Late Night with David Letterman: Gumby's Bloopers - SNL

[@ReggieBlinker-k9e]

I love Norm. But this is Hands down the best Letterman.

[@alexadams-heard1604]

Insane how much detail is in that Letterman impression

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

It is good. Also helps that they were in the same building

[@Dale_Higgins]

None?

[@D.heARTist]

Idk how tf I’m just seeing Piscopo do Letterman...he’s spot on. He nails everything from the pauses to the chuckle to the movements. Wow. Oh yeah and the friggin accent n voice. Kills it.

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

Piscopo is often the but of many jokes, but he was far underappreciated. His Sinatra as well as his Letterman were second to none! Glad to see SNL is putting out these classic clips.

[@erik_griswold]

eezyCLsmooth He also did a great David Hartman.

[@j2times2006]

@@erik_griswold duhhhhhh I'm David Hartman... Duuuuuuuuh

[@carljacobson7156]

Piscopo was one of SNL's most talented performers. He's very underrated. It's too bad his later career hasn't turned out to be massively successful.

[@jeffw1267]

He wasn't underrated. I remember him being in every sketch with Eddie Murphy. Piscopo was very well known for a few years.

[@PeekaBooo25]

Once he did Ed McMahon on SNL. It was sooo funny, yet I can’t find it here on YT.

[@darkwitness2718]

Gotta love these vintage sketches. Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo always delivered the goods.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Piscopo delivered on SNL pretty well, but then he went right into the tank after. Whatever happened to that Murphy guy? Heard he did 3-4 good movies and like 25 were crap you wouldn't see for free.

[@JamesTilsley1]

That’s a really good Letterman

[@togue777]

Murphy and Piscopo played off each other very well and gave us many great moments like this one.

[@sardonicus76]

The disembodied voice in the stall was a nice callback to Aykroyd’s brilliant “Tom Snyder” impression. That laugh is unmistakable.

[@winonafrog]

ohhh! ty!!

[@jedijones]

Piscopo did a Snyder impression too. That was probably his voice.

[@part1801]

The best I've seen of Letterman, Piscopo has a lot of good ones

[@RollingOrmond]

Shows how huge Letterman was just a year in if they were already doing parodies of him.

[@kari7403]

No kidding! I didn't start watching Letterman until the early-mid 90's. And to have an SNL skit based off Letterman's show was a helluva predictor as to its success.

[@white_heat.truth76]

I remember watching his morning show with my parents when I was a half pint.

[@jedijones]

Well, they were both on NBC, so maybe the executives pushed for it.

[@locovel10]

Gary Kroeger playing Paul. A lot of people won't remember him but he was solid on SNL. He and Piscopo both were.

[@dianapevtsov]

:) His Donnie Osmond and Walter Mondale were funny. (I saw him in reruns on Comedy Central.)

[@romulusnr]

Oh wow, Piscopo's Letterman is brilliant.

[@dasboot211221]

romulusnr yup. Gone to soon.

[@JaredMunson]

@@dasboot211221 Piscopo isn't dead

[@MayorMcCheeseStalker]

@@dasboot211221 Piscapo alive and well.

[@Valkonnen]

@@dasboot211221 LOL

[@kari7403]

I was blown away at how good it really was! I'm not usually a fan of his, but the similarities we're uncanny. He nailed it!

[@singlesideman]

This has everything I want to see in an SNL sketch. Everything I want to see, period. This is the best way to start the day. This was my favorite time ever, Late Night with David Letterman was my favorite TV show, Joe Piscopo was absolutely hilarious, Eddie Murphy was brilliant, all of it, just all of it. They really captured the spirit of Dave and his show, when they were edgy and self deprecating and snarky before snark existed. I wish there were a thousand more of these spoofs of Late Night...

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

It really is great isnt it. Totally weird and experimental humor that was out there.

[@theoriginalthinker9199]

"You're up against a test pattern and you're losing." Lol Who remembers test patterns?

[@martinpalmer9810]

And the national anthem was played before the test pattern. God, am I really that old.

[@bennyshaversmusic590]

Joe did a perfect Letterman that's amazing

[@carljacobson7156]

Joe Piscopo was such a great impressionist - it's really sad that his post-SNL career hasn't been massively successful because he was one of the best performers that they had.

[@ms-iz9ye]

I wouldn’t say he was one of the best by a long shot.. Kate McKinnon who was a recent SNL cast member was way funnier than he was. He’s subpar..

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

@@ms-iz9ye he is so representative of that late 70s early 80s SNL experimental vibe. In isnt straight obvious sketch stuff as today, more like Kids in the Hall or Monty Python. And Piscopo excelled at it. Super talented guy, i actually know him best from his early 90s bodybuilding phase. Great musician as well, i would take him over any SNL cast member of the past 15 years

[@ms-iz9ye]

@@TheNYCGoldenGlover very interesting take.. I respect your comment because you make valid points and references to other shows👏👏🔥🔥 but in my opinion if you have to reference other tv shows to justify his credibility as to being funny on the show alone I don’t see it. I’ll watch more of this era of SNL and him sketch wise but he’s just not doing it for me let alone having to get his sense of humor to appreciate him more so. And I agree the last 15 years of SNL has been terrible but Kate McKinnon holds the golden standard of what it used to be. But that’s one in many.

[@71crm]

It is my dying wish that someone take the entire Gumby series and overdub it with Eddie Murphy’s voice! That would be hilarious!

[@breaknbeat]

This has the best Letterman impression I've ever seen😂

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

I guess you haven't seen Norm Macdonald's

[@Gamebox27]

Eddie and Joe - classic comedy duo. Wish they made a movie together

[@singlesideman]

I remember this so well. One of my very favorite sketches on one of my very favorite shows parodying my favorite show! I wish there were a thousand more of these...

[@stephaniestrolls]

"I miss Joe Piscopo." ~ Bart Simpson

[@541967]

He was a fine impressionist and he did his share to carry SNL throughout the first half of the 80s.

[@theoriginalthinker9199]

He didn't get much of a chance to showcase himself without Eddie Murphy.

[@douglaslowe5]

People make fun of him cuz after SNL his career died, but he was a very talented impressionist. Don't know why he disappeared.

[@SHENDOH]

Best quote ever!! You are beautiful! Not just the pic but you!

[@ashleywills8761]

I’m jus surprised that he didn’t show up when Eddie hosted ? That would’ve been nice

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Eddie, Joe and a cameo from Marv Albert=Comedy Gold!

[@davidangus3244]

LOVE THAT!!! Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo are absolutely funny together. As Gumby, Murphy is really Hilarious. As for Piscopo, he nails Letterman. WHAT A TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TS-qq7vr]

At the end: "Our guest will be Richard Belzer" Long before playing Munch on Law & Order he was the warm-up comedian for SNL in its original incarnation, right before these guys.

[@josephgodfrey8468]

Actually, Detective Munch crossed over from Homicide; Life on the Streets where his character originally appeared. He ALSO crossed over in a prequel episode of the X-Files (the Lone Gunmen origin story).

[@TS-qq7vr]

@@josephgodfrey8468: Yeah, he played the same character everywhere, 5 channels at once for 20 years straight it seemed. This is long before all that, before he was very well known. Just a little trivial detail at the end I was pointing out.

[@RollingOrmond]

You can see him in the original Fame movie from 1980 playing himself doing stand-up in a club.

[@RossBayCult]

Letterman told Norm MacDonald that he didn’t like Piscopo’s impression. Watching this for the first time and I have to say, while not as good as Norm’s, this was pretty good.

[@541967]

The impression IS better than Norm MacDonald’s since impressions were what Joe Piscopo was best at, although McDonald was a better comedian on the whole.

[@fourscoreand9884]

@@541967 Norm was the greatest comedian of all time but that does not mean that his impressions were not, also, excellent: Bob Dole, Quentin Tarantino, David Letterman, Richard Nixon, Burt Reynolds, Bill Cosby. You cannot even spell his name, for goodness' sake. Lower case a and lower case d, if you would, in future, please. Just one example but I could fill the page with them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3e7layOlqmahNk.

[@541967]

@@fourscoreand9884 Misspelling? Whatever.

[@fourscoreand9884]

@@541967 You misspelled it (differently) twice. Just needed to make clear you do not know what you are talking about. Oh, and great comeback.

[@541967]

@@fourscoreand9884 It was simply no big deal to begin with. Apparently you’ve never been guilty of spelling errors and although Norm MACDONALD was a fine comedian, I’m sure the jury is still out as to who the greatest was, even among SNL alumni. I myself never suggested Macdonald wasn’t good whatsoever at impressions, just that Joe Piscopo’s was better in this instance. What’s more, I also observed that Macdonald was a superior comedian to the latter, so any criticism of him was mild at best.

[@veerchasm1]

2:04 “I like to be in the back” Prophetic words

[@jameshughes6049]

Joe Piscopo was so underrated. Funny man.

[@artiemulford8445]

Wow, this was sooo much better than I expected! Good job Joe!

[@Bendijester]

He's Gumby dammit!

[@brewer921]

This is really smart stuff, especially for that era of SNL.

[@multivox]

That sounded like Dan Akroyd doing a Tom Snyder impression from the mens room stall. Probably wasn't him, but still.

[@ThamiumOne]

Actually did sound like him - wouldn't be surprised. Sometimes former cast members have been known to drop by the studio just to hang out backstage. Possible that he got talked into doing a low-key cameo like that. Odd thing is that Piscopo himself played Tom Snyder a few times during his seasons.

[@willtheangrydudeist9120]

I thought it sounded like Akroyd too

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Watching that scene again it has to be Dan Akroyd.

[@svagrod]

It IS Dan !

[@j2times2006]

That laugh still cracks me The fuck up 35 years later

[@Gods2ndFavoriteBassPlyr]

Piscopo is pure genius.

[@willieholmes1483]

I saw the real Gumby cartoon where the “Marvin Hamlisch” scene came from: in the cartoon, Gumby and Pokey are upset about life on Earth and go looking for another planet to live. When they encounter “Marvin”, he gets so upset, he turns into a werewolf and makes Gumby and Pokey leave.

[@johnnyballenatl]

That was “Small Planets”; the scene in which Gumby encountered those falling rocks came from “Ricochet Pete”.

[@ScrawnyRonnie89]

Aged like fine wine. Genius

[@Ericotheriault]

Joe Piscopo with a GREAT David Letterman ...

[@theBaron0530]

His Letterman and his Sinatra were great.

[@Johnnyboytheshow]

You really gotta hand it to Piscopo here, this is an amazing Letterman impression. I felt like I was watching an actually episode of 'Late Night.'

[@FreshRose-z3s]

3:07 "HEY, GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!......HAW, HAW, HAW!" 😂

[@rodrigost.3324]

the best Letterman impression ever

[@TGGaineyProductions]

Sounds like they couldn't use Late Night's theme music for legal reasons on KZbin. I remember seeing this clip when it aired and the SNL band was playing Letterman's theme in the beginning and closing of this sketch hence why Gumby's further verbal attacks were muted out when the applause appeared.

[@jinroh516]

Letterman hated Piscopo’s impression because it was spot on

[@richardyoon4209]

Letterman had Piscopo on Late Night and Joe did his impression of Dave. And Joe appeared on the Late Show with his impression of Dave. I think during Impressionist week

[@ez8195]

I would love to watch Gumby dubbed over with Eddie Murphy

[@lackdeaver9934]

I would have thought Marv Albert wanted people to be able to catch a look at him pissing.

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

It astounds me that Murphy basically kicked Piscopo to the curb. They were a great team.

[@theBaron0530]

Anyone catch that the guy in the stall was supposed to be Tom Snyder, host of NBC's "Tomorrow". It sounds like Dan Aykroyd, who portrayed Snyder in earlier seasons. Piscopo also portrayed Snyder in his turn. And we need to see more of Eddie Murphy's Gumby the ageing Yiddish vaudevillian. Maybe someday, they'll upload Gumby's "Have a Merry Christmas, Dammit!"

[@HomeAtLast501]

I am listening to Joe's talk show on AM 970 this morning, and I can't believe how much thinner, higher-pitched his voice is, and how soft-spoken he is now.

[@deboneighr4201]

Yeah Joe def has very strong moments and his hbo special was pretty damn funny.

[@aaronlair3114]

"I am Supreme!" hahaha

[@moncorp1]

"Don't sass me smarty pants"

[@bradleykemper9488]

Joe Piscopo holds a unique place among SNL cast members. Being underrated and one of the most important cast members in the history of the show. If it wasn't for both Eddie & Joe, it might not have made it through the early 80's.

[@galvanaut7119]

Wow, Joe Piscopo even has the gap!

[@joeymorvant161]

It was a special mouthpiece.

[@paulazemeckis7835]

I remember DL when he first started back in the 80's. He was so funny back then.

[@HumblyArtsy]

I wonder if Letterman actually saw this, at the time he was 2 floors down lol I love this!

[@whateverpbk]

ofc he saw it

[@Jedindy]

Watched this while doing laundry. Had to listen to the whole first 3:36 minutes to get to the real part haha What a weird bathroom journey. “Hey get th’ ‘ell outta here GP ho ho ho!” Lol

[@a.champagne6238]

Merry Christmas Dammit needs to be uploaded

[@FerdinandCesarano]

"I am show business. I am supreme."

[@johnroberts9560]

I thought joe piscopo was pretty good doing letterman & I loved seeing Gumby too ! 👍😁

[@thomasrogers2700]

Remember kids, Gumby IS show business!

[@jedijones]

Going into the men's room was definitely Letterman-esque, LOL.

[@cdprince768]

"You're up against a test pattern and you're losing." A great line that no one born after 1980 will get.

[@johnpelletier7641]

Brilliant Dave by Joe.

[@johnulcer]

Norm Macdonald did a pretty great impression of Piscopo doing Letterman on Dennis Miller Live.

[@Westsoid2009]

"Hey Hamlisch, who needs you? You're fi-ed."

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

Most of my life Piscopo was just a figure you crapped on but, after hearing him talk about his divorce on Opie and Anthony (and seeing this) I've got a respect for the guy.

[@mikestevenson576]

He was *really* good in the early 80s. He was Scottie Pippen to Eddie's Michael Jordan. I think when he started working out too much it changed something chemically.

[@dcool2u2]

"Go to the dentist" lol

[@kungfutao8]

Damn, this is old, I was 5 when this was aired 😮

[@BYUBOY33]

I was a twinkle in my daddys balls

[@mrdorf2784]

Same.

[@TS-qq7vr]

@@BYUBOY33: I knew your mom back then too.

[@thewarwagon5649]

I was a junior in hi skrule. ;-) I saw it then.

[@siggylloyd3566]

@@TS-qq7vr swing and a miss

[@fhb3]

Live From New York, It's The Eddie Murphy Show! Featuring Joe Piscipo! And those other guys.

[@TheMofobuss]

Been looking for 6:35 for like 30 years

[@deadpan80]

Is that Dan Aykroyd in the bathroom stall doing Tom Snyder? Sure sounds like him.

[@markkeith9055]

Piscopo's Letterman is good but Norm Macdonald's Letterman is hilarious.

[@GMSpectre]

Hey, got some gum.

[@markkeith9055]

@@GMSpectre No gum here. You got any gum?

[@mikestevenson576]

Norm's seems better in part because it captures the more recent version of Dave that is fresher in our minds. But Piscopo absolutely nailed the Dave of 1983.

[@monkeyb1820]

Joe's Letterman was a vehicle mostly for setting up Gumby, whereas for Norm, the impression was really the 'main thing', particularly Dave's goofy quirk phrases and behaviors. So I think they're really different types of impressions.

[@MrLeftfootlouie]

He certainly grasped the idea of Letterman's total character.

[@JoeLibby]

Seven people got fired by Gumby.

[@pencilmein6646]

I thought that was young Letterman until I read the comments :O!!!!!

[@jzbass72]

How is it that Piscopo is a punchline but comedic flotsam like Jimmy Fallon, Leslie Jones, and Pete Davidson are highly regarded?

[@jbravo237]

Exactly, it's like you know Anthony Anderson has amazing management for all the work he gets, because IMO he's NOT that talented

[@davincent98]

Politics?

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

Because he stopped doing good work. He's talented, but stopped trying.

[@siggylloyd3566]

@@davincent98 slinging that old turd against the wall to see if it sticks? Literally "politics" could be the answer to anything, so you get points for being banal and uninteresting.

[@davincent98]

@@siggylloyd3566 Especially in Hollywood

[@TopStrikerMaverick]

The exaggerations are in exactly the right places

[@chrisjohnston4445]

Where's that first sketch, where Gumby tells Dave about how cartoon characters don't get any credit for their stuntwork: "Ever see Clint Eastwood swallow an anvil? Yosemite Sam does it every week."

[@joegruszka4139]

I think SNL and Letterman were both in the same building back in the early 80's, huh?

[@joegruszka4139]

yes NBC studio on Rockefeller street, maybe down the hall from each other

[@johnbarone8948]

Love the buck teeth Letterman is so famous for. lol

[@huflungdung8252]

Letterman absolutely hated Joe Piscopo.

[@lincarrey]

Joe Piscopo was great. It's a pity he was not successful in movies and stuff.

[@vinayseth1114]

Who's the actor portraying Letterman?

[@lukefairhurst5980]

Joe Piscopo

[@vinayseth1114]

Thanks!

[@hughmcaloon6506]

yes!

[@krisscanlon4051]

Piscopo was Darrel Hammond before he actually was.

[@Alaska-Jack]

He was a giggling mess David Letterman hee hee hee hee hee…

[@robertpolityka8464]

Its lucky Marv that Dave didnt catch him with "his pants down".

[@Geert365]

Letterman himself didn't care for this, only liked Norm mc donnalds impression, if i understood correct. i think it is pretty good though.

[@savagecub]

From back when SNL was worth watching !

[@NoahSpurrier]

There’s been some great stuff in the last few years.

[@thekid9152]

I want those real Gumby clips lol

[@ss_whole]

Tom Snyder in the bathroom stall in case anyone was wondering

[@quinnrollen]

If Piscopo did letterman more, I would actually enjoy it.

[@RyderDavis]

I remember when I visited 30 Rockefeller NBC in 1994, they had a Gumby suit, with an Eddie Murphy life mask on display. It was actually the day that O.J. Simpson and Al Cowlings fled from the the police on the Interstate 5 in Los Angeles.

[@clintbronson5]

Was that Dan Aykroyd in the stall as Tom Snyder??

[@maxcardun]

I'd like to click on more of "this" and more of "that" but the links seem to be broken.

[@commonsense1649]

all the phrases and mannerisms

[@ellierose6]

This is fucking brilliant.

[@RickRobinCagnaan]

Gary Kroeger playing an SNL band leader and cast member? Okay, what other SNL cast member portray fellow SNL cast member? Jay Pharaoh playing Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock?

[@johnnyheads6745]

Jimmy Fallon - Adam Sandler

[@RickRobinCagnaan]

@@johnnyheads6745 let's not forget Al Franken. Jeff Richards outdid himself with his impersonation of the former Minnesota Senator.

[@johnnyheads6745]

Dana Carvey - Dennis Miller

[@RickRobinCagnaan]

@@johnnyheads6745 spot on!

[@walruswasrob]

Johnny Heads Fallon also played Dennis Miller during the real Dennis Miller’s short-lived stint as a commentator on Monday Night Football.

[@JLeppert]

Who was playing Paul Schaffer?

[@Mark_Brooks]

Gary Kroeger.

[@karlschneider9479]

He also did a great Frank Sinatra.

[@joebarrett7651]

That was ackroyd

[@RollingOrmond]

Akroyd had left by then. Doing Trading Places.

[@joebarrett7651]

@@RollingOrmond yeah but they did guest spots like alec and his sport on impersonation of trump

[@chriscecere3774]

😂🤣

[@EdMelendez]

Eddie Murphy #GreenFace