Thanks so much for uploading this! I saw Anton getting attacked by butterflies once when this first aired and have been wanting ever since to see it again! I never forgot about it. Thank you!
I can't remember if it was the Bill Scheft or Robert Morton appearance on the Carson Podcast, but one of them mentioned the clip where someone in the audience had an airhorn, and Dave blurted out, "I hope that wasn't Wendel."
Looking for an Anton bit from NBC, he was kidnapped by aliens & was crowned their king. used to be on VHS when i was little, & would love to see it again!
Uploaded June 22, 2017: Viewer Mail and Remote on Late Night, April 7 & 14, 1989 ua-cam.com/video/0KzRXSu4k08/v-deo.html Anton's skit is in Viewer Mail #3.
Will there be more Anton videos? I know there's a lot of Anton comedy bits. Its a shame that he rarely if ever did the same on the CBS show. He was such an unlikely and entertaining comedy player.
There likely will be. Other Anton-centric videos I've put up: Anton Fig's Bird & Followup on Late Night, 1988 -- ua-cam.com/video/uvcM5tUNlWM/v-deo.html Anton Interrupts New Gift Items on Late Night, March & November 1987 -- ua-cam.com/video/XACWDKEL3U4/v-deo.html Anton Fig's Expiration Date Guess Collection on Late Night, Aug.-Sept. 1990 -- ua-cam.com/video/CRrDr1P0e-o/v-deo.html
Huge Anton fan...one of my favorite drummers!!
Anton Zip
First noticed Anton Fig as the drummer on Ace Frehleys solo album.
dang cool
He also played on KISS' Dynasty and Unmasked albums. He was almost Peter Criss' replacement.
Yep, Frehleys Coment too
Thanks so much for uploading this! I saw Anton getting attacked by butterflies once when this first aired and have been wanting ever since to see it again! I never forgot about it. Thank you!
Thanks here and always for always including the total relevant context!
love Anton Zip
Sometimes when my kids want my approval on something I'll ask them, "What do you want, an Ace Award?"
Still love your style Anton !
Back when Letterman was truly cool and original
So close to a Siskel and Ebert appearance! Missed it by that much....
Robert Morton's comments on Bill Wendell in a recent interview with Mark Malkoff help explain Dave's quip at 10:51.
All here - ua-cam.com/video/nmAoK7UpLEo/v-deo.html
When late night tv was worth a damn.
I can't remember if it was the Bill Scheft or Robert Morton appearance on the Carson Podcast, but one of them mentioned the clip where someone in the audience had an airhorn, and Dave blurted out, "I hope that wasn't Wendel."
It was Morty. Glad someone caught it (so to speak).
I didn't know there even was a Carson Podcast until now! That's great. Is there a Letterman podcast?
Not yet.
Wow, *three* Phil Hartman teases in one collection!
I was enough of a nerd to recall Fig sounded at points- like Jordan/ Drayton on the drums-the post-Vegas return
in 1987
"It's just that big!"
Letterman in his heyday.
It's shame you couldn't show the time when Anton but the head of the canary ate his head that was one my favorite Anton moments
Uploaded April 25, 2017 -- ua-cam.com/video/uvcM5tUNlWM/v-deo.html
Looking for an Anton bit from NBC, he was kidnapped by aliens & was crowned their king. used to be on VHS when i was little, & would love to see it again!
Uploaded June 22, 2017:
Viewer Mail and Remote on Late Night, April 7 & 14, 1989
ua-cam.com/video/0KzRXSu4k08/v-deo.html
Anton's skit is in Viewer Mail #3.
Little Orphan Anton
Anton Zip
Will there be more Anton videos? I know there's a lot of Anton comedy bits. Its a shame that he rarely if ever did the same on the CBS show. He was such an unlikely and entertaining comedy player.
There likely will be. Other Anton-centric videos I've put up:
Anton Fig's Bird & Followup on Late Night, 1988 -- ua-cam.com/video/uvcM5tUNlWM/v-deo.html
Anton Interrupts New Gift Items on Late Night, March & November 1987 -- ua-cam.com/video/XACWDKEL3U4/v-deo.html
Anton Fig's Expiration Date Guess Collection on Late Night, Aug.-Sept. 1990 -- ua-cam.com/video/CRrDr1P0e-o/v-deo.html
Awesome. Thanks Don. He's a real favorite.
DADDY! HE'S GOT THE BIG DRUM!!!
Funny....done right. TOOL
Give me Will Lee!
TV has always sucked....but The David Letterman Show does not.
like 10% Anton moments & 90 % Soybean filler