WTF Happened to DAVID LETTERMAN?

[@markjackson6431]

David Letterman is my Johnny Carson Conan O’Brien is my David Letterman

[@EricB-r7d]

Well put...

[@CasualSpud]

Just as long as none of them are Leno

[@gwaaand]

And Craig Ferguson is Craig Ferguson 😏👍

[@suedenim]

They're the last true *broad*casters. Every time I see a 5 second clip of Colbert's show, I feel like I've lost three months of my life.

[@belzebul]

Not mentioning *Craig Ferguson* along Conan as one of the last great late night hosts? :( Craigy gets much less recognition than he would deserve

[@WillGarza-l9w]

Craig was my all time favorite! He had all kinds of guests while keeping his show as ridiculous as possible with some very serious people on

[@datguyfoss3915]

At the very least I can give Craig credit for being the one modern late night host I don't get annoyed by.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

This! This so much! Craig Ferguson was amazing!

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Brian poshen was in bullet scars 1942 with Regis toomey Howard da silva Adele longmire four faces west 1948 with Joel Mccrea Charles bickford Frances Dee

[@CatJabZ]

I would be so tired in class the next day because I stayed up just to watch Dave. He has a sense of humor that I had seen nowhere else and it just jived with me. My king of Late Night always!

[@stingrey1571]

one of favorite letterman bits ever, dave ran from his studio to live with regis and kathie lee and ran back. he actually did it. no camera cuts, stuntman or editing. the way it was shot, dave booked it across several blocks to their show.

[@skrachvynl]

Now we need a WTF Happened to Conan O'Brien

[@Kneroh_]

I am so happy Cabin Boy did not go unnoticed. Thank you.

[@Football__Junkie]

Would you like to buy a monkey?

[@gallery7596]

@@nicolamcguinness8689 Fred Gwyn starred in "Car 54, Where Are You?"

[@JAFOpty]

honestly, I have never ever laughed at anything Jay Leno has ever said... like ever.

[@lordofthereels6790]

Bill Hicks' act being banned from Late Night always pissed me off. Letterman did admittedly take full credit for the ban but had Hicks' mom on years later to apologize to her face which was sweet though.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

I do agree with you, aside from Conan, I stopped bothering with late night hosts.

[@MrBdiddypop]

Remember when Joaquin Phoenix came on with his beard and sunglasses and barely spoke to Letterman? That was a pretty funny interview. Probably around 2009.

[@myrnalaboy2840]

My all time favorite David Letterman show is the Top Ten subject matters segment. Way to Dave...way to go!

[@Football__Junkie]

One of my favorite bits was him going on Carson in one of Johnny’s final episodes and yelling at the band “guys… the gravy-train is being discontinued” 😂😂😂

[@wstine79]

David asked Paul to play him off one last time in 2015.

[@t7489]

No he didn’t. The foo fighters did.

[@SUScorporation]

We have to ask ourselves would letterman have made skibidi Biden

[@glazdarklee1683]

Letterman had charisma. And I think that even he never really understood what that was. All I can say is that he created memories for me that no other late-night host ever has.

[@Forcemaster2000]

I was there from the beginning, (watching on TV) I'm so glad to have watched from beginning to end of Dave's latenight career!

[@lukefitz1492]

Great points about current late night crapola

[@WillGarza-l9w]

Gotta do one about Craig Ferguson he was Very much in the same comedy vein of letterman and never got a shot at the bigger show

[@alteregobro4826]

can you do wtf happened to terry crews?

[@DaneSnape]

Oprah’s the Vegemite in that letterman Leno sandwich

[@ferociousgumby]

He has more hair now than he did 10 years ago.

[@ABoyandHisDog-pd3lb]

Conan and Ferguson were the last two great late night hosts. Ones that pushed the envelope a bit.

[@spooley]

He is still doing the Barbara Gaines show weekly. Dave was truly the only host who got it, Norm and Warren knew. Game recognise game.

[@darkhall8227]

Comming from the uk I always liked David Lettermen better over Leno

[@nassmatic]

It was good for Letterman to air Bill Hick's 1993 censored performance in 2009 and apologizing to Hick's mother.

[@FlandersB]

I miss The Late Show. Too bad it's not on anymore.

[@blakelyhall8191]

Hey silly billy don’t be sad. We still have the Late Show and Mr. Colbert has turned out to be a worthy heir to the throne 👏👏💙👍

[@FlandersB]

​@@blakelyhall8191That untalented hack? Ugh. Like I said....too bad it's not on anymore.

[@FlandersB]

​@@blakelyhall8191It's not on anymore, I checked. Just some political show hosted by an unlikeable hack.

[@blakelyhall8191]

@@FlandersB are you sure bruh? What your describing sounds exactly like faux news with wanna be late night host g gutfield 😂😂🫵🤣🤣🤪😃😿😿🤦‍♂️🫣😅

[@blakelyhall8191]

@@FlandersBawww does sumone get their feelings hurt when people say mean things about the orange idol? 😰😰❄️

[@DABA2024]

Conan somehow managed to never victimize any of his employees. GOAT.

[@thespicemelange.1]

I always loved his top 10 list. I did love Conan's run on late night, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't the same as Letterman, but I wouldn't expect it to be.

[@gallery7596]

8:43 Nobody really cared that he used his staff as a dating pool? Regina sure did. She was incensed by all the laughter his confession got, so Letterman addressed the scandal again, but this time in a more penitent manner (example: "I have a lot to make up for.") Also, at least one ex-employee cared enough to write about her experiences as a "Late Show" staffer, watching those who had relationships with Letterman seem to get preferential treatment. To this day his questionable behaviour during that time is brought up in plenty of comment sections. With regard to Dave never claiming he was not a "scumbag and a cheat": maybe, but for years he publicly mocked other celebrities (like Frank Gifford and Wade Boggs) for philandering. Had the public been aware how Dave was conducting his own personal life while skewering those who'd been unlucky enough to get caught, would they not have seen this as a big double standard on his part? One person who left Dave alone during that uncomfortable period was Jay Leno (who we know could've told endless jokes about Letterman's shenanigans - but chose to be merciful). So it was rather startling just a few months later when the person publicly leading the charge against Jay over the Conan Tonight Show fiasco was none other than Dave Letterman. To see him judging anybody else's morals after what he'd recently been outed for sure looked hypocritical. I never looked at Dave the same way again, and I think his condemnation of Jay had more to do with his own resentment over being NBC's second choice to replace Carson than it did supporting Conan.

[@mattmozgiel2111]

Love the Letterman show.

[@TheDebattam]

Make a WTF episode with Roland Emmerich ...I miss his movies 😢

[@eddead4235]

His chemistry with that intern was way to explosive

[@projectdeadserious]

curious why winning the Indy 500 didnt make the cut.

[@dondevice8182]

Not looong enough!

[@thatdude4542]

As far as late night hosts go Letterman was top tier. My Next guest with David Letterman is dogshit though. He is just pandering to celebrities and its awful to watch.

[@GloopTrekker]

NBC Letterman > CBS Letterman.

[@keithwoodcrest]

How you gonna do a video about Dave and not do a clip of him repeatedly asking the drummers of those are their drums lol

[@boldone82]

You know, I watched The Amazing Stories reboot from 2020. One of the stories is called "The Rift". One of the stars is Edward Burns. WTF happened to him?!

[@stingrey1571]

as much as i dont like jay leno, both have a justifiable claim to the tonight show chair. johnny loved dave and wanted dave. he had followed his show. leno on the other hand was the defacto guest host. toward the end of his run, carson was working 2-3 days a week. the tonight show was like a part time gig for johnny.

[@SonCarlosH]

Exhibit A. Letterman was always better. Exhibit B. Carson had his back. Judgement? Letterman was the superior host. Case Closed.

[@lynnpurcell5225]

I always liked David. I didn't care about the fooling around thing, and I felt bad that he had to admit it on air. That was obviously a difficult thing to do but he did it. Anyway, I hope he's enjoying his retirement, for all the fun and laughter he brought us he deserves it.

[@rodscarbrough2337]

I think one of the reasons he admitted it on air was to disarm the blackmailer. if its all out they have no power over him.

[@timmyb7734]

Late Show was the more popular one around the world.

[@tristramcoffin926]

6:34 Quashed, not squashed

[@Football__Junkie]

I’ll tell ya what happened with Dave. All the fun was ruined by a meddling bureaucracy.

[@HumblyArtsy]

Yeah I used to love Late Night TV talk shows. But I haven’t enjoyed it in the last 9 years. Awful

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

WTF happened to Brian poshen

[@mindcrome]

I think Jay was a better choice (appeal wise, I like Letterman more myself). He is just the right amount of white bread NBC wanted/needed at the time.

[@gallery7596]

And Dave not getting "The Tonight Show" was probably a good thing because *CBS* treated him much better than *NBC* treated Jay and Conan.

[@mindcrome]

@@gallery7596 he wouldn't have had the show that he did, and was better than Leno

[@gallery7596]

@@nicolamcguinness8689 Fred Gwynn was in every single episode of "The Munsters."

[@J-Bibble]

Can we chill out the background music on these???

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Hi David, I'm Grampa.

[@totallypreposterous]

Jay Leno is so god awful humorless and unfunny that they actually had to hire someone to lead his band who could force laugh at everything. And I do mean FORCE laugh.

[@charliewilliams2735]

He retired. That’s what happened

[@gallery7596]

@@nicolamcguinness8689 Dave probably should've retired sooner, too. The last years of "Late Show" (when he started cutting corners like pre-taping Friday shows and sending others out to do remote pieces that he once would've done himself) were not Dave's best work. Also, Fred Gwyn played the judge in "My Cousin Vinny."

[@jwise209]

David Letterman

[@garyphisher7375]

Hilarious episodes???

[@Joe-ye5mc]

This narrator is so annoying

[@BloodyRSX]

Craig Ferguson

[@Mayor_Of_Eureka17]

John Oliver does a legit job at pushing back and outrageous stunts.

[@BenSkyLakewood]

No need to scream or make silly voices

[@Machtimus]

He retired....end of video

[@hyperchord]

jerk

[@Boi-Faan]

Do not care.

[@SFreije1]

Fun fact, David Letterman was never funny.

[@dreniarb]

Never found him funny or understood his appeal. Nor why he was one of the creeps in Hollywood to get a pass.

[@davidmitchell6873]

You were more into hee haw and Gallagher smashing watermelons.

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Brian poshen was in Texas terror 1935 with John Wayne Leroy mason luclie Browne George gabby hayes Dan Poole

[@ferociousgumby]

Too much information. We didn't need to know the details.

[@joannemurdock7899]

Should ditch the grey Beard 😮

[@thecunninlynguist]

His really long beard makes me dwell icky lol

[@shellysara3934]

Yo JoBlo Letterman is great and all BUT he wasn't really the first or best choice for replacement. Joan Rivers was. She guest hosted way more than The Chin or Dave. In fact she was told by the Carson himself that she was going to be the one. Dave was 2nd and the Chin was his last choice.

[@colerieger7300]

Carson didn't speak to Joan Rivers from 1986 until the day he died. Sure, she may have been at one point, but by the time he retired and it was actually time to hand the show over, his choice was Letterman.

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

James Nesbitt was in the terror of dr Hitchcock 1962 with Robert Flemyng Neil Robinson Barbara Steele silvano tranquill Harriet medin bronagh Waugh ciaran hinds directed by rioccardo Freda produced by Luigi carpentieri Ermanno donati music by Roman vlad cinematography by Raffaele masciocchi editing by Ornella micheil

[@gallery7596]

RE: "[Joan Rivers] was told by the Carson himself that she was going to be the one." Then Carson had some nerve because "The Tonight Show" belongs to *NBC.* It's the network that makes those decisions.

[@nicolamcguinness8689]

Brian poshen was in cry danger 1951 with dick Powell William Conrad Russell Bobbitt

[@gallery7596]

@@nicolamcguinness8689 Fred Gwyn played the judge in "My Cousin Vinny."

[@GarethAlan81]

You should do one about Viggo Mortensen.

[@Passions]

This is nothing more than an ad for David Letterman. Thumbs down. Blocking.

[@michaelstaunton1632]

🤢📺

[@brighteyes4927]

He’s gross.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Just like you and your mom.

[@shadowaccount]

Remained the most overrated and least funny until he thankfully retired and did the world a favor by staying out of the spotlight.

[@blakelyhall8191]

Is that why you are here watching at retrospective about him? 😂😂

[@shadowaccount]

@@blakelyhall8191 nope. Clicked to post this comment and dislike the video.

[@markjackson6431]

@@shadowaccount dude get a hobby. you’re giving cel vibes

[@johnnycotton3217]

He has a show on netflix that is great

[@spooley]

So you're a professor of logic? Do you even own a doghouse?​@@shadowaccount

[@accutronitisthe2nd95]