Oprah Winfrey on Letterman, January 13, 1986

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  • @lynmosley2259
    @lynmosley2259 6 років тому +44

    Oprah was so together and poised!

  • @beachstreet101
    @beachstreet101 3 роки тому +25

    She’s so energetic and lively. Can see why she had such a long running successful #1 talk show. Loves to engage and talk and tell stories. Much different than she is now, which is mellow today.

    • @FredLord-sp4ym
      @FredLord-sp4ym 6 місяців тому

      Americans prefer a fat "Oprah." Anything less is not the "authentic" "O."

  • @sweetlildevil7597
    @sweetlildevil7597 6 років тому +159

    I think David Letterman totally underestimated Oprah Winfrey

    • @GARY84ROCKS
      @GARY84ROCKS 6 років тому +5

      I don't.

    • @sweetlildevil7597
      @sweetlildevil7597 6 років тому +9

      LOL Yipee for you! We disagree, but thank you for sharing! :-)

    • @aircasar
      @aircasar 6 років тому +4

      Cuz it's so obvious she's going to be the most influential person in the world. What a nimrod huh

    • @akbarnoorulhaq8292
      @akbarnoorulhaq8292 6 років тому +17

      Sweet LilDevil he was dismissive and nonchalant talking to her assuming she will be beached and gone .....only to realize and gobsmacked she was the empress in making

    • @bd3825
      @bd3825 6 років тому +8

      I agree with you. He's bowing down before her now.

  • @renhoek3851
    @renhoek3851 3 роки тому +11

    'try and get the number' I think it's little quips like that that are so quick and natural that made him so big. Also, easy to see why Oprah did so well, what a strong personality

  • @greenbeagle13
    @greenbeagle13 3 роки тому +4

    Wow, 1986.... Take me back please.

  • @lolitamorris2943
    @lolitamorris2943 5 років тому +15

    She was always happy 😃 and cool .

  • @bluedancelilly
    @bluedancelilly 7 років тому +70

    That great personality was there from the beginning.

  • @tasibho
    @tasibho 3 роки тому +9

    Smartest thing she ever did was syndicate that show.

  • @WamuyuGatheru
    @WamuyuGatheru 7 років тому +48

    She was so easy and so chatty with only 8 staff. The Oprah show wrapped up with over 400 staff

  • @garym444
    @garym444 8 років тому +22

    I've never seen this& i thought i saw everything related to her
    thanks

  • @necessaryballoons
    @necessaryballoons 7 років тому +48

    She’s so pleasant and amazing

  • @beniciawilliams5423
    @beniciawilliams5423 7 років тому +31

    She was so composed and eloquent

  • @joymosley8997
    @joymosley8997 3 роки тому +12

    Oprah was such a class act in this interview. She exuded confidence and was not intimidated at all!!

    • @petesmitt
      @petesmitt Рік тому

      Letterman couldn't intimidate a fly..

  • @brianthefanboy9019
    @brianthefanboy9019 7 років тому +23

    I was born when this was going on.

  • @danielpoitras1858
    @danielpoitras1858 8 років тому +7

    Love ya Don! Been wanting this for years!

  • @bollywoodway3312
    @bollywoodway3312 6 років тому +26

    I hope Paul watched the damn movie.

  • @nw3998
    @nw3998 5 років тому +18

    Which is Harpo backwards... That’s important to know.
    It sure was.

  • @bunny_smith
    @bunny_smith 5 років тому +30

    I came here after reading about their "feud" of 16 years that began on this show. She complained he was terrible to her. I don't think he did anything wrong. However, she was very nervous and seemed very intimidated by him. Perception is reality.

    • @alialmurtada
      @alialmurtada 5 років тому +10

      It's not this interview she complained about

    • @devinpeirce7152
      @devinpeirce7152 5 років тому +4

      Bunny Smith he is just a buffoon who can't make guests feel comfortable

    • @bloodSCARSandMCR
      @bloodSCARSandMCR 5 років тому +11

      Im not sure what you dont see. In the first 50 seconds alone they start saying they havent seen the film and laugh about it. Next, he is talking to her like her excitment is uncalled for and treating her in subtle ways that she is "too much". Then he brings up her show and down plays it when she says it is named after her. "oOOH BIG SHOT" that is a BOOMER way of saying WOW YOU THINK YOURE ALL THAT?! And she laughed but her micro facial expressions and body language suggests it made her uncomfy. Then he says "Well what do you do on there cook or something?"
      Nah DICK she interviews people better than his ass ever has. But continues patronizing her and much like most of her career because she is a black woman who is doing what she loves while white america soaks it up and the other portion of white america tries to destroy her for being in their light.

    • @hutch1197
      @hutch1197 4 роки тому +1

      This was not the interview. You can find it here on UA-cam. It's from 1989 when Dave's show was in Chicago.

    • @KamalaChameleon
      @KamalaChameleon 3 роки тому +1

      @@bloodSCARSandMCR weirdos creeps like you always bringing up race. Can't discuss this stuff rationally with some freak invoking racism every time a person of color is the subject.

  • @ParadNorthProd
    @ParadNorthProd 4 роки тому +17

    Hardly the 'bad experience' that she said (20+ years later) this first appearance was.

    • @cr3413
      @cr3413 4 роки тому +4

      Wasn't this episode - she was referring to 1989.

    • @ParadNorthProd
      @ParadNorthProd 4 роки тому +1

      @@cr3413 Ok - I see it now.

  • @Quincdooryia
    @Quincdooryia 9 місяців тому

    Good show

  • @trevorhicks3576
    @trevorhicks3576 6 років тому +8

    I was born 2 years before that interview aired and my brother best friend and others that I know as well were born a year before that also wow the years have flown by sooner then I expected i miss that era Haha Lolol 😂🤣😅😉😄🙂☺❤

  • @jonathanfleming5831
    @jonathanfleming5831 Рік тому

    I was born that year

  • @SnowbunyinIL
    @SnowbunyinIL Рік тому

    Always like her. And good actress.😂

  • @jonathanfleming5831
    @jonathanfleming5831 Рік тому

    She has beautiful hair I love the woman 80s hair

  • @mattwilliam4803
    @mattwilliam4803 2 роки тому +1

    -she got the number.

  • @JAYDUB1279
    @JAYDUB1279 4 роки тому +7

    Wow. Oprah said this supposedly terrible experience was why she never wanted to go on his show again, but Dave was very friendly and less confrontational than normal by a lot. It was Oprah who was trying to take control of the interview, asking him if he's read this book, teasing him about how many people help him, pointing out he's not an actor. Thin skin, evidently

    • @beachstreet101
      @beachstreet101 3 роки тому +7

      This wasn’t the interview that was the uncomfortable one.

    • @Jerrard1983
      @Jerrard1983 Рік тому

      No it was a second visit in 1988..

  • @brt5273
    @brt5273 Рік тому

    It may not have been this appearance but I think something happened before that 1989 appearance because when she is first sitting down he leans into her and says "Try not to get hurt".

  • @clubredken13
    @clubredken13 4 роки тому +7

    I'm pretty sure after this interview Paul made sure to watch every actor's movie that came on.
    And probably their entire filmography just to make sure.

    • @ksc743
      @ksc743 3 роки тому +1

      Didn't you see him do the classic "tongue-in-cheek" face when Dave asked if he'd seen the movie? They could've cared less about Oprah or this movie. She was just another passing phase as far as they were concerned. Talk about an underestimation🤣

  • @ritchiehere
    @ritchiehere 4 роки тому +7

    Has anyone seen chirpier Oprah 😅

  • @robfreeman5783
    @robfreeman5783 Рік тому +3

    not a fan of her politics but that's a fully engaged and awake brain right there.

    • @jonkobler1637
      @jonkobler1637 Рік тому +2

      She's more conservative than she can show.

  • @Mariahs_all_that
    @Mariahs_all_that 9 місяців тому

    "You're the kinda guy I'd like to have as my friend, I'd like to call you up on Wendesday nights and say, you watching Dynasty."- Oprah 8:11

  • @tensacross
    @tensacross 7 років тому +9

    before the feud!

  • @presto709
    @presto709 6 років тому +10

    Oprah said that on her first appearance with Dave there were some dunks in the audience and dave encouraged them and it was an awful experience for her. I don't see any of that in this appearance.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  6 років тому +13

      That's because it was allegedly in her second appearance in Chicago, May 1989.

    • @presto709
      @presto709 6 років тому

      ok thanks

    • @playingwithrami
      @playingwithrami 4 роки тому +1

      @@dongiller I watched that episode. In one of her interviews with Dave, whilst recapping what happened and why she didn't want to do his show again, she said drunk men were yelling "rip her Dave" and that he was baiting them. After watching the interview, it was clearly a woman who was yelling out rip her Dave and heckling throughout.

    • @ksc743
      @ksc743 3 роки тому

      @@playingwithrami have you got a link to that 1989 show because I've been looking for it. There is one still up on UA-cam but they've done something to the sound so one can't hear anything. The video is over an hour long so I flicked through it and saw Oprah looking towards the audience a couple of times with a surprised expression while Dave just laughed.
      I won't believe it was a woman heckling her until I hear and see it for myself.

  • @savage_skirt5386
    @savage_skirt5386 3 роки тому +2

    I like this from her; much more natural. She later created a persona and it is a bit annoying.

  • @XDB888
    @XDB888 4 роки тому

    wow..this 2 people conversing is pure

  • @bas8116
    @bas8116 6 років тому +3

    Is this supossed to be the according to Oprah deeply uncomfortable appearance on letterman that made her not want to come on to the show for more then a decade? Honestly I don't see it the rapor between her and letterman actually seems quite pleasant.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  6 років тому +1

      No; the purported uncomfortable appearance was in May 1989, when the show was in Chicago. Even that's been blown out of proportion.

    • @bas8116
      @bas8116 6 років тому +1

      Hey thx for the response, just checked the other video out and yeah not to much going on there either, I mean I wouldnt call it a very successful show either it did seem uncomfortable and unpleasant compared to this video but it mostly seemed down to a shitty audience that night and David not really sure how to handle that.

    • @hutch1197
      @hutch1197 6 років тому +1

      The part people didn't see in the 1989 interview were the heckles at her from the drunk audience, and she had felt that he egged them on. But yeah, in retrospect, how silly....and they ended up friends and mutual admirers.

    • @sethm3856
      @sethm3856 5 років тому +2

      @@hutch1197 blowen out of proportion, but not by Oprah, she just simply didn't want to do the show again but outside of that didn't make a big deal. Like she said it takes two to feud and there's no feud from my end... she just didn't want to do the show again.

  • @sherrycaraway5663
    @sherrycaraway5663 6 років тому +27

    Oprah was really dopey acting when she first became famous and was on other people's talk shows. She finally settled in and stopped acting goofy like here where she did the bunny hop when first introduced.

  • @christopherramon-reid2000
    @christopherramon-reid2000 Рік тому +1

    She was really attractive with the weight.

  • @americansailor7967
    @americansailor7967 3 роки тому +5

    Oprah "It's very expensive" Says it all about Oprah

  • @chalklounge
    @chalklounge 3 роки тому +9

    This is uncomfortable. She comes off too aggressive and he is low energy and defensive.

    • @globalcitizenn
      @globalcitizenn 2 роки тому +4

      Thank you. Funny how no one noticed she is in an ego tussle with David. Oprah was a Narcissist from the beginning.. all the try hard charm & self congratulations. David was blissfully ignorant. She was already getting information on how much staff he had.

    • @Jesus.Is.Coming.Back1
      @Jesus.Is.Coming.Back1 Рік тому +3

      She was just nervous…. Oprah really is a nice person but you can tell from her energy that she was very nervous.

    • @RS-dm4yo
      @RS-dm4yo Рік тому +2

      Yes, black people with self esteem is uncomfortable. We know.

  • @anthonythompson9741
    @anthonythompson9741 3 роки тому +4

    This was the show that (in her mind) was the cause of their long-time feud. She stated later (to Letterman himself) that he had felt intimidated throughout and that there were "drunks" in the front row harassing her, etc. After viewing this, it's hard to see why she had that reaction!

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 роки тому +12

      Because this actually wasn’t the show. It was her return appearance in 1989 when Late Night was in Chicago for a week.

    • @anthonythompson9741
      @anthonythompson9741 3 роки тому +2

      @@dongiller Thanks, Don, for the clarification!

    • @BMG19FUNNYDIE
      @BMG19FUNNYDIE 2 роки тому

      Because she's Oprah. She's lying.

  • @DanTweekStudios
    @DanTweekStudios 6 років тому +7

    Wait... This is what started the whole feud? This is why Oprah was mad a Letterman for over a decade? Seems kinda petty to me. Nothing seemed disrespectful or mean or uncomfortable like she said it was...

    • @devinpeirce7152
      @devinpeirce7152 6 років тому +1

      Dan W. she's a very self absorbed arrogant person who thinks she's so important

    • @jerry5888
      @jerry5888 6 років тому +9

      @Devin Peirce And Dave is a very sarcastic and smart ass, and he completely underestimated Oprah as black woman in the TV game. But, look at her now...totally surpassed him in success and money! And she's a great person. Just confident and operating in her passion. She was born to do what she is doing.

    • @hutch1197
      @hutch1197 6 років тому +6

      No. Her 2nd appearance when he was taping the show in Chicago started the feud.

    • @jonwigfall
      @jonwigfall 5 років тому +2

      He was very condenscending and had this tone of “who tf are you”

    • @iketinknocker5033
      @iketinknocker5033 5 років тому +2

      No. This wasn't the show

  • @drhyshek
    @drhyshek 3 роки тому

    Very typical way a celeb acted in the 80s.

  • @DukeVibe
    @DukeVibe 6 років тому +9

    What an awkward interview.

    • @nativewear23
      @nativewear23 4 роки тому +2

      A Dwek she never went back for 16 years

    • @menopassini9348
      @menopassini9348 4 роки тому +1

      From the comments there was a worse interview. Definitely no rhythm between them in this interview.

  • @Ilovecerealcerealcereal
    @Ilovecerealcerealcereal 2 роки тому

    This doesn’t look like it was a horrible experience for her so I’m a little confused why she never went on the show after

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  2 роки тому

      It was her next guest appearance when Late Night was in Chicago in May 1989.
      And then she appeared a few times on Dave’s Late Show.

  • @skahler
    @skahler 2 роки тому

    Ya they got bad chemistry alrite lol

  • @davidthomas-ot4cl
    @davidthomas-ot4cl 4 місяці тому

    She was very dorky back then. Like a wide eyed innocence. Not a good match to Dave.

  • @chickenwing986
    @chickenwing986 3 роки тому +3

    My god she is full of herself, lol.

  • @surfrescue3189
    @surfrescue3189 3 роки тому +1

    How can anyone think this is poised . The silly handshakes , over talking , bouncing out as to make fun of her own weight . She would be horrified with how awkward and embarrassing she is here . She’s come a long way.

    • @ayoayo7730
      @ayoayo7730 3 роки тому +4

      She was just starting to taste what fame looks like then, give her a break

    • @surfrescue3232
      @surfrescue3232 3 роки тому +1

      @@ayoayo7730 I know that and get it. I'm just saying anyone who thinks that is poised and confident needs to buy a dictionary. I am not a fan of hers but full credit for coming so far with all of that.

    • @ayoayo7730
      @ayoayo7730 3 роки тому

      Surf Rescue MJ fans i guess

    • @surfrescue3232
      @surfrescue3232 3 роки тому

      @@ayoayo7730 MJ? from shah's of sunset? lol

    • @ayoayo7730
      @ayoayo7730 3 роки тому

      Surf Rescue Michael Jackson i mean. His fan has been all over Oprah’s post with crazy comments lately