Opening Remarks, Viewer Mail on Letterman, October 24, 1985
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2016
- First, opening remarks, as Paul and the band are a little loose, and Dave has a synapse moment. Then Viewer Mail tests the censors as Dave makes an obscure morning show reference. With Sandy Frank, plus Jeff Martin as Flunky.
october 24, 1985. the night marty mcfly went back to the future to 1955 !! (:
@@nowadayswithandy marty missed this episode of letterman. but he managed to have it taped when he returned from 1955.
@@TheAdamfee yes, i'm you dad. wacky john loves you
He coulda went back and seen it live. _)
The window crashing sound effect has become part of my daily life.
Ah, the good ol' days 😌
"They said this'll be edited." God I'm glad it wasn't 😂😂
"Turd Burglar" 😂😂😂
I was hoping someone knew! Thank you! Love letterman more thanks to the Donz…
FLUNKY... best Clown 😛👍🏻
love it when things go wrong. would be boring if they went right
This brought me so much joy.
This is really good! This video not only shows that David Letterman was one of the kings of late night TV, but he was also able to reinvent the late night talk show format, despite the fact that Johnny Carson wouldn't allow him to have a large band, to tell a long monologue, or to do anything that Johnny Carson did at 11:30. Man! This also shows that you can do anything you want at 12:30 in the morning on TV.
Well, yes, he was in charge of NBC, but Johnny Carson's production company controlled The Tonight Show and anything that comes afterwards. When NBC & Carson Productions gave David Letterman the "Late Night" show about a year after his daytime talk show was cancelled, Carson gave him a set of rules. He couldn't tell a monologue, he couldn't have a large band, he couldn't do Carson's sketches, he couldn't have a sidekick, and he couldn't have the same guests who were fixtures on Carson's show, either. So, he had to do a different kind of late night talk show. There will never be a late night talk show exactly like that ever again.
What Kung-E said, but also this: Johnny Carson's Tonight Show was the single most profitable hour on NBC's schedule at the time.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-johnny-carson-quit-tonight-644508
I did not know that! 😁
@@namelessjedi2242 Now, you do.
The only man on earth who is funniest when he's not funny!
A Frank Owens reference...classic! (Maybe it was because I'm a fan of the morning show, but part of me wondered/hoped if he'd ever play with the band for a night in the run to the finale)
Glad someone got it. :)
Plasterass!
Another great band name...
Thanks
Thanks so much for the channel! Any chance we will get a Flunkie compilation?? Keep it up!
A Flunky compilation will definitely happen after I've finished digitizing them.
I had to look up Claude Pepper to see who he was.
You youngsters. :)
Don Giller Oh yeah, Rock n Roll will never die Daddy O!
Eh? Speak closer to the hearing aid, he said shouting. :)
I had to look up Don Prudhomme.
OK, so "trouser pilot" is OK but what did Paul say that pretty clearly wasn't because they blanked it out?
I suspect it was "pussy burglar."
I believe he said turd burglar which was a slang term for gay used in the past.
@@dongiller no Canadian is going to say that 🤣
anyone know the name of the song at 14;30, thanks
ren hoek "Dirty Water" by the Standells. Big hit in 1966.
thanks so much!! you made my day!
ren hoek You bet. There's a full-length band version that I can upload.
Love that dirty water ... In fact, I lived in Boston at the time of this show ...
Flunky!
The opening remarks are called a "monologue".
Due to an agreement with Carson Productions, which co-produced Late Night with NBC, they were referred to as "Opening Remarks."
+Don Giller I remember reading that Johnny didn't want Dave telling too many jokes at the beginning of the show. How small Johnny could be!
+norelco pc Dave was limited to three prepared jokes. And no sidekick, like Ed. But Dave and Paul managed to skirt that without calling Paul his "sidekick.." In fact, there was a brief period in the early years (I'd give you exact dates but I'm not near my database now) when, immediately after Dave's o.r., there was Paul at home base, for all purposes, a "sidekick." I suspect they were deliberately testing their contractual agreement with Carson Prod. It lasted only for a few shows.
Don Giller I attended a taping of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in 1995 in Studio 6A. "Maya and Marty" is taping in there this summer.
Maybe I’m wrong but I always pictured Johnny as Fully supporting Dave … and Dave said as much. I always felt Johnny put those measures in place to separate the 2 show’s identities and any subsequent show that popped up later on NBC. Carson (if I’m correct) Only ever appeared on Dave’s show prior to and after retirement. It widely know Carson could be bitter if he fell out of favor with you but Dave never was one of those people.
2024 / Those comments about gays: Big no-no nowadays.