Fan Request: Dave Buys A Round Of Drinks For An Entire Bar | Letterman

Fan Friday Request:
“Do you have the time Dave bought a round of drinks for the audience? I remember thinking that was so cool
-Marie Boyle, Philadelphia”
(From "Late Night," air date: 3/25/86)
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[@oldgroucho2203]

I think it was 2007, me and 4 of my friends were having late afternoon drinks outside of a downtown Muncie Indiana bar. David Letterman, Harry and 2 other men came walking down the street. Ball State had just dedicated their new communications building to him that day and he was checking out the revitalized downtown, he was also checking out " David Letterman alley" we had dedicated to him after Indiana refused to rename I 465 for him. He walked up and talked to all of us, took some photos and then said "excuse me folks, Im going to run in and use the restroom real fast". then he came back out, said goodbye. After he was gone, our bartender came out and said " David Letterman just laid $500 on the bar and said you all and the one guy inside eat and drink for free today." The man is a saint in our eyes to this day.

[@joadbreslin5819]

I find clips like this eminently more entertaining than just about any clip from any late night show airing today. Dave at this point in his career was the undisputed king. No other host at his/her peak from any era can rival this.

[@danielrice7234]

Well said "J to the oad"

[@edub9930]

Today's late night is unbearable. Not too mention unfunny & unwatchable 😫

[@ontologicallysteve7765]

Wow, that bartender had been doing it since 1951. Just imagine how much the world changed during that time. Amazing. Makes me wonder what became of not only his life, but all of the patrons who just so happened to have been there on that day. I love videos like this. Fragments of an ever fleeting history...

[@plaws0]

Unless you were, say, 22 then and it seems just like yesterday ... and people who had been in the workforce since 1951 were ... you know ... a lot of people. And then you get sad and wonder where all the years have gone ... 😊😂🤣😢😢

[@sayeager5559]

I tended barr for 8 years and have a months worth of crazy stories. I imagine that guy could have wrote a couple books.

[@mandoluva]

This segment was a snapshot of history in itself. Budweiser on tap at a NYC business crowd bar!

[@rha101]

As soon as the bartender said, "John Boyle" Dave knew the piece was golden.

[@LivLaRaj]

recently went down an NBC Letterman wormhole and just yesterday thought I haven't seen this Hurley's segment since I first caught it 35 yrs ago!

[@trenthm]

That was amazingly free-form. I can’t believe how well Dave did keeping that all together

[@squinkque]

I remember this episode when it aired. Very cool. I bet those wings were awesome. They don't make guys like John Boyle anymore.

[@keeponrollin7922]

hell no they don't,was just thinkin that good ol john boyle.

[@tylerzero7033]

Mid to late '80s was the best era of Late Night

[@nitedreamer23]

without a doubt.

[@plaws0]

This Is Television. I need to get the end credit music on a loop that I can just play allllll day long.

[@WKRPinCINN]

“Can’t hear ya!” 6:01 - total New York

[@rockturtleneck]

I remember watching this when I was in college. Hurley's was a great bar, I went there a few times back in the day. It's probably a J. Crew now.

[@kaiwilliams1613]

It’s actually still a bar, though I haven’t been. Cocktail bar called pebble bar.

[@artanisknarf]

Actually Magnolia Bakery is on that corner now.

[@kaiwilliams1613]

@@artanisknarf Actually they both are.

[@criticalmass613]

A little piece of history

[@sodea13]

the guy at 2:25 looks like he is Ryan Goslings dad

[@jerzeyguy71]

one wing Dave? wow come on, such a tease! A raising my glass for John the bartender who I am sure has passed on...

[@jacoscofield5150]

Love you Dave !

[@michaelparks6120]

Made me smile !!

[@charlesanderson1855]

What a legend.

[@monkeymonkgaming5013]

Norm MacDonald waves to the camera at 9:35 minute mark

[@3rdDimensionV4]

I was thinking that, too.

[@Meng4Now]

John is an absolute legend! I wanna go to Hurley's! 🍻

[@vanessawhitneypro]

I think he's passed away, yes? What a FANTASTIC New Yorker!

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Back then all those drinks wouldn't have cost that much. You won't see this done today by any late night host. 😅

[@3rdDimensionV4]

The description says the fan that requested this was Marie Boyle. The bartender was John Boyle. Any relation?

[@redbaron9965]

Please post the Martin Short "Why they won't be on the Late Show" clip! Thank you!

[@RoxStar1968]

I always assumed most of these remotes were pre-taped but this seems to actually have been live?

[@allendracabal0819]

It was live, as were most segments where Dave is at his desk interacting with people who are outside the studio. They usually taped the show starting at 5:30pm.

[@vanessawhitneypro]

I miss the late night folks just having interactions (on set or on location) with average folks... Stars Schmars... Here's to PEOPLE.

[@edub9930]

I agree. Now all the late night hosts do is kiss celebrity a**. Dave was the opposite of that 👍

[@pauljohnson3792]

Knew it was an old clip when I saw people smoking in the bar.

[@leskfan1277]

Wow. This is from 1986. The people in NYC bars nowadays would look nothing like the people in the bar 35 years ago.

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

I miss these day….

[@awylatt]

wonder what that guy with the sign is all about @9:58

[@petewhite85]

Love it. Thanks.

[@NicholasMoreau]

Who was the guy at the end, with the wooden sign with a maple leaf?

[@swrennie]

All that build-up and no chimey-ball guy? Now I know how my wife feels...

[@DB-po8rs]

Ah yes, back when tv was entertaining.

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

Hilarious how Dave asked the female page's name and called the guys "you" 😂

[@mazena.s.3387]

I didn’t know joe Pesci worked as a bartender in the 80s 😂😂😂

[@JBOsurf]

Can you please upload - how many guys in gorilla suits can fit into an eyeglass store. Thank you.

[@chiefscheider]

More proof that 80s hair and clothes were the worst 😁

[@mrabrasive51]

Back when white people could drink and smoke in a bar!..good times!🍺🍸

[@hobbygamer6220]

QUIT ASKING PEOPLE WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVINK FKme 😖

[@allendracabal0819]

They can't hear you in 1986.

[@hobbygamer6220]

@Chad Melonite still a good point though