David Letterman honors the Grateful Dead | 2024 Kennedy Center Honors

[@nickd3871]

Dave Letterman always had Bobby and Jerry on doing little skits beforehand and his love for them and their music was apparent. It was a mutual respect you could tell as they were very comfortable and relaxed around each other. Thanks Dave for being the only real late nite talk show host to at that time receive them.

[@easytoslip]

The Grateful Dead toured for thirty years I believe, they made so many people dance and feel joy, and they still do. What an awesome band, they wrote hundreds of songs that are so fun and intricate and colorful.

[@kevina4386]

Thank you Chris Hazard for all you have done for our community! May the music never stop 🙏

[@lauriecain-moore4236]

🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@seattlewithec7660]

Shout out Chris Hazard! Thank you for everything you do!

[@hollygolightly7475]

Thank a taper

[@Gzoratto]

@@hollygolightly7475 Why Gratefuld Dead before Neil Young?

[@jerrysmitelfinger]

Christopher Hazzard is the reason we can watch great, timeless shows with incredible quality. Thank you Hazzard for filling the Universe with classic Dead so that generations to come can see what the greatest American rock band of all time was all about.

[@lauriecain-moore4236]

PEACE AND LOVE ALWAYS TO THE GREAT DAVID LETERMAN 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤LAURA AND MY ANIMAL FAMILY IN TEXAS USA 🎉🎉🎉😢🎉🎉

[@dougcapehart]

These vids just trickiling out, this one just 2:35 long. C'mon Kennedy Center, let's have the whole dead set

[@dale9440]

The Dead, none of the hits, all of the time...STUCK IT TO THE MAN...Live music at its finest...Extreme Extemporaneous

[@gregoryg3256]

🌠BEST CALIFORNIA BAND PERIOD ...THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT PERIOD. & I DIDNT COME UP WITH THAT QUOTE...BUT ITS TRUE OF COURSE...⭐

[@mikepeacock4725]

This makes sense as Dave's a huge Dead fan

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

Grateful Dead Hand's up Jerry 🙌🏼 and the boyz in the band 🌹from a head🌿🕊️

[@russellzauner]

"frog in a glass of milk" if you know, you know, even if it's the first time you heard it

[@Funkenmunken]

I don't get it

[@hollygolightly7475]

Saw him say it

[@elb2698]

Love the bus

[@timsutton948]

Jeff Spicoli falling out of the VW in the parking lot.

[@marcbernicker206]

Was that the bus from Wetlands preserve in nyc??

[@meme-tg6hr]

Haha. The speech was humorous.

[@gregorio87]

Haha, Letterman is so great. Also, I remember watching that clip where Weir says something about "a frog in a glass of milk", and just scratching my head, ha. If I remember correctly, his pupils huge saucers... Thinking he was up for quite a while after the show.

[@Billg1573]

I need a miracle

[@easytoslip]

The Kennedy Center Honors recipients wear rainbow-colored ribbons to symbolize the many skills within the performing arts

[@JessicaFlores-kh3nl]

See Conan, Dave never got over it either. You're in good company!

[@JeremiahsFiles]

My mom’s a Deadhead too, she named me after Jerry Garcia.

[@hollygolightly7475]

Thank a taper

[@lauriecain-moore4236]

PEACE AND LOVE ALWAYS TO THE GREAT LETTERMAN DAMN DUDE DO YOU NEED THIS TEXAS CHICK TO SEND YOU SOME RAZORS 🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@beoz658]

SNL after the Grateful Dead broke up the dead heads name became the homeless

[@levitonjl]

Goose , I had a feeling they were heads

[@robertwomack1411]

Had a feeling ?!?!? 😂

[@timsutton948]

"More fun than a frog in a glass of milk."

[@StephenWillcock]

"You do the math."

[@renatatorres9388]

0:28 😂

[@claudiasiefer8495]

Does anyone just sit and enjoy special events? Must EVERYone have their stoopid phones propped up in front of their face? (Rhetorical)

[@w.l.graves7228]

letterman was funny as hell , glad he was there, & jerry with a great smile pretending to " learn " a song from letterman ..i couldn't stop laughing ! the 2 young nobody's trying to explain the dead , [how about JORMA OR CARLOS !?]and the 2 idiots pretending to be " dead heads " next to the bus , was corporate garbage , thankfully " ripple " & " not fade away " saved the tribute !

[@hollygolightly7475]

Pretty lame with the bus and the idea of the psychedelia , so mainstream so not them them the tributes were horrible but glad to see them and trixie, but how can you define the dead on corporate mainstream tv

[@bobabooey7088]

What’s with the thing around the neck, very cult like

[@That.old.mountain]

So corny… the Dead deserve better than this Disney set and flat jokes

[@Boognishx89]

🐸 🥛 🐸 🥛

[@jamesinners1694]

Remember when David Letterman was funny 🙄

[@WalkingmanPattaya]

great praise from a man who has never sung a song played an instrument or even danced on TV. And of course Dave only HOSTED Late Night, which was a network TV show, and not owned by Dave

[@easytoslip]

Dave's made a lot of people laugh. Pretty sure all you've done is bring them down, so there's that.

[@Shshshshshhshhs]

He actually did a dance number on the Mary Tyler Moore show

[@FarmerTomsAlmanac]

Actually Dave did own the late show and late late show during his tenure. It was part of his deal when he moved to CBS.

[@Shshshshshhshhs]

@ yeah he literally had power over the executives for the 11:30-1:30 2 hour time slot

[@JoeandAngie]

Ugh

[@XX-xxXX-]

Not saying I support it being illegal, but how in the hell is there the president and vice president in attendance of a event supporting a group known for illegal drug use and a man openly admitting to being intoxicated on illegal substances. The law either applies to everyone equally (unless specified with good and sufficiently justified reason) or it is not a just law.

[@cedricjoshuapayne]

1:11? NO. You trippin' bro The Beach Boys, The Doors, Santana, then maybe The Dead? You are really high if you think The Dead represents all of California. It's a small drug cult compared all of beautiful California.

[@muffinman4353]

Get rid of the beard Dave, you look ridiculous.

[@johnmoroney5258]

Terrible band

[@HippieBuddah]

Horrible! lol

[@terrym5023]

Coming from a horrible terrible person 🤔

[@terrym5023]

​@@HippieBuddahyou really need to change your name 🤔

[@ajschroetlin2196]

What a sad human being you are.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

who do you like?

[@harveythompson1756]

..now they're nearly all dead,; I wonder if they are grateful for that?..they were the most over rated and over hyped monotonous band ever.

[@ethan93647]

Everybody cares a lot about what you have to say.

[@xianshep]

Well, the Grateful Dead DID suck - and a lot - but they were also at times freaking fantastic. So, yeah: plenty for their haters to hate and their lovers to love.

[@marcbernicker206]

So go listen to swift

[@GoogsFamily]

I bet you are fun at parties

[@hollygolightly7475]

As Jerry once said ‘ we’re not for everyone’ some people like black licorice some don’t- we’re like licorice❤

[@Theyluvpuertoricans]

Liberal DB convention … the Grateful Dead sucked ….

[@easytoslip]

careful, gonna cut yourself on that edge. All art is subjective, if it doesn't move you it's not for you, time to move on. Please don't trash it though, the world needs art and music desperately.

[@xianshep]

Well, they DID suck - and a lot - but they were also at times freaking fantastic. So, yeah: plenty for their haters to hate and their lovers to love.

[@hollygolightly7475]

Intellectually above and beyond your capacity, hopefully some day you’ll become enlightened

[@Erfedwe]

Awwww, it's cute how you think your opinion is relevant or represents fact in any way. Music and art are subjective. Like what you like, nobody cares. Btw, it takes a small and insecure person to rush to the comments to make such a comment. Do better!

[@lucyloose2841]

The greatful dead is the guy sitting up there in the stand who is meant to be running the country