“Well … that’s a cute story.”😂 The perfect quip to break up an awkward moment.

@prmaninla

7 ай бұрын

Paul was just brilliant.

@DaveDallas-sp3se

7 ай бұрын

Paul and Dave had a great chemistry

Finally we know the truth, why David didn‘t get the Tonight Show - Robert Ludlow called NBC…

@assmane999

7 ай бұрын

It’s all starting to make sense. Jay was his favourite student

@Rob_Kates

7 ай бұрын

"Don't blame Conan."

@TroyTheObtuse

7 ай бұрын

​@@Rob_Kates This channel needs a “Don’t blame Conan“ playlist. That was an epic time in comedy.

I would venture to say that phone call was one of the high points of Mr. Ludlow's life. Not because it was Dave, but it was a call from a student expressing gratefulness for a life lesson. I think Mr. Ludlow sounded a little choked up there at the end.

Only Dave could spend 10 minutes looking through his high school yearbook and make it hilarious.

@Bobbingbobberscreative

7 ай бұрын

Per my high school radio teacher, who went to college with Dave, during an extra credit session in their class Dave won by a landslide. They were task with reading off a piece of wire copy. The class then had to make that person lose composure. If the student lost it, they were out. Dave’s classmates did everything including setting the piece of paper on fire to get him lose it. Not only did he not lose it he continued on with ad libbing until Dr. Wible said you win and Dave got the extra credit.

@riodejaneiro664

3 күн бұрын

No i can make my high school year book hilarious for 10 minutes also.

Man I miss his show! One of the greats!

@ObsidianXXX

6 ай бұрын

I would say *THE* greatest. No other talkshow host ever even came close to Dave's warmth, humor, quick wit and intelligence!

David Letterman 🥰 American legend and hero 🥰 I've unfortunately had to use facilities at Methodist Children Hospital here in Indianapolis. It's impossible to fathom the amount of money that man has spent and continues spend on that hospital. I will forever be grateful 🥰

@_Tanasis_

7 ай бұрын

I always thought he was Superman but now I know .Thank you for that

Mr. Ludlow passed away in 2018 at the age of 90. His obit said in addition to being a man of great integrity, loyalty, and kindness, he was an excellent golfer, regularly shooting his age from his 60s through his 80s, with 14 aces ( two in his 80s)!

@USALeonHeart

7 ай бұрын

Hot damn. That's the kinda life plenty of men dream about living.

@kristinemunholland8980

7 ай бұрын

How sad to read this after just hearing his lovely interaction with Dave

@dasuperfansschannel8940

7 ай бұрын

I don't mind dying that young

@samlane2

7 ай бұрын

Nerd alert

@user-ft6og5vl6n

7 ай бұрын

How do you know all this!

As a high school teacher I can tell you that its really an amazing feeling to hear from an old student, to know they thought of you and wanted to say thanks. If you can think of a teacher that you really appreciated, call em up. It'll mean a lot to them.

Dave over the phone with his high school teacher was a moment of due respect and gratiude; second occasion where he showed his sweet side, first being Meg Parsont

The initial “oh sure it’s THAT guy on the phone, probably going to be the CHP guy” reaction from the audience - only to be shocked that it really WAS him - that’s the brilliance of Dave and his team.

@larryl212

7 ай бұрын

NOTHING LIKE IT THEN... AND GOD KNOWS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT NOW! So sad how our culture has spun into the "WOKE DITCH."

@slimydick23

7 ай бұрын

@@larryl212 wtf are you talking about you're in a media bubble please experience the real world, the rays of the sun, actual human people

@TitaniumTurbine

6 ай бұрын

@@larryl212 LMAO what in the hell are you even talking about?!?! Letterman was the most liberal late night host on TV for a very LONG time. If you want to yell random garbage, step out of your room, walk down the hall to your senior living facility’s activity room, and go back to raising your fists and ranting angrily at the clouds while playing bingo.

Oh my gosh. I was born in ‘65 and thought I was old!😂 I LOVE DAVE!

@lindaf4836

7 ай бұрын

You are. But I was spawned in 1959, so even older. : S

I don't now why people did not like later Letterman. I thought the 00's had some of the best comedy bits, like this when Dave told great stories.

@KokoTheGorilla69

7 ай бұрын

He was tired, slow and seemingly even more disinterested in doing the show by then

@The_0.5.0

7 ай бұрын

​@@KokoTheGorilla69Who wouldn't after 30ish years? But even though he didn't move a lot, Dave was STILL sharp as a scalpel and the best late night host ever.

@The_0.5.0

7 ай бұрын

Dude, him going high pitched on the first end of a sentence made me laugh and remember how silly, sweet Letterman was.

@KokoTheGorilla69

7 ай бұрын

@@The_0.5.0mentally he was sharp still, but he seemed bored of the whole thing and put in the bare minimum effort for the last 10 or so years

@The_0.5.0

7 ай бұрын

@KokoTheGorilla69 Bored, definitely. But that aloof, disenchanted Dave is what gave his character a removed quality that added to the humor. And it goes to show how funny Letterman was if his half-asssed input was better than everybody else's everything.

My dad was the guy next to Dave in the yearbook

@JLKDOOM

7 ай бұрын

What a handsome dude. If we could all be so lucky to have looks like that

@TroyTheObtuse

7 ай бұрын

Robert Lieberman must hate your dad.

This kind of content is why Letterman was the best. Absolute nonsense (from a TV perspective), but endearing and genuinely funny and sweet... :)

My dad tells me this story of an episode where Dave opens a Wichita phone book and calls a random number to help him introduce the next guest. It was my dad’s phone number. Anyone remember this? I’d give anything to see that clip!

@SidelerMN

7 ай бұрын

If Don Giller sees this, he may be able to help find the clip.

@the406seadonkey6

7 ай бұрын

I vaguely remember it, but couldn't be less of a help. Sorry dude. Good luck because I'd like to see it again! Peace.

@Salam99-1

7 ай бұрын

I hope you find it and I can't wait to see it, too!

@bobhilton2643

29 күн бұрын

Look in the video description. You can email the show to ask for a clip!

Dave was thinking up comedy ideas from the beginning!!😅👍🏼

The desk chat segments in Act 2 were always the best. Thanks for posting!

Mr. Ludlow may have been the sponsor of the Lettermen’s Club, but there was one ‘Letterman’ who was not welcome there: Dave Michael Letterman.

"Story time" with Dave was always the best!

Loved seeing his picture in the yearbook

Epic in its honesty. Equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious. Thanks for this, Dave! Well, at least you were a hall monitor. Nice to see someone, in this case Mr. Ludlow, act with integrity.

This is incredibly sweet. Actually, quite beautiful. A wonderful show of simple humanity.

Why did that get me choked up? Dave can be an eloquent dude.

Calling Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Bob Ludlow…what a great memory!

This is hilarious. What a great bit. And remarkable they were able to locate Mr Ludlow while taping the show.

Ya know what's hysterical??...the guy next to your teacher looks like the young version of Larry "Bud" Melvin.😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤

Dave, you described high school perfectly. I did smoke bombs in high school as well as skunk oil in class rooms...lol

Gold. Sweet kindness-laced-don't-forget-who-you-are gold.

Dave the prankster, back in high school. Love it! Thanks Dave!

That was actually quite touching. Dave was really sincere and almost seemed to be speaking from the 17-year-old place inside him when the thanked his old teacher. 8:18. I wonder if it really is something he thinks about every day of his life?

Mr. Ludlow seemed like a nice man. I had a Mr. Gillick, History teacher he was a tank Sargent in the National Guards, that gave me a break and it taught me to succeed in life and try to pass it on my entire life. Another was Mr. Ledgdar, my algebra teacher.

Damn! Back when teachers voluntarily took on eight responsibilities in addition to the hard work of teaching.

@the406seadonkey6

7 ай бұрын

Don't blame today's teachers. Blame the shit parents and their shit kids. Entitlement is the word of the day nowadays.

@rshrsh5420

22 күн бұрын

And NEVER complained about the pay, instead focusing on the end justifying the means!

Hmm, so Mr Ludlow didn't stay at the high school quite as long as Letterman did! Sounded like a really sweet, kind man.

High school Dave seemed like a cool dude to hangout with!!

I love this so so so so so much. My father was a middle school music teacher for 40 years in my hometown. He passed away almost 10 years ago. I read his his obituary online 1-2 times a year and he'll still receive new messages on his obituary from students he had decades ago saying how much he made an impact on them and their relationship with music. Teachers are such a special breed.

David's snarkiness will never be equaled. I loved the stupid pet tricks.

I did something similar in Winslow Smith's history class. It's only been about 54 years now, and I'd like to apologize, too. Sorry about that, Mr. Smith.

I miss David Letterman!!!

So awesome.

Years earlier Jane Pauley brought in his high school year book from his freshman year and pointed out his only activity was "hall monitor". He said, "I was the best damn hall monitor the school had ever seen."

Love this! As usual.

One thing you can say about Dave Letterman. He never took himself too seriously, and his humor was self depricating, which is very disarming!

That guy in the background laughing hard is hilarious. I watched it many times. 😂😂😂

This is amazing.

I am certain he was likely very proud of the man David became :)

So good.

Mr. Ludlow knew that Dave wasn't a bad kid and just committed a misguided mistake and his words taught Dave a lesson that he would remember for the rest of his life more than any punishment from the authorities would've.

Mr. Ludlow resembles George Pepperdine.

"Hall monitor" 😹

What a great opportunity to have smoke come out of Dave’s desk! But then, I guess it would have undercut the sweetness of the story…😊

I wonder if Mr. Ludlow got a call before Dave was allowed on The Barbara Gaines Show.

I ever know his middle name 😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Did anyone catch even back then Robert Ledlow was the Letterman club sponsor?

I cried. lol 🇨🇦

the guy next to him on the yearbook looks like Seth McFarlaine.

When Dav or Johnny talk to regular people it is so much more interesting than the celebrities pushing their lame latest movie.

Deja Vu , Bob , was a Letterman 😂🚬🍻🍻

U know ur old when the pages of ur yearbook are yellowed.

Late night died after Conan and Letterman left.

Bob Ludlow, jacked you up when the tonight show called for a reference. Smoke bomb Dave got spanked.

RELEASE THE STROKES - SOMEDAY PLEASEEEE

@gianfrancomejia3993

7 ай бұрын

Man, I didn't remember that The Strokes had played Someday on the show, thanks for giving me a beautiful memory :D

Upon asking for a recommendation moving forward, it would've been hilarious if Mr. Ludlow would've said ... "no, I don't think so."

David, do you recall when you called Tom Synder and pretended to be a truck drive?

So it all comes down to the adidas ad? 😢

Dave forgot he was on TV for a few mins there.

Leno's “Tonight” routinely beat Letterman in the ratings for the vast majority of the time they went head-to-head.

Letterman Club...lol

David Michael Letterman 12 de abril de 1947 76 años.

Hey, Dave still turned out fine. So, what can you do?

I wonder if that Letterman guy was ever able to obtain a decent gig after this.

@graziemille2454

7 ай бұрын

Lol. Good one.

Paul the original, cool story bro.

Ludlow was 38 actually in 1965

Eh! Ain’t you the fellow from the movie Cabin Boy?!

Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the sulphuric stench of that hideous smoke bomb!

@jeffreyjeziorski1480

7 ай бұрын

Echos of Edgar Allen Poe.

DAVID MICHAEL LETTERMAN

Is this an Indiana thing? His teacher calls him "David" the same way his mom would.

@lynnturman8157

7 ай бұрын

It's an older generation thing.

@mellocello187

7 ай бұрын

He is introduced on the show as David Letterman.

@ddburrows988

7 ай бұрын

​@@mellocello187 I'm meaning the way he said it was just like his mother when she calls him David. It was their cadence that was similar.

'LETTERMEN'S CLUB SPONSOR',. hee hee, so he was still fond of rhe boy! Jk!

God I miss his shows, the garbage now is unbearable.

I had a Mr. Ludlow in Jr. high Vice principal and had a paddleboard .. How many times he tried to get me , we would be running down the halls. I said I get spanked from home dude . chase me there .. I lived near.

Based on the picture, if Bob is 82 here, Dave was around 76. That doesn’t work out.

@mellocello187

7 ай бұрын

Dave says that Mr. kid low was 21 at the time, so then if Dave was 15, that’s 6 years. So it does work out.

@CreachterZ

7 ай бұрын

@@mellocello187 You are obviously a much clearer thinker than me. ;) Thanks.

@kstepko

7 ай бұрын

An earlier comment said that Mr. Ludlow died in 2018 at the age of 90. Dave is 76 in 2023, so he would have been 71 in 2018. That means that Mr. Ludlow was 19 years older than Dave. Dave graduated in 1965, according to this video. The math works out that Dave would have been 18 that year. Mr. Ludlow would have been 37 in 1965. It was Paul who made the comment, based on Mr. Ludlow’s appearance, “Look at how young he looks! He was probably only about 21.”

Dave deserves respect because he was the anti Johnny Carson who all the Gen X watched instead of the Baby Boomers who kissed the feet of Jonny Carson and Jay Leno

@merricat3025

7 ай бұрын

I baby boomer hate Jay Leno. I watched Dave

Boy..I sure miss the good old days.When teachers looked like professionals and not circus clowns..🥴

When did Paul Shaffer become the co-host to this show? You hear him constantly interrupting Dave with all kinds of comments. Very distracting.

Nobody like Dave!! The best! Everyone copies him ....

I member this.🫐🫐🫐