Watching this really makes me miss the early letterman shows.I watched letterman nearly everyday until I got my 1st job in early 86 and we didn't have dvr's back then so I missed 10 years worth of the show. It's just too bad the don't release some of his shows on dvd.
I would have loved to have been friends with him ! He was just so refreshingly unique and larger than life , yet completely unassuming of his real value and iconic status to many, many people all over the world . Thanks for just being you Quentin, you are a treasure in every sense of the word .
He was wonderful, he was our art school model and a wonderful model & raconteur we'd gather round him at break times to listen to his stories ... later I met him again he had a flat in Chelsea opposite a boy friend
+guydreamr My boyfriend ... Quentin lived alone in a very dirty apartment - approx one room ... when we visited he was playing chess, alone in his dressing gown. 1965
"There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse. It is simply a matter of not losing one's nerve" -QC
Oh wow! The bit where he says, 'I don't think I could have made a go at being a real person' blew me away because that's what I say! And, when I said it the first time, the comment came out of nowhere. It was after I'd worked an office job with 'respectable' people and had been praised for my work, I blurted out to one of my friends, 'I was so happy! It was almost like I was a real person!' I think I would have gotten along with Mr. Crisp.
Oh, yes! He was known for that. It's been years since I've watched his show but I remember him showing some punk bands which you'd never see anywhere else on mainstream tv. Very progressive, David Letterman. I like how in this interview, Letterman misses some of Crisp's dry humour. The bit where he mentions being phoned up and threatened for being gay and he responds with: 'all I could tell them to do was make an appointment' is cute.
Letterman was the freshest TV imaginable. Nothing today could compare, and I dont mean that in a nostalgic "things were better back then" way. It's that all other TV was so tame and canned and made for a mass audience. And what Letterman was doing was so human you couldnt believe it. If you were used to TV in those days Letterman was astounding. Now lots of TV manages that, and that's s good thing.
I heard some new ideas percolating there. Delightful! The stories about his modeling were new to me. Quentin is a fountain of insights and thoughtfulness, irony, sly humor, even posthumously.
If John Hurt wasn’t so brilliant they could have remade The Naked Civil Servant with Michael Sheen. When Quentin was young, he was very beautiful and a lot like Sheen in looks.
Even into the 2000's it was great. I lived there for 35 years and my small town Mom said that she would like to live where I lived. I lived on the Upper West side in the 80's, then to the East Village, and then to the West Village, then finally to Chelsea. These were all really nice neighborhoods where you can have kids, There's tons of art and great Food ,and it's open all night.
I started cringing when I hit play, because I like both people but absolutely did NOT want Letterman to be nasty to Quentin Crisp. And Letterman wasn't. He remained surprisingly well-behaved.
Quentin Crisp had a keen understanding of humanity. He was sensitive to humanity's capacity as a mass as well our sensitivity to an individual. What a wise brilliant man.
I've always loved La Crisp, but it was unfair of him to suggest that the Uk was massively more hateful than the Us, arguably the opposite was true, or at least the same; he just happened to move to America when both countries were becoming more accepting, if he'd have remained in the Uk, he would have found the same i'm sure.
I've always loved La Crisp, but it was unfair of him to suggest that the Uk was massively more hateful than the Us, arguably the opposite was true, or at least the same; he just happened to move to America when both countries were becoming more accepting, if he'd have remained in the Uk, he would have found the same i'm sure.
@@willg4802 ...I'll take it truth doesn't factor into your thinly vailed sarcasm. As the saying goes, opinions are like assholes. Yours just stinks more than most.
During our recent tryst, we talked about the movie “I Shot Andy Warhol.” I asked you about meeting Warhol. You told me - whenever you saw him out, you’d try to engage him into conversations. But you couldn’t get much out of him, right? QC: Nothing. Well, I looked through his published diaries and I found the passage that he wrote about you. Can I read it to you? QC: Oh, yes! Thursday, Oct. 2, 1986: Jane Holzer walked me home. I watched Letterman and I like the lady admiral he had on. Oh, and Quentin Crisp was at the Whitney and he looks younger than ever, just great. He told me that Letterman, when you’re on his show, it’s like being out with a gay guy-you know how they’re always looking past you, looking around for somebody better. He said that’s what Letterman’s like on the air. QC: Ha-ha. Did you like it? QC: Lovely. What did you think of Letterman? QC: Well, he’s just like that. Do you think he’s an ass? QC: Well, as you know, Miss Shirley MacClaine told him that he was an asshole. And he is. Would you ever go on his show again? QC: Not if I could avoid it. danielkusner.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-last-interview-with-quentin-crisp.html
He was just young and not very worldly, he tried his best and Crisp was very kind to him and steered him out of the dead ends. Yes, Letterman could be off at times but he had some excellent moments and bonded well with certain people. I loved the outings he had with Zsa Zsa Gabor, too cute.
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Watching this really makes me miss the early letterman shows.I watched letterman nearly everyday until I got my 1st job in early 86 and we didn't have dvr's back then so I missed 10 years worth of the show. It's just too bad the don't release some of his shows on dvd.
the English "like it tidy" PMSL!!
I would have loved to have been friends with him ! He was just so refreshingly unique and larger than life , yet completely unassuming of his real value and iconic status to many, many people all over the world . Thanks for just being you Quentin, you are a treasure in every sense of the word .
He was wonderful, he was our art school model and a wonderful model & raconteur we'd gather round him at break times to listen to his stories ... later I met him again he had a flat in Chelsea opposite a boy friend
Quentin's boyfriend, or yours?
+guydreamr My boyfriend ... Quentin lived alone in a very dirty apartment - approx one room ... when we visited he was playing chess, alone in his dressing gown. 1965
"There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse. It is simply a matter of not losing one's nerve" -QC
It's an amazing dichotomy for him to have been such a solitary man yet also a social butterfly.
Oh wow! The bit where he says, 'I don't think I could have made a go at being a real person' blew me away because that's what I say! And, when I said it the first time, the comment came out of nowhere. It was after I'd worked an office job with 'respectable' people and had been praised for my work, I blurted out to one of my friends, 'I was so happy! It was almost like I was a real person!' I think I would have gotten along with Mr. Crisp.
Wow. I never knew David Letterman was so "underground".
Oh, yes! He was known for that. It's been years since I've watched his show but I remember him showing some punk bands which you'd never see anywhere else on mainstream tv. Very progressive, David Letterman. I like how in this interview, Letterman misses some of Crisp's dry humour. The bit where he mentions being phoned up and threatened for being gay and he responds with: 'all I could tell them to do was make an appointment' is cute.
Letterman was the freshest TV imaginable. Nothing today could compare, and I dont mean that in a nostalgic "things were better back then" way. It's that all other TV was so tame and canned and made for a mass audience. And what Letterman was doing was so human you couldnt believe it. If you were used to TV in those days Letterman was astounding. Now lots of TV manages that, and that's s good thing.
rest in peace crispy you were the first lady stardust!
Wit and wisdom of...
This was not 1985 this was April 5 1982.
I heard some new ideas percolating there. Delightful! The stories about his modeling were new to me. Quentin is a fountain of insights and thoughtfulness, irony, sly humor, even posthumously.
The contrast between Letterman's attitude between Crisp and Richard Simmons is telling.
Sweet witty gentlemen that was decades ahead of his time. Totally unique.
If John Hurt wasn’t so brilliant they could have remade The Naked Civil Servant with Michael Sheen. When Quentin was young, he was very beautiful and a lot like Sheen in looks.
He was a street troll. That's the guy at of it. He intentionally trolled people.
I lived in NYC in the eighties. It was the safest I've ever been.
Me too, and I agree.
Even into the 2000's it was great. I lived there for 35 years and my small town Mom said that she would like to live where I lived. I lived on the Upper West side in the 80's, then to the East Village, and then to the West Village, then finally to Chelsea. These were all really nice neighborhoods where you can have kids, There's tons of art and great Food ,and it's open all night.
What a pleasant man. I wished I had called him. I could have used his wisdom
We all could, dear. Same.
Quentin is too interesting & original for Letterman. He’s constantly throwing him off.
One person has no style.
The late John Hurt really did a superb job playing Quentin Crisp almost to perfection.
Well he doesn't look nothing like John Hurt ;-)
What a great person he was .
I’m glad Dave took it easy on him. Great interview.
I started cringing when I hit play, because I like both people but absolutely did NOT want Letterman to be nasty to Quentin Crisp. And Letterman wasn't. He remained surprisingly well-behaved.
Well, Dave's no dummy. He, like most intelligent people would feel a reverence towards such a nice person.
Quentin Crisp had a keen understanding of humanity. He was sensitive to humanity's capacity as a mass as well our sensitivity to an individual. What a wise brilliant man.
Truly fascinating! The world needs more people like QC!
I've always loved La Crisp, but it was unfair of him to suggest that the Uk was massively more hateful than the Us, arguably the opposite was true, or at least the same; he just happened to move to America when both countries were becoming more accepting, if he'd have remained in the Uk, he would have found the same i'm sure.
This is a guy who went to San Fran from London though.....he didn't go to Utah.
I've always loved La Crisp, but it was unfair of him to suggest that the Uk was massively more hateful than the Us, arguably the opposite was true, or at least the same; he just happened to move to America when both countries were becoming more accepting, if he'd have remained in the Uk, he would have found the same i'm sure.
Chillmax ..yes I agree a lovely man but a complete oddity of his time it wouldn't have really mattered what country he was in
He should've went to southern usa he'd see how friendly people are towards gay lol
Its interesting Quentin always says, "I could never be a real person." When in fact... he's probably the most "real" person I've ever witnessed!
He was real weak and real strange. I guess you are trying to say he had those qualities in more abundance than anyone you've ever met?
@@willg4802 ...I'll take it truth doesn't factor into your thinly vailed sarcasm. As the saying goes, opinions are like assholes. Yours just stinks more than most.
@@willg4802 Weak? REALLY! He was a very strong character ahead of his time. Brilliant man.
Given the popularity of people like Danny Larue and Dame Edna, it's amazing that he wasn't widely accepted in England.
During our recent tryst, we talked about the movie “I Shot Andy Warhol.” I asked you about meeting Warhol. You told me - whenever you saw him out, you’d try to engage him into conversations. But you couldn’t get much out of him, right?
QC: Nothing.
Well, I looked through his published diaries and I found the passage that he wrote about you. Can I read it to you?
QC: Oh, yes!
Thursday, Oct. 2, 1986:
Jane Holzer walked me home. I watched Letterman and I like the lady admiral he had on. Oh, and Quentin Crisp was at the Whitney and he looks younger than ever, just great. He told me that Letterman, when you’re on his show, it’s like being out with a gay guy-you know how they’re always looking past you, looking around for somebody better. He said that’s what Letterman’s like on the air.
QC: Ha-ha.
Did you like it?
QC: Lovely.
What did you think of Letterman?
QC: Well, he’s just like that.
Do you think he’s an ass?
QC: Well, as you know, Miss Shirley MacClaine told him that he was an asshole. And he is.
Would you ever go on his show again?
QC: Not if I could avoid it.
danielkusner.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-last-interview-with-quentin-crisp.html
Most famous people don't want anyone to know where they live, let alone their phone number, they consider non famous people as a threat
Reminds me of Kenneth William's 😎
Dave was such a bad interviewer back then. He got better.
He NEVER got better! He remained a pompous jerk to the end.
He was just young and not very worldly, he tried his best and Crisp was very kind to him and steered him out of the dead ends. Yes, Letterman could be off at times but he had some excellent moments and bonded well with certain people. I loved the outings he had with Zsa Zsa Gabor, too cute.
Eryll Flynn yessssssss😃
"You're queer, I'll kill you""Do you want an appointment?":D
Death doesn't make appointments. Only assholes schedule appointments.
If I need an appointment for my asshole I'll call a proctologist.
Wonderful man .
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*VITAMIN B17 is abundant in these foods: the seeds of apples, loquats, pears, pumpkins, watermelons; as well as in apricot kernels, bamboo shoots, barley grass (research: Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara) & wheat grass, beet tops, bitter almond, blackberries, boysenberries, brewers yeast, brown rice, buckwheat, cashews, cherry kernels, cranberries, currants, eucalyptus leaves, fava beans, flax seeds, garbanzo beans, gooseberries, guyabano, huckleberries, lentils, lima beans, linseed meat, loganberries, macadamia nuts, millet, millet seed, peach kernels, pecans, plum kernels, prickly ash bark, quince, raspberries, sorghum cane syrup, spinach, sprouts, tapioca (manioc), vetches and watercress. A person whose diet is deficient in these nitrilosidic foods (those foods rich in Amygdalin, the substance of which the molecularity is 1 part: the natural analgesic benzaldehyde, 1 part: hydrogen cyanide, 2 parts: glucose) is incapable of stopping the over-production of healing cells thus this person has cancer. To aid the pancreas a patient should take pancreatic enzymes & eat fresh pineapple and papaya. Supplement your diet with the nutrients (of which 95% of Americans are chronically deficient) that compliment Laetrile (vitamin B17): ① zinc (which is the transport mechanism for Laetrile/vitamin B17) ② vitamin C (build up to 6 grams a day) ③ manganese ④ magnesium ⑤ selenium ⑥ vitamins B6, B9 & B12 ⑦ vitamin A ⑧ vitamin E (at least 2,000 I.U.)*
Always liked him. Pretty fascinating guy.
I actually remember seeing this live when I was about 12. Astonishing! So happy to see this.
Unique style!
Quentin then reminds me of Dame Maggie Smith now.
Agreed!