Viewer Mail on Letterman, November 27, 1987
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- Viewer Mail features a Tony Randall cameo and then a little skit that veers off in an unexpected direction.
Viewer Mail's cast of characters:
Voice of Cheryl Tolcher: Jude Brennan
Roast panelists (L-R): Jordan Derwin, Jim Fox, Tony Randall, Pete Fatovich, Jack Rollins, and Larry Jacobson
The skit:
Paul Shaffer
Anton Fig
Mother: Eleni Kelakos
Son: Phillip Daniels
Daughter: Jocelyn Argento
David Sanborn
Preceded by two Opening Remark jokes, various discussions with Paul, and an invited home-base walk-on by Late Night's sound-effects master Hope Vinitsky.
Playing with Ron Wood into the commercial break is the Stones’ first number 1 single in Great Britain, “It’s All Over Now.”
I'm the Cheryl Tolcher talking with Dave at the 4:30 mark. I just wanted to let Paul know that Ted & Cheryl are still married despite his dire warning that we'd only last another six months. Heck, we even had two MORE kids following that show! Of course, I still scratch his name off the stationary every chance I get.
How great is that. Thanks and well done. :)
@@dongiller 🙂
Anytime someone asks me how I am, I always reply “salvageable”. Thank you, Cheryl.
Did you know that Dave would be calling?
Yes. I got a call asking if I would be available to take a call from Dave. 🙂@@wadebarnett2542
It's just wild to think of all the effort and time they put into making a maybe twenty second Tony Randall bit.
OMG Tony Randall was such a sport - the best cameo guy ever.
I haven’t even pressed play and I’m grinning ear to ear
OMG. This just makes my day ... right up until I do the math to figure out how long ago it was ...
Love you Don! Thank you for all that you do. Now, please! Give us some more viewer Mail segments. 😂
Search my channel. I’ve uploaded quite a few.
And thanks!
@@dongiller Have you uploaded the segment that featured Paul doing a guest spot on "Baywatch" as hot shot life guard?
@@gallery7596 October 3, 1989. Not yet.
@@dongiller Even knows the exact date.
You da man, Don.
So glad to see you're still rockin' n' rollin'!
Thanks for the giggles and cherished memories.💖🐾😸
Talk shows need more random deaths like this. Enhances viewer engagement.
That was hilarious. It makes me nostalgic for the early years.
i liked this a lot, thank you for posting it
This was a delight to watch, Don. Thank you.
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A PRIME example of Dave at the top of his game in Late Night !! Incredibly GREAT, cutting-edge comedy, that you just couldn't get (and still can't) anywhere else !!
Thank you for posting this GREAT bit !!
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The NBC years was Dave at his best CBS just ok
@@jeffwolfe4058
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This is SO good......forgot how funny Dave and his show could be. Just wish I had seen even ONE episode of his LEGENDARY morning show, just prior to him doing 'Late Night'.....
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Like the others I always loved this feature !
The little girl was so cute when she forgot her line, then quickly went on rather than panicking... and Dave's genuine reaction to her
Too funny...half of the greatness of these skits is how unrehearsed they all seem to be!
I love watching these old clips.
Not too many band directors could double as a sidekick. Dave got a twofer with Paul.
THANK YOU KINDLY! I LOVED THE HELL OUT OF THIS! SERIOUSLY THANKS
More clips like these please! I like these moments of the show way better than all the celebrity interviews.
Seconded!
Search through my channel; there are hundreds of skits.
I THIRD THAT!!
Quaded
Quint-ed!
That was pretty darn hilarious 😂
That’s quite an elaborate setup!
Ronnie got all dressed up!
Is there a list anywhere of artists that sat in with the band over the years?
I have them all in my databases and can compile them for public consumption. Just haven’t done it yet. Will probably post then in my blog.
"A band that I believe will go on forever - the Rolling Stones" - Paul Shaffer, 1987
This is just beyond funny, thank you Don, now I’m gonna watch it again 🤣🤣🤣
just excellent. steve allen, jack paar and johnny all rolled into one
Excellent.
9:23 It leaves me teary-eyed that Paul promised to take the kids to see Redd Foxx. Any man can be a father, few can be a dad.
And Slappy White,
Paul wasn't far off about the Stones lasting forever.
Media , humanity , humor is all swirling the drain. People used to be FUNNY and JOYFUL. These were good times! If anyone needs a quick laugh my favorites are Dave and Jack Hanna or Dave and Richard Simmons. Both unscripted and all got along really well behind the scenes
Ron the 'looking for random gigs while Mick and Keith feud' years (kid blew that line bad).
Ronnie Wood in a suit! The '80s was one f***ed up decade.
Hey Don, I seem to remember a remote in 1987 or 1988 where they had a camera at Lambert St. Louis airport & a local radio personality (JC Corcoran) tried to crash the live shot & Dave told him to get back to his puppet show. Do you recall it or have you uploaded it on here? thanks again.
I think Paul Shaffer needs to let the guys in the Rolling Stones know that he wasn't serious about them "going on forever". The boys have spent the last 34 years trying to live up to these lofty expectations, perhaps they'd like to retire and live out the rest of their sunset years.
Zany fun. The kid screwing up her lines=comedy gold.
Paul was right when he said that he believed that the Stones would go on forever. Or at least it seems that way. ; )
Awesome! Looking for a Viewer Mail segment from July 1983, if anyone has it!
Stay tuned.
Paul is dead! Beatles reference!, Anton acting, Fake wife, Tony Randall! Great night!
Nothing compares to this show. Nothing.
9:28 - Does anyone know if that little girl is actress Thora Birch from 2001's Ghost World?
Nobody reads my descriptions.
@@dongiller Done and done. Thanks for the reminder.
I'm not convinced. I think Cheryl killed Ted for insurance money and split it with GE to pay Dave's salary.
I miss when entertainment was fun like this.
I’m so old I remember when comedians could really ‘kill’ :)
I’m watching this in 2024…
What the HELL has happened to comedy today on late night television?! It doesn’t exist!
Hope Vinitsky? Or Howard?
Howard became Hope. I’m respecting her current name.
6:39 - Bubonic plague?!
@@dongiller I understand, thank you.
@@FerdinandCesarano ..."but other then that, I'm blind" Hahahahahaa
Wacky
In ‘87 or ‘88, I sent a letter to Viewer Mail. I knew Dave’s penchant for choosing non-obvious letters, and crafted my letter accordingly. I felt SURE mine would get on, and I taped Friday nights for a year, but didn’t see it. It was something like:
“Dear Dave, Late Night staffer Barbara Gaines is a total babe! Could you send me her picture? An 8x10 glossy would be nice.”
Did he ever air it? Signed, Hoping in Albany.
I have a blog post that lists every VM writer and their location. Five hits for Albany. None, unfortunately, from you.
donzblog.home.blog/2022/01/12/viewer-mail/
I must be wrong because no one else is talking about this, but to me it sure seemed like Dave was legitimately mad about something. Like, in a really un-funny way.
How about a Jason Randall collection? There are a few clips of his appearances on UA-cam but they’re very poor in quality.
In time. Currently focused on a massive compilation for Late Night’s 40th anniversary coming up on February 1.
@@dongiller Sounds good, and I’ll be looking forward to the anniversary compilation. 👍
@@dongiller Still excited for the compilation. Any chance you could fill me in on what it’s a compilation of? Also Merry Christmas
@@jessesmith3904 It was to be two giant elements. Now it’ll be just one, and it won’t be a video upload.
I do hope to prepare a video package for the 40th, but much of it depends on some permissions I’m requesting.
I realize this doesn’t answer your question. :)
The actor-singer Paul Shaffer is DEAD!