Chris Elliott's First Skit on Letterman, March 1982
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Chris Elliott's first scripted moment on Late Night on March 15, 1982, in a bit called "Urban Paranoia," and then his followup the next night, March 16. He described what happened on "Later with Bob Costas" on December 23, 1991:
"Actually, the first week of the shows [actually, the seventh], Dave had me come out. There was a piece we did called "Urban Disguises" [Urban Paranoia] -- ways to disguise yourself in the city so you wouldn't be mugged or you could go about your business, and I came out dressed entirely as garbage. But you couldn't see my face at all. And for some reason, when the show as played back that night, the whole Eastern Seaboard -- that part of the show was blacked out. The feed was blacked out for about five minutes. So the next night he had me come on in the garbage suit, but this time you could see my face. And I remember he asked me what my friends in the audience had thought of my performance the night before, and I said they had told me it was the funniest thing they had seen in North America, and that got a big laugh. And it made Dave laugh, and I remember thinking, ‘Oh, ok, all I gotta do is make this guy laugh and then I can come back on the show.' And so that's what I did. I always just tried to make Dave laugh, and if I could make Dave laugh, I knew I would be on the show the following week."
The March 16 segment is taken from two sources edited together. Not the best quality but that's what I have.
The complete interview on "Later with Bob Costas" is here: • Chris Elliott on Later...
I miss these days when the late night talk shows weren't just pure politics. Goofy, creative, inventive comedy
Politicians then weren't as weird and buffoonish as Trump and the gop are now. Trump etc are too irresistible for comedy.
@@terri6854you failed to mention Biden.
You must be one of the 4 people that watch todays garbage bashing the same guy night after night
@@terri6854 Totally right. I mean that buffoonish GOP, supporting neo-Nazi terrorists who fly in on music festivals and slaughter Jews, that buffoonish GOP who say that a 6'-3" dude with linebacker shoulders can slip on a wig, rouge his cheeks, and then he magically, viola! becomes a woman and can give women concussions in rugby matches. yeah, that crazy, wacky GOP.
Does anyone remember Get a Life with Chris Elliott? Funny show from the late 80's...early 90's?
That was my kind of humor!
Chris’ parents (Bob Elliott and Eleanor Donahue) were weirdly hilarious on Get a Life.
@@chasbodaniels1744 Didn't like that show at all when I first saw it but it just got under your skin in a good way...ended up loving it!
I really wanted to love that show but it was just ok
Yup. Watched every single episode here on UA-cam
Chris as, " the man under the 💺 seats " was a favorite.
I love how dorky Chris looks in that garbage suit. lol Always loved the guy, definitely one of the most underrated funnymen in North American history.
80’s era Letterman rules!!! Dave & Chris are comedic geniuses!!! xoxo The Clarences
...and a star is born.
Thanks Don, more Chris is always appreciated!
Great job Don on lining up these three clips (particularly) original "blacked out" segment.
Dave was always my favorite late night host and Elliot was memorable for the sketches he did on his show. This clip reminds me every year when kids would appear in crazy Halloween costumes.
i freakin love chris elliot his characters are great! and i always liked the banter between him and dave..some people didnt get his humor ..i loved it..your awesome chris!! so is your dad!
What about his awesome?
I always loved Chris...and his Father.
Bob and Ray were hilarious
"I'm on a roll. That's why there's butter on my pants." Bob & Ray
True comedy genius ran in that family.
Why/what are Bob and Ray?And who is Chris Elliott's father?
@@alexflenner3778 They had a radio show and released several comedy albums. Ray is Chris's Father, and Chris's daughter was a cast member on SNL.
Man that was so bad it was good. Felt like a cable access show. But that’s what was appealing about Letterman. Chris looked 15 years-old.
right basically doing a terrible Carrot Top prop act., nothing was landing not even his vain attempts to self deprecate the bit. Dave really needed top writers to make him look good.
Great to see his first skit. Thanks!
I remember Chris Elliot as the guy living under the stairs on Late Night With David Letterman.
Yep! Me too.
That edit for the 2nd broadcast is 💯
-never despise humble beginnings
Things i remember from the old Letterman. The man under the seats,larry bud melman, stupid pet tricks, penn and teller's rat trap roulette, dropping things from the roof,the monkey cam ,and i can't think of the guys name that used to come out and yell at dave ,and all dave did was laugh at him ,the guy was in the movie the burbs, he played the senior clopeck
Brother Theodore. I’ve uploaded nearly everything you’ve mentioned.
@@dongiller do you remember when dave was trying to come up with a catch phrase to match (WHERE'S THE BEEF?) I believe it went something like ..i do and do for you kids and all i get is pelted with garbage.
Gregory Forgette You’ve conflated two separate catch phrases. They were all uploaded two weeks ago - ua-cam.com/video/qMBBJ6uY4fY/v-deo.html
??? Wow you remember all of that? As you bring them up I can only now remember them.
@@lightningstriking7 i also remember one time Dave wore a velcro suit and jumped on a spring board and stuck to a wall
a 4 dollar cheese sandwich actually sounds like a good deal
in 2019, yes :-)
Chris Elliots always the funniest guy in the room
Don, love your editing and all your uploads. Thank you for everything you do.
Thanks!
Haha Dave did the corniest bit (kung fu arm) a second time!
Dave was working his ass off during this sketch
It's so adorable how NYC used to be dangerous when it was younger!
Now that the people got older is as dangerous as it was before.
depends on where you go. the bronx is pretty terrible and parts of brooklyn are still dangerous. People sell crack on the street in flatbush
Not sure it was adorable.
@@rooseveltbrentwood9654 it’s even worse since COVID
@@ObamaFromKenya havent been to flatbush lately but bushwick looked like it went back to the wild
For me in college it was Hiil Sreet Blues then Letterman. Chris was an amazing writer...only to be deliverer by a satiric genius.
I loved your mind reading Mr.Geller.
If you have old Later episodes, I have been desperately looking for the episode with Richard Lewis where they finally aired clips of an earlier episode that was never aired because Lewis "was too funny" and NBC felt it made Bob Costas look bad to be literally rolling around in his seat laughing so hard. When they finally talked about it the whole show was just Richard Lewis complaining about being censored for being too funny, and then clips of the original show.
I am AMAZED that no one has that episode or has put it on UA-cam yet.
Yes, I have it and will put it up after I digitize it, which won't be for a while. Part 1 aired on April 27, 1989. Part 2 was scrapped. Part 3, which contained portions of Part 2, aired on April 5, 1990, and reaired on January 1, 1991.
Lewis appeared two more times, August 8 and 15, 1991. I have them as well.
Right now I'm up to mid-November 1989, digitizing all Letterman, Costas, and other selected shows I'm finding in my collection. So, hopefully, I'll get to April 1990 in a few months.
This was early in the very first season, so he's got the big table setup. He would later just do these kinds of skits from his desk.
@Gato no even in later years he would be at the table for example any “science” skit
I've been watching clips of David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. Two guys who were just amazingly funny, as well as completely silly. Wish there were more people like them.
True comic genius 😎😎😎
90 cents. Times have changed
@@fragotron true
Dave looks much older than I remember him from 1982.
I would like to see the episode where Dave puts a pile of mashed potatoes on his head and shapes it like Phil Donahue's hair!
There needs to be a workable search engine here. I uploaded this last January. ua-cam.com/video/ihXXIPSJpdo/v-deo.html
damn computer malfunctions!
Still waiting for compilation of Fugitive Guy
I'm not keen on impatience.
I hear Dave is supposed to have a ten episode new talk show on Netflix. Not sure when though
Thanks! The trolls I just delete and be done with it.
@@dongiller If that's a troll, then you're a bit of a pussy. #SadButTrue
These are great. I've never seen any of this as it was before my time for Letterman. I started watching in 92-93 when I was 11 or 12.
Was Chris Elliott a writer on the show, or was he just a recurring guest?
First part of the production staff, then promoted to writer in late 1983.
@@dongiller in later interviews they say he is the sports guy on tv station? Was that all part of the act?
lone wolf Maybe referring to this - ua-cam.com/video/PbDFBWSI_Go/v-deo.html
I've never seen Dave move so much
Thank you for posting this, Don. I just read the New York Times article about you from last April. May I ask which two Letterman shows you do not have?
Thanks! That article is so yesterday. :) Last month I acquired the remaining two Late Nights. They were February 25 and March 16, 1982. The collection is now, finally, at 100%.
Also, before last month, I had the shows but they were incomplete; I was missing segments from both. Now, they're complete.
Don Giller That is awesome, congratulations!
I'll try to use my powers for good. :)
anyone got a link to the New York Times article?
Oh man... just after the first moronic garbage joke, Dave commented the makers of the movie "Airplane" would be on.
"Airplane"... classic comedy
That’s here - ua-cam.com/video/TPwNVG14OIM/v-deo.html
Dave didn't laugh.
$4.00 for a Cheese Sandwich in NY City? Where do I find a deal like that???
Chris Elliott is very Tom Green like..
this was one of his funniest 'items' skits lol Who wouldn't be fooled by a giant wooden sandwhich? lmao Sores were hilarious, but I wonder if the briefcase was SUPPOSED to have newtons pic up when he opened it? lol ...but dave didn't laugh at the end like Chris said haha
Dave was kinda stiff in season one.
Was this the first time Dave ever threw anything?
Seeing he was on his college basketball team, doubtful.
Lol. Pretty different to his memory of it.
God, this bit sucks. but Dave is doing it anyway
shouldve fired whoever came up with that brownie joke...
5:41 lol 7:51
Slim Whitman? @3:24
Wayne Newton.
OIC, I have no recollection of Wayne Newton at the age in the picture. Letterman had Slim as a guest, that was my best guess.....
dvdfrnzwbr I thought you were referring to the photo Dave briefly displayed. That’s Wayne Newton.
@@dongiller Thank You
It’s probably just me, but in this clip, Chris kind of reminds me of Jason Sudekis (minus the hair)
a lot of successful performers start up as garbage.
I can guarantee you if that sores on the face routine were shown today, the show would be boycotted
MrThermostatic why?
Yes there would definitely be someone butthurt by it..lol
Early 80s letterman wasn't close to the hilarity and legend of Letterman from 1985-89
Peak of the peak was 86, 87, 88