1989 (Dec.) Phoebe Cates

Late Night with David Letterman

[@cvvv6166]

No it's not just you , Dave , she's the cutest EVER ! since early 1980s , No one else could ever come close to Phoebe ! 🤩🤩

[@pele939]

I understand people age but I wish she never did. I’m happy now for her now but I wish this Phoebe would be around a bit more

[@EarthAltar]

Best thing about Phoebe is that she never lets her looks get in the way of her personality.

[@braddater5834]

She has a personality?

[@EarthAltar]

​@@braddater5834I don't know, but I doubt she would ask a stupid question on a four year old post. The question is, do you have one?

[@braddater5834]

@@EarthAltar I am absolutely joking. She has an amazing personality. She is one of the best looking women on the planet. My jest was when beauty like that runs so strong it's hard to concentrate on anything else even if you ARE NOT shallow.

[@satevo462]

Still have a crush on her after 40 years.

[@thomasparrish429]

Her voice is so sweet, I could listen to her read the phone book!

[@ThunderZandor]

Phone book, Bible, any boring scientific paper, bibliography for any book, any indeXes. Name it, she'll read it for you.

[@tommypavlica6665]

That jet black hair KILLS me !!!!! LOVE IT !!!

[@pde12660]

Phoebe so gorgeous and charming!

[@ImnotNorm]

pde12660 fuck Kevin kline. she's just a child. one lucky guy

[@drummadave]

@@ImnotNorm theyre only 15 yrs apart

[@neonnights3955]

I'm going down the Phoebe Cates/Letterman rabbit hole.

[@midnighttornado22]

Same. 100mph and climbing.

[@CyberCristo]

and what that supposed to mean ??????

[@localizer50]

Me too

[@100hooker]

I go down a Rabbit hole every time I hear Moving In Stereo. I was 18 at the time and will be 60 in January. Not a creepy old man, that is just etched in my memory for all time(I hope)

[@jasonfullerton7763]

Once you've seen Phoebe on Late Show once, you have to see them all.

[@Adoptpets833]

How can anyone be so beautiful!

[@colonelangus3157]

My god, she is stunning!!!! God gave her immense beauty, she is so smart witty also.Most women like the Kardashian Family are a fkn joke. Phoebe is sincerely nice, never flaunts her beauty. I love that. She is 2 years younger than myself... Boy do I wish I was Kevin Kline!!!

[@Davidium84]

Wow........ I'm in love with Phoebe Cates!! Cant believe ive missed seeing her all my life!! =(

[@kingpetra6886]

It's good to see these old clips of Phoebe Cates.

[@pdottie212fu]

Her style here makes her look like she's a kid in the 60s again

[@miketheyunggod2534]

cutest of the 80s by far.

[@staypositive4358]

No contest there. But most beautiful goes to Jennifer Connelly.

[@BookClubDisaster]

@@staypositive4358 Black haired girls beat blondes all day!

[@rudygracia5573]

​@@staypositive4358Conelly ain't beautiful anymore.

[@davidgifford7748]

I could have stood about a dozen more movies with her in it around this time.

[@grokeffer6226]

I remember seeing this when it was originally broadcast and thinking how nice her hair looked. Really shiny, like silk.

[@kanebowlin5123]

She's so cool an naturally stunning

[@jhesamergranada6872]

I was born in 1986.., but still i love 80s movie specially the actresses hehehe even the 70s and 80s songs too much meaningful rather than 20th centuries =)

[@ulunsarazo8871]

I like the way she being interviewed. Just relax and enjoy.

[@artdeco64]

"Hi, Dave. You know who cute I always thought you were."

[@SkinnyEMedia]

That haircut- O’Lord! My heart’s pumping happily!

[@alleyoop9064]

David is conducting the dumbest interview with the most beautiful cutest charmingest heart throb of all history. I bet when she went backstage she said "Save me! Arrgh!"

[@atatterson6992]

Dave, like all red-blooded American males, was smitten... what do you expect.

[@deme9873]

Oh God! Phoebe was such a pro. At such a young age. Dave was an old dork.

[@m.h.1593]

Meh. She can pull off anything. She’s such a natural beauty.

[@dans9463]

In other words, style not impressive?

[@TheArtofKelso]

She was so adorable. Sweet face and a voice you could listen to every day. I had knee surgery a few years before her. They opened it right up on both sides. Left two long scars. Every once in a while it stiffens up and throbs.

[@shanekeogh4740]

She is so beautiful

[@shanekeogh4740]

Phoebe is so sweet!

[@felicitasreyes6024]

She is really cute and witty.

[@unclearless]

He was just as smitten as the rest of us!

[@AnnaLVajda]

He loves the ladies though.

[@thebrowithnoname1703]

Kevin Kline’s lucky.

[@amiehiggins2541]

Phoebe ❤❤

[@commanderkeen3787]

She's wonderful

[@jamesmarshall7327]

The irony. At 17, she did Paradise to get into the limelight. But as she became more famous, she stopped all the nudity. She matured and didn’t seek, especially as she became a mother. I call that classy... unlike most actresses clutching on to something so cheap and skanky as they become older. How can anyone not respect such choices. Just the best of all time.

[@philliplandry4139]

I noticed from the first interviews with Letterman to the later ones by the late 80's, she became much more mature and lay back in a quick manner. Usually most women even back then would take almost 20 years to get where Cate at from that period.

[@maddymud]

Brooke Shields followed a similar path

[@waynechapman9823]

No, Dave, it's not just you.

[@cameronpickard7456]

shw was the cutest by farrr

[@cjp592]

You could tell Dave had a crush on Phoebe. So did Paul. He brought out flowers for her. Dave didn’t do that for many women that appeared on his show. Anyway, back when women looked beautiful, clean and healthy. Now everyone is covered with tats, hair attachments, toxins injected on their face or high. 😂

[@BalletBullet1]

Women can wear what the hell they want to wear. GET OVER YOURSELF

[@atatterson6992]

I never saw Dave give anyone else flowers... and I watched him all the time.

[@frankderuvo1390]

Julia Roberts

[@mgee6331]

most beautiful woman I have ever seen

[@cvvv6166]

oh , tell me about it ! 40 Years and cannot be beaten as the cutest , most charming and lovable woman on TV / movies ! oh and the MOST BEAUTIFUL !

[@octaveman]

That smile.

[@muffdiver240]

I liked her better with long hair, but she's still gorgeous. Kevin Klein's a lucky bastard.

[@hospsa6933]

agreed

[@AnnaLVajda]

I doubt it was luck he just put in the effort while others just stood around and drooled.

[@markelijio6012]

Now first of all Kevin Kline is a lucky guy. So far so good, we doubt it was luck he just put in the effort, while many others just stood around and drooled.

[@clydemoreno1845]

Awesome ...love

[@The_Haze]

It's not just you Dave, it's not just you.

[@v-town1980]

That look at 1:50 is adorable. She is so sexy/cute, it's just ridiculous. Very lady-like too...which is an endangered species these days.

[@lucasmichaels8558]

My all time favorite babe. Phoebe...not David.

[@alejandromonge7892]

Beauty mujer Qué linda

[@Abr022575]

She got into modeling? No way

[@Bigsky1991]

I love that she's a real New Yorker but doesn't speak in an obnoxious dialect. You can tell Letterman was obsessed with her...she was OFTEN on his show...

[@bksundar]

Fast times at ridgemont high... to this day hot

[@avtawf]

How is she still so sharp even while sick? I mean, her reaction time and ability to articulate what she wants to say is soo good. I don't undersatnd.

[@MarjorieEarlDean]

Adrenaline.

[@ThunderZandor]

hi i.Q and e.Q.

[@ericstevens2554]

Beautiful ❤️ woman

[@rauhlsbangtvns_80sretro5]

Haha she’s like me, just weird and not embarassed what she has to say but she is much more literate and speaks her words nicely than me.

[@robertdegeorge8635]

The beginning of the end..

[@staypositive4358]

She looks and sounds like a completely different person than in her first film.

[@philliplandry4139]

I think being around Kevin Kline a much older person will do that. I may not agree with a lot people on this topic but prior to hooking up with Kevin in 85 on interviews. Phoebe was too secure and conceded with herself. I noticed from 84 to 89 around those periods, she became much more lay back and opened as a person instead of this God beauty looking actress like as always was. Plus I think that's an accomplish because she was 26 during that interview.

[@rfahy72]

Phoebe was cute back in the day.

[@leorinoreyes6430]

She still is. Yes, I replied to a year old comment.

[@mjp96]

Definitely still is. So is her pal Jennifer Jason Leigh! Both talents.

[@atatterson6992]

Cute? The understatement of the millennium...

[@ETRacing]

Beeeeee-U-Tiful

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

VERY emma raducanu 😍😍

[@bluto212]

Riveting interview dave

[@craigrusso1652]

How Kevin Klein ever got her is beyond me .

[@v-town1980]

He's not a bad looking guy, and he's rich and famous. There.

[@thespaceram2879]

Must be his Otto West like charm that drew her in. He settled down after Wanda.

[@bajaborracho9139]

Totally bro. She is far out of his league. Dude must have tremendous game!

[@jaimefish173]

​@@bajaborracho9139 it's the opposite. She too intelligent to buy into superficial criteria.

[@educatedhorses193]

@@bajaborracho9139 and hung like a horse probably helps to

[@teschanvoleak7247]

I guess that david has a huge crush on her

[@scottcrosby-art5490]

Tes Chanvoleak I guess that every person with eyes does

[@Azozeo]

I’m totally in love with Dave 🦵🏼

[@dannywerner6599]

Looks like she may have felt the same way

[@aehrab78]

Phoebe come out of retirement!!!

[@scottsullivan6130]

aehr ab ikr I hope she is in the new gremlins movie

[@daredevilofdallas]

OMG❤ She looks like Velma from Scooby Doo. Nothing but a Scooby snack

[@markelijio6012]

Boy, does she changed a lot!

[@beebeeramone4641]

As a young women, i understand her being attracted to kevin Kline. I always thought he was very attractive.

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

As an old Gen X woman, I actually had no problem when I learned she married Kevin Kline since I found him not only attractive but very talented and quite funny. And he was not a balding middle-aged man. He was very fit as well.

[@CyberCristo]

would ve being way better if she married one of the action stars Bruce WIllis Stalone Keanu Reeves Mel Gibson Arnold Van Damme Kevin Costner

[@Mojave702]

Don"t you ♥️ love it when a pretty girl is real ?

[@travels129]

How many times has she been on letterman

[@JohnDoe-vl6so]

Very pretty classy girl. Jim 5-28-22

[@winrx]

She looks like a private school girl from the Upper East Side here......

[@user-vy5xw5td6h]

😊

[@locmanw1583]

Yeah she in same league as Jessica Alba!

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

a lot better looking than Jessica Alba

[@locmanw1583]

@@whatevergoesforme5129 To each his own but current Jessica better than current Phoebe though!

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

@@locmanw1583 Yep to each his/her own. I will wait for Jessica at 55 and compare her with Phoebe at 55. Hope she won't get cosmetic surgery because Phoebe didn't. Phoebe is 1/4 Filipino-Chinese so her genes contributed to her porcelain skin and youthful look. Phoebe looked better than Jessica in their prime, though.

[@locmanw1583]

@@whatevergoesforme5129 Very rarely plastic surgey turns out good! Will see!😀

[@locmanw1583]

@Smiler Grogan back in both their 20's they are both sexy😊

[@rubyanda6508]

My girls crush😊

[@bodhi8297]

Clearly Dave is smitten with her

[@ytzpilot]

Gallery Drug on East 60th Street is still there so she is still giving them a plug after all these years

[@muckerwood]

Dave is flustered (as I would be too, no doubt). You can tell by a few of his comments and mannerisms that he desperately wanted to bring up the Fast Times bikini thing but didn't wanna look like an old perv...

[@AllDavidLetterman]

+muckerwood Here's the last 30 seconds of a clip I have with Dave talking about Ellen Barkin and then saying who's on tomorrows show which is Phoebe... The tone of Dave's voice and look on his face screams how much he likes Phoebe:) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnSe6OGqt6ViMUm20s

[@fretbuzz59]

+muckerwood An old perv? He's the same age as her husband. And actually he did bring that up. I think it was during her first appearance on the show. He asked her if she had a problem doing nude scenes, to which she replied "nope!"

[@NovaJake360]

+AllDavidLetterman Haha, that's hilarious.

[@notsure6187]

oh please it wouldn't be the first time he brought that up 😂

[@deirdrekiely6187]

Like all the pervs on KZbin obsessing over young Phoebe Cates

[@ThunderZandor]

I could imagine her as Pricess Leia in Star Wars or as a new character in Star Wars 7, 8 and 9 in the 90's as Georgie should have done. Yea she could have been an off spring of Luke and called her Rey without all the P>C crap and everything else that ruined those sequels by Disney. The storyline would have been entirely different.

[@-C.S.R]

The only gift she needs to get him is...........well you know;)

[@codeblue8922]

Socks? 🧦 Socks are always good! Can never have too many socks!

[@colonelangus3157]

Dave definitely has no pants on during this interview...he is repeatedly talking about "things" getting "wet" and things that " drip"!! Dirty Dave.!! Naughty boy!! When they break 4 commercial Dave runs to bathroom to "rub" one out!! Then adjust his banana hammock!! 😁

[@user-vr1wk2py5o]

Ок!

[@michaelparks6120]

I was just plain silly over her.

[@hamesh3474]

Hard to believe she's 60...

[@diamondstar1200]

Tetracycline isn't effective against colds.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

It was a time when antibiotics were prescribed for everything. I've been complaining about this for literally 35 years.

[@GabrielNicho]

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt It's still the case man. Here in Sweden as soon as young women get a cold they are at the doctor and want antibiotics lol. There was even a newspaper story about a patient that complained about a condition requiring antibiotics and then the hospital published a rebuttal saying the patient was only given antibiotics because of worry lol.

[@MrRaretunes]

Cute but what a YAWNFEST

[@rrock2025]

Your comment is a yawnfest.

[@MrRaretunes]

@@rrock2025 aweee wombwuddy is wupset,lol u fruit tard

[@timothyball4906]

Question? There is only one, right? I don't see more than one so, why does she have an [s] on her name? Cates should imply that there is more than one girl sitting on that chair. Why not just use Cate, and omit that [s].

[@robertramirez2076]

The surname is Cates not Cate!

[@1asset]

amazed he kept leaning in so close to her. did he want to catch that bad cold? 😱

[@timbumgarner4867]

Kevin Cline ? What's the age difference

[@thespaceram2879]

16

[@jaxsun72]

Taking tetracycline for a cold?

[@eastbaymauiboy]

LOL exactly what I was thinking when she said that

[@ChiliCheeseD0g]

It was a different time.

[@mjp96]

Whatever she wants to take

[@brenthildebrand886]

Dave keeps stepping on his tongue. Asking the stupidest questions as usual.

[@Bigtime1998]

Doesn't anybody fucking knock anymore??..

[@MrMotherfuck123]

She was amazin for 1989.

[@cainsmale5988]

Phoebe interviews well considering some of lettermans questions are cringy/annoying

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Nobody mentions that she comes from a showbiz family. That's a bit dishonest. Her uncle was a well-known film director... as YOUR uncle is.

[@Profesah_411]

I go through these phases where I look for the most beautiful woman in the world (internet, TV, movies out in public). At 49 years old I am convinced Phoebe Cates is my Gold standard. I think Keira Knightly, Jessica Alba and Nora Moi are very beautiful, but not like Phoebe

[@SofiaFilos]

how is nobody talking about how rude Letterman is being?!

[@deirdrekiely6187]

He's not - that's his "schtick"

[@atatterson6992]

Huh?

[@cactaceous]

Dave asking what two Jews gave each other for XMas. Uhh...

[@cactaceous]

Vincent Cuttolo Kevin KLINE is not Jewish? Right.

[@cactaceous]

Vincent Cuttolo Kline is a German Jewish last name. Very prominent one too. His father was Jewish. So, he is of Jewish descent. His wife is Jewish and they are reformed but recognize their heritage. Facts. Ask their daughter Greta.

[@97warlock]

ugh. whyd she wear That

[@pepper1188]

Horrid outfit and hair.

[@addicted367]

Yeah not her best look 😂🤣

[@mjp96]

I think That looks great.

[@1asset]

maybe so he'd hit on her less

[@Herobox-ju4zd]

She really downgraded in attractiveness in this period compared to the early eighties. Looks like it was deliberate.

[@bcarney56]

unfortunately I have to agree, it's nice that everyone is being so kind to her here but that short hair is not her at her best, not even close....It's like stars go through periods where they are tired of looking like the hottest person on the planet and want to look more ordinary ?!?

[@BalletBullet1]

How about you shut up and let women take care of their own bodies? Sorry if women aren’t taking their clothes off for you🙄

[@Herobox-ju4zd]

@@BalletBullet1 Get off the internet Karen if you don't like to read something you don't agree with.

[@mikeys12]

what a beauty but my God all this baggy clothes come on Phoebe more skin and fitting clothes :)

[@v-town1980]

It's called class. It's rare these days.

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

@John And if you notice in all video clips of her being inteviewed by Dave and even guest appearances, she dressed conservatively despite having the sex bomb image.

[@2taggs2]

A damn shame she gave up acting.

[@2taggs2]

@Respected Public Intellectual Yagne Goosh Not true. You think she couldn't get any work? Not to mention she has a famous A-list husband. And exactly my point, whether it was bad roles or lack of roles... she gave up acting to focus on being a mother. She was a good actress, a big name and beautiful - it was her decision.

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

@@2taggs2 Ture. She turned down roles especially when she had kids. Plus, Phoebe was born rich and got easily bored with certain things in her life. In fact, boredom made her give up modelling in favor of acting. Then she opened her shop when her kids had grown up a bit since that was what she wanted to do at that time and maybe overcome another bout of boredom LOL. Kevin did say that it was Phoebe's choice to give up her acting career.

[@VegasPorters]

Could she have worn any worse unflattering clothes for an appearance on Letterman? I doubt it. Never understood how or why she settled for a 15 years older Kevin Kline. What a waste.

[@tacod.g5909]

David Porter she has always been mature and has fine taste what this world is seriously lacking... that's what makes her all the more beautiful. Understand that.

[@v-town1980]

15 years? Big deal. It's not like he's 50 years older, ya' jealous git.

[@notsure6187]

Dave's 16 years older and despite his sarcastic sardonic wit I'm sure she thought he was nice idk though

[@rtth4378]

But you know what? They are still together.

[@BalletBullet1]

Get over yourself dude. Women aren’t here for you.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

She was cute for a couple of years but her face changed so much as she aged.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

@@HighFructose-tt7ex Her face got wider and there is something about her eyes that I can't quite pin down but to me totally changes her looks. Look at her today. She doesn't look old but rather different.

[@carlosoliveira-rc2xt]

@@HighFructose-tt7ex Yeah, sometimes but my original point was that she was cute once but not too keen on her looks as she aged and not because of normal aging but due to changes. Morgan Fairchild looked the same well into her early sixties. Like I said it's not the aging but the changes in Phoebe Cates' face.

[@tacoconch7678]

Yeah, her face got a little wider as do most people's when they age. She must have other things going for her, besides her looks, considering she's still married to the same guy for 30 years.

[@scottielambert9312]

What a bunch of mindless, tasteless twits. Millenials? Likely.

[@whatevergoesforme5129]

@@carlosoliveira-rc2xt It is natural aging. Morgan Fairchild had plastic surgery many times.

[@aguilas1999]

Bet she had covid-19