Fan Request: Dave's People's Choice Awards Rant Against CBS | Letterman

Fan Friday Request:
"Awesome work on the channel! So excited Dave has interest in officially releasing this gold.
Here’s a deep cut I only remember seeing when it aired live, and man, it made me laugh so hard.
Dave’s 'People’s Choice’ Rant
January 12, 2004
Dave goes on a rant after noticing the CBS website has a big image of Jay Leno in its online promotion for the People’s Choice Awards (Dave was also nominated.) During the course of the show, the website was updated replacing Leno’s image with Dave’s, and the president of the network called to apologize to Dave on the air.
This incident got a write-up in:
The NY Times
www.nytimes.co...
Thanks!
Sean Bradley"
(From "Late Show," air date: 1/12/04)
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[@murrethmedia]

The thing I love most about Dave is how he stuck with Paul after he got caught stealing office supplies at NBC.

[@brycemcneil4404]

He just wanted anything he could grab fast.

[@saulteanuts-vg8iu]

He sent them all home to Canada. We just got laptop computers, and it's 2024.

[@Mr._Sandman]

What'd he get caught stealing? Was it a consequential amount of things? I have no knowledge of it... (by 'consequential', I mean, did he steal a Xerox and pawn it, or something...) Define 'office supplies'. I'm just curious.

[@saulteanuts-vg8iu]

@@Mr._Sandman It was a joke.

[@murrethmedia]

LOL, sorry. This is just a joke. The real story is Dave left NBC because he didn't get The Tonight Show, but Dave always jokes that he left because Paul was caught stealing and he followed him.@@Mr._Sandman

[@dontrockwobble]

More Dave rants! :) Do you have one circa 1991 of Dave ranting about Disney World? "It's just high school kids in rat suits, drunk"

[@jazzjokesjalopies]

The best part of the show was always this first segment after the monologue.

[@ROOKTABULA]

Putting Leno there in that graphic, especially that prominently, instead of Dave is clearly some corporate shitweasel who got his feels hurt by Dave.

[@HOTD108_]

Woah, woah, woah, you can't blame Conan for that! Don't blame Conan!

[@TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Letterman became Bitter about everything and it hurt his show because of it. He never could beat Leno in the ratings and he hated that.

[@acmcdesign]

Leno had better lead-ins to his show. Letterman didn’t have that kind of network/corporate support.

[@electrojones]

"How are you?" "Oh, you know..." I miss Dave every day. This is such a great YT channel.

[@soapnorm]

Classic CLASSIC Letterman. Absurd & righteous perfection.

[@noahday3874]

Perfect description of Letterman's humor

[@SBb374]

I didn't realize how good this show was until it was replaced with all the Trump/Biden hour long rant shows.

[@gheller2261]

This is why Dave was and always will be the best at what he did.

[@papayacatproductions]

"This network you're watching right here, Chucho." Classic Letterman. Perfection.

[@HankGrill]

NBC era was Classic Letterman. This gripe segment was never fun. NBC Dave would fill time with fun bits.

[@mikehagge3904]

Man cbs must have hated Dave. Thats like the kc chiefs putting up a press photo and inserting tom brady instead of patrick mahomes

[@ScottAlderman]

"Like the David/Liza marriage. You don't want that to happen to this." That's priceless.

[@spooley]

Paul was on the Gilbert Gottfried podcast and he was super quick, had so many impressions and stories of show biz. Gilbert was laughing so hard he was losing his voice. It's still online if you search for it, GGAC podcast

[@elizabethlarson9655]

Dave's rants always fill me with joy.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

4:37 a "photo fax copy" I love Dave. He's a boomer that I never wanna not have.

[@graxjpg]

“ehhh hey whatdaya think mavis im on CBS hehe!”

[@markread7333]

To quote Deputy Barney Fife (from another great CBS show), “Nip it in the BUD!!”

[@KungEMuller]

I'm glad that CBS fixed that issue, but wow! CBS messed up big time. Dave made that network get back into the swing of things, and that's how the network repaid him!? That's disrespectful!

[@MichelleUS66]

Dave’s Jay Leno impersonation never fails to slay me! 😂

[@Kylefassbinderful]

it's so spot on lol and it's hard to imagine a jay impression of dave

[@ernestcruz6316]

This is why I was a fan of Dave's show, and remain one to this day. From the daytime NBC show right on through the end of his CBS run.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

I can't believe this was 20 years ago. It used to be when I thought about 20 years in the past I wasn't talking about a website lol

[@porcorosso999]

I'M ON CBS!! I'M ON CBS!!

"Are you feeling better?" "I feel MUCH BETTER!"

[@freeadrian1144]

I think they should have followed up Les Moonves' announcement of the firing with a clip of Joe Grossman being pushed out on the street.

[@brysimm404]

Dave’s Leno impression is 100% hilarious - especially considering their history 😂

Classic Dave! Love this guy.

[@caesandraseawell1518]

Love Dave's passive aggressive JOY!!

[@RobKandell]

6:14 - Having Iggy Pop call in would have been hilarious.

[@BG-1970]

Hate to admit this but I always thought people with higher IQ’s preferred Dave! I absolutely preferred Dave over Leno!

[@robmurrah3224]

Same. Leno is for simpletons.

[@kstepko]

Why would they use Jay Leno?!?

[@Rob_Kates]

People love his denim shirts and denim pants!

[@dylanzwick]

You know, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever received a People's Choice Award ballot. How do I get one of those? Is personhood a sufficient qualification?

[@scottsnothome5649]

Easily one of his best bits and man is that is a long list. "So and So is fired".

[@beeractivist4439]

TV Gold. love this from the UK.

[@TCBElvisAPresley]

This was one of Dave's funniest bits ever. Although I remembered it right away, I was shocked to realize this was 20 years ago! It felt like it was around a year or so ago. How can this be 20 years ago? I still can't even get my brain to compute that Dave retired. I guess not everything is completely altered and alien. For one thing, Trump still has his own show, doesn't he? But still, how quickly everything changes! And I don't think the falling out with NBC was because Paul was stealing office supplies. NBC always loved Paul and just looked the other way on that. I think the whole thing had something to do with some kerfuffle between Dave himself and NBC. Or am I just not remembering right? Anyway.... Is there any possibility that Dave will come out of retirement? What would it take for that to happen? I would watch even if he ended up on ABC or even Public Access...Paul too.

[@Verkrustet]

THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THESE

[@cnath3466]

Great going, Dave!! And the people love you too, Dave. We're just laughing too much (& too damn lazy) to vote, though...

[@Kylefassbinderful]

-Rant- Explanatory -Dave

[@ashleybellewchambers9565]

Gosh I miss Dave..

[@Memo2Self]

Hell Hath No Fury.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

8:09 you'll thank me later

[@dspiffy]

Did they ever explain why this happened?

[@denvergrantz2480]

Dave as Jay supercut please.

[@jeremyh2103]

I grew up watching Dave every night. If we were up late we would switch over to Conan.

[@ylette]

The interactions with Les Moonves were always hilarious. More of them please.

[@Rob_Kates]

More with Les!

[@Steve-q6l4v]

Is that one of them things like jumbo shrimp.

[@lynntolleson6688]

That was EPIC!

[@michaelstein7850]

on which website is that again? 4:25

[@saulteanuts-vg8iu]

Two face and Captain Rapello puddin pops bringin' up the flanks.

[@Mgh-r]

Hi dear Dave ❤❤❤❤ how r u ❤❤❤❤ welcome back ❤❤❤❤

[@darlenemyles1155]

❤love my Dave❤

[@Joe_for_real]

Unfortunately the wayback machine only has a snapshot from the day after this aired.

[@p51abc]

Dave's hatred of Letterman got a little old and silly...

[@tubefluid]

So, Leno's pic was photo shopped?

[@rgs4x]

A great FOOBAR for CBS.

[@uuclmusic2711]

Would have been funny if the website refreshed showed Oprah

[@WhoCares-j6b]

May I ask Mr. Letterman a question? Do you think the success of the show was greater in the 1980s? Or was the show a greater success in the 90s? I remember the 80s fondly and I personally think that was the highest success the show experienced but I naturally enjoyed the experience of watching the show move to CBS. What was that like to experience? Perhaps you might be able to describe your experiences a little bit.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

;)

[@cejannuzi]

Dave is a working man at CBS. LOL. Paul wasn't caught stealing. Dave was caught with his pants down.

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

I've got bad news for you - Cosby's still up.

[@seanmckee2774]

This guy is why I get in trouble at work. 😂

[@johnbarroll1120]

"here to today, gone in thirty minutes"

[@Kylefassbinderful]

4:26 which network did Dave go to after nbc?

[@Somestuffgood]

CBS

[@leonardstilwell1894]

Was that Jim Downey playing Les Moonves?

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

No, it really was him.

[@allendracabal0819]

Not a bad guess, as it sounds a lot like Jim Downey. But it was the real Les Moonves.

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

@@allendracabal0819 Les Moonves was a guest on Lettermen more than once.

[@keithpl5438]

Les could watch the live feed (while the show was being taped) in his office. It's possible he was watching. Also possible that the "stooge" in the control room (standards and practices maybe) called up to Les to let him know. At any rate, Les calling in was a semi-regular thing on the show.

[@hinthegroove9740]

We still don’t like you 😅

[@RonGerstein-tf5tp]

L I A R O N L Y Y O U, N O T W E

[@lynnturman8157]

And this is the same guy who was begging Tucker Carlson not to kick his ass.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Just more proof of how dumb some people are. Can you imagine working on the CBS website and promoting the opposition instead of your own star? What the actual F?