I’ve always been convinced that Phoenix used this as inspiration for his Joker character’s appearance on the Murray Show. The cadence, the audience, Dave’s reaction … everything.
There’s a full explanation on another channel that gives a background on both this particular Late Night and Glover’s performance. The show itself was a disaster from the first Act on, with a NABET strike that was making routine technical tasks a challenge to an untrained crew. Glover’s appearance was indeed an act in which Dave should have been given a heads-up. But he wasn’t, so it just added to a frustrating hour.
@@coolnamebro Well, he didn't really act like he did. He acted more like he thought for real some maniac had been let into the studio and he wouldn't have it. In all the other interviews with Crispin he keeps questioning the reason to why he acted like he did although Crispin refuses to give a straight answer.
Crispin was terrific in the River's Edge. I watched this back in 87, and watched Crispin enact a nervous breakdown on television. Awesome to see it again all these years later!
My comment was booted. But was great. When someone put his friend down or something like that, and he says. " I should "Thrill" you for even saying that MANNNN.... but he didn't say thrill.. that's why my comment was kicked off. But anyways, I still use that line to this day...
@@SonAndHeir16 Crispin Glover appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1987 to promote the film River's Edge. During the interview, Glover wore platform shoes and a wig, behaved erratically, and nearly kicked David Letterman in the face, causing Letterman to walk off the set.[4][5] After Rubin & Ed premiered four years later, some speculated that Glover appeared on the show in-character as Rubin Farr. Rubin Farr also appears in Glover's music videoclip for the song "Clowny Clown Clown" and is also cited as "Mr Farr".
I remember watching this as it air that night. As a 14 year old, I was obsessed with Johnny and Dave and loved staying up to watch them every night. This, a monkey-cam incident, and something falling from the ceiling/catwalk prompted me to write to Dave asking if he'd ever considered getting a bodyguard. A few weeks later, he did a segment where he interviewed potential bodyguards. Not saying I gave their writers that idea, but.....
I was the same. I'd either stay up to watch Johnny and Dave or tape them and watch them the next day. I was 14 when I watched this live too and loved Crispin Glover ever since.
I remember seeing this when it first aired. I have the same reaction today: Either Crispin Glover is the best actor on planet Earth, or he was whacked out of his mind on goofballs.
I saw Late Night writer Fred Graver speak a few months after this and asked him about it. He said as soon as they went to break, Crispin was escorted out of the building and put into a cab. Fred said it was the kick that did it. After that, Dave wanted nothing more to do with him.
but he was on the show two more times after this. I'm sure if Dave actually wanted nothing more to do with him he could have easily prevented that from happening.
Crispin was in character. Letterman is a control freak. Glover's antics put Letterman off balance. Letterman took it badly. Frankly, it was fun to see him freak out.
I mean… it’s his show, why shouldn’t he be in control? I wouldn’t be cool with someone coming in my house and trying to make me look like a fool on tv either.
@@Del-Canada Definitely. Glover returned to the show a month later and appeared a third time a couple of years later. He would have been banned if Letterman had been legitimately angry.
@deaterk: The difference is Andy Kaufman was funny. There's a fine line between acting like a wierdo and acting like a wierdo that's inadvertantly funny. Lots of actors have tried it (remember Joaquin Phoenix's rap career?) But few have pulled it off. I think the secret ingredient is vulnerability. If you're 99% douche and 1% sweetheart, then people can still like you. But if you go full douche, then it's an uphill battle.
This was a classic episode that I saw when it originally aired. Crispin was not banned from the show for this. He was back on as a guest not too long after this.
My uncle recorded this on VHS while it was live all those years ago. He also almost lured Crispin to his house with promises of pancakes and his friend's girlfriend.
He is one crazy dude! I remember listening to some of his music sometime around 1990 and it was trip, to say the least. But that was density, er, destiny
I had recorded two episodes, this and the next. I began to watch the second one first, which started out with Crispin trying to kick Dave in the head, then Dave awakening from an apparent bad dream. Paul revealed that it had *not* been a dream, but had actually happened, and went on to say that, after the show, he and Biff had followed Crispin back to his hotel and smothered him with a pillow. I then had to rewind the tape back another hour to see what it was all about.
Crispin is a unique personality…I’ll just leave it at that. His father, Bruce, played one half of the flamboyant henchmen duo (Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd) in Connery’s last official Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever.
I think this spot ages better with time. :-) This Interview, the Kaufman spots, and the Joaquin Phoenix interviews are all kind of similar to me. I am surprised Dave didn't go with this one a little longer and work it for laughs like he did in those interviews. I think his beef may have been he never got a heads up beforehand. Regardless, it's still great televison and Crispin is one of kind.
All those other interviews Dave was aware ahead of time. Kaufman would tell him he was going to do something he just was never specific as to what. Glover never gave him a heads up. He had an album out around this same time. Great stuff!
I was a baby here, but did people understand he was obviously putting on a performance, or not? I ask because when I see people with about Joaquin Phoenix, as if Dave and the coherent among us did not know it was a joke, yikes. Everyone knew Joaquin was putting on a bit that same night, live, while watching it. There was no mystery. And Dave's jabs were hilarious, besting his little piece.
Much like the "Andy Kaufman and wrestler Jerry Lawler" incident it is hard to determine what is real and what is staged. It is documented that Dave was really Spooked by this guest. He had him REMOVED afterward.
I met Crispin glover at the alamo draft house. He showed 2 of his films and gave a presentation in German. It was entertaining, at the end he said we could all line up and get pics and autographs. At that moment I got a text from a family member saying I need to get home because I had a family member in the process of dying. I left the theater to make a phone call and Crispin came out into the hallway. I was off the phone at that point and told him "hey I really enjoyed your film but I have to leave to tend to an emergency. He shook my hand and I followed him back into the theater so I could grab my wife and leave. As I followed him he freaked out running away from me and the entire theater saw and was like WTF? he ran out of the theater and didn't return. I spoke to an usher and he said "oh he does weird stuff like this every time he's here." He said one time that he thought the whole audience was paparazzi and pulled the fire alarm in the middle of the show, ran out and called the fire department. Hes a weird dude in not a good way. I had zero desire to meet him, but took my wife as a gift because she likes him as an actor. You could see the entire audience lose a lot of respect for him immediately for acting like a child.
@@MothGirl007 There's performance art, and there's publicly acting like a loon at the worst possible times. Sure Crispin's a talented dude, but he's also a bonafide nutcase.
Glover reminds me SO MUCH of my late friend who died in May of '21. Crispin's voice, his hair, those glasses, the neurotic behavior, reading off of scraps of paper he'd carry around, suddenly breaking out in violent behavior, all seem so exactly like my friend. After not taking very good care of his diabetes for a number of years, my friend was found dead in his apartment after yet another one of his frequent seizures.
Sorry about your friend. Diabetic seizures are caused by very low blood sugar. Type 1 diabetes is a balancing act - too low and you die, too high and you suffer from tons of complications (or if it lasts too long you die). It's difficult and depressing. There is a technology that's been out for a little while now that could have saved your friend. It's called a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). It can sound an alarm if your blood sugar is getting too low. Most diabetics should know about this, but if you're T1 and reading this and you don't know, look into it.
I think Crispin was just wayyy ahead of his time. This is clearly just performance art with Crispin in character, and Letterman didn't get it. I feel like if someone did this on Jimmy Kimmel or whatever today it would come off immediately to everyone as "oh this guy's just putting on a weird act", but 40 years ago you really didn't see too much stuff like this outside of Andy Kaufman.
Absolutely a classic bit, saw this when it aired and could not believe what I was watching...really thought Dave was gonna get his head lopped off by Crispin's gigantic platform shoes!
I remember this bizarro moment live. Barely a week after this Oliver Reed was on the show and almost yanked Dave's arm off during his introduction. It was a rough few weeks for Dave.
No no no, I know what this is; Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and threatened to melt his brains... Well, that is PRESICELY what happened sometime before the show. Oh my.
Because celebrities don't want to ruin their career on national TV unless you're a genius and knows what you're doing (Andy Kaufman), you're insane (Harvey Pekan and Harmony Corinne), doing a bit for a movie (Joaquin Phoenix or Sacha Baron Cohen), or drugged out of your mind (Farrah Fawcet).
Crispin Glover is an actor to the core, not comfortable unless he's becoming someone else, so the insecure guy is who he went with this time. He made an impact and what more can you ask?
An absolute TV Classic! Back then I didn't know what to make out of it (how, why, what?). 😄 I'm sure Dave wasn't in on it, but he knew right away that this was not real and played along. Crispin was great and Dave was at the top of his game. What a classic!
So cool to see this relived. I remember when it aired. Young and probably high... I cringed in my skin watching this play out. One of the brighter memorys of OG Letterman. Superballs dump off the roof is my all time favorite. Five minutes of Colorfull chaos.😂
Back in the 70s, in High School, Trent Harris (the director of 'Rubin & Ed') worked with us, to make movies. Trent spent every spare minute at the editing machine. Who knew that his work was going to end up on Letterman through Crispin? But, what I really wanted to say was, my cat can eat a whole watermelon!
I’ve been watching late night shows for fifty years. I usually just watch the monologue, because 99.9% of the guest interviews are extremely boring, but this one I remember. It was odd, but kinda funny. I don’t think the kick was that close. I guess he was scared and left the interview. Dave used to laugh when he made Richard Simons cry. Could dish it out, but couldn’t take it.
i worry that this is how i appear when i'm trying to convince my manager to give me a raise.
Lol I worry about the same thing when asking for a holiday.
Asking for a raise feels like begging. Nobody likes that.
When I’m trying to convince my wife for a “favor”
You work at Denny’s. You’re a dishwasher at Denny’s. You’re a sub par dishwasher at Denny’s. You’re pretty much locked in at minimum wage..
That's hilarious 😅
I’ve always been convinced that Phoenix used this as inspiration for his Joker character’s appearance on the Murray Show. The cadence, the audience, Dave’s reaction … everything.
Absolutely. Murray was a take off of David Letterman bringing people like Harvey Pekar and Andy Kaufman on his show.
Hey man, good observation. I agree with you.
You’re probably right.
Surely Phoenix's inspiration was DeNiro in King of Comedy? Not to mention the inspiration for the entire film!
The King of Comedy w/Robert Deniro is the real inspiration for much of The Joker
Legendary interview! Glad it FINALLY gets uploaded in high quality!
Also, Crispin Glover's "persona" would years later star in the movie Rubin & Ed.
My cat can eat a whole watermelon!
Never heard of this. I know what my Sunday HW is!
More like the Joker and Murray Franklin
I think they were making Ruben and Ed at that time but for some reason its release was delayed for years.
Wow, thanks for clarifying that, I always wondered if that was the case.
I saw this in 87 and have never forgotten it. Most memorable Dave interview ever.
Same here. I was entertained
I saw my uncle shoot his wife in 1987, I never forgot that either. Rip “Unka Slug”. This interview is cool too
Harvey Pekor
Yep, I believe this was when dave was truly at is peak.
Harvey and harmony are top
I saw Crispin read poetry live in a weird ass theater in Edmonton Canada in 1996. It was so amazing, he is a true artist.
Was he acting the same as this?
@@dougrogan379 no
His Ruben char is truly amazing.
I've been to a lot of ass theaters in Edmonton, and none of them were weird.
He is remarkable in person, esp when he is showing his own odd ass films that have only been screened when he was present...
There’s a full explanation on another channel that gives a background on both this particular Late Night and Glover’s performance. The show itself was a disaster from the first Act on, with a NABET strike that was making routine technical tasks a challenge to an untrained crew. Glover’s appearance was indeed an act in which Dave should have been given a heads-up. But he wasn’t, so it just added to a frustrating hour.
Thanks Don!
Would explain the weird wig haha
Dave should have been able to tell it was an act though, it was very weird that he didn't.
@@coolnamebro Well, he didn't really act like he did. He acted more like he thought for real some maniac had been let into the studio and he wouldn't have it. In all the other interviews with Crispin he keeps questioning the reason to why he acted like he did although Crispin refuses to give a straight answer.
@@coolnamebro Not the same with Andy. For this, Dave didn’t know.
Crispin was terrific in the River's Edge. I watched this back in 87, and watched Crispin enact a nervous breakdown on television. Awesome to see it again all these years later!
His overacting in that movie is next-level.
With Kevin Bacon?
@@Joe-rx2fn No, Keanu Reeves.
My comment was booted. But was great. When someone put his friend down or something like that, and he says. " I should "Thrill" you for even saying that MANNNN.... but he didn't say thrill.. that's why my comment was kicked off. But anyways, I still use that line to this day...
i just watched this movie last night and it reignited my love for crispin which is why i’m watching this interview now haha
Fun fact: This was exactly five years after Kaufman/Lawler.
That actually is a fun fact. Good to know.
Coincidence? 🙂
Don is the Oracle of Studio 6A!
Oh yes…the infamous Andy Kaufman incident.
As R.E.M. once sang, “Andy are you locked in the punch? Andy are you goofing on Elvis
…hey baby….”
That's nuts, and good to know. Thanks, Don!
Always been a Crispin glover fan. Loved his cadence & personality. He always played interesting characters & real funny.
"Ben"
He came on the show as his character for the movie Rubin & Ed. Dave hated it. The audience loved it.
It does look that way. The description here says 87, but IMDB says that movie came out in 91. 🤷♂
@@SonAndHeir16 Crispin Glover appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1987 to promote the film River's Edge. During the interview, Glover wore platform shoes and a wig, behaved erratically, and nearly kicked David Letterman in the face, causing Letterman to walk off the set.[4][5] After Rubin & Ed premiered four years later, some speculated that Glover appeared on the show in-character as Rubin Farr. Rubin Farr also appears in Glover's music videoclip for the song "Clowny Clown Clown" and is also cited as "Mr Farr".
Letterman is such a idiot.
Glover us a genius.
@@gumenski he was across the desk from letterman. he didn't nearly kick him. not nearly in any way, shape, or form
@@JokersNtheOddball I'm just quoting Wikipedia... I don't care how close his foot was.
I remember watching this as it air that night. As a 14 year old, I was obsessed with Johnny and Dave and loved staying up to watch them every night. This, a monkey-cam incident, and something falling from the ceiling/catwalk prompted me to write to Dave asking if he'd ever considered getting a bodyguard. A few weeks later, he did a segment where he interviewed potential bodyguards. Not saying I gave their writers that idea, but.....
Wouldn't be surprised if you did lol
I would totally add that to my resume. lol Also, I was 14 the year Letterman started. I’m 54 now. 🤯
I was the same. I'd either stay up to watch Johnny and Dave or tape them and watch them the next day. I was 14 when I watched this live too and loved Crispin Glover ever since.
I think Crispin gets the credit for giving him the idea
I was also 14 at the time
I remember seeing this when it first aired.
I have the same reaction today: Either Crispin Glover is the best actor on planet Earth, or he was whacked out of his mind on goofballs.
I live in a town that is a well-known destination for drug tourism. I see people high on all sorts of stuff regularly. He is a good actor.
Both
how stupid are you to think this is anything but acting lmao
Crispin Glover's a good actor and more than capable of pulling off this "character."
Yeah me too. I saw this in real time and shortly afterwards I ran out and saw River's Edge
He's clearly trolling. Way ahead of his time
Andy Hofmann
Kauffman@@johnnolan4312
Nah, he is high on LSD or maybe mushrooms.
@@thesupremepizzaking Yeah, no he isn't.
@@WilmoTheBear Yeah, he's high
I remember this when it aired 😂😂😂😂this bit was a common comedic thread that bonded me and my best friend forever.
If you had a Top Ten list of greatest Late Night moments, this ranks right up there. Classic.
With Andy Kauffman, Joaquin Phoenix, John McCain
Drew Barrymore flash incident
@@DrVVVinKespecially Andy Kaufman…
If only George McFly was this assertive we wouldn't have needed two more sequels.
Unfortunately Crispin got fired after the first film. What can you do, I guess it was just his density.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@chasedwards9626
His density 🤣🤣🤣 love it
Ha ha ha ha! 😄
@@chasedwards9626 Well he was in the only one of the Back To The Future movies that mattered, the great one.
Dave signs off with, "I want to thank SOME of my guests..."
I saw Late Night writer Fred Graver speak a few months after this and asked him about it. He said as soon as they went to break, Crispin was escorted out of the building and put into a cab. Fred said it was the kick that did it. After that, Dave wanted nothing more to do with him.
but he was on the show two more times after this. I'm sure if Dave actually wanted nothing more to do with him he could have easily prevented that from happening.
Dave was in on the joke, much like the slapping incident with Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler
@@maestrogringo According to whom?
@@GoldenDeathMusic Good point. I guess I meant "that evening he wanted nothing more to do with him."
Except he was on the show after this
I remember this like it was yesterday. It was truly bizarre and hilarious, all at the same time.
Same here.
A classic
Crispin was in character. Letterman is a control freak. Glover's antics put Letterman off balance. Letterman took it badly. Frankly, it was fun to see him freak out.
I mean… it’s his show, why shouldn’t he be in control? I wouldn’t be cool with someone coming in my house and trying to make me look like a fool on tv either.
The whole thing was an act.
@@Del-Canada Definitely. Glover returned to the show a month later and appeared a third time a couple of years later. He would have been banned if Letterman had been legitimately angry.
I think he was just scared he almost got kicked in the head. 😂
@@Del-Canada Yeah, Letterman had to be in on it.
Crispin is a brilliant man. Highly underrated.
😅😅😅😅
actually an artist, and clearly acting throughout the interview. brilliant
@@bullpups totally an act, but he's still a nut for thinking it was worth doing.
Very Andy Kaufman
Duh, no kidding. It doesn't make it any better.
@deaterk: The difference is Andy Kaufman was funny. There's a fine line between acting like a wierdo and acting like a wierdo that's inadvertantly funny. Lots of actors have tried it (remember Joaquin Phoenix's rap career?) But few have pulled it off. I think the secret ingredient is vulnerability. If you're 99% douche and 1% sweetheart, then people can still like you. But if you go full douche, then it's an uphill battle.
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So you didn’t know that Phoenix rap thing was an act? There is a movie about that whole gag.
Crispin is clearly doing a character. Long before Joaquin Phoenix’s “performance art” on Letterman.
An actor who I knew back then said, "He's acting."
And many years after Andy Kaufman's "performance art" on Letterman. ;-)
Dude it's on UA-cam right now. It's called Rubin and Ed. Really underground film.
Harmony Korine pulled it off 3 times lol
Yes. He is. But badly. It didn't work, and Crispin Glover decided not to talk about it. He tanked his career.
This was a classic episode that I saw when it originally aired. Crispin was not banned from the show for this. He was back on as a guest not too long after this.
Which proves it was staged and planned here.
The producers probably had to drag Letterman away and explain how Glober was just acting.
@@DioDCynic Nah, Letterman’s no dummy. That’s just his act.
I remember watching this the night it aired! Long live the 80s! ❤
The 80's were wild
70s and 80s are the best decades
Cocaine was everywhere.....
Lot’s of nose medicine and alcohol
@@ShooterSpree03The 90's were just fine as well, buddy boy. Even the early 2000's were meh.
beginning of the end
But I thought Crispin Glover wasn't good at...confrontations.
The car, Razor...... 😛
I was watching that night. Truly a magical TV moment! Crispin Glover is a national treasure.
I remember watching that live back in 1987, just got back home from an afternoon shift at work. Very funny and shocking to see, lol.
Underrated actor
Ruben and Ed is one of the funniest films I've seen and one of Crispen Glover's best.
One thing I was always impressed with…Dave did not flinch when the platform shoe was coming at him.
As it came nowhere near him. And was scripted.
@@CoCotheTurtle Letterman looked nervous to me. I think Glover was toying with him.
Because it was an act!
This whole episode is absolutely classic including the potato chip lady!
My uncle recorded this on VHS while it was live all those years ago.
He also almost lured Crispin to his house with promises of pancakes and his friend's girlfriend.
A classic I witnessed in real time.
So great!!!
He is one crazy dude! I remember listening to some of his music sometime around 1990 and it was trip, to say the least. But that was density, er, destiny
A young Lea Thompson 🤤
That look from Paul - awesome!
Is Paul the gay guy with the goggles?
I had recorded two episodes, this and the next. I began to watch the second one first, which started out with Crispin trying to kick Dave in the head, then Dave awakening from an apparent bad dream. Paul revealed that it had *not* been a dream, but had actually happened, and went on to say that, after the show, he and Biff had followed Crispin back to his hotel and smothered him with a pillow. I then had to rewind the tape back another hour to see what it was all about.
"you wanna have dinner with the guy?!". LOL....Dave's comebacks are the BEST
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The best! Crispin is such a fantastic personality and artist.
Definitely an odd dude but he is SO amazing in Back to the Future. My favorite movie of all-time
You’re thinking of Michael J Fox
@@chasedwards9626 nope. I was not.
Classic performance in back to the future as George Mcfly. He will always be remembered.
Crispin is a unique personality…I’ll just leave it at that.
His father, Bruce, played one half of the flamboyant henchmen duo (Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd) in Connery’s last official Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever.
His father was also in Chinatown as one of Jack Nicholson's detective associates.
Right! He was Mr. Wint!
@@robertcalvanese1630Also in the original Walking Tall.
He was a lawyer on Barney Miller a few times... looks just like Crispin.
That actually makes a lot of sense.
Walking out of the curtain talking to someone backstage is such a good move
I watched this when it originally aired. A little trivia: Crispin's father, Bruce, played Mr. Wint in Diamonds are Forever.
Crazy that I almost posted this same trivial fact on the same day a year after this video was posted. Good catch!
Glovers routine reminds me of Andy Kaufman. Brilliant.
Exactly. ❤
I'm Brazilian, and I don't really get American's humor. To me, every single guest on that show tries do be Andy Kaufman. It's never a real interview.
@robertochaves9305 what’s your thoughts on Norm Macdonald?
Kaufman was a genius. This is knockoff comedy.
This is him for a movie called Rubin and Ed. I didn't know 'til just now.
HILARIOUS! I would stay up late if David here was on again! Genius thecshow was genius!
Crispin still owes me a book per our verbal agreement, and that was nearly 24 years ago.
You'll get that book soon enough tiger.
Keep hope alive, he can’t avoid his density forever
I think this spot ages better with time. :-) This Interview, the Kaufman spots, and the Joaquin Phoenix interviews are all kind of similar to me. I am surprised Dave didn't go with this one a little longer and work it for laughs like he did in those interviews. I think his beef may have been he never got a heads up beforehand. Regardless, it's still great televison and Crispin is one of kind.
All those other interviews Dave was aware ahead of time. Kaufman would tell him he was going to do something he just was never specific as to what. Glover never gave him a heads up. He had an album out around this same time. Great stuff!
I was a baby here, but did people understand he was obviously putting on a performance, or not? I ask because when I see people with about Joaquin Phoenix, as if Dave and the coherent among us did not know it was a joke, yikes. Everyone knew Joaquin was putting on a bit that same night, live, while watching it. There was no mystery. And Dave's jabs were hilarious, besting his little piece.
A classic tv moment.
This is history.
Much like the "Andy Kaufman and wrestler Jerry Lawler" incident it is hard to determine what
is real and what is staged. It is documented that Dave was really Spooked by this guest. He had
him REMOVED afterward.
Some people try to create a persona of being highly eccentric and weird... some people try too hard. Crispin was just naturally that way
How did this JUST get posted. This is so legendary
Because it's been posted on Don Giller's channel for years, like a lot of these videos
oh snap
Clearly, the biggest mistake was David throwing him off the show and not continuing the conversation
Saw this when it was new. What a shock that was!
I remember watching this when it was first shown in 1987. I didn't realize until now that he was pulling an Andy Kaufman. LOL
I met Crispin glover at the alamo draft house. He showed 2 of his films and gave a presentation in German. It was entertaining, at the end he said we could all line up and get pics and autographs. At that moment I got a text from a family member saying I need to get home because I had a family member in the process of dying. I left the theater to make a phone call and Crispin came out into the hallway. I was off the phone at that point and told him "hey I really enjoyed your film but I have to leave to tend to an emergency. He shook my hand and I followed him back into the theater so I could grab my wife and leave. As I followed him he freaked out running away from me and the entire theater saw and was like WTF? he ran out of the theater and didn't return. I spoke to an usher and he said "oh he does weird stuff like this every time he's here." He said one time that he thought the whole audience was paparazzi and pulled the fire alarm in the middle of the show, ran out and called the fire department. Hes a weird dude in not a good way. I had zero desire to meet him, but took my wife as a gift because she likes him as an actor. You could see the entire audience lose a lot of respect for him immediately for acting like a child.
It's performance art and most people just don't get it.
@@MothGirl007 There's performance art, and there's publicly acting like a loon at the worst possible times.
Sure Crispin's a talented dude, but he's also a bonafide nutcase.
Thanks for the high quality upload.
Glover reminds me SO MUCH of my late friend who died in May of '21. Crispin's voice, his hair, those glasses, the neurotic behavior, reading off of scraps of paper he'd carry around, suddenly breaking out in violent behavior, all seem so exactly like my friend. After not taking very good care of his diabetes for a number of years, my friend was found dead in his apartment after yet another one of his frequent seizures.
That's sad, rip to your friend
Sorry about your friend. Diabetic seizures are caused by very low blood sugar. Type 1 diabetes is a balancing act - too low and you die, too high and you suffer from tons of complications (or if it lasts too long you die). It's difficult and depressing. There is a technology that's been out for a little while now that could have saved your friend. It's called a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). It can sound an alarm if your blood sugar is getting too low. Most diabetics should know about this, but if you're T1 and reading this and you don't know, look into it.
His voice is so recognizable.
I remember seeing this live while in college and my roommate and I did not know what to make of it.
there will never be another david letterman
False. I went to high school with one. Check the phone book there’s loads of them.
@@chasedwards9626😂😂
This was all an act - Glover is a brilliant actor 👍👍👍
@@bullpups 🤔
@@bullpupsit was a skit
Brilliant actor? Name 3 movies he was great in that’s not BTTF
@@joeibarra4134 All 3 of them! 🤣
I can watch that kick in replay for hours!
how does David not flinch when he's almost kicked in the face?
Letterman legitimately looked like he wanted to punch this guy out. He went from confusion, to anger, to disgust.
I think Crispin was just wayyy ahead of his time. This is clearly just performance art with Crispin in character, and Letterman didn't get it. I feel like if someone did this on Jimmy Kimmel or whatever today it would come off immediately to everyone as "oh this guy's just putting on a weird act", but 40 years ago you really didn't see too much stuff like this outside of Andy Kaufman.
He was playing around acting like the dork in Back to the Future. Too funny😂❤
Absolutely a classic bit, saw this when it aired and could not believe what I was watching...really thought Dave was gonna get his head lopped off by Crispin's gigantic platform shoes!
simply iconic
Classic Late Night
Crispin always seems on character
😂😂😂
There will never be another show like Letterman. Man how I used to love staying up late to watch every episode.
wow crispen, a damn natural, to the core.
I remember this bizarro moment live. Barely a week after this Oliver Reed was on the show and almost yanked Dave's arm off during his introduction. It was a rough few weeks for Dave.
This was included in Daves special.." Dave in Danger " lol.. F in Epic.Saw this live in 87.Never forgot it
Glover went full Kaufman
But Kaufman used to tell Letterman EVERYTHING he was going to do...This guy just went rogue..
Exactly but WHO DID IT FIRST? 😮
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It's baffling how Letterman does not seem to realize Glober is just playing a character.
I have read quite a bit on Crispin Glover. He is highly intelligent and that is all I really truly needed to know.
No no no, I know what this is; Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and threatened to melt his brains... Well, that is PRESICELY what happened sometime before the show. Oh my.
Crispin Glover is a genius! Often genius aren´t seen for what they are, they are often misunderstood 😊 I love Crispin.
Legendary.
I loved him as WILLARD lol
He was trolling but Dave is too stuck up to go with it, i bet Conan would've done an amazing job because he's actually funny
What better idea than to have some guests come in and instead of just doing a boring interview have them perform. Surprised this wasn't done more.
Because celebrities don't want to ruin their career on national TV unless you're a genius and knows what you're doing (Andy Kaufman), you're insane (Harvey Pekan and Harmony Corinne), doing a bit for a movie (Joaquin Phoenix or Sacha Baron Cohen), or drugged out of your mind (Farrah Fawcet).
I remember seeing this when it happened. It was the topic of the day at school the next morning. Classic TV moment.
Crispin Glover is an actor to the core, not comfortable unless he's becoming someone else, so the insecure guy is who he went with this time. He made an impact and what more can you ask?
That guy knows how to kick.
An absolute TV Classic! Back then I didn't know what to make out of it (how, why, what?). 😄
I'm sure Dave wasn't in on it, but he knew right away that this was not real and played along. Crispin was great and Dave was at the top of his game. What a classic!
So cool to see this relived. I remember when it aired. Young and probably high... I cringed in my skin watching this play out. One of the brighter memorys of OG Letterman. Superballs dump off the roof is my all time favorite. Five minutes of Colorfull chaos.😂
In the eighties Letterman was hands down the best late night show. I used to record it on VHS every night and watch it the next day during lunch.
I never liked him. Don't really hate the guy tho. I find he panders, he does it well and his audience digs it.
So much love in the air :)
Back in the 70s, in High School, Trent Harris (the director of 'Rubin & Ed') worked with us, to make movies. Trent spent every spare minute at the editing machine. Who knew that his work was going to end up on Letterman through Crispin? But, what I really wanted to say was, my cat can eat a whole watermelon!
Letterman was owned by a true talent.
Crispin has always been under rated
Yes, and misunderstood.
The ultimate troll.
“I can kick” gets me every time hahaha the way he says it
I’ve been watching late night shows for fifty years. I usually just watch the monologue, because 99.9% of the guest interviews are extremely boring, but this one I remember. It was odd, but kinda funny. I don’t think the kick was that close. I guess he was scared and left the interview. Dave used to laugh when he made Richard Simons cry. Could dish it out, but couldn’t take it.
Wow. After all this time, it is still cringy! Thanks for FINALLY posting this!
It’s so hard to watch because he’s trying so hard to be like Andy Kaufman and Letterman sees through the whole thing and just wasn’t diggin it.