanks some kind of special award for work In Forest gump.

Wish he had hosted a couple of times... I feel like he was ahead of his time here, nowadays I perceive that many hosts do it similarly but in their own way, joking about the celebrities. The funniest parts to me was the Arnold joke and the Jack Nicholson impression.

Who's here after Will Smith's slap?

@redlady935

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, after hearing Dave big himself up as a host.

@abdurrahmanchowdhury1701

2 жыл бұрын

@@redlady935 that was a good 1 minute monologue ain't it

I never saw this, but the same thing brought me here. He's walking out like a straight trouble maker lol. I look forward to this video.

0:01: “From New York, future home of the Academy Awards, it’s The Late Show with David Letterman! Tonight, David welcomes from the Dallas Cowboys, Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, actress and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg and musical guests Sawyer Brown! Plus Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra! And now, the man who gives new meaning to the term, ‘The envelope please…’ DAVID LETTERMAN!!!!!”-Alan Kalter.

I thought it was brilliant when he interviewed the Taxi Drivers and used them to remind the people in the audience not to take themselves too seriously and keep them grounded. I'm sure they hated it at the time, but fuck em'.

Can someone please explain the Oprah-Uma joke please

@redlady935

2 жыл бұрын

I found this explanation....

DAVID HOSTING THE OSCARS!!!!!!!!! AAHHHHHHHH

Holysheeeeeeet he really roasted the dreamworks deal. Dude roasted everyone there,

miss letterman. good thing he is back on netflix

I don't think David did bad at all, this is all 100% Dave. : / What was the problem?

@joe4570

8 жыл бұрын

+spacededman Dave's style is irreverent, movie folk take themselves too seriously

@BolofromAvlis

7 жыл бұрын

Dave's biggest targets were always people who took themselves too seriously or those who put on airs, which was and is pretty much everyone in Hollywood. They didn't take very well to Dave pretty much making fun of them all and the nature of an awards show. I remember watching it and finding it hilarious. Best moment was Dave pulling Tom Hanks from the audience and making him help with " Stupid Pet Tricks".

@HumblyArtsy

7 жыл бұрын

the thing I didn't understand was Tom Hanks didn't really have a sense of humor ... when usually Tom and Dave have many funny moments together

@lewis123646

7 жыл бұрын

I see your point, but I wouldn't say that due to one cut away after a fat joke about Roger Ebert. Hanks looked like he was trying not to laugh and did look stiff, but I wouldn't read that much into that reaction. One thing that jumped out at me was how much people said that "Jack Nicholson impression" joke didn't go over well. It KILLED in the room.

@jordanabeaulieu2530

7 жыл бұрын

The whole Uma/Oprah thing was just stupid and tiresome!!

03:40 that guy who is sitting next to oprah... that face always makes me laugh.

In 2019 and is still funny af

He was funny. How was he bad people?

@kukoshkin

4 жыл бұрын

Who says he was bad?

@773SleepyHollow

3 жыл бұрын

@@kukoshkin He got bad reviews at the time... I'm not saying that's fair, but his hosting wasn't generally considered to be a success.

@walterquick5829

3 жыл бұрын

every host in Oscars modern history has gotten bad reviews - I died laughing during the MacFarlane telecast and I think the critics were mental tearing that one apart. I actually giggled a few times during this one.

@redlady935

2 жыл бұрын

He was voted the worst Oscar host of all time

@Cinemabuff97

2 жыл бұрын

@@redlady935 Nah, I'd probably give that to Amy Schumer this year.

Never saw this before---don't usually watch the Oscars---but have heard about it, and that Letterman bombed, etc... This is very funny, in my view, not sure why it has the bad rap.

And when Dave hosted, nobody got HIT!

Dave was right nobody got hit this night.

@DENDEAURA

2 жыл бұрын

They got slaughtered , brilliant

That Ebert joke was great actually. Dave did a fine job, certainly much better than most of the corporate suckups who host. The Taxi Driver bit wasn’t that hilarious but just that Dave would include some actual regular blue collar folks in the show says a lot about him, he wasn’t an out-of-touch showbiz elitist type.

I miss David Letterman show..

Dave is funny af.. I saw this when I was a kid.

He's the king. There's nobody like him.

I hate when people criticize a comedian whose humor they don't quite understand yet. Only they can know how the joke should have been told. The only thing a comedian needs is confidence. You can't teach someone to be funny.

Uma looked SO beautiful= the color of her dress is just absolute Perfection!

Best opening ever

why did the press hate the uma oprah bit at the time ? it's dave being dave ?

@14AspenDrive

7 жыл бұрын

hakim amalou I didnt even get it

@jedijones

7 жыл бұрын

Poor wittle snowflakes get offended at normal people acknowledging how goofy those names are.

@lukemorton2975

6 жыл бұрын

jedijones I love David and his opening but it's not that anyone was offended it was just poorly executed and confused.

He,s goofyly slick does a great job livening the the event

!This guy hosting the oscars on the best year in movies history

I've read many stories saying Dave was a terrible Oscars host. I'm not sure i get why, this is a great clip. Perhaps the Uma Oprah thing went on a bit long, but other than that, this is classic Dave.

@jedijones

7 жыл бұрын

Notice though it got a bigger laugh the third or fourth time he said it. Classic Dave repetitive joke effect.

@udayhossain6355

7 жыл бұрын

jedijones exactly!& he was great!

@baboom007

6 жыл бұрын

People today like offensive and dirty jokes, no wonder they dont like elegant and subtle stuff

@billanthony7896

6 жыл бұрын

I think the argument was that he was just doing a version of his own talk show.

@soccerscoutsbdtm9164

5 жыл бұрын

To quote Conan, "Dave was the anti-show," People won't get him more often than not. Especially the Oscar audience during that time.

The brilliance of Letterman comes from simultaneously giving a crap and not giving a crap.

I'd been searching awhile for just one part of this monolog--my personal favorite from memory--that being "Eat Drink Man Woman" was "coincidentally how Arnold Schwarzenegger asked Maria Shriver out on their first date". Still as funny today as when I first saw it nearly 30 yrs ago. Maria looked like she got a good laugh out of the joke; Arnold not so much. The NYC taxi routine has worn well over the yrs too.

They need to put up security screens between the host of the Oscars and the guests.

Dave was the best host.

Pure genius.

I'm listening it with very good speakers at 5'34 i begin to hear a voice saying "noooo" and then making comments about Dave's jokes that I can't not understand very clearly. Who is this voice? The producer of the show?

dave being dave

The best year for movies ever!!!

@jedijones

7 жыл бұрын

Gump and Pulp! Two equally great but extremely different movies! What a year!

He killed it

Oi, Sylvester Stallone looks so handsome!!!

@CaptainAMAZINGGG

4 жыл бұрын

Legit!!

@leafyutube

4 жыл бұрын

Are you gay? (not that there's anything wrong with that)