I was genuinely scared of his Jaws character as a kid. But it was nice to see him in interviews like this - such a nice, well-read guy. RIP Richard

I met him at a convention when I was a kid. Even in his old age, he was enormous. He palmed my head like a mango. Cool man.

@trekkiejunk

14 күн бұрын

I have the same photo from when i met him at a con about 20 years ago. That grip was his thing at photo ops. Really sweet guy.

I don't think Dave was expecting Richard Kiel to be as articulate and sardonic as he was. It took Dave about two minutes to realize that this guy was someone that he could relate to. Wonderful guy. The gap in the teeth reference was genius. Dave didn't see that coming.

@mannybravo237

12 күн бұрын

Love that dave was laughing heartedly

‘’And you can count on me waiting for you in the parking lot’’

@wardengentles53

11 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂 One of my favorite lines in any movie EVER! "That's two thus far, Shooter!"

"I'm one of your biggest fans" -- classic! 🤣

@samdustinchris

9 күн бұрын

The other one about AA airlines and everyone drinking 😂

A gentle giant.

Such an absolute gent and genuinely nice guy. ❤

I'd heard about his sense of humor from people who worked with him. I've never seen an actual interview. It's a shame he didn't get many. He's entertaining.

I always thought you missed out not making Big Dave, Little Dave as a tv series. lol. Rest in peace, Richard - always bought everything to his roles and was a sweet dude.

@BurpBeQue

14 күн бұрын

Megalomaniac Letterman would never consent to anything in which he was called "Little Dave" 😆

He was a really smart and funny guy, and a big Dave fan obviously.

What a sincere, fun and pleasant man he was. And in Happy Gilmore. And - never judge a book by its cover.

Richard Kiel played one of my most favorite villians!!!

@100hooker

14 күн бұрын

Mr Larson in Happy Gilmore?

@S1L3NTG4M3R

14 күн бұрын

@@100hooker yeah... he was a hero in that one.

I'm shocked that he wasn't in a ton more of movie's (all genres) and more TV shows as well !!! He was a great actor and very funny and nice guy !!! RIP Richard Kiel

Anyone else remember near the end of Moonraker a blond pigtailed girl helps Jaws out of a jam and then she smiles and you see she has braces on her teeth, and he smiles at seeing that and they walk off hand in hand, well apparently in the movie she didn't have braces at all, but me and a lot of other people remember she did. That was the joke of the scene. But so ive heard all versions on VHS and DVD don't show her with braces. It's like the "Mandela Effect"

@oldmoviesinbwwithsubtitles3501

14 күн бұрын

👍

@trekkiejunk

14 күн бұрын

Except the Mandela effect claims that there was some shenanigans or altered reality going on to explain the discrepancy. But the real truth is that memory is faulty, and you just always remembered it wrong. There is no ''alternate version.'' You just remembered it wrong. For the record, i've seen Moonraker countless times, on VHS, DVD, BluRay, 80's TV, and even on old CAD discs. I never remember her as having braces.

@claireingles-sj6xz

14 күн бұрын

I totally remember! I was pretty young and it made a big (ha, ha) impression on me (I was less than 10). I was never really afraid of the "Jaws" character and I so wanted to be that girl with the braces. (why mom let dad show his two impressionable girls ALL the Bond movies at that age, I'll never know.) But then, I also remember the campfire "fart" scene they took out of Blazing Saddles and the movie "Song of the South" that seemed to disappear from Disney's movie list. Books and covers. Most people can never get past the "cover" part I guess.

@claireingles-sj6xz

14 күн бұрын

​@@trekkiejunkHence after the original release so after the scene was edited.

@Mr.Goodkat

13 күн бұрын

@@trekkiejunk The Mandela effect is simply the name given to the mass misremembrance of things, the "alternate reality" or "shenanigans" are just theories as to why the Mandela effect happens.

You can see Richard reallly looked up to Letterman, partially for the gapped-teeth!

@privatepenguin3137

15 күн бұрын

...and Richard didn't "look up" to ANYBODY!

He's hilarious. Dave needed to lighten up a bit.

I genuinely would have liked to have met Richard Kiel.

The best villain of all the Bonds. I always wanted to find teeth like that when I was a kid. 😆 🤣

Yeah he was something special.... Richard was funny as all get out in Cannonball Run with Jackie Chan as his racing partner. ✌️

@chrisarseneault5617

14 күн бұрын

Cannonball RUN 2

Oh you can count, good for you.

@mattcup8541

14 күн бұрын

And you can count on me waiting for you in the parking lot!

@claireingles-sj6xz

14 күн бұрын

​@@mattcup8541🤣

You're going to need a bigger boat.

Richard Kiel was in the most famous episode of "Twilight Zone" called 'To Serve Man'.

Happy Gilmore liked this video no more than an hour ago.

@100hooker

14 күн бұрын

It’s hardly noticeable.

@roymunson1

14 күн бұрын

​@@100hooker thanks, Dr says it comes out next week 😂

If Mr. Kiel ever pulls out a copy of the book “To Serve Man” - run!

Such a a likable guy. : )

One of the few guests I can recall that actually put Letterman off his game because of how much different he expected him to be

One of the greatest interviews, I remember seeing it as a kid.

Wow what a cool gentle giant with a great sense of humor.

Loved his roles. I also have a gap!

Richard Kiel was very funny in The Longest Yard...

@funkenstien1155

14 күн бұрын

Smiles "He said he was sorry."

Wow! Dave and Richard Kiel. That's totally rare and cool.

What a charming surprise of an interview! Great to see them having so much fun with the conversation. Mr. Kiel had some great lines that had me laughing out loud. :)

He was moderate in the estimation of his abilities and achievements. The unassuming Mr. Kiel never mentioned that from 1963 to 1965, he also worked as a night-school mathematics instructor.

Fan request: monologue from Shia Lebuff w Jimmy Eat World episode from 2010. You can see me in the audience in a beige jacket. 😁

Somehow I missed seeing this when it originally aired, but a wonderful interview with the man.

I remember when he was in the wild wild west. He plays michael Dunn's character henchman. What a pair. 😊 7:57

Richard Kiel did an original Twilight Zone and two great episodes of the classic, all-but-forgotten Kolchak The Night Stalker. Then thereafter, he was terrific in the James Bond movies. I miss him.

I recommend Moonraker great film.

@ObamaFromKenya

15 күн бұрын

@wilsonpereira6581 “his name is jaws, he kills people”

I'm glad Richard is a good man

Amazing guy ❤

Hey I requested a tom waits video, please can that be next letterman team please :)

Richard was the lead as Paul Bunyan in local kids TV show in Northern California for a year or two in the sixties, and did local appearances during that time.

He was very kind and warm at a convention I went to many years ago. ❤

I saw him sitting at a table signing autographs in a Los Vegas mall about 15 years ago. Actually, no one seemed to want his autograph. It kind of made me sad.

I saw Richard in the Denver airport back in 2006 or so and he was not in the best shape, he was a bit hunched and he needed two canes to get around but he was still enormous. Not just tall but all around enormous, his hands, his feet, head, everything. I said hello and he said hello back. Several people acknowledged him and he couldn’t have been nicer.

I Believe that jacket belongs to Mr. Gilmore

Pale Rider was a fantastic movie and he was great in it. One of my favorite westerns.

Great. Thanks, Dave.

Legend

Nice chap

I think Richard comes across as a really really lovely person who has probably had some self conscious insecurities in his life.. would love to talk to him without all the unfunny jokes about his size.

He reminds me of the tall man in Phantasm

2:58 Dave: Don’t remind me when I sip through mine…

He's taller than he looked in the James Bond movies!

Wow, I knew he was tall, but not seven two.

@kstepko

14 күн бұрын

Same here!

Later on his most Memorial role he deserves an Oscar for, The Crazy Happy Gilmore Golf Fan with Nail in his head

Richard Kiel: Twilight Zone: To Serve Man (season 3 episode 24). Spooky, incredible performance - from Richard.

super nice guy

I met him when I almost purchased some land from him. HE'S REALLY HUGE!

great actor

Kiel was REALLY enjoying messing with Letterman. When breaking stereotypes breaks someone else's brain. Tbis is why I try not to judge people based on their physical appearance. There is so much more to anyone. Everyone. (watch Tracy Chapman's video of her song "Telling Stories" if you doubt the dangerousness of this practice. Anyway...) The space between the teeth joke was hilarious. I don't think Letterman even knew what hit him. Good for the guy with the big heart. ❤

“trying to reach the green from here Shooter”?

Richard is just as witty and intelligent, as he is physically imposing.

Man, he looks so big in that little chair!

He looks like Letterman’s Hulk. He played the Hulk in the TV show pilot but was let go because he wasn’t bulky enough.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha... I'm one of your biggest fan.

I remember him in “Silver Streak”

I knew him from “Happy Gilmore”; it was my periodontist - who is way young than me - who made me aware of his role as Jaws!

It’s Mr. Larson!

He was great in an episode of the Monkees

What Difference does it make? name the film. He was Fantastic in Pale Rider! Love that western.

R.I.P.

Dear dave ❤❤❤❤ hi

It's a cookbook!

Nice guy

Do you by any chance have a clip of Dave and Harrison Ford riding horses on the street? I would really like to see it again since I am a Harrison Ford fan

Pale Rider could of been a great film. Eastwoods voice is so goofy in it.

He's been in almost every Adam Sandler movie too.

In a strange way those two could be related or if David Letterman turned into his version of the HULK

He’s so tall that they had to change the camera angles!

I believe that’s Mr. Gilmores

Admit it. Everyone wants to know about his love life. And yes, he’s a very nice person.

A prosthetic space. Nice

As a bouncer 7:07 use have to use your brain, not your braun! Awesome! Funniest big guy🤘🏻, 😅😆😂!!!!

Separated at birth: Richard Kiel and Aaron Judge .

I used to see him shopping at Ralph's on national bl in West la..you can't believe how huge he was later,and he had gained weight. Seemed nice ..

6:35 I guess Shaq caught this interview.

And so now I skateboard.....

Eegah!!

Richard could bite arnolds head off

Giants are real....

I think he broke his freaking neck?

Eegah NOOOOOO

Same haircut

Cringy

Elvis impersonator, classic

You’re gonna need a bigger chair.