Pre Rerun Plus on Letterman, July 7, 1986

Folks have been asking for the original broadcast of Late Night from July 7, 1986, before it was "Re-Run Plus"ed on September 21, 1987 (seen here: • The Rerun Plus Show on... ).
With guests Anthony Perkins and Sandra Bernhard, and a performance of "Don't Bring Me Down" by former Animals lead vocalist Eric Burdon. Plus Brush with Greatness (with writers' embellishments), Small Town News, and a salute to WOWT-TV in Omaha, with a special screen-piercing appearance by 200 Elvis Presley impersonators, all starring Rick Scheckman.

[@spensert4933]

sandra and dave's oil and water chemistry is hysterical.

[@plaws0]

Two *hundred* Elvis impersonators. Wow. Also, I was in the city for this weekend (and the week before and after) doing a paramedic internship with the late, lamented NYC*EMS ... So lots and lots of memories ...

[@albertmora4290]

Thanks for posting!

[@Bigstooler0]

"Chuck.....if this was an airplane would you take off in it?"

[@danielpoitras1858]

Your a Champ Don! Thanks!

[@Bigstooler0]

I miss this Dave. Anthony Perkins was great as always. To play Norman and come out the other side must have been a mind twister. I think he did it four times.

[@johnsjohnson448]

My aunt would always discuss how scared she was when she went to see the original "Psycho" when it was released. LOL. Mr. Perkins was a Terrific actor. Johnny followed by Dave was great Television. Epic.

[@MichelleUS66]

Looks like Sandra got a true laugh out of Dave with the "sex kitten" joke. :D

[@Rattlehead930]

You're a treasure, Don! Thank you :)

[@BaccarWozat]

"We want to pierce that flat TV screen." --Dave, not apparently realizing TV screens wouldn't be flat for another decade.

[@allendracabal0819]

The screens were always flat. It was the rest of the TV that wasn't.

[@larryrainthorpe3332]

Loved show always the licence plate you saw driving,good on show

[@allendracabal0819]

Was that sentence created by AI?

[@amfm889]

28:25 Paul's line about Bad Axe, Michigan!

[@allendracabal0819]

I still remember this from when I originally saw it back in the day!! I also still remember "C. Paul Tilson Shaffer", but have yet to find that on KZbin.

[@BuddhaBlurbs]

God bless Sandra Bernhardt ..

[@yohei72]

I was a teenager when this aired. It feels so weird to me that this is a period piece now. The hair and clothes on that guy with the weightlifting story...

[@dianewinters8628]

Dave looks good in purple😎

[@user-pt4ix4kd9l]

sarah Bernhardt looks like mick jagger's twin sister

[@ram3621]

Foreshadowing with the CBS tshirts

[@kevinnelson66]

Handing out CBS t-shirts. Who knew that six years later Dave would move from NBC to CBS six years later?

[@dongiller]

Seven. :)

[@LeeKav]

Is that 'Do What You Like' by Blind Faith the band plays at 12:00ish, or just something similar?

[@dongiller]

That’s undoubtedly the song.

[@allendracabal0819]

One thing is a little odd about this: the description calls it the original broadcast version, but there is an "original air date" stamp coming back from the commercial after the Perkins interview.

[@dongiller]

What E! did here was incorrectly chyron the Re-Run Plus broadcast date, not the original Pre-Rerun Plus date. I’ve linked the Re-Run Plus upload in the description.

[@allendracabal0819]

@@dongiller OK. Thanks.

[@tailormade3072]

I enjoyed this one

[@billoz]

Would Dave's suit work today, July in 2024?❓

[@johnsjohnson448]

Johnny followed by Dave was a great Era in Late Night Television. Thank-You for sharing. Were the reruns re-edited?

[@dongiller]

In very few instances, like the shows where Dave referred to the Dancing Waters before such a company by that name threatened to sue unless the name was changed; thus why it was then called the Prancing Fluids. When some of the Dancing Waters shows re-aired, the name was muted. Also at the end of the show when Dave announced the next night’s guests. That was cut, and in its place was older generic footage of the band playing while Bill Wendell announced the actual guests for the following night, the show being either a repeat or new. I put together a video on that generic footage - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmTThninr754eaM Also when Dave would give the phone number for a future show where viewers could call in - when repeated, that number was likewise muted.

[@johnsjohnson448]

@@dongiller That's right. The famous "Jump Cut" at the end when Mr. Wendell would say: "Tomorrow Night...." lol

[@LElCoolP]

CBS t-shirts. 😂😂😂

[@jacoscofield5150]

Sandra is gaining weight lol ! Bulimia ??

[@mikel917]

umm davy s from indy

[@okay8094]

Identifying tourists' by their dental records