Harvey Pekar was a helluva character, and he was one of the few people who could really knock David Letterman off balance. I agree with other posters here: Letterman was the only host courageous enough to have somebody like Harvey Pekar on. No hosts today would try such a thing.

@Clay3613

5 жыл бұрын

Conan, because Conan loves being obtuse and strange for ratings.

@RollingOrmond

5 жыл бұрын

Dave wasn't off-balance, he just put up with him until he finally got fed up with his crank ass and threw him off. What a disrespectful piece of garbage that guy was. Good riddance.

@Silvana716

5 жыл бұрын

Truth. I miss Dave for that. There will never be another.

@jerrywitaj

4 жыл бұрын

He was one of the few people that was more miserable than Letterman, so I think Dave used him to build himself up.

@janorhypercleats

4 жыл бұрын

It was a case of market positioning. The Letterman Show was new and it was competing against all the other talk shows. They created a marketing strategy of being the "edgy" show. Their research team found people like Pekar to establish their "edginess".

"I don't even know you, man." Very possibly one of the best responses on any talk show ever--instant connection created with us.

@jmp01a24

Ай бұрын

He was a rude, selfish (self-obsessed) egomaniac who thought everyone else than himself was trash. Not a likable character. Just an oddball that was too chicken to seek refuge for his depression in a bottle like a REAL man does. Or the needle. That would have made him smoother around the edges. Perhaps likeable. Nobody wants to be the old Pekar. He became smoother over the years, but 1970-1990's he was as previous mentioned. Still, he had a gift for exposing his defects. I think he for too long thought if he did not continue be that dispicable, nobody would longer like him. Sad.

@LegiTTxBoss

Ай бұрын

​@@jmp01a24Nerd

You've done a real service putting this together.

@Yobbie72

2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@pigeonman1134

5 ай бұрын

No problem ​@@Yobbie72

@educateme8455

4 ай бұрын

Thanks. A nice reminder that Letterman was just some douschebag as opposed to being a modern American Saint as he is portrayed these days.

Harvey kept Dave on his toes....the film "American Splendor" is incredible...one of the best films of the past 20 years.....Paul Giamatti did a great job portraying Harvey....

@nateo6518

Жыл бұрын

I saw that before I really knew who H.P. was and couldn't agree more.

@GungaLaGunga

7 ай бұрын

Paul Giamatti. Damn good actor. One of the best. RIP HP

@Safe-and-effective

6 ай бұрын

no

@rsuriyop

5 ай бұрын

I just saw like the fist 20 minutes of it and it started boring me and so I stopped. It's just an autobiography of some guy's miserable life as a file clerk. Harvey's appearances on David Letterman are far more entertaining.

@truthseeker1867

3 ай бұрын

​@rsuriyop it is boring at first but it gets better, they did a great job of recreating the letterman scenes and what went on behond the scenes at the time.

This 90-minute video is the best movie I've seen in years.

@thenapdoreast4633

2 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same thing

@rlprincipe

Ай бұрын

"My Dinner with Harvey"

Harvey just like starting to have a cordial conversation with Al Roker is amazing. Doesn’t give a fuck that he’s on TV, doesn’t give a fuck that he’s standing next to David Letterman. he just wants to talk to Al Roker because he used to work in Cleveland.

I love Harvey. He was totally unimpressed with Letterman’s fame and showbiz. He was a very real guy.

@carlt8188

2 жыл бұрын

He should've been a little more appreciative of the opportunity and exposure that Letterman gave him. Instead he was an angry, bitter and condescending asshole.

@Steve-cm2ys

2 жыл бұрын

You mispelled bitter but entertaining mental case prick.

@jimwatson5322

Жыл бұрын

Harvey is a slightly less Mr. WARMTH Don Rickles ... Love them both!!!

@AutomobiliVeloce

Жыл бұрын

Genuine. Reality.

@johnnynbk

6 ай бұрын

letterman never ever attempted to impress anyone with his "fame and showbiz''

"You look like a lot of guys you see sleeping on buses." This line has stuck with me all these years. When I was in high school, I would set the family VHS to record these shows while I slept and then I would watch them after school the next day. Best show in the history of TV as far as I am concnered.

@SteveSilverActor

6 ай бұрын

I did the same thing in HS!

@Bsully144

3 ай бұрын

Harvey wasn’t wrong about Vancouver vs. Victoria! Victoria is a city on Vancouver Island… Vancouver is also a city on the mainland. He didn’t explain it all that well though…

Harvey got his wish and got his "nice movie". It's Better than nice, it's brilliant.

@inaciotrinita

3 жыл бұрын

Just finish watching the movie and came right here! What a great movie man!

@OhanaFilms

3 жыл бұрын

@@inaciotrinita It's amazing. I'm glad he was alive to see it made.

@AhPhoey

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant might be pushing it.

@OhanaFilms

3 жыл бұрын

@@AhPhoey Not at all. It's one of the most original biopics ever made. I 100% think it's a brilliant movie.

@Vejur9000

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Like him.

11:48 "They told me to come out here and do anything I wanted. I don't care, man." Pure Pekar.

You are helping me relive my entire childhood of staying up waaay too late and barely making it through school.... but I was the only 8th grader in Lubbock, TX who knew who Harvey Pekar was! Thanks Don!

@dongiller

6 жыл бұрын

My work here is done, then. :)

@wowmachineradio

6 жыл бұрын

Wow! YOU GOT HARVEY'S ANTI-GE Rant!!!! I don't think they ever re-ran that episode did they? Great job!

@dongiller

6 жыл бұрын

The repeats list: October 15, 1986: NBC reaired it June 16, 1988, during the writers strike January 6, 1987: NBC reaired it December 5, 1989; E! aired it June 2, 1995 November 17, 1987: NBC reaired it December 26, 1988 April 15, 1993: E! aired it March 10, 1995 All other shows were never repeated.

@olecranonrebellion9976

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@tommythevenot7617

5 жыл бұрын

@@dongiller who replays letterman old shows nowadays?

l'm 49 years old and how in the hell l missed this guy is beyond me!! He's my new favorite guest!!!

@richiegarcia4

2 ай бұрын

I'm 53, but I wasn't really aware of him until the Paul Giamatti movie came out.

@Lancaster7

2 ай бұрын

I saw all these shows as they aired, at least you have the luxury of watching the compilation. I find myself remembering these and carson interviews.

@jmp01a24

Ай бұрын

He is a simp compared to Hunter S. Thompson. The best guest to appear on old Letterman. RIP you fantastic, amazing, crazy rebel.

@jmp01a24

Ай бұрын

@@richiegarcia4 I didn't watch it because the movie was crap. Giamatti is highly overrated and a one trick pony.

@PanhandleFrank

Ай бұрын

Dude, I'm 63 -- and from Cleveland -- and I don't think I ever heard of him until this!

34:39 Dave: "You come because you like being with me, don't you?" Harvey: "I don't even know you, man!"

@darrenfoster5914

4 жыл бұрын

Harvey was a fucking dude man!

@benkleschinsky

3 жыл бұрын

1:34:06 "Letterman has more contempt for you than I do. Don't kid yourself."

@Brendan-Black

8 ай бұрын

​@@benkleschinskyAnnnnnd he never returned to the show... lol

@MrFrinZy

4 ай бұрын

@@Brendan-Black That wasn’t the interview that got him barred

@TimelyAdventure

3 ай бұрын

@@MrFrinZy Did he get barred after the last one, because it seemed like they had developed a kind of friendly combativeness by that point?

Am I the only one who wanted Dave to stop talking so I could hear the conversation between Harvey and Al Roker?

@salemalmansoori7422

5 жыл бұрын

Not really , it's perfect

@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin

3 жыл бұрын

Harvey likes them weather. Al Roker, Dave Letterman...

This is like a love story. How cats fight for sport. A rich man and a poor man both stuck in their own prisons. The 1993 appearance where they make up and David reveals he is a fan is emotional. Letterman recently told Stern that Pekar was his maybe his favourite ever guest.

Love Harvey Pekar! Actually spoke with him once on the phone after doing a test & calling the phone-number illustrated on his phone in an issue of his comics. Joyce answered & I introduced myself (truthfully) as *_"THE_* Canadian painter who's interested in illustrating an issue of his comics." The "THE" was what bought me the credit cuz she got him on the phone. Harvey was briefly gruff then friendly. Joyce was her usual wonderful self. This was from a very early issue. Whichever one , I'm fairly sure it's the one that had him telling of his family's Jewish history then it shows this cast iron stove exploding & that frame's captioned: *_'Oy, gevalt! The STOVE!'_* There's a closeup cell of his hand reaching for the black plastic phone . The # was on that white circle on the dial. 😂 Gary Dumm mighta illustrated it. I wonder if I'm the only person who did a test-dial. Also wonder if Harvey wanted his number on there or if it was included as an inside joke by the artist.^^ 😄

@juliuspekar7620

Ай бұрын

now that's the neatest thing i have heard in years, very cool story. That's a rare one

“[Pekar] was anti-establishment in a way that you don’t see guys like that anymore. And that used to really upset me, because I just thought ‘Come on Harvey, don’t do this to us, just play the game, blah blah blah blah.’ Now, jeez, I wish I could have had Harvey on every night.”

@Kadenite

3 жыл бұрын

He was so against it, he appeared on the show at every opportunity. Never really had anything to say either. He acts above the audience and above the show, but that's all it is - an act.

@copyright-ur1sf

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kadenite Letterman said the exact opposite: "[Pekar] was great. He was tremendous. He would just go after stuff. He would whine, he would go after me, he would go after the network, he would go after everything, in a very committed way. It wasn’t a gag, it wasn’t an act, he would really go to work on you.” (Howard Stern, 8/16/17)

@LordMarlle

2 жыл бұрын

This series of interviews totally shatter the thinly veiled reality that is late night glamour.

Harvey was the most real person Dave could ever have dreamed of having on the show. Actors and the other 'elite' that usually appear on talk shows, have zero what it's like to relate to the average man. Most famous people live in "Lala Land". With a guy like Harvey you always got gold because he simply responded and performed honestly. He also projected the issues and every day jargen of the average man. God bless this amazing yet typical man.

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

good start bad finish

@Caligula138

2 жыл бұрын

Typical is not a word I would associate with Pekar

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

@@Caligula138 Pekar is close to being an idiot savant...because we know he will be cantankerous, we cut him some slack...But the truth is, he clearly is a mental basket case, who happens to somehow hold a job, and express himself through his writings...Imagine what his wives, past and present, had to put up with! ,

@mattfinleylive

9 ай бұрын

The man's a rude boor.

@-disaster-dimension-

6 ай бұрын

Most guests "play the game" because they want to get on in their careers and not risk making enemies. Any kind of appearance on a show like this is another stepping stone to that. Harvey came to this as an older man, unimpressed with Dave and his jackass audience. As a guy in a job with a good pension, he's not worried about losing his place on the idiotbox; he feels no need to play along and flatter Dave and the crowd.

Oh my god, the brilliance of Paul Shaeffer and the Late Night Band-- playing "Please don't let me be misunderstood" when they go to commercial.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Shaffer; Paul Shaffer. :)

@sweethands4328

2 жыл бұрын

Paul was always great at that. He could dig up some obscure ones too

@bobblehead67

Жыл бұрын

I heard "Hard to Handle" after another segment, too!

@bradleecauble1592

5 ай бұрын

That "Hard to Handle" song, man the real band that plays it outta take some notes from paul.Man his band layed down some grooves on that song.There definitely should have a remix of that song with that style of grooves in it.😁👍

To see this all play out over the years is wonderful. Thanks for editing these together.

@Yobbie72

2 жыл бұрын

you're very welcome

@pigeonman1134

5 ай бұрын

​@@Yobbie72you're the editor?

This is brilliant, the back and forth between these two is amazing. Dave really is a master at his craft, a master at speaking to anyone at all the extremes of life.

Dave owes his success to guys like this. This is the stuff that made Daves's show great.

I knew Harvey at work and I heard he was on Dave Letterman but never saw the videos until now. Thanks for Posting.

@ziparis

4 жыл бұрын

Was he as ornery in real life?

@qwopiretyu

4 ай бұрын

Come back and tell us about Harvey

I met Harvey Picard in 1995 at the San Diego Comic-Con. This was his first appearance at Comic-Con. Harvey was being presented in Eisner award, it was his first time and last time ever appearing at the Comic-Con in San Diego. I had a table next to him in the artist alley. We got on just perfectly in fact he found me so interesting he wrote about me and published me in dark horse comics American splendor 1996. I'm on the cover and there are two stories about me. Harvey was a very interesting guy and not nearly as adversarial as he is with David Letterman. It was a real pleasure to be in his comic book. I told him too hard luck stories that he seemed to enjoy. It's unusual for Harvey to do two stories of the same person in one issue.

I don't know how i missed Harveys appearances on Daves show so these are all brand new to me and i can honestly say i laughed more with these clips than any other show Dave had.

I'd never heard of this guy until a few days ago, and now I can't get enough of him with Dave. What an interesting tool.

@willywonka7812

5 ай бұрын

Dave sure is a tool. This Pekar fella was a grumpy man, but decent

@felicitousfeline9956

5 ай бұрын

Did you hear about him on the Strike Force Five podcast? That’s what brought me.

@TonyTube407

5 ай бұрын

I have not. I'll check it out.@@felicitousfeline9956

@ScottSpotMedia

5 ай бұрын

Harvey is definitely on the autistic spectrum.

@charliewatts6895

5 ай бұрын

Same here. 67 years old and just heard of him. Watched American Splendor. Amazing move, amazing person.

" I had like 15$" "so you bought clothes" classic letterman- these two guys are just made for each other.

Thanks ever so much for this compilation, Don! I didn't know about Harvey Pekar and after watching these great appearances on the Late Show, I got myself a copy of the film "American Splendor" with the great Paul Giamatti playing Mr. Pekar. What a superb movie that is. I laughed so hard watching it; it's just so funny and sometimes awkward, but at the same time warm, human and true. Wow, what an interesting story! Please watch the movie, if you haven't already - highly recommended!

@siddokis2945

5 жыл бұрын

I saw the movie but forget what changed his voice. Do you know?

@Slig1977

4 жыл бұрын

@@siddokis2945 "Doc, you gotta help me. My old lady’s dumping me ‘cause I can’t talk. She says I’m a social embarrassment. Now that she’s got her PhD, she’s some hot shit academic star an’ I’m nuthin’ but a file clerk with nothin’ta say an’ no voice ta say it. But me bein’ a file clerk was fine when I wrote the damn check for her tuition--"

@brianfischer149

5 ай бұрын

Never heard of this guy till now. Found the movie at the local library and when it comes in I'm going to watch it !

The irony of Harvey being called the blue collar Mark Twain, and years later Letterman wins the Mark Twain Award.

There's never gonna' be a talk show edgy enough to bring on people like Harvey Pekar. Too risky. And that's sad.

@mistrooth

6 жыл бұрын

:/

@trancendental5373

4 жыл бұрын

Conan has weirdos sometimes

@hamupinhere

4 жыл бұрын

@David Gibson Haha his first season on the air, maybe, before he couldn't get real guests (and hilariously substituted them with impostors). Not gonna say the show isn't funny anymore or anything, it's still got it, but you gotta admit it lost a good deal of its luster once it started pulling in boring A-listers who are all now clearly in on the joke.

@TheLadyEve

4 жыл бұрын

@@trevorwills1600 He used to have Brother Theodore on, too! Those were some fun times.

@TheBlackCrayon77

4 жыл бұрын

Amen. You see how quickly Dave ran and tucked tail when Harvey started talking about GE. Goes to show how great Dave was at bringing on interesting revolutionary people.

"You're talking like an idiot, man!" was the last line-- so wonderful.

Letterman had the last great talk show, always taking risks, going outside the studio with pranks, smashing things off the roof, weird guests and reoccurring characters. I don’t even watch today’s talk shows, more like game shows than cutting edge. Man I miss Letterman

@johng618

6 жыл бұрын

Same here. Late night is safe, boring and uptight these days. Always knew there would be no replacing Letterman. He was punk rock!

@Frankincensedjb123

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. People don't get Letterman and call him creepy, rude, etc. That was his style and he was great at it.

@leirgauk

5 жыл бұрын

@@ftuT I think their chemistry is perfect. Wouldn't change it any way ^_^ Love both

@ftuT

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheDreamBureau3 not entirely true. Listen to his interview on Howard Stern's .

@moxiemusic3739

5 жыл бұрын

Stern did it better back in the day

I’ve know about Harvey Pekar for years but I wouldn’t have been able to point him out in a crowd. I’m so glad I clicked on this video. What a unique guest. No one like him today. I feel he’s being genuine. Maybe a bit of Aspergers dabbled in there lol great stuff.

@hankjones8814

4 жыл бұрын

I don’t think he had Aspergers, he was just an asshole.

Say what you want, this guy is the most brutally honest guest I've ever seen on a talk show!

@icevariable9600

5 ай бұрын

Nah, man. He’s just onion skinned and has a massive defensive, inferiority complex.

Awesome job, Don G! Thanks for posting. I remember watching the first Pekar appearance live; it was pure gold!

Man, Harvey and Dave had some genuine heat. Dave had plenty of uncomfortable guest moments around '87-'89 (Harvey, Shirley MacLaine, Cher, Crispin Glover, etc).

@joshlewis575

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a couple dudes busting each other's balls. Doesn't seem really contentious, just playful ribbing

@terrymckenzie8786

5 ай бұрын

Brother Theodore was the best

Harvey was correct: Vancouver is both an island and a city. The city is not on the island, but in mainland Canada while Victoria (The capitol of BC) is on Vancouver Island

@ziparis

4 жыл бұрын

It's confusing for people not from here.

@AA-ke5cu

4 ай бұрын

He's always right. Buy his books. And watch the movie "American Splendor"

RIP Harvey..."you look like a lot of guys you see sleepin' on buses..." lol Some of the greatest Dave moments ever were with Harvey. thks for posting.

@peadookie

8 күн бұрын

Was a good one! I also enjoyed “you could walk into any of the finest restaurants in New York and…… deliver meats” 😂

I don’t remember these interviews! These are so good! Best way to start my Saturday morning with almost spitting my coffee so many times! Thank you, truly!

These are astounding interviews. Harvey is so down to earth and beyond any form of interview cliche. It takes great strength to go on a show like this and interact as he does.

Thank you so much for putting this together!

Thank you Dave❤️ and FFS a huge THANK YOU HARVEY! What a golden moment, I’m sure the audience has warmed to Harvey by now.

@ninjacrumbs

6 ай бұрын

Don`t forget to thank Don Giller!!

This compilation has calmed me down far better than my shrink could during this pandemic. Thank you very much

@Yobbie72

2 жыл бұрын

you're very welcome

@TheKitchenerLeslie

6 ай бұрын

What pandemic? You should be more concerned if you took the jabs... if you're still alive.

@terri6854

5 ай бұрын

@TheKitchenerLeslie Gullible much? Ever met a conspiracy theory you didn't like?

@sevfan1

5 ай бұрын

@@terri6854 You know who else was a conspiracy theorist? George Carlin.

@razmatazz9310

5 ай бұрын

@@TheKitchenerLeslie I got three of them and I'm exactly the same as I was three years ago. So is literally every single person I know. Maybe you just got shitty vaccines over where you live?

I have a hard time drawing the line between Harvey's "character" and himself....makes me love him even more.

@jimmrockford9407

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think there is much of a line. The only time,that i can tell,that he isn't being 100% himself is when he makes the occasional joke that goes over 99% of the audiences head. His double take on "you know irene" is comedic gold.

Perfect, Dave just spoke of Harvey fondly on Stern radio show interview.

@dongiller

6 жыл бұрын

Not a coincidence. :)

@sspeller7

6 жыл бұрын

iansg75 haha same reason I'm here too

@diegoandradecaruaru

6 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me the year of the interview?

@RedRocket415

6 жыл бұрын

Judging by the "just spoke of" and "I'm here too" coupled with the power of the "2 months ago" indicator, it looks like the year of the interview was approximately August 2017. I'm a genius, I know.

@RedRocket415

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! thanks. I love old Dave even more than young Dave.

Thank you for doing this!

87. Take me back lord.. take me back. How did I get so goddam old?

@juliuspekar7620

Ай бұрын

I know what your say & it's pissing me off. I could swear i just graduated high school a few years ago, so how the hell am i 57 years old. I HAVEN'T DONE ANY OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO. I was happy minding my own business. Took me a nice long walk, stopped to visit my cousin and his family. Me and my cousin started talking about the rock band "AC DC". One of my cousins kids asked their big sister what's "AC DC" ,,,,,AND SHE SAID "OLD PEOPLE'S MUSIC "! It hit me right then, i had no idea i was that old. From that day,, it's seems like time is shorter, faster . A year feels like what a month did

One of the best compilations on KZread.

Wow, to think I've known vaguely of Harvey for 30 years... man alive, he is incredible

Holy cow. God bless Dave for having Harvey Pekar on the show.

Fascinating collection of videos. Nice editing by including all of Dave's flustered reactions as well as the set up to the donut joke.

This Compilation is the BEST!!!!! of David Letterman I've EVER SEEN!! I EAGERLY LOOK FORWARD TO BUYING ALL THE COMICS HE'S WRITTEN!!!!!.

Plain & simple, Harvey was a piece of work. Dave was remarkable 👏

"its your world, im just living in it." im on harveys side

These are great! The Dave I grew up with too, my favorite Dave. Thanks for doing all this, good job.

What a gem this video is, thank you 🙏

"But I suppose you could walk into the most sophisticated restaurants in town...and deliver meat." HAHAHAHA!!!!! I needed that laugh. Thank you, Don Giller!

Harvy was the shit.....he knew his jazz like nobody else....made great comics and took no shit whatsoever from Dave!

Thanks so much for this! I just watched American Splendor and now I can see exactly how things went down.

Don, I found your channel cause of my love for brother Theodore. But you have introduced me to Harvey... this is gold! Thanks so much for all the excellent content

I would have loved to see him on Conan. I think they would have appreciated him on there. This is terrific. Especially love him poking fun at the audience when they get uptight.

I would have loved to have seen Harvey, Andy Kaufman, Crispin Glover, and Brother Theodore all on the show together, lol.

@kingkrimp8112

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Harmony Korine

@lorenzo2011ist

4 жыл бұрын

nightowl685 that would have been OUTSTANDING!

@kevdean9967

4 жыл бұрын

After Glover threw that kick at Letterman he was never invited back.

@doctorthirteen5727

4 жыл бұрын

@David Gibson Everyone I met there talked in only non-sequitirs.

@pmcd

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevdean9967 Not true. He was on at least once more.

totally missed this guy back in the day, thx for posting

not only the best guest letterman ever had, hands down but probably who was just as quick if not quicker than letterman. rip harvey.

I learned of Harvey when I saw his grave at Lake View Cemetery and people all left pens sticking up from the ground. Googled him...found this...instant love!

@cj4ms

5 ай бұрын

Oh, wow! That's so appropriate - I hope my writing has people doing the same to my grave. Visited Hendrix grave and there were a bunch of guitar pics - pens are pretty cool too!

This was what made Dave special to those of us who loved this show in the 80's. I can't think of any other TV host, in any era, who would even try to engage in a genuine way with a genuine person like Harvey once, let alone bring him back again and again. Yes, Harvey was a fan favorite, but it was also like wrestling a gorilla for Dave, and we felt like he did it for our benefit.

@AngusRockford

5 жыл бұрын

Johnny had his own charm, but he was much more at home with the big Hollywood types (Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson). Someone like Harvey wouldn't have gotten booked on Carson. Ever. A lady with a yodeling dog, maybe, because that was considered safe for Johnny's audience. That's my point. Many Letterman interviews were high-wire acts.

@MrGarysugarman

2 жыл бұрын

@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss Maybe going for the trend in younger audiences.

thanks for the upload, much appreciated

The first ten issues or so of American Splendor are brilliant--some of the best comics ever made. Raw, honest, funky, with powerful meditations on loneliness. After he married his 3rd wife, I think he was less free to be as open about his life. Or maybe he was just happier?

Wow... I haven't seen someone that real on TV for a looong time.

@carlt8188

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a real asshole.

@BobbyDazzler888

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlt8188 but real. Not some fake asshole

I really wish Letterman would've had Harvey on the show again in 2003 when the American Splendor movie came out. That would've been a really nice final touch on this Letterman saga.

@dippy9119

3 жыл бұрын

The fact this didn't happen makes me think either David or Harvey didn't want it.

@bratton79

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently Dave refused to participate in the movie and NBC wouldn't allow most of this footage to be used in the movie either.

@JustinProper

3 жыл бұрын

@@bratton79 They did use that first appearance though, so hearing that is a bit strange.

@JustinProper

3 жыл бұрын

@@dippy9119 That's what I'm starting to think, but I can't think of a reason why they wouldn't though.

@bratton79

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustinProper I read all about this infamous series of interviews on Wikipedia. I have never seen American Splendor, though I would like to some day. I only just found out who Harvey Pekar was a couple of days ago. I never knew that David Letter man dealt with such irascible guests. Actually there were quite a few of them. Crispin Glover, Oliver Reed, Andy Kaufman, Jerry Lawler. Talk shows are so blatantly anodyne these days. Letterman was an instigator back in the day. He loved to get his guests riled up and then ban them. I always wondered if it was just for show or if it was indeed real.

Thanks for putting this up. I’ve been a fan of Pekar and American Splendor for many years. Part of me almost feels bad for Letterman in these clips but it’s so nice to see Pekar fuck with him a little.

Harvey's appearances were sort of life-changing for me, but March 24, 1987 had particular impact. Thanks for making it possible for me to see it again after thirty years!

@user-br1ig5lm3g

6 жыл бұрын

HellsDonutHouse what he was talking about? I did not get it. when he says to letterman about GE !!

@HellsDonutHouse

6 жыл бұрын

Harvey was accusing Letterman of being a corporate apologist because GE (General Electric) owned NBC, and GE was also producing nuclear weapon-making materials.

I legitimately cannot determine if Harvey is playing a part as performance art or if it is really his genuine personality. Either way, gold.

I feel like the world would be drastically different today if Harvey had taken that job as host of a talk show.

@jameswright9525

22 күн бұрын

This 👏

Thank you for posting this.

This guys hilarious, the man is so legit. How have I never seen him before. Cheers for posting this.

A bit embarrassing, but to demonstrate how good this show was, and how obsessed I was with Letterman in 1986, I was once doing my own ‘late nite’ show at 12:30 am and panicked when I realized that I had forgotten to put a VHS tape into the machine. I had never missed a show in 4 years! Without breaking stride, I grabbed a tape and started recording. My date didn’t even notice. Those were the days.

Robert Crumb is an incredible artist.

@vickielawson3114

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he is.

@mrradio2187

Жыл бұрын

You're god damn right he is.

@paulcolbourne9112

Жыл бұрын

@@mrradio2187 YOU'RE Goddamed right he is

@WhenImBackInChicago

9 ай бұрын

🕯. He most certainly was. 🌌🌠

@nahtesalinas1917

8 ай бұрын

*YES HE IS*

Been hoping you would post this- many thanks!

@dongiller

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Actually uploaded August 2017.

Good job Don! Thanks a lot!

This is great! Thanks for posting. The world sure could use Harvey now.

Such a legend, so honest and alive to the hardships of life and everyday people... Harvey Pekar was a legend. I love Dave too.

I've never seen a guest walk on in the middle of his introduction, *before* his name was even mentioned lmfao Harvey couldn't care less.

This guy is pure gold!

The dynamic between these two was unmatched on TV.

Letterman Was.Always What I Couldn't Wait For The Tonight Show To End . Late Night Was On Another Level When I Was A Kid

I went ahead and watched the movie thanks to these interviews.

So awesome.Thanks for getting these. I fucking love Harvey Pekar

I miss these times, the world needs Harvey back!

This is back when I looked forward to Late Night. Dave had the best banter with guests like Harvey. 😂

Harvey was great because he understood Dave and his silliness and he went along with it

Crazy. Harvey used to call a store I used to work at all the time. We used to use fake names on the phone so we wouldn't get stuck talking to him. No disrespect-I was young and didn't know much about him except that he was a character. And a talker :-).

@Ptpop

5 жыл бұрын

nate g Are you from the 216?

@teppeiando

5 жыл бұрын

That's hillarious

This guy is pure honest gold in its rawest natural human form...God's intended purpose in life for Harvey was to prepare him to be exactly who he is and be put in that seat at that point in Lettermans career... the rest is some of the most unique genuine recorded television entertainment history...

If 1% of people understood Harvey Pekar, this world would be a better place.

I didn't miss an episode of Dave during his time on NBC and rarely missed one when he went to CBS. The early NBC days were the absolute best. I can't believe it's been 38 years since this guy's first appearance.

Great work, Don. I didn't see any of these when they first aired.

this guy is a freaking LEGEND

I love that he has a severe impossible to ignore distaste for Letterman while simultaneously having respect for him.

this was great thanks!!!

I just lost it when they starting zooming in on Dr. Ruth hahahaha!!!!