Late Night with David Letterman 1983 09 21 Charles Grodin Jerry Seinfeld Linda Ronstadt FULL EPISODE

[@peaceandlove544]

This is bar none one of my favrouite TV episodes of all time, this Grodin and Letterman was a comedic masterpiece

[@peaceandlove544]

Looove Charles Grodin, best Letterman guest ever!!! And this one of the best

[@asphaltcowboy7567]

But a flaming extreme leftist

[@DJRitty]

I was a KID when this was on but I loved his show when I saw it...and tech always was a fan. This dave is my fave late night host. I loved early arsenio as well and early conan but this was my fav. I liked Carson but I loved Dave growin up

[@ralphus44]

A classic episode, thanks!

[@MerkinMuffly]

Letterman was ahead of his time, everyone does this type of interview during covid.

[@lynniekaye7513]

Intelligent Linda - profound knowledge of music.

[@ssnoc]

Linda had the best women’s voice - powerful and great range - she is such a nice lady too 👏👏

[@asphaltcowboy7567]

But an extreme extreme flaming leftist

[@luv2fly452]

The good ole days when Letterman was funny! Pretty cool to look back at Tv from 1983.

[@asphaltcowboy7567]

True, he went wild in 2015, like so many others. Guess he really started bad in 2007 or so

[@alarahillton1343]

Wow! Good ole Dave. Linda R was so intelligent and interesting....

[@h.walkermaan8857]

Linda Ronstadt, interesting chick. Great pipes and cuteness overload.

[@Studeb]

Only ever heard about her when she was singing with Barney/Plow King in The Simpsons.

[@dhpbear2]

Dave made pretty good time getting to the studio from New Canaan, CT!

[@galenstone9097]

Linda could literally sing anything.

[@DJRitty]

This is awesome...

[@hollygarnish5326]

Yes I love Charles Griffin, I bought his book 😊and Linda Ronsted, well I played her music at my Mother's funeral and Letterman well I remember when thatt same shirt was in the stores and yes we were in different schools at exactly the same time. Signed , hey kid did you get the Polio vaccine yesterday? Thank you for posting this, it is a given.

[@krisscanlon4051]

This is exactly why Dave was great plus Grodin and Seinfeld. RIP Grodin

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

David's Covid-83 show!

[@NormAppleton]

Bingo

[@glennmarshall4693]

funny seeing Linda doing this song, Julie Louis Dreyfuss played Linda Ronstadt in a SNL sketch around the same time.

[@mikel917]

oh I remembered the sketch but didn't remember that JLD was the actress. Love JLD....had a crush on both at different times

[@DAEDRICHHHH-TUCKER19]

She intrigues me, she's very unique

[@efilnikufesin2069]

Cameo by Guillermo as "Jose the neighbor" lol

[@qthelost]

I remember one show where Dave went on a rant against cable and said the cable guys are just there to case your house.

[@utility43210]

Dave made no bones about his loyalty to major network TV, and his skepticism bordering on annoyed dislike he had towards the phenomemon of cable taking over programming in the 1980's. Although he did give in and 'drink the cable kool-aide', ultimately in getting it installed in his house as many of us did back then, he did live long enough to see pay TV become the flagging entertainment paradigm. Now money-conscious modern consumers are ditching the cable box in favor of the internet.

[@darsure3006]

Nobody: Ok

[@utility43210]

@@darsure3006 Not exactly sure how you're trying to be clever with your bold use of meme-isms for 11 year olds. But I imagine that given your demonstrated abilities perhaps practicing reading instructions on tampon boxes and personal lubricant remover, is better suited for you. Enjoy your HPV and welfare loaves.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Hilarious early show....great broccoli

[@glennmarshall4693]

Jerry was funny even back then.

[@HAL_9000__]

Linda Ronstadt 😍. Dave 😍😍.

[@glennmarshall4693]

Linda is really cute

[@brianmccall452]

Looks like he kept his shirt from the last ill-fated season of Zoom.

[@FreeMarketSecularist]

Adam Cartwright he was on the original?

[@lazarwolf7359]

Here for Linda...sigh. Dave and the boys are pretty funny as well. This cuckoo episode won an Emmy - back when it meant something.

[@justintime1343]

Still can't believe Lincoln stole Abraham Grodin's credit for writing the Gettysburg Address.

[@stalegum]

2:38 Merrill Markoe cameo?

[@sdne1959]

Anybody know anything about this particular episode? I get the distinct impression the two 'parts' were taped at different times (the show itself, as one part, and the whole 'remote' part with Dave at "home", waiting for the cable guy, taped ahead of time (btw, does anybody also know if that was Dave's REAL house (at the time)? I'm pretty sure those were his two dogs (Bob and Stan), and if I'm not mistaken, wasn't that Merrill Markoe in the background, the woman he was living with then, who was also a writer on the show? And if so, why didn't he 'introduce' her.....or at least bring her front and center, at some point?))? I suppose it's possible they taped the two parts simultaneously, but I find it highly improbable that they were able to do that, and have it work out the way it did... I know, I know.......I ask a lot of (stupid) questions. Still, if anyone knows any of the specifics regarding this particular episode, I'd love to hear about it. Thanks.

[@dongiller]

Dave was In his office while interviewing Grodin. All the viewer saw was the backdrop, which was made to look like the wall behind Dave at home. All of the home video was taped earlier at, yes, his actual home.

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

I never saw Bob before, just Dave mentioning his dog on several occasions. I always pictured Bob as a different breed

[@jennicatlalunagato1122]

💖TY

[@MrLeglamp]

I wonder whatever happened to that Seinfeld kid. He was funny enough to have had his own show.

[@smokedog2185]

Last i knew he was driving comedians around for a living

[@jnadle1]

You got more episodes than these three?

[@JT-zv2ff]

man unbelievable how fats that was 40 years went by fast I remember watching this live wow

[@dpf2122]

Was Dave doing the show from his house a symbolic not crossing the picket line action?

[@NormAppleton]

it was a little column A and Column B. Yes supporting the strike and also just having fun. Charles Grodin says that.

[@westywest4480]

Charles hates Skype I guess lol

[@FreeMarketSecularist]

I'll be honest I'm really upset I wasn't born way earlier I would have dated the hell out of Dave

[@kassandraayalasongs]

KatMarie lolz

[@jnadle1]

Actually it's September 21, 1983.

[@jdammon]

Updated, thanks.

[@kanealson5200]

Wow I arrived too soon. Was going to comment it was the right date. ha ha. Thanks for the upload, awesome!

[@kcinks]

Grodin was great with Johnny too, I'k sure there was a connection.

[@sandy3482]

I don't think that was Dave's house much less his dog, Bob was tan - but that was the real Linda and she was real strange

[@michaelhills8516]

was that Dave's house in LA or Connecticut where was that .how long did his dogs live.the guy knocked his malbox over and dabe had a backup generator.

[@shawnhayden1476]

Connecticut

[@richieboy6825]

What’s with the non question mark use?

[@alcabane3125]

gary the cable guy, saw the movie doesnt end well with larry

[@SuperEmmitt1]

What was in those cupcakes?

[@savannahm4367]

Damn Dave was something gorgeous😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@gamernorcal]

he reminds me of a young John F Kennedy

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Remember the days when it was normal to be thin?

[@isaacmcpherson3329]

Ball State should close thisr doors, can they even read?

[@vickimurray413]

Ellen DeGeneres look alike

[@sergesanto9291]

These pretzels are salty

[@derekgiesbrecht1554]

I didn't realize how much of a suck up Paul was early on

[@darsure3006]

Paul can be so cringey, I think I would have watched this show while it aired a lot more if Dave had a different foil. Paul's whole 'hepcat' front makes him come across so douchey sometimes, and he was funny I think maybe 3 times in the entire 30 years.

[@isaacmcpherson3329]

Ballstate fing sucks, they should close ,!!😊

[@isaacmcpherson3329]

What?? Wtf,you get pIdforthis?

[@isaacmcpherson3329]

Ball state ,plaese , leave!!

[@isaacmcpherson3329]

Pl ease ,stop!yinz most terriblre!

[@1justice2012]

Back when Jerry wasn’t funny, well still isn’t!

[@brianmccall452]

Jazz??? Htf can someone this involved in music call such overly sentimental, string-driven cheesy schmaltz 'jazz'?

[@sdne1959]

Really? The ADORABLE Linda Ronstadt is on the show, and you're focused on semantics ??? DUDE (I'm assuming) !!

[@harrodsongs]

The album reached #2 on the jazz album charts.

[@gustavinok4685]

Adam Cartwright Nelson Riddle's arrangements are Legendary - in fact they are intricate musical gestures including classical and jazz movements - enveloping singers. Ella, Frank and Linda being his finest vocal partners. The opposite of schmaltz - you mister Cartwright are a musical fool.

[@Price70]

You seem to think Jazz is just sweaty guys on a stage swinging on drums and blowing on horns.

[@thinkerly1]

And does it really matter how the music might be categorized? You either like it or you don't. It's a matter of taste. I, for one, have admired and enjoyed Ms. Ronstadt since the late 1960s. The American Songbook -- "cheesy schmaltz"? This was mainstream music of the 1950s. During the interview, Ms. Ronstadt mentions that her dad gave her a Charlie Parker record. Is that what you mean by "jazz"? Ms. Ronstadt's record company was dead set against her changing her music from country and rock to this music. She was told that she would destroy her career. Before her first performance in New York, she didn't know how it would turn out. The result was spectacular: The concert sold out, a national tour followed with sold out concerts, another platinum album. (She had four back-to-back platinum albums in the 1970s.) But -- different strokes for different folks. Tell me what music you like, and maybe I can say something nasty about it.