David Letterman interview, Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - July 13, 1984

Johnny Carson interviews David Letterman, from July 13th, 1984.

[@fasteddie9529]

Johnny loved Dave and they always had great chemistry together. Spent 40 incredible years watching these two legends.

[@cubnation]

You're right! Johnny wrongly assumed that Letterman would take his place when he retired. When all that crud started, Dave flew out to talk with Johnny about what he should do. Carson told him not to let NBC do that to him and take the CBS offer. When Dave started on CBS, Carson would send him jokes. Letterman told the jokes, but at the time, no one knew that Carson was sending some jokes. He was really pleased with Letterman. Johnny did love Dave like a son, and he had such respect for him and vice versa.

[@georgemurphy2579]

@@cubnation NBC has always, and still does have issues.0

[@fasteddie9529]

@Harrison Ford will kill someone with his plane That is total BS! Letterman was awesome all the way through May 20, 2015. Even on a bad night, he was ten times better than the clowns doing late night today.

[@ericstein6766]

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[@michelleperuski6667]

I thought Carson was a much better host...never liked the way Letterman always tried to upstage and clown his guests

[@foleynj86]

Carson at 11:30pm and Letterman at 12:30am. You will never have two must see shows back to back like that again!

[@CookieCaspari]

I still remember this velcro stunt when it was live. I loved both Johnny Carson and David Letterman shows!

[@Seattlefan77]

"Hi Ed," a perfect master stroke. The death stroke, the killing joke. Seriously, perfect timing

[@LeeKav]

Reminded me of Charles Nelson Reilly, who would also turn and say hell to Ed or whoever the previous guest was with the same timing and cadence.

[@shinigami146]

Letterman was always so self deprecating even when he was killing it. That was something I always liked about him. Hilarious!

[@mainlymusicman]

now he's an old liberal asshole

[@Sean-if7rp]

Shin Igami He lost it and turned into an arrogant liberal

[@livejay9062]

I think we found 2 of the 20 assholes giving this amazing video thumbs down.

[@bob8144]

This is when he was funny. Then he turned into the liberal asshole that turned half the country off.

[@fattdamon1980]

@@livejay9062 it's funny that he is a liberal asshole but they're fine with a traitorous liar undermining their country.

[@dianemartin8000]

Glad to see my two favorite late night hosts getting along so well!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@captaincoyote1792]

I watch these whenever they “pop up”. As a child in the 60s and 70s….the references are spot on! And Lorraine’s response to what Sandy Duncan was really like? OMG….I LOLed for 10 minutes!

[@joeterp5615]

Dave was so darn funny! Naturally quick witted, ...the stuff he came up with off the top of his head, amazing. What a great clip. I think Johnny saw and really admired his talent.

[@nitro_001newman2]

Did you miss the earthquake bowling joke? Carson said Leonard Nimoy was in search of a laugh.

[@kurtisneveau2295]

I used to watch both of these gentlemen in the eighties. Great “clean” comedy. Two legends of late night t.v! Wonderful chemistry!

[@kevinstephenson3880]

Not always clean, but always funny and entertaining! So much more than what the TV networks are offering up today. When Johnny Carson retired, that was the beginning of the end of late night television. When Dave retired, I switched to Gin!

[@m42037]

@@kevinstephenson3880 Tonight Show is sad today, Fallon is about as funny as a train wreck

[@kane211]

I hope and pray there’s a place in heaven and Carson as got the tonight show 😢 god bless him and he’s missed so bad and long may David live 💚

[@redroselily]

Johnny, David, and Conan - all legends!!

[@Novastar6]

@diver dave ... Conan isn't horrible. He's extremely clever and one of the best conversationists.

[@m42037]

@@Novastar6 Diver Dave is deleted looks like. If everyone young watched these tapes they wouldn't watch Fallon

[@mleyberklee1]

I was being born while this was broadcast.

[@georgemurphy2579]

Happy belated 35th!

[@at1212b]

Dammn. I was 5 years old watching Hulkamania being born in 1984.

[@dylangatenby9928]

Johnny and Dave had good chemistry together.

[@LUSCIOUSDUNCAN]

mother of god that is a trippy "MORE TO COME" card

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

Back when talk shows involved talented people.

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

iconoclast He’s talented, but not a funny talk show host. He should go back to the Colbert report

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

iconoclast And I do not support Trump, how would you even think that?

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

iconoclast political humor is boring.

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

iconoclast My politics and comedic interests are totally separate. I am unbiased when it comes to comedy, I can enjoy jokes that make fun of the left and democrats, unlike you who can only enjoy jokes if they are in your political interest. Who looks like the intelligent one out of these two categories then?

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

iconoclast Ok then, Mr.Intellectual. Mr.Dumbfuck 😂

[@RevanJJ]

The last of the classy late night hosts who were also funny and did great interviews.

[@izzynutz2000]

Despite all the rumors they were great friends and had admirable respect for each other....

[@DaviMourao]

What rumors? I've always seen them being describred as good friends.

[@kyramia4955]

“In my house, I can’t relax. I’ve got a dog, he drives me nuts. We call him Egypt, every room he leaves a pyramid.”

[@kevinnelson66]

Just like seeing old friends.

[@yongyu6201]

They had the weirdest drawings when they went to commercials, like Picasso on acid.

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

Yong Yu More like Monty Python drawings

[@JohnRoland]

I believe often the pictures were drawn my Johnny’s late son

[@Pathless168]

Back in the day when talk shows where entertaining and not political hack shows

[@williamogilvie6909]

Letterman and Carson worked so well together.

[@bgmcc907]

My favorite visit of his to the Tonight Show was the one where he flew out on the first of the big name discount airlines, Laker Airways, which he described as being for people who couldn’t afford to take the bus, and where everything you did in the lavatory was a bank shot.

[@ryana1140]

Back when respect was real. Not Instagram respect or Snapchat respect!!

[@graxjpg]

Back when he still wore light colored jackets. I absolutely love him in one too, especially with real shoes on LOL and the shaggy curly hair and the sun tan. He went through so many subtle style changes. This one his eyebrows look lighter than his skin haha.

[@MrGoober1983]

I was exactly 1 year old when this was filmed 😳

[@rlwings]

"Thank you very much." "How are you?" "Nice to see ya'." ...David walks on to Johnny's set as a guest but speaks like he's the host! He says the same things he says on his own show to his own guests... I guess once you're a host you can't act any other way, lol.

[@juniorjohnson5961]

Big fan of both !

[@kevinmccann709]

"Send Leonard Nimoy in search of a laugh", gold!

[@mikes2339]

Thank you

[@mikewatt8706]

i met dave in 97 in the hello deli next to the sudio

[@paulkossak7761]

Loved Carson so much. He was awesome as a straight man to comics he had as guests.

[@davanmani556]

James Hampton was part of the Mary Tyler Moore variety show as well.

[@robertknight5811]

Dead porn star s

[@petesmitt]

Dave was 37; the house in Malibu was really his girlfriend's house and Merrill Markoe still lives there..

[@leonardstilwell1894]

This isn't a comment on the video, but on the name of the channel. "Napkin Botany" is one of the strangest non-sequitur phrases I've ever read. I love it!

[@emmaduncan2991]

As a fat person, I agree with his "test"

[@renhoek3851]

Are your parts still moving?

[@marydonohoe8200]

How DID he get down from the wall?? 😂😂💥

[@超虎生活]

"This is my wave, baby. Don't cut me off..."

[@nitro_001newman2]

The Surf Punks were a real band from Malibu, that became somewhat famous for a brief time. So what Dave said is legit, and not made up.

[@kevinnelson66]

Dave a few years before the beard.

[@DiamondCutter423]

Letterman didn't mention that he was a weatherman in Indiana, way back when.

[@richardhamblen5526]

Damond Cutter, he mentioned it at a diffderent time..

[@jameshoran8]

He also did racing commentary from Indianapolis for ABC when they had the 500 there each year. Totally different persona when he was serious.

[@skiprope536]

Look at how these suits fit back then....WTF is with this all look two sizes to small of today????

[@rustymertz]

maxwell, suits today are based off suit fittings from the early 60’s. I agree. I like the suits now.

[@skiprope536]

@@rustymertz that is because you never wore a 2500 Armani suit from the 80's and 90's. Suits today are none functional. One of the best dressed guys in Steve Harvey. His tailor is the balls.

[@TimothyJonSarris]

His remark about how hot it was was the reason why he kept it so cold in the Ed Sullivan theater.

[@eldridgehainesworth5446]

Two Masters

[@vincentfeg8309]

Genius

[@lenovovo]

David Letterman was very handsome on this video

[@lindaclark5911]

LENOVOVO gap tooted thumbsucking bucktooth? Is it butt ugly or buck ugly. Dave's pants are a weee bit too tight.

[@plainlogic]

@@lindaclark5911 ....ya got any selfies Linda baby?

[@DannyOvox3]

Gold

[@marcusdenning1649]

Havnt watched a late night show since Carson

[@moaningpheromones]

velcro - always loved Dave's stick.

[@unclejustin7267]

Started watching dave in 82

[@RageTVHTX]

I remember trying to watch Dave’s morning show during the summer of 1980 while I was in Corpus Christi but the NBC affiliate KRIS wasn’t showing it. I was 10 years old staying at my aunts house. I was flipping the dial and I caught an out of town signal on channel 12, real fuzzy but I could tell what show it was. I don’t know how I knew about David Letterman but I was also watching the night of the first Late Night

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

David Michael Letterman 12/04/1947 74 años (75)

[@boofert.washington2499]

I went and watched some Surf Punks. Not bad.

[@williamanthony9090]

Dave's right about how safe it is to fly. Where it breaks down, statistically, is if there's an accident. I try to avoid either, but I'd rather be involved in a car crash than an airplane crash.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Johnny Carson 23/10/1925 23/01/2005 97 años 79 años 17 años

[@TheTimmerall33]

If David Letterman was a person of smaller stature he would be an oompa loompa. Never saw it until now.

[@bcast9978]

A time when Walter Mondale was still praying.

[@tjPennings]

Can see why Johnny liked Dave and not Leno. Leno didn't engage like that in real conversation. Instead, he rocked back and forth and slapped his hands together - a weak substitute for intelligent conversation.

[@Zennofobic]

the earthquake joke reminds me of Norm

[@reymarnier119]

David looks like Eric Forman from that 70's show or Michael Strahan here lmao

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

DAVID (DAVE) MICHAEL LETTERMAN 12 DE ABRIL DE 1947 75 AÑOS

[@KassidiBennett]

jack. we're supposed to discuss about throwing a big party johnny carson . oh big party huh ed mcmahon. yeah sure joan rivers. well i'm ready piggy and kermit. let's get this party started!

[@KassidiBennett]

jack. we're supposed to discuss about throwing a big party johnny carson. oh big party huh ed mcmahon. yeah sure joan rivers . well i'm ready piggy . let's get this party started kermit. woo hoo!

[@Lance-Stroll]

That's how funny dave is without writers

[@jamesvisinia2531]

When did Johnny stopped smoking on the show?

[@johnking5174]

1981 was when the FCC tightened up their rules of smoking on television.

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

You could still catch him having a puff from time to time.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

JOHNNY CARSON 23 DE OCTUBRE DE 1925 23 DE ENERO DE 2005 79 AÑOS

[@GypsyPriest]

I was forced to share this on Facebook along with the following introduction: "THAT'S THE THING YA KNOW... IT'S LIKE... ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER and before ya know it, you're watching a grown man, dressed in Velcro, jump on a trampoline and stick to the counter part of that Velcro, which is covering a wall... Now why would anyone do that? I mean, ya gotta ask yourself... right? That is to say, why would you stick around, (no pun intended) long enough to see that? Still, for your own well being and peace of mind; I highly suggest you do, because, you could very-well prove a bit of Holy Scripture by doing so... (Proverbs 17:22) Seriously!"

[@dans9463]

14:47 this one is off the wall

[@rickgodley1018]

Why did Leno get the gig and not Letterman?

[@rhanemann9100]

When late night TV was funny...

[@leifsonoferik]

FYI The Surf Punks are awesome.

[@spuwho]

He is not wearing white socks!

[@markjackson6431]

2:43

[@kjbennie9245]

Omg my dad has that same suit n tie DL Is wearing still In his closet 🥴😳😳 after all these yrs.... He jus refuses to buy new ones!! and keeps the old ones.... fermenting in his closet

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

The earth quake joke was unusually bad, I hope Letterman fired that writer

[@joeterp5615]

Bad... but Dave can get away with it... because he has the perfect reaction to his own less-successful efforts. It blends into the whole performance. I can’t think of many others who could of played that off as well as he did.

[@phillipcoffman2510]

Is that a toupee on David's head check it out it sure does look like it though

[@pavanatanaya]

Rich Hall buys a suit

[@davidsnyder2000]

Unfortunately this episode wasn’t as funny as I thought it might be🤷 I was never a fan of the Letterman show. But obviously the rest of the world was😐

[@user-ig9vo1pq4d]

omg that earthquake joke. no wonder dave loved norm so much.

[@steveconn]

Looks strange with an L.A. tan, like a glazed ham

[@dreadnaught90]

Letterman is better as a guest than as a host.

[@jameshoran8]

So True.

[@missumenimsatanass]

Daves stand up was horrible. Haha. U have to love johnnys fake laughs. 🤣

[@archie34734]

Ol" Dave was wearing quite a rug. Looks like Plush Pile to me.

[@dcool2u2]

Naw Dave would never wear a toupee. He would make fun of someone who wore one.

[@stanley-allen]

Oompa Loompa eyebrows

[@ivant.2683]

Dave’s great. But Jhonny was the best.

[@dans9463]

Fred Flintstone respects traditional family values. He has a gay o time with his wife Willlllllllllllma.

[@FelacityB]

Yo

[@PeterG1975]

Dave’s makeup is way over the top and it looks like he has a toupee.😊

[@marklarson3934]

Dave could have done the Seinfeld show better than Jerry 🎭

[@jshepard152]

Pretty sure Jerry was the least essential part of Seinfeld.

[@jrt9]

Letterman never killed Carson like Leno could do

[@TattooedBlues]

jr* T uhhhhhhh you don’t know your history

[@paulletchworth8127]

jr* T carson didn’t like Leno , he helped push Johnny out read up on it , no secret Leno is a shit heel

[@Frank_Cohen]

Not true at all. Watch other appearances

[@mshieh70]

I never find his jokes to be funny. Sorry.

[@jaixzz]

Anodyne

[@keeponrollin7922]

Dave became the biggest hypocrite known too showbiz

[@jeffreydean5112]

Why?

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

God David Letterman was such a jerk

[@NihongoGuy]

Most of the population is. Think of those around you - be honest, at least half are arrogant, offensive asses and they brag about it.

[@TheDrummermateo]

just too boring to me IDK

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

Pete Maldonado Letterman wasnt his best self in this segment, I agree with u. I hope he fired that writer

[@Steve-Richter]

You can see the nasty side of Dave even in this clip. Thin people should never joke about those who are fat.

[@TruckerAl_YQG]

Different times different humour

[@rogervallecillo292]

Growing up in my days nobody, and I mean nobody was off limits. So that meant you had 3 options: 1 learned to give as good as you got. 2 laugh it off and ignore it 3 get angry, show your emotions and because of that better run away because the teasing would turn even louder and worse. Personally I went for number 2. As I got older I realized that kids can be really cruel because to a point they don't know better, but after certain age one has to considered more carefully what is funny and what is simply cruel not just to you but for the other person.

[@jimm244]

Steve Richter As a moderately overweight dude, I completely agree with Dave and laughed at his joke.

[@genesisplanet]

You must not have liked Don Rickles.

[@enemy.11]

Fat much?

[@natalieconforti6898]

Do not get into the exact change lane when you have a hunch 🪙