Dave Talks To Californians About Their Vanity License Plates | Letterman

[@timmytucker6902]

this was a great idea for a segment

[@stuartwilliams8926]

Dave= The King

[@gluecement]

Simple concept made brilliant.

[@MichelleUS66]

Rob’s ‘65 Mustang wins the segment! 😍😍😍 (And his Wally Cleaver hairdo was almost as cool as his car!)

[@ArtificialBanana]

Thanks for keeping this show going!

[@edub9930]

Better than anything out today

[@LetsBeHonestImAPrat]

@@edub9930 back when comedy was comedy, now all late night is silly games and politics

[@IRgEEK]

wow! I find it so awesome when I watch these old clips I remember watching them when they aired live and all the details. 80s Letterman Show was so impactful during my HS/College years. These days I can barely remember what I did yesterday, but with this clip I damn sure knew that Joe was going to demonstrate how "That's some of the coolness in me." and that 'Fat Guy' and 'Fat Boy' were going to come together for a wonderful moment. What a great time for late night TV. Dave revolutionized it all and I thank him for such fond memories.

[@c.r.harris]

😅😂🤣 🤣Thank you for these much-needed comedy & 🚙 🚗 interviews !!!

[@protocoldroid7388]

I dunno, but been a fan since the '90s. but only Dave can still make me belly laugh

[@dottiegillespie8067]

Love this channel thank you so much!!!!

[@dominicg3311]

Stop making me cry with beautiful music 😭

[@lorip.1110]

THXDAVE

[@ruthecker399]

dave king of late night

[@homunculusSZN]

4:46 that dude is a David Crosby doppelgänger. RIP David Crosby

[@ForbinColossus]

*Fuggin AWESOME*

[@Jim_L]

Comedy gold! 😆

[@jedijones]

Jerry!

[@thenostalgicpodblast]

"I'm Hip." I have this Califronia week on VHS.

[@AR-ed3xw]

More like need a hip

[@gerrett108]

Whats vhs?

[@thenostalgicpodblast]

@@gerrett108 video cassette

[@newwavepop]

Now in my head i am picturing an absolutely heartwarming and beautiful true story film where the two Fat guys actually bonded and became best friends and their grandchildren still consider each other family after all of these years.

[@mitchyoung93]

I gotta say, air quality has certainly improved in the LA Basin.

[@Bobbydawriter]

Yes, it has! But I’m pretty sure that is haze not smog - the local Native Americans who populated the valley a couple hundred years ago used to call it smoke. It’s actually dust from the hills and mountains. I think.

[@scottankers6690]

You threw a Halloween party and people came in costumes.

[@rhuephus]

versus a Christmas party and they wore the same costumes

[@jedijones]

Heh heh heh! OUTrageous!

[@MD-wk3gj]

Joe was definitely the coolest of all.

[@patton303]

IM HIP lady was my favorite.

[@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.]

It is funny i watched this when it aired in 1985 when i was 20 yrs old in Honolulu when I was in the Army.....I thought it was so funny and clever at the time....crazy the little things u sometimes remember...

[@williamworrell178]

Wow if Dave’s outfit is not a slice of the 80s. And the stiff, awkward humor he gets from the guests, I think that’s pretty darn special.

[@Aceshigh777]

I grew up on David Letterman... seriously i loved it. He may not like me. But ive always loved him

[@user-vq3kw3ze3f]

I love seeing old LA smog. It's crazy to see how bad it was

[@justanotherdrunk]

thank Catalytic Converters!

[@user-vq3kw3ze3f]

@@justanotherdrunk Definitely. And to think there were politicians who were against proposed smog laws.

[@gerrett108]

I used to be a skydive instructor there ..... 😢

[@EulalioMagana]

Joe from Chicago, living in LA while wearing a Las Vegas t-shirt

[@prohumanityperspective]

awesome stuff !

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

My eyes hurt just seeing the smog in the background. Thanks CRZY DAN.

[@lynnturman8157]

That huge pickup is the size of most pickups nowadays.

[@A.J.1656]

Hurta's station wagon was cool. I want to find one and get the same plates. 😆

[@jedijones]

Your name looks like your license plate.

[@manofthehour6856]

Ah, the good old days when people has cleverly upbeat or literally personalized plates. Now, you can be entertained by reading the list of "rejected plates" that are published by various States. LOL, I vaguely remember watching this originally, and then a few years ago on YT. Only the end stuck with "We are the World" as the two owners meet was unforgettable. My God, it doesn't look all that long ago, but these people would now be anywhere from their 60s to dead! No fat here....everything is solidly funny. The 70s cars may not have been that interesting only ten years onwards, but there is a resurgence in the "malaise era" vehicles. This is the epitome of the 1980s: classic Letterman comedy....(and "acool65"'s Miami Vice get-up).

[@rhuephus]

Well the clip was from 1985 (38 years ago), if they are alive they'd probably be in their 80s

[@aarondavis7390]

Where’s A$$MAN! AKA Kramer

[@mhmrules]

I like the first car ACOOL 75

[@IHaveArrived]

80's fat people would be considered in shape by today's standard

[@LetsBeHonestImAPrat]

Maybe not in shape but not obese

[@rhuephus]

those two guys are skinnier than most of today's cops

[@joesmith9216]

LOL!!!!!!!!! oh indeed, I only knew maybe 3 people in my youth(early 1990's) who where slobs, and even back then they never got like today, the food was not poison back then is why.

[@Longshot_NYC]

3:30 Great editing, haha

[@HHH-ye1ro]

Hal Gurnee was the best director. Show was never the same when he left.

[@dianewinters8628]

Love you Dave💋

[@swiftaus]

oooft Deborah is fine!

[@joesmith9216]

oh god yes, kinky insurance agent in a BMW, give me that fookin time machine!!!

[@mudhens4ever]

Good Lord. The polluted air looked terrible!

[@joelouis-arena4061]

Crzy Dan almost lost it there. Scary as hell

[@zenseed75]

Is that Jason Lee's dad? This was so funny! Keep bringing em. ❤️

[@donnawatson845]

Omg it's EARL...BRING BACK A NEW SEASON

[@random22026]

Those blue California plates did not last long--they were the intermission between the classic black and yellow, and the blazing white. That iconic grey pall over the SFV---now THAT is the CA I grew up in. When a child is filling in a coloring book sky in SoCal, they won't be asking for a blue Crayola. 😂🖍😎

[@muziklvr7776]

1969-1981 was standard but some went into the mid 80's as the owner had a choice of the new white one or the blue plate with gold lettering.

[@random22026]

@@muziklvr7776 Nothing like specificity! Thanks! 😊🚗

[@TheLaurkenGroup]

The hip, happenin’ guy in the yellow-stylin’ the blowback way before the Gotti boys.

[@TattooedGranny]

Dave in shorts….epic. The comedy…premium grade all the way.

[@DrJonez]

I remember seeing this among a bunch of other random stuff on a VHS tape of stuff my parents had recorded off the TV when I was a kid

[@edasm4113]

This was brilliant.

[@mitchyoung93]

Fattboy and Fatguy would only be considered slightly overweight today.

[@Aceshigh777]

Thw first guy... is Very cool

[@kenlompart9905]

I remember seeing the IM HIP lady on another show back then and she even talked about teenagers giving her the peace sign, I think it was on Real People.

[@artanisknarf]

Does anyone know where to find the old Wahoo Gazette that the Late Show used to post online?

[@debschaefer7820]

I don't remember what you are talkin about, can you please explain? Thanks.

[@johncritch6812]

Nice cars

[@Tranquillado]

There were some sweet rides, even IM HIP’s.

[@yorkemar]

I have no words.

[@crispy6311]

Joe is too cool lol

[@joefitzpatrick7563]

I am from the south and always thought personalized license plates meant they were one your daddy made for you when he was in prison!

[@debschaefer7820]

Does anyone recognize what kind of white car the I'm hip lady had ?

[@jimfeedback3996]

@debschaefer7820 Probably a late seventies Dodge Aspen station wagon

[@debschaefer7820]

@@jimfeedback3996 Thank you!. I knew it looked familiar and I couldn't place it and now that you told me what it, was I remembered my grandparents had an Aspen sedan.

[@chrisarseneault5617]

Nice legs Dave! Lol

[@cameramanzoomit]

Is this a longer version than what aired or am I thinking of a version on an anniversary show?

[@Tranquillado]

Yeah, on at least one anniversary show there were snippets of this segment, usually the ACool75 guy.

[@alexandertroy9621]

$25 for a personalised license plate? I haven't looked recently, but to get a personalised plate like one of those in the UK could have cost as much, if not more than the car you were putting it on at one time.

[@beaushaw]

In Ohio it is now around $50 a year.

[@alexandertroy9621]

@Beau Shaw I may be misremembering slightly, but I recall a story of someone who paid almost £20,000 (possibly more) for a junker car just to get the number plates. I believe it was something like HRH 1. An acronym for Her or His Royal Highness 1... (it was just a coincidence) A lot of people here hated people who had personalised vanity plates when I was growing up.

[@kstepko]

I paid $100 in Canada 15 years ago to apply for mine, but it was a one time only payment, not a yearly add-on above and beyond my regular insurance. It cost me $25 to replace the plate when it was damaged during an accident.

[@martasatgo]

Ha ! 🤭😁

[@ferniefernandoortiz1242]

Upload Vanity and Apollonia Kotero interviews

[@Ann-Letterfan]

Would you be able to post the one where Dave finds the person with the Be Happy license plate?

[@JohnMartinelli-r5b]

Dave lost his license because of this charade

[@muffinman4353]

Long live, Larry "Bud" Melman!!!!

[@donnawatson845]

Ahhh...the 80s...wish we could fast forward to today

[@Sebastian_Dinwiddie]

Wait. What?

[@Tranquillado]

I think she means why can’t we be living in the ’80s era today.

[@harrodsongs]

I want to rewind to tomorrow.

[@donnawatson845]

@@Tranquillado no, "she " meant I wish Dave would fast forward these same people's lives...to today....see what they are doing etc. Ty tho!

[@donnawatson845]

@@Sebastian_Dinwiddie see below. Lol

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

Texas charges almost $500/year for custom plates :(

[@jedijones]

That's really '80s because I don't think people get excited about vanity plates anymore.

[@whackamolechamp]

@4:46 He drives a Honda but wears a BMW vest.

[@joesmith9216]

that was confusing!

[@kerryrobinson9947]

My plate was "WHAZAT". It stands for "what's that" - A tribute to an ex girlfriend. 🛑💥👀

[@rhuephus]

or "WAH ZAT"

[@DV-mq5fv]

This is when Dave was funny. Later he got messed up with the political ideology.

[@nathanworthington4451]

Get laid dude

[@Phobero]

Well, the "cool" guy was actually cool - and the "hot" girl was pretty hot. "Fat" boy not so fat though 😃

[@cactaceous]

Fat? Yes. Boy? No.

[@shinigami146]

... "These were the people that agreed to show up." was lost on the LA crowd. WTH?

[@ForbinColossus]

@1:28 epic 80s guy almost cringeworthy

[@ArtVandely85]

not fat these days

[@NicholasMoreau]

Poor Corona, California.

[@alanwerner8563]

Notice how Smoggy the air was in these clips. Recognize, folks that WE have cleaned up the air in CA QUITE A BIT since back then. It’s not completed but it’s certainly a Lot better. We live in a Democracy, where if you (the citizen) don’t like something, we can complain to our Representatives. We need to be sure that, no matter Who we choose for President in a few months, that person is Responsive to our Needs and Concerns. 🇺🇸

[@ScottBrown-zz4sk]

China's license plate Long doo 🤔😅🤣🤣

[@gwarlow]

@Scott Brown Have you considered a career in comedy? Good.

[@jamesdaniels3699]

BIG NUTZ

[@markiobook8639]

only 25 bucks? Gees. cheap.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

What's great about these videos is that they show how horrible KZbin is!

[@cashth]

A different era…When late night comedy was still funny and making a fat joke didn’t offend the blue check mark brigade

[@xz-187]

Damn right, fat is fat. Skinny is skinny. Isn't that a basic understanding? If you don't wanna be called out, just do the opposite thing.

[@mhildack]

By today’s standards, they really aren’t that fat

[@rsgabrys----]

--------------------------- in vain vanity.....thx

[@diannemose244]

I don't like color of CA plates now.. Boring

[@ml9867]

First

[@debschaefer7820]

Life goals. 😁🙄

[@the406seadonkey6]

This is great. Reminds me of the world when I was 6.

[@cashth]

A different era…When late night comedy was still funny and making a fat joke didn’t offend the blue check mark brigade