Tom Shales on Later (1991) and Late Late Show (1997)

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  • Опубліковано 13 січ 2024
  • Two late night conversations with TV critic icon Tom Shales, who passed away at 79 yesterday, January 13, 2024.
    1. January 14, 1991: Later with Bob Costas. Tom is 46 here.
    2. July 25, 1997: Late Late Show with guest-host Jon Stewart. Tom at 52.
    Sorry about the overall quality of the Costas video. It tracks better on another VCR that's no longer functional.
    The Late Late Show appearance is shared here by kind permission of Worldwide Pants, Inc.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 31

  • @winonafrog
    @winonafrog 3 місяці тому +3

    Thank you Don! As always. Cannot watch Shales without thinking of The Larry Sanders Show episode with him 😅. May God bless you & your loved ones.

  • @deputay
    @deputay 4 місяці тому +8

    Thanks so much for this, Don. His book "On the Air!" Is a hilarious collection of his take on TV at the time

    • @demitasse22
      @demitasse22 4 місяці тому +2

      Thanks! Live from New York was next in my stack

  • @zefallafez
    @zefallafez 4 місяці тому +5

    That was great. Thanks.

  • @Rob_Kates
    @Rob_Kates 4 місяці тому +6

    Shales says he would choose The Simpsons over Cosby. The Simpsons is still going, after 35 years. Plus, some Letterman writers wrote for The Simpsons, so did Conan.

  • @JeffW77
    @JeffW77 4 місяці тому +3

    Just watched this. And just learned that Tom died yesterday. I remember hearing Tom's review of Star Wars on NPR in 1977. Thanks Tom and RIP.

  • @kurikokaleidoscope
    @kurikokaleidoscope 4 місяці тому +3

    Amazing times.

  • @kurtangle83
    @kurtangle83 4 місяці тому +4

    I've got to admit, as strange as it sounds considering the pop culture sponge I am, I've never heard of Tom Shales before now, but he's very entertaining to listen to. And he seems like he could be Roger Ebert's younger brother in his looks and the way he talks.

  • @smithintern-tainment7868
    @smithintern-tainment7868 25 днів тому +2

    I’m really diggin your uploads, man. Looking forward to watching a buncha them

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  25 днів тому

      Thanks! Welcome to the rabbit hole. Don’t forget to eat. And sleep.

  • @johnrock2022
    @johnrock2022 4 місяці тому +2

    Thanks for this, Donz. Mr. Shales was one of the few people, certainly one of the few 'critics' that "got" Dave.

  • @SaintMartins
    @SaintMartins 4 місяці тому +3

    My favorite sitcom of all time:
    Cheers 1982-1993
    My favorite comedy variety show:
    The Kids In The Hall 1989-1995
    My favorite late night talk show host:
    David Letterman 1982-2015
    My favorite drama series:
    21 Jump Street 1987-1991
    My favorite reality show:
    Celebrity Rehab 2008-2012

  • @JeffW77
    @JeffW77 4 місяці тому +6

    Letterman="Therapeutic Insanity" haha

  • @andyinoregon
    @andyinoregon 4 місяці тому +4

    I remember finding it hard to believe in the decade of the 1980s that Tom Shales and Roger Ebert weren't somehow related. They both felt like kindred spirits at the time.

    • @Rob_Kates
      @Rob_Kates 4 місяці тому +2

      Yes, Shales was like the Ebert of TV critics. Both won a Pulitzer for criticism, very impressive.

    • @andyinoregon
      @andyinoregon 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Rob_Kates Shales and Ebert bring to mind that notion of a brother from another mother. Both born and raised in Illinois.

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 4 місяці тому +4

    A witty critic. RIP

  • @progmot
    @progmot 4 місяці тому +1

    TS also made a cameo on “The Larry Sanders Show”. IIRC, Larry was complaining about tv critics on his talk show with a guest. In a later scene, he is out having dinner and TS is there where they have an awkward conversation.
    (Curious if he was working on another edition of “Live From New York” for SNL’s 50th anniversary).

    • @winonafrog
      @winonafrog 3 місяці тому

      “Dear Tom Shales, you d*** f***…” 😅

  • @marciarohde3930
    @marciarohde3930 3 місяці тому

    Letterman Insanity but I love it.
    Grate fun he was so Entertaining ❤

  • @rezkat6
    @rezkat6 Місяць тому

    hey Don, is there any chance you could track down the full version of the sketch Drew Barrymore and Dave did where they got married? I believe it was in 1995. can't seem to find it anywhere.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  Місяць тому

      I haven’t been able to share additional Dave-owned or -licensed content since February 2022 except in special circumstances, and I highly doubt this will be considered one of them.
      What you might do is ask the official Dave channel here: whoaskedforit@gmail.com.

    • @rezkat6
      @rezkat6 Місяць тому

      @@dongiller that's such a shame! thanks for the response anyway

    • @rezkat6
      @rezkat6 Місяць тому

      @@dongiller hey, put of curiosity what are these special circumstances by which you are allowed upload clips?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  Місяць тому

      Nothing hard and fast. All depends on the circumstances. I realize that’s so vague as to be meaningless, but it’s all I gots.

    • @rezkat6
      @rezkat6 Місяць тому

      @@dongiller haha alright then. strange that they’d still let you post some stuff..

  • @Danimal77
    @Danimal77 4 місяці тому +2

    Tom Shales looks like if Roger Ebert and a young Bill Gates had a kid. RIP.

  • @jeffland9992
    @jeffland9992 4 місяці тому

    Can you post the series of appearances on letterman of Ralph Nader
    Please and thank you

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 місяці тому +4

      I cannot and you’re welcome.

  • @JohnRedshaw
    @JohnRedshaw 4 місяці тому

    Maybe it's just me, but I feel good television is better today because of all the streaming choices.