Letterman's final Top Ten list

One of the best ever, with the help of some very funny friends

[@oshea41]

That Julia Louis Dreyfuss line is pure genius.

[@scottrackley4457]

she came out with the double bladed knife, love it

[@cinemight]

She had the best zinger, no doubt.

[@davidleahy8770]

Julie Louis Dreyfuss Destroyed Both Dave And Jerry In One Line #Savage

[@gfunkera]

She's talking about The New Adventures of Old Christine you flog

[@davidleahy8770]

Oh My Bad Lol

[@robf6105]

She was talking about the Seinfeld finale.

[@rjcrjcrjc]

Julia's Top 10 insult was the best in my opinion.

[@mattguitarwilson]

Indeed, that was the best one of them all.

[@11matt11]

Saved the best for last. The Dreyfus line may be funniest laugh I've had in years.

[@adampalmer7387]

11matt11 and the look on Jerry's face made it funnier

[@OptimusGPrime]

Do you know how to count and understand the meaning of last? Bill Murray was last, you fool.

[@smitty7326]

It's so funny seeing Jim come out after Jerry. They're styles are so different in every way, but they're both hilarious and Jerry seems to love Jim

[@laidbackmanour5928]

E.L.E

[@Muhammad_Kamal]

Ol

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

QZ

[@debschaefer7820]

Jim couldn't have dressed up? Just a little?

[@734wheeler5]

@@debschaefer7820 he don’t give a shit about this stuff anymore lol

[@at1212b]

You can tell Jerry genuinely loves Dave's humor when Dave says "I think he's got a Benefit". Ol school what appears to be simple comedy that's magic.

[@donanger1968]

The Bill Murray smile. Legend.

[@kapishjoshi4576]

Holy shit, so many of the best comedians all there to honor one legend... Dave Letterman. That’s awesome

[@at1212b]

Notice nobody really gave a crap about Leno?

[@OptimusGPrime]

@@at1212b Who?

[@oleanderson1013]

How cool would it have been to be backstage and see those 10 people interact?!

[@bencomedianCH]

At 02:46 Dave went in his head: THAT’s the retirement look I want!

[@nydwarf1]

And that's the retirement look he has!

[@canigettawhatwhat]

You know robin williams would have been there

[@FredHerrman]

Ryan M. I thought about that too.

[@mcgurkryans]

Replaced barbara

[@WickedLiquid]

He would’ve replace Peyton who was only there cause Dave was a fan of his.

[@caseyw1286]

Yep, Robin would have defiantly stole the show here! So sad he is gone.

[@scwt89]

and Andy Kaufman

[@ShakmaGeebes]

Steve. Jerry. Jim. Chris. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! What a line-up! (and props to Julia for one of the best lines)

[@daveg6839]

I just discovered that Julia Louis-Dreyfus line was written for her after she rejected the first line they gave her. Just shows what good writers can do under pressure.

[@ryanzealand]

Wonder what the rejected line was

[@richard10013]

And Jerry was there when they wrote it. Which makes it even better.

[@curtbell6839]

This still cracks my s**t up, all these years later.

[@tvscribe]

I miss Letterman so much. Watched him every night growing up. Fell asleep to his show which gave me a sense of comfort even if I had to wake up for school 5 hours later.

[@almog6564]

is it just me or the background music is very awesome, particularly the way every time it develops and involves more instruments and elements

[@LurkerPatrol5]

Yep. It's "Love Rollercoaster" if you didn't know.

[@henn863]

@@LurkerPatrol5 Actually it's a song called "Fire". Same group though, The Ohio Players.

[@joelouis-arena4061]

@@henn863Also done later by Sly & Robbie 👍

[@StevePhil-qw4ep]

All were great...Daves crack to Jerry was priceless haha

[@dillcifer]

I forgot what we were missing without Dave’s top 10 lists!

[@isaacgraham5727]

Bill Murray has always looked a little bit like my father, but as they’ve both gotten older the resemblance has increased, albeit with my Dad looking a few years younger in general, probably because he never drank or smoked. Anyway when I saw Bill Murray coming out at the end of this video it actually freaked me out enough to do a double-take, freaking out for a split-second because I was seeing my dad come out from backstage and not Bill Murray. He looks that much like my dad at this point.

[@mschwes5376]

I am guessing she probably wasn’t up to it and hadn’t been on the show in years, but having Teri Garr do one of these would have brought the house down. She was one of his regulars on NBC and their chemistry was outstanding.

[@rc....]

Would have replaced Chris Rock with her but his joke needed a black guy 🤣

[@MsEAM17]

Watching this 2 years later.. still funny

[@yayathegreat3645]

Watching this 5 years later.. still funny.

[@mikeo5657]

4 years later, still gold!

[@jayhache5609]

Watching this 8 years later… Still funny.

[@GoodfellasX21]

Really guys? I was able to watch without laughing at all

[@lucasblanton5203]

Julia Louis Dreyfus roasting Jerry Seinfeld's show 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lpluva1]

That's the 1927 Yankees of comedy right there. Peyton is batting ninth, but he's on the team!

[@CoryFalde175]

Dave and Conan were my last two connections to television. It's all streaming services now.

[@Wanderer_Rogue]

This comment made me feel very nostalgic, and even a little sad. Good news is, you're not missing much... it all went to shit.

[@RichV20]

Four are big NBC stars: Baldwin, Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfuss and Tina Fey. Six if you include Rock and Murray with their big starts on SNL. Dave was sticking it to NBC to the last day.

[@RBSmada]

And Peyton was on SNF a lot. Kind of a stretch but whatevs lol

[@hutch1197]

I think Dave just genuinely liked these people. They were all comedy titans. (And he's friends with Peyton). Their NBC connection was just a coincidence (and proof that the network has a great history of grooming great comedians).

[@mattcody4933]

That was absolutely brilliant!!

[@FredHerrman]

That was so great! I miss that show.

[@rc....]

Legendary top 10!

[@Psychokitten113]

This is a great line up, one of the greatest moments in American tv. (im not American, im Australian)

[@ededdneddy988]

Chris Rock's voice is iconic lol. It was specially made for comedy

[@amjh4lah809]

This was SOOO good.

[@Emily00Strange]

What a great line up for the top 10.

[@thegrinch7989]

can you imagine what it must have been like back stage?

[@Dr-Stu]

You can see JLD and Steve Martin guiding Peyton Manning through his bit in their heads 😂

[@JBM425]

Over the years, Peyton has improved significantly.

[@doubleuponbob3397]

3:12 - Bill Murray doing his hair in the background 😄

[@therewasacrookedman5892]

I wish Peyton would have just gone, “Omaha, Omaha, Omaha!”

[@samossurfphotography6163]

Brilliant 👌

[@plasmichoneytrip]

@2:56-- When Class-A, Superstar fellow comedians laugh at your antics... #youretrullyupthere

[@jared20041]

Can you imagine if they all decided to go out for some drinks after the show????

[@rickj5180]

What's sad to think about is Robin Williams would have definitely been a part of this if he was alive. Probably would have done the number 1 too.

[@plasmichoneytrip]

THAT made me sad...It would have been a more awesome top10 finale.

[@dmjdmj]

+Rick J. No he wouldn't. Bill Murray was the first guest on Letterman's NBC and CBS show. This was an homage to that.

[@WickedLiquid]

Bill Murray would have always been #1 but I agree Robin would have been there. He probably would have replaced Payton Manning who was only there because Dave was a big fan.

[@RichV20]

@@WickedLiquid I think Peyton stays as David Letterman is a big fan and the crew knew it. Out of all 10 celebrities, Peyton was the only one that Dave was really starstruck and tongue tied here.

[@goodbadbill]

@@WickedLiquid Bill Murray would've still been number 1 because he was Dave's first guest but Robin definitely would've been number 2 and would've have a more raunchier joke for sure.

[@anramsay]

Imagine what a comedy flick we'd have if they all starred in a movie together.

[@David-iv6je]

Nah, it would be like The Expendables for comedy: not that great.

[@goober8798]

@@David-iv6je Barbra Walters would crush that!

[@rodrigozombie]

So many legends in one spot. I'm shocked they were even able to bring all these people 😲

[@blakelightcap4835]

Top 10, They were great!

[@AJ42K]

Cant believe it has been 4 years.

[@MRCHEMICALBLUNT]

I CANT STOP LAUGHING

[@derrickrouse8565]

Thanks Jerry

[@marcaoutar2713]

Its the same guy in the audience initiating the applause every time

[@tonyennis1787]

There are people paid to do that.

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Bill Murray, the coolest human being alive.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

So much talent in such small space could cause a comedic collapse of the space time continuum.

[@Kha89478]

steve martin's joke was the best

[@cnett486]

Best delivery too

[@andreaudet]

His and Julia's are tied for best I think

[@ruthecker399]

love dave so funny

[@ans1830]

I miss Letterman

[@marcelolibermandeloreto5252]

It is probably the best top ten of all times.

[@andreaudet]

Definitely in the top 10 best… 😜

[@tml184]

Sopranos.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Wow, that is a Mt. Rushmore of 1980-2010 comedy if there ever was one.

[@krisscanlon4051]

I miss you Dave and my youth😂

[@fregggga]

best of the best

[@oussamayassine1377]

Jim carrey absolute gold ❤💪

[@tml184]

His line wasn't funny.

[@richorichards4655]

I feel like Bill really owes Dave that money to this day

[@jayhache5609]

And aren’t they both extremely wealthy? Somehow makes it even funnier.

[@andreasutherland8182]

I miss Dave!

[@mickfunny4185]

Andrea Sutherland all Colbert does is joke about Trump

[@MBOmnis]

Colbert's a tool.

[@dumpchangepants]

Just intern at NBC he’ll find you

[@leonardmullin2699]

Its very funny, swear to god I've never seen it before but one of those people should have been Norm MacDonald, just because of the amount of times he was on, the actual personal stuff they talked about (Norm being fired from SNL) and how they were friends and even as Norm has said in the past David Letterman was like his idol. And he told that to Dave as well and they spoke about a lot on that show.

[@hutch1197]

Norm got his own special last episode, which was better than this, in my opinion. He got to do a one-on-one lengthy tribute to Dave all to himself and it was very touching.

[@DPMusicStudio]

@@hutch1197 And has one of the greatest bits that Norm ever wrote and performed. Letterman laughed so hard that you could hear him even though his microphone wasn't on!

[@jtiguemoran]

Nope he was no where as big as any of those folks

[@jayhache5609]

@@jtiguemoran That’s why he got to do his own 10-minute stand-up bit on the last show, unlike any of these ten.

[@archielaird9016]

Don Rickles

[@magnusnilsson1398]

Wjat most people dont know. Bill Murray was the very first guest on the tonight show. And he was the last.

[@Pupda]

What most people do know is that the Tonight Show premiered in 1954 when Bill Murray was only four years old, and he wasn’t on it. And since it’s still in production, there hasn’t been a last episode for Bill Murray to be on…yet…. But thanks for playing Nilsson!

[@yopp549]

@@Pupda he was letterman first guest buddy

[@Pupda]

@@yopp549 That’s great, pal. But the original comment was about the Tonight Show, not Letterman. Thanks for playing….

[@MayorMcCheeseStalker]

@@yopp549 The OP was for some reason trying to teach us something about "The Tonight Show." He failed, as Pupda correctly pointed out.

[@rc....]

Jim Carrey and Tina Fey❤❤❤❤

[@ste7en777]

never to recover

[@adamcoe]

i really hope Seinfeld didn't know what Julia's line was gonna be ahead of time, that was amazing

[@xjcrossx]

He knew about it. She had a joke that she didn't like so she requested another joke and they came up with while Jerry was standing there. He said "that's good." lol

[@ste7en777]

it was unrepairable

[@Utahandbodhi]

Anyone else say ‘wow’ when Julia Louise Dreyfuss came out 😮

[@themusicjournalbrazil2302]

HISTORIC!!!!!!!

[@scocon8658]

Doesn't Jerry Seinfeld look a lot like Gilbert Gottfried in this clip?

[@TacoBarato]

I see it too.

[@princeharming8963]

Leno must have been busy that night.

[@Tory-T]

Everyone wearing suits out here and then comes Jim Carrey

[@JohnPaul-pb4eu]

If James Gandolfini was still with us I m sure he would have been there!!

[@Captain_n_1]

Jerry Seinfeld: "really?"😂

[@aaronzigelbaum]

How does Jim Carrey do that with his eyes?!

[@GetAsCloseAsYouCan]

This pretty much goes up in rank pulling out no stops. Loved Rock’s joke the most; sad truth but also accurate and funny.

[@blobcity3591]

none of them are white but whatever.

[@GetAsCloseAsYouCan]

@@blobcity3591 Arsenio Hall, Eric Andre, cmon now.

[@youdontknowme2915]

#ItIsOkToBeWhite

[@blobcity3591]

@@GetAsCloseAsYouCan didn't see one of those people in this clip but okay

[@GetAsCloseAsYouCan]

@@blobcity3591 Dude, what drugs are you on? If you were on planet Earth, you would understand this video.

[@ShawnLevasseur]

And so Dave’s post show beard was inspired by Jim’s.

[@luiscavero2730]

I missed Dave Letterman. Nowadays, the humor in talk show revolves around politics. It has stopped making fun of the most trivial things in life, or celebrities crazy life.

[@tonyennis1787]

Dave was getting pretty bitter, similar to George Carlin. He retired a little too late.

[@ryangossett8211]

My thoughts when Julia came out..."I'll be in my bunk!"

[@natedog8432]

Not bad, Jerry! You just need to get Peyton, Barbara and Bill on Comedians in Cars...

[@w7100]

he went on 3 years longer than he should had but dammit I miss him

[@asecretone]

They all do

[@guitaristdotcom]

Yes, he was on autopilot by then. Those early days at NBC, though, were a kick in the pants.

[@jayhache5609]

@@guitaristdotcom No doubt about that. Those were for sure The Golden Years. I miss those days, and nights!

[@joenop3393]

Miss Dave.......he was never obsessed with a President!!

[@ste7en777]

i''ve seen it it is sad and hilarious

[@msminmichigan]

Anyone else catch how JLD saved Tina Fey from backing into Peyton Manning?

[@CharlieAUS]

msminmichigan Or she cock blocked her?

[@jayhache5609]

Women can be vicious. We all know Tina was doing that on purpose… and that Julia was just jealous! ; )

[@martincaidin4166]

no Regis?

[@AllenMarshClips]

Seeing this for the first time and I was thinking, "Who's going to be number one?" Of course it's Bill Murray. Wasn't he Dave's very first guest?

[@cz2165]

I wanna be at that after-party.

[@HenryR929]

Obviously Siskel & Ebert were the only ones missing

[@ryanevans8566]

And Charles Grodin & Teri Garr.

[@princeharming8963]

Wow.. Barbara Walters' face has been pulled back so tight, she could barely see where she was going!

[@aaronstone3970]

To Aclec: does that gun shoot itself? 😅

[@JasonL77]

Jim Carrey looks like Jack Black after Weight Watchers.

[@reachsherly]

What cologne gadafi use?

[@jeffalderson279]

Wish don tickles was in the list

[@goodbadbill]

I wonder why Bruce Willis wasn't there. He and Dave always had crazy antics.

[@jayhache5609]

Didn’t he kind of stop coming onto the show a good while back? I wonder if something came up between them...

[@ryanbell6537]

Alec Baldwin over Norm MacDonnald?!? Gosh THAT didn't age well.....

[@michaeltonikov]

neither did Norm. Reminds me of that tragedy

[@aolson1111]

Norm was already on the show a couple days previously.

[@cnett486]

I love Tina's little backwards walk

[@DPMusicStudio]

I know! She did it in 30 Rock, as well!

[@gregaroivadilinovich280]

Too big to fail

[@ricricky4103]

She is a knockout

[@maonyksmohc9574]

jerry looks exactly like rick santorum

[@jimnfl7134]

RIP Barbara Walters. They left their EGOS at the door, cause i wondered if a few cannot get along!

[@steelyman08]

I agree with the season finale comment! Seinfeld just stumped ~ couldn't believe his ears. That speaks volumes 🙄

[@supernotnatural]

PAython aged fine

[@1Yh8HH]

They can't help themselves..

[@jeffe_77]

All but 4 are SNL alums. Baldwin, Carrey, Manning and Seinfeld. And the 4 hosted SNL.

[@tml184]

Carey stunk in this one.

[@tonyennis1787]

You have to know the history. After watching one of Jim's insane over-the-top clips, Dave chastised him, "have you ever heard that less is more?"

[@EasyBreezy41]

Chris Rock was hilarious lol