Chris Elliott as Jay Leno + Followup on Letterman, June, October 1986
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- By request: Chris first hints at his Leno impression towards the end of his portrayal as Mummenschanz's "Gunther" from June 18, 1986. He then goes full-Leno four months later on October 2. Jay evens the score two weeks later on October 14.
The more I watch these old Chris Elliott clips, the more I realize how he may be one of the greatest comedians ever.
He is.
As a kid in early 60's I always watched his dad Bob, in Bob and Ray, and they always cracked me up. The apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Try to find the episode of "Get a Life" where he get's his driver's license - It's gold!
ROGER2095 I loved “Get a Life” when I was a kid I used to love the intro with him riding the bicycle with REM’s “Stand”.
He’s no Hornus Cummings, but he’s ok
Chris Elliott is so good that I think many don't realize how good he is. I'm not sure if that statement makes sense to anybody but me, but I get it.
Chris Elliott is a seriously good comedian, look at his work in There's Something about Mary, he basically stole that film...
@@RJLKMRD True. In that film he was at the high end of the quality performance spectrum. Brett Favre at the other. Another good performance often overlooked is by W. Earl Brown who played Warren. I thought it was so funny when after many years he remembers and blurts out "Beans and franks!"
Watch him in Everybody Loves Raymond. The cast is doing all they can not to burst out laughing.
@@mikebradshaw6484 Agreed. Extra creepy funny in that show. And a great asset to the cast of Schitt's Creek, too.
Cabin boy!!
Chris is an underrated comedian if I ever saw one. Love his stuff.
His such a delight in shit creek
Check out the series Get A Life. It was great comedy!
One of the first videos where underrated actually makes sense. Well done 😂
Chris is funnier than Jay
Have you never seen a comedian? What kind of backhanded compliment is that?
Man, what a genius. The comedic timing is down to a millisecond. Such a pleasure to watch.
That Leno impression was actually incredible.
100th like here. Dont ever let anyone tell you that you cant write a good comment. Keep up the good work!
@@boyshaveapenisgirlshaveava7256 LOL
These were the best years in Letterman..the 80s
Agree
Yep, right up until the writer's strike in 1988.
Agreed
It was, that's when he had Larry Bud Melman, remember the "Boing" sound every time he came on? LOL! "Hey Larry, how's it going?" Boiiinng!!
Yeah, fame eventually went to his head and losing the Carson spot drove him over the cliff.
To me, Chris Elliott will always be The Guy Under The Seats.
Collection here -- ua-cam.com/video/ccOS5OSrubg/v-deo.html
Laylock, king of the Mole People.
“DAVE!!! DAVE!!! SHAFT 9 just caved in!!!”
To me, he will always be Chris Peterson, 30 year old paperboy. Sorry, that's HEAD paperboy.
@Ulysses432 That I've never heard of, but I don't know everything he's done.
Whenever Chris Elliott was on David Letterman, I was HAPPY.
*delirious
Wow. That is probably the BEST Leno impersonation I have ever seen. It's obviously a slight caricature, but he really allows you to suspend disbelief when you're watching him.
Check out Frank Caliendo doing Leno
@@gsadventures678 I ❤ Dave & Conan's impressions of him.
Dave Caliendo always tried impressions he can't physically embody.
I saw him walking down Market Street in San Francisco in 2013, I yelled HEY CHRIS, he came over to us bike messenger types and was totally cool.
That’s awesome.😁
Bike messengers?
@@chrischampagne4307 yup
Chris Elliott was the best part of the Letterman Show. The awkwardness was thick & every appearance was hilarious & memorable.
Chris Elliot as Jay Leno was far funnier than Jay Leno being Jay Leno ever was.
Chris Elliott is funnier than anybody being who they actually are.
Jay was pretty funny
Oh yeah!
Funny how I never found Leno being funny being funny
Chris as Jay.. that is who should have followed Carson's retirement.
"Leno" looks like the Mac Tonight character on McDonalds 80s commercials.
ua-cam.com/video/qzj4gHuH2LA/v-deo.html
@@celticfox I was thinking of that exact same thing.
@@THX11458 great minds!
It's Mac tonight...
You should Google moon man music video I'm sure you'll be entertained
This was a period in Chris’ career when he was experimental and sarcastic. He always had two voices, one seemingly normal, and another voice which was hypercritical of all the clichés of the entertainment industry, and media in general, almost as skewed as Andy Kaufman, but a little more straightforward and acceptable, not as deceitfully acerbic.
And far more entertaining
Acerbic? Well, isn't that unorthodoX.😄
Back then I would watch the show thinking, “What is Chris Elliot going to do this time?” He never disappointed.
I also looked forward to seeing him back in the day!
FulciLives: I’m surprised not to see any footage of him as The Panicky Man. My earliest memories of him.
I loved the old guy he would have interview people. is name escapes me.
Bill Steeves Larry "Bud" Melman
The Panicky Guy. "I know what that means! I'm getting the hell out of here!"
chris elliott was the best.
RIP
He’s funny on Schitt’s Creek!
Still is.
Turns 59 this month.
I knew what you meant.
Yea. I loved the show “Get a life”
@2:50 OMG, Chris as Jay Leno is Chris' BEST impression! And I forgot how good Leno was with Letterman. Thanks, Don!
Sheer brilliance. Man I miss those days. All of Elliot's characters were great.
Chris Elliot is an American treasure.
I agree.
Miss puss puss
Chris' dad was a comic genius too.
Bob and Ray was a great act.
@jfsico1 Chris Elliott's. His dad was in a comedy team and wrote too many sitcoms to name. Becker, Mary Tyler Moore, Cheers (174), etc.
His Daughter was on SNL too
@jfsico1 Bob Elliot
@jfsico1 Who's
"does this go back to the ming dynasty dave?"
i fuckin lost it
"What's our beef? What's bugging Mummenschanz?"
Grand stuff, Chris.
I was 14 years old when I saw Chris Elliot for the first time on the show and loved him - while my parents couldn't stand him. But then when he came on doing the Morton Downey Jr. character, they both did a total 180. For some reason that really did it for them and they loved him from then on.
At first I didn't care much for Chris Elliott's comedy. I became a huge fan since and can't find enough of his work. Get A Life & Eagleheart were such Great Shows.
80’s era Letterman rules!!! Chris & Dave are comedic geniuses!!! xoxo The Clarences
Chris Elliot did anything and everything for David Letterman
That costume was great, kinda reminds me of Mac Tonight from the old McDonald's commercials.
When those commercials first aired, they always made me think of Jay Leno!
Das raysiss
@@daveidmarx8296 God, me too! My Mom had McDonald's "Mac Tonight" drink glasses.
Yeah! Mac Tonight!
Wish late night was as funny as this today. Elliott was great on this show.
Chris Elliott = unqualified genius. He keeps throwing in a little Marv Albert every time he brushes the invisible dust from his trousers.
Both Chris and Jay get chances to showcase their range, Chris as an impressionist and Jay as underworld kingpin.
Love when Chris came out at the end all disheveled and beat up and sat next to Jay Leno. 🙂😀
"Yes sir Mr. Leno"
Amazing amount of talent on that stage with those three guys.
The Leno thing is brilliant and completely deservedly brutal
Sean Parsons : You would have passed on Tonight Show money?
Sean Parsons : Why?
Sean Parsons : To give up your art or your principles for cash or some other reward.
I’m a musician but I had to work as a schoolteacher a lot in order to pay bills.
Jay Leno loves old cars and trucks; he used his comedy skills to pay for that hobby.
That’s “selling out”?
(Edit: To me “selling out” means betraying someone or yourself in order to profit.)
Sean Parsons : I’m 65 and caregiver to my ill wife, so I am neither young nor unprincipled.
Maybe you know something I don’t.
Could you maybe try communicating that in a nicer manner?
Robert Parker : We’re going to have to agree to disagree on Leno.
I watched some U.S. government officials being grilled by Tucker Carlson of Fox news because they had advance info about the Corona virus and so sold a lot of their stocks.
That’s “selling out” their constituents. Profiting by hurting someone else, or allowing them to be hurt, that’s selling out to me; not telling jokes to make money.
Chris E was, arguably, the best part of the DL Show.
He looks like the bad guy on "Lazytown."
Porfle Popnecker lol !!!!
Porfle Popnecker That show is disturbing.
Omfg.
Rip
RIP
Don you are a scholar and a gentleman, keep the Chris Elliott comps coming.
Do you remember a routine Dave aand Paul did where Chris Elliot was the captain of a boat they chartered?
*#legend*
just wanted to thank you for putting so much GREAT Fave memories! this really tks me bk and I'm enjoying everything so far. Steam roller bit was awrsome...lol. can't wait for the box O Surprises where he dumped stuff on his head at the beginning of every show. all this is back when Dave was the absolute best. back when he did silly stuff that ended up being everybody's favs. the Dave we got the past 10-15 + yrs ended up being just like all other host on TV and lost a lot of his true fans....
yes, I agree wholeheartedly
It was inevitable that the show ran out of creative steam being on for so many years, and Dave has said in interviews he changed his focus in the later years, not working 100% of the time on the show. He also didn't have talent like Chris Elliott, which was pure comic genius. Late night television now is an uwatchable wasteland. Craig Ferguson was the last of the innovators.
Yes, at the end I think Dave may have been just hanging in there because he wanted to out last Jay, and from that standpoint I guess he won. Still, he just wasn't the same Dave I loved and revered so much during the glory days of "Late Night."
Chris Elliot is a comedic genius. He was the whole reason Letterman was successful and was the main writer of the show. I really looked forward to his bits as they were zany and off the wall!
Incorrect on both parts. He wasn’t the “main writer,” and he wasn’t the “whole reason” for Dave’s success.
@@dongiller He certainly played a big part in Letterman's success on NBC
Don this is great!!! Everytime I mention Mummenchanz to someone they have NO idea what I’m talking about.
CE always cracked me up!
Nice to see the two as friends before all the shit happened. In current interviews, they still speak well of each other when it comes to their early days.
"Dave, I'm not doing Jay Leno"
Chris is under appreciated.
chris elliot is hysterical. My pipes are CLEAN!!!
Elliot's TV show where he was a paperboy was hilarious.
Get A Life!
Sorry, that's the name of that show. I'm not telling you to get a life.
Miss puss puss
Never missed an episode
So much history with those two. Hard to believe they have moved on.
At least their feud seems to be over. Wish the fans would get over it, too.
Dave absolutely defines hip. Hello from the future.
I just searched UA-cam for "Mummenschanz" and after research today, although I had never heard of it before, that makes this bit at the beginning all the funnier!
Here’s the full collection- ua-cam.com/video/Dv9rmeJ7IWc/v-deo.html
They’ll be appearing at Zany’s
Mode S3V3N And Mime-Os.
Growing up with Bob and Ray must have been great.
I always enjoyed when Dave would have an honest big laugh reaction, if that make sense. Chris Elliot and Norm Macdonald could accomplish that.
And Rickles... pretty much non stop laughing
Almost flawless impression of Leno, except he was funny.
Saw Leno at Carnegie Hall twenty plus years ago. he was not a kid. The tickets were a gift. I could not wait for his show to end. I was so depressed when he returned to do a 5 minute encore. Never liked his stand up. Liked him in American Hot Wax.
Leno was funny in the 70's and 80's.
Letterman thought he was the funniest guest
Leno was great on the late night days
I liked Leno on Late Night as a guest, but when he got his own show, I couldn't stand it. Hated when he came back to replace Conan.
Chris' Jay...his face looks like a crescent moon.
jaybone23 like those McDonald’s commercials.
+Sporm - Ha! Yes! The "Mac Tonight" commercial. Nice reference.
jaybone23 it was a masterpiece of advertising. No doubt.
Wow. Never realized the depth of Chris Elliott. I can't get enough of his clips.
The material is pure Leno.
Jay probably helped them write it.
Chris as The Guy Living Under the Stairs and The Regulator Guy and The New Regulator Guy. Classic.
such a great time to be in NYC
Such a great time to be anywhere in the USA!
At the time, all the footage of the local area is taken for granted. But it's nice to see in (current year)
The great thing about early Letterman is the basic cable feel. It hardly seemed like a network show.
Chris Eliot has a regular role as the mayor on (the Canadian production of) Schitt’s Creek
...oh my god how I miss these simpler days ..
That was me back in the day dressed up as a Fork.
Nostalgic you are right Chris Elliott is underrated . Nobody knows all the stuff he did prior to everybody loves Raymond
It was Chris Elliot that got me watching Letterman. I loved Get A Life and Cabin Boy, and of course him as Woogie in Something About Mary.
Chris Elliot is funny as hell
4:36 Drifted into Richard Lewis there for a few seconds.
Good catch !!
He was underrated and underappreciated
Leno smoking a cigar almost seems like he was going to launch into a Letterman impersonation
Kevin МАРУСЕК I thought the same thing!
He should've. Turnabout is fair play.
Show the whole skit it is genius I recorded it in the day but I haven’t searched all my tapes 😊thank you for this😊
Hilarious. Thanks for posting this!
Leno looks more like that in 2018 than he did then.
eliot is a genius
I know I've watched too much Letterman when I can identify which member of Mummenschanz is Gerard Mulligan.
Always loved Chris Elliot 😊
Wow, that is a brilliant Leno impression. How have I never seen this before? :O
back when late night shows were always funny.
Yeah, the good old days. I think funny late night TV ended when Craig Ferguson left the airwaves in 2015.
I mean, I don't like Trump either, but he's pretty much all late night comics talk about now. I think Stephen Colbert is the worst offender because he's obviously more intelligent than Fallon or Corden and should know better. As for Jimmy Kimmel, he's the best at kissing celebrity ass- the worthy successor to Arsenio Hall in that department. Other than that, there's nothing noteworthy about him.
Nobody on TV takes risks anymore- NOBODY. That's why the networks are losing viewers to HBO and Netflix.
@@danmseattle975 I used to stay up way too late to watch Ferguson. That was one loose operation he was running over there. Crazy funny!
YUP !!
Amen!
The good old days 🥲
I don't know why I watch this, but thank you.
This was the best...I never saw this before
Has Leno down cold. I've always thought Chris Elliot is under-appreciated.
Chris deserved a spot on Dave's final Top 10 list.
Letterman on NBC used to have like 2 sort of comedy type things mixed into the show, but that gradually fizzled out and seemed like there was less of it or it was less funny when he was bigtime on CBS.
"Cabin Boy" way underrated.
Dan Cornelius Luckily he became a cabin man
You watch these old Letterman's and realize how far today's comedy has fallen.
Chris Elliot impersonating Jay Leno is so much funnier than the actual Jay Leno on his best night.
Chris is great. Miss the letterman show in its heyday
Me, too...
He is so good at making me cringe with his faux/smug/celebrity thing. No one ever did that except hi. It was always cringe worthy!! Brilliant!!
Pulling up the sleeves on your sport jacket, i love it
I love me some Chris Elliot! What a great entertainer!
I remember watching that live back in the day.
And this all led up to being the Mayor of Schitts Creek!
Jay Leno could play an oddly terrifying mob boss in a movie.
I realized only recently, that Chris’ dad was part of a famous duo.
Simply magnificent. Looks like someone was reaching for the Like button and accidentally hit the Dislike button, oops!
It was probably Leno
Highly unorthodox
Check out the cloud Dave blows, at 2:57
#differentera
APisceanSlant Nice catch! I'd seen Johnny smoke for years on TV but had no idea Letterman smoked.
Wow. Just saw that now.
I assumed it was gonna be cigar smoke.
Agreed: nice catch. Never knew that or noticed that watching.
The last segment looks so much like Roland Schitt. Chris has aged really well. Not much physical change at all. Amazing.
Wow. I remember watching ( and laughing) to this episode.
The Chris Elliot show was the funniest show on TV.
Funny to watch Dave and Jay together before Jay got the Tonight show gig. Dave hated Jay's guts from then on. Chris Elliot was hilarious. Get a Life is one of the funniest shows ever. Too bad not enough people got the bizarre humor.
LMAO I Loved when he dropped character as Leno and simply started acting disappointed that his Leno impression wasnt being appreciated.
6 months preparation, $800 chin, three men to apply chin.
Then goes right back to impersonating Leno.
"IM OVER (MY INTERVIEW IS OVER)?! HIGHLY UNORTHODOX!"
Chris Elliot looked more like Robert Z'Dar than Jay Leno.
RIP
If I were there that night I would've been bummed to hear I missed John Cleese by one show.