Letterman | Stupid Human Tricks | 1987

from a 1987 episode of Late Night with David Letterman

[@Keaks_]

The audience are not in on the joke, the guest is not in on the joke, us watching at home and Dave are in on the joke. What an awesome show he had.

[@AlainHubert]

That's the Letterman show that I remember and loved! Not the lame boring show it had sadly become near the end in 2015...

[@babajaiy8246]

That jump rope bit is priceless.

[@matetotally]

Earliest instance of hearing the word "sick" on mainstream tv to mean "great"

[@Tsamokie]

This is an aberration of the English language, as is using "insane" to connote "incredible/amazing/outstanding/exemplary/extraordinary/etc."

[@captainscentsible1811]

I also heard clout for the 1st time on Dave's show. 30 years or more later we hear it more and more.

[@greer2402]

Amazing huh

[@jonhohensee3258]

Cigar box guy knows how to pick a sweater! Am I right?

[@shannono8397]

some say the amazing jumprope trio is still jumping, thus unlocking the secret fountain of youth: They are all still as young and still jumping rope :) *This is by far my favorite trick ever on his show

[@lucaspatrick542]

I would not want to see how explosively powerful “jump rope James” is when he fights.

[@leewilson1316]

" When the other one gets on..." Epic!

[@hydrarue3725]

The “ventriloquism”! 😂

[@davidintel]

I can't jump with no one on my back, this was incredible!

[@zelsperry2526]

@5:20 "Yeah! It's been cleared"

[@mylifeisJDM]

I like how he left the boxes on the floor as he exited. Not like he had any other choice though.

[@tomchrisfield7348]

Another thing I'm never going to be good at.

[@ruthecker399]

love dave miss him

[@1sportsfan]

00:28 Great words of wisdom.

[@piggyz3796]

I like the cooperation help he gave 3:11

[@petermaxwell2965]

Strong guy !!

[@moose9771]

Both did good job the skipper strong as jump rope with to lady’s 👍🏼

[@sluggou812beotch]

Legend has it those two girls continue to ride James Thompson to this day.

[@laverdadesmejor]

Letterman was the last classic late night talk show host. His successors are all pedestrian, juvenile, and political panderers.

[@richieboy6825]

laverdadesmejor Dave is/was king-I loved summers as a kid in the 80’s staying up til 12:30 & then discussing what we thought was funny the next day..... “ did you hear the intro???...’and now a man who, before time, ran naked in the splendor of the jungle....daaaaavid letterman!!!’ “

[@karezaalonso7110]

You must've missed how he ripped into O'Reilly, as a wind bag, among many other "Goons". When W came on his show, he kept replaying his dumb acts.

[@Kurt77777]

He was at his best when he was on NBC. At some point in his career at CBS, he became a partisan political activist. I think it was around the time when he stopped being funny.

[@SolidifiedHoney]

The second act would be more fun with the girls on the other side ;)

[@karezaalonso7110]

Or sandwich style, one on each side.

[@Kurt77777]

On the other side naked as a jaybird.

[@Tsamokie]

The three-in-one jump rope was a pure physical power feat. Well done. Now the 80-cigar-box-balance act was pure physical skill. Also well done. William Claude Dukenfield was also very good at prestidigitation and I would profess much better indeed.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Jump rope guy... now THAT was a trick.

[@bwhite429]

That Chin was made to balance things 😂

[@James-kv6kb]

Absolutely 30 years of balancing here

[@ultrared27]

So that last one. Never mind.

[@LtEdPell]

Joan Jett! Awww shoot.

[@BoulderCreekSteve]

Paul is a ventriloquist doll.

[@jonhohensee3258]

YOU are.

[@davidc3857]

That's what's wrong with the world, there's no more Letterman! We're expected to suffer thru late nite watching Jimmy Kimmel? Give me a break, the only thing his show's good for is a signal for me to start channel surfing! Kimmel and his show have no redeeming value to the late nite audience except to bore them to death.... 🙄

[@kevinlakeman5043]

And don't forget about that smarmy twat Jimmy Fallon. I'd take lame Kimmel over Fallon, which isn't saying much at all. But Fallon is purely for teenage girls and 20-something millennials. Just the cheeseball musician impressions and silly ass games, it's like late night tv for kids and celebrity worshippers.

[@BigDaddy-vr2ut]

What’s Dave been up to in 2022?

[@James-kv6kb]

I do chin balancing lol stacks of chairs tables 9 milk crates ,but I think my act was slightly more professional

[@BigDaddy-vr2ut]

How many boxes was he balancing

[@James-kv6kb]

Yes that would have been good to point that out

[@moaningpheromones]

Michael ticks all the right boxes. The boxes aren't glued, but I sure was. I skipped the next one.

[@louielouiepks]

Winner ! Hope rope man

[@benharrison8975]

And they weren’t even thin girls!

[@Kurt77777]

David said, "NO WAGERING!"!!

[@helenbailey825]

Where did he get all the cigar boxes

[@James-kv6kb]

From the juggling store

[@jerrybobteasdale]

How did the guy get that many cigar boxes?

[@gabrielbrown6934]

Probably from Steve Harvey

[@James-kv6kb]

You buy them from the juggling supplier

[@Traderjoe]

300 pounds…. Total!!

[@dethengine]

JOAN JETT??? WTF???

[@HyborianAge]

That was perverted

[@rotcod2886]

HyborianAge That's what made it good.

[@nigelbeaumont1109]

All these fantastic shows are all gone… gone forever. Now all we get is pure Junk. I despise this time on Earth… but I’m happy just not content.

[@James-kv6kb]

They want everybody stupid on tiktok creating their own content

[@Cabledeluz1977]

How boring

[@James-kv6kb]

Such a nasty person aren't you ? One of these that thinks entertainment is about being nasty to people