David Letterman on Larry King Live, June 9, 1995

[@gates69]

Always loved Dave’s self deprecating humor, but in settings like this he really is so well spoken and such a thoughtful guy. Thanks for all the great Dave content.

[@jackscratch785]

Thank you for taping this stuff! Brilliant. Don Giller.

[@ryanrusch3976]

To me it’s very interesting to hear him switch between his talkshow voice and his standard speaking voice so easily. It’s wild to be staring at a young David Letterman and then out of nowhere you hear the old man.

[@johncornell3665]

What an awesome interview. RIP Larry King!

[@seriouskaraoke879]

"I will not be doing this in 15 years." Oh yes you will Dave. Twenty more years in fact.

[@cactaceous]

Thank god he lasted 20 more years plus is still at it! The man is undoubtedly the GOAT!

[@MidnightV6]

@@cactaceousI think Johnny is the goat but he’s a close second

[@stephengiese7549]

Always enjoyed Larry's interviewing. He tries to get the guest to open up and be honest. There is alot of respect shown here. Dave really has alot to say. He tries to be funny even when the answer is serious. Thanks utube.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

I miss CNN's The Larry King Show.

[@stephengiese7549]

@@SuiGenerisAbbie I miss him too!

[@titofontainemusic]

"I will not be doing this when I'm 63" does it until 68😂 29:36

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

If only people could predict the future.

[@crs290]

He didn't want to go 30 years. Went 33.

[@titofontainemusic]

And then grew a beard🤣 and Conan's heading that way

[@stevekay1925]

@@titofontainemusic Conan went bye bye 👋 although I think he streams now

[@titofontainemusic]

@@stevekay1925 Yeah but he'll be back, sooner than we think, he needs the laugh😂. Like right now he must be jonesing for the live laughter, at night, while Andy watches him sleep, laughs and says: "That's funny, boss" every few hours.🤣

[@lusio7182]

I think this Letterman has the most iconic face in TV history

[@johnking5174]

What do you mean by "this Letterman"?

[@at1212b]

@@johnking5174 he looked most line the Mad Magazine kid with the gap tooth grin and cigar. With the funny, 'full' curly hair.

[@BlueLightSpecial2023]

Dave scoffs at the idea of doing late night for 30 years like Carson. He did 32! LOL

[@cactaceous]

33 in late night and is still at it.

[@bernlin2000]

"I will not be doing this at 63, clearly" 🙂 and Dave has, in fact, said in intereviews during his 2015 retirement he probably should have retired in 2005. Glad he didn't, because we won't have a funnyman like him on TV again.

[@carldamacion3740]

Yeah, after he left I stopped watching late-night TV. Well okay I did watch The Daily Show haha

[@barrettus]

He actually moved the home office to Grand Rapids.

[@jonchaney]

I tried for Akron Ohio. Dave said maybe in ten years.

[@Grahame1975]

Interesting fact, regarding 35:00 they did change the home office to Grand Rapids three days after this broadcast.

[@rhyancoleman6462]

RIP Larry King

[@manonthedollar]

Boy, the 90s were really something.

[@cactaceous]

They really were. My entire youth was spent in that decade. From when I was 11 until I was 21. It was amazing.

[@rhyancoleman6462]

Thumbs up to the 1990s!

[@edub9930]

RIP Larry 👑 Dave was a king 2

[@Cccc-ky4vq]

The good old days

[@kingpin6989]

The world owes a debt of gratitude to Michael Ovitz.

[@jamesanthony5681]

"From Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, you're on the air."

[@k.t.5405]

min 2:10 "Bill Clinton's gotta be 300lbs!" LOL!!!!

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Dave loved poking fun at celebrities' weights. He hammered Terry Forster.

[@jasonlassiter9229]

“Are you a hands on operator?” Lol

[@mhmrules]

Broadcast Entertainer. I like the sound of that. 😀

[@nielshansen8548]

Oprah has a point! Larry King was famous

[@mstipendiary28]

This was the origin of 'home office' moves to Grand Rapids joshing? Never knew.. you live you learn, 25 years on.

[@aslanpedersen7467]

Good lord Sharon Stone was so seductive in 9:00.

[@k.t.5405]

min 9:00 Sharon Stone...oh man! Closest any woman ever came to that Marilyn Monroe voltage.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

She's my all time #1. A complete and total smokin' hot babe. Even still in the year 2023. Smoke show.

[@danyoungrasshopper3008]

You forget how hot Sharon stone was

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

No I didn't. And she's still hot as hell.

[@captainscentsible1811]

Wow i was thinking about that lady who won the 90 million.i believe she took the 20 year payout and that ended over 5 years ago.curious how she is doing

[@nomadempiretv]

I know about Connie Chung leaving CBS in 1995, but was there another controversy at the time that they're referencing in the beginning of this interview? Something about ratings?

[@kolst8406]

CBS had lost the NFL to Fox and I imagine their overall primetime ratings were low. However, at the time of this interview, Letterman was still beating Leno. A month later, Leno would interview Hugh Grant and start beating Letterman in the ratings.

[@nomadempiretv]

Thanks for the info!

[@petewillson205]

@@kolst8406 yeah that was pre, csi/survivor, cbs was towards the end of female sewing mon night sitcoms, in 3 seasons cbs would have thur locked down, then mon with Cosby/koq/elr/backer, cbs had the same issue as always 94/95, high overall ratings low demo, they chased demo, all decisions bombed till csi/survivor Injected youth into schedule then less stole WB sitcoms from nbc, put them back in top both directiond

[@ronflatter1235]

Connie Chung and Dan Rather never got along, and he forced her out.

[@mcw117]

It wasn’t just losing the NFL but that caused a domino effect that caused them to lose several key stations in big markets. That caused a major drop in ratings for the whole network cause of so many new affiliates on UHF channels in several cities. They had a long road to climb out of that hole.

[@nielshansen8548]

Idle hands are the work of the Devil", said no one ever today!

[@maddymud]

that’s because we have a cell phone in them

[@jjamiejackson]

Can anyone tell me what was happening at CBS in 95? Was the network really in that much trouble?

[@wied]

They lost the NFL to Fox for the '94 season, and largely as a result lost a lot of affiliates. I think their ratings dropped pretty precipitously after that as well.

[@johnking5174]

Also by 1995 NBC had overtaken them in the prime time ratings with juggernaut ratings for Frasier, Friends, Seinfeld, ER and Law and Order.

[@erichaynes7502]

Yes CBS was in a lot of trouble, it was the first time they didn't have NFL since the 60's. Plus, cable had been eating into all network ratings for over 15 years at this point. We have to remember CBS had been a very steady and high rated network(very few lows) ever since it's inception, so this was the first time they really were suffering badly.

[@mcw117]

It wasn’t just losing the NFL but that caused a domino effect that caused them to lose several key stations in big markets. That caused a major drop in ratings for the whole network cause of so many new affiliates on UHF channels in several cities. They had a long road to climb out of that hole.

[@joedellaselva1251]

Burt Reynolds @ 16:02!!!!

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

And his toupee.

[@johnking5174]

32:54 - David "Why don't you ride home in the car with me", Larry "I don't like speeding". Was David booked for speeding in his car back then? Seemed a little dig at Dave from Larry.

[@Dylan00000000K]

John King Frequently nabbed for speeding, especially in Connecticut, often made reference to it.

[@victorkong82]

He's a notorious racecar fan.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

In a completely unrelated story.....In 1991 Letterman founded "(Bobby)Rahal-(David)Letterman Racing". I forget who was driving, but, their team won the 2004 Indy 500. I'm sure Dale Earnhardt was credited with the win. He receives credit, for everything. First man to swim the Mississippi, upstream, underwater; first man on the Moon etc.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

You didn't get the exchange, haha ... The guys have a sense of humour, haha ...

[@Chrisman77]

Dave owned 22 cars or something. Reasonable to assume he got busted once or twice

[@terrydefoor453]

There is only one "Dave" .

[@jackscratch785]

When Merrill Markoe left the show he lost it.

[@mkl5448]

Quebec has two pronunciations, Key- beck and Qua-beck. In French it is the former. Kind of lame to correct him.

[@joewright9879]

You know what’s hilarious, if Letterman had fired up a cigarette instead of a cigar Larry and probably half of his crew would have lost it. Because, you know, cigar smoking is much safer than cigarettes. And, and, and there’s no danger of the big bugaboo known as secondhand smoke with cigars.

[@nielshansen8548]

It's because he's a hipochondriac, I think

[@sentientmlem727]

David can't even finish a sentence before Larry moves on haha

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Connor Raabe that’s Larry’s interview style.

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

Not an easy job to interview a comedy top performer. Larry did a good job getting some real answers out of Dave.

[@jonchaney]

What if Mary Tyler Moore married Steven Tyler, divorced and married Dudley Moore then divorced and married liv Tyler?? Mary Tyler Moore Tyler Moore Tyler Moore.when will it stop?

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Funny. You should have been a Top Ten contributor. Fun Fact: Dave worked on the Mary Tyler Moore show as a writer and a performer. He was pretty lame at it too.

[@TheMediaDirectory]

I always liked David as a guest but never as a host. Weird.

[@ec1385]

I know what you mean. It took him a long time to get comfortable as a host. Also, King is very good with him.

[@cactaceous]

I have no idea what you were talking about 5 years ago when you both wrote that. I started watching Dave on Late Night in 1987 when I was 8 years old and all I saw was a man in complete control of his environment. He was 5 years in at that time. That was part of his appeal. The ringleader of the circus.

[@chinaexpertdennis6371]

😅​@@cactaceous

[@tf692]

I'll never understand why Larry King was always thought of as this great interviewer, he's awful.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

I don't agree. He asks pointed and very interesting questions, often off the cuff.