Larry "Bud" Melman, better than any "LATE NIGHT" show hosts on the air now.

@plaws0

5 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@stewartcaldwell5299

4 жыл бұрын

I loved him in Dave's desk drawer.

@DaDitka

2 жыл бұрын

TRUTH!!!

@ryansullivan5575

2 жыл бұрын

He still is!

@skivvy3565

6 ай бұрын

Really went downhill after Snyder Carson and letterman

He made incompetence look effortless. Every line in this episode is memorable. To first item.

Calvert Deforest=Instant like! Thanks for posting.

He has a one of a kind style of delivery and takes reading from cue cards to a new level, but he still made a fine guest host.

Holy crap I had never seen this episdoe. This made my month.

Can't stop laughing at the "bare feet" and him introducing the band twice. It's like he's not even there.

When `Late Night`was worth watching. Gone are those days forever

@clqudy4750

3 жыл бұрын

Respectfully disagree. Seth Meyers, Kimmel, Daily Show, and of course LSSC are pretty phenomenal. I, too, miss Letterman and Carson, but we're here, now. Different kind of good worth watching.

@MayorMcCheeseStalker

4 ай бұрын

@@clqudy4750 Respectfully disagree. Current talk shows (especially Kimmel's, Meyers', and Colbert's) are hour-long political attack ads, with the emphasis on left-wing indoctrination, not comedy. These shows may claim to be smarter (than Dave's old elevator races, pet tricks, and dropping objects off tall buildings), but they're not. What they are is a LOT LESS FUNNY.

@clqudy4750

4 ай бұрын

@@MayorMcCheeseStalker Modern late night is a salve to ease our collective conscience about the utter clown show in recent american politics. They're well written, researched, and delivered. Also funny because they're true! Let's also remember the multiple award winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The best! So if you're not laughing, it must be that you feel your party is being attacked, as they should be.

This early Letterman was before my time (like 4 years later). It's crazy how much they used Larry Bud in the early days. Love these videos so much.

Pretty sure I NEVER knew about this guest host episode. Amazing. LBM watching Elaine do pelvic thrusts is priceless. Brilliant "planning" on Jack's part - made for more comedy. Paul with the classic funky bumper music - including "Knee Deep".

Always happy to see more from the Melnore Productions archives. Thanks!

The best ! I was in the zone, watching these old skits .

Larry Bud Melman...he is so life like

@namelessjedi2242

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and remember this was before CGI!

gosh I miss mr melman

Always felt sorry and liked him all at the same time as a kid :D I miss the dryness of the early 80s.

Thanks for this, Larry was great.

Nice to see that opening sequence again

@plaws0

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't it awesome?

@ricovali9245

5 жыл бұрын

When you give a show zero budget, you create a great show. Todays late shows are big budget and terrible. Letterman in its infancy was low budget but was greatness. I remember his show aired an hour later after Carson. In between aired 'Love Connection`

@Barnaclebeard

5 жыл бұрын

The Break looked like it had zero budget, and it was unwatchable.

As bizarre as this was, Melman has hosted one more talk show than I have.

Not only is this great because of Larry, but it's also great because Gizmo! is a GREAT movie! :D What a nice surprise for me.

@namelessjedi2242

Жыл бұрын

Oh, are you one of those he mentioned who saw your relative in the movie? 😁

Jack saying he'd been on TeeVee for 30 years ... 1952 ... OMG! That was impossibly old when this aired ... 36 years ago! :-/

These are gold Don

Mr Melman should have had his own show!

This is the kind of post that should win Don Giller a Pulitzer!

Back when TV actually meant something. If Larry had only run for President.

A $20 lottery winner?! Too funny

Thanks

Awesome! Thank you!

Back when late night comedy was actually comedy.

I think its funny when Melman says "My God" at Lalanne being 67. I'm sure the reason is Melman was 61 at that time and couldnt do a single thing LaLanne was describing, like me now.

Another gem Donz.

I used to work out in his gym on 9W in Englewood Cliffs in the 90's.

You can see the Late Night floor in the cold open intro. So much for the illusion. ;)

Nelcome to Late Night! ;)

Funny thing is...He is better than Leno ever was!

Interesting to see Bailey Stortz in the credits on such an early episode. I think it was several more years before he became a regular on Late Night, wasn't it?

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds right; he worked sporadically on Late Night in 1982-'87. It was during the '88 strike when he became a more regular fixture on the show.

poor Larry RIP 😇

Greatest idea ever Dave!

@ylette

2 жыл бұрын

There's no off position on the genius switch.

Following the script to a T. No Ad lib. This is what made him so famous. His uncanny ability to screw things up and keep going

This aired the day I was Born.

Loved the first half hour, but who was that new guy in the Michigan T-shirt?

That clips from "Gizmo" were a tad short :)

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Explained in the description.

@littleone1353

5 жыл бұрын

"No one reads descriptions"...lol...joking of course!

Curious....how early in the show’s history were they referring to the band as “The World’s Most Dangerous Band”?

@dongiller

4 жыл бұрын

As early as the 6th show on February 9, 1982. But it didn’t become “official” until September 23, 1987 (show #918).

Elaine Lalanne is an incredible name

When you want a snack and you want it quick, just warm up some toast on a stick.

@dongiller

3 жыл бұрын

Toast on a Stick collection here - kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYt7zJhyf7DKoco.html

@KrazeeClark

3 жыл бұрын

@@dongiller Thanks Donz. You're the greatest. : )

Killer show

OMG this is terribl...y good. BTW, GIZMO! is posted here in YT.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Ah -- found it, and thanks. I'll put up all of Howard Smith's appearances and leave the "Gizmo" clips intact. I get gun-shy with film clips, but it looks like this one'll pass through. Thanks again.

When Larry Bud is doing the 'New Items' comedy, its almost like he's reading from a transcript, reproducing a bit that had already aired, right down to Dave's remarks on the written comedy material. What was the reason this guest hosting happened? Like the time Charles Grodin and Jerry Seinfeld were guests while Dave 'waited for the cable guy' and interviewed 'via satellite'. Was it just a comedy idea that they were trying or were they actually working around a problem where Dave couldn't be there and then shot the Dave segments in post?

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Both were prepared bits; Dave was in the RCA building in both.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

All of the New Gift Items had been presented by Dave on previous Late Nights.

@finnibertlunchiken7792

5 жыл бұрын

@@dongiller Thanks Don. That answers a question ive had for ages. It appears that Dave never called in sick or missed a show aside from surgery and shingles.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

I’ll get the details tomorrow when I’m at the computer, but Dave missed one show due to a stomach virus, another due to a commitment elsewhere, and several for guest hosts that had nothing to do with his health. All during the Late Show era. His non-stop hosting streak lasted 18 years, from 1982 to 2000.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Ok, at the computer: There were guest-hosts on the Fridays of June 2003. No health issues for Dave. An experiment that wasn't continued. 11/3/03: Paul guest-hosts as Dave is in hospital awaiting birth of Harry. 1/19/05: Paul guest-hosts as Dave is in Deerborn to accept BorgWarner Team Owner’s Trophy. 3/20/07: Adam Sandler guest-hosts as Dave has stomach virus.

🍎 😊👌

"do you resent all the recent health experts like richard simmons"

Do uou have the episode where dave does his show on his office becuase hes too tired?

@dongiller

3 ай бұрын

I have every show.

@coolcrabcakes1287

3 ай бұрын

@@dongiller would you upload that episode? from november 20 1985

@dongiller

3 ай бұрын

@@coolcrabcakes1287 I’m no longer able to upload additional Dave-owned or -licensed content, effective since March 2022.

Elaine Lalaine

@7beers

5 жыл бұрын

was walking down the lane.

@allendracabal0819

6 ай бұрын

through some hilly terrain in the rain

I guess Dave really didn’t want to do the fitness guests

to first item...

When did Calvert retire from the show?

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much when he passed away.

@NoahDetweiler

5 жыл бұрын

In 2002.

@dongiller

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, that's right; his last appearance on Late Show was July 23, 2002, when Dave celebrated Calvert's 81st birthday. He passed away five years later on March 19, 2007.

@TheKitchenerLeslie

4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't there a period when he wasn't around when Dave moved to CBS? My memory is foggy, but I believe the character was owned by NBC and wouldn't let Dave use the name... so when he came back, he wasn't Larry "Bud" Melman and wasn't on very much.

@pronemanoldbutyoung5548

4 жыл бұрын

SgtTravisBickle I got the same type of impression. Here in Sweden we did get the CBS show with David about 4-5 days delayed, but the NBC show I have only seen here on KZread in more recent years. Hence I dont recall Melman much at all from the CBS period.

What's the rejoin song at 8:52?

@dongiller

4 жыл бұрын

Jay and the Americans - “Only in America.” kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIumpbSJnMe8is4.html

i dont get it

@roostersideburns3440

Жыл бұрын

3 year old me, what dont you get?

@allendracabal0819

6 ай бұрын

It would be cool to argue back and forth with yourself, with each new message coming 3 years after the last.

@roostersideburns3440

6 ай бұрын

lol@@allendracabal0819