Jimmy Fallon should watch this video. No stupid laughing constantly, no sound effects and no fake laughter from the host. Just a meaningful conversation

@phoenix21studios

8 ай бұрын

hush, so tired of these comments.

@evanfaust8672

8 ай бұрын

@@phoenix21studioscope. Go watch Jimmy and a Fast and the Furious movie.

@brandonbeil6736

8 ай бұрын

That the world now though, huh...

@lPHOENIXZEROl

8 ай бұрын

This was the morning talk show Dave did for NBC that didn't do so great in the ratings, before the Late Night came about in 1982. Those are still really reserved.

@NormBa

8 ай бұрын

Fallon hides his mediocre conversation skills behind flurries of oohs, aahs, golly-jeepers and 'that's greats!'

Its nice to hear a conversation without hearing the audience laugh every 40 seconds.

@gforce9596

8 ай бұрын

Host: so how was filming action movie? Guest: I worked out too much, exercise is so blagh Audience: HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAH And nothing of substance is discussed artistically or critically. Just polite goofy banter

@Zerpersande

8 ай бұрын

Just noticed that! Cool, huh?

@Phil_Mitchell

8 ай бұрын

Sorry Grandpa but these old interviews are boring and pretentious 😂

@BigBadJerryRogers

8 ай бұрын

​@@Phil_Mitchellattention spans are shorter than ever, this is true

@mattmoves5920

8 ай бұрын

​@@Phil_MitchellNo they were actually smarter and not for an audience of and attention span of a kitten like today

Wow...an interview where the audience actually learns things about the person, about themselves and feels inspired.

@gargoyle790

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Before Dave grew into his narcissistic, disruptive, and condescending showman schtick.

I’m amazed when I go back and watch interviews from older talk shows, because it’s more quiet and the celebrity hosts and celebrity guests actually engage in authentic conversation with pure respect.

@youtubecensors5419

13 күн бұрын

I recently watched Boy George's debut on the Johnny Carson Show. It was amazingly informative and cordial. I learned a lot and it was great to see two contrasting people laugh and talk together.

@user-ir4dp1wn1w

10 күн бұрын

Facts

Man no wonder podcasts have taken over. This interview was far more interesting and informative than any late night tv interview we get these days.

@rae-everything

8 ай бұрын

And, more interesting than the vast majority of podcasts.

@signoguns8501

7 ай бұрын

You can only work with what youve got. American popular culture isnt what it was back in the cold war era. Its deteriorated pretty dramatically, just over the last 10 years or so. All weve got now are Superhero movies and gangster rap. Lots and lots and lots of superhero movies and gangster rap. You could include stuff like podcasts and youtube commentary videos too i guess, but that just emphasises how far its declined lol. Who can talk show hosts even interview nowdays? Takeshi69? Jenna marbles? Biden and Trump? Hasan piker? lol. See what i mean? Theres really not a lot going on anymore. Not much of anything to work with. Social medias the big thing now, politics, too....not artistic media like movies, books, music etc.

@audreymuzingo933

7 ай бұрын

@@signoguns8501 Pretty much agree but gangster rap was basically over by 2000, becoming something even more socially destructive and just plain garbage to the ears, musically-speaking.

@signoguns8501

7 ай бұрын

@@audreymuzingo933 Yea, agree. I used to like rap, people ike Dre and Snoop and wutang... Kool Keith... I loved alI loved that stuff back in the day. But that was back when rap was one genre among many. Music as an art form was still insanely diverse and energetic and alive, with new genres and movements coming up every 2/3 years. Totally different now. Gangster rap is the only music genre left, there hasnt been a popular new music genre in over a decade. And tbh, I think the gang affiliation and criminal lifestyle is much more important to the fans today than the music is. The music is secondary, if tht.

@Amoraszune

7 ай бұрын

Except Colbert.

you can tell he's a writer by the way he talks, he's not wasting any words and knows exactly what to say without hesitation

@Absurdword

8 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Not just well spoken, but an effective, colorful communicator.

@enneff

8 ай бұрын

They also agree on the set of questions beforehand. Not to diminish King’s clarity of thought.

@TonyEnglandUK

8 ай бұрын

_"I'd given Stanley Kubrick a live grenade and he'd heroically threw his body on it."_

@TheArtofGuitar

8 ай бұрын

The art of being succinct.

@Mic-Mak

8 ай бұрын

I hear you, but I have to disagree. Don't get me wrong, King is a very compelling speaker who uses his words wisely. But if there is one thing I have learned is that speaking and writing are not the same skill. Just because you're good at one, doesn't mean you're good at the other. I used to assume that brilliant writers must all be great speakers, but it's not the case. What I mean by that is that, I have often been kind of disappointed when an author I know to be super eloquent in his writing, is not as eloquent when he speaks. That's partly because they take time to come up with cool lines, but also because speaking is a skill in itself. On the flip side, I've often been shocked at seeing people who openly admit they don't read, and yet are such compelling speakers. That is very common, too. A lot of KZreadrs are fantastic speakers, but are not necessarily well-read.

I worked with Stephen recently. When asked about the passing of time he said: "Yesterday I was 16, today I'm 76." 'Nuff said!

@D3cyTH3r

2 ай бұрын

That may well be the scariest thing he's ever said or written...

@edg531

Ай бұрын

My mother used to say, “The days go slowly, but the years fly by.” Boy was she right!

@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879

29 күн бұрын

He is an awful person. A motorist tried to kill him

@solenya2400

16 күн бұрын

@@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879 That isn't what happened. It was an accident, His dog was loose in the car and distracting him.

@ahabduennschitz7670

9 күн бұрын

14 Year Olds be like: "omg dats so deep"

I never thought strongly one way or another about King, but his response of "the guy banging his head against the wall because it feels good when he stops" to "why do people want horror?" was one of the simple and smartest answers i've ever heard!

@guyfawkesuThe1

4 ай бұрын

This is from the Letterman morning show before he moved to night.

@SFFireSoul

4 ай бұрын

No, it's because it causes a reflex and emotion that we don't experience from day to day, not to mention adrenaline.. King's response wasn't thoughtful or relative at all...

@More_Row

3 ай бұрын

what @@SFFireSoul

@texanperry

3 ай бұрын

I agree and my comment touched on that too.

@jarcuuuble5819

2 ай бұрын

people read horror for the same thing they read crime. the macabre brings out a human emotion and explores themes people are interested in. people read love, mystery, scifi, it all plays on a human emotion. horror is no different.

This should be a master class in interviewing and interviews. Both Dave and Stephen did an excellent job. Dave did a great job asking relevant questions and keeping him engaged. Stephen answered the questions well and quick

@JamesSpeiser

8 ай бұрын

agreed

@rickallen9099

8 ай бұрын

Other than a random, vague comment about Kubrick and a grenade, he doesn't actually explain what he didn't like about The Shining movie. Disappointing.

@srldwg

8 ай бұрын

​@@rickallen9099There was limited time😢

@dj-VOME

8 ай бұрын

He literally introduced the novel (holding it in his hands) as The Firestarter. During the interview he picks the book up and once more refers to it as The Firestarter.

@S5000Krad

8 ай бұрын

@@rickallen9099 I think he didn't like that the movie didn't go as the material he wrote. Kubrick on purpose changed some things. Like the color of a car that Jack drives in the beginning. But man, I would be grateful if someone made a movie like that, based on my material.

Dave did a creditable job here, asking interesting questions, letting the guest answer. He seems to have come full circle.

@DrVVVinK

8 ай бұрын

​@@ObamaFromKenyahe also has his Netflix show. What people need to remember though when he was doing both Late Night and Late Show, they were meant to be the Anti-Talk show, making fun of the format. That's why, partially when it came to celebrities like Paris Hilton, he would ask them questions to purposely annoy them, the "why are you here..why are you so famous". However if someone interested Dave he always had interviews like this. Look at his interview with the kid who caught Mark McGwire that was recently posted, or any time he had Dave Grohl on the show or Michael J Fox. Same. Great interviewing. Then you had Justin Bieber, eye roll please.

@cable7152

8 ай бұрын

It's Letterman, he's one of the best, it's no surprise how well he does here.

@jukesjointOG

8 ай бұрын

This was the daytime show; a bit of a different vibe from the later NBC and CBS shows.

@suzannefarrington4143

8 ай бұрын

@@DrVVVinK And those like Marilyn Vos Savant, which just made him look like a sexist a’hole. The celebrities you mentioned happened to be men. 😐

@lockandloadlikehell

8 ай бұрын

Mid circle Dave- w/Chris Elliot- was the best everyone agrees

The idea for a new novel King was talking about at the end was IT. King began writing it in the same year this interview took place, and took him five years to complete. The Stand and IT are two of the best works of fiction I've ever read in my life.

@9cloudrachel207

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. It is so fuc*ing deep. Touching on the fears we have about life itself- losing our childhood, the movement and changes of time. I’m in love with his mind. It’s more than genius.

@davidlamb1981

2 ай бұрын

Roadwork, Danse Macabre and Cujo all came out the year after Firestarter. I’m curious why you say he was speaking of IT?

@davidlamb1981

2 ай бұрын

I, too, believe The Stand and IT are his best work.

@Wuchtamsel

2 ай бұрын

Then you didn't read much at all...

@jclyntoledo

Ай бұрын

That's so weird, I thought his best book was 11.23.63 with The shining come in on the top 5

This was from the very brief morning show Letterman did in 1980 on NBC. It was a revelation for me as a kid. I’d never seen any thing like it, and I was captivated by the unique sensibility that Letterman was still crafting at that point. It was cancelled after 6 months or so, but as you see here, the man was just a born broadcaster. The comedy bits he did on this show were like previews of the stuff he would do a couple years later when he got Late Night.

@marvinjones4415

7 ай бұрын

I remember Good Morning with David Letterman as well and liking it a lot as a 13 year old back in the Summer of 80. Although the only skit-like thing I can remember is when he once came out floating on wires.

@EmpyreanLightASMR

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I was skipping forward to get to the interview and thought to myself, "Did I just hear him say good morning?" Wild. I never knew.

@gswithen

5 ай бұрын

I remember Edwin Newman doing the news.

What a class act. It is no secret that King did not care for Kubrick's changes to the story or Nicholson's casting, but King does not skewer anyone on live television and keeps his harsher criticisms to himself.

@TheLoveThief-fk2nn

8 ай бұрын

i understand there are aspects of the movie he did not like but his disdain for the movie that eveyone talks about is not shown here. do you know where i can read a transcript or if there is an interview where he expresses this opinion?

@bandit7498

8 ай бұрын

@@TheLoveThief-fk2nnThe answer is probably no. Read between the lines of this person’s comment; they say it’s no secret of his disdain for the movie, yet says King keeps his opinions to himself. I mean……..

@Tusc9969

8 ай бұрын

@@TheLoveThief-fk2nn It's not shown here because in this kind of public setting certain ppl are capable of being classy instead of being rude or disagreeable about others'work. However there have been MANY less formal interviews, articles etc where King was more open,expressive and detailed about the film. *It's cold, I’m not a cold guy. I think one of the things people relate to in my books is this warmth, there’s a reaching out and saying to the reader, ‘I want you to be a part of this.’ With Kubrick’s The Shining I felt that it was very cold, very ‘We’re looking at these people, but they’re like ants in an anthill, aren’t they doing interesting things, these little insects* In regards to Jack Nicholson, He didn't really seem to care for Jack Nicholson's portrayal of Jack either: *Jack Torrance in the movie, seems crazy from the jump. Jack Nicholson, I’d seen all his biker pictures in the ’50s and ’60s and I thought, he’s just channeling The Wild Angels here* *Shelley Duvall as Wendy is really one of the most misogynistic characters ever put on film, she’s basically just there to scream and be stupid and that’s not the woman that I wrote about*

@TheLoveThief-fk2nn

8 ай бұрын

@@Tusc9969 ah i see. yeah that all makes sense to me. Thanks i appreciate you taking the time to fill me in.

@SisyphusMyth

8 ай бұрын

I remember him saying at one time that he didn't like Nicholson being cast as Jack since the book presents the character as relatively normal, but he becomes more and more unhinged the longer he lives in the hotel. He said that as soon as you see Nicholson at the beginning, it's already obvious he is borderline nuts.

Very witty, smart, articulate guy. Great writer. Love writers they have such an interesting way of looking at and explaining things.

@inoderlulzer5163

8 ай бұрын

You mean, romantic ones?

@inoderlulzer5163

8 ай бұрын

​@@jimdandy8686what did you just say, .....??!!

@hotdog9262

8 ай бұрын

@@jimdandy8686 large nostrils ey

@sonja9813

8 ай бұрын

That's the beauty of the writer's mind, the ability to see the minutest details and communicate the importance thereof. Or something.

@jonedepth9164

8 ай бұрын

I kind of can't look at him the same because of that IT ending.

He looked like a dr Seuss character 😂

@AthelstanKing

3 ай бұрын

still does

@danielswan2358

Ай бұрын

Oh, my goodness, you're right

Being very dyslexic I struggled with reading. Immersing myself in the wonderful world of kings books sparked a passion in me that has not left 30 years later.

It’s refreshing how respectful and well mannered interviews used to be. Stephen even bothered to say excuse me after clearing his throat.

@RaptorFromWeegee

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I feel like we've lost something

@ronfroehlich4697

8 ай бұрын

Our culture is swirling around a toilet bowl that empties into Hell

@sstills951

8 ай бұрын

@@ronfroehlich4697 Haha holy smokes. Sad but true.

@kelammo

8 ай бұрын

@@RaptorFromWeegeea lot of somethings, sadly. I adore SK

@kelammo

8 ай бұрын

@@ronfroehlich4697yep and the folks flushing it currently are some RW politicians and then social “influencers”. That shouldn’t even be a thing.

Little did we know at the time that Bill Cosby was scarier than any Stephen King novel.

@underakillingmoon

8 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@alexiskobalt7450

8 ай бұрын

If you have to endure King's blathering on Twitter, you might think differently. King is inflicting pain on millions versus the dozens of victims on the Cosby side.

@TRICH10

7 ай бұрын

Cosby is the tip of the iceberg…Hollywood in the 70s was a diabolical sinister place behind the scenes

@DMaria216

3 ай бұрын

So weird hearing him referenced back then or seeing him on old tv shows…like what a wolf in sheeps clothing

@brandonkashinsky9222

3 ай бұрын

Yep

Great to see a respectful interview with no attempt at muck-raking, trickery or judgement. Just good questions and interesting answers. Wish there was more of it today.

It's really awesome that this channel includes stuff from all of his shows and not just the lane night stuff! This channel is a real treasure trove.

I read Stephen King's book on writing and it was so good. The first half was a semi biography and the second half was about the nuts and bolts of writing. Any aspiring writers out there would be well served to buy and read it. One of the funniest things was when his agent called to tell him that his book Carrie was sold at auction for $5 million dollars and he was at home alone. He wanted to celebrate but his wife was out and it was a Sunday evening and all the stores were closed. I think he ended up buying a hair dryer for his wife

@jamaldominicbarr7379

8 ай бұрын

What stays with me to this very day from his book On Writing, even decades later since I read it, is for one to write a million words to be a competent or fair writer. Not a good one, or a great one, but a competent one. I do hope I'm At the very least competent. And Storm of the Century is his best work ever!

@gmancolo

8 ай бұрын

How to Write: Do lots of cocaine.

@SleezeJest

8 ай бұрын

GREAT book about writing. Which is weird, because I when I revisit a lot of old King books, they aren't as well written as I remembered.

@bobbyweezer

8 ай бұрын

Yeah and he actively disparages outlining/plotting/planning your narrative, which I think is very bad advice. On Writing is otherwise excellent though.

@azap1378

8 ай бұрын

We read it for my creative writing class, which i always found funny because the book basically says that both books about writing and classes about writing are not the greatest way to go about learning to write.

I never knew Stephen was so erudite and witty. A great character.

@johnbarber7952

2 ай бұрын

40 years later.... ☠️

What a thoughtful, insightful interview with one of my favorite authors. And to think it happened on David Letterman's short-lived morning show. Thank god for video tape and KZread!!!

Two of my favorite people having a conversation. Awesome.

Actually met Stephen King at a Gary Hart rally of all places in 1984. I had my paperback copy of "Firestarter", and a pen with me, and I got Mr. King to sign it for me. Now it is one of my most prized possessions. Mr. King was very generous to do that for me.

@wilmcl9209

8 ай бұрын

Thats what he was there to do

@mikeg2491

8 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@wilmcl9209he was at a political rally to sign autographs?

@alexmclaughlin9033

8 ай бұрын

@@mikeg2491lol

@BigBadJerryRogers

8 ай бұрын

Heh, Gary Hart. It's amazing what people thought was a scandal that could ruin a person politically back then compared to now.

@daveidmarx8296

8 ай бұрын

Stephen King always struck me as a guy who'd be really decent to his fans in chance encounters such as this. Great story, man.

Love when he casually talks about working on Creepshow with Romero

so nice to watch to two intelligent people having an interesting conversation.

If it wasn’t in the title and he hadn’t been introduced, I never would have recognised that as Stephen King. Wow. He is so articulate and funny. One of my favourite authors too. Terrifyingly brilliant. I don’t read to many of his books because they draw me in and I can’t put them down, so I need a lot of time that I don’t have. Wish I could read a lot more though. I respect this man so much. Such a great old interview to watch. Thankyou for adding it.

@tootz1950

2 ай бұрын

Read as much as you want. It's one of the more delicious things we can do in this life.

Great interview all-around. And Stephen King really is a great guy - he was actually my neighbor for about a decade when I was growing up, my family had a summer house next-door to his on Kezar Lake, in a town of about 700 people. He was always a very cool and friendly and chill guy, his wife was very nice too.

@SuperCallum112

8 ай бұрын

Amazing! Which decade was that?

@isaacgraham5727

8 ай бұрын

@@SuperCallum112 That was from around 1995 through 2004 or so that I was spending most of my summers up there regularly, though my family kept the house until around 2009 or so - a lot of us lucky upper-middle class folk with second homes had to sell them to keep afloat around that time, I'd imagine. We were living there when he got hit by the van, for instance - and before that happened we'd drive by him on these walks he'd take along the road in the late morning/early afternoon practically every other day, and I even remember us joking more than once about hitting Stephen King and how awful it would be! We'd see him all the time at the local diner, too, sitting in the booth behind us or something. Everyone in town was always cool and chill around him, and knew to treat him like any other random guy around town, which was clearly what he wanted. Before the accident he'd always drive a beat-up pickup truck, for instance.

@SuperCallum112

8 ай бұрын

@@isaacgraham5727 Wow, so he was already a super popular author by then, what a great story!

@michaelabercrombie7698

8 ай бұрын

My third grade teacher was named Tabitha King

@marksavage2310

8 ай бұрын

I used to live in Stoneham. Spent a lot of time in Lovell, Norway, Greenwood and that whole area. Are you familiar with Evergreen Valley, the abandoned resort?

Its amazing how Stephen King can talk about his life and his career and make it seem like a best selling novel. Stephen King is the goat in writing horror. So well spoken and a razor sharp wit.

@elmoblatch9787

8 ай бұрын

Way way way beyond horror.

@codythomas1450

8 ай бұрын

@@elmoblatch9787 yes sir then it's Dean Koontz

@DrFunk-rk6yl

8 ай бұрын

​@elmoblatch9787 you honestly believe that he is better than Poe and Lovecraft?

@griplimit

8 ай бұрын

@@DrFunk-rk6ylI thing fifty or a hundred years from now Steven King will be looked as being one of the greatest and be on the Mt. Rushmore of horror along with Poe and Lovecraft

@DrFunk-rk6yl

8 ай бұрын

@@griplimit I agree. I just don't think Koontz is on that level.

Two legends. What a great interview.

I love Stephen King! I’ve read many of his novels, and there is just something about the way he writes, that keeps you hooked to the story, and hard to put the book down. Truly a legend in American literature.

@lahtiman8141

8 ай бұрын

No. Heis boring.

@lennertcornette

8 ай бұрын

Yes, for young people who have the attention span of a goldfish he is boring. People need constant bleeps and notifications from their smartphones now. I only found Bag of Bones and Dreamcatcher boring.@@lahtiman8141

@robh7800

8 ай бұрын

@@lahtiman8141🐢

@emu314159

8 ай бұрын

There's a difference between a storyteller, even a good one like Jeffrey Archer, and a real writer. Of course he goes into it more formally in On Writing, but in Misery you get a sense of what it's like, a "hole in the paper into which you fall," and characters that take on lives of their own. Ideas that come to you and demand to be written. Every true writer has that as an answer to "where do you get your ideas." King has always been so frightening to me because of his ability to evoke something so awful, but then go on to describe a setting that is basically the same as your kitchen.

@sathira_anuk5179

7 ай бұрын

​@@lahtiman8141you're in the minority 😅 He's not boring at all

I'm absolutely stunned that this clip exists, and not in a 5th gen VHS version either! The least disparaging King ever was about The Shining

@daveidmarx8296

8 ай бұрын

It had only come out a few months earlier at this point. Maybe it took a while to build up his animosity towards it. 😅

@jedijones

8 ай бұрын

Haha, I was going to say the same thing. I’ve never seen him say so many good things about The Shining. At this time, it wasn’t popular with the critics either, so he was basically just agreeing with the general mixed reviews here.

@rabidfollower

8 ай бұрын

This likely came from the original NBC studio tape (which the people of this channel have access to). But sometimes even the original tapes could look lousy if they were not properly preserved.

@gordons-alive4940

8 ай бұрын

I think he was a little more diplomatic about the Shining while Kubrick was alive.

@chriszimmerman1599

8 ай бұрын

@@gordons-alive4940could just be monetary. Don’t talk bad about a production a few months after release if you want to do business with that studio again.

It's a serious interview! And very good! Letterman actually took Stephen King seriously.

@WintersWar

8 ай бұрын

back when I liked letterman.

@Eric_In_SF

8 ай бұрын

What does that even mean? He actually took him seriously? Firstly, Letterman took every guest seriously except for about four a year when somebody was clearly running an act like Andy Kaufman, or harmony, Karin, or Joaquin phoenix, when he was a rapper Not to mention almost everyone takes Stephen king seriously when the interview him. Go back to Venus or whatever planet you’re from

@Avalorama

8 ай бұрын

@@Eric_In_SF I've seen interviews of writers by Letterman, and they weren't like this, because he pushed the writer for humor. You can even perceive in this one Letterman's ironic edge, but he restrains himself with King. That's all I meant. I like this interview.

@TheKnives777

8 ай бұрын

You can say what you want about David letterman, but the man always respected very talented people when he had them on his show

@WintersWar

8 ай бұрын

@@TheKnives777 Always? Look up Oliver Reed.

Have loved King for decades. & this maybe the best interview I've seen Letterman do. He kept it all about S.K., & did not impose his own 'humor' & 2 cents into the allotted time for this segment.

I remember when Firestarter was a new book. I had only been a Stephen King fan for about 3 years but I had read all of his books at the time. I remember thinking I wish there was more Stephen King books to read. The last time I could claim I read all of his books was in 1988. I remember seeing a cartoon in the newspaper, A man is reading a big book that has Stephen King on the spine and his wife says "Maybe you should hold it. If you use the bathroom Stephen King will probably have two new books by the time you're done."

One interesting comment from King: I didn't go to the market, the market came to me. He barely made a living writing until he was well-past 30. He was writing his great stories, but nobody paid him any mind (or money). Publishers, and the People found him. He never pandered to the market. I believe, Carrie, was his first sold novel. Then, he had many other stories/novel already written. They sold like hotcakes, and people thought Mr. King was churning out books. No. He had them all written, and waiting.

@dagnabbit6187

8 ай бұрын

@Redmenace96 I think the age was 25 not well past thirty . He received 400 thousand deal to paperback rights for Carrie which wound up being split 50 50 with his hardback publisher . The Shining was his first hardback bestseller to make the New York Times list and of course it caught the attention of Stanley Kubrick . Stephen King was then making good enough money to quit his teaching day job . Of course his earnings weren’t the mega bucks he later got as he kept churning out one classic after the other but with some dreck here and there . He is only human.

@nychris2258

8 ай бұрын

Well he was 33 when he did this interview so Im not sure Id say well past 30... he was certainly making a living before this. "Carrie" was a best seller in 1975... and made into a movie a year later.

He was promoting his book Firestarter. I'm pleased because this is my favourite Stephen King novel ever. The most underrated masterpiece.

I had no idea Stephen King was so insanely eloquent. Brilliant guy.

He was very prepared for all these questions in the typical talk show sense, but I really enjoyed all of his responses.

@kelammo

8 ай бұрын

Back when daytime interviews were exchanging information for an audience. Not the drama filled, bs gotcha moments we have now. I can’t stand daytime tv or reality Tv- with 2 exceptions. And they aren’t scripted bs.

I'm legitimately touched by his story where he said his wife would say "hurry up and think of a monster" when the bills came due. I don't know much about their marriage but that sounds like a wife who respects and appreciates her husband.

@KalvinEllis

8 ай бұрын

Which would explain why they've been married for 52 years.

@30seconds2impact

8 ай бұрын

I think people in those days were just more pragmatic, blunt, and down to earth in how they communicated.

He speaks so well. I’m a poor reader, time constraints mainly, but I’ve read a few of his works and It means I have all the rest of his books that I intend to read one day to enjoy.

Letterman is not acting clownish because King is someone who has actually accomplished something real.

The Salem's Lot miniseries scared me almost more than anything when i was young. That kid at the window scene kept me up many nights.

@jasonlawson8980

3 ай бұрын

oh god lol...me too! all of it was extra scary to me, more than anything else I can remember

@prc85040

Ай бұрын

And when the Vampire came in the kitchen and killed the boys parents by banging their heads together--scared me

People say I’m crazy that I used to watch David letterman during the day with my grandmother!!! Told ya!! Thanks for showing us this episode with my fave Stephen King!!!

best 10 second description of Star Wars ever... nailed it

That was a fascinating interview. So interesting getting into the head of someone like Stephen King and him being so open to great questions.

What a class act he is. Sharp, intelligent and very polite.

@rodneywk1

8 ай бұрын

Except for his TDS… too bad, really. Great writer, lefty lunatic.

Great interview. Two of the best doing what they do best. Classic.

I was pleasantly surprised at the interesting questions Dave asked, and thoughtful answers King gave.

5:35 pretty sure he’s talking about “Creepshow” (1982). One of my favorite horror films of all time!

That was a great interview. David showed his intelligence and journalistic chops there. Interesting to see how personalities change and evolve. Something appealing about the modesty of youth.

@sacha4566

8 ай бұрын

Well said

@SRX2004

8 ай бұрын

I agree but just wish he didn't say "The" Firestarter. It's just Firestarter. I have the original hardback and the cover art is amazing.

@Digibullet32

8 ай бұрын

I never knew this letterman existed…..this was so good

@ownedbymykitty270

8 ай бұрын

Todays youth don’t seem modest to me. I think it was more about the way people were back then regardless of age. This was a long time ago.

@playedout148

8 ай бұрын

@@ownedbymykitty270 boomers were always horrible.

Two very young men. Dave's very first show (Daytime Television). Much later in life both of these guys would receive an insane amount of Awards and Honors!

@scottystcloud7086

8 ай бұрын

And wealth. SK is worth north of $500MM and DL is just fine. Both of them are flawed men but they added something to society and were rewarded for it.

@brianmeen2158

8 ай бұрын

I had no Idea that Dave did daytime television lol

@brianmeen2158

8 ай бұрын

@@scottystcloud7086it’s amazing that King is still putting out stories - his mind must be full of nightmares 🤣

@allendracabal0819

8 ай бұрын

​@@scottystcloud7086If you consider both of them flawed men, then nearly every adult man on the planet is flawed.

@christoffesedao3579

8 ай бұрын

@@brianmeen2158The daytime show was short lived. Just a few months. But Late Night started not long after.

Great to hear him talk about doing Creepshow with Romero before it happened, just thinking about his hilarious role in that film!

Pretty insane that 44 years later he's still at the top when it comes to horror authors and still relevant as ever! Crazy! 🤯

I used to watch Dave when I was a kid and absolutely loved his show. Stephen King is one of my favorites and this was a great conversation ❤️

I'll never get the chance to shake your hand, sir. But the first book I read as a young adult, was Salems lot. Thank you sir, for all your fantastic books!

Keep in mind that this interview was just a few months after The Shining was released, so he held back on some of his real feelings about the movie. I read the book and didn't see the film until many years later and when I finally saw it I understood exactly why he didn't like it. If you base your opinion on the film itself, it's a masterpiece of horror cinema, but if you judge it as an adaptation, the changes to the ending were completely unnecessary. I absolutely prefer the way the book ended.

@maleitch

7 ай бұрын

And that is why Kubrick's works will be studied for generations and King will be relegated to comic books without pictures.

@arthurguilherme3358

6 ай бұрын

@@maleitch lol, King is one of the most influential writers of the modern times, his work is already being study by lots of people and will continue to be just like Kubrick

@maleitch

6 ай бұрын

@@arthurguilherme3358 None of his literature will ever be considered a classic. No serious literature class studies King, but considering the laughable and embarrassing farce that is higher education today, I am sure he is being studied along with marvel movies.

@arthurguilherme3358

6 ай бұрын

@@maleitchNah, no actual reason to argue with you, comparing Stephen King with marvel movies💀💀💀💀💀💀

@seanpittaway5341

6 ай бұрын

King and kubrick are allowed to disagree, book and film are very different and work very differently, king and cubrick are both great, both will be remembered, your comment won't 👍

The most scared I have ever been reading a book was Stephen King's "Misery", the scene where the writer is exploring the house and hears her returning to the home. He desperately drags himself along the floor trying to get back into his prison room before the psycho lady finds him. It had my heart completely racing! And then after he successfully gets back into the bedroom and pretends he's been there, everything was fine... until a few pages later when we find out that she had placed threads on the door so they would break if he left the room. My heart dropped so hard at that unexpected turn of events. He aint lying that subverted expectations can be the most shocking thing imaginable. Also the funniest, in comedy!

@chicagomike4587

8 күн бұрын

And she chops his foot off for it! (and blowtorches the wound) Much more horrific than the film where she uses the sledge hammer.

King movies are famously hit or miss. I still can’t believe what they did to “The Dark Tower”. Wow.

@zp9dy3

8 ай бұрын

In a positive or negative light?

@brianmeen2158

8 ай бұрын

Agree. Many of Kings movies are either barely average or just bad. There’s a couple great ones though . His writing is legendary though

@kelammo

8 ай бұрын

@@brianmeen2158I think it’s because when we read a book, we create the visual. We fill in details. In a movie or show, they’re presenting a very specific image of a character. The Dark Tower series shouldn’t be done unless it’s going to be presented in full, over multiple seasons in a series. A 2 hour movie can’t include the important stuff of a book. Often it misses the heart of the story as well.

@daveidmarx8296

8 ай бұрын

I loved 1408. It didn't quite capture all of the oddness of the story, but it got most of it right. John Cusack and Samuel Jackson were both fantastic in it.

@michellerever3564

8 ай бұрын

Looks like Mike Flanagan might be adapting it. The movie wasted Idris Elba.

This is from Letterman's morning show (before he had his nighttime gig). I was at this taping with several friends. SK was signing books afterward at Doubleday. I had all of his books in hardcover, Carrie right up to Firestarter. This was 8-18-1980. He signed and dated all seven books.

@DrizzyDefenseForce

8 ай бұрын

Awesome story!

@melondonkey

8 ай бұрын

Do you know what book he’s referencing when he says he’s working on one now?

@DrizzyDefenseForce

8 ай бұрын

@melondonkey someone in another comment said he would have been writing Cujo around this time.

@chatteyj

8 ай бұрын

@@DrizzyDefenseForce And is cujo a stand out book of Kings? I've not heard much about it.

@DrizzyDefenseForce

8 ай бұрын

@chatteyj idk I haven't actually read much of King, I'm just very familiar with the movies based on his stories. I liked Cujo but I haven't seen it since I was a kid.

I'm glad to see you have the rights to the morning shows. We purchased our first VCR in 1980 so I could tape the show and watch it when I got home from school. I wish I had kept all those episodes. I have a ton of stuff from the Late Night show. We had two VCRs by then. 😊

He is one of my all time fav. Discovered him with " It " when i was 13, and it is still my favourite book. Tks for all your work man 🙏

That last scene in the original Carrie gave me nightmares for weeks after. Ultimate jump scare. Love King's deadpan humour and his remark about Kubrick. Hilarious.

Finally watched “Pet Sematary” this past weekend; interesting premise, but I couldn’t help but think of Herman Munster every time Fred Gwynne came on screen.

@phillipbarker4757

8 ай бұрын

Pet Sematary was a fantastic book which didn’t transfer well to a movie. Too many of the critical parts of the book took place inside the main character’s mind. I don’t see how you transfer that to the screen.

@sstills951

8 ай бұрын

That was the problem with poor Fred Gwynnes career. The guy graduated Harvard, had serious theater experience but his career in television and/or the movies suffered because everybody always thought of him as Herman Munster. His career picked up somewhat in the 90s though. I just watched a short documentary on him here on KZread. Check it out, it's interesting.

@artlover1477

8 ай бұрын

​@@sstills951Yeah always small supporting roles such as Secret Of My Success, Fatal Attraction etc. It was nice that he got a great character to play In My Cousin Vinnie.

@ricomajestic

8 ай бұрын

Herman Munster was both a blessing and a curse for Fred Gwynne. He was great in both Pet Sematary and My Cousin Vinny! I never saw Herman Munster in those movies but a fantastic actor who never got the credit he deserved from the critics but loved by kids and those young at heart.

Why does Stephen King look like the Grinch

@tcara11

Ай бұрын

You mean the grinch looks like Stephen King.

I know his books, the movie adaptations. I knew he directed Maximum Overdrive himself, but I've never seen him in an interview, what a cool down to earth guy.

Very few talk shows have such interviews with depth. These old talk shows interviews are great. I guess it's the sign of the times.

@WhatHaveIMade

8 ай бұрын

Back then Dave's show was daytime talk. A very different format.

I read The Shining in '79 as a kid and was so enthralled by it that I went on to read every book King wrote until Needful Things (some 30 books or so) in my 20s. I then had to stop. I had become so used to his style & prose that I became too comfortable and familiar with it all. Hard to believe he's written just as many (if not more) books since then.

@mournblade1066

8 ай бұрын

He came back with a vengeance with Bag of Bones, which was truly frightening at times. Also, The Dark Tower series is magnificent.

@coinraker6497

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I started reading King books as a young teen. My first three were Christine, Pet Sematary and The Shining in that order. All three scared the shyt out of me. I read and enjoyed many more of his books but they started having less and less of an effect on me as I got used to his style. As far as The Shining movie goes, King should stick to writing and leave movie making to masters like Kubrick. King's The Shining mini-series was an absolute joke.

@LichenAndMoss

8 ай бұрын

Do you mean too comfortable as in it felt predictable? Or like you had gotten too obsessed? Something else?

@justaguy2365

8 ай бұрын

Check out 11/22/63.

@YesOkayButWhy

8 ай бұрын

@@coinraker6497 Do you mean less of an effect as in it felt predictable? Or like you had gotten too obsessed? Something else?

Great interview on both of their behalves. Really enjoyed this.

This is a great Stephen King interview! David and Stephen both do a fantastic job! Trey:)

Just an FYI… Stephen King turned 75 a few weeks ago. Still making millions and millions of dollars. And he is still giving millions and millions to his various charities, I should say Steven and his wife are giving to charities.

@DalePepin-ph7vb

8 ай бұрын

I had also just left the comment about him being 75 years old and he is still going strong I see all these stories posted on Google and they are all about him or with him in it and or his books and movies especially now during the the Halloween season

@sandyunderpants4376

8 ай бұрын

he's an imbecile, if you read his tweets.

Dave's Morning Show was great we need to see all the episodes on here.

King is a very down-to-earth, genuine guy. I'd love to meet him and tell him how much I've enjoyed his work over the years.

@vickikunetka1111

8 ай бұрын

He’s as liberal as hell and goes *out-of-his-way* to insult conservative thinkers on X (Twitter.)

@pawwalker3492

8 ай бұрын

@@lxldeviouslxl - I wholly agree with your comment It's fine to write fantasy, but there's still a thing called _reality._

@theobell2002

7 ай бұрын

@@lxldeviouslxl Stay mad, chud.

I hate when people say Stephen hated the shining movie in passing, when he really didn't he gave a really honest and reasonable opinion.

Man, too bad you don’t see interviews like this much anymore.

This interview has almost the perfect flow !!!

What a great interview!

King's hair in this interview is fantastic! Everyone needs to pick up Holly, his new book--great read!

This is great. Stephen king is legendary and I’m reading Christine right now. There will never be another writer that matches him - it’s so weird seeing him younger looking here lol

@tomlund4951

8 ай бұрын

Great book! Hearts in Atlantis is phenomenal also…. Check it out if you haven’t.

@Wildstar40

8 ай бұрын

I read it 30 years ago. The book is quite different from the movie but still very good.

@ThouSwell-zx3fd

8 ай бұрын

Christine is an awesome book. Have you read Pet Semetary?

@chatteyj

8 ай бұрын

@@ThouSwell-zx3fd Pet cemetary was the first ever novel I read as a child, it scared the hell out of me.

@ThouSwell-zx3fd

8 ай бұрын

@@chatteyj It is the ultimate page turner, almost impossible to set down.

Great interview. I used to watch Letterman's late night show later in the 1980s, but never saw his morning show until now. The video quality is great for this having been filmed in 1980. I wonder what exactly King didn't like about Kubrick's film version of "The Shining" (which had just come out a few months before this interview).

beautiful interview. Stephen king my fav

If you WROTE the story, you can spoil the end if you want to. This man is a rockstar.

@b.hornetiii.6771

8 ай бұрын

@jimdandy8686 So what. Nothing extra comes from normal.

Great interview with Mr. king. I loved his books and movie adaptations growing up and now my 16 year old daughter is devouring his back catalogue of books. His work is timeless.

@malte2483

8 ай бұрын

Timeless,yes❤

@pasikymalainen7478

8 ай бұрын

Mr. King. Is he your lord?

That was good. Great questions asked even greater answers given. True to themselves no flashy gimmicks nothing exaggerated to capture our attentions. Just good clean conversation

Great interview with thoughtful questions.

Mr. King's intellect is dominating even Dave in this interview! Thought that would never happen in this lifetime. PS- it's "Firestarter" not "The Firestarter"!!!!!

@mikemason7422

8 ай бұрын

Adding the definite article must have had King cringing inside ha.

@fredsalter1915

8 ай бұрын

@@mikemason7422 For sure! Dave did it in two different interviews separated by years! lol

@Willy_Elres

8 ай бұрын

It was odd, I think he called it that three times - whilst holding a copy of the book! Perhaps he realised he'd made a mistake when he added the "The" first time and decided his best bet was to double down on it? Coincidentally, earlier this evening l watched The Mist: Lots to enjoy in the film, but I thought the ending really let it down.

@BigBadJerryRogers

8 ай бұрын

That's how letterman talks. Hey congratulations Michael Richards on The Seinfeld, that's a great show.

Man, it does me real good to see this. The Shining is my all time favorite movie, half because of the King story and half because of what Kubrick did with it. I'd always heard that King hated it, just despised it, and that always made me sad. I couldn't understand how he couldn't see at least _some_ artistic merit in it. -Now I see that he did in fact.

@kelliatlarge

7 ай бұрын

They're both brilliant and work for their respective mediums imo. I think the best summation I've ever heard is "The best parts of the book are not in the movie, and the best parts of the movie are not in the book."

@audreymuzingo933

7 ай бұрын

@@kelliatlarge Ooo I like that. Very true. I didn't read the book until I was in my late 20's, after already seeing the movie half a dozen times or so, and unfortunately with the notion in my head that King did not approve whatsoever, so I really had my guard up, and yet found the book truly brilliant. And that was indeed because of parts not in the movie, although I felt they were forgivable because they would have made the movie too long and/or couldn't be done well with 1980 tech (like the animated hedge animals -something I think would best be left out even now that it's possible, because they're conceptually terrifying but would look a bit silly visually -just me?). I still don't doubt one thing I've heard -that a major beef King had with the movie was that it didn't focus "enough" on Jack's alcoholism. To me Kubrick addressed it amply, and judging by movies King had more of a direct hand in, he would beat us over the head with the struggle between addiction and sobriety at any chance, bless his heart. 😆 For me the movie is "home," so much more than just the scariest horror movie ever; bizarrely it comforts me and though I didn't realize it at the time, seeing it as a little kid may have saved me in various ways. I was Danny's age when I saw it at the drive-in, because common sense about exposing such a young child to such a thing was an example of the skills laking in the wolves who raised me. They loved me very much but not very well, locked in perpetual adolescence by alcohol and substance addiction. There was plenty of violence, mostly between the two of them but occasionally lapping over to us kids, and I held underlying constant fear that it could be even more so, that we might end up chopped up bloody meat piles, like the scenes in Vietnam my dad had seen, or in the nightmares my mom had, which they both saw fit to describe to us. In short, I had already seen The Shining before I saw The Shining. But what I hadn't seen was how a tiny helpless kid could survive it. In Danny I saw such a person learn quickly to give up the automatic trust of parents so hardwired into every infant creature, in favor of an inner voice that knew better, knew when to embrace help from strangers, when to hide silently, and when to run, just run, get out.

@kelliatlarge

7 ай бұрын

@@audreymuzingo933 I'm sorry you had to experience that as a child. I can 100% understand how Danny's survival would bring hope and comfort. Actually that reminds me of one of my favorite essays by G.K. Chesterton, called "The Red Angel." Quote: "Fairy tales, then, are not responsible for producing in children fear, or any of the shapes of fear; fairy tales do not give the child the idea of the evil or the ugly; that is in the child already, because it is in the world already. Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon." Look it up if you get a chance, the whole thing is worth reading.

@audreymuzingo933

7 ай бұрын

@@kelliatlarge I WILL, thank you!

@user-rz8bu6vl8x

6 ай бұрын

The shining still gives me nightmares!

Good, engaging interview. That was a joy to watch.

@blakespower

8 ай бұрын

you could tell he rehearsed it though, its like he is reading a book, Dave's interviews were less spontaneous in his early career

I like this. Video from 1980? It is nice to see things from “back in the day.” I show my kid things from my youth to show her how things were partially because I used to wonder how things were for my parents when they were young. And…as far as “from my youth”->I would have been about 3 years old when this originally came out. There is something touching about recognizing the passage of time & having a feel for both what was & what is. I am grateful that this was shared. Thank you for sharing this with us. 😊

This guy is a genius ! He’s wrote more books than I’ve wrote shopping lists 😅😂

@dcmastermindfirst9418

8 ай бұрын

Written*

@HughMorristheJoker

6 ай бұрын

A lot of his books read like shopping lists

This is such a treat! Stephen King looked very much like my pediatrician, Dr. Rubin, talking about how freaky that had to be. Both good humans!

This was a really, really good interview

That's from his original MORNING SHOW... What a great throwback! That's why there's no band and a much smaller live audience.

@D3cyTH3r

2 ай бұрын

Weekday morning show?

@AskJoe

2 ай бұрын

@@D3cyTH3r Yes. I was a fan of the morning show because I was a huge Letterman fan from back when he was essentially Johnny Carson's favorite (and frequent) Guest Host. Unfortunately, I was still in school, so I was only able to watch it in the summer and on days off. This clip was from August, so I definitely saw it live. The morning show had a different vibe because typical viewers were housewives and retired people, but it was a great show.

@D3cyTH3r

2 ай бұрын

@@AskJoeThanks! As a Brit I had no idea he started off doing daytime TV.

I was on Pawn Stars 2 months ago with the King Autograph..*I didn't sell it ...I'm in Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park 🏞️

What a great interview. King seems like a great guy!

@boxlessthinker1973

8 ай бұрын

And I wish I could watch Letterman today. He and Carson were great!

@Veritas-Vincit

8 ай бұрын

Was, perhaps. He really seems like a loon these days, sadly

Dave seemed genuinely interested in his books, I think that's what made this such a good interview.

This guy makes so much sense to me and why I love his work. When he was talking about "after the book or movie ends and the lights come on, you think to yourself that my life is not so bad. Not as bad as what I just read or saw on screen." This is exactly why I enjoy the horror/thriller genre. I remember watching The Walking Dead series and I was completely engrossed. I was consumed by that show and was so thankful that it wasn't me living in the zombie apocalypse!

What a super interesting introspective man at this point in his life. Thanks for posting this amazing clip! His comment on Kubrik was poignant and caught me off-guard! Loved hearing it and seeing it out of his mouth. Fun!

As an “Avid reader “ myself I would love this to have been a much larger & longer interview. I don’t know why it bothers me so much that Dave keeps referring to the book title as The Fire starter rather than just Fire Starter, but it does!! 😂😮

@pipermccool

8 ай бұрын

This made me twitch! 😉

@rickdff62

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, but I give SK props for not correcting him in the moment. SK is the type of guy if someone invites him into their home he doesn't kick their dog. Class.

@danman6669

8 ай бұрын

Constant Reader. At least that's what King calls his readers.