The Etiquette Collection on Letterman, 1982-90

[@taralamppa6529]

Mr. Giller, these uploads are a national treasure! Thank you for the memories. Your hard work and attention to detail is much appreciated!

[@dongiller]

Thanks!!

[@rogertrujillo7423]

The episode with Courtroom Etiquette was the very first Late Night I ever watched. I was hooked. I didn’t get much sleep in high school after that. Thanks for posting these!

[@Paul71H]

I haven't seen a lot of the 1982-1985 Late Night era, other than highlights that were shown on anniversary specials, and clips that I've started watching recently on this channel and on the Letterman channel. And even though I was a frequent viewer of Late Night from about 1986 or 1987 onward, I never realized just how unbelievably funny Calvert DeForest (Larry 'Bud' Melman) was in the earliest years of the show. The clips in this video from 1982 are some of the funniest Letterman clips I've seen, and it's largely due to DeForest's, um, let's say "unique" acting style. I get the sense that he probably had no idea why people found him so funny. Thanks, Mr. Giller, for posting this wonderful collection!

[@dhpbear2]

Don, thanks SO much for these! Larry Bud always gets me in hysterics!

[@rhesreeves5339]

You're doing God's work sir. I'm glad it all exists. Couldn't be better.

[@elizabetha.1171]

Brought back memories of late nights during my childhood, Dave was our favorite. 😁😄👍

[@mb333x2]

Thanks for all the work you put in those videos Mr Giller, it's much appreciated

[@dongiller]

Thanks!!

[@CJ-uo5cl]

@@dongiller yes thanks! Where oh where did you dig these up? Many great memories and still funny!

[@dongiller]

CJ They’re all from my collection. There are some links in my “About” page in this channel that gives some back-story to it.

[@AaronEddieHYo]

@@CJ-uo5cl I have always wondered this about all past things. Are we just lucky some people have, say, every single episode of Walker Texas ranger taped on vhs??

[@jedblaugrund597]

Great stuff. Thank you! "Tatter-tots" remains one of the funniest things I've ever heard, Letterman or not.

[@JonBlondell]

It's so cool to see these after a hundred years, thank you!!

[@Skibble5150]

Classic compilation. Greatness from Dave and Don Giller... Don for doing the archiving awesomeness this material truly deserves. Great stuff Don! Watched hundreds of hours of your posts. Brilliant presentation! Peace from Montreal.

[@dongiller]

Thanks!!

[@iankane2512]

OMG I am in Heaven watching these. It really brings me back. I think these etiquette tips were the best part of Letterman's show.

[@nathanworthington4451]

Heres an etiquette tip: Under no circumstances should one use the word "literally".

[@therevolutionii7350]

@@nathanworthington4451 he never

[@greghaledjian7926]

Joseph

[@Tordogor]

Megathanks for posting this comprehensive collection!!! 🤣👍

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

I've been saving this one for a rainy day. So good.

[@cricket555]

This stuff is timeless lol.. I loved these eps when I was a kid, and it still punches.

[@ggeimer]

I have been looking for ‘Lifeboat Etiquette’ for years. I finally searched ‘Larry Bud Melman’ and found your etiquette mix. Thank you. My son is doing a project on choosing survivors on a lifeboat for a college assignment.

[@johncunningham9908]

Great show,before he became just another Democrat mouthpiece bashing President Bush. MY president...don't entertainers see that they stand to lose 50% of their demographic the minute they start bashing either party? I truly loved this show,so thanks for putting these collections together.

[@derekgiesbrecht1554]

Vintage stuff! Well done, bringing these memories back

[@NoahSpurrier]

Larry “Bud” Melman (Calvert DeForest) was a legend.

[@foulweatherworks7831]

I am dying, he's hilarious

[@ahmadkwaik6310]

Beautiful videos mr don giller truly original no need to explain or interrupt nicely done

[@v8vrooooom]

This is a big one!! Much thanks on your hard work with these compilations!!!!

[@carrrexx7190]

That's what they said.

[@LivLaRaj]

YES! This one is a must! Thank you, sir!

[@edwardnavedo9682]

"Late Night" was my favorite talk show of all time. Dave and Conan. It was like the renegade talk show.

[@punkbastid973]

Larry Bud's genius lives on. Love these.

[@richardadamson8312]

We are all in your debt, Mr. Giller. Many thanks.

[@DJRitty]

Chris Elliott LAUGHING was the funniest thing about this LMAO hahaha omg I was dying cuz you can HEAR him giggling too! He even tried to nudge LBM with his elbow beforehand hahaha

[@saucers79]

He must have forgot he was miked up during that car buying sketch.😂

[@cascadiauploader8130]

2:01:32 LMAO @ Larry Bud immediately launching into a speech about the treatment of turkeys in factories, so good

[@daniel.j9062]

Letterman moved himself in a tiny mobile studio at the back of the first taxi and having a steak and a glass of wine with it was epic lol

[@user-ik4xq9hm1x]

Larry Bud hyperventilating with his face covered in leeches on a plane 😂😂😂😂😂 master class!

[@BELMUR911]

What a masterpiece.

[@jewelzb1402]

I miss Letterman and the late night shows that were actually funny and entertaining.

[@djdon60]

`nice, to see Mr. Mulligan, as always! Oh-and, Ms. Markoe!

[@shirleypena4133]

I have been looking forever for the segments where David Letterman would answer viewer's mail in person. That was HILARIOUS! The segment that I'm especially anxious to find is the one where they got a letter from a young boy who was complaining about all the shoes his older sister owned. Sure enough, Letterman showed up (unannounced) to the kid's home and proceeded to invade the girl's bedroom (with her kid brother grinning ear to ear) and started pulling out ALL the girl's shoes, while the film crew sat on her bed! When the girl got home and found out what was happening it was one of the funniest things I have seen in all of my 63 years, lol!

[@dongiller]

This’ll refresh your memory: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ-3oZ9qgt16j8k

[@redshiftexperiment]

Just realized Randolph the cab driver was Gerald Mulligan! He was great!!

[@makeadifference4all]

Those early days on NBC were the best for Letterman. Everything was new and fresh, the band really rocked as a small ensemble, and the relatively tiny studio put the audience right in front of Letterman where he could feed off their raucous energy. The CBS show was too big in every sense, and it weighed him and his comedy down.

[@FromTheRoomOfLittleEase]

Dead on in all regards.

[@davidwilliams5749]

I was a die-hard Letterman watcher, but the move to CBS destroyed the show, and not slowly.

[@steveglass8906]

After the first show, I told my girlfriend that I believed this guy would be around a while. He's still here, and we're still together.. 41 years.. Ha! Love Dave

[@ucntcit]

unless you were too young and didn't catch the show until it was on cbs then you would've had no idea what the nbc show was like and could only judge it on its merits at the time. this was my situation. after watching these nbc shows i'd say the later cbs stuff was a more mature kind of thing. still funny though.

[@carolinebowers9800]

Tell kbbkukuiytyyiylulllutuilloooo

[@bettyveronica9880]

Thank you for this!!! Great memories of late nights! I remember in college, I had an Oral Interpretation class, and I literally read some of Dave's etiquette. The prof wrote, "Interesting selection". 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewalt6060]

I thought Calvin as Kenny the Gardener was a high point, but I think he's even better here. The way he derails bit after bit is just the best.

[@rickdack1197]

Larry Bud just kills me! So unintentionally funny!

[@co11in89]

Calvert equals instant like.

[@Vejur9000]

It’s weird not to see him in his sneakers. I used to want to dress like Dave when I was a kid. College corporate geek. Classic late night host.

[@wowmachineradio]

I only know a lot of the earliest bits from the Late Night with David Letterman: The Book. Nice to finally see them.

[@dongiller]

You just gave me an idea.

[@wowmachineradio]

@@dongiller I can't wait to see what it is!

[@dongiller]

It’d just build on what you wrote: except for the Opening Remarks, it’d be more videos from the book. Though I’ve already uploaded a few of them (Frank and Fred Collection, They Took My Show Away).

[@timharrod]

@@dongiller You'll have to include the times Dave remarked about the book itself- particularly the sloppy editing.

[@dongiller]

timharrod I could, but... :)

[@ericbrucker]

Genius! Just everything... Genius!

[@DWilliam1]

My college days and early 20’s…miss this stuff.

[@henrysalami7593]

"Dont mind me ill just dance by myself," he says! Haha if he wasnt on show id still say i was in new york

[@NewMessage]

I'm so high, I feel like I'm watching this from the future.

[@mhmrules]

My first experience watching the Etiquette series is the Subway Etiquette.

[@davidsthubbins176]

As if it wasn't funny enough, you've got Larry Bud Melman saying his lines at the wrong time and mispronouncing No Doze and Tater-tots. Thanks Don, for posting stuff from the early episodes! I didn't start watching until 85/86, and only caught a handful of the older episodes during the writers strikes.

[@jimmyholloway8527]

So glad they showed that there was actually a plate of donuts backstage. Of all the busted gags in the bit, they made damn sure to have a nice variety of donuts.

[@user-ik4xq9hm1x]

Everyone thinks Calvert was just reading cue cards, but that was Larry Bud, it was part of the act just like his genius lack of timing. He had to have at least been a vaudeville star at some point and the rest was just way over our heads!

[@dongiller]

Pretty much off from the start. He was indeed just reading cue cards.

[@Eljefe003]

Best cab advice ever! Sure assure a great experience. Uber’s too!

[@savannahm4367]

I have developed such a huuuuuge crush on Letterman!!!!💙💛💙💛😍😍😍😍😍

[@plissken2156]

48:03 - Notice how Chris Elliott is trying to hold his laughter in after Larry 'Bud' Melman's "Tatter-Tots" remark.

[@saucers79]

Paul Shaffer too.

[@sherrykreminski4771]

This is great 😂

[@hollygarnish5326]

I think David is recalling his first cab rides in the City. 😉

[@mubd1234]

The courtroom etiquette sketch is dire! The audience were asleep that night. Dave is squirming at every awkward silence...

[@yucasola]

Larry was excellent :-))

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

Taxi Etiquette plays like a 1975 SNL skit.

[@dangerous8333]

Dave doesn't make me laugh, but I still love the guy!

[@theseanlegacy1795]

You must live a very dreary life if Letterman's never made you laugh

[@thegrimyeaper]

1:25:57 Life Boat Etiquette is blowing my mind.

[@metrodonkey8093]

Chris Elliott covering his mouth and turning to try not to laugh at Larry in a couple of those early skits

[@dongiller]

Nobody reads my descriptions.

[@metrodonkey8093]

@@dongiller Sorry - I see, #9 in your list :) ....and 18

[@andyrose5616]

Calvert gave a lot of strange line readings over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like 17:47.

[@dongiller]

Acting!!

[@andyrose5616]

Of a sort...

[@timharrod]

I believe that was borrowed from Jackie Gleason's "petrified/at a loss for words" shtick.

[@realemetic1]

Hilarious!! I didn't pick up the show much before 84 or 85 (Anton Fig year) and I missed a lot of this! I think I remember Talk Show Etiquette from the book....

[@dongiller]

Anton joined the band in ‘86. :)

[@realemetic1]

@@dongiller Ah! I was there for some of Steve's run!

[@QuincyDisneyVegan]

@4:37 😂 this was literally before Walkmans became popular. Nowadays most people get in Ubers with Headphones in their ears

[@dongiller]

Developed in 1979, the Walkman tore through the global market in 1980. So this was after, not before.

[@cornerofthemoon]

The Late Night Show was actually an institution back then and Must See TV for college students. Now it's more of an afterthought.

[@dongiller]

Thus this channel.

[@driftkrinsky6537]

Regarding the end of Airplane Etiquette, do you happen to know what lines were cut off, or other instances of Dave being upset at Pete for a premature applause signal?

[@markjones952]

Gerald Mulligan sighting!

[@timharrod]

Gerard, actually.

[@spuzzlightyeartoo]

Two things (as of now.. I'm still going through these.. 1) That "Hyperventilating" Larry Bud was something I've never seen. Did he do that often during his early appearances? 2) Was "Dave" an actual periodical?

[@lockandloadlikehell]

"Dave", the magazine, was created by RFK Jr. Competed with GQ and Sassy

[@peterlorrequartet6559]

God bless Larry Bud....

[@MookiOnaBean]

I woke up @ 1:00 am watching this😂

[@TerryInUSA]

At 23:51 Larry Bud is behind Dave on the subway car. Then, without a break in the taping or editing, at 23:54 he has changed into someone else and appears soon after farther up in the car. How did they do that?

[@nirv]

What? Larry stays in the same place. Nice eyeballs.

[@christ5783]

Calvert looks like he's grown more hair in the Holiday Entertaining Guide.

[@newfunsandwich6634]

Don, the bum in the subway segment, I'm 99.9% sure is Carl "oldy" Olsen, the Late Night with Conan O'Brien equivalent of Larry Bud.

[@andyrose5616]

The actor’s real name was William Preston.

[@mattfinleylive]

Jumpseats in the NYC cab. -Who knew?

[@wallaceorin7887]

"I'll put daylight right through ya." Bhahahaha

[@christinacascadilla4473]

Should have asked the cab driver where the ducks in the lake go during the winter. I’m only to minute # 7 so far. Still hoping.

[@jenplinguist]

OMG, a young Chris Elliott!! 1:37:00 For some reason I was thinking he was an SNL writer instead of Letterman (were some on both??)

[@dongiller]

Chris was an SNL cast member during the 1994-95 season. Likely a writer as well. But his lasting legacy will always be his eight-year employment on Late Night, 1982 to 1990.

[@jenplinguist]

@@dongiller Never knew he was on SNL! I was out of the country that year!

[@moxica93]

Calvert was not a good actor, but he always approached his parts with such gusto that it was always funny even when the jokes were bombing. Also, it's funny to see that there was someone who could make Chris Elliot break character, too.

[@leoatw9263]

Uuu

[@leoatw9263]

Ciao a tutte KZbin e ti KZbin e mi

[@leoatw9263]

Yuppesco uche un’unica una volta iopy

[@MichelleUS66]

So cool seeing Emperor Palpatine show up at 1:38:10!

[@alexbabcock1880]

2:23:00 what’s the name of the ‘courtroom etiquette’ introduction music?

[@dongiller]

The theme from “Perry Mason” - kzbin.info/www/bejne/roDTqX-XbrWDqtE

[@alexbabcock1880]

@@dongiller omg thank you ❤️❤️❤️ never heard it but it is a beautiful piece

[@saucers79]

Letterman had the greatest comic timing ever. Melman somehow had the second best and the worst.

[@EVzipper48]

Tatter Tots! 😂😂😂

[@davidcartmell2141]

THE BEST manager England never had goodnight god bless " Big Head "

[@jacksonjack7838]

55:00 Some Nose Dose. lol No Doze* and for a second it sort of maybe looked like a bag of cocaine.

[@nickmurphy5960]

48:02 Chris Elliot laughing

[@doctorjingles]

"A dead guest is a dull guest."

[@Tobbetejj]

I do hope death does look like Calvert

[@KrazeeClark]

Social distancing from the way back machine. 51:38

[@leonardstilwell1894]

51:53 ... finest fake scream in late-night history.

[@kjkiefcakes1847]

Hey Don, was bud ever really on Hollywood Squares?

[@dongiller]

There’s a clip of him “hosting” it for just a minute or two.

[@miked4377]

82 84 best letterman and larry "bud"..

[@gilwood7530]

If just one person on late night was as funny as Dave was ...we'd be ok ! Ok, CONAN you win ...but what happened to all the fun in the world ?

[@hobbygamer6220]

What is that song PETER FATOVITCH is playing, generic Italian scene background music titled, theyll use for Italian movies and shows. I always wonder the titles of these generic background songs theyll use for film and such, ethnic and/or otherwise. The SPANISH.one too oh yes, im sure Steve Martin played it on guitar on the THREE AMIGOS. SOMEONE did ! WHAT ARE these song TITLES, please ? 😶

[@dongiller]

Maybe you’re thinking of “Lady of Spain.” - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4eQoJpth5WUeLs

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@dongiller nope. it's a energetic strumming a generic spanish riff on a guitar one might picture those senoras dancing and clicking those clickers to. riff parts of the tune cut with a note below. I'm pretty sure one of the three amigos strums it in three amigos when the criminals are offset for a time. the generic and stereotype nature of the tune is comical. I've heard it many times before. first tree in the wizard of oz says she was hungry ! then a higher pitched "she was hungry" mock state. who did that ? who did the MAIN tree would be good too for that matter. little fail tune waa waa waa waaaaaaa. Zack Wolf gave me THAT answer. you know it actually has a name ?! these sorts of questions just pile up in my mind, over time. I love Lawrence Welk. too bad Dave never had HIM on. did he ? thanks man

[@dongiller]

He didn’t. What’s throwing me is Pete Fatovich. He always played “Lady of Spain” on his accordion in the control room. But you’re now referring to the classical guitar. Maybe this? “Malagueña- kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5yWn2CLhp5-ibs

[@hobbygamer6220]

@@dongiller that's gotta be it 🤘 THANKS MAN ! and WHAT IS this generic Italian tune Peter is playing on his accordion by the cab ? thisd be 2 ancient questions in my mind answered in the same day. thank you !

[@rogerleblanc5064]

Notice Chris Elliott losing it at 1:05:03.

[@jacksonjack7838]

2:03:30 Ye, Zoom in and get Cindy Lauper out of that shot, she aint talkin. Seems like a mistake in hindsight. 2:09:17 Doctor My Eyes, Im Surprised I caught that one.

[@dariawells7438]

I remembered having a HUGE crush on Paul Shaffer as a pre-teen and now I see why. So cute!

[@carrrexx7190]

Michael Shannon as David Letterman.

[@jacksonjack7838]

2:41:00 Did that guy really leave his wallet? lol

[@danielpoitras1858]

missing 'Classroom Etiquette' sept 13, '83

[@dongiller]

That’s because it wasn’t “Classroom Etiquette.” It was “Back-to-School Tips.” Someday you’ll get better at trolling. Best to just continue using videos from other channels without acknowledgements.

[@spartanx5806]

grew up with dave and carson..the best..nothing good after that...

[@alexbabcock1880]

1:34:00 😭😭😭😭

[@googelle7555]

1:40:40 🤣🤣🤣 🥰

[@jaybrown8164]

😭🥳😭