I was an extra in his movie, “Silence.” He walked by me and nodded to me. I should have said good morning, but I just smiled. I got to wear a green velvet low cut dress that was made in Rome. It was really, really interesting and I made good friends, too. Thanks, Marty! 🙏💖🙏
So fascinating to see Scorsese say his favorite genres are the Western, Horror, and Sci-Fi which are interestingly still decades later, the only three genres of film that Scorsese has had little to no experience in. Almost like he dare not touch what he adores most.
One could argue that Cape Fear and Shutter Island have some horror elements to them, but they're tangential at best. I would love to see Scorsese make a horror or sci-fi (or maybe horror-sci-fi) movie, since those are my favorite genres as well and I have no idea how his take on those would look like - although I don't have a doubt in my mind that it would be great.
What are youse blind ? Of course he's young in this clip. MARONE. Did you know Martin's parent's were also in his movie Goodfellas? It's true and hard to miss as Martin Scorsese looks a lot like his parents perhaps more like his dad.
I like how these older interviews have more in depth and interesting conversations now the conversations are so contrived and superficial on talk shows.
Martin is probably the mainstream american director who knows the best about film in general. He deeply loves films from all around the world from different eras of cinema, including recent ones.
Ted Kier I’m a lifelong New Yorker (granted, from Queens, rather than the speedier Manhattan) but even with my extensive experience with Manhattanites I’ve rarely seen anyone as jittery as Scorsese is here. I was wondering too about the cocaine possibility...
He admired Marty, but he was pretty blunt and curt with guests in the 80s, and I loved him for it. He was the antecedent to Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, and Merv Griffin who were at this time always reminiscing about the "good 'ol days" with their guests. LOL
@@Fan_Made_Videos Sounds more like you meant 'antidote.' 'Antecedent' means someone or something that came before. Dave definitely didn't come before Carson, Douglas, and Griffin, but he did have a contrasting style.
Only Scorsese could have gotten such a great performance from Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy. It was the best thing Lewis did in his career and it wasn't really for laughs.
Yes, Jerry did a helluva good job. Surprised he wasn't nominated for best supporting actor. Or was he. De Niro was up for best actor, he was freaking amazing, as per usual. King of Comedy rocks.
TriBeCa wasn’t a well known section of Manhattan. Only a few years later did it start getting more attention. Scorsese & De Niro helped put it on the map by doing a lot of business there.
Dave said here that Tony Clifton will be joining the show later on. I would have loved to see Scorsese and Tony Clifton interacting with one another on the stage. That would have been great! btw, I read someone where that Andy Kaufman was to play Rupert Pupkin in "The King of Comedy" when Bob Fosse was attached to the project - as great as De Niro was in the film, Andy would have been brilliant in that role! I think Andy & Tony Clifton would understand who is Rupert Pupkin.
He looks so different with a beard. It’s such a shame that King of Comedy didn’t make money. I think it’s probably one of his best films, a striking satire on celebrity culture.
I've seen quite a few early Letterman interviews, but this is the first one I've seen with those bumper ads intact. Never knew about those. I'd only ever seen them on Adult Swim. Not sure how much (if any) of that was Dave's doing versus the writing staff, but it reinforces my opinion that he woulda been my go-to late night guy. I was born too late for Carson, and I never cared much for Leno. But from the get go Dave had a killer show and was interviewing artists like Scorsese, Zappa, Beefheart, Hunter Thompson, Carole King, etc. And that's just 1982. Again, I don't know how many of those were his personal requests (I'm recalling episodes of the Larry Sanders Show where he's just scrambling at the last minute to find anyone in town to fill the slot), but nevertheless it's always an amusing interaction, and he deserves some credit for that... In my opinion, Dave's only rival in the late night pantheon is Conan... who I believe was his immediate successor on this show... and also had great guests and a great writing staff... which in no way diminishes his own comedic talents (his previous gig was writing for The Simpsons during the show's undisputed golden age) and the fact that he emerged from virtual anonymity to become a comedy legend in his own right... But it all started here with Dave, at least as far as I'm concerned... On a final note, Scorsese always seems to talk fast but he's definitely on coke here... Then again, who wasn't in 1982... And his work always spoke for itself... Hands down the best and most consistent filmography of the last 50 years... His work ethic and encyclopedic knowledge of film history alone are worthy of admiration, but to just consistently put out a great movie every year or two since the fucking 70's... He's like the Beatles of directors at this point... but I digress...
At the end of the interview, Scorsese said the film 'The King of Comedy' wasn't due to be released until Christmas of that year. In fact, it was even later when it actually was released--February 18, 1983, i.e., one year to the day after this interview aired. Most curious.
I was 12 and feel the same. I don't think things were better. I think I was still so full of hope and a dreamer. I get that part of me kicked around now, at 47. The parts they kick around are the ones they don't have the courage to be around. Take Care.
if you thing, just only Scorsese, Coppola and etc. are the good ones and movies like fist and furious 47 are garbage (indeed)... well, mybe you didn't dive deep enough into cinema...i mean, saying that Tarantino is a genius and michael bay is horse shit is oversimplifying it, there is more than that...
I love watching "King OF Comedy". Saw it several times. As for Jerry, I don't think he had to ' act ' in alot of it! I think that was "him", I just bet he could be a real a-hole. ALTHOUGH, I do like him in his goofy early movies!! He was funny.
I remember watching this first run and thinking "dang this guy is sure nervous". Sort of like Al Pacino, they both just start rambling and it starts going nowhere and then especially Scorcese realizes that millions of people are watching him and he gets very self concious and has no where to go. I think he wants to say something profound or something that sounds profound, but doesn't quite achieve it. Poor guy. He got more comfortable with interviews as he got older.
He had stopped by the 1980s but in the mid 1970s around and after taxi driver and the last waltz, he was into the white powder big time living in Los Angeles, but prepping and making Raging Bull, he stopped for good. He certainly was a very hyper- intellectual young guy who could've get enough of studying movies.
Buelligan88 Implausible literally means "difficult to believe, unlikely"... if I HAD seen the movie then I wouldn't need to believe anything and it wouldn't even be right to use the world "unlikely". Since Raging Bull is probably one of the very best films I've ever seen, it seems unlikely on a statistical basis that another film could be better... I'm not saying it definitely couldn't be, just that if I'd had to bet, I'd bet that Raging Bull would end up being the better film. This being said, since that first comment I did finaly saw King of Comedy and guess what, I like Raging Bull better, so I was indeed right saying it was IMPLAUSIBLE ;)
I was an extra in his movie, “Silence.” He walked by me and nodded to me. I should have said good morning, but I just smiled. I got to wear a green velvet low cut dress that was made in Rome. It was really, really interesting and I made good friends, too. Thanks, Marty! 🙏💖🙏
You are so lucky!
fraz The world would have been just a little bit better if you hadn’t said anything.
@@TheRobloxianTacoLord douchebag
You were great and stole the movie..You should have won a best supporting actor Oscar
Wholesome story ❤
So fascinating to see Scorsese say his favorite genres are the Western, Horror, and Sci-Fi which are interestingly still decades later, the only three genres of film that Scorsese has had little to no experience in. Almost like he dare not touch what he adores most.
One could argue that Cape Fear and Shutter Island have some horror elements to them, but they're tangential at best. I would love to see Scorsese make a horror or sci-fi (or maybe horror-sci-fi) movie, since those are my favorite genres as well and I have no idea how his take on those would look like - although I don't have a doubt in my mind that it would be great.
He looks like a young Martin Scorsese
He was 39
I know he should cast as Martin in a documentary, he would be perfect for the age nowadays
What are youse blind ? Of course he's young in this clip. MARONE. Did you know Martin's parent's were also in his movie Goodfellas? It's true and hard to miss as Martin Scorsese looks a lot like his parents perhaps more like his dad.
You must be The King of Comedy
Thinks too!
I like how these older interviews have more in depth and interesting conversations now the conversations are so contrived and superficial on talk shows.
Marty wasn't used to interviews like this but he's still his honest self, I love it.
He looks like he paints houses
Does his own carpentry too
He also makes pasta sauce by slicing the garlic thinly with a razor blade.
And he makes movies too😉
I had 2 put marty into this thing, otherwise hed've never let it happen, but its gonna happen, one way or another...
They wouldn't dare.
Martin is probably the mainstream american director who knows the best about film in general. He deeply loves films from all around the world from different eras of cinema, including recent ones.
King of Comedy was the Film that caught me about Scorsese. It was shown on HBO the summer of 1984. When I first had Cable in our neighborhood.
I love that he mentioned Cronenberg favorably. Scanners just came out on Criterion. Videodrome is great.
Shaun Pearson "Long live the new flesh".
When he mentioned Cronenberg, I was wondering if he was going to mention 'Scanners,' which he did. I think that was a 1981 release.
Nice to see Marty so "relaxed".
Seriously, though. He's as jittery as a bird.
teppolundgren quaaludes 😂
he's a New Yorker. that's how they are. he was so natural in cameo scene in Taxi Driver. where he rages against women and black men.
Tom B Nope. Cocaine was Marty's drug of choice.
Scorsese has always been that way, drugs, or no drugs.
Ted Kier I’m a lifelong New Yorker (granted, from Queens, rather than the speedier Manhattan) but even with my extensive experience with Manhattanites I’ve rarely seen anyone as jittery as Scorsese is here. I was wondering too about the cocaine possibility...
Dave was a lot more humble here
He admired Marty, but he was pretty blunt and curt with guests in the 80s, and I loved him for it. He was the antecedent to Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, and Merv Griffin who were at this time always reminiscing about the "good 'ol days" with their guests. LOL
Rachel doesn't like Martin Scorsese films
@@Fan_Made_Videos Sounds more like you meant 'antidote.' 'Antecedent' means someone or something that came before. Dave definitely didn't come before Carson, Douglas, and Griffin, but he did have a contrasting style.
This guy is a straight up Genius! Talk about a man who can captivate an audience!
Martin’s pretty cool too!
Marty makes me proud to be a New Yorker
I'm going to go out on a limb and say Scorsese was actually a good looking man. Even at 78 he's still cute.
strongly agree.
Wow, Letterman was in all the decades. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him also in the 30s.
He and Paul Shaffer used to joke that they'd been on the air since 'the late '50s.'
Dave started his short-lived daytime talk show in 1980 and he started his late night talk show in early 1982.
This was when he was half the age he is now
Wow, Tony Clifton!!! These were the days.
he was so cute back then!!! what a genius filmmaker nice to see this part of him!
Only Scorsese could have gotten such a great performance from Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy. It was the best thing Lewis did in his career and it wasn't really for laughs.
Lewis was always a terrific performer.
Lewis is also pretty good in the Peter Chelsom film : “Funny Bones”.
Yes, Jerry did a helluva good job. Surprised he wasn't nominated for best supporting actor. Or was he. De Niro was up for best actor, he was freaking amazing, as per usual. King of Comedy rocks.
As Scorsese says in this interview, the film is 'humorous, but it's not really a comedy.' Lending some irony to the title.
He got Lewis to play himself.
Thank you again for this incredible Upload!
Here after the Irishman..wow how accomplished he already was before even making some of the best films we know today.
TriBeCa wasn’t a well known section of Manhattan. Only a few years later did it start getting more attention. Scorsese & De Niro helped put it on the map by doing a lot of business there.
Now I've got to see the part after this, when "Tony Clifton" came out. I can imagine Scorsese's reaction to that guy!
That’s here - ua-cam.com/video/Kg0vKCuAWTQ/v-deo.html
Marty looking like a real nice Goodfella.
Dave said here that Tony Clifton will be joining the show later on. I would have loved to see Scorsese and Tony Clifton interacting with one another on the stage. That would have been great!
btw, I read someone where that Andy Kaufman was to play Rupert Pupkin in "The King of Comedy" when Bob Fosse was attached to the project - as great as De Niro was in the film, Andy would have been brilliant in that role! I think Andy & Tony Clifton would understand who is Rupert Pupkin.
The King of Comedy is so damn good. Both actors are too, but really, De Niro is a genius.
I’ve Heard The King of Comedy is Good and That Movie is On My “Bucket List”!
Letterman looks like Michael Shannon
Oh shit!
Tony S am I hearing a biopic?
He looks more like Steve carrell
He looks so different with a beard.
It’s such a shame that King of Comedy didn’t make money. I think it’s probably one of his best films, a striking satire on celebrity culture.
I've seen quite a few early Letterman interviews, but this is the first one I've seen with those bumper ads intact. Never knew about those. I'd only ever seen them on Adult Swim. Not sure how much (if any) of that was Dave's doing versus the writing staff, but it reinforces my opinion that he woulda been my go-to late night guy. I was born too late for Carson, and I never cared much for Leno. But from the get go Dave had a killer show and was interviewing artists like Scorsese, Zappa, Beefheart, Hunter Thompson, Carole King, etc. And that's just 1982. Again, I don't know how many of those were his personal requests (I'm recalling episodes of the Larry Sanders Show where he's just scrambling at the last minute to find anyone in town to fill the slot), but nevertheless it's always an amusing interaction, and he deserves some credit for that... In my opinion, Dave's only rival in the late night pantheon is Conan... who I believe was his immediate successor on this show... and also had great guests and a great writing staff... which in no way diminishes his own comedic talents (his previous gig was writing for The Simpsons during the show's undisputed golden age) and the fact that he emerged from virtual anonymity to become a comedy legend in his own right... But it all started here with Dave, at least as far as I'm concerned... On a final note, Scorsese always seems to talk fast but he's definitely on coke here... Then again, who wasn't in 1982... And his work always spoke for itself... Hands down the best and most consistent filmography of the last 50 years... His work ethic and encyclopedic knowledge of film history alone are worthy of admiration, but to just consistently put out a great movie every year or two since the fucking 70's... He's like the Beatles of directors at this point... but I digress...
At the end of the interview, Scorsese said the film 'The King of Comedy' wasn't due to be released until Christmas of that year. In fact, it was even later when it actually was released--February 18, 1983, i.e., one year to the day after this interview aired. Most curious.
The guy is a quintessential movie buff!
Martin Scorsese Has Always Loved Movies More Then Sports Which is Why He Has Asthma To This Day!
King of comedy his best movie
Wonderful! Thanks a lot for sharing! Now I'll have to watch all the horror movies he mentioned! :-(
Scorsese and Letterman in Toronto at the same time? Wow!
You could almost see Joe Columbo's strings moving Pinocchio's limbs.
Scorsese tends to dismiss "King if Comedy" as having been rushed, in trying to get it done before the DGA strike.
I wish it was 1982 again. There was something very cool about the look and feel of that time. I was 16 and life was .....better for me.
EMILY STRONG at which you start liking 16?
EMILY STRONG I was 11 and I agree life is certainly better back then
I agree too. And look at this show - the guests are young Martin Scorsese, Andy Kaufman (as Tony Clifton) & Ruth Westheimer. Pretty cool times.
I was 12 and feel the same. I don't think things were better. I think I was still so full of hope and a dreamer. I get that part of me kicked around now, at 47. The parts they kick around are the ones they don't have the courage to be around. Take Care.
I was 6 and I get what you mean.
He was daddy. :)
Marty seems uncomfortable on camera.
+Raul Luevano He was also battling a coke addiction during this time.
***** If you see him in interviews today, he is a lot more comfortable.
Actually he was finished with his cocaine abuse before Raging Bull. De Niro begged him to do the movie while Marty was in the hospital.
Rockfish Clearly, you're wrong. Marty was very much on the powder here.
He seems like he's gotten more comfortable in his own skin as he's gotten older.
Steven Jordan on the drums!
One of the best!
did the live studio audience get up and leave? why r they so quiet
omg he looks exactly like Jeremy Irons here 0_0
compare with Jake Johnson
Very curious.
Scorsese's almost having a one-to-one conversation with the host, while the audience is a virtual fly on the wall.
The King of Comedy is a brilliant Film. Bobs performance is his best.
I'm gonna tell my kids that this is Colin Farrell.
YOUR PIZZA'S HERE!!!
Leo was just 8......awwwwww
Marty a fan of horror aye, I had no idea! Great stuff.
He told John Carpenter that he was nervous about meeting him because of the kind of mind it took to direct scary, creepy movies like Halloween.
No directors like this anymore.....
Just be glad he's still around, and working.
There are plenty of talented indie directors
if you thing, just only Scorsese, Coppola and etc. are the good ones and movies like fist and furious 47 are garbage (indeed)... well, mybe you didn't dive deep enough into cinema...i mean, saying that Tarantino is a genius and michael bay is horse shit is oversimplifying it, there is more than that...
Coen brothers, Terrance malick, del Toro, paul Thomas Anderson, Wong Kar-way.
Tarantino is a wannabe but still makes some decent movies...
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Gotta love going on a talk show to support King of Comedy 😏
I believe miles Davis wrote Stella by starlight
Victor Young.
Young marty
I love watching "King OF Comedy". Saw it several times. As for Jerry, I don't think he had to ' act ' in alot of it! I think that was "him", I just bet he could be a real a-hole. ALTHOUGH, I do like him in his goofy early movies!! He was funny.
I still think that Scorsese should have directed Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Back when you had to read a card to mention Scorsese films
I love Nick Scarpino
are u telling me that grampas now were hot as fuck at one point in time... and I MISSED IT?
Hi Don, do you have the late night episode in which Scorsese's mother cooks a pizza on the show?
Sure; November 22, 1991. I'm up to May 1990, so it'll be a while.
hi Don, do you have an episode from 12 April 91 with Sandra Bernhard?
Marty on his cocaine days hahahha gold
I remember watching this first run and thinking "dang this guy is sure nervous". Sort of like Al Pacino, they both just start rambling and it starts going nowhere and then especially Scorcese realizes that millions of people are watching him and he gets very self concious and has no where to go. I think he wants to say something profound or something that sounds profound, but doesn't quite achieve it. Poor guy. He got more comfortable with interviews as he got older.
3:27 Back when he needed the on-screen title of his name to be recognized.
All guests in LN’s first year were chyroned, regardless of their fame.
You see him today & U KNOW!!!
WHAAAAT??? HE'S MARTIN SCORSESE? OH MY GOD
NewBerlinWall the same face of nowdays
He reminds me of Sean Connery for some reason
Thank God for french fries.
Scanners, uninvited, David cronenberg’s films
looks like de niro plays as martin scorsese
Anyone else see Oscar Isaac in him?
Scanners, exploding head scene.
No laughs??? It’s because they’re engaged and hanging on every word. A genius is in the room.
Dr. Jordan Peterson.
He looks like Peter Dinklage
Only one changed history. Who would that be?
This 0:50
And ua-cam.com/video/_23OuEBh7ow/v-deo.html, here 0:26
Same sitting.
I’ve Never Seen The King of Comedy Yet But I’ve Heard It’s So Good Even Though It Flopped At The Box Office!
when he was still the guy from the taxi.
Scorsese had BLACK HAIR?? Now that's a plot twist
he’s a staunch defender of horror
But hates Marvel.
@@OMGWTFLOLSMH is that a contradiction?
@@plasticweapondepending on what kind of horror, yes
back when he was just "distinctive" lol
Before they both went silver
Young Scorsese kinda sounds like Jesse Eisenberg here (both talk really fast, and both are from New York)
why is david letterman michael shannon here lol
Surprised he didn't mention Alien
You what?
Rebphoenix Aliens impact kinda developed over time. It wasnt a come out and smash kinds film
He didn't have anything to do with Alien.
Bruce Wayne He said he likes sci fi and horror, but named some other movies
Dizzy Blu Ahh my apologies.
Huh.. he really looks like one of those mob bosses here.
4:50
Matt D'Avela looks old here, with the beard and all
Tony Clifton was on this show? lol
You have to upload that for us... Was it Andy Kaufman or Bob Zmuda?
Uploaded last June. It was Bob Zmuda.
ua-cam.com/video/Kg0vKCuAWTQ/v-deo.html
kinda look like deNiro
Scorsese had a substance abuse problem back then, cocaine.
Yes He Did and Almost Died Before Raging Bull Was in Pre Production!
He was off by then, he od'd and Delete Niro came to him in hospital and convinced him to do raging bull
@Will Palmer True But The Funny Thing is Marty is Not a Sports Fan at All!
Is Marty on Something Or Can’t He Relax..I Know He was a Lot Younger thn But He Can’t Sit Still.....
I think he had a coke habit back in the day, but that's not necessarily what's going on here.
He had stopped by the 1980s but in the mid 1970s around and after taxi driver and the last waltz, he was into the white powder big time living in Los Angeles, but prepping and making Raging Bull, he stopped for good.
He certainly was a very hyper- intellectual young guy who could've get enough of studying movies.
The King of Comedy > Raging Bull
+flaggerify I'm with you. Pretty unpopular opinion though.
i haven't seen king of comedy but it seems very implausible
haven't seen the King of Comedy yet, but holy shit if it's as good as Raging Bull I'm gonna cry
flaggerify: I don't know about that comparison. I think you can't really compare those two movies with each other. Too different.
Buelligan88
Implausible literally means "difficult to believe, unlikely"... if I HAD seen the movie then I wouldn't need to believe anything and it wouldn't even be right to use the world "unlikely". Since Raging Bull is probably one of the very best films I've ever seen, it seems unlikely on a statistical basis that another film could be better... I'm not saying it definitely couldn't be, just that if I'd had to bet, I'd bet that Raging Bull would end up being the better film.
This being said, since that first comment I did finaly saw King of Comedy and guess what, I like Raging Bull better, so I was indeed right saying it was IMPLAUSIBLE ;)
Was he playing someone or was he actually like that??he seems so different now....😳
Right? People say hes more jittery now, and I agree
He was IN taxi driver, the seen where the boyfriend spies on his cheating wife
scorcese loves horror!? what!? what is he waiting for to make an horror movie? i dont think that one with dicaprio in a mental institution counts...
was scorsese a coke addict? he seems geek'd
as far as I know, yes he was.
yeah massively
I believe he was off cocaine by the time of this interview.
Cocaine was addicted to Marty during the 70s.
John Fitzpatrick No, he wasn't. You can tell by his behavior here that he was still on the coke at this time.
I would agree in some part with the horror genre point he makes if the vast, overwhelming majority of horror films weren't such utter shite.
Sal Mineo's really let himself go
So this was the prototype for today's bearded hipster in a suit. If you're gonna pick a style, you go with one of the best :)
Horror? Image a horror Martin movie 🤣🤣🤣
Closest thing he did is Shutter Island
Was Martin trying to look like Keith Moon in 1982? Cause he sure as f does
the audience is so bored