David Sedaris’ Adventures As A New York City Apartment Cleaner | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

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  • (Original airdate: 07/13/94) David Sedaris talks about his day job as a New York City apartment cleaner and shares the strangest thing he witnessed as an elf at Macy’s Santaland.
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  • @vcarr6433
    @vcarr6433 2 роки тому +55

    Based on the dull reactions from the crowd you can tell he was way ahead of his time.

    • @rudypalma1250
      @rudypalma1250 Рік тому +2

      Now they scream with laughter before he even gets to the punchline.

  • @RxLifestyleVitalism
    @RxLifestyleVitalism Рік тому +12

    David Sedaris is the BEST! 😂🙌 I love his perspective! He has such an endearing honesty and authenticity. Grinning ear to ear whenever he speaks.

  • @dissipatedfog
    @dissipatedfog 2 роки тому +48

    The book he's promoting is Barrel Fever and Other Stories. All of his books are great listens. I've read them in print as well, but nothing beats listening to him read his stuff aloud.

  • @kathleenheneghan8670
    @kathleenheneghan8670 2 роки тому +12

    I love that he was a Macy's elf years ago & then his sister was in the movie "Elf" years later. Too bad he didn't make a cameo.

  • @Andrew_Haase
    @Andrew_Haase 4 місяці тому +3

    …NPR’s reading of Santa Land Diaries + his original reading of Six to 8 Black men…Have been our Families Christmas listening tradition since 2007…I highly suggest y’all do the same

  • @blacksquirrel4008
    @blacksquirrel4008 2 роки тому +39

    If you ever get a chance to see David Sedaris he does a great show. Mostly, he’s reading his books but it’s hilarious.

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 2 роки тому +2

      He's getting a lot older and his current tour is very long. Expect a lackluster performance.

    • @blacksquirrel4008
      @blacksquirrel4008 2 роки тому +1

      @@richsackett3423 oh, sorry to hear that. I’ve no intention of going to any live shows of anything anymore so glad I caught him early.

    • @kensurridge9631
      @kensurridge9631 2 роки тому +2

      I saw him just before the pandemic and he was wonderful

    • @theresachristie7150
      @theresachristie7150 7 місяців тому

      He's as great as he ever was, in my humble opinion

  • @danielleschumacher1120
    @danielleschumacher1120 2 роки тому +21

    I love when David's first thought after discovering a gun was to wipe his fingerprints off 😆

  • @BudFuddlacker
    @BudFuddlacker 2 роки тому +48

    This guy has some great lines during the interview and he’s not getting the laughs I expected

    • @PlasticNationStrangr
      @PlasticNationStrangr 2 роки тому +5

      Seriously! What a dead audience!

    • @LbeLLe421
      @LbeLLe421 2 роки тому +4

      It seems to me that they didn’t have as many mics on the audience as they do now. And now it always feels so manufactured. I actually found this enjoyable to listen to and a nice change of pace. But that might just be me

    • @louiearmstrong
      @louiearmstrong 2 роки тому +4

      Sedaris is an acquired taste. I love his work, but also understand why a 1994 free ticket, Times Square tourist Conan audience might find him boring

    • @bobdroll6381
      @bobdroll6381 2 роки тому +2

      It's a psychological fact that crowds are more "generous" with their laughter if they're responding to a known or established entity; Sedaris was no household name in '94. Further, he wasn't saying anything especially funny. His Woody Allen vibe and "handling kids" exchange didn't help matters either. Unless you count nervous laughter.

  • @whoamellie5610
    @whoamellie5610 2 роки тому +39

    Can't believe this is like 27 years ago now 😆 That's wild.. My 90s-kid mind would still guess '27 years ago' was like 1983, not '94 😆 ..Feeling older all the time x)

    • @kylesanders8276
      @kylesanders8276 2 роки тому +5

      Same, in the 90s/00s to me 30yrs ago was still the 70s

    • @PurpleMintSam
      @PurpleMintSam 2 роки тому +2

      This video is from almost 3 decades ago? God, I'm old

    • @Dana-kb5mk
      @Dana-kb5mk 2 роки тому +1

      Everything feels very 27 or 42. I quit counting, stopped worrying and allowed myself to enjoy Life, David & Amy Sedaris more 😘❤️👽🖖🥰♾️🕉️🔥☘️ What a great #Upload🔥😘❤️👽🖖🥰♾️🕉️🔥☘️

  • @charliebearhugs
    @charliebearhugs 2 роки тому +8

    Oh you made my day with this! He is my favorite author. I don't think I've seen an earlier video of him 😀

  • @ZalbaagBeoulve
    @ZalbaagBeoulve 2 роки тому +4

    I've never seen young Sedaris. Thanks for this

  • @junejune9619
    @junejune9619 2 роки тому +19

    Love David Sedaris

  • @michaelnagle5482
    @michaelnagle5482 2 роки тому +29

    “It was $15 an hour.”
    “That’s not bad.”
    For 1994 that’s probably excellent. But $15 an hour in 2021? That would be horrendous for NYC.

    • @NextToToddliness
      @NextToToddliness 2 роки тому +3

      $15 in 1994 is equivalent to $28.13 in 2021, which was definitely not bad for the mid to late 90's, considering how great the economy was.

    • @michaelnagle5482
      @michaelnagle5482 2 роки тому +2

      @@NextToToddliness No, it’s fantastic! But there’s no way people doing that same job in 2021 are making that kind of money.

    • @GabrielTravelerVideos
      @GabrielTravelerVideos 2 роки тому +11

      I thought he said it was $10 an hour and his boss took half. He might have meant that it was $15 for the three hours, so $5 an hour.

    • @andrewspielman1921
      @andrewspielman1921 2 роки тому +1

      @@GabrielTravelerVideos correct. I was like… what? And he said his “master” takes half? Wtf?!?

    • @KC-ed1dj
      @KC-ed1dj 2 роки тому

      EVEN IN 1994, $10 wasn't great for NYC. It was more than minimum wage, but you would have been barely making it.

  • @ilahjarvis
    @ilahjarvis 6 місяців тому +1

    In the audio version of this story he does a Billie Holiday impression that is positively eerie.

  • @QuantumBraced
    @QuantumBraced 2 роки тому +13

    They hadn't yet invented clothes that fit in the 90s, his shirt looks like a sail. :D

    • @51StPi
      @51StPi 2 роки тому +4

      Yes but we were comfortable and we got our moneys worth in cloth.

    • @andrewanderson1755
      @andrewanderson1755 2 роки тому +1

      Lol who cares?

    • @Independentfellow
      @Independentfellow 4 місяці тому

      Two problems, (1) it was the style for baggy clothes (2) he’s a short, skinny man.

  • @LacticAcid672
    @LacticAcid672 2 роки тому +26

    Conan and David both seem kinda stilted here for two of the funniest people on the planet. Both basically babies at this point still.

    • @bobdroll6381
      @bobdroll6381 2 роки тому

      Conan? One of the funniest people on the planet? Hardly.

    • @weemeemoo
      @weemeemoo 2 роки тому

      Conan seems more relaxed here than he does nowadays

  • @rikeep
    @rikeep 2 роки тому +12

    Can’t wait to see David live next year

    • @DurkMcGerk
      @DurkMcGerk 2 роки тому +3

      I'm also pulling for him

    • @LawrMich
      @LawrMich 2 роки тому

      I’m seeing him in February, I’m so excited!

    • @Frank.E.Valley
      @Frank.E.Valley 2 роки тому +1

      @@DurkMcGerk With luck he could live for quite a while still!

  • @downhilltwofour0082
    @downhilltwofour0082 2 роки тому +7

    David is definitely worth looking up He is funny!

  • @BudFuddlacker
    @BudFuddlacker 2 роки тому +13

    6:00 There’s a great example of how smart Conan is, he was able to figure that out and explain it right on the spot, and he’s entirely right

    • @bobdroll6381
      @bobdroll6381 2 роки тому +2

      There was nothing remotely impressive about that exchange.

  • @shelby8364
    @shelby8364 Місяць тому

    all i think of when he talks about being a cleaner is his Fire Island story

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 2 роки тому +1

    I love his voice.

  • @chrisriehl1696
    @chrisriehl1696 2 роки тому +2

    I love this interview!

  • @MrRedberd
    @MrRedberd Місяць тому

    He hates being on television, but I think he does great!

  • @sheilanovitz8578
    @sheilanovitz8578 2 роки тому

    I enjoy his books very much indeed. His personality shines through his writing, so that there’s a sparkle to everything. Have read all the books, bar one that I want to put off reading as long as possible - because I won’t like reaching the end!

  • @HEISENBERG-z6v
    @HEISENBERG-z6v 2 роки тому +8

    LOL

  • @NextToToddliness
    @NextToToddliness 2 роки тому +25

    "I think people worry that they dont live in a democratic nation if they're waiting in line for more than three hours, especially if you're waiting to see Santa."
    - brilliant

  • @invisibot6602
    @invisibot6602 2 роки тому +33

    Its like if woody allen were a decent person.

  • @arosha1
    @arosha1 2 роки тому +11

    It’s so weird to hear that voice coming out of a person.

  • @tzu2146
    @tzu2146 2 роки тому +1

    One of the funniest men on the planet.

  • @B00s3
    @B00s3 2 роки тому +8

    I wonder which book he was promoting.

    • @keefnerd
      @keefnerd 2 роки тому +6

      I think Barrel Fever. But it's also in Holidays on Ice, which is really excellent

    • @waywardmind
      @waywardmind 2 роки тому +6

      Barrel Fever was out in '94, so it'd be that one.

  • @kylesanders8276
    @kylesanders8276 2 роки тому +3

    "This one time I came across plane tickets for something called the Lolita Express, with included photographs of this odd, striped cube structure. I guess it was some fancy getaway palace."

  • @Zetsuke4
    @Zetsuke4 2 роки тому

    nice

  • @4seeableTV
    @4seeableTV 2 роки тому +3

    Is he related to Amy?

    • @prestonpope
      @prestonpope 2 роки тому +11

      Yep, her brother

    • @venezuela0076
      @venezuela0076 2 роки тому +3

      Yes, he actually did the voice of princess caroline's mom

    • @kylesanders8276
      @kylesanders8276 2 роки тому +1

      @@venezuela0076 oh wow, I didn't know that

  • @mcpappysgolden
    @mcpappysgolden 2 роки тому +1

    God, was the audience dead?

  • @kbrown4ou
    @kbrown4ou 2 роки тому

    David reminds me so much of Woody Allen here.

  • @shaduck06
    @shaduck06 2 роки тому +2

    PEOPLE wait in lines for hours in China, you figure they got sick of that.
    some parents stand kids on shopping center garbage cans to relieve themselves

  • @rossturcotte419
    @rossturcotte419 2 роки тому +1

    look @ young stoner david

  • @JacksonPolyp
    @JacksonPolyp 2 роки тому +1

    his darker jokes really are not hitting, lol

  • @no127
    @no127 2 роки тому +1

    He reminds me of Monica's underage boyfriend in 'Friends' who lied to her about his age. Anyone else think so?

  • @markpx
    @markpx 2 роки тому +2

    His cleaning work is a fetish, not a job. Key is when he says his "master."

  • @princeedmunddukeofedinburg
    @princeedmunddukeofedinburg 2 роки тому +1

    R.I.P, covid did get him....