Dennis Hopper Makes His Only Appearance With Johnny | Carson Tonight Show

Original Airdate: 08/15/1991
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[@keithwahrer2223]

You can tell Johnny is excited to talk with Dennis and admires him greatly.

[@lynnturman8157]

Seemed to me that Johnny (and Ed) were nervous about it. But when he saw he was interviewing sober Dennis Hopper & not Apocalypse Now Dennis Hopper, Johnny relaxed somewhat.

[@jennifersman7990]

Yes, when Dennis sobered up he was very much in demand by the late night shows

[@user-xe5cz3dw8m]

I have always loved Dennis Hopper. He was so cool and a great actor.

[@johnsjohnson448]

This is a terrific segment with two BIG Stars. Mr. Hopper lived an incredible life and had a wonderful career. A life well lived. Thanks for sharing.

[@greg1mcintosh844]

I was thinking the same thing about Dennis. He lived a great life. He really experienced skills and valleys. He let him still be a raw experiencer a true actor and you can hear in his voice. In this you see underneath there is a professionalism he wasn't just a madman. A true artist who lived life. Man, I looked at him in here and he's middle-aged still well and fit and it freaks me out how that seems like yesterday but it was 30 odd years ago. Makes me wonder about my own mortality. Sorry to laugh but you know I'm not an age where I start thinking man. What have I done? I need to get going on something

[@opera93]

@@greg1mcintosh844 interestingly, kind of Same here…. Though, I am 75 years young…….

[@jennifersman7990]

It’s a shame he never wrote a memoir, unless he’s got a manuscript hidden in a bank vault somewhere

[@iadorenewyork1]

Well, when Dennis have up drink and drugs, things improved immeasurably.

[@DangerousDavies2008]

These two are pure class. Can you imagine a conversation like this on todays shows? I can’t.

[@user-xe5cz3dw8m]

Are you serious? This is cleaned up, now a days anything goes

[@novydasb4660]

​​@@user-xe5cz3dw8mthese shows aren't as popular anymore it seems, hence no ones bothering to spend a lot of effort

[@mhughes6303]

One time time I read that Dennis Hopper said when acting you don't act like the character you are portraying, but you become that character. It makes sense and I think Dennis Hopper did exactly that.

[@CynicalLlort]

Profound…………………..

[@randallreid424]

Very cool and every time I watch a Carson interview I am reminded why he is considered the king of late night

[@Magnetron33]

one of the best interviewers ever!

[@Joshualbm]

Mutual respect among consummate professionals is always a delight to behold.

[@feralkid7025]

I could listen to Hopper all day telling stories and his laughter is contagious...

[@user-br3ou2cs9o]

Good actor because he could draw you into the world of the character being portrayed. 😎

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Yes indeed, specifically, Apocalypse Now, 1979.

[@kenjf1009]

Two legends. Well done.

[@vincentkosik403]

Love Dennis what a great talent and too bad on his illness..but he lived several times over

[@susanwest8239]

God bless you both.

[@cuda426hemi]

Dennis' scene in True Romance - the Sicilian scene "Could I, (ahem) have one of those Chesterfields now?...." Epic. 🎬

[@bradburks696]

Nothing better than Dennis's role of Shooter in Hoosiers.

[@nmstan3619]

"Now boys, don't get caught watchin' the paint dry!"

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Frank in Blue Velvet is extraordinary.

[@markgrove2030]

Brad u are right! Great role,great movie. Shooter jumping on the bed in the hospital?? Classic.

[@jennifersman7990]

I remember Blue Velvet came out the same year as Hoosiers and Dennis fully expected to be nominated for Blue Velvet. Entertainment Tonight had a crew at his home to get his reaction and when they announced Hoosiers he was totally shocked, he thought it was such a lightweight role compared to Blue Velvet. Just then his phone rang, it was Warren Beatty congratulating “the best actor around”

[@garyny4073]

​@@JoeKoOhNo good character

[@GrimmHollywood]

On the set of Rebel Without a Cause, he was trying to study James Dean's acting and what he was doing until finally he pulled him aside and threw him in a car and said, "what are you doing? How are you doing this?" He had to find out how Dean was acting so damn good. Dean tells him, "when you smoke a cigarette, you don't take a drag for the camera. You smoke the cigarette." Hopper tells the story better in an interview here on KZbin, but I always loved the story, especially because Hopper became just as fine of an actor and a legend himself. Lotta heart.

[@barbararenton8009]

Another great and talented actor who left us too soon.

[@xz-187]

Did he tell it on Dick Cavett?

[@GrimmHollywood]

@@xz-187 He told it there but this is the one I watched: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGW5n52BmtiHqck

[@user-cs6up8eq7s]

James Dean took it in the back door

[@gregoryfujita8265]

My 1st and only taping of a Tonight Show before Johnny retired 8 months later..I was in the audience ...you hear me say "yeah!!" At 1min 29sec when Johnny mentions "Blue Velvet "...

[@93Jubilee]

What a way to be introduced! "Everybody thought you'd just burn out and fade away,but.. . here you are!"

[@helentalia9923]

Loved it!!

[@steveconn]

Extraordinary guy, lived so many lives. Met his brother still in Taos (great doc. on him called Along For The Ride). RIP the great Dennis

[@baltimoreravens1515]

He was a great actor for sure

[@kenhurley4441]

Dennis Hopper, my wife, and I have 1 thing in common. All 3 of us were born at the same hospital in Dodge City Kansas.

[@Warp75]

I watched Out of the Blue [1980] a few months back & it’s still a underrated classic. Linda Manz & Dennis knock it out of the park.

[@waynejohnson1304]

Johnny Carson is in my family tree. 😁😁

[@debbiehamilton9771]

That's cool Don Knotts is in mine

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@wayne Johnson you from Nebraska, Wayne

[@waynejohnson1304]

@@ObamaFromKenya No. Connecticut. He's descended from one of the same Mayflower passengers. I'm descended from 11 of them. Lucille Ball, Katherine Hepburn, and Bette Davis are also in my tree. My grandparents knew Bette Davis when they lived in Franconia, New Hampshire. She had a Summer home there. 5 U.S. Presidents are also in my tree: Roosevelt, Grant, Washington, Arthur, Taylor, and Garfield. I found out all of this after joining Ancestry.

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@waynejohnson1304 when Franklin Roosevelt married his 5th cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1905, Eleanor’s uncle, then President Teddy Roosevelt, said “well Franklin, nothing like keeping it in the family”

[@waynejohnson1304]

@@ObamaFromKenya I was shocked when I discovered that too. LOL Another thing I was taken aback by was Zachary Taylor who was my 6th cousin. His daughter married Jefferson Davis.

[@mark11967AD]

As you get older you realize how smart these people are. Stars. It's really very impressive. And Johnny's curiosity about someone kind of different is part of why he was such a darn good interviewer. Fun to watch thanks.

[@jimipack62]

Dennis was so cool. Great artist.

[@Robindalmiras]

Loved him as an actor! Seems to be a cool guy

[@michaelcollins237]

Hopper was excellent on screen and behind the camera

[@paolo-n2000]

Dennis Hopper in the film "River's Edge"...awesome....

[@TheLordGoat]

FECK was god.

[@Camop-iz9kt]

Loved him in "Hoosiers".

[@kmacstatus]

I really miss Dennis Hopper. It would've been something else to hangout with him, Dean Stockwell and friends back in the wild days. Such a cool original guy. "Oh you're a neighbor from the neighborhood. What's your name neighbor? How about we go for a ride...."

[@jamesblatchford3738]

A friend of mine (blueberry farmer today, rock & roll road manager in the past) was a friend of Hopper’s in his California days. Dennis visited him in Vancouver where the two of them posed in front of a London Drugs sign, obscuring the *London* part. Nobody in VanCity recognized him. Quite a guy..

[@CD-oq8em]

Great interview. The secret to letting the guest speak. A lot of the podcast hosts today could learn a thing or two .

[@Daindrais]

Hopper was SO convincing in "Blue Velvet" that I felt a nearly irresistible urge to hide under the couch whenever he appeared on screen. He made me want my mommy.

[@trudginon]

Dennis Hopper has the greatest laugh ever.

[@muxz]

I love the George Burns story lol.

[@silversnail1413]

Dennis Hopper was a true icon. Worked with Dean and Brando, made films with some of the greatest directors, kickstarted a new countercultural revolution in American cinema with Easy Rider, ingested enough drugs and alcohol to kill most mortal men three times over, and crawled his way back into the limelight after numerous personal and professional setbacks. I doubt we'll see many of his caliber again.

[@margomason4889]

Dennis was underrated as an actor.

[@helentalia9923]

How was he underrated if he's considered one of the most credible Anerican actors who held a long career.

[@margomason4889]

@@helentalia9923 when people say, "Who is Dennis Hopper?"

[@TL....]

wow, he passed away in 2010 i did not know that

[@killmore75]

Me 2 : (

[@rickmontgomery3037]

Honestly me neither :(

[@williammoody6600]

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO DENNIS TWICE . NICEST, MOST REAL GUY IN THE WORLD. JUST AS YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

[@davidburkholder7360]

Carson was an exceptional communicator. Most folks don't even know what communication is but talking to someone might be 1/20th and listening might be 1/20th and there is much more to it. Carson was so exceptional in the subject of communication that no talk show host has ever come close. I don't know what is happening today (well actually I do) but there is such a lack of ability that any one person could swoop in and take over late night. Not Letterman (terrible communicator) or Leno or anyone in the Liberal Talk Show circuit is worth piss.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Amen

[@markgrove2030]

Letterman had his nites; imo the best follow-on to Johnny. But you are RIGHT on re all these guys today. Different & LESSER era frankly...

[@sherricoffman]

SIMPLYADORABLE NHILARIOUS 😆 🤣 😂 😹 ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@gamernorcal]

He should have won an oscar for Blue Velvet. I don't think he was even nominated. what a shame.

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Great portrayal; great movie.

[@jennifersman7990]

He was nominated for Hoosiers

[@susannebass1883]

Blessings be upon them 🙏🙏🙏

[@only1muppet]

I loved his character in Water World, very underrated film.

[@zokitchvlog]

God bless 🇺🇸 🎉😊

[@TimMonbrod]

I liked Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider ‼️📽️🎥🎞️🍿🧂🥤🌟🌟🌟

[@superorangeish]

"hey man, I saw something,but I didn't see it working here"...(UFO talk around the campfire)

[@user-cs6up8eq7s]

I remember watching this the night it premiered

[@rooly0811]

Johnny was great.

[@optimalintelligence3413]

Loved him in Speed

[@artmonk8576]

very near the top of the madman hellraiser hierarchy in show business.

[@jennifersman7990]

….and he lived to tell the tale!

[@joecrawford172]

The deafening silence at Dennis's praise of Sean Penn is uncomfortably telling.

[@jamesblatchford3738]

Telling of what?

[@kamuelalee]

Awesome interview.

[@johnbeechy]

1:04// true story about the making of the remake of Hopper's Barry Seal movies. Tom Cruise made 'american made' and one of the planes he was using ended up crashing. literally he got off, from the plane, and it took off one last time. // Hopper was right. some planes just should not have been flying // thanks for the upload

[@FirstThief]

When Danny said he liked Johnny’s speech 🥹

[@ultrakool]

Hey, man, what are you doing? Come over here, I gotta talk to you man. Hey man, everything that we ever dreamed of is in that teardrop gas tank and you got a stranger over there pourin' gasoline all over it. All he's got to do is turn and look over into it, man, and he can see that...

[@kato64]

I love that movie.

[@ultrakool]

@@kato64 maybe luke askew wanted to break out some of that cash and get himself a groovy dinner 🤔😆

[@mediascribble]

No talk show hosts today have the gravity Johnny had with his guests. It's hard to explain, but Johnny and the guests were usually stars talking amongst themselves.

[@Cyber_Cowboy]

I knew it couldn't be but the thumbnail look like Jordan Peterson

[@senior_ranger]

Blue Velvet is the most frightening movie I ever saw!!

[@sherricoffman]

MuchLoveLoves ❤ ❤ ❤ LoveChick ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@mikeodonnell6799]

double crossed is good

[@nicoledotson1605]

Thanks but I do have one 😊

[@abstraction6212]

If Dennis was still alive i wonder how hed feel about the new Mario movie

[@sherricoffman]

LOL ✔ 😆 🤣 😂 😹 ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Finally

[@carlosporras816]

Bad not to have the complete interview

[@Casa.dos.Orixas]

ARITANA DE OXÓSSI 🌵💚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️

[@backwashjoe7864]

Dennis reminds me of another actor or character, by sound of his voice mostly, but I can't figure out who.

[@jamesblatchford3738]

Rod Sterling?

[@nkt1]

Bill Paxton?

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Sean Penn

[@markgrove2030]

@@jamesblatchford3738 Hmm he DOES have the cadence of Serling, just not the deeper voice. Good call tho...

[@francisalanwormald6328]

TWO SELF CONGRATULATING SPECIMENS...WENT OK...

[@JoeKoOhNo]

Cynic.

[@francisalanwormald6328]

@@JoeKoOhNo MY E-MAIL HANDLE BEGINS= "CYNIC"...YOU PERCEPTIVE! I KNEW YOUR GRANDAD TONTO. BEWELL

[@Rayoscope]

Surprised to hear that Easy Rider was shot in 1967...very early, almost too early for the film to have that blasé, burnt-out, "fin de siècle" sensibility.

[@johndoe-ln4oi]

Did he know he was Owen Wilson's biological father at this point?

[@jim007]

No he isn't

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

Johnny is showing his class worshipping problem. He said we (some) thought he would have faded by now. I can't see him saying that to an actor type he liked.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Hopper had wildly self-destructive periods and rebelled against Hollywood for decades. Many actors who lived for the business never managed a mainstream comeback like his. That's not class worship, it's Carson knowing the ecosystem.

[@kato64]

Do you know what Dennis Hopper’s life was like before his 80s renaissance? By the late 70s he was an alcoholic, drugged-out mess, who’d pissed away a very promising career. Carson’s comment has nothing to do with “class worshipping”. Many people assumed Hopper would burn out. Then he surprised them all, by sobering up, and resurrecting his career with a huge comeback in the 80s and onward.

[@TheRoidemortetfleur]

@@kato64 Welcome to the Joe Biden 70s.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Excellent Comment of the Month!

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

@@kato64 Uh, Apocalypse Now. 1979.

[@easygame7955]

RIP, HOP, you are missed...

[@advancedtv1110]

Johnny Carson's voice wasn't deep anymore at later age 🤔

[@WegraX]

King Koopa!