Mandy Patinkin Sings "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" | Letterman

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
  • A special impromptu performance of the classic.
    (From "Late Night," air date: 7/20/89)
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  • @Maggie_Lister
    @Maggie_Lister 5 місяців тому +172

    I still can’t believe David Letterman posted this for me ❤ I’m honored that the story of my father has made it this far.

    • @TheIndicarol
      @TheIndicarol 5 місяців тому +6

      How cool that you grew up with this song and Mandy.

    • @gypsygirl58
      @gypsygirl58 5 місяців тому +2

      So sorry for your family’s loss. I’m glad you were able to connect with Mandy and Dave. Prayers and hugs.

    • @user-ee9ti6qe2e
      @user-ee9ti6qe2e 5 місяців тому +3

      Just watched you tiktok video and thank you for sharing your beautiful story and allowing us to also enjoy this wonderful amazing performance

    • @judyl5260
      @judyl5260 19 днів тому

      May your memories bring you comfort, sorry for your loss…love this performance

  • @derekjason4820
    @derekjason4820 5 місяців тому +88

    35 years later, I still get chills. OUTSTANDING.

    • @_o__o_
      @_o__o_ 5 місяців тому

      whack sauce

    • @joemontgomery860
      @joemontgomery860 5 місяців тому

      Same!!!! Who knew?!

    • @anmarsrose
      @anmarsrose 3 місяці тому

      Same. That last “somewhereeee” oh my heart!

  • @kaspinet
    @kaspinet 5 місяців тому +51

    Mandy Patinkin Singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow in front of a moonscape. You've made my day.

  • @dongiller
    @dongiller 5 місяців тому +23

    Fun fact: There was a followup performance on August 18, 1989, when Paul had since learned and was now fully prepared to play the full introduction with Mandy.

  • @prmaninla
    @prmaninla 5 місяців тому +60

    Everything about this i what we miss with late night today. Spontaneity, beautiful, talent, Paul coming through like a champ... showbiz at its finest!

    • @norwegianblue2764
      @norwegianblue2764 5 місяців тому +3

      Well said.

    • @JesgateOnDown
      @JesgateOnDown 5 місяців тому +3

      ...Spontaneity, lol. No it wasn't.

    • @fermata5694
      @fermata5694 5 місяців тому

      Yes it's an amazing and beautiful performance, but you can't believe this was impromptu. It's called show business for a reason 🤣🤣

    • @prmaninla
      @prmaninla 5 місяців тому

      @@fermata5694 I don't know... I know a lot of the shows are scripted, but this is old-school Letterman and certainly doesn't look like it to me. Just the way that Paul reacts, that he doesn't know the bridge to SOTR, etc. These are pros after all.

    • @dancalkins97
      @dancalkins97 5 місяців тому +2

      My two cents: Paul didn't know exactly what was going on at the beginning and the end, and Mandy directed him with verbal cues and his right hand. He'd probably heard Mandy sing the middle part before where he rushes and goes up on the final "Somewhere...". Mandy also generally sings it in a higher key. I wouldn't be surprised if they did that on the fly.

  • @capsfan3940
    @capsfan3940 5 місяців тому +79

    This is posted because some young women lost her father a few days ago and this specific performance was so special to them both. She reached out to Mandy to thank him for this and apparently Mandy talked to her and apparently Dave left a message also somehow, but I have not seen that.

    • @robwahl6288
      @robwahl6288 5 місяців тому +3

      I saw that that Tik Tok video and it was so beautiful. As soon as I saw this was posted, I HAD to watch it. So perfect!

    • @FrumpyJones
      @FrumpyJones 5 місяців тому +2

      This is not the one maggie was talking about. .. look again. It's from 1989, he has a blue shirt and scruff and mentions cher not being there as he starts singing

    • @robwahl6288
      @robwahl6288 5 місяців тому +1

      @@FrumpyJones You are right. I am going to look for, what I assume is, another performance

    • @mkspangenberg
      @mkspangenberg 5 місяців тому

      @@robwahl6288 She was talking about his performance in Princess Bride. Mandy talks about it on his socials. It is very heart warmning. However, I am sure there are probably many people Mandy has influenced with his singing, me being one. I wore this album/tape out as a kid.

    • @lauriehengel5238
      @lauriehengel5238 29 днів тому

      He is SUCH a class act! I've been to 10 concerts (Greyhound Bus) and he always makes time to take pics with fans, sign pics ❤

  • @808kiker
    @808kiker 5 місяців тому +32

    OMG this is lovely !! He sounds like a singer from the 30's

    • @Alice_Banda84
      @Alice_Banda84 5 місяців тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing!

  • @northernbohemianrealist1412
    @northernbohemianrealist1412 5 місяців тому +63

    Magic.
    Paul Shaffer showed his chops on this one.

    • @davidcarruthers9223
      @davidcarruthers9223 Місяць тому +2

      did he ever…..Paul was magnificent, a totally spontaneous and unrehearsed masterful performance!

    • @bassage13
      @bassage13 Місяць тому

      @@davidcarruthers9223 TV is never "spontaneous and unrehearsed." How can anybody be that naive?!?! Yes, Paul is skilled and experienced and talented, but this was planned and rehearsed, just like everything on TV.

  • @halwasserman7905
    @halwasserman7905 5 місяців тому +46

    Unexpected beautiful performances of this sort always bring a welcome tear to my eye.

  • @cherylf.4616
    @cherylf.4616 5 місяців тому +36

    That was brilliant!
    *Standing ovation* 👏

  • @POObumpoopo
    @POObumpoopo 5 місяців тому +12

    So many people didn't know he could sing... he's a Broadway legend! The Eva Cassidy version is still my favourite non-Judy one but this one is great.

  • @uselessinventions
    @uselessinventions 5 місяців тому +20

    Thank you for sharing this for everyone. I know Maggie appreciates it and her father does, too!

  • @aprilcraddock169
    @aprilcraddock169 5 місяців тому +13

    Thanks Mr.David Letterman, for bringing this to us.🎉🎉

  • @joshualebowitz
    @joshualebowitz 5 місяців тому +20

    Such a sensational performance.

  • @vowxhing
    @vowxhing 5 місяців тому +19

    Come back, Dave! We need you now more than ever!

    • @dukeallen432
      @dukeallen432 5 місяців тому

      He’s done enough leave him be.

  • @softballhumanoid
    @softballhumanoid 5 місяців тому +15

    This made me feel all the feels. WHAT A RENDITION! It's instantly my favorite version of this song. How perfectly perfect!

  • @ThePorpoisepower
    @ThePorpoisepower 5 місяців тому +7

    Damn Mandy never ceases to amaze me.

  • @sjm5482
    @sjm5482 5 місяців тому +11

    Wow...and how bout Paul, accompanying so effortlessly. Two masters at work.

  • @CWILDESC
    @CWILDESC 5 місяців тому +25

    Wow! Among the highlights of David Letterman's shows is when Tony Randall would show up unexpectedly? with Mandy Patinkin in tow to belt out a tune (Mandy, not Tony).

  • @rayhume1971
    @rayhume1971 5 місяців тому +18

    Man. I only know him from the Princess Bride and Dead Like Me. I didn't know he could sing even a little bit, let alone like that.

    • @susannariera
      @susannariera 5 місяців тому +2

      He's been a Broadway star since 1979, friends with Sondheim, 3 Tony Awards nominations (if I'm not mistaken) he won once. Some albums released...yes, he can definitely sing. 😉

    • @celieboo
      @celieboo Місяць тому

      "Dead Like Me" was an underrated show.

  • @aislinnm6519
    @aislinnm6519 5 місяців тому +11

    I am in awe of him

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 5 місяців тому +9

    This moved me to tears! He didn’t even need accompaniment to sing it!

  • @elizabethlarson9655
    @elizabethlarson9655 5 місяців тому +5

    I remember watching this the first night of the broadcast. I've never forgotten it.

  • @franneep
    @franneep 5 місяців тому +11

    Ahhh. Just splendid! Goosebumps and all.

  • @FrankBenlin
    @FrankBenlin 5 місяців тому +9

    Amazing. I remember him blasting through the side doors and knocking down a song and going right back out to the street. Left everyone wondering what just happened. Amazing.

  • @veritascurat5283
    @veritascurat5283 5 місяців тому +6

    I've waited years for this. One of the greatest performances ever. I usually go for classical, metal, and punk. But this? Pure beauty. Thank you for sharing it! 🤘😎🤘

  • @mannybravo237
    @mannybravo237 5 місяців тому +11

    He passed.....out, then his bodyguard carted his body offstage, what a worthy, well done performance, mister!👏🏽🐦

    • @teaching_and_learning
      @teaching_and_learning 5 місяців тому +3

      You win the internet today!

    • @mannybravo237
      @mannybravo237 5 місяців тому

      ​@@teaching_and_learninghaha, no way jose, that's like inheriting unruley step kids u can't punish😉😉😉

  • @NHRebelsthoughts
    @NHRebelsthoughts 5 місяців тому +11

    Such a Talent

  • @KayentaMoenkopi
    @KayentaMoenkopi 5 місяців тому +7

    I didn't even know Mandy could sing. so blown away.

    • @gheller2261
      @gheller2261 5 місяців тому +3

      His foundation of his entire career was built on his success in musical theater and on Broadway. He has sung on almost every television series he was part of.

    • @KayentaMoenkopi
      @KayentaMoenkopi 5 місяців тому +2

      @@gheller2261 That's wonderful to know. I look forward to getting to know his work better. Thank you for sharing.

    • @mkspangenberg
      @mkspangenberg 5 місяців тому +2

      @@KayentaMoenkopi Most people are more familiar wth his screen work so don't be so hard on yourself. I first saw him as a kid on broadway and been crying ever since. He is on tour now so maybe you could catch a show if he is stopping nearby?

    • @KayentaMoenkopi
      @KayentaMoenkopi 5 місяців тому

      @@mkspangenberg haha. Thank you so much for the information. Sadly, no one comes to my neck of the woods. Its difficult to see big name acts here. Not even if I drive for an hour to get to the show! But I had forgotten, he was in Yentl, yes? He got a Golden Globe for that I believe. Forgive my faulty memory. That was ages ago.

  • @MrRobby1
    @MrRobby1 5 місяців тому +5

    Thanks Dave and Mandy. this is the second time I've ever seen it. The first time was the first time it was on TV.

  • @mhayes788
    @mhayes788 4 місяці тому +1

    The most beautiful rendition of one of my favorites. What a beautiful voice!

  • @mariuquidiello
    @mariuquidiello Місяць тому +1

    He doesn’t need music he is music himself!! OMG what a sonority in his marvelous soft and melodic voice !!❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💕👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌞🌞!!

  • @MeMeDaVinci
    @MeMeDaVinci 5 місяців тому +1

    I forgot just how talented Mandy Patinkin is. Just phenomenal 😍🤩

  • @shellyt556
    @shellyt556 5 місяців тому +11

    He has not passed everyone!

  • @uuclmusic2711
    @uuclmusic2711 5 місяців тому +6

    For those who didn’t know he could sing, he won a Tony in 1980 in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Evita”. Check it out

  • @petreyarchives
    @petreyarchives 5 місяців тому +1

    Hands down my favorite show in Letterman history. I had it recorded on a VHS tape and watched it over and over. Mandy’s performance plus Larry “Bud” Melman as Cher puts it on another level

  • @Av-vd3wk
    @Av-vd3wk 5 місяців тому +7

    Mandy has his own UA-cam channel now, go check it out!

  • @OpheliaDarkling
    @OpheliaDarkling 5 місяців тому +3

    This is the strangest most unexpected performance I've found in my feed 😅 Had no idea dude could sing. Nice!

  • @tomsdotter3228
    @tomsdotter3228 5 місяців тому +9

    I saw him do this at a live show, without accompaniment. The audience gave him a standing ovation.

  • @melissas9245
    @melissas9245 5 місяців тому +1

    Mandy was on a show called Dead Like Me. I loved that show. He was one of the best on that show. Jasmine Guy, Rebecca Gayheart. One of my favorite shows.

  • @SteveMikre44
    @SteveMikre44 5 місяців тому +2

    Simply blown away...🌈

  • @user-iv1yi6cz7o
    @user-iv1yi6cz7o 5 місяців тому +4

    MY FAVORITE SONG

  • @doloresstirone7758
    @doloresstirone7758 Місяць тому

    Just watched Mandy Patinkin in Yentl and I did not know he had such a beautiful voice.

  • @GiuseppeCivitella-go5ih
    @GiuseppeCivitella-go5ih 5 місяців тому +1

    An extraordinary voice and a well trained instrument capable of keeping high and low notes with the proper resonance.Many singers don’t ever get passed the initial melody 🎵 There is the rest of the aria which allows the squiggle which you here after the words .He is a true singer .I estimate somewhere around a mezzo tenor.👍

  • @GabeHandle
    @GabeHandle 5 місяців тому +8

    A young Mandy Patinkin looking like Ben Savage. I knew he had a great narration voice but didn't know he could sing.

  • @MusicalBox
    @MusicalBox 5 місяців тому +2

    Wow, I remember seeing this when I was just a kid (26 I guess). As magical today as it was back then. What a voice...

  • @saxmidiman
    @saxmidiman 5 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely wonderful!!!😍😎

  • @IlianaMaura
    @IlianaMaura 5 місяців тому

    Wow, the world needs a lot more of this. Made my whole day. Thank you for sharing. What an incredible voice and performance!

  • @suzanneh.5094
    @suzanneh.5094 5 місяців тому +1

    Can’t get much better than this. ❤❤❤

  • @freckledone1073
    @freckledone1073 5 місяців тому +4

    AMAZING

  • @bbbart77
    @bbbart77 5 місяців тому +1

    I never knew I would miss Letterman, but I can't watch any of them now.

  • @johnseroff7434
    @johnseroff7434 5 місяців тому

    i remember that for weeks after Dave would post the money shot clip of Patinkin at climax. It plays in my mind every now and again and I never cease to be amazed that the gruff old guy from Homeland did this.

  • @Mgh-r
    @Mgh-r 5 місяців тому +1

    Perfect Mandy ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @pennybowers8001
    @pennybowers8001 5 місяців тому +1

    Fabulous fabulous

  • @Lagolad
    @Lagolad 2 місяці тому +1

    Oh holy cow this is amazing.

  • @markdreading631
    @markdreading631 5 місяців тому

    I never knew he has such an amazing voice!

  • @We_Reddit
    @We_Reddit 5 місяців тому +3

    You know him from the princess bride, and homeland, and other dramas... But you probably didn't know him for this.

  • @PugetSoundFlyer
    @PugetSoundFlyer 5 місяців тому

    Mandy was a legend - Will be missed

  • @josephdirvin401
    @josephdirvin401 5 місяців тому

    Thrillingly talented singer!

  • @amymaude5798
    @amymaude5798 5 місяців тому

    Thank You!!

  • @maryblakley3590
    @maryblakley3590 5 місяців тому

    Clicked as soon as I saw it. It's so good.

  • @tanyafield277
    @tanyafield277 4 місяці тому

    Oh Gideon! Inigo, you have such talent!

  • @The_momur
    @The_momur 5 місяців тому +13

    IS. He’s still with us. It’s so hard to tell with Dave.

    • @keefriff99
      @keefriff99 5 місяців тому +6

      This was such a weird and random time/day to post this, I had to check just to make sure he was still with us.

    • @The_momur
      @The_momur 5 місяців тому +1

      @@keefriff99 same, fren. The daily Letterman uploads always send a shiver down my spine. That being said, long live Steve Martin, George Clooney, Sandra Bernhardt, Tom Waits, Green Day and the rest of our team.

    • @hedwiglover13
      @hedwiglover13 5 місяців тому

      ⁠@@keefriff99This was posted because of a woman on TikTok. She posted a video thanking Mandy Patinkin for this performance. Her father is in hospice care and nearing the end and love of this particular performance is something they had always shared. Apparently Mandy saw her video and reached out to her personally.

    • @_o__o_
      @_o__o_ 5 місяців тому

      rip

  • @rex-racer
    @rex-racer 5 місяців тому +7

    Hello, my name is Dorothy Gale. You frightened my dog. Prepare to fly (with a broomstick & your creepy monkeys).

  • @ChristopherDazey
    @ChristopherDazey 5 місяців тому +5

    This was the first time this was ever sung on the moon.

  • @GrayGoosePNW
    @GrayGoosePNW Місяць тому

    Wow! Wow! Wow!

  • @terryturner261
    @terryturner261 5 місяців тому

    Great actor, great singer

  • @celieboo
    @celieboo Місяць тому

    This is so good.

  • @paulc14
    @paulc14 5 місяців тому +1

    Just, wow...

  • @Megan-wf4sq
    @Megan-wf4sq 5 місяців тому

    This was incredible!!!!❤

  • @2_thumbs_up_baby
    @2_thumbs_up_baby 5 місяців тому +2

    Lovely

  • @Parkyacar
    @Parkyacar 5 місяців тому

    Fantastic!!!

  • @medfordjared
    @medfordjared 5 місяців тому

    I remember watching this live. Pretty cool.

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 5 місяців тому +9

    This song is so much more meaningful to me since learning that the writers’ inspiration had been their parents: Jewish immigrants who escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe to the United States, “a land they only imagined in their dreams.” ‘The Wizard of Oz’ came out less than two months after Kristallnacht.

  • @_PrimetimePranks
    @_PrimetimePranks 5 місяців тому

    Paul and his band can do anything !!

  • @MOranstock
    @MOranstock 5 місяців тому

    Where do I stand. I dk I just got here myself 😂😂

  • @raymondlin8728
    @raymondlin8728 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful 😊😊😊😊

  • @Lex_nyc
    @Lex_nyc 5 місяців тому +1

    Inconceivable!! Inigo Montoya!!

  • @joshuaspitz1103
    @joshuaspitz1103 5 місяців тому

    Wow, that was good. Powerful.

  • @ruthecker399
    @ruthecker399 5 місяців тому

    love them

  • @LiquescentAdventures
    @LiquescentAdventures 5 місяців тому

    beautiful!

  • @DanielMcVicarOfficial
    @DanielMcVicarOfficial 5 місяців тому

    Amazing!

  • @The_momur
    @The_momur 5 місяців тому

    He’s amazing. I’ve only ever seen him in Yentyl.

  • @nostraa6125
    @nostraa6125 5 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Mgh-r
    @Mgh-r 5 місяців тому

    Dave, I have 2 words with you later 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @GiuseppeCivitella-go5ih
    @GiuseppeCivitella-go5ih 5 місяців тому

    Paul Schrader with hair ! Wow!

  • @birdman5939
    @birdman5939 5 місяців тому

    That was incredible....unrehearsed improvisation....Patinkin must have perfect pitch or got lucky starting the song and not being between the notes.......Kudos to Paul, but that was probably a walk in the park for him...He's a bona fide pro.....

    • @bassage13
      @bassage13 Місяць тому

      Unrehearsed??? Are you seriously that ignorant? Nothing on TV is un
      ehearsed. Give me a break.

  • @Mgh-r
    @Mgh-r 5 місяців тому

    😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤ dear daaaaaaaveeeeeeeeeee and all ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @moniemaker27
    @moniemaker27 5 місяців тому

    Can we get when he and Tony
    robins stopped by for Dixie melody

  • @ronsandlin9618
    @ronsandlin9618 5 місяців тому +1

    I’m welling up.

  • @lalouvesolitaire1868
    @lalouvesolitaire1868 3 місяці тому

    Magnetic and enchanting. Beautiful singing voice. Very handsome man too. He still is sexy. You can see he is intelligent and a perfectionist. I mis him in Criminal Minds……

  • @AndrewYeagerBuckley
    @AndrewYeagerBuckley 5 місяців тому +1

    It looks like he's singing from the surface of the moon

  • @darlenemyles1155
    @darlenemyles1155 5 місяців тому

    Only with Dave!!!👍👍👍

  • @tag_life
    @tag_life 5 місяців тому

    I wonder if this was posted in relation to the Hollywood Reporter article?

  • @tripaffleck
    @tripaffleck 5 місяців тому

    what the hell is wrong with me. i started sobbing at 3:00

  • @gilbertjtube
    @gilbertjtube 5 місяців тому

    Dammit Walter, don't scare me like that. I didn't see this when it was first posted, so of course, I had to find out why and 😢😢😢😢😢. Thanks.

  • @informedchoice2249
    @informedchoice2249 5 місяців тому

    NIce.

  • @cjsparkster
    @cjsparkster 5 місяців тому

    Didn’t Dave use a clip from this as his “pencil-through-the-window” sound effect for a while afterwards?

  • @mezziestarr
    @mezziestarr 5 місяців тому +3

    Pass the tissues...

  • @user-hd4fx9vz3k
    @user-hd4fx9vz3k 5 місяців тому

    Why don't we hear him singing more?