I remember watching the Glover kicking episode when it aired. Wacky guests made Late Night great but this was next level. We talked about it for weeks. Then after a while you start to wonder whether it actually happened. What a treat to see it again. Dave and Paul nonplussed. ''I'm 40. I went to college." Thank you for uploading.
When I first saw Back To the Future, I used to think that Crispin was actually an older actor showing his true age in 1985, and playing the part of a teen in 1955. It's amazing what movie make-up can do. Look how big they made Biff look. Then you see an interview with Tom Wilson in 1990 and he is a trim, young-looking guy. I WANT that musical volcano!!
Love this - tried to follow Crispin Glover's endeavors in his heyday. I bought his Rat Caching and Oak Mot books early on - still have them and I now I need to find them and take a peek again. Cool art/tifacts - rare, but not in high demand since they are off most people's radar - but still worthy coffee table gems. Saw him hanging at Canter's on Fairfax between the late 80s and early 90s - perfect guest for those golden-era Dave days.
I love when Letterman is out-weirded and doesn't know what to do - you can see it in the early Kaufman appearances too, took a while for Letterman to get Kaufman I think, alas Crispin didn't get enough appearances
His craziness aside, Glover's career in 1985-86 was legendary. Back To The Future (1985), At Close Range (1986), River's Edge (1986) His appearance on Letterman in 87 was the peak of his golden era.
@@shac9131 I believe he backed out of Back to the Future 2 due to a salary dispute. And he successfully sued the studio when they used his likeness and footage of him from outtakes of 1 for 2. I don't think he has ever talked about being an addict.
Glover's Late Night appearances were among the most circulated clips among the elite tape-trading crowd in pre-UA-cam days (my trade circle would often include Cheers' George Wendt, Firesign Theatre's Phil Proctor, Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes, SXSW Film honcho Charlie Sotelo, and directors Rick Linklater & Robert Rodriguez, for example) but I'd never seen the Tonight Show one. You never fail to amuse!
Ken, what other tapes were part of that ring? Orson Wells "big dish of peas" Casey Kasem's "fuckin dog dying!" and Judy Garland's drunken "Sid Luft is an animal" tape? Those kinds of things? Was there anything that remains unseen on the internet?
@@johndalton3180 Those are the sort of things I'm talking about. The farting Tilton tape, the "Spirit of Xmas" that led to South Park, Chuck Berry's... you know. Some of the people were mainly rock music fanatics, others film people and some just nuts like me - a lot of odds & ends are still up on my old 1nceBitten2wiceShy YT channel. I'm sure there's stuff that's still not on the net, but any specific masterpieces? Nothing in particular immediately springs to mind...
@@kenlieck7756 I'm talking about my late teens when people lived with roomies in cheap houses. Every house had a video guy who made compilation tapes of weird crap from cable, like Tilton farting, or Rev Gene Scott raving as bikini clad girls from Sunset danced. We'd pop in a comp tape, get loaded and laugh at the stuff.
I was watching the night Crispin starting kicking. (Also the night Dave first came on, but I didn’t know Dave was coming. I was waiting to see videos.)
Funny thing is I always remembered this when Dave came back after commercial break after Crispin didn't want to stay for another segment even though they begged him to stay that Dave said "Paul, his shoe literally came a foot from my head." But that's false memory. Oh well, I still like to remember it that way.
"Super freak, super freak, he's super freaky, Yow..." And Carson's sitting there acting like Crispin is normal. Letterman years later couldn't do it and walked off of the set. Oh, just found that this clip is on here. (At 10:15.)
I am mentally exhausted watching this clip. I never realized his inability to speak without a script. People here commenting on what a genius he is here, Im thinking not so much.
I’m pretty sure I saw a repeat airing of Crispin nearly kicking Dave in the head during something called “Dave in Danger Week”. (Don, could you list which episodes were repeated that week? Besides the C. Glover show, I seem to remember one where Dave cut his finger on a vegetable slicer *after* the guest had warned him to stop.)
Ok, at the computer. Dave in Danger Week: May 28, 1990: repeat from April 7, 1986 (super slo-mo: Dave slips onto birthday cake) May 29, 1990: repeat from March 4, 1987 (Dave slices finger) May 30, 1990: repeat from August 20, 1986 (Tom Savini hits Dave with hammer) May 31, 1990: repeat from July 28, 1987 (Crispin Glover nearly kicks Dave) June 1, 1990: repeat from September 6, 1984 (Suit of Alka-Seltzer that nearly suffocated Steve O’Donnell during rehearsal)
@@dongiller Thanks, Don! (I was living overseas at the time, and my parents had sent me a care package which included a VHS tape of Letterman episodes - one that had consisted of most of Dave in Danger Week. The tape must have included four of these episodes (the birthday cake is the only one I don’t remember).)
I think Chrispin is doing some acting in all of these various personas he shows on Carson and Letterman. He's sort of doing his own take on Andy Kaufman's routines with Jerry Lawler on Letterman's show back around 1982 where you can't quite tell if it's real or acting. Actor Joaquin Phoenix would carry on this concept in 2009 on the Letterman show, where Joaquin was acting as a bizarre eccentric personality, who was, perhaps, mentally ill. But at the end of the day, they're all just acting in roles to entertain the audience.
Crispin, in that first clip on the Tonight Show, looks like he could today be comedian Daniel Tosh's brother... or his uncle. The resemblance in the face is striking, even with the 15-25 year difference between them. Just put a similar long hairstyle on Tosh for them to look nearly identical. But what I would like to see today is Crispin having a role in a James Bond movie, just like his father Bruce did. Crispin looks so mature & adult now that he could possibly play a Bond villain. That itself, if he plays the role properly, could turn heads & make him popular & more castable. Hopefully, the James Bond franchise will not go extinct for this to happen, which does need to happen sooner than later as he too is getting older by the minute ... unless he gets a Bond role in his 60's-70's.
He is weird, but this dude as an artist was definitely trolling the whole concept of these talk shows and the joke of it all. In how they are set up for self-promotion, instead he was giving people something to talk about in the likes of Andy Kaufman and Joaquin Phoenix. Think about it. Out of all the interviews you may have seen on talk shows, how many do you actually remember? You may not like it, but in the end, you feel something, even if it's being uncomfortable or irritated.
@@dongiller I read your description, and what it doesn't say is, was it only "acting" just the one night (the first Dave night)? Because that was the worst, but all of it was cringeworthy.
yeah - which kind of makes me wonder how he kept getting offers of work through the years...he's just so creepy to me. Supposedly it's an act, 'performance art' for shock value & publicity or whatever, but if that's true the Crazy is still in him, close to the surface, wanting to come out.
Those are competely different things. " In an interview in 2011, Back to the Future co-star Michael J. Fox talked about the incident with Letterman, saying "Crispin isn't crazy, just excitable."
@@Tracymmo there are different types of crazy. One is a loss of reality and truth, leading to confusion. Another is emotional, which results in the misery of being unable to respond normally to stimuli. Too much or too little. I don’t want to sound mean or unkind or judgmental. Life is hard for everybody, especially for those who are wired differently.
He must have grown up in "quite the bubble" in North Hollywood. Yes, all of his junior high/high school classmates went on to become scientists, or doctors, or lawyers, or such, and he grew up to be ... Crispen Glover! What do you know? My gosh, and I thought Irvine was bad. Oh, well. At least he has his hobbies to keep him occupied!
@@dongiller Thanks, that confirms the one visit was a bit, but he's still being a wackjob in all his other appearances. My point is, he probably tried too hard to be weird and got stuck there. Not on Letterman, in life.
i wonder why glover did that, was there a reasoning behind that, his dad appeared in the bond movie as gay henchman controversial at the time, and several mission impossible episodes, mission impossible films and the bond films are having a rivalry now, kind of funny to think that, now that bond killed himself will ethan hunt as well. no offense but bruce glover any crazier than he was, or was he abusive no offense, but man was he on something, no offense just really weird feel bad for david letterman.
I sometimes see him, shopping in my local Trader Joe's - he wears cool vintage 1940s suits in the daytime and very much stands out.
Oh my goodness. I would love to run into him. 😂😂😂 even just seeing him from afar. I need to know what Trader Joe’s.
@@Phoenixhunter157 Grocery store. I had to look it up too😅
Stop lying
Let me guess, it’s the trader Joes in Los Feliz ?
He's a wild dude.
This guy is a genius and it's a true shame that we haven't seen more of him over the years.
6:35 I love how authentically happy he sounds showing and explaining his gifts and creations. He's beautiful.
Bless you. Crispin Hellion Glover is an original and should not be forgotten.
Glover, deserving of an Oscar in the rivers edge.
The way he laughs kills me! He is great😂
Could you imagine if Glover, Andy Kauffman, and Joaquin Phoenix all appeared on the same episode?!?! 😂
and harmony korrine
and Aubry Plaza
@@globetrotting2628 Aubrey plaza certainly is kind of wacky on a talk show I will agree with you on that.
Joaquin?
@@ustdkriboocheJoaquin PHOENIX you dummy!
I remember watching the Glover kicking episode when it aired. Wacky guests made Late Night great but this was next level. We talked about it for weeks. Then after a while you start to wonder whether it actually happened. What a treat to see it again. Dave and Paul nonplussed. ''I'm 40. I went to college." Thank you for uploading.
When I first saw Back To the Future, I used to think that Crispin was actually an older actor showing his true age in 1985, and playing the part of a teen in 1955. It's amazing what movie make-up can do. Look how big they made Biff look. Then you see an interview with Tom Wilson in 1990 and he is a trim, young-looking guy. I WANT that musical volcano!!
Thanks for all the extra text info, Don.
My goodness, Don. What a gift you’ve given us.
I love how he's in character every time.
That isnt a character
@@user-er1xz4zq9v it was, actually. ua-cam.com/video/m5eLYzltZPU/v-deo.html
He gives me possible serial killer vibes
@@user-er1xz4zq9v Or is it?
Pretty sure he has Asperger's and just plays himself.
He's so marvelously awkward. A sweet soul indeed.
Love this - tried to follow Crispin Glover's endeavors in his heyday. I bought his Rat Caching and Oak Mot books early on - still have them and I now I need to find them and take a peek again. Cool art/tifacts - rare, but not in high demand since they are off most people's radar - but still worthy coffee table gems. Saw him hanging at Canter's on Fairfax between the late 80s and early 90s - perfect guest for those golden-era Dave days.
He is just very entertaining. I'm sure life isn't boring for whoever spends time around that guy
This guy is one of my favourite actors of all time.
Great anthology! Thank you for sharing!
thank you, Don.
I love when Letterman is out-weirded and doesn't know what to do - you can see it in the early Kaufman appearances too, took a while for Letterman to get Kaufman I think, alas Crispin didn't get enough appearances
His craziness aside, Glover's career in 1985-86 was legendary. Back To The Future (1985), At Close Range (1986), River's Edge (1986) His appearance on Letterman in 87 was the peak of his golden era.
He's been blacklisted for it. Wasn't allowed back to back to the future movies.
Wasn't he an addict?
@@shac9131 I believe he backed out of Back to the Future 2 due to a salary dispute. And he successfully sued the studio when they used his likeness and footage of him from outtakes of 1 for 2. I don't think he has ever talked about being an addict.
@@johndalton3180
You may be correct. I just for certain remember hearing he was a total dick to work with and was blacklisted.
Don't forget Friday the 13th IV in 1984. In my opinion, Jason's best kill.
I made 2 albums with Crispin, based on these appearances..
Carson was always knew how to play it cool and calm, he was the best.
One of a kind & true artist
It was classy of Dave to have Glover back on the show.
What I love is Dave saying, "You want to have dinner with the guy?" Just sums it up.
Whether he's doing his so-called performance art characters or that's his 'real self' - either way he's squirrelly as heck and creeps me out !
Crispen Glover is a phenomenal actor. I still can’t tell if he was doing a publicity stunt or super nervous
Nobody reads my descriptions.
@@dongiller wow! You solved the mystery. Thanks for the info 🙏
I've read somewhere that the girls who yelled 'nice shoes' were plants set up by Crispin.
Crispin is awesome. Wonderful amounts of awkwardness.
He's kind of the original person who made nerdiness cool, imho.
He sets it up but doesn't go anywhere with it.
… dude at the end with a “Shamrock” pub shirt on from Wildwood, NJ - 🤙🏼🤘🏼❤️
Glover's Late Night appearances were among the most circulated clips among the elite tape-trading crowd in pre-UA-cam days (my trade circle would often include Cheers' George Wendt, Firesign Theatre's Phil Proctor, Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes, SXSW Film honcho Charlie Sotelo, and directors Rick Linklater & Robert Rodriguez, for example) but I'd never seen the Tonight Show one. You never fail to amuse!
Ken, what other tapes were part of that ring? Orson Wells "big dish of peas" Casey Kasem's "fuckin dog dying!" and Judy Garland's drunken "Sid Luft is an animal" tape? Those kinds of things? Was there anything that remains unseen on the internet?
Gibby tapes made the rounds in my circle BITD. I wasn't the VHS guy though like you. Had a guy... You guys are historians.
@@johndalton3180 Those are the sort of things I'm talking about. The farting Tilton tape, the "Spirit of Xmas" that led to South Park, Chuck Berry's... you know. Some of the people were mainly rock music fanatics, others film people and some just nuts like me - a lot of odds & ends are still up on my old 1nceBitten2wiceShy YT channel. I'm sure there's stuff that's still not on the net, but any specific masterpieces? Nothing in particular immediately springs to mind...
Did you trade physical tapes?
@@kenlieck7756 I'm talking about my late teens when people lived with roomies in cheap houses. Every house had a video guy who made compilation tapes of weird crap from cable, like Tilton farting, or Rev Gene Scott raving as bikini clad girls from Sunset danced. We'd pop in a comp tape, get loaded and laugh at the stuff.
HIs time with Dave reminded me of Andy Kaufman.
I was watching the night Crispin starting kicking. (Also the night Dave first came on, but I didn’t know Dave was coming. I was waiting to see videos.)
He was so great in Dead Man.
Funny thing is I always remembered this when Dave came back after commercial break after Crispin didn't want to stay for another segment even though they begged him to stay that Dave said "Paul, his shoe literally came a foot from my head." But that's false memory. Oh well, I still like to remember it that way.
I love his NY sense of humour. hahaha Sending everybody up, I think.
I love how Carson just plays the straight man and lets the magic happen such a cool interview.
Wow. I have been looking for that clip about them killing Glover for years. I remember seeing that when it first happened. Very rare clip. Nice find.
I would pay to watch Crispin Glover, Christopher Walken and Jeff Goldbloom in a free-for-all debate. 😆 LMAO Pure spasmatic insanity eruptions.
That sounds like it could be the lineup on one of SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy sketches 😄🍻
"Super freak, super freak, he's super freaky, Yow..." And Carson's sitting there acting like Crispin is normal. Letterman years later couldn't do it and walked off of the set. Oh, just found that this clip is on here. (At 10:15.)
He was acting in this interview. I am disappointed that he didn’t present himself as his true self.
Look forward to seeing him in Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
whenever it comes out on Netflix.
your channel is light years ahead of the current Letterman channel
Hard to believe this and 1987 was nearly 40 years ago.
Everybody makes fun of the guy, but he did some really terrific work in important movies. Hope he's doing okay now.
He's doing fine as long as you don't mention BOB GALE
He owned a building sorta near Highland Park in LA 10 years ago… had some cool parties there. Very normal, really. Seemed like a happy guy.
He's fascinating to watch. I smiled all through the Carson interview.
He is the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Letterman drip is heavy lmaoooo. Super-hi adidas with the tan and grey suit?
I love those shoes
I was really hoping Carson had him back after that appearance. I wasn't sure if he was endeared or not.
After reading the very awesome video description it kind of feels like Joaquin Phoenix borrowed this idea for I'm Still Here.
I was one of Crispin's best pals back then. Way talented guy...
What was that kicking about? Why wasn't Letterman warned about it?
@@Stewie-th7lt Was a "bit"...
I thought one of the funniest lines here was when Paul said “are you talking about you or him?” Dave was not amused.
He deserved the Oscar for River’s Edge
I’d like to see Nardwuar interview Crispin …
he should be in a bond movie as a villain...carrying the tradition on
Like in the Charlie's Angels movie?
I am mentally exhausted watching this clip. I never realized his inability to speak without a script. People here commenting on what a genius he is here, Im thinking not so much.
I know you don't post full eps much but I'd love to see the July 28th disaster ep. Always loved a good dave disaster!
Johnny was so good
I can't believe he took my favourite childhood toy, the Tomy spotbot and turned it into nightmare fuel...
I juat have to ask: how come the top 10 wasn't ready? Didn't they have all day/week to make one?
Much to do with the NABET strike, when competent folks responsible for preparing the list for broadcast weren’t available.
@@dongiller I can only compliment and thank you for such a quick reply and clear answer as well. Thanks TheDonz! 😊
I’m pretty sure I saw a repeat airing of Crispin nearly kicking Dave in the head during something called “Dave in Danger Week”. (Don, could you list which episodes were repeated that week? Besides the C. Glover show, I seem to remember one where Dave cut his finger on a vegetable slicer *after* the guest had warned him to stop.)
Not at the computer at the moment, so I can’t list the repeats right now. But the finger-slicing is here - ua-cam.com/video/wNGtOnzw2ZU/v-deo.html
Ok, at the computer. Dave in Danger Week:
May 28, 1990: repeat from April 7, 1986 (super slo-mo: Dave slips onto birthday cake)
May 29, 1990: repeat from March 4, 1987 (Dave slices finger)
May 30, 1990: repeat from August 20, 1986 (Tom Savini hits Dave with hammer)
May 31, 1990: repeat from July 28, 1987 (Crispin Glover nearly kicks Dave)
June 1, 1990: repeat from September 6, 1984 (Suit of Alka-Seltzer that nearly suffocated Steve O’Donnell during rehearsal)
@@dongiller Thanks, Don! (I was living overseas at the time, and my parents had sent me a care package which included a VHS tape of Letterman episodes - one that had consisted of most of Dave in Danger Week. The tape must have included four of these episodes (the birthday cake is the only one I don’t remember).)
@@MichelleUS66 The cake mishap is here at around 17:45 - ua-cam.com/video/dYUTJidSo2E/v-deo.html
I think Chrispin is doing some acting in all of these various personas he shows on Carson and Letterman. He's sort of doing his own take on Andy Kaufman's routines with Jerry Lawler on Letterman's show back around 1982 where you can't quite tell if it's real or acting. Actor Joaquin Phoenix would carry on this concept in 2009 on the Letterman show, where Joaquin was acting as a bizarre eccentric personality, who was, perhaps, mentally ill. But at the end of the day, they're all just acting in roles to entertain the audience.
Nobody reads my descriptions.
Glover would make another appearance on the Late Show in 2003, but only when Will Ferrell was guest hosting during Dave's case of shingles.
Plus another Late Night appearance in 1992. This collection focused only on 1987.
YOU ARE MY DENSITY ...
'I can kick' 🤭🤘
Omg it's George McFly!
Crispin, in that first clip on the Tonight Show, looks like he could today be comedian Daniel Tosh's brother... or his uncle. The resemblance in the face is striking, even with the 15-25 year difference between them. Just put a similar long hairstyle on Tosh for them to look nearly identical. But what I would like to see today is Crispin having a role in a James Bond movie, just like his father Bruce did. Crispin looks so mature & adult now that he could possibly play a Bond villain. That itself, if he plays the role properly, could turn heads & make him popular & more castable. Hopefully, the James Bond franchise will not go extinct for this to happen, which does need to happen sooner than later as he too is getting older by the minute ... unless he gets a Bond role in his 60's-70's.
He is weird, but this dude as an artist was definitely trolling the whole concept of these talk shows and the joke of it all. In how they are set up for self-promotion, instead he was giving people something to talk about in the likes of Andy Kaufman and Joaquin Phoenix. Think about it. Out of all the interviews you may have seen on talk shows, how many do you actually remember? You may not like it, but in the end, you feel something, even if it's being uncomfortable or irritated.
Those shoes are sweet!!!
What's with the wig?
Nobody reads my descriptions.
@@dongiller The question was rhetorical?
@@dongiller I did, and Thank you for it
@@jahbay Why are you asking us what you meant?
@@dongiller I read your description, and what it doesn't say is, was it only "acting" just the one night (the first Dave night)? Because that was the worst, but all of it was cringeworthy.
❤❤❤
I was today years old when I learned Julian Glover was Crispin Glover's dad!! 🤯
And you are today’s year old when you find out he is not and that Bruce Glover is his father
@@Ben-nh9xw yes! Bruce...Mr Wint.
Pretty sure Danny Glover is his father
That guy was crazy. He’s on the spectrum.
yeah - which kind of makes me wonder how he kept getting offers of work through the years...he's just so creepy to me. Supposedly it's an act, 'performance art' for shock value & publicity or whatever, but if that's true the Crazy is still in him, close to the surface, wanting to come out.
@@katiezee2 Amen.
Those are competely different things.
" In an interview in 2011, Back to the Future co-star Michael J. Fox talked about the incident with Letterman, saying "Crispin isn't crazy, just excitable."
@@Tracymmo there are different types of crazy. One is a loss of reality and truth, leading to confusion. Another is emotional, which results in the misery of being unable to respond normally to stimuli. Too much or too little. I don’t want to sound mean or unkind or judgmental. Life is hard for everybody, especially for those who are wired differently.
was the first interview before willard? freaky,....lol
Reminds me juoqiun Phoenix as joker
okay. read the comment section, thanks don
krispen has an eddie murphy laugh
He must have grown up in "quite the bubble" in North Hollywood. Yes, all of his junior high/high school classmates went on to become scientists, or doctors, or lawyers, or such, and he grew up to be ... Crispen Glover! What do you know? My gosh, and I thought Irvine was bad. Oh, well. At least he has his hobbies to keep him occupied!
He could play a great Joker or Riddler.
More Riddler than Joker.
He would have made a better Riddler than Jim Carrey.
Or creepy thin man
It seems he wasn't acting at all in the movie. Just playing himself.
" a mind bender", ha ha... sometimes I get the feeling Carson might've tripped a few times... maybe Leary slipt it in his coffee one night...
I wonder if they had to pay when Crispin sang that Beatle song?
the best move here is apologizing in a graceful manner, not giggling like a 4 yer old but hey, whatever.
I wonder if the organization displaying his “art” realized the joke was on them.
Charlie angels ,? Is that the rat movie man
yes
It's a sever form of Dyslexia. I have a brother with this same condition EXACT BEHAVIOR.
Nobody reads my descriptions.
i know if i was him id be laughing too 19:47
Looking at it in 2024, i feel that all of this was all one big publicity stunt.
He's gotta be doing a bit right? Or maybe he played up his weirdness for so long he just kinda got stuck like that?
Nobody reads my descriptions.
@@dongiller Thanks, that confirms the one visit was a bit, but he's still being a wackjob in all his other appearances. My point is, he probably tried too hard to be weird and got stuck there. Not on Letterman, in life.
He's given great performances but I don't like him having to do his weird thing on talk shows...just don't do the shows lol
shit he does look like richard the 3rd lol.
He's ASD. A very nervous Elon Musk
i wonder why glover did that, was there a reasoning behind that, his dad appeared in the bond movie as gay henchman controversial at the time, and several mission impossible episodes, mission impossible films and the bond films are having a rivalry now, kind of funny to think that, now that bond killed himself will ethan hunt as well. no offense but bruce glover any crazier than he was, or was he abusive no offense, but man was he on something, no offense just really weird feel bad for david letterman.
Nobody reads my descriptions.
He is hard to watch
Really obscure stuff. What a waste.
You’re welcome.
He needs more stimulants in his system
The guy is so damn cringe this is letterman's worst guest.