Dave Drops Things Off A 5-Story Tower: Disco Ball, Champagne And More | Letterman

Family heirlooms, a sock filled with chili and more when Dave throws things off a tower.
(From "Late Night," air date: 7/12/84)
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[@Opus313]

Always one of my favorite segments!

[@punchfisttop]

GOD I miss this show!!!

[@adesignersperspective]

dave was the internet before the internet.

[@plaws0]

Back when Network Television was worth warming up the set for.

[@chiefscheider]

Haven't seen a "Back when" comment for a while. It's weirdly comforting, like hearing an old coot yell "Get off my lawn!!"

[@plaws0]

@@chiefscheider But it's true, Chief! Network TV is dead, but even during it's long decline there was nothing *this good* since Dave left (and really, his CBS show never had the same feel according to well-known expert *me* 🙂). Also, you young kids with your iPods and your hippety hop ...

[@chiefscheider]

Hey I'm with ya! The NBC years between '82 and '88 were peak Letterman imo

[@gersonkphone]

Dave's outro is what really brings this bit to the next level.

[@PrimarchX]

I remember watching this with friends in their first apartment out of high school. Strange I can remember something from so long ago given how inebriated we were!

[@plaws0]

Lol! I remember it like it was yesterday even without leaning back and rubbing my chin.

[@karenwestern4907]

Disco balls, watermelons, watermelon balloons, wedding cake, fine quality entertainment.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

"A stocking full of lard" is quite predictive.

[@chiefscheider]

The disco ball was massively disappointing. I expected it to disintegrate before my very eyes!

[@richieboy6825]

I expected the explosion of the Death Star or something similar. Hopefully since the 80’s they’ve improved disco ball explosiveness.

[@CapnSlipp]

Dave Letterman was viral KZbin videos before KZbin.

[@CasperLCat]

Mirrored ball was a dud - I thought the little mirrors would fly off in all directions, right ? The lard was the surprise hit of the day, literally.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Yes, I found out lard is food!

[@thelettermanpodcast]

The thing we love about Dave is how he holds up all these years later. Also his hairpiece.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Not a hairpiece. Four hamsters asleep.

[@ruthecker399]

love love dave miss him

[@tomryan4968]

To this day, I still say “it’s a good kind of tired.”

[@digitalmandave]

Fireworks you say? We've got something even better...watermelons!

[@keithfulkerson]

Nothing can top the bag of lard. It had it all.

[@kstepko]

That was the day that disco died.

[@CreachterZ]

Nope. Sorry. Disco always stunk.

[@SKYSCRAPERTELEVISION]

"It's a good kind of tired "

[@ROOKTABULA]

They should have included multiple angles of the disco ball and had 2 spot lights track on the ground track its fall.

[@Hmoo424]

It was the 80s people don’t think back then.

[@bluebear1985]

Maybe he wouldn't have been hesitant if those surgical gloves were filled with chocolate pudding instead.... 😁

[@tailwaggindragon]

Folks, now THAT'S entertainment. Why are we watching this?? lol

[@stationminute]

Acorn squash

[@senselessbabble1996]

Dave seems a bit under-caffeinated in this one.

[@RIXRADvidz]

!! sdrawkcaB llA tI oD woN

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Not as exciting as I remember it.