David Letterman honors the Grateful Dead | 2024 Kennedy Center Honors

[@nickd3871]

Dave Letterman always had Bobby and Jerry on doing little skits beforehand and his love for them and their music was apparent. It was a mutual respect you could tell as they were very comfortable and relaxed around each other. Thanks Dave for being the only real late nite talk show host to at that time receive them.

[@bobabooey7088]

@@nickd3871 I remembering them picking up Jerry while he sat in his chair

[@ArthurSmith-l5b]

How about the show opener where Dave is showing Jerry how to play the guitar? They had great chemistry, and Jerry modest enough to play along with the skit. Their appearances on Late Night were always epic. Also, Paul Shaefer was always visibly excited to play with the boys.

[@coleksiuk1965]

I loved when they were playing scabble and Jerry added the IN to TRUCK. Dave did not approve.

[@samanthab1923]

Those were the best. Dave showing them how to play the guitar 😂

[@ArthurSmith-l5b]

@@coleksiuk1965 I forgot about the Scrabble one! I don't know who it was, Dave, or one of the writers, but they always came up with something funny when Bob and Jerry, or the Dead were there. Weird thing is looking back, I don't remember Phil being there, who knows maybe he was backstage? I don't think Brent was on the show with them either.

[@easytoslipE2S]

The Grateful Dead toured for thirty years I believe, they made so many people dance and feel joy, and they still do. What an awesome band, they wrote hundreds of songs that are so fun and intricate and colorful.

[@dale9440]

The Dead, none of the hits, all of the time...STUCK IT TO THE MAN...Live music at its finest...Extreme Extemporaneous

[@TundraT-qo6ri]

There will never be anything like the Grateful Dead again! ❤ 4ever

[@ejtonefan]

Billy Strings

[@jackcrane7853]

Thank God! Another one like them would be unbearable!! ❤😂🎉90 percent of their music is dull and shallow crap, badly played and endlessly boring, but the remaining TEN percent are FUCKIN FANTASTIC GALACTIC UN COMPARABLE!!!!! 💥💥💥💪💐

[@kevina4386]

Thank you Chris Hazard for all you have done for our community! May the music never stop 🙏

[@lauriecain-moore4236]

🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@seattlewithec7660]

Shout out Chris Hazard! Thank you for everything you do!

[@hollygolightly7475]

Thank a taper

[@Gzoratto]

@@hollygolightly7475 Why Gratefuld Dead before Neil Young?

[@jerrysmitelfinger]

Christopher Hazzard is the reason we can watch great, timeless shows with incredible quality. Thank you Hazzard for filling the Universe with classic Dead so that generations to come can see what the greatest American rock band of all time was all about.

[@ricyjo]

David Letterman is an all American hero. Glad to be sharing this timeline with him~

[@julieshelley-fd5kp]

Nothing like a Dead Show! Miss those days..

[@dougcapehart]

These vids just trickiling out, this one just 2:35 long. C'mon Kennedy Center, let's have the whole dead set

[@cactaceous]

Man, I love The Dead. Have for many years but I love Dave even more. He was in my home every weeknight, taped or live, for like 3 decades. Him doing this is beyond epic. The melding of two giants in my life. Long Live The Dead. God bless Dave.

[@coleksiuk1965]

completely agree. When the Dead were on Letterman it was a real treat. You could tell Dave appreciated the music

[@jeswilde6188]

"And now their music fills the universe" ❤

[@lauriecain-moore4236]

PEACE AND LOVE ALWAYS TO THE GREAT DAVID LETERMAN 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤LAURA AND MY ANIMAL FAMILY IN TEXAS USA 🎉🎉🎉😢🎉🎉

[@LucyLennon909]

Absolutely FANTASTIC Show!!

[@songsfrown5941]

and their music fills the universe! I'm blessed to have had several life epiphanies but none so powerful as when driving away from Folsom Field in 2016 and trying to recall the setlist and realizing I didn't think, "now did they open with a Jerry song or a Bobby song, but was struck like a bolt of lightening with the realization these aren't Jerry songs or Bobby songs (or Hunter or Barlow), these are our songs.

[@curtisshaw9317]

David Letterman, The Grateful Dead and references to dating Linda Ronstadt...I'm having a fine flashback 😊

[@elb2698]

Love the bus

[@timsutton948]

Jeff Spicoli falling out of the VW in the parking lot.

[@marcbernicker206]

Was that the bus from Wetlands preserve in nyc??

[@mikepeacock4725]

This makes sense as Dave's a huge Dead fan

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

Grateful Dead Hand's up Jerry 🙌🏼 and the boyz in the band 🌹from a head🌿🕊️

[@russellzauner]

"frog in a glass of milk" if you know, you know, even if it's the first time you heard it

[@Funkenmunken]

I don't get it

[@hollygolightly7475]

Saw him say it

[@coleksiuk1965]

my mom didnt raise me to be no bench press !

[@teachercjcraig60]

Saw the Dead many times ~ I loved 🥰 them so much 🎉💥😎🤯🍄‼️

[@fasteddie9529]

Letterman always had the best musical guests. Miss that show to this day.

[@meme-tg6hr]

Haha. The speech was humorous.

[@Billg1573]

I need a miracle

[@michaelanthony8780]

History making! The first F-bomb in KCH history.

[@hollygolightly7475]

Thank a taper

[@michaelcobb2237]

“Doing That Rag, Fade into Cosmic Charlie, back to Doing That Rag “. or “Haight Street Flatbed Truck “ OG Dead Taper 🐲❤️ Sonora California

[@patriceripley3067]

GDTRFB>BIODTL,MSWS>LLR>DRUMS/SPACE>SOTM>TYVM

[@easytoslipE2S]

The Kennedy Center Honors recipients wear rainbow-colored ribbons to symbolize the many skills within the performing arts

[@JeremiahsFiles]

My mom’s a Deadhead too, she named me after Jerry Garcia.

[@hettyshurtleff3099]

My dogs name is Jerry Garcia

[@gregoryg3256]

🌠BEST CALIFORNIA BAND PERIOD ...THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT PERIOD. & I DIDNT COME UP WITH THAT QUOTE...BUT ITS TRUE OF COURSE...⭐

[@patriciamay5717]

Best American band

[@gregorio87]

Haha, Letterman is so great. Also, I remember watching that clip where Weir says something about "a frog in a glass of milk", and just scratching my head, ha. If I remember correctly, his pupils huge saucers... Thinking he was up for quite a while after the show.

[@2112CO]

884 show's played in California. Just like an angel in a shaft of light NFA 65-95!!!

[@albeech5157]

There’s an homage of a sort to the Wall of Sound in the background speaker stack.

[@JessicaFlores-kh3nl]

See Conan, Dave never got over it either. You're in good company!

[@misterd7843]

But Conan at least got to do it for a few months.

[@UncleEbenezer77]

@@misterd7843Dave was actually offered The Tonight Show in 1993, as part of NBC’s counteroffer to keep him from going to CBS. Leno’s ratings were in the tank, and NBC were going to let Jay’s 1-year contract run out then hand the show over to Dave. But Dave sought advice from Peter Lassally and Johnny Carson and they both told him to go to CBS.

[@RalphDavis-qk2xy]

Letterman, a Bohemian to the core. The best evah on late night TV.

[@SolarSailor1967]

I'm sure that the dead members of The Grateful Dead are grateful that everyone is grateful after they're dead.

[@NerdyMando_Ewok]

the greatest band ever period

[@KevinMannix-sf5zk]

The Balance restored to the universe is still spreading

[@redwoodcoaststudio1610]

Love that GC is there laughing his ass off at 1:02

[@lauriecain-moore4236]

PEACE AND LOVE ALWAYS TO THE GREAT LETTERMAN DAMN DUDE DO YOU NEED THIS TEXAS CHICK TO SEND YOU SOME RAZORS 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@chrishilliard7318]

This is sad. Jerry would never want this.

[@tomanderson7129]

It kinda makes me feel nauseous.

[@TheFunkybert]

I thought I was the only Deadhead repulsed by this kinda self grandiose sh** 💩

[@jamessharpe6699]

I saw my first show in Greensboro North Carolina in 1987 we were still in high school drove up from Burlington jumped the fence got in for free somebody gave us some blue unicorn in the parking lot in the parking lot was the show

[@coleksiuk1965]

dont like the " jumped the fence part"

[@namcat53]

Not cool.

[@thegroovypatriot]

Most people don't realize this, but Tucker Carlson is also a Deadhead. You can see him standing next to Jerry in a picture going back to the late 80s or early 90s in the intro to his Tucker Carlson Network shows. I know!!

[@edwardmcmanus7496]

Love the Dead. Always ! Letterman 👎 NOT A BIT.

[@c.a.t.732]

"The Grateful Dead was the California state band"? I'm guessing the Beach Boys might disagree.

[@levitonjl]

Goose , I had a feeling they were heads

[@robertwomack1411]

Had a feeling ?!?!? 😂

[@StephenWillcock]

"You do the math."

[@C_H_1972]

I’ve always wondered what happened to the wizard in Sword and the Stone.

[@thegroovypatriot]

I'm literally sewing up a patchwork dress right now in 2024 and it's because I'm a Deadhead.

[@dpall38]

I am a deadhead who is a fan of Letterman and usually respect the Kennedy Center Honors but somehow this tribute fell short. It is obvious that Dave is a fan but his speech was rushed and the tribute by Trucks and Tedeschi was short. I mean you are honoring a band known for their free form jamming and you play the music like it is on AM radio?

[@joannehack7588]

It was obvious that Bob was not comfortable at’all playing at the Kennedy Honors. I highly doubt Jerry would have attended if he had been living.

[@timsutton948]

"More fun than a frog in a glass of milk."

[@lukeslc-xd8ds]

A bunch of rich people honoring other rich people.

[@claudiasiefer8495]

Does anyone just sit and enjoy special events? Must EVERYone have their stoopid phones propped up in front of their face? (Rhetorical)

[@Oonzied-xc2oj]

why is the guy from goose there lol

[@Grateful_Dad_54]

⚡❤✌🏻🤍💀💙🌹

[@w.l.graves7228]

letterman was funny as hell , glad he was there, & jerry with a great smile pretending to " learn " a song from letterman ..i couldn't stop laughing ! the 2 young nobody's trying to explain the dead , [how about JORMA OR CARLOS !?]and the 2 idiots pretending to be " dead heads " next to the bus , was corporate garbage , thankfully " ripple " & " not fade away " saved the tribute !

[@hollygolightly7475]

Pretty lame with the bus and the idea of the psychedelia , so mainstream so not them them the tributes were horrible but glad to see them and trixie, but how can you define the dead on corporate mainstream tv

[@dafug8896]

is that Greasy rick back there? Goose sucks

[@72new3]

Why are those two people sitting by the bus? So awkward

[@patriceripley3067]

they are deadheads

[@peelahp]

Those two people were Myles Teller and another esteemed actor, Chloë Sevigny - they did earlier presentations and introductions about The Grateful Dead.

[@tomanderson7129]

It's Sunshine and Flapjack. They're too high to even know where they are.

[@SoulDaddy33]

It was a nice tribute but in my humble opinion their songs were not played in a way that conveyed the spirit and happiness and beauty that endeared people to the Dead. The show's musicians preferred to stylize the music instead of playing it straight and for the most part the results seemed depressing. First time listeners we're going, "I don't get it", more than likely. But the Dead's members enjoyed it; a friend who was backstage said that Mickey Hart walked by and said to no one in particular, “I'm just trying to stay humble". So how cool is that?

[@renatatorres9388]

0:28 😂

[@johnnation6744]

Dave always having to make it about himself. Typical! Anyways congrats to the Grateful Dead!

[@jamesburmester8861]

Kamala just did a photo op said she was listening to Grateful Dead in the 60s and was at Woodstock

[@brianmccauley339]

😂

[@tomanderson7129]

Before or after she planted trees in occupied Palestine?

[@Boognishx89]

🐸 🥛 🐸 🥛

[@ddmtyear]

The opening song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4WYhYisqMihhNEsi=EqIJK6gDVMuRAsox

[@That.old.mountain]

So corny… the Dead deserve better than this Disney set and flat jokes

[@bobabooey7088]

What’s with the thing around the neck, very cult like

[@patriceripley3067]

it's the actual award that honorees get, it's not cult like at all

[@bobabooey7088]

@ wear this amulet around your neck so we can recognize you are one of us…nothing cult like at all there

[@patriceripley3067]

@@bobabooey7088 they only wear it to the awards , what is your problem it's like a trophy. The people who are honored this way are our national treasure and they all deserve something that for a brief moment does set them apart. It's a symbol of recognition

[@bobabooey7088]

@@patriceripley3067 not many any other ‘trophies’ that are worn around our necks? Maybe they needed to copy the Olympics to make themselves feel better. You asked what is my problem, you commented on my post so can I ask you what is your problem with my opinion? Don’t like anyone with a contrary view to yours? Think you’re so special and are the only one that matters?

[@patriceripley3067]

@@bobabooey7088 I believe writers, artists and musicians are in the long run more important than almost anyone else, they are the people who bring beauty to our world. They deserve medals

[@beoz658]

SNL after the Grateful Dead broke up the dead heads name became the homeless

[@glenlapwing8468]

I was a teenager in the 60s & always thought the Greatful Dead were the most boring band I ever heard

[@jackcrane7853]

David LETTER PERSON, please, as MAN is discriminatory to woMEN😂🎉

[@christrudell7966]

Biden has no idea where he is

[@greghobbs1728]

And, Thump is no where to be found at an event like this. He wouldn’t attend and he wouldn’t be welcome.

[@misterd7843]

What's with the beard

[@JoeandAngie]

Ugh

[@jamesinners1694]

Remember when David Letterman was funny 🙄

[@johnnation6744]

nope lol

[@misterd7843]

There was a time ...

[@petermgruhn]

In the end, the counterculture always ends up on a stage in New York City playing jazz tinged adult contemporary in front of a bunch of rich stuffed suits. Hey! You won! By which, I mean, you lost.

[@floooobzdagget3734]

Unfortunately, the Grateful Dead couldn't compete with the 80s with killer bands like Dokken, Stryper, and Motley Crue.

[@patriceripley3067]

it's a completely different type of music, they are the opposite of anything metal. and the dead were selling out stadiums in the 80's lol the BEST those guys could even think of was one night at a 20,000 seat arena, when the dead played an arena they had to book 3 nights. Dream on though

[@jimbattista1120]

What's up with the rainbow nonsense? What does it have to do with their music?

[@RustyE-h9j]

Please announce that Kid Rock, Lee Greenwood, Hulk Hogan and Steven Seagal will be the next honorees with donald attending, I would love to enjoy that.

[@patriceripley3067]

and that would bring great dishonor to the Kennedy Center, those people have done nothing for society at large nor anything for music or art. The ONLY one who MIGHT possibly be worthy of such an honor might be Steven Segal.

[@WalkingmanPattaya]

great praise from a man who has never sung a song played an instrument or even danced on TV. And of course Dave only HOSTED Late Night, which was a network TV show, and not owned by Dave

[@easytoslipE2S]

Dave's made a lot of people laugh. Pretty sure all you've done is bring them down, so there's that.

[@Shshshshshhshhs]

He actually did a dance number on the Mary Tyler Moore show

[@FarmerTomsAlmanac]

Actually Dave did own the late show and late late show during his tenure. It was part of his deal when he moved to CBS.

[@Shshshshshhshhs]

@ yeah he literally had power over the executives for the 11:30-1:30 2 hour time slot

[@muffinman4353]

Get rid of the beard Dave, you look ridiculous.

[@BubbaSimmz]

He’s trying to please his Muslim, liberal friends.

[@XX-xxXX-]

Not saying I support it being illegal, but how in the hell is there the president and vice president in attendance of a event supporting a group known for illegal drug use and a man openly admitting to being intoxicated on illegal substances. The law either applies to everyone equally (unless specified with good and sufficiently justified reason) or it is not a just law.

[@patriceripley3067]

Because in the US we can look past some stuff because of all of the good someone has done for the world. Iconic, philanthropic, visionaries that are masters of their craft is far more important and with the dead, drugs just happened to be a part of that we all know it went down that way, we all know it was real so why deny it just roll with it

[@patriceripley3067]

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[@harveythompson1756]

..now they're nearly all dead,; I wonder if they are grateful for that?..they were the most over rated and over hyped monotonous band ever.

[@ethan93647]

Everybody cares a lot about what you have to say.

[@xianshep]

Well, the Grateful Dead DID suck - and a lot - but they were also at times freaking fantastic. So, yeah: plenty for their haters to hate and their lovers to love.

[@marcbernicker206]

So go listen to swift

[@GoogsFamily]

I bet you are fun at parties

[@hollygolightly7475]

As Jerry once said ‘ we’re not for everyone’ some people like black licorice some don’t- we’re like licorice❤

[@cedricjoshuapayne]

1:11? NO. You trippin' bro The Beach Boys, The Doors, Santana, then maybe The Dead? You are really high if you think The Dead represents all of California. It's a small drug cult compared all of beautiful California.

[@krisenger4410]

The Doors were finished by 1970 after Morrison died. Brian Wilson stopped touring with the Beach Boys in the mid-1960's, had a severe mental breakdown, and was often in sad shape when he returned later on. Santana probably played regularly throughout the 70's and 80's but he had a revolving cast of hired musicians, not really a steady band. So, what touring bands from California in the 1960's to the 1990's had a larger influence than the Dead? If you wanted to be able to consistently go see your favorite band live in concert near your town year after year on spring, summer, and/or fall tour, then it would certainly be hard to beat the Grateful Dead.

[@tomanderson7129]

Don't forget the Monkees and the Partridge Family.

[@johnmoroney5258]

Terrible band

[@HippieBuddah]

Horrible! lol

[@terrym5023]

Coming from a horrible terrible person 🤔

[@terrym5023]

​@@HippieBuddahyou really need to change your name 🤔

[@ajschroetlin2196]

What a sad human being you are.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

who do you like?

[@Theyluvpuertoricans]

Liberal DB convention … the Grateful Dead sucked ….

[@easytoslipE2S]

careful, gonna cut yourself on that edge. All art is subjective, if it doesn't move you it's not for you, time to move on. Please don't trash it though, the world needs art and music desperately.

[@xianshep]

Well, they DID suck - and a lot - but they were also at times freaking fantastic. So, yeah: plenty for their haters to hate and their lovers to love.

[@hollygolightly7475]

Intellectually above and beyond your capacity, hopefully some day you’ll become enlightened

[@Erfedwe]

Awwww, it's cute how you think your opinion is relevant or represents fact in any way. Music and art are subjective. Like what you like, nobody cares. Btw, it takes a small and insecure person to rush to the comments to make such a comment. Do better!

[@patriceripley3067]

DB? are you a k floppie? Namjoon is a deadhead, as an ARMY mom, I'm glad my daughter who was named after two grateful dead songs picked the correct fandom and not some k pop nonsense

[@lucyloose2841]

The greatful dead is the guy sitting up there in the stand who is meant to be running the country

[@StopTheLiesnow]

Why Letterman has so many other people