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  • Опубліковано 13 чер 2023
  • The conspiracy runs deep.
    (From "Late Night's Holiday Film Festival," air date: 11/30/85)
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  • @evenflowsteven
    @evenflowsteven Рік тому +29

    Who else recognized Brokaw’s voice right away? Unmistakable. 😂

  • @doctortheopolis3122
    @doctortheopolis3122 Рік тому +28

    "I never should have rented to show people"

  • @Tranquillado
    @Tranquillado Рік тому +29

    Paul getting “roughed up” never fails to make me laugh.

  • @SaltPyramids
    @SaltPyramids Рік тому +10

    this is unironically the best thing i've ever see Letterman do. wow. a reminder that not everyone gets to see the art while it's in its prime

  • @lorip.1110
    @lorip.1110 Рік тому +53

    Something off about Cosby? Now, there's an understatement.

    • @nedwart
      @nedwart Рік тому +6

      hi-yoooo 🥁💥

    • @bobloblaw9679
      @bobloblaw9679 11 місяців тому

      drink your drink and be quiet now.

  • @vancouverelectricfootballn5426
    @vancouverelectricfootballn5426 Рік тому +12

    This skit makes the CBS show seem like a parallel universe! The "acting" in this has got to be the best DL has ever done too. 👍

  • @michaelmarcantel1744
    @michaelmarcantel1744 Рік тому +48

    Extremely well written, extremely funny and some good acting by all involved. Back in a time when Letterman was the only one not afraid to make fun of the network they worked for on a regular basis. Cosby pulling the strings was very prescience of the staff. If only we had listened.

    • @MTVCOPS
      @MTVCOPS Рік тому

      Carson did it for decades before him.

    • @joedirt3449
      @joedirt3449 Рік тому

      @243sd so did my pappy!

  • @gersonkphone
    @gersonkphone Рік тому +12

    He totally succeeding in making Late Night the warmest show on the air

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko Рік тому +13

    I have bad news for you, Dave: M*A*S*H was a book before it was a movie.

    • @murrethmedia
      @murrethmedia 3 місяці тому +1

      I'm gonna get to the bottom of this if I have to go straight to the top! -Colonel Flagg

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 2 місяці тому

      @@murrethmedia Don't play dumb. Nobody's better at it than me!

    • @murrethmedia
      @murrethmedia 2 місяці тому +1

      @@bossfan49 Nobody tells anyone I'm anywhere, especially me!

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 2 місяці тому

      @@murrethmedia I have no home. I am the wind!

    • @murrethmedia
      @murrethmedia 2 місяці тому +1

      @@bossfan49 The wind just broke its leg.

  • @pauld.172
    @pauld.172 Рік тому +7

    The actual CBS imitation of "The Cosy Show" that season which might have inspired this was "Charlie & Co." ABC had "The Insider" copy the look of "Miami Vice."

  • @TheKarlos
    @TheKarlos Рік тому +10

    Perfectly executed.

  • @SigHawk04
    @SigHawk04 Рік тому +4

    6:50 "Would you stop making fun of Bryant Gumbel?" 😂 This would have been at the height of their feud after Dave interrupted the Today special.

  • @murrethmedia
    @murrethmedia Рік тому +20

    Yeah right, like CBS would take a star from NBC and put them on their air...

  • @MagicAl5F4781
    @MagicAl5F4781 Рік тому +5

    By late 1985 T.J. Hooker had been cancelled by ABC and picked up for a fifth and final season on CBS late night, in Dave's future 11:30 time slot.

  • @MichaelLasotaTW
    @MichaelLasotaTW Рік тому +4

    This was amazing. I was 4 years old when this aired. Thank you for sharing.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Рік тому +12

    Tom Brokaw is awesome 👌 !!

  • @pauld205
    @pauld205 Рік тому +5

    Late night noir

  • @sCulturefan
    @sCulturefan Рік тому +3

    1:08-1:13 comedy gold; classic Dave!

  • @joannejohnson7006
    @joannejohnson7006 Рік тому +4

    The king, followed in the footsteps of the King
    Love ya Dave n Paul

  • @michelenichele294
    @michelenichele294 Рік тому +3

    That’s it! Now I know why I watched all these years. It was for the WARMTH ☺️not for the laughs 😂🤣🤸🏼👏🏻👍🎶😄🤪🥸😂🙃😉

  • @tonymagnon
    @tonymagnon Рік тому +2

    How ironic... I just watched HBO's "The Late Shift!" This easily could have been Dave's (and the writer/producer's) perception! Thank you, Dave and Barbara plus all staff who supported and brightened our lives with laughs.

  • @waytospergtherebro
    @waytospergtherebro Рік тому +2

    You leave Misfits of Science out of this.

  • @dianewinters8628
    @dianewinters8628 Рік тому +5

    That was great😁

  • @stephenmilton9998
    @stephenmilton9998 Рік тому +5

    who were the writers /producers behind this? What's the scoop?

  • @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276
    @ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 11 місяців тому +1

    Is this where the phrase “CBS Cares” originated?

  • @bossfan49
    @bossfan49 2 місяці тому

    That was incredible. This was 1985.. the Cosby Show had only been on a year or so at this point. I wonder what CBS show he was talking about.

  • @sCulturefan
    @sCulturefan Рік тому +3

    This segment was part of the Late Night Film Festival, which aired in the SNL time slot Thanksgiving weekend (11/30/85)

    • @terilandi6269
      @terilandi6269 Рік тому

      Thank you! I was trying to remember the title of it. I taped it to VHS but it’s in storage now. There was an hilarious film by Andrea Martin and Catherine O’Hara about PMS and a very funny film by Bette Midler too. Paul Shaffer and the band had a film too. Great idea.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 Рік тому +2

    Wait until he moves to CBS and learns about Les Moonves.

  • @Bigeazy87
    @Bigeazy87 Рік тому +1

    Great!!

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 Рік тому +3

    Cheers ripped off Archie Bunker's Place.

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 Рік тому +2

    Bill Cosby knocked some people out too!

  • @donaldblankenship8057
    @donaldblankenship8057 Рік тому

    Been there. It's terrible. Crushing. Even scary.

  • @staunchx
    @staunchx 11 місяців тому

    Dave never followed thru on his promise to stop making fun of Bryant Gumbel. Could this be the real reason he didnt get the Tonight Show? lol.

  • @wftjet
    @wftjet 3 місяці тому

    1:50 what show / movie is Dave watching?

  • @326vince
    @326vince Рік тому

    Friggin Dave was the best. Had great music as well. I’ll never forget Dave tellin Paul he thought Gary Moore had a magic guitar! he certainly was a magical musician!!! Only Dave had him on all night with the band!

  • @RichardHandal301
    @RichardHandal301 Рік тому +1

    Wow.

  • @MidnightsLive
    @MidnightsLive Рік тому +2

    Trailblazer

  • @NailFactoryProds
    @NailFactoryProds Рік тому

    Ouch

  • @jayducharme
    @jayducharme Рік тому

    I really miss this show...

  • @MichaelLasotaTW
    @MichaelLasotaTW Рік тому +1

    Oh Bill Cosby....

  • @UncleBernhard
    @UncleBernhard Рік тому +4

    They should bring back The Cosby show! Louis CK, Chris Rock, and Sarah Silverman should play his kids!

  • @martasatgo
    @martasatgo Рік тому

    🤣

  • @ThatOpalGuy
    @ThatOpalGuy Рік тому

    I miss the Letterman show.

  • @ThereIsNoLord
    @ThereIsNoLord 5 місяців тому

    Please stop making fun of Bryant Gumbel!

  • @nopeguessnot
    @nopeguessnot Рік тому

    Should’ve earned him a Peabody.

  • @TheSpanishInquisition87
    @TheSpanishInquisition87 Рік тому +1

    Dave was so funny, especially in the early years at NBC. He was unlike anything that came before him. Whether he was interviewing the biggest stars of the time, or dropping surgical gloves filled with butterscotch pudding off of a fifty foot tower, Dave was just different.

    • @bossfan49
      @bossfan49 2 місяці тому

      The biggest stars of the time.... and then the 2nd guest was someone you never heard of... and may never see again! Whatever he thought could make 10 minutes of memorable television.

  • @mannybravo237
    @mannybravo237 Рік тому +1

    Uno!

  • @garygetty4958
    @garygetty4958 Рік тому

    Let me know when that gets funny

  • @KendraAndTheLaw
    @KendraAndTheLaw Рік тому

    Dave is a rich elite now who can afford to be an uber lefty.
    Most of the middle class cannot.
    Having said that, Dave has made me laugh more than any other human on earth, and I miss the show.

    • @daveg6839
      @daveg6839 Рік тому

      He doesn't like Trump - how does that make him an "uber" lefty? The majority of voters in two elections voted for his opponent. I'm guessing a few of them were in the middle class.

    • @greatsaiyaguy8868
      @greatsaiyaguy8868 Рік тому

      I'm sorry to hear you feel that way Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute

  • @blueguy12345
    @blueguy12345 Рік тому +1

    Wait what you'll find out abot Cosby in a few decades.