Brooke Shields Gets $12 A Week Allowance | Letterman

[@tonyantonio7104]

I love the hairstyles of the women hanging out with Steve Martin in Dave's office! People love making fun of the fashions and hairstyles in the Eighties, but I thought they were fabulous! Dave was such a good host to watch on TV back then...so relaxed and witty with his guests.

[@brianmccafferty1470]

She was at Princeton and Jody Foster was at Yale at the same time!

[@greg.murphy]

If I didn't know an answer on a Spanish test, I put "Soy un pato grande."

[@yskwon3277]

Americans should be proud to have Brooke Shields. She certainly has elevated the image of the US with her breathtaking beauty and well mannered behavior.

[@5454randy]

More Brooke Shields segments please

[@rockturtleneck]

Amazing how she said people used to show up at her dorm room door unannounced from all over the country. I'm around her age and back then there were no locks or security in dormitories. You could just stroll into any one you wanted whenever you felt like it. I have a couple kids in college now and when I tell them that they can't believe it. Shows how much our world has changed.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

I went to college in the ‘90s at a small school in Sarasota. Ours was an open campus & we were fine. Gen X kids typically had two working parents & half the time they were divorced. We learned basic survival skills.

[@kstepko]

In 1984, $12 a week was a pretty decent allowance for a 19 year old, if your basic expenses were already covered. Hard to believe today!

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Are you serious? I was in middle school in 1984. Twelve bucks would not get you very far.

[@heyjude1587]

She's brilliant and poised. Go Brooke❤

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

All these years... I never noticed or told how tall she is... never knew she is 6 foot.

[@MYChannel-sd6ly]

5"11

[@Harley_Quinn_19d]

Her hair ❤

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Good lord, the sparkling blue eyes, sugary sweet voice, the tender years. 🥰😍😘

[@simonjacob3949]

She’s divine ❤❤❤

[@gracejones2831]

why were people that didnt belong there knocking on their dorm room door? Reporters? I know, stupid question.

[@Checkmate1954]

Sound editing at the end?

[@christophermiller3031]

I have only began to fully reslise how often the subject of philosophy is looked down upon ... When truly.... IMO philosophy is king ;)😅🤙

[@markpiersall9815]

This probably aired six months earlier and was a rebroadcast. I am a blue duck, is what Dave says in French. Odd she didn't catch any of that.

[@uuclmusic2711]

$12 a week in 1984 had the spending power of $36 a week today

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Good to see someone who understands inflation-adjusted wage calculations!

[@renegado100]

So beautiful !

[@brianmccafferty1470]

1984...big puffy hair!

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Brooke’s Big Hair holds up a lot better than most ‘80s haircuts…

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Steve Martin looks pretty much the same now as he did 40 years ago…

[@walternullifidian]

Leave Steve alone, Dave, he's busy... 🤨 😼

[@glenngrinter6818]

Ball State University on par to Princeton.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@KungEMuller]

Wow! David Letterman did a lot on Late Night TV back in the day. Steve Martin really wanted to have a party. Also, $12 a week for Brooke Shields!? That's almost minimum wage now.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. The minimum wage in $3.35/hour. That’s per hour, not per week.

[@KungEMuller]

@@GrahamCStrouse Oh. Right. Well, at least everyone is making a lot more money now. Also, $12 a week still can't get you anywhere.

[@pakdolan]

Boy sure it was a cold audience that night.

[@nikosvault]

her moment had passed.

[@walternullifidian]

❤🐶😸

[@Muerteblanc]

She looks like Ted Bundy

[@dollpearll]

WTF!

[@dottieobrien2606]

God