Henny Youngman on Letterman, November 8, 1982

[@tradewins]

I got home and my wife said, "There's trouble with the car." "What's the matter?" "There's water in the carburetor." "Water in the carburetor!? Where's the car?" "In the lake."

[@Bixfan78]

Nice to hear Henny talking about his career and background, not doing the usual stand-up routine, much as I love that. He was brilliant.

[@stacyblue1980]

Henny Youngman was / is one of the greatest. Still funny! Bless him

[@ShadowHawk4219]

I agree, one of my all time faves, always makes me laugh.

[@angelthman1659]

Great to see a serious interview with this legend.

[@tradewins]

I just got home from a pleasure trip. I took my mother-in-law to the airport.

[@williamburke1731]

"A doctor gave a guy six months to live. Couldn't pay his bill..gave him another six months"!

[@tradewins]

My wife told me she wanted to visit somewhere she's never been before. I said "try the kitchen!"

[@tyronemarcucci8395]

In 1958 he was the first comedian I saw on TV. Still remember that joke. floored me as , hillarious punch line. "OK, you're ugly too"

[@baldilocks1914]

This fucking guy was great! Could you imagine calling Jerry Seinfeld up and having him at your wedding anniversary for 5k, not likely. I read somewhere that if he was staying at a hotel he would go to see if any wedding or parties were going on at the banquet halls and talk who was giving the party and see if they wanted to pay him to preform.

[@bartonpercival3216]

"A guy came up to me on the street and said sir I haven't eaten in 3 days, I said you should force yourself" Henny Youngman 😃👍

[@joshuad8326]

Henny Youngman was a brilliant comedian. So fast, so smart, so side-splitting funny. If you want to see him kill, watch his segment on that Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles.

[@frickfracked]

These are your jokes… From now on! I love him and always will. Genius!!!

[@GruvenHaus]

Thank you for this..Such simpler times back then.

[@bartonpercival3216]

"A guy says to his doctor I got a ringing in my ear what should I do? The doctor says don't answer it"

[@watchman1178]

Kinda sad when they get old and neither the host or the audience really understand how big this guy was at one time. Happens to a lot of them, I guess.

[@sclogse1]

If you're making 6 grand for some jokes and a chat in one night....back then....hell, That's a new transmission and a shine..

[@charlespayne9230]

RIP Henry! What a very grateful and humble man.

[@dr.smithx9120]

Loved Henny.

[@robertdowler5073]

I got a David Bartlett broken drumstick,a Pearl 5A handmade caught after a New Years Show @ Winterland 74-75.

[@garychambers5850]

For our Anniversary my wife wanted to go some place where she never went. I said how about the kitchen! 🤣 Take my wife....PLEASE! Loved *Henny Youngman* ! He was indeed the KING 👑 of one liners, and *Steven Wright* the 2nd best one liner!

[@jamesfeldman4234]

A man is telling another fellow the sad story of his life. He was married three times and each marriage ended tragically. His first wife died from eating poisoned mushrooms. Then his second wife died from poisoned mushrooms. "Wow, that's terrible," says the other fellow, "Did she die from poisoned mushrooms too?" "No, she died from a brain concussion," said the man. "She wouldn't eat the poisoned mushrooms."

[@bigjohn08865]

lol

[@arthurcharlesharrison1361]

Don't skip through any of this, make sure you hear the Schneider joke..

[@bluesboy8237]

At this point, Henny Youngman was an old man, and Gary Oldman was a young man.

[@bartonpercival3216]

"A guy walks into the doctor's office the doctor tells him you're gonna live to be 60. The guy says I am 60, the doctor says see what did I tell ya"

[@charleswinokoor6023]

The great Henny. “My boss used to stab me goodnight.” And the dim-witted audience doesn’t get it.

[@ongbruhlol]

i dont get it

[@myhatmygandhi6217]

@@ongbruhlol neither do I.

[@barney6888]

@@myhatmygandhi6217 In case you're serious.. it's about the place being so rough you had to have a criminal record to work there. Instead of the boss wishing you good night, he stabs you good night. Because it's such a rough neighbourhood. One liners have to be part of a roll. You build up the audience with something light, silly, not all that funny. Then tell a joke like the Schneider etc one. Then you pepper them with fast one liners that on their own aren't funny, but the skill of the comedian, like Henny or Rodney, with their incredible timing and voice will often send you into uncontrollable hysterics. After Henny gets a bit warmed up he'll pick up the fiddle and start butchering an old song called "Smoke gets in your eyes". That gets me started like nothing I've ever heard. That's when he machine guns you with one liners with no mercy. He really and truly was the King of One Liners.

[@andrew_owens7680]

Half the interview was squandered with Dave ribbing him about working. He could has squeezed in another of those fabulous stories.

[@Danimal77]

Dave is about the same age today that Henny was in this video.

[@hugohackenbush1554]

Henny was a wonderful comic and such a gentle man, alongside being a gentleman.

[@djbryanladd]

loved him

[@daveytandtheplacetobe7561]

love how Henny tells an epic story and Dave is worried out breaks...#HAHA

[@SVJROADSTER770]

Proof you don't need to curse to be funny!

[@sozeytozey]

Literally no one thinks you need to curse to be funny

[@scottbravo3]

I was being born about 2 hours before this aired.

[@markrago7217]

I was about 3 years 8 months, probably sleeping lol

[@Infam0usKiller]

Did you watch the show?

[@PhilBagels]

What looks like a box, smells like a lox, and flies? A flying lox box.

[@robertmiller1270]

I routinely use a Youngman joke still. "Ok yer ugly too".

[@stephenkennedy8767]

That’s Rodney’s joke

[@robertmiller1270]

@@stephenkennedy8767 Youngman. Unless one copied off the other. But that daughter of mine has been picked up so many times, she's startin ta grow handles.

[@bartonpercival3216]

"You kidding me, I know I was an ugly child. I mean when I was born, after the doctor cut the cord, he hung himself" 👌

[@ballofwax9yards]

interesting info

[@fromtherubble6890]

What a legend!... Just taking gigs and telling jokes

[@keithpurduecroft]

There were Giants in tose days. Unfortunately they had to play the Yankees and the Dodgers.

[@deecee1522]

Take my wife... Please.

[@stephenkennedy8767]

Dee Cee thought hard on that one???

[@MaggillaKutz71]

This audience was wack , ladies and gentlemen this is Henny Youngman

[@harpmanb]

"My boss used to stab me goodnight."

[@HaakonGraf]

Letterman's brain is not working right here...

[@Gravydog316]

never has been. Dave is such a grouch & has no interest in his guests at all.

[@Jolar70]

I don't think so, I think Dave really knows how special this guy is, but it's also such a clash of generations. What made David Letterman connect in the '80's was just not even on the menu for great vaudeville comics like Henny. Those guys were hardcore, polished, professionals who did the same act for decades but didn't have any armor for casual sarcasm or absurdist irony. That just wasn't part of their vocabulary. I feel like respect for them has only grown since the passing of their generation but, at the time of this clip, some of them were still working Vegas and young VS. "ancient" was still at play.

[@aaronestes3905]

Henny is well known as one of the biggest assholes in history. He harrassed and bummed money off of people and stabbed anyone in the back who was closest. Dave is known for his generosity, I myself am a recipiant of his kindness. maybe why Dave is cold.

[@dannyhill8797]

and Letterman - and any other talk show host - couldn't put a pimple on Carson!!!

[@aarondadvlogs]

@@aaronestes3905 Where are you getting this info?

[@keithpurduecroft]

In those days they could spell "tose".

[@tommieduhswamy6860]

Dough's...?

[@rogertayloRRR]

I guess Rickles took over the king of the 1 liners mantle

[@user-nq9gz4xf7f]

Disconnect generation gap

[@sergiolobato1798]

Youngmans bit is not being funny!

[@LucysPop]

I cant figure out whos funnier Henny or Gilbert Gottfried.

[@sclogse1]

"My boss used to stab me goodnight."