Peter O'Toole on Letterman, April 18, 1983

Taped the week before, April 11. O'Toole's first appearance on the show. It took a while for him orient himself, not certain where he was, what day it was, and who Dave was.

[@etfbit]

I've watched this 100 times at random times, to get regrounded from the dystopian world of 2023 - please never remove these clips, they'll be needed even more in 2123

[@HassanFahad]

Samee, watching this for probably the 50th time in the past ten years

[@carriebautch9382]

❤❤❤❤❤❤2024

[@simonchristie4117]

Amen

[@simonchurch.]

Yeah that shite still going on in 2024

[@linenlacepatchwork]

The magnificent Peter O’Toole on asked about exercise, “The only exercise I take is walking behind coffins of friends who took exercise”. It’s shameful that he never won an Oscar for so many memorable performances but for me his portrayal of Lawrence was mesmerising. RIP

[@user-xo4vc9wd3u]

Lo boicottavano. Almeno tre Oscar....ma 🤷 è stato un attore memorabile e mastodontico. È stato un istrione. È stato un attore favoloso. Ha sofferto molto perché meritava. Ha sofferto. Ma non è stato dimenticato 😊 riposare in Pace ☮️ maestro. Baci 💋 Dalla mia ITALIA 🌸

[@Springbok314]

It amazes me that O'Toole lived as long as he did.

[@dirtysanchez941]

I'm 54 yrs old and have enjoyed Peter for many years. He is just the coolest man ever. Ever! My dad always called him, Tooter O'peel.

[@hansesa4586]

There has never been and there never will be a more classy, sophisticated, booze-addled gentleman as O'Toole was.

[@azynkron]

They had a good run Burton, Harris, Reed and O'Toole. Among them they downed some 12 bottles a day. And they were still classy.

[@rsd338]

richard harris gave him a good run

[@loremipsum7471]

Dean Martin the American/Italian booze-addled gentleman

[@rsd338]

lorem ipsum amen

[@Kaiserbill99]

Dean Martin acted a drunk but was not in fact a drunk.

[@Morgana888]

Sir Peter should have won many Oscars. He's wonderful!

[@watchtellyinuk]

He was never knighted!

[@jezebeljones659]

@@watchtellyinuk True, he wasn't, just as he never on an Academy Award for any one great performance. Someone on this forum has observed that he was too good for an Oscar -- and indeed he was!

[@jezebeljones659]

Or maybe they said the Oscar wasn't good enough for him. Either way, I agree!

[@annaritaranalli1791]

What a shame robert r

[@Kurskij]

And yet he most definitely won in life (and the life).

[@charlierosenthal1889]

How to be a hooligan and a gentleman simultaneously. Peter O’Toole.

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

Well said

[@ernestolombardo5811]

It's inspired and insightful gems like this one that keep me coming back into the comments section.

[@franksullivan1873]

Some people just embrace the absurdity of life with a good pint….maybe several pints and a good laugh at it all.

[@funkenstien1155]

A sharp tongue and a quick wit goes far.

[@carriebautch9382]

❤❤❤❤

[@kaysloan2787]

What an utterly charming, delightful person was Peter O'Toole! I could watch this many times over.

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

Aside his immense style, dignity and presence, I love that he calls out to Hiram Bullock on guitar. Hiram is indeed amazing. Speaks to Mr, O’Toole’s ear for music.

[@mrmike743]

An absolute FUCKING legend. My gosh what I would've given to be young and to hang out just a few nights with a young O'Toole, Harris,and Reed out on the town

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Count me in!

[@franswa455]

@@martinmcdonald4207 I'm in

[@robbhahn8897]

You couldn't have handled it

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

You would have lasted not half an hour

[@JF-NYC-NJ-Girl]

And Michael Caine!!

[@JFK1180]

Master actor. A man of elegance, wit and intelligence. A man of solid calibre. One hell of a dude in general!

[@watchtellyinuk]

You mean an alcoholic?

[@JFK1180]

@@watchtellyinuk Yes, that too. But if you want to define a man’s life in total with one sentence like that. Go ahead.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

So handsome and talented...but he ruined his health

[@lydialas8756]

@Hello How are you doing dear

[@JFK1180]

@@lydialas8756 very well. 🥁🥁

[@clintleffingwell8129]

Every clip I see with Peter O'Toole makes me want to go have a pint with good friends. What an absolutely marvelous actor and guest he was.

[@ResistanceQuest]

It must really be something to have that long a life's worth of memories, stories, laughs, thrills, honors, and experiences in one's head, to be at that age surrounded by admiration and accomplishment, and yet to be able to look back on everything and laugh, to not be burned out, to have so many stories to choose from and yet to be easygoing and understated. The definition of class.

[@624radicalham]

that age? He was only 49 here lol

[@AndreaKollo]

Booze was his friend but not really his friend ... still, what an amazing actor and raconteur if allowed to just go with it. He was born in 1932 which would make him 51 but your point is made.

[@ckom0007]

“I shan’t win...” I remember seeing this when it was originally broadcast. What an erudite, classy man! They don’t make ‘em like that anymore!

[@edwingomez9308]

it does not get any better than this. A master in the art of living. You are missed Sir Peter.

[@asmodeus0454]

Mr. O'Toole, not "Sir Peter."

[@DippyHippie]

@@asmodeus0454 give me a break!!! Why do you care that someone chose to call him “sir?” Geez!

[@93Jubilee]

Such a charming, delightful sense of silliness and utter respect for other artists. Love him!

[@stelun56]

A truly great man unlike the mediocrities of the present time. He walks on smoking as he passes a 'No Smoking ' sign in doing, so unlike today's stars with their bottled mineral water.

[@alerojas2952]

Smoking is for half-witted bastards.

[@watchtellyinuk]

Except Graham Norton ... no bottled water there!

[@DippyHippie]

Judgmental much?

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

I mean who gives a shit? Two different times. Both had their equal amount of narcissists in their business. Al Martino stole shirts. That don't mean jackshit.

[@ladyinblack7080]

"...but I have a talent for disobedience..." Lol! No matter his so very human faults, O'Toole truly was one of a kind. He's sorely missed.

[@michaelm7]

Class, America please take note this is a gentleman who behaves on stage in front of a camera with class. Peter O Toole an artist who has gifted the world with his craft.

[@DippyHippie]

I wonder why he never got his teeth whitened?😂

[@LadyOaksNZ]

What an extraordinary fellow!! 👏 Wit n wisdom n a brilliant storyteller, and a very sharp mind. Rest Easy. 🙏🙏💯❤

[@lc.c6835]

This man is such a fine actor. He is just being himself. A natural.

[@edwardjtruskyjr1921]

A natural a perfect discription.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@edwardjtruskyjr1921 - discription???

[@robertprice6758]

He's smashed

[@katlover5619]

I HAVE JUST STARTED WATCHING THIS GREAT MAN. AND I AM FALLING IN LOVE.

[@juliedeleon999]

Same here i love peter o tool and omar sharif.

[@danilopodrascanin162]

Letterman is absolutely shocking in this. O'Toole's in the middle of a wonderful story about himself and Harris climbing up a building to see some ladies, Harris is literally left on a cliffhanger and Letterman asks him whether he always wears green socks or not... C'mon dude.

[@dhh488]

I know. Infuriating.

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

I agree, incredibly irritating. The sign of worse things yet to come! If you're interested in the story, I heard O'Toole tell the whole thing in more detail in another interview: when Harris got stuck, they phoned the fire brigade, and the police turned up as well. O'Toole did indeed lean out of the window and shout down at the police that an Irish hoodlum had come to burgle them. Not sure how it was eventually resolved...

[@kaysloan2787]

@@oliverholmes-gunning5372 Thanks!

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

@@spangalang you may be right that the main point of the story was over, but firstly Letterman couldn't have known this, and secondly clearly by looking at these comments more than one person was left hanging without the story coming to a satisfying conclusion. The difference between American chat show hosts like these and actually good ones like Graham Norton is that the latter don't interrupt and change the subject- they let the interviewee take the story to where they want to and if they feel it's fizzling out they make some sort of clever joke to bring the interviewee back on point- they don't just cut across them. In any case, all I was doing was providing the people who also felt that Letterman behaved rudely with the satisfying conclusion they so clearly desired to an interrupted story, since I had heard it elsewhere.

[@Bachback]

Why step on a great story? Why?

[@hang-sangitch]

This is hilarious.. David Letterman had never been exposed to anyone as this mighty character before this..

[@47Brenda47]

Calling him "Sir," and having seen and enjoyed his work definitely helped. I was so glad that they became friends! About 12 years later, when O'Toole, perfectly dressed and groomed, rode the Camel in and then gave him the beer was PRICELESS! indiabright.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/667844956-Good-Morning-Quotes-For-Friends-17.jpg

[@jonkka3]

Guy walks past "no smoking" -sign with cigarette on a holder. Yo!

[@Pow3llMorgan]

Yeah but then on the other hand, they had already put out an ashtray for him :)

[@angieagentlesoul]

Who gives a shit.

[@philipgior3312]

Cool, he was rooting for Newman to win the Oscar for 'The Verdict', which was a great but underrated film and Newman's finest performance.

[@garpfunkel2876]

The Keith Richards of the actor's world.

[@davidlean1060]

If Keith could play like Paco De Lucia that is! O'Toole is a much finer actor than Richards is a guitar player.

[@jessicabernstein5776]

I love the comparison. Neither one gives a damn about how they look..hair all messed up..elegantly wasted...Keith ..not so much. But theyre so damned good at it!!!!

[@YannVDC80]

As O'Toole is older i would rather call Keith Richards the Peter O'Toole of rock

[@vinniemoran7362]

One of a kind. They don't make em like him anymore.

[@AndyP998]

Miss him and Richard Harris so damn much

[@mickeyjwhitman6927]

Vinnie Moran Quite

[@v-town1980]

@nene_ Perhaps in Irish clubs, but the famous acting world is dried up of 'em.

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

Even Brian Blessed admits this.

[@rrock2025]

They don't make comments like this anymore.

[@jenniedevereaux2696]

I always find myself being drawn into this man's eyes absolutely enchantingly, beautiful. Peter Pan ❤️

[@ninaphillips6808]

Love love love this. That voice! Letterman is the perfect foil to his stories. Thanks Dave for bringing a wonderful remembrance of this great man. Love every interview with him. A treasure

[@dongiller]

Here are all of his and Richard Harris’s appearances on Dave - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX_ad5uCd9d2m7c

[@ninaphillips6808]

Thanks Don. I never get tired of watching them. A special insight and friendship with Dave of a private and guarded of his personal life genius of an artist. So glad that they made the connection. Adore Mr O Toole !

[@ninaphillips6808]

Thanks again can watch these over and over

[@NxDoyle]

It's a crying shame that Peter O'Toole never won an Oscar. He was nominated eight times and eventually received an honorary award. The year he was nominated for My Favorite Year, Ben Kingsley won for Gandhi. But check out the other nominees: Paul Newman, Jack Lemmon and Dustin Hoffman. In World Cup soccer terms, that's a definite "group of death".

[@oobrocks]

Peter "only" won a lifetime Oscar...he was amazing actor!

[@robertsteveson3497]

Looking dishevelled but still class. IAM HERE .

[@angieagentlesoul]

I can't stay up all night binge watching him and pals, Oliver, Burton, Harris..but if I must, I must.

[@47Brenda47]

Thank you so very much for posting this, Don Giller. I watch it over and over! (I love it when he says "He's a bad man!")

[@annaoneal4709]

Peter O’Toole is my all time Favourite Actor! There was only one, so glad I grew up knowing his work.

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Goes to show humour and intelligence go hand in hand.

[@47Brenda47]

Yes.

[@47Brenda47]

Well I can't figure out what this is a reply to, but thanks anyway, Dan Cowan. I hope you are having a wonderful night!

[@edwardwilson6775]

So do cigarettes and alcohol 😂

[@andym28]

Not always in the USA, with the greatest of respect.

[@normadesmond6017]

Well, he live his life the way he wanted to. He had every right to, like we all have. His choice. And his alone.

[@APRIL2862]

The Ruling Class ahead of its time, WOW! What a film, I saw the 1st uncut version and people were complaining to the manager of the theater about the content of the film. I still strongly recommend everyone see this film. Peter should of gotten the best actor award, his performance was beyond anything anyone has even done today! His best work!

[@rsd338]

no way....didnt work ....too macabre....somewhere in his head he thought he was rocky horror...he is rocky nightmare in this film....

[@terr777]

April Mae I'm with you kid! He was playing a paranoid schizophrenic...with song and dance thrown in. You either appreciate dark comedy or you don't. But seeing him do the Varsity Drag alone makes this an incredible performance. His delivery of some pretty complex dialogue is a thing of beauty. Great film! Great cast.

[@davidkrebs1853]

rsd338 Well aren't you the delicate daisy! Too scarums for baby?

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

rsd338 You must consider him to have been clairvoyant, as RHPS was released three years later in 1975. He truly was ahead of his time.

[@JoanneLight]

Just watched it. Remarkable. I agree his performances was beyond spectacular.

[@moncorp1]

To have spent a night on the town with O'Toole, Richard Harris and Peter Finch. Man the story you could tell.

[@samuelclemens1691]

moncorp1 I suspect, when you finally wake up in a prison cell, you'll wonder how you ended up there.

[@samuelmorse784]

You left out Richard Burton you bastard!

[@edwardjtruskyjr1921]

Welcome one, not only a very unique human to ever live and also one The finest actors to grace a stage.

[@flanplan5903]

The newborn kid that he mentioned here, that was born on Saint Patrick’s Day, is now grown and he has become an actor himself-he’s on Sons of Anarchy. To those who I have made feel old by this statement, I’m terribly sorry.

[@flanplan5903]

The kid’s name is Lorcan…

[@maryeliason1504]

Classy, talented, gifted man. I will love him ♾️ forever..

[@pkel2003]

"How are you?" "Interesting." POT was a class act.

[@linengray]

This is just pure Peter O'Toole. He stopped drinking in the mid 70's.

[@Laneykl4lyf]

But replaced alcohol with drugs lol

[@Cryptic0013]

What an absolute legend.

[@lee-qz7bd]

Ah........they don't make em like that any more..........charming, loveable mess ...... I'm so enjoying watching his interviews

[@47Brenda47]

I have probably watched this one 20 times. I'm so sorry I've only just now discovered what a true gentleman he was. I knew he was funny, but he was also very, very smart!

[@jenniferholden9397]

Back when people had a personality.

[@rogerchoate8899]

Likewise.

[@harrytd]

I love that sense he gives you of always being on the edge of saying something witty and funny - so that even when he says something mundane it comes out as seemingly profound wit. They don't make 'em like that anymore!

[@jacobbegley5026]

Aye

[@claudioperotti9439]

He made compliment to Hiram Bullock! Classy and even gifted of finest taste in music!

[@msidd6484]

Poor, Peter!! This is the third interview I've seen him dishevelled with time and day, on his trips to the United States. Thanks for sharing. Classic interview.

[@evo5dave]

That's what alcohol does to you!

[@howardmccauley7878]

Wonderful human being,pure elegance.

[@kennethcullen1904]

Loved peter what a lovely man and Irish man as it goes.cheers old lord man loved you and only you made me feel better for watching you. GOOD luck will miss you something awful. Yous alleyways Kenneth ❣️☘️🌹🍀👋🍻✍🏻️🙌

[@lozzzbrew6141]

Kenneth Cullen born in Leeds England actually. His Mother was English too.

[@comanchio1976]

He sounds about as Irish as the Queen mother

[@peterlyonify]

His mother was Scottish.

[@maryannfarrell1119]

I do think he was jet lagged and had been drinking, but he was very entertaining.

[@AndyP998]

"oh i had alittle rehersal" i loved peter since saw him on movies 35 years ago

[@michelekett8450]

What a man, drinker or not he was fabulous, The physical effects of alcohol are clear, he was the most beautiful man in his youth, but his mind is as sharp as ever

[@jonhohensee3258]

I admire Dave for the patience he showed. Peter obviously was in no hurry to get his responses or stories out and Dave might have been tempted to be a smart-ass about it. But instead he showed Peter the respect that he deserved.

[@GwynethSleuth]

I was surprised that Letterman didn't show any impatience or make unfriendly comments....

[@deathlibrarian]

Nah, he knows O'Toole is A grade talent and not to be messed with.

[@rlfgarrison]

I don't know what you were watching. Letterman kept interrupting at the worst times. I thought he cut him off during the best stories and would have done well to let the man talk. Maybe they cover fewer points but I much preferred listening to O'toole rather than rushing to another talking point. I guess everyone has their own perspective after.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Thats what is wrong with modern folk, they don`t understand that its good to think before you open your gob. Slow down, take it easy, use your noodle.!

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@martinmcdonald4207 - I agree!

[@InfamousGUNN]

There will ever never be anyone like him God rest his soul thank you Peter! This was pure Gold!😎

[@MrPaddymarley]

What a happy man! Life is good when one is in his right groove!

[@PainInTheS]

What a character. I love the stories of these British/Irish scoundrels..... I have seen many movies and lots of times saw movies that now have me go 'Oh really that was ....so and so in it?' Like Richard Harris in Gladiator and then realizing he was also the lead in 'A man called horse', a movie I saw as a kid and always stuck with me. Same with O'Toole....I immediately associate him with 'Murphy's war', which I also saw as a kid and has eluded me on dvd for a long time.....have to put on some dough and obtain it one of these days. After watching clips of these notorious scoundrels yesterday I ordered that book about them, 'Hellraisers' and the graphic novel version.

[@p4t21ck]

If you could have a beer with anyone, would you choose anyone other than this man?

[@PaulDakers]

he was playing - he knew exactly where he was and what he was doing - a highly intelligent guy!

[@billbergendahl2911]

This man had one hell of a good time while living in this world.

[@NJTDover]

Peter was undoubtedly one of the most charming and pleasant personalities to be around with and certainly the best mate to raise hell in any working-class pub in England or Ireland. Just imagine how many mind-blowing anecdotes he must've taken to the his grave.

[@cstalley]

He was only 51 in this clip. He lived hard.

[@ninaphillips6808]

He still looked so incredibly handsome. A prince

[@robertfish4052]

He walked past the no smoking thing whilst smoking. Classy.

[@georgekovacs9081]

I loved O'Toole in "My Favorite Year" "I am a Movie Star, not an Actor"!

[@GwynethSleuth]

That was one of MY favorites, too! I couldn't stop laughing. And yet, there was some consideration for the "young man" who had to keep him in check. Peter was a marvelous person.

[@maryannfarrell1119]

Wish he was still with us. Thank God we have his films.

[@shanehowell8169]

I recommend it often, mostly because no I know has ever seen it. So many hilarious moments.

[@davidlean1060]

It's a fantastic move! The scene where he is caught peeing in the ladies toilets...'this is for women only'..O'Toole looks down at the old champ and replies, 'so is this, but I have to pass water thru it occasionally'...something like that anyway, it had me in knots!

[@ssnoc]

My Favorite Year ... O’Toole created an aloofness that was so edgy, you just couldn’t take your eyes off of him - 👍

[@cherokeelair9796]

My Favorite Year is one of my favorite movies. Ever.

[@fredferd965]

In later life, Peter O'Toole had become so incredibly Existential that I think he existed completely inside his own mind. Over a period of many years, he had been dealing with super-egos, with incredible thinkers, with great minds of all sorts - all of this became a sort of "norm" to him, and the rest of it, the rest of mundane existence, became no more than sometimes pesky, sometimes amusing, and sometimes irritating background noise. This is not meant in any way as condemnation - he simply slipped into a higher plane, which even he did not understand. Perhaps Oscar Wilde would have understood him.

[@eileendoherty5317]

That's an interesting read on him. Curious as to how you came to it?

[@Hannahxx1971]

He just got older, had learnt more about life, acting and himself and, having a good grasp of the English language was able to express himself better. It depends what interviews you watch...there are ones like this that he was doing in the UK in the 90's, still lighthearted and just a bit of a laugh but also he was invited onto ones that required him to talk in depth about his work, which are obviously going to be more serious. He was always down to earth....as I said, he just got older.

[@NellieFly]

Dork

[@fredferd965]

@@eileendoherty5317 Rolling drunks for a police department....

[@fredferd965]

@@NellieFly kroD.

[@Channel-os4uk]

His tales were always well embroidered... as were nearly all David Niven's, come to think of it.

[@connorferrand527]

Received Pronunciation, it's a wonderful thing.

[@ether_lana3921]

Amazed he lived another 30 years

[@elainelingenfelter6140]

Letterman is sitting next to a legend and he's nervous... No man on the world except Richard Harris. He answers in such an elegant yet child like. A man who lived his life on his terms. I fall in love with men like O Toole like a God!

[@bunjier4041]

My God. Did everyone before the 90s get super drunk before going on live TV talkshows? I keep watching these old interviews and everybody so far has been liquored.

[@domainofthesun4400]

@Ulysses432 no, he's clearly disoriented and bemused at the start (I didn't keep watching because the state he's in makes me sad... Another time maybe)

[@mizzyroro]

What an utterly classy hedonistic man.

[@jessiejames7492]

so gallant and interesting person. most old british actors are...too bad so few of them left. michael caine is one ...love his stories...

[@lizlyons2463]

Except, Jessie, Peter O'Tools is Irish.....

[@garyomalley816]

was he born in Leeds or Dublin he claimed not to know however his sister was adamant he was born n raised in Leeds,England- he was British just like thousands of us with Irish descent

[@ruly8153]

Micheal Caine isn’t in the class of Burton, Harris, O Toole, Hopkins, Finney

[@joshbest24]

I loved his role as Henry II in Becket. R.I.P.

[@lloydcountess2744]

Amazing how someone who has so much trouble getting thoights together can remember lines and turn out such good performances.

[@DD-sr9xm]

It’s fun to watch these interviews in order and see Letterman become enamoured with the man and he steadily growing to like Letterman. It was a sort of great service for posterity that Letterman did interviewing O’Toole and Harris and mine their great resevoir of stories.

[@oliverholmes-gunning5372]

"Oh I had a little rehearsal"... pure class

[@edwardjtruskyjr1921]

A person who is definitely comfortable in his own skin.

[@constantinogotsis7729]

What's your name, and your surname ? Peter is fantastic, he takes all the time to tell a story and Letterman accept the pace of the interview.

[@rsd338]

10 years later and dave would have verbally ripped him apart for that comment

[@47Brenda47]

No I don't think so. Unless you mean in jest. Of course anybody would have to get up the night before to get one over on THAT gentleman(Peter O'Toole)! (Of course that's just my opinion. I don't mean to dis' you!)

[@47Brenda47]

I agree, Ulysses432!

[@47Brenda47]

Will Rogers once said we cannot all be in the parade...someone has to sit and clap as they go by.

[@chipgriffiths3655]

David learned how to interview O'Toole. They both were better for the experience.

[@benprewitt4600]

One thing here that's just amazing is Dave's interview style here, and how he just shifts gears. He's normally a pretty combative interviewer, which is fine: you know going in that he'll throw barbs right back at you. But here, he manages to get Peter O'Toole into a place where he's like clay and he can mold him. It's just amazing. He's not embarrassing him, he's not goading him: he knows that his guest is in a very loquacious mood and is using that. It's the sign of a great host.

[@eileendoherty5317]

Agree. Letterman could read people beautifully. Eccentric he loved, stupidity and phoniness he loathed and he always called it out. He and O'Toole were great together!

[@xandercrosby92]

I find myself coming back to this interview once in a while. What an interesting man

[@anndurcan9540]

Great actor, intelligent man, smoker, drinker, and enjoyed life. So interesting to listen too..a genius!

[@mjb4983]

Peter´s intelligent still shines

[@warrenmcdonald1213]

I swear that both men and women from his time were hewn of such a tough stock, unlike the thin skinned hollow bodies of today. Regardless of what you think of his consumption issues, you cannot deny his spirit.

[@mtlsixshooter]

Well said

[@christophercole6228]

And yet there's an ash tray

[@Bhatt_Hole]

Don't some moderately wise people from any generation always refer to those from the previous generation as "They don't make em like that anymore"? Story as old as time. However, here's the rub... In 30+ years, how much more exponentially pathetic will people have become if they are compelled to speak of today's people with: "They don't make em like that anymore"? That's a scary thought. Worse than today? How is that even possible? ...anything is possible.

[@fragment4784]

@@Bhatt_Hole It's a recurring idea older than stone tablets; which makes one question whether people are actually getting softer. It seems to me more likely that it is merely a matter of perspective and of nostalgia. People remember more of positive aspects of older generations, and fixate on the worst perception of the younger generations.

[@thegrymwolf6360]

Yes they definitely came from tough stock. Peter O’Toole grew up in a time of incredible austerity and through WW2 . I’m sure that gave him a very different perspective on life. A true libertine and avid drinker of brandy!

[@nathanchandler6257]

I had the pleasure to meet this man when I was a kid. If only it could have been when I was older and in a pub

[@lawrence142002]

He actually would go on to appear on Letterman several more times. He seemed to enjoy Dave's sense of humor.

[@you_are_soul]

"You can always tell a real lady... when pissing in the sink she will always move the dishes first" is how I imagine Peter O Toole replying to Dave's 'I wonder if she was there for the same purpose' quip.

[@justTrinidad]

The wall says no smoking and the Legend Peter comes out smoking, thats Legend

[@erikas.4001]

Two of the BEST there ever were! O'toole & Letterman.

[@callenclarke371]

Hillarious little vignette! Peter clearly doesn't have TV in mind in his timing. You kind of have to just let Peter be Peter. Dave is clearly alarmed. Fun stuff!

[@sankha-ch]

This is how the great men were... no wonder people looked up to them and aspired to be like them.

[@judithcorstjens2650]

He is so gorgeous. Hasn't changed with time.

[@john-michaelmyers3162]

The two watches things was unbearably cute

[@elevatorisland]

I like how he gently ignores Letterman.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Such a charming and likeable man.

[@TheWonderStraw]

2:05 "simple sense of frugality" you can tell he grew up in the days of rationing. conserving his lighter fuel. :) Classy gent By the way, the man who won the academy award best actor that year was Sir Ben Kingsley. Though I'm not sure if he had been knighted at that point.

[@getsome4806]

Was patiently scrolling through knowing SOMEBODY had that particular oscar info. ✌🙏

[@gordonm7038]

Paul Newman is amazing in The Verdict. Great movie.

[@brainsareus]

yes!

[@foamrob6577]

"Well I Shant win" I have to add that to my vocab

[@bremCZ]

Sacred Atheist A proper noun contraction? Awesome!