David Letterman - Julia Child

Julia Child shows what a great improvisor she was ~ who would have guessed she could wield a blow torch like that? :) I think this is from 1987 - my apologies for the choppy editing; i taped this near the end of a tape and wanted to make sure it didn't run out before the segment was over :)

[@szee8588]

I love Julia Child's personality. Wish we had people like her stick around longer so they can teach the tragically clueless younger generations about real food.

[@VastIceGaming]

I love how she doesn't miss a beat and keeps pace with all his comedic quips. I guess he forgot that she'd been doing television since he was stocking shelves at the Atlas Supermarket. Can't mess with a legend.

[@Wivanunu1]

She was awesome and hilarious!!

[@ditzpangilinan]

I've been told that a great cook is someone who can work with whatever is in the fridge - and in this case, Julia Child worked with whatever was in the kitchen! AWESOME!! Too bad they didn't have induction stoves yet then, that pan would've been ready in 10 seconds! Happy birthday, Julia Child!! ^_^

[@KauaiSis]

I just read two books about Julia Child's life mainly because I visited Paris recently. Although I wasn't particularly interested in her work before, I'm now a convert. What a woman! Thanks for posting!

[@rachiti]

I love that I can't tell if she's serious about the final product or not. Love that she upstages Letterman.

[@lauraheuchan]

My absolute favorite video of Julia. Happy birthday, Julia. She is so kind and patient with a clueless Letterman.

[@scristina3]

"I give it to my husband." I love it! hahaha

[@j_freed]

Woman's a gem. Gems never fade in their brilliance. We miss you JC!

[@IAMQUEENBE]

Happy Birthday Dear Julia...You were a fantastic human being and and incredible baker..way ahead of time..I've learned SOOO much with you, about life and baking.....LOVE YOU!!!

[@quad1000]

make no mistake...a master class in being on-camera. both of them, and she wasn't having any of his one-up-ness either. good for her.

[@maryfay53]

Julia is taller and funnier than Letterman! She rocks. This whole segment is just hilarious, and I think Julia and David genuinely liked each other and had a blast. Go Julia! You were the best of the best.

[@embrisa]

LOL.. I loved this! Laughed the entire way through. Have to love the way she improvised. I needed a good laugh.. thanks Julia.. you were great!

[@SamaraInUSA]

I'm Russian, and I learned about Miss Julia Child from the movie with the best actress int he world Meryl Streep! I just have to say, what a grand pity I did not know about Miss Child earlier, extraordinary woman!!!!!!

[@targetcxd]

happy birthday sweet heart, Grew up watching my mom try to cook with your book. bought my own copy when I moved out. Saddest most bitter sweet day came when I became a better chef than mom. Than for that I thank you Julia.

[@JVRNighthawk]

Happy 100th Julia! ... you are still with us.

[@luvcrazyalice]

I accidentally ordered beef tar tar in France, wow! I heard Julia's voice in the background of my childhood. She is everything that the world isn't today. She is real, honest, sweet, kind tenacious, gracious and smart. Would there even be time for her today, while we watch Tiger, hyped garbage, opinion news, and all the other garbage. She was an artist and a creator an inventor. The media is a brainwash unit. She just wanted to teach.

[@FLCLrox1]

"What do you get from eating uncooked meat?" "You get healthy" hahaha love it

[@carolparsons-pearle8696]

Letterman just got up up standed comedically Julia child. Stellar moment. 😊

[@bigdawg25252525]

Julia Child was amazing! She is on of the reasons why I love to cook so much.... I wanted to be a Police Officer until seeing the movie Julie and Julia! May I be as great as she was! Julia Rest In Peace... You will be forever missed.

[@azobrn45]

Julia Child brings back wonderful memories growing up. My mom and I loved watching her on Saturday afternoon. She was such a slop in the kitchen you couldn't help but laugh and love her

[@yazarc]

Anybody watching this needs to see the first part of this segment where she tells David she would cook him a Seal. It's hilarious. Search KZbin for Letterman and Michael Palin....that's the episode.

[@Capt_Killingfield]

Wow she had such a lovely sense of humor....Happy 100th Julia!!

[@kiteinthesky82]

this is so charming! there can never be another julia child!

[@RhiannaBarr]

I never realized how tall Julia was. She stood 6'2!

[@Dindasayswhynot]

Wonderful Ms Julia Childs Hlarious piece.

[@magicpony9]

Classic Letterman. Julia gave as good as she got:) Very enjoyable.

[@carolparsons-pearle8696]

Tis true tis true. And Julia Child what is the better comedic here. 😊

[@philsadler9810]

... I agree with what Cher said about David Letterman.

[@sariverrat2]

The best was the time she swigged bourbon right, from the bottle before adding a shot to her dish. David and the audience loved it

[@mr.bluesky8554]

oh isn't that a wonderful thing! a grumpy little chef, who thinks he can bring, enough stuff to justify getting rough with the butter-loving queen of the Bourguignon Boeuf!

[@dreggman4536]

I rock hard as concrete

It can only be the 70s, no-one had ever heard of pitta bread in America then :O) She's lovely.

[@samanthagardenmehappy6347]

One of the most lovable people ❤️

[@MOHAYDEN]

She upstages David Letterman with her quick wit. She is so funny.

[@skaselecter]

dave seemed on his best behavior...usually only reserved for those he truly holds in high regard.

[@clairebear0713]

-"Wh-what is that?" -"It's a blow torch." So interesting hearing Julia Child say blow torch. Haha!

[@carolparsons-pearle8696]

Yeah it sounded kind of weird but it was pretty. Something my mother to this day would do. And she's seventy-eight. 😁

[@WilsonEatsASMR]

This is TV GOLD!!! Julia was hillarious!

[@citycountrymice]

Happy Birthday Miss Julia!! Thank you for educating us but most all for entertaining us! :)

[@unclvinny]

Two of my favorite folks!

[@TekWar98]

This is a seriously funny clip! Too bad she is not around to enjoy her birthday. RIP Julia on your 100th birthday...

[@zimnaya]

I think she was such an incredible character. Wonderful voice - you cook pick her, blindfolded, out of crowd of a thousand. Steak Tartare...makes me feel SO hungry but it's Ash Wednesday, so no meat, alas! For a perfect tartare, mince best steak or beef and combine with chopped capers, finely-chopped shallot, a spoon or two of virgin olive oil, freshly-ground black pepper, a pinch of sea salt. Some people also add an egg yolk, but I am not overly keen on that!

[@morganjefford]

She was always Fabulous I liked watching her shows.

[@mojocooljojo]

This is so funny! Julia Child rocks! Thanks for posting :)

[@KauaiSis]

@kcsouthend Yes that was their address, I just read it in her book. She was amazing! What's more, she was a REAL chef who learned the correct way of cooking and when she wrote her cookbook, tested her recipes over and over to perfection, researched every ingredient. It's amazing you got to speak to her. Cool!

[@PennyDreadfuI]

There used to be a video of Julia and Dave drinking rum or cognac or sherry or something together, straight from the bottle, during one of her cooking segments. It was hilarious. I remember seeing it first-run some time in the early 90s, I believe.

[@pwcorgi2000]

Julia Child, Rest her Soul, was totally awesome in so many ways. And I believe she enjoyed having David Letterman taunt her. David's satire helped bring out the best in Julia's personality.

[@SoINeedAName48]

God, I love that woman! In tribute to Julia's signature sign-off: Bon Appétit!

[@frantahouska]

relax! even then they had ALL THIS prepared in advance. this is a real dish!

[@dnrink44]

Happy B day JC. Much love for all the great food!

[@shessoheavy6130]

That was great. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielmonroe10]

Letterman was being rude for no reason. Good for Julia Child poking fun at him in return.

[@BBQMyWay]

Julia so rocked.

[@ctwhalerman]

There's a reason her kitchen is in the Smithsonian: it's not only because she was sweet and a good cook, it's because she had such a great sense of humor to make fun of herself; this clip just proves it. Even David Letterman was on his best behavior for her. She's not an American icon for no reason.

[@carolmoscov]

She's just absolutely lovely!

[@carolparsons-pearle8696]

I love how she is said to Letterman focus!

[@rodkukura]

She was as treasure.

[@besmajubran5244]

Even though the hamburger didn't turn out as well as expected, at least it was great entertainment! It was a joy to watch Julia child on his show!

[@sarac.salazar288]

Brilliant and funny woman, someone to look up to.

[@sandraheistad8351]

So much fun. LOL! Both masters!

[@thatcher81]

A true natioal treasure! She will always be missed.

[@usergently]

I'm a chef, that woman was an exceptionnal boost to the culinary establishment. But this ain't beef tartare.

[@MrMyking2]

I luv her shes soooo funny!!!

[@adolfothemidget]

In 1967 I went to the Montreal Expo, where one restaurant's menu offered "Steak Tartare," which it described as including spices, egg, and raw beef. Apparently many of the patrons either could not read or didn't believe what they read, because in addition to this printed description, each menu also included a hand written note, "It's really raw"!

[@ilovetruffles99]

David: "Julia have you ever cooked anything that just tasted awful?" Julia: "oh yes lots of times." David: "So what do you do with it then?" Julia: "oh I give it to my husband" I love this woman!!!

[@lindat5784]

love Julia

[@jillian5411]

Happy birthday Julia:)

[@P616928]

How great is she... and she's so funny!! Love her.

[@alpop850]

Yo got to love julia!

[@chabella123]

she is wonderful. That it was i call HUMOUR! I think he learned a lot from her.. look at him now...

[@HerMajestyTheLlama]

She was a brilliant lady! R.I.P

[@mrjason9382]

Love the blow torch

[@tzipporam]

Legendary woman

[@pinkyhandle]

Late night talkshow heaven!, thanks for the post:)

[@BuddyGreenbloom]

I love that from the Google Doodle, I found THIS. RAW meat. LOL

[@dbhhcho]

Good morning you all, now I am hungry~ looked good!

[@UnrelatedArchives]

She did segments for GMA regularly back in the late 80's.

[@SueBeaWho]

Hi domdoot, I just literally got done watching Julie & Julia on netflix. Darn, I wanted the real girl to be a nice girl in real life. No matter, NOW I am into JuliA again!! I read where Julia was offended by julie's blog. Have not read it. But, gosh, LOVED the movie! Good ole Nora Ehpron, I guess lol! Oh, and of course Amy Adams. And dang Meryl is a Goddess! :-)

[@frantahouska]

think again! This is real dish! and all that was prepared in advance.

[@JustAnjuK]

happy 100th birthday Julia. The great queen of cooking. :D

[@Pi3C35]

I didn't know her before the movie!

[@KauaiSis]

@zimnaya She became famous for her definitive cookbook on French cooking and in fact, she was a Cordon Bleu chef. Read her autobiography, quite fascinating. Probably in her later career in the U.S. she demonstrated less French, more American.

[@alspence]

And THAT'S how you do it, folks! What a pro!

[@jzambiab]

Classic! I don't remember Letterman ever being that funny.

[@Darksidehearts]

@KathysFlopsweat god this was funny, thank you for uploading this. I just downloaded it so I'll have it in case I want to see it again.

[@ukecko72]

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY! :D

[@200555280]

I sow the film she was so unique

[@tinakudelka9662]

Very funny. I loved it.

[@goddessworshipper]

fantastic! She's hillarious!

[@hernje]

@KageroShiva -Wonderful, thoughtful comment; I share your sentiments. To have had Julia as a friend would have been akin to hitting the lottery. (probably, even better)

[@idunnoproductionzz]

Happy 100th, Julia.

[@JohnKariukin]

happy 100th birthday

[@JesusGarci1213]

love her so much!!!!!

[@rustydog1236]

beef tartare is delish. If you like rare beef, it's that x4 in flavor.

[@sfcolton7]

Why do I feel like I just watched an episode of the Swedish Chef? That was awesome.

[@therainbowconnectionee]

David Letterman was young once?!?!?!?!

[@scrammy]

Thank you!

[@SnackPatrol]

They look related.

[@Shifty1940]

What a card

[@MarkHarrellJr]

She is hilarious!

[@user-yz7lx4by4f]

Happy Birthday Julia! Gahh she's so adorable l

[@bhouston5998]

Just love Julia!