New Halloween Costumes on Letterman, Oct. 23, 1985

[@prettynikky2097]

Thank you soooo much for posting this! I was the little girl who was dressed as the Statue of Liberty and I have been searching for a clip of this for years. A friend found it for me today. Gratitude and a million thank yous.💛✨

[@dongiller]

Excellent!!

[@dongiller]

"I love it but I won't eat it." You were so cute!

[@prettynikky2097]

😂 thank you! We improvised our lines and I remember my mother coaching me before I went on and telling me to speak loudly. And I did. Lol I was 5 years old then. I'm 38 now. Wow. I'm still in shock that we found it. I've watched it so many times. Lol

[@prettynikky2097]

Thank you again.🙏

[@metrodonkey8093]

did you keep the treat til you could have coffee?

[@PerryWhyte]

I love that the bank teller booth had a slot for the treats.

[@markbrazis5444]

Yes, hilarious!

[@tommy1138]

For those of you who grew up with Kimmel, Colbert and Fallon as your only late night choices, THIS is what comedy television used to be. Instead of ranting about a President five nights a week, hosts used to actually keep things light and fun to take your mind off of politics. Hosts and writers used to try to make the audience laugh and have fun, instead of doing a mean-spirited monologue and kneeling down to vapid celebrity guests.

[@dmiller1000]

You are mostly correct here - but notice in one of the other comments there is already a reference to something here being "inappropriate". Apparently it is only appropriate to rank on Trump and any other conservative entity. As for the vapid celebrity guests, that is not really new - Carson devolved into it when he moved to CA in 1972. Can you believe the low ratings these late night shows now get, and that the networks seem to be happy with? Each one of them averages less than 2 million viewers in a country of 340 million people? Why do advertisers even support these shows at this point?

[@christrek1027]

Mega mega dittos!!!!

[@jeffclement2468]

Actually it's only 4 nights a week. And every 3 weeks, they get a vacation. 🙄

[@BBBCanada1]

I’ve remembered this one since it first aired because of the impersonator of Elvis impersonators. Thanks for the memories.

[@markbrazis5444]

I thought the Ginsu knives costume was going to bomb, until the joke paid off at the end.

[@mattwalker1135]

That last kid was adorable.

[@straycatttt2766]

I believe her name is Jocelyn. I recognize her from the same sketch from another video maybe a couple years later. I’m guessing she’s the daughter of a staff member.

[@dariawells7438]

It's really interesting to note that Paul says take a shave and Norm Macdonald has joked that his father said take a shave. Must be a Canadian thing, although as a Canadian I've never heard it before.

[@kevinbuja4373]

I never got to watch Letterman, I was usually working 15:00-00:00, or 00:00-07:00. Thanks for these.

[@EDKguy]

I so miss these!

[@KarstensCreationsKC]

"OK...Try and cheer up" .... that last little girl was adorable

[@karstenfuglsang1638]

U betcha for sure haha

[@zephyrproductions9928]

My mom is in this video!

[@johnjohnson3709]

The unique treats are a nice touch!

[@alramone1]

it's amazing I never saw these during their original run

[@straycatttt2766]

Sometimes I forget that he went on air after Johnny Carson so late that I had to go to bed and missed many of the 1980’s shows.

[@PanzerBuyer]

Back when Late Night shows were awesome!

[@dinkmartini3236]

I miss the good ol' days.

[@Vejur9000]

Omg. Statue of a liberty girl, was the cutest thing... ever.

[@jhojnack]

1:18 HYPNOTIZED! 😂😂😂

[@MaryBlanche]

Tarp kid and Walter kid were the same Kid?? 🤔

[@qthelost]

When they did these Halloween segments they would often have kids appear more than once. And some of the kids would come back for Halloween segments in other years like the kid selling the knives.

[@jazzjokesjalopies]

Great stuff Don!

[@cameramanzoomit]

The best part was always the treats.

[@FoxRivers778]

Brett Saberhagen? I was in college when the Royals won their first World Series. And with your set of lovely Ginsu knives ... now how much would you pay. Tainted shellfish girl. Wasn't she the tobacco spit baseball from a different year?

[@qthelost]

I remember the girl in a number of Letterman episodes. She was in other Halloween segments but they used her in other bits too.

[@yasisoufi]

Paul !!!! Noway!!!

[@bfsgman]

Elvis Wade? That's funny. The real life Elvis's wife Priscilla played Jenna Wade on Dallas.

[@wackyworldnews]

oh boy yessss!!!!!!!

[@browserhound]

Killer...Dave rules

[@sandileeberger9063]

Cute🎉

[@johnellizz]

kid really did look like E

[@gallery7596]

Princess Gloria, he said?? Don, have you got that segment posted somewhere, too?

[@dongiller]

Not yet prepared for upload..

[@gallery7596]

Okey-doke. You've done a fantastic job with these already!

[@dontrockwobble]

Wait, unless they also did this on the morning show, wouldn't this have been the fourth year? I actually prefer Paul playing "Spooky" over the opening graphics, but it's surreal not hearing the canned Halloween noises.

[@dongiller]

They also did it on the morning show, which I uploaded.

[@dongiller]

And which will all disappear unless You Tube fixes a bloody mess: Yesterday my channel was attacked with 12 fraudulent copyright violation claims, all from anime-related interests. There is no anime in any of my uploads. None. You Tube is scheduled to remove my channel and account next week unless they make things right. In the meantime, they've shut down my ability to upload anything until this mess is sorted out before next week's shutdown.

[@jjryan1352]

My personal favorite was Walter Matthau. I was hoping the kid would try a voice. The outfit is from the film Pete 'n' Tillie with Carol Burnett I gather. Totally inappropriate because it was a bedroom scene. Might be from Odd Couple though.

[@MissGreenAgain]

It's either referring to "House Calls" (1978) or "Little Miss Marker" (1980), where in both films he's left in his underwear due to a mishap.

[@jjryan1352]

@@MissGreenAgain I always have a good laugh when they cast him in a "romantic" role, as if he has charisma. Talk about suspension of disbelief.

[@jjryan1352]

@@MissGreenAgain Little Miss Marker looks like the best bet. It's on the promo material and the date is closest to this episode.

[@krismoonpie]

Michael Fox?

[@sdne1959]

. That's not *Candace Cameron Bure* (9:15) ...... _is it ??_ Probably not......but her being born in 1976, the 'timeline' COULD (possibly) fit.......I guess...... Whoever she is though, she is absolutely ADORABLE !! .

[@dongiller]

That’s Jocelyn Argento. She made frequent appearances on the show.

[@sdne1959]

@@dongiller . Thank You! But didn't I once see Ms. Bure on Dave's show some other time......or might that have been some other show ?? .

[@dongiller]

@@sdne1959 I haven’t a clue who you thought you saw.

[@larryfine88]

I wonder if people are still using their lifetime guarenteed Ginzu knives.

[@ka-powUSA]

I am !

[@Steve-q6l4v]

I still have some, they,re great