Staff Favorite Moments: Kathy Mavrikakis On Joaquin Phoenix, Bill Murray And More | Letterman

Longtime Letterman staffer Kathy Mavrikakis recalls her close calls with the law, John Goodman's belly flop into a fountain and more.
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Welcome to the Letterman KZbin Channel, home to all your favorite clips from Late Night and Late Show - as well as conversations with the writers, producers and performers who helped make it all happen. These highlights have been artisanly-produced, carefully-curated, and chosen completely at random by an old computer that used to pick numbers for the New York Lotto back in the 90’s.

[@billwhite7099]

LMAO, well in the mayor's defense it actually did look like the building was exploding. 🤣🤣🤣

[@sarahdee374]

there's a reason they usually set fireworks off over water. This looks VERY dangerous. I agree with the mayor.

[@JonsDDVlog]

It really did. I would have been worried too.

[@LeslieDugger]

It was a terrible idea

[@NSN42009]

This was wonderful Kathy! and to think...you were my "date" to Montclair's Winter Ball in 1984! You did an AMAZING job on Letterman! Congrats!!!

[@doderiolarkisso4038]

Oh, now i finally got that 30 Rock reference with the Fireworks..

[@JackSilbert]

That Father Biff really made me laugh! Thank you, Ms. Mavrikakis!

[@robinblackmoor8732]

Dave is still the King. No other show before or since does stuff like this. Conan and Kimmel are close, but Dave is the king.

[@FairsleyDifference]

To be fair, Conan’s show in the 90s was far more bizarre and twisted.

[@tony-lx6cz]

first there was Steve Allen and he was great, then there was Jonny Carson and he was great as well and that network got Jay Leno , he was no where near as good as the two before him. Dave Letterman got screwed for not being the one to replace Johnny! but he went to the other network and he was great.

[@nichobee]

Its silly humour with an edge, I agree nobody does it better

[@cactaceous]

@@FairsleyDifference If you never saw Dave’s Late Night show but still… Everything Conan and writers ever did was practically a carbon copy, only more sophomoric, of bits Dave had already done.

[@FairsleyDifference]

@@cactaceous Obviously you never saw Conan’s show in the 90s. Yeah, in the last 15+ years most of what Conan did was remotes and live bits, like Dave did. It was the exact opposite early on, which was entirely by design.

[@larrbrown7277]

Dave is a MASTER He makes these other late nights look like amau

[@gavin4513]

This stuff is amazing. It's a treasure. All these uploads are amazing. Please please keep it coming. Me and my partner watch this every single night and it brings us so much joy and laughter. Thank you to everyone who helped make this channel what it is today (especially Don!!)

[@Mo_Taser]

That was one of the better one of these retrospectives. Well done.

[@taylorlconner]

Goodman really looks like Walter Sobchak in that thumbnail! 😄

[@dianewinters8628]

I just love Dave's laugh❤

[@SaintMartins]

In regards to the neighborhood people & mayor getting freaked out about the fireworks exploding. It reminded me of the time they were filming a scene from the first X-Men movie in my neighborhood. 2 days before, the production company sent 1,000+ letters to mail boxes in our neighborhood warning us about "sounds of loud explosions" that would happen 2 or 3 times that day & "please don't call 911". I still have the letter !

[@Subo23]

Was that in Toronto?

[@NoellaScott]

The high five with Father Biff 🤣😂

[@dimitreze]

she was and still is very cute

[@raggededge82]

people who look after themselves and live good lives age well. I don't know her, never met her, but I guarantee she's a pleasure to be around and probably the kindest soul around.

[@keefriff99]

She’s extremely cute…older than me by 15-20 years I’m guessing but I find her very attractive.

[@conradpoos2859]

Oh my best to Manny too! I worked with him in post-production in the 90's.

[@markjones952]

I remember Kathy as the woman who introduced Alan Kalter to his long lost son.

[@eatonuter7113]

I remember that!

[@t23001]

Thank you, Kathy!

[@bernlin2000]

Is this the first member of the show to bring up the Phoenix spectacle?? Truly one of those pinnacle moments in Letterman's career, he did such a great job. No other host could have kept the tension and suspension of disbelief like he did. Was he in on the joke? Who could know but insiders at that moment. 😛

[@dellsbells100]

No, David didn’t know.

[@dellsbells100]

@@ObamaFromKenya Yes, Casey Affleck who directed "I'm Still Here" confirmed that.

[@dmccarty10]

The fireworks were an epically bad idea. So funny.

[@lestergreen9524]

Kathy is such a great person! This was awesome!

[@mhmrules]

@5:54 Not just a million dollars, but a million DAMN dollars!

[@Lugano1788]

I always love seeing Dave laughs in the background 12:11

[@jesscasalla224]

"are you from the swing State?" hilarious

[@apoxuponme9575]

Please keep these coming

[@zabagar]

This is terrific!

[@pika23]

I remember the joaquin phoenix show! The one used for the movie.

[@aanddone4747]

🤣Think I remember watching the bunnies at the fountain & nun skit back then

[@Squidbillies1000]

Love David and the show.

[@ineedausernamenow999]

I didn’t see the firework bit because I had stopped watching letterman before than(it was me not you), but yeah those fireworks had my jaw dropped because it was bad taste for sure. Love the Letterman show and stoked to watch all the things I missed because either being too young, or while I got a little older and didn’t watch every night. But watching the fireworks burn down the front of the building before going into the normal aerial fireworks shook my mind, couldn’t imagine what local New Yorkers thought of that

[@winonafrog]

Same

[@myroncope5]

I remember watching that John Goodman appearance when it aired and knowing he was drunk, and then the Joaquin Phoenix thing and thought it was an interesting act ala Crispin Glover or Andy Kaufman

[@eatonuter7113]

I remember when Kathy brought Todd out to show him around the theater saying that he'll 'replace' Dave after the 2014 Olympics. Someone more young and likeable.

[@untexan]

At least it didn’t last three hours like Jack Donaghy’s Salute to Fireworks

[@AllanAdamson]

Goodman rocks

[@RobLives4Love]

i just wish i could view all these in full now

[@bluebear1985]

Loved the bit with John Goodman going into the Rockefeller Center fountain. Conan never would have done that, even though he had already taken Dave's old NBC time slot by this point in time.

[@paulrobertson3079]

@@pashadyne Always felt like Conan was like Dave but the 2 dimensional version.

[@t7489]

Awesome career

[@larrbrown7277]

A genuis

[@joemc1960]

Who thought that was a good idea? One year after 9/11.

[@taylorlconner]

No kidding 😬

[@kerrydarensbourg5557]

I miss David Letterman.

[@steveh.230]

My best to Manny :) xoxo

[@MatthewGill-nv4tb]

The fireworks were actually amazing

[@matgood6231]

How in the world did nobody say hey fireworks might be a bad idea ? lol that was pretty bad yikes 😬

[@SOLOHeyman]

Is that you Pa?

[@MarkKanaster-ev6pq]

My vote goes to Chris Elliot because he was the guy in the skits for Dave but without him they would never be the David Letterman skits and he has an awesome DVD set of get a life that every person who loves David Letterman needs to get or see on KZbin because it is Chris Elliot at his best 😂

[@Ruggedystim]

Her faves a re up there with my favorites. The fatws is hilarious

[@hobbygamer6220]

is that david tennant ?

[@lynnturman8157]

no, Letterman

[@MikeChimeri]

9:08 I "cares," Dave. I love fireworks on TV.

[@MarkKanaster-ev6pq]

Tina Fey ripped you off for her show

[@pjhood3770]

Did anyone else think that was John Goodman

[@the406seadonkey6]

Who is the blonde guest during the fireworks segment? I can't quite place her.

[@jefflast5071]

Just found her listed elsewhere. It's Emily Procter.

[@joelhenderson4450]

World Wide Pants will not be shortchanged.

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Or hemmed in.

[@paulallen9150]

Pretty sure it was one of them rabbits that ambushed that old man at the white house.

[@andymassingham]

It’s 2023 and 10:27 completely looks like you know what. The descending overture is hilariously sickening to watch, but hey, the biz of show….and away we GO🤯

[@Shivaismysaviour]

It's like she was never there......no one remembers her and Franky I'm sure the staff could say the same .... towards the end

[@dianewinters8628]

I thought the fireworks were beautiful. I would think they'd shoot them off in Central Park?

[@Subo23]

Lame animals! Mean spirited

[@the406seadonkey6]

I do agree with you. That irritated me too. Thank you for your comment. Seriously. All animals have more value than that wench.

[@lynnturman8157]

She meant lame as opposed to wild & exotic (which are normally the animals brought out on late night talk shows)

[@iateyourass]

I have an idea: since he's doing all this stuff now online anyway, why not just bring back the Late Show with David Letterman? That way there could be a late night talk show on television again that isn't an absolute pile of cringe-worthy, propaganda-ridden turds.

[@debschaefer7820]

😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😢😭😂🤣

[@Khronogi]

Ah yes, put him on Fox News so we can get rid of some of their cringe-worthy, propaganda-ridden turds.