Jamie Lee Curtis on Letterman, January 25, 1984

Jamie's first appearance on the show to promote her new film "Love Letters." This is preceded by brief comments about this appearance with Dave and her dad, Tony, two years later.

[@atmywitsend1984]

This was on my 16th birthday. I have just turned 51. Life flys by so quickly.

[@jaquen1977]

I can't think of a witty user name Dyslexic Doesn’t it? I was 4 and now I’m 39.

[@TheeeDanielR]

jaquen1977 I was 0 now I’m 19

[@lulock]

i was 9 days old!

[@wavelength3278]

I was 23 years, 9 months, 3 days. I’m 60 years, 8 months, 11 days now. This was recorded 36 years, 11 months, 9 days ago from today January 2, 2021. I have a boring life.

[@WeezieHOC]

@@lulock 14 days old... gonna be 38 soon

[@LisaHerman1963]

Omg she is so adorable. I had the biggest crush on her. She sent me 2 autographed pictures. They were my prized possession until someone stole a bunch of my stuff. 🥺😢😢

[@GeorgeGlass1975]

Mad crush on her back then and still do!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danielmarquis5258]

Her smile😍😍😍

[@georgeseco91]

Jamie looks so much like her Dad, I meet her Father Tony back in the *80ths when he was Filming a Movie.

[@rhiannon-bv9rk]

I know your name. lol. Who was her mother??

[@Nader89806]

Just as she hoped for when she was interviewed for Prom Night, to be in a quiet love story movie where she can express her feelings with small gestures, here face... restrained, subdued. Great for her!

[@paulsmith9192]

@Nader89806 what fallen out did they originally have?

[@davidthieroff9452]

She was the first choice for the movie she mentions she watched on the plane, Heart Like a Wheel. Not sure why she didn't do it or why she didn't mention she should've been in it.

[@stephanlang2267]

I love Jamie. I know every Film from her. Scream queen

[@paulsmith9192]

@Stephan Lang was this the fallen out?if sowhy?

[@garyrossetti2443]

I always love Jamie Lee Curtis, seen her in Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda and True Lies she was very sexy in that movie.

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

She's not stoned. She has said in interviews she loves men who can make her laugh and when she starts, she loses control, and that's why she married Christopher Guest.

[@JCO2002]

I could be totally wrong, but I've suspected they got married because they both have somewhat vague/fluid gender identity.

[@Regi869]

@@JCO2002 ????

[@poppinc8145]

@@JCO2002 Not at all. You're confusing with her adopted kids probably.

[@musicformonsters]

@@JCO2002 what total bullshit- she is all female and chris is all male- they are smart great looking funny and talented

[@JCO2002]

@@musicformonsters All-female drag king.

[@savage_skirt5386]

Her body was incredible

[@PerpetualArt]

I remember seeing Love Letters on cable when I was 15. She was definitely top less in alot of the scenes. 🤩

[@davidellis5141]

Fap to it? I did.

[@rhiannon-bv9rk]

Ive never seen the movie.lol

[@voiceguy3635]

Dave mispronounced Ray Manzarek's name.But Jamie looks radiant.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I had two letters printed in Fangoria magazine in the 80s, and I mentioned her in both of them.

[@keefwins04]

Porfle Popnecker I had a Fangoria subscription for a lot of years. I heard they “went under” but are making comeback. Not the same magazine without all the old writers and contributors. Always loved The Eye of Dr Cyclops. What issues were your letters printed? (The Postal Zone!)💀🎃🎃🎃💀💀💀🎃

[@keithjones9546]

Jamie Lee Curtis is Baroness Haden-Guest, but she says she has nothing to do with that title. Her husband is Baron Haden-Guest.

[@dafunk39]

Larry "Bud" Melman skit at the end!! Yes!!

[@rell27]

This was 1 day before I turned 🖐🏿years old

[@ignaziodimasi2136]

❤ thank you bellissima zio zino un amico vero italiano 💯💋🌹

[@519djw6]

I don't understand Letterman's question to Tony Curtis, "Is she still steamed at us?" She didn't seem to take any offense at all regarding what Letterman said to her. Could someone explain to me what she was "steamed" about?

[@okjoe5561]

Apparently she's upset he mentioned she's topless a lot in the movie she's plugging, "Love Letters".

[@THEJET52]

Only 27 there and so much more mature and poised than most 27 year olds today. Her voice isn’t like Minnie Mouse... like so many female voices her age today. The culture today is devolving

[@FirstPlace97]

facts

[@betterthanemril988]

Since this is January 1984 and her birthdate is 11/22/1958 that makes her 25 actually. Folks always making some generalized dig at a group..

[@frankmez9370]

It is hard to look at Dave. He is funny looking!!! 😂 😂 i to am from Indy!!! 05/07/19.

[@putinscat1208]

Wow 40 years! Larry 'Bud' Melman!

[@arpansamuel6745]

5:56 best part

[@darylallen2485]

Lol, how times have changed. They blanked out the word "pissed off"!?! 😂

[@dale1956ties]

I dunno why Dave thought she was "steamed". It seemed to end perfectly amiably to me.

[@Ma_Ba]

She explains that the film clip has Bud Cort who co-starred in Harold and Maude! Also, 1984 resurgence of the retro look of padded shoulders looked great at her entrance, but don't do as well in seated position for the drape of the material. Hmmn.

[@laurawilloughby4000]

God those SHOULDER PADS.

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

Laura Willoughby 1984, height of fashion. 😊

[@constantinnistor7018]

😍😍

[@georgeseco91]

Which by the way I gave my Boots up so the double could use it in the Movie that Tony was doing but can't remember the Name of the Movie.

[@cheyennemauritz9911]

Does someone have love letters l need to see this

[@steve199151]

I was negative seven when this aired

[@TheJoanml]

Don’t give away your age😆😁

[@WerdnaNiraehs]

I thought Tony was Harvey Fierstein at first.

[@JulieSnydersucks]

Who's that?

[@georgeseco91]

I ask Tony to take a Photo with my wife when he was making a Movie, he stop look at me and walk away.

[@TheShape2534]

The laughing sure stopped pretty quick didn't it?

[@wetlazer]

1:17 what's with that shirt, Dave?

[@nazur72]

That was cutting edge fashion in 1985.

[@wetlazer2443]

@@nazur72 Sure, with a pair of Dockers, at a sports bar, but Dave always wore a suit and tie on his, for lack of better words, talk show.

[@wetlazer]

2:45 nice shoulder-me-pads, Jamie.

[@scottrowe533]

Yes, I remember women's blazers having massive shoulder pads in the mid-'80s. I think the wider shoulders were supposed to create the illusion that their waist was slimmer, but to me it just made them look as though they were wearing football pads beneath their clothes. It was a very strange time in America.

[@savage_skirt5386]

That time period, everything had shoulder pads

[@itsadryheave]

She really was great - she used to model pantyhose. And no wonder...her legs were fabulous.

[@vintri8]

her feet were fabulous too,and when she looked like this i wanted to smell her feet

[@ashleydimartino2265]

@@vintri8 that's messed up.... seriously

[@ashleydimartino2265]

@Gianni Pizza yeah it is..it's friggin gross

[@mattpetersen4620]

What a cutie....

[@Lioninthenight]

Smokin' woman.

[@edwardmunster7269]

She doesn’t look like her parents I don’t think anyhow

[@levistubbs8949]

a bit like her mum, nothing like Tony !

[@storybellz]

Either she's bad at math, or she just admitted to lying about her age, cause she said her mother made Psycho in 1961 and that "I must have been 4" when it was released. Well, she is listed as being born in November 1958, so she couldn't have been 4, unless she were born earlier. By the way, Psycho is actually listed as a 1960 film. Regardless, she's brilliant!

[@Regi869]

oh, she was one year out. Terrible!!

[@teodelfuego]

I bet you work for the IRS

[@gunny2653]

Thats one year off what does it matter.

[@AussieGirl235]

She said when it was released, not when it was made

[@Ipot4me]

Really ? So she was off by one year. Where does that matter ? The horror. Imagine that.

[@anthonymoon6918]

Was she high? lol

[@bretmuldner]

yup

[@MattWolfe1019]

It was the 80s a lot of people got high back then.

[@scottrowe533]

Most everyone else was in '84, so why not her?

[@wetlazer]

Was he high? Lolls.

[@trunks2705]

Her and her dad did some blows back in the day

[@cubby77777]

He totally ruined her buzz....not cool😸

[@themagickalmermaid]

I think there was mutual attraction!

[@jaredsmith112]

Was she on her Vicodin here?

[@brandoncollins1225]

Vicodin came later around the time of Halloween H20. Back in the 80s it was qualudes and coke.

[@TheJoanml]

Look at her natal chart she was a natural goofy eccentric lady

[@joanna7350]

Those shoulder pads, ugh. That outfit is making her look like Beetlejuice when his head is shrunk.

[@cafferacer]

Best era.. duh

[@BellaFirenze]

From the beginning she is strangely goofy.