Cybill Shepherd, Gerty Molzen, More on Letterman, May 7, 1986 (full, st.)

[@JusticeForTheDead]

Fun Fact ----- I saw Bruce Willis playing Craps at Hollywood Casino about 5 yrs ago while he was there for some movie filming in Ohio. A few people would walk by him and his 2 bodyguards and say yippee kay ay, and he'd totally ignore them. I watched for about 20 minutes before getting up the nerve to say something to get his attention. I thought what could I say that would make him look at me that would not make him mad... I settled on, "Oh my Gosh, Cybill Shepherd just came in!" He immediately looked up and found my face laughing, and glared at me in that Bruce glare for a second, then smiled and looked down. One of my most wonderful celeb interactions ever...

[@MetFansince]

Watching this on Day 3 of Covid-19 self-quarantine wishing it was at was still May 7, 1986.

[@youtubingbabs]

How you doing buddy? 😁

[@absolutelydisgusted3319]

Yup. I hear you. I always wish it was still the 1980’s. Now, (Jan. 2021) more than ever. ❤️

[@CinemaDemocratica]

My adulthood began the day I was in charge of whether I could stay up and watch Letterman, and it ended the day he left CBS. That's a bit depressing -- maybe even morbid -- but it's also true. I can't watch these episodes without feeling like I frittered those years completely away, and I can't stop loving them either.

[@huskobar4545]

WOW! Been looking for this LEGENDARY Gerty performance for DECADES! Had it on VHS in high school...all my friends LOVED this clip. GO GO GO! Hep? Take a vulk on zee viled zide. Alright??? HEH!!!!!!!!

[@bobcanada7382]

I can't tell you what I ate for dinner last night, but I still VIVIDLY recall watching Gerty's performance "live" back in the day.

[@Obiter3]

Great channel. I feel like I'm back in college, sleeping through classes and just relaxing.

[@at1212b]

Love the old letterman music. Deep jazz.

[@superviewer]

Cybill Shepherd ❤ Hautingly beautiful and charming.

[@dianewinters8628]

Cybill is so funny, I miss her show.

[@robertthomas5736]

Cybill Shepherds Show is Always Free on The Roku Channel

[@giorgiorevolver8527]

So stunning

[@alphabeets]

She’s gorgeous.

[@ajov6638]

shes more hotter on Taxi Driver movie.

[@chrisspathelf2310]

18 to 30 is probably when she looked the best.

[@saywhatmachine]

Agreed. Gerty looks great for her age

[@donnyestee]

You talking about Gerty right

[@charliebishop9320]

I know.. Gertie is so fine

[@joetenn4231]

Thank you Thank you Thank you for Gerty Molzen!! I lost my VHS copy of that performance! Thank youuuuu!!!

[@singlesideman]

I just can't get over Paul's Dumb Ads theme - beyond hilarious. I swear, per second of air time he was the funniest thing going, especially during the NBC years.

[@Pighill]

I recorded the rerun of this during the summer of 1987 when I was ten. I always watched it for the old lady singing. I heard her version of Walk on the Wild Side before I heard the Lou Reed version.

[@danield679]

I was in high school during this time and looooved seeing her then. Loved her hair like this. She has a beautiful smile 😃 Her giggle is really sexy. 😉🙂

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Gerty Moltzen? I wouldn't have said so, but now that you point it out -- yeah, she is pretty sexy and her hair is great the way she had it for this appearance, too.

[@smithb0134]

What a coincidence, I just happen to be watching this show on May 7th 2023. 37 years to the day! Yeah, big deal😂

[@jenniferwhorley6805]

Omg. Gerty Molzen! I played her single on high-school radio in '86! So great! She is actually a pretty accomplished artist, Lou cover aside...though it was pretty great.

[@LeeKav]

The end of the Cybil Sheppard segment is delightfully awkward. "I'm just teasing." "Yeah, I know, it's just teasing...then you can talk to her. What are we doing here; moving on?" "Oh, am I leaving?" "Yeah, you have to-- one of us is leaving."

[@GreasyFilms-qc1xo]

Gerty is better than I remember. Go granny, go!

[@patrickbarrett3286]

I wonder how many times Lou forgot some words and just sang, "Dobitty Doe, Dobbity Doe, Dobbity Doe!"

[@ji5454]

Hello, Don. Thank you very much for posting this episode. This is comment #100 🎉 Great show! Great host! #dave #letterman #davidletterman #comedy #comedygold #classic

[@kbst8411]

OMG...this Gerty performance is so awesome and funny. And she did it live and created a new language...Germlish! Alright? HEH!!!" Greetings from Austria: )

[@cameramanzoomit]

One of my all-time favorite episodes. Every segment a gem. "Zobble dee doo, zobble dee doo".

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Honestly I kinda think this *is* my all-time favourite episode. I go back and forth about it, but in the end I always come back to this one.

[@j.c.ca.o.l7035]

Can't deny Cybill Shepherd looked gorgeous.

[@samuelgriffin4223]

Cybill came out in a towel something I like to see

[@claudecat]

I'm really enjoying these old episodes of a show that I watched often when they were airing originally. This one is particularly weird, which is always nice. Dave was so great... saving bad bits with a facial expression, finding humor where few have tried, celebrating the oddest aspects of humanity. His newer interview shows are fine, but Letterman's best work was on this show, during these years. I only wish that there were more available, and in better quality.

[@maynardsmoreland]

I saw this when it first aired, which considering the viewer request, makes me feel quite old.

[@finnibertlunchiken7792]

maynardsmoreland Dont feel that old. I was watching this show when it aired too, when I was 14. Started watching Dave when I was 12 but couldn't get away with it every night. By 16 I was a hardcore fan and getting worse grades which I blame on Dave.

[@jprz13]

I remember this episode

[@CinemaDemocratica]

"RAY CHARLES!"

[@gocygo63]

...LOL...Glacier Glasses...had a pair back then...wish I still had 'em...

[@JusticeForTheDead]

wow WHAT an episode full of characters! Cybill was so willing to be playful, Chris is always so bizarre, that touchy feely silly laughing golfer 34:25 making Dave pull his leg down LOL, ending with the unique Gerty 38:55! What a great episode, wonderful booking!

[@KungEMuller]

Wow! Cybill Shepherd was flirting with David Letterman while wearing nothing but a towel. People were confused about that, but Dave made fun of the situation, and that was a very steamy interview. Will something like that ever happen again?

[@Vejur9000]

One gets the distinct feeling Shepard likes to push people’s buttons... She knocks people a lot. But yes, she’s charismatic and gorgeous.

[@hobbygamer6220]

5:44 along with the gentleman standing behind it

[@jedblaugrund597]

Since you're taking requests, how about 5/22/91 and 5/23/91? I was in the audience for both of those nights, one of which was a surprise walk-on from Johnny Carson that bumped Jim Carrey. I'm also the one who screams, "FRED TRAVALINA" when Dave can't come up with his name. And, I'm on camera very briefly when the camera scans the crowd at one point. It was a HUGE thrill to attend these tapings. I was also at the 8th Anniversary special at the Universal Amphitheater, but that's already been uploaded.

[@dongiller]

Neither have been digitized yet. I'm currently up to August/September 1990, and on a holding pattern for the next month or so before I get back to it. So in time.

[@jedblaugrund597]

Much appreciated!

[@markdaniels7174]

If you've done autumn of 1990, you might have what I'm seeking. Will Lee was on the cover of Bass Player magazine (fall 1990 issue, if memory serves) and Dave held it up for the camera and said a thing or two about it.

[@mrmagassi]

Cybil looks hot and gorgeous!

[@RageTVHTX]

She’s the reason I loved watching Moonlighting

[@testmcgee9230]

“I guess his biggest claim to fame is that he played Apollo Creed in the Rocky films.”

[@GM-xo7yy]

Chris Elliott was hilarious!!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Cybill Shepard was 36 here and smokin hot!

[@Irishgui83]

36 is still young enough for most people to still be hot lol

[@murielbutlermartin927]

Beauty fades

[@oceanlover3530]

@@murielbutlermartin927 And?

[@murielbutlermartin927]

@@oceanlover3530 and?

[@oceanlover3530]

@@murielbutlermartin927 I mean you’ve stated the obvious. We all know that beauty fades. What’s your point in making that comment? It doesn’t take away from the fact that Cybill Shepherd was beautiful in her younger years and in this interview with David Letterman. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jimgallagher2979]

One of life's great mysteries is how southern Mamas teach their daughters to be flirty and sexy but stay classy at the same time. Once you meet one you're hooked.

[@encinobalboa]

Wow, Dave could have had Cybill Shepherd!

[@dimitrikorsakov2570]

Am I the only one who gets the sense Cybill was being a bit flirty?

[@wiedep]

Coz and Teddy, Syb really knows how to pick 'em

[@gigianda587]

Cybill made Dave sweat!

[@at1212b]

Especially when she genuinely didn't care about showing a clip which letterman hates and she was there for him.

[@finnibertlunchiken7792]

That woman Gerty yelled at Will Lee for whistling backstage? Well her caliber of talent won't justify bossing around the 'World's Most Dangerous Bass Player'. She only lived 4 years after this show. Dangerous Bass Player.

[@porieux]

Her performance was pathetic. No talent.

[@hobbygamer6220]

I 1 2 c d CS dress display series that happened afore and inspired this fateful day

[@kanealson5200]

I met Cybil Shepherd in Toronto filming the movie 'Married to it' in the early 90's. She really had a fondness for...men, that much is apparent. I think she could have been with Dave but i believe he was still with Merrill Markoe. This interview couldn't have helped the relationship which I think ended soon after. Maybe Dave did have a new girlfriend. I vividly remember this woman Gerty Molzen singing this. Something hard to forget. I think I even used to imitate her taking extreme liberty with the lyrics. "I said Hoy Bubby, take a valk on dee wild site..." Also, Don, I believe there might be a Penn And Teller collection. I can't recall.

[@dongiller]

I haven't done one yet.

[@kanealson5200]

Okay, now I don't have to needlessly keep scrolling and searching. I do however like the sound of the word - Yet. Yes siree that's a good word right there.

[@Eroll113]

It's funny that you mentioned Merrill Markoe because this was around the time that she had left the show, and she broke up with Dave shortly after she had found out that he had been fiddling around with Regina Lasko for about 3 months beforehand, so what Cybill said is technically true; however, it still didn't stop her from flirting with him.

[@kanealson5200]

I believe you're right. I wouldn't care about Dave's personal life but when flirting is that obvious and statements like that are made, you just want to try and get some context for it.

[@Eroll113]

Well, I'm glad that I could give you the context of that particular conversation. Now, the reason why Cybill was flirting with Dave is very simple. She had been divorced for four years at that point, and since she was desperate for love at that point, and since she's already a fan of his in the first place, she had no other choice but to flirt with him. Besides, she didn't meet with or marry her second husband until after that appearance. FYI: She's still single to this day.

[@robertdavis4192]

Im curious if Paul made the "Ray!" joke multiple times, maybe enough for a compilation? @ 4:48

[@dongiller]

Maybe just when Tony shouted it out and here, the following night. Not sure it’s worth a compilation.

[@robertdavis4192]

I just like watching Dave and Paul going back and forth, I've been watching full episodes to find the good stuff in between bits

[@danalawton2986]

Looks and sounds like he could be Robert De Niro's dad.

[@RozarSmacco]

Mr. Giller how about a Steve Vai collection?

[@dongiller]

He made only one guest appearance, which has been uploaded by others. He was also a part of the 10th anniversary band.

[@ray10b73]

I think cybil could of been a stand up.

[@dplatt7290]

I've been trying to find the ones from the summer of 86 when they did a showcase for Anton. He did a drum solo over which Hal superimposed random stuff (weather, sports scores, etc). It must have been June because i remember world cup scores LOL

[@dongiller]

Coincidentally, I just asked Anton last week if he'd mind if I put it up. He said, "Actually I’d rather you didn’t. It was a long time ago and I don’t remember how good it was." So what I'll do is have him look at it first, and if he's ok with it, when up it'll go.

[@dplatt7290]

@@dongiller thanks. I respect anton's wishes. I'm just glad you're posting 1986 stuff

[@elvismjbeatles143]

Does a tape of May 6, 1986 exist? I’m dying to hear Tony Bennett yell out Ray Charles 😂

[@dongiller]

It does, but I’m no longer able to upload additional Dave-owned or -licensed content, unfortunately.

[@elvismjbeatles143]

@@dongiller please don’t tell me this is the end of the Donz Letterman archive? There must be another way we can view your material? I started watching years ago and have enjoyed watching your posts nightly, literally I watch an episode a night!

[@dongiller]

@@elvismjbeatles143 The channel remains intact, at least for now (and has been for the last 14 months, when this went into effect). I just can’t add _additional_ Dave-owned or -licensed content.

[@Wildstar40]

38:55 Gerty Molzen

[@qgde3rty8uiojh90]

Is she still alive?

[@dongiller]

To whom are you referring? If Gerty Molzen, she passed away in 1990 at 84. If Cybill Shepherd, very much alive.

[@qgde3rty8uiojh90]

@@dongiller Cybill of course as she's mentioned in the video title.

[@dongiller]

As is Gerty.

[@qgde3rty8uiojh90]

@@dongiller Well then, bless Cybill Shepherd's heart.

[@anthonyfitzgerald9673]

The towels gone I think

[@brettrosenberg]

aces

[@pepper1188]

Broad shoulders!

[@stevenpdx]

Uh oh, did Cybill Shepherd die?

[@dongiller]

Read the description beneath the video.

Babe!

[@mustertherohirrim7315]

If she cranked it up a bit she could be a Diane Chambers (cheers!)

[@robertthomas5736]

The Original Late Night Show, with David Letterman and Paul Shaffer, with The World's Most Dangerous Band

[@BORISSBORISSBORISS]

#cybillshepherd #covergirl #revlon #loreal

[@SuperEmmitt1]

Cybill is painful to watch. Poor Letterman.

[@oceanlover3530]

I don’t know..... I wasn’t feeling any pain while I was watching her. Lol