This was a huge pop culture moment at that time. The cursing and vulgarity was something you didn't see on a show like this. Now...well, it wouldn't even make news.
Madonna paved the path for them. She's breaking the stereotype of how a woman should behave. 30 years later, many female artists thanked her for being a trailblazer for them. Madonna is so ahead of her time. Her impact in popculture is phenomenal. The greatest female artist of all time, and the undisputed Queen of Pop! My respect will always be yours Madonna.
Yes, Madonna made it okay for women to speak their mind, act vulgar or go nude if they want. Thanks to Madonna stars like Britney can pose nude on IG and be free.
U forgot to mention the wit! I mean, for a woman to take control of a late night show host's segment is what is unprecedented and still unmatched to this day
Feeling like kids together as a style of communicating performed as an attempted interview can only result like this much in favor righteousness, Strangely enough we had....
I don’t think so, because a lot of celebrities, and whoever else these talk show, hosts have had on their show have sometimes acted a little outrageous to the point where even the hosts looked like they were getting secondhand embarrassment for them. I don’t know if you remember this but years and years ago do you remember when Drew Barrymore got up and jumped on David Letterman‘s desk and pulled up her shirt and flashed him? I doubt that was scripted. That’s when she was going through some tough times. And, now that she has her own show, she had David letterman on it recently and discussed that situation and that moment.
All I can say this is the legendary interview, the interview that cannot be happened today. They both maintained their own wildness of 80's - 90's, and decided to crash as hard as they can. Witt, humor, bravery, assertiveness and intelligence exploded all together in this interview. While some celebrities got publicly humiliated by David, not having a chance to fight back, but Madonna, she was never one of them.
Oh my gosh that makes you a legend in your own right. . . That will stand out is a highlight in life for me forever. . . Times were really fun back then I pray we can find the fun again
I remember this interview from back in the day. Madonna was all over the news because of what she said and did in this interview. If I remember correctly, this was one of the most popular reruns of Letterman well into 1995.
Madonna has always been notoriously hard to interview, Dave being the absolute professional he is manages to just keep it going and we have a classic episode!
@@philipseballos8892 If you call a fall to grow, to age, to mature in life you're totally missing how huge Madonna has been to music and society. She changed the way on how we think about of lot of things. She's not only a legend, she`s a myth. She'll be remebered like we nowadays study and talk about Cleopatra , Juana de Arco or Eva Peron. Strong women who change history forever !!!
@@julianvela633 Oh I absolutely adore Joan and I've seen her live a year before she passed, but she was a comedian while Madonna was a global superstar making such jokes. Miss Joan A LOT!
The payoff to this came at the MTV VMAs later that year. When Dave and Madonna showed up on stage together, the roof blew off the dump, to borrow a favorite Letterman phrase. And, of course, Dave delivered his line - “I’ll be in the car. Watch your language” - PERFECTLY. What a performer. What instincts. This is why Dave is iconic.
@@DeuDeoEgono. She didn’t say it was rehearsed. She said she told the segment Producer that she’s likely gonna curse. They said, go ahead. Don’t make up stuff., especially when it’s readily available to be debunked
@@johnday2971More like Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman actually🙂 Foreman vs. Ali was too one sided. Ali controlled that fight from Round 1 to Round 8.
Okay but can we appreciate how good Dave handled Miss Madonna and had the funniest comebacks instead of getting offended and stopping it THIS IS HISTORY
This was so great! Only Madonna can take over the show and only Dave can handle this interview. The two of them going back and forth was like two prizefighters. Just classic!
I remember watching this with my Mom (I was 14 at the time!) she and I both were shocked and laughing throughout the entire time! (especially when they kept cutting to the old couple in the audience!)
Yep, I remember this too. I was 11 as well. The younger crowd now will never understand how big this moment was at the time. 90s was the best of everything!!!
@@thepsychnurse4406 that's neat yeah the 90s was bliss we had Home Alone, Terminator, Nirvana, and really good tv shows like kids in the hall and mystery science 3000 and shows on TGIF like step by step and family matters then there was home improvement and married with children it was a blast.
She was onto something. Her chaos and confrontationality in this interview were piercing a hole in the polished, be-happy, look-nice veneer that was (and still is) talk shows
She loves attention and that’s all this is. She’s enjoying the power trip and trying to control the direction of the interview. Even though everywhere she wants to take it is tedious and boring (like the underwear stuff, or trying to get Letterman to ask her a specific question). It tells the audience very little about her (which is the point of these interviews), and it just seems like she’s playing the slowest flirt game of all time
@@VideoGuy232I one hundred percent agree with you. While she has clearly gone of the rails in recent years, this demonstrates that she has in fact been a train wreck forever. People seemed to believe that she was/is cool and edgy but the fact is, being cool never took so much effort! Looking back, it's embarrassing.
@@LizaFan Lets just say they both enjoy a good ego trip. He loved the attention he was getting on his show, she did what she did and both did it to satisfy their egos. A man who doesnt want attention cant even imagine themselves in a situation like they are without literally wanting the light on them.
@@DeuDeoEgoyou again? Once more, this wasn’t rehearsed. Letterman would never work that way. Go be a hater somewhere else… where you won’t get clocked for being a silly liar
@@gaylefranklin yes, me again, how is life!? Madonna herself said that specific part was totally rehearsed! I READ THE INTERVIEW and she was supposed to make fun of his hair, his response was SCRIPTED!! Deal with it!!
@@DeuDeoEgo she said she told the producer that she’d curse and make fun of his hair. And that the entirety of her conversation about what happened pre show. If you have more from Madonna on this , please tell me where I can find your source.
Were any of her responses scripted, or was this 100% on the fly? The beginning is hella cringe, but 5 minutes in and it feels like the ice is broken and Dave masterfully wrapped it up for the break.
Easily the best interview of all time. I heard humours that at the time the latterman show was struggling for ratings and David latterman asked Madonna to be outrageous and wild prior to the show started. Madonna was dating Tupac at the time and she admitted on the latterman show In 2009 that she had a joint prior to the show. Madonna even asked Dave “have you Ever smoked Endo? So basically she was high lol!! No other music star could cause such controversy then Madonna. No way she could get away with it now In 2022 as people would be too offended. Especially in the day of social media. It would ruin her career. This show is still the highest rating episode in lattermans career and Madonna’s single I’ll remember after the show aired peaked at No.2 on the billboard charts for 4 weeks. So it worked out well for both I say
nope. Letterman was beating Leno in the ratings in 1994 when this aired, it wasn't until Hugh Grant's appearance on the Tonight Show after his arrest that Leno started beating The Late Show. And no, this isn't the highest rated episode ever of The Late Show. His highest rated episode was after the 1994 Winter Olympcs a few weeks earlier than this episode. Actually, when this episode aired The Late Show was absolutely crushing The Tonight Show in the ratings. Basically everything you heard is a load of BS.
For me, it's just a few swear words plus some tongue-in-cheek conversations. Nothing outrageous for me, even when I watched it for the first time 20 years ago
Dave has a perfect comeback to any situation as fast as a bullet. When Madonna turn to the guy "who said that?" got an instantly "he is the guy you didn't want to kiss at the begining", that was very fast.
Two things: 1) Madonna's confidence, sense of humor, and quick wit are magnetic. Her personality really brings it, and she oozes sexuality. While she is a bit combative, she's also fun. 💯 2) Her and Letterman have damn good chemistry, and this actually felt like we were watching a first date. But man.. they would make the oddest couple. 😂
I used to record Letterman and watch it with a few high school friends during lunch hour in the art room, and we watched this a few times - it made the morning news, and we were so excited to see this.
It's funny seeing that Letterman put out his cigar/cigarette or whatever before coming back on air and pointing out Madonna's as if you couldn't see vapor coming off of him.
It's like a complete train wreck and a brilliant live comedy show all at once! Hilarious and deeply uncomfortable but you don't want it to stop 😆 Dave did a sterling job of holding his own against her, they have a weird and explosive kind of chemistry together. Deep down I think they really do like each other.
@@nataliezementbeisser1492 Well she did give him her knickers (and then insist he smell them)... if thats not a totally unsubtle hint then I don't know what is!
Madonna was so fearless wow. The back and forth between her and the host shows maturity that she can take a joke and she wont just sit , she will also throw the punches
@@georgegeorgiev3946the most fearless and legendary female artist of all time which is why she's remained on top for 4 decades. gave the biggest show of her career last month on the last night of her sold out acclaimed world tour
Love, hate, or don't care about her, she really was far ahead of her time - for a very long time. Gotta give her credit for that. These off the rails episodes are incredible.
I was 9 years old when this transpired. Makes me miss my childhood. Every now and again I will come back to this legendary interview, and all I can say is that I am very glad that Madonna conducted herself the way that she did with this late night interview. She kept stiff-ass Letterman on his toes, as well as the rest of the crew that evening, and then some. This caliber of late night tv cannot happen today.
People were mad about this but she gave that show life and reality that night I love her for that. Dave really did a great job rolling with the punches as well
Didn’t see it live, to my own chagrin. I had to wait until RUclips years later to finally watch in its entirety. Even then, it was a renegade video: back when RUclips kept everything under 10 minutes, so you knew it would get scrubbed. Dave was so damned professional and hilariously still Dave the whole time. Magnificent.
14:12 This is quite a brilliant moment. It seemed she broke character when he said that he knows everything there is to know about her. It negates the whole act. And she replies that he doesn't know a go**** thing.
PRIME Madonna! PRIME Dave! God, that was freakin' fantastic. We're talking 28 years ago, and I remember it like last night. this is SO FUNNY! What chemistry they have.,
A classic interview. Should have included Dave’s intro: “Our next guest has slept with the biggest names in the industry,” And Paul’s astonishment “She your guest!”
It’s funny everyone gets mad at her for saying the f word but no one calls out the guy literally trying to convince a woman to kiss a random man. yeah makes total sense🙄
Madonna is super cool!!! Don't think it was rehearsed. She put David on the spot almost every second, funny and uncomfortable at same time and credit to David he managed her well. Dave is awesome. It was a fun show for the audience. Thanks for sharing and Yes, she is wild :) and we love her.
The way the wife in the audience was clapping and scowling at her (non-clapping) husband when Letterman told them to turn down the sound because "people don't want this in their living rooms." 😅
This interview was so controversial at the time. I remember news programs saying that this interview had the most "bleeps" at the time. When Madonna and Dave showed up together at the awards a short time after, it was classic. =)
I remember watching this Live, and had been Lucky enough to have taped it so I then was able to rewatch it again and again- Dave is a Legend, but one of the things Dave could do so well is when a guest goes off kilter, the interview starts to go wrong, you see Dave's face and attitude just go "screw it", he starts jabbing back, and somehow he and the guest end up having a great time- Madonna was one, the Andy Kaufman/Jerry Lawler bits, when Joaquin Phoenix went method actor, and all the Charles Grodin appearances (that was an act, but I never knew for years- Grodin and Dave played off each other so well) - I remember when there was an older Lady who had an "act" with monkeys- they went crazy, and one was a Baboon and Lunged at Dave- Dave was genuinely afraid but still popped Lines and made comedy out of it
Classic and completely iconic till this day. I hope they upload her follow up interview with him in nov 2000. Complete night and day! Dave why haven't you had her on your Netflix show yet?? Long-overdue
I know there are a lot more obvious things going on in this video, but can we take a moment to appreciate how at 17:33 Dave does his Johnny Carson impression, and almost instantly Paul Shaffer starts playing the Tonight Show theme?
omg I have NEVER picked up on that until just now! :o granted, I didn't watch the Carson Tonight Show much, so don't know his mannerisms TOO well.....but gosh I've probably watched THIS here interview 100 times over the last 28 years, and wow, I'm absolutely tickled to just now be noticing this subtle impression for the very first time.....you are CORRECT sir! :o
Seeing this later in life, I'm even more angry with the audience and the double standards. Any time he did something vulgar like felt her up, make crude jokes, grab a top 10 from under her, show a clip of a naked woman riding a bike, everyone cheers and hoots. She does something vulgar and she's disgusting. They set her up to fail and she was resilient and even more rebellious. She's right. He used to be cool and edgy, and here he's pandering to some boring demographic (for 11:30 PM no less). Later she shared that the producers set her up like telling her to say that comment about peeing in the shower. And she was so bothered by this interview, years later she asked if they could bury the hatchet, and David said there was no hatchet. As always she was ahead of her time.
It's not about vulgarity, it's about sense of control and purpose. What Madonna did was perceived out of control and provocative, just for self-spotlight. What Letterman did, instead, was perceived within boundaries and entertaining, for the sake of the audience. There's no double standard. Letterman's references to the old couple meant "That is my audience. I work for them too".
This didn't sound NY to me. It sounded mid-west (which is where she's from), certain words she says made it really evident. But I do remember when she had the English accent lol.
The one time when David Letterman was completely upstaged, taken aback, dumbfounded and IMPRISONED! A moment in television history that will stand as an indestructible monument!
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This was a huge pop culture moment at that time. The cursing and vulgarity was something you didn't see on a show like this. Now...well, it wouldn't even make news.
Yeah nowadays the expectation seems to be if a guest wants to curse, the host says "go ahead, we'll just bleep it out, no big deal"
Madonna paved the path for them. She's breaking the stereotype of how a woman should behave. 30 years later, many female artists thanked her for being a trailblazer for them. Madonna is so ahead of her time. Her impact in popculture is phenomenal. The greatest female artist of all time, and the undisputed Queen of Pop! My respect will always be yours Madonna.
@@selenamadge489 No doubt about it. Her constant evolution kept even casual fans engaged. A marketing genius. Her intelligence is often overlooked .
Yes, Madonna made it okay for women to speak their mind, act vulgar or go nude if they want. Thanks to Madonna stars like Britney can pose nude on IG and be free.
U forgot to mention the wit! I mean, for a woman to take control of a late night show host's segment is what is unprecedented and still unmatched to this day
“Unstoppable force vs immovable object” energy 🤣🤣🤣
I AM x = blocked ♾️ 🚫
It'sa running riot🤣 😂 😒
Thanks for writing the perfect response.
this is literally the perfect comment lmao
@@incubrian WWE reference Hogan vs Andre
I was a kid watching this on live TV and even I felt the cringe. Madonna knew how to push all the right buttons!
Hello antscanada 👍
She's still a beautiful woman!
@@cheneethompson5756 With all that plastic surgery? No I wouldn't be so sure
Cringe? just thought it was very funny tbh
Haha same I was laughing and squealing so loud my parents woke up lol.
This would never happen today. Late night talk shows are so scripted and safe and BORING.
All shows were scripted back they always discussed of ahead of time what they were going to say
@@tinawallace9635 no they werent
Feeling like kids together as a style of communicating performed as an attempted interview can only result like this much in favor righteousness,
Strangely enough we had....
@@tinawallace9635 Exactly 💯! They still do that. The producer calls the celebrity ahead of time and they discuss what they're going to say on the show
I don’t think so, because a lot of celebrities, and whoever else these talk show, hosts have had on their show have sometimes acted a little outrageous to the point where even the hosts looked like they were getting secondhand embarrassment for them. I don’t know if you remember this but years and years ago do you remember when Drew Barrymore got up and jumped on David Letterman‘s desk and pulled up her shirt and flashed him? I doubt that was scripted. That’s when she was going through some tough times. And, now that she has her own show, she had David letterman on it recently and discussed that situation and that moment.
All I can say this is the legendary interview, the interview that cannot be happened today. They both maintained their own wildness of 80's - 90's, and decided to crash as hard as they can. Witt, humor, bravery, assertiveness and intelligence exploded all together in this interview. While some celebrities got publicly humiliated by David, not having a chance to fight back, but Madonna, she was never one of them.
No, this was specific to what happened between the two.
Sounds like ai wrote that op
@@8bitakvidsbecause ppl are no longer accustomed to genuine, indulgent intelligent discourse.
Anyone, it’s the correct take
You eat letterman out or something?
Madonna said enough. She didn't need Dave to make a fool of her 😂
There was no interview. It was a mad conversation.
I still laugh out loud at this interview every single time. A superstar being so chaotic on live tv back then was so wild, iconic.
take that L ben
None of them have whatever this is anymore. If they tried it would be fake. And the host couldn't manage it like Dave does.
Hahah love it❤❤❤❤
Not King icojic thete more annoying
she's not chaotic, just truly free and relaxed mind enjoying present moment ;) and David can tune to her and play the game well.
both are lovely :)
I was at this taping. It was a great moment. During the breaks, they were still telling jokes. This was one of the best Letterman’s interviews.
His skill is rare. These hosts today are incapable.
Between brakes did letterman smell those panties??
Omg you’re so lucky 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳👑👑🤩😘👌
Oh my gosh that makes you a legend in your own right. . .
That will stand out is a highlight in life for me forever. . .
Times were really fun back then
I pray we can find the fun again
You look 30 years old, how could you be there then?
She has opened so many doors for women in showbusiness and she was demonized. Total respect for the QUEEN OF POP. Iconic Madonna.
What a simp.
@@johnmoyle4195how? She’s actually pretty cool ngl
forgettable
I remember this interview from back in the day. Madonna was all over the news because of what she said and did in this interview.
If I remember correctly, this was one of the most popular reruns of Letterman well into 1995.
Remember the magazine covers “SHE WON’T LEAVE!!” 😂😂😂 Classic Madge.
I remember this so vividly. I was in a friend's dorm room. I watched Letterman every night in college.
while the others ...
@@peters4139 I see what you did there....
blockbuster and chill
Damn your old.
Madonna has always been notoriously hard to interview, Dave being the absolute professional he is manages to just keep it going and we have a classic episode!
I found this interview dumb, she was boring frankly. Dave was terrific as always.
it's a lot more game than the work, you know? ;)
I agree with you 💯. This episode is def "a classic". There was a lot "going on", during THIS taping 😲
I love the way Letterman kept the interview going too🙂
Yeah real professional to pressure a woman to kiss a stranger on live tv. She was right to call him a sicko
She is high asf here. She was dating Tupac at this time and just got done "hanging out" in the back with him 😂.
She doesn't look like she smoked here. No red eyes
@@ad8554you don’t necessarily have red eyes when you’re high, I blazed a lot when in uni and I rarely had red eyes
@@ad8554eye drops?!
tupac is a f/\g
She is high
This interview is iconic at this point. Never have we ever had a superstar as fearless as Madonna especially back then. Legend!
Legend before the FALL.
Ummm Joan rivers
@@philipseballos8892 If you call a fall to grow, to age, to mature in life you're totally missing how huge Madonna has been to music and society. She changed the way on how we think about of lot of things. She's not only a legend, she`s a myth. She'll be remebered like we nowadays study and talk about Cleopatra , Juana de Arco or Eva Peron. Strong women who change history forever !!!
@@julianvela633 Oh I absolutely adore Joan and I've seen her live a year before she passed, but she was a comedian while Madonna was a global superstar making such jokes. Miss Joan A LOT!
@@philipseballos8892 legends never fall...
Do you get the feeling Madonna had the time of her life? She really had a good laugh, as we all did. She couldn't stop giggling.
no she didn't, she was missing her mother so how can she laugh?
Because She Was High!
@@sallyjoan Yes, exaxtly. Let's never laugh and have joy, and NOT make anything out of your life, because your mother/father/grandmother died.
@@Lina-cy2yc well you're wrong actually and learn to spell!
@@sallyjoan Well, you are wrong, actually. And if you want me to learn how to spell, babe - teach me. Or don't look at my errors lol
16:30 "It seems like it has" 😂 I STILL remember that comeback. This interview showed me what a pro Dave was.
The payoff to this came at the MTV VMAs later that year. When Dave and Madonna showed up on stage together, the roof blew off the dump, to borrow a favorite Letterman phrase. And, of course, Dave delivered his line - “I’ll be in the car. Watch your language” - PERFECTLY. What a performer. What instincts. This is why Dave is iconic.
Simply the BEST..Tina Turner 😅
Cringe
It's was all rehearsed lines!!!! Madonna said that 😅😢😂😂😂😂 she said the line about her hair was all rehearsed etc
@@DeuDeoEgono. She didn’t say it was rehearsed. She said she told the segment Producer that she’s likely gonna curse. They said, go ahead.
Don’t make up stuff., especially when it’s readily available to be debunked
@@X11CHASEwhy? This was fuuun
Dave was incredible the way he held his composure and harmlessly fired back at Madonna in a friendly way. Not easy to do...
He was a sexist.
sure it is easy to do when you are a natural n a professional
I must admit the boomer generation like Madonna & David has incredible amount of intelligence and wit.
True. I like the way Letterman handled it.
@@jacksonaticmore like the most gullible generation 😂 ate up all the propaganda the government gave yall
Qui est là après la video de Seb?😊
Who the hell is "Seb"?
@@xq280764A French RUclipsr, je made a video explaining Madonna's career
@@xq280764 Don't know and we don't need to :)
“What is that? A swim cap…?” Freaking GREAT comeback!
Nah. Very basic. Like he is. A basic creep.
@@n3493 Just like most ethnic Germans
@@n3493 u just offended coz he got her bad...lol😂
@@n3493 ‘Awesome comeback!
LOL 😂 he really put her back in her place 🤣 😂
2 heavy weight champs sparring and it’s amazing. Dave’s comebacks are lightening fast. Most talk shows are soooo boring now. This was truly epic.
Her choices were interesting. Her critiques on point. His comebacks very true.
Foreman vs. Ali
As you put it, "Dave’s comebacks were lightening fast"🙂
@@johnday2971More like Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman actually🙂 Foreman vs. Ali was too one sided. Ali controlled that fight from Round 1 to Round 8.
Do yourself a favour and find an uncensored version. It's out there!
This is the best interview ever…the chemistry whatever it is was awesome and natural
Okay but can we appreciate how good Dave handled Miss Madonna and had the funniest comebacks instead of getting offended and stopping it THIS IS HISTORY
Yes! That is marvelous
This was so great! Only Madonna can take over the show and only Dave can handle this interview. The two of them going back and forth was like two prizefighters. Just classic!
MADONNA ATE HIM.
?
Oh Puleeeze ....
Except one fighter was trying hard......but got crushed by the superior host.
@@n3493 Madonna is trash
I remember watching this first air as a kid. I didn’t get a lot of it but the swim cap joke made me laugh hysterically.
I remember watching this with my Mom (I was 14 at the time!) she and I both were shocked and laughing throughout the entire time! (especially when they kept cutting to the old couple in the audience!)
I was almost 11 4-4-83
Yep, I remember this too. I was 11 as well. The younger crowd now will never understand how big this moment was at the time. 90s was the best of everything!!!
@@thepsychnurse4406 that's neat yeah the 90s was bliss we had Home Alone, Terminator, Nirvana, and really good tv shows like kids in the hall and mystery science 3000 and shows on TGIF like step by step and family matters then there was home improvement and married with children it was a blast.
She upstaged him. He didn't like that.
How old are you now?
She was onto something. Her chaos and confrontationality in this interview were piercing a hole in the polished, be-happy, look-nice veneer that was (and still is) talk shows
She loves attention and that’s all this is. She’s enjoying the power trip and trying to control the direction of the interview. Even though everywhere she wants to take it is tedious and boring (like the underwear stuff, or trying to get Letterman to ask her a specific question). It tells the audience very little about her (which is the point of these interviews), and it just seems like she’s playing the slowest flirt game of all time
@@VideoGuy232Relax, it’s not that deep.
@@VideoGuy232I one hundred percent agree with you. While she has clearly gone of the rails in recent years, this demonstrates that she has in fact been a train wreck forever. People seemed to believe that she was/is cool and edgy but the fact is, being cool never took so much effort! Looking back, it's embarrassing.
@@VideoGuy232 if anyone enjoys a power trip, it's Dave Letterman.
@@LizaFan Lets just say they both enjoy a good ego trip. He loved the attention he was getting on his show, she did what she did and both did it to satisfy their egos.
A man who doesnt want attention cant even imagine themselves in a situation like they are without literally wanting the light on them.
That old dude was legit disgusted 😂
This is scripted. They agreed to let Madonna do her thing. Dave didn't expect that the Queen of Pop can go extreme.
🥳🥳🥳🥳💃
One of Daves best interviews. I absolutely love his sharp responses. He is just not impressed by her remarks. Who else is that quick?
Madonna said all his remarks were STAGED, including the swimming cap for you to have an idea about real life!! 😂😂😂
@@DeuDeoEgoyou again? Once more, this wasn’t rehearsed. Letterman would never work that way. Go be a hater somewhere else… where you won’t get clocked for being a silly liar
@@gaylefranklin yes, me again, how is life!? Madonna herself said that specific part was totally rehearsed! I READ THE INTERVIEW and she was supposed to make fun of his hair, his response was SCRIPTED!! Deal with it!!
@@DeuDeoEgo she said she told the producer that she’d curse and make fun of his hair. And that the entirety of her conversation about what happened pre show. If you have more from Madonna on this , please tell me where I can find your source.
People don’t understand just how talented Dave really is, it’s extremely hard to do what he does on the fly 😂
No I UNDERSTAND. 😅
Were any of her responses scripted, or was this 100% on the fly? The beginning is hella cringe, but 5 minutes in and it feels like the ice is broken and Dave masterfully wrapped it up for the break.
Parents dealing their kids tantrums in public do
You’re only as good as the interviewee. Dave is talented and charming but so is Madonna.
Letterman did an excellent job keeping such a "notorious" interview going.
I honestly don't think any other late night talk show could've handled this any better than Dave
Madonna being high for the whole interview was an iconic thing in itself 🥰👍🏻
what was she smokin?
I knew I wasn't alone on that!
I am high and yes, can confirm that
@@Vor_Tex_Sun you pothead you
She got high with Tupac shakur in the limo on the way to the theater. True.
Easily the best interview of all time. I heard humours that at the time the latterman show was struggling for ratings and David latterman asked Madonna to be outrageous and wild prior to the show started. Madonna was dating Tupac at the time and she admitted on the latterman show In 2009 that she had a joint prior to the show. Madonna even asked Dave “have you Ever smoked Endo? So basically she was high lol!! No other music star could cause such controversy then Madonna. No way she could get away with it now In 2022 as people would be too offended. Especially in the day of social media. It would ruin her career. This show is still the highest rating episode in lattermans career and Madonna’s single I’ll remember after the show aired peaked at No.2 on the billboard charts for 4 weeks. So it worked out well for both I say
I was in high school and I remember what a scandal it was. It was talked about in the media for days afterwards.
nope. Letterman was beating Leno in the ratings in 1994 when this aired, it wasn't until Hugh Grant's appearance on the Tonight Show after his arrest that Leno started beating The Late Show.
And no, this isn't the highest rated episode ever of The Late Show. His highest rated episode was after the 1994 Winter Olympcs a few weeks earlier than this episode. Actually, when this episode aired The Late Show was absolutely crushing The Tonight Show in the ratings.
Basically everything you heard is a load of BS.
For me, it's just a few swear words plus some tongue-in-cheek conversations. Nothing outrageous for me, even when I watched it for the first time 20 years ago
LEtterman.Can't believe you edited this and misspelled his name 3 times.
Such a tragedy that freedom of speech is so offensive now
Madonna high AF actin like a brat with super powers, Dave just trying to hang in there...lmao
Dave has a perfect comeback to any situation as fast as a bullet. When Madonna turn to the guy "who said that?" got an instantly "he is the guy you didn't want to kiss at the begining", that was very fast.
David yup!
Him cutting her short trying to wrap it up had me in tears. "Very deep, Madonna Thank you."
Letterman is more talented than Madonna if you ask me
Also when she asked if his hair was a rug and he replied what was hers, a swimming cap, lol.
@@davidBarrelif anyone wants to ask, we’ll let u kno
I've never been a fan but she does have attitude. I'll give her that.
This is the best interview ever! Two greats doing their thing 🥳🥳👲🏼🧎🏼♀️
I remember watching this in Australia and howling with laughter so much i got in trouble with my folks haha
this is the most entertaining yet pointless interview! great stuff
Two things:
1) Madonna's confidence, sense of humor, and quick wit are magnetic. Her personality really brings it, and she oozes sexuality. While she is a bit combative, she's also fun. 💯
2) Her and Letterman have damn good chemistry, and this actually felt like we were watching a first date. But man.. they would make the oddest couple. 😂
“What is that- a swim cap?!” 🤣😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I used to record Letterman and watch it with a few high school friends during lunch hour in the art room, and we watched this a few times - it made the morning news, and we were so excited to see this.
It's funny seeing that Letterman put out his cigar/cigarette or whatever before coming back on air and pointing out Madonna's as if you couldn't see vapor coming off of him.
It's like a complete train wreck and a brilliant live comedy show all at once! Hilarious and deeply uncomfortable but you don't want it to stop 😆 Dave did a sterling job of holding his own against her, they have a weird and explosive kind of chemistry together. Deep down I think they really do like each other.
I think they hooked up after that
@@nataliezementbeisser1492 And many times before :)
@@Prometeusz how do you know
@@nataliezementbeisser1492 Well she did give him her knickers (and then insist he smell them)... if thats not a totally unsubtle hint then I don't know what is!
Dream on, Madonna ain't that crass to hook up with that sick f**k! Didn't you hear her, she was into Basketballer's at the time!
Madonna was so fearless wow. The back and forth between her and the host shows maturity that she can take a joke and she wont just sit , she will also throw the punches
This was anything but fearless...
Madonna and Tommy Lee from Motley Crue are pure insanity
She belongs to the street
Battle of wits with an unarmed woman.
@@georgegeorgiev3946the most fearless and legendary female artist of all time which is why she's remained on top for 4 decades. gave the biggest show of her career last month on the last night of her sold out acclaimed world tour
"untrue rumor thsts like funny David letterman" 🤣🤣🤣
Love, hate, or don't care about her, she really was far ahead of her time - for a very long time. Gotta give her credit for that. These off the rails episodes are incredible.
@@markshaw2009 similar to Dave, right? Who was a saint and ended world hunger. Entertainment is entertainment.
But she's nothing today but still trying to be
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES Okay? Another strange assertion. I don't really care for her, but she ruled culture for decades. No one can sustain forever.
@@TELEVISIONARCHIVES who us nothing? Madonna? One of the most recognized and popular acts in music history?
Just because we are in degenerate times. Let us see what history thinks of her.
"That microphone is really long.... Speaking of the NBA." 🤣🤣🤣
I don't get it?
@@Davez621 She loves BBC. She's been around the NBA Cirlces.
And it's black too!!
@@Davez621 You will someday when you're a little older.
@@Davez621she was making reference to a black player member
I was 9 years old when this transpired. Makes me miss my childhood. Every now and again I will come back to this legendary interview, and all I can say is that I am very glad that Madonna conducted herself the way that she did with this late night interview. She kept stiff-ass Letterman on his toes, as well as the rest of the crew that evening, and then some. This caliber of late night tv cannot happen today.
Only Dave could have handled this interview so well
Paul jumping in with the Tonight Show theme was genius.
You did have something there, David Letterman. One of the highlights of your show. Ever.
People were mad about this but she gave that show life and reality that night I love her for that. Dave really did a great job rolling with the punches as well
Zero subject. She's extremely superficial.
@@bavarois25ohh well
Didn’t see it live, to my own chagrin. I had to wait until RUclips years later to finally watch in its entirety. Even then, it was a renegade video: back when RUclips kept everything under 10 minutes, so you knew it would get scrubbed. Dave was so damned professional and hilariously still Dave the whole time. Magnificent.
14:12 This is quite a brilliant moment. It seemed she broke character when he said that he knows everything there is to know about her. It negates the whole act. And she replies that he doesn't know a go**** thing.
PRIME Madonna! PRIME Dave! God, that was freakin' fantastic. We're talking 28 years ago, and I remember it like last night. this is SO FUNNY! What chemistry they have.,
A classic interview. Should have included Dave’s intro: “Our next guest has slept with the biggest names in the industry,” And Paul’s astonishment “She your guest!”
Dave actually handled her pretty well here, there's not much at all to Madonna in this interview apart from sexual innuendo and swear words
This never gets old, funnier than hell!
hell is no laughing matter young man
@@repeatinggossip oh quit it for now will ya
@@repeatinggossip it is when it doesn’t exist
@@HCaulfield115 you'll find out soon enough I'm sure. 🔥
She'll be burning there soon and she be taking millions of blind sheeples with her.
"Is that a swimming cap" 🤣
Omg I know
It’s funny everyone gets mad at her for saying the f word but no one calls out the guy literally trying to convince a woman to kiss a random man. yeah makes total sense🙄
There is a magic in this interview which i really don't see anymore. Late Show was a party every night no matter the guest.
"Former mayor of New York.....Dave Dinkins?" 🤣🤣😂😂🔥
Madonna is super cool!!! Don't think it was rehearsed. She put David on the spot almost every second, funny and uncomfortable at same time and credit to David he managed her well. Dave is awesome. It was a fun show for the audience. Thanks for sharing and Yes, she is wild :) and we love her.
she's an icon shes a legend and she is the moment
Now come on now.
for you ya
Are you kidding? There were dog food commercials much more interesting than madonna
She’s like a bad habit, she wouldn’t get off the damn stage
@@gigwalnutz1527 well that's your version of life... in the real world she's quite literally the best selling female artist of all time.
She’s high as hell 😂
Stoners always think everyone else is a stoner.predictable.
Everyone was so angry... 😂
I’ve never seen Letterman as genuinely angry as when she started swearing.
Then you obviously haven't seen the infamous Harvey Pekkar appearance.
@@UpstateMediaNY or the Crispin Glover appearance
Watch the interview with Bill O'Reilly
He doesn’t seem angry. I think he had a crush on her.
@@veryfine69 It was for sure mutual
Dave put on a masterclass in dealing with a complicated interview.
I missed the masterclass. He seemed lost for big portions of it...
The way the wife in the audience was clapping and scowling at her (non-clapping) husband when Letterman told them to turn down the sound because "people don't want this in their living rooms." 😅
"What is that, a SWIM CAP?!" Dave Letterman was so quick.
He always got the last word in😂
Madonna admitted later she was high during this interview (obviously).
On what?
Endo
Was she using that as an excuse for being such a boring and childish guest?
@@belovedsandworm whats an endo
Shut up Lucy
I remember watching this first time on weeknight late show with david. Time flies.
And then HUMAN NATURE was born!! The backlash she received from this interview surely inspired her songwriting
I didn't know that...I love that song!
Actually Human Nature was about the backlash she received during Erotica. This interview came out a few months before Bedtime Stories
Absolutely. No. Regrets.
This interview was so controversial at the time. I remember news programs saying that this interview had the most "bleeps" at the time. When Madonna and Dave showed up together at the awards a short time after, it was classic. =)
This twenty minute interview is funnier than 99% of what talk shows do today.
“Dave you are a sick fuck!”
Band: Plays Holiday😂
This what she would’ve looked like if she’d done The Matrix. She was offered the role as Trinity but turned it down!
Thank God! 🙏
What is that a swim cap?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dave: "We wanna get the Counting Crows out here to play their songs."
Madonna: Why?
My favorite line of the night.
The swim cap comment got me crying 😭 he was eating her up 😭
oh my god i love her so much. this interview is amazing.
The only late night host that could handle her...he's a legend
And a perv......
Body language suggests they were really into each other 👲🏼🧎🏼♀️
Wish I could go back in time capsule. Watching this making me feel nostalgic. Loved 90s Madonna
Me too :/
A beautiful dance of the human condition that was once upon a time allowed to be broadcast on public television. Legendary.
I remember watching this Live, and had been Lucky enough to have taped it so I then was able to rewatch it again and again- Dave is a Legend, but one of the things Dave could do so well is when a guest goes off kilter, the interview starts to go wrong, you see Dave's face and attitude just go "screw it", he starts jabbing back, and somehow he and the guest end up having a great time- Madonna was one, the Andy Kaufman/Jerry Lawler bits, when Joaquin Phoenix went method actor, and all the Charles Grodin appearances (that was an act, but I never knew for years- Grodin and Dave played off each other so well) - I remember when there was an older Lady who had an "act" with monkeys- they went crazy, and one was a Baboon and Lunged at Dave- Dave was genuinely afraid but still popped Lines and made comedy out of it
Dave is really awesome!
"You realize that this is being broadcast, don't you?"
- "Yeah, you realize that I'm Madonna, don't you?"
Rumor has it Madonna was high af going into the show.
Combine that with Dave's history of bashing Madonna
Recipe for disaster
Classic and completely iconic till this day.
I hope they upload her follow up interview with him in nov 2000. Complete night and day! Dave why haven't you had her on your Netflix show yet?? Long-overdue
Fair play to Madonna for trying to break the system and fair play to Dave for his professionalism 😂👑 legends
Madonna was out of line, Letterman was man of the moment. Letterman's handling of the interview was a class act.
This conversation was wild af!! lol🤣
I love Modanna. Subverting everything with no apologies. Dave riding through, but it ended with a great laugh.
I know there are a lot more obvious things going on in this video, but can we take a moment to appreciate how at 17:33 Dave does his Johnny Carson impression, and almost instantly Paul Shaffer starts playing the Tonight Show theme?
omg I have NEVER picked up on that until just now! :o granted, I didn't watch the Carson Tonight Show much, so don't know his mannerisms TOO well.....but gosh I've probably watched THIS here interview 100 times over the last 28 years, and wow, I'm absolutely tickled to just now be noticing this subtle impression for the very first time.....you are CORRECT sir! :o
Seeing this later in life, I'm even more angry with the audience and the double standards. Any time he did something vulgar like felt her up, make crude jokes, grab a top 10 from under her, show a clip of a naked woman riding a bike, everyone cheers and hoots. She does something vulgar and she's disgusting. They set her up to fail and she was resilient and even more rebellious. She's right. He used to be cool and edgy, and here he's pandering to some boring demographic (for 11:30 PM no less). Later she shared that the producers set her up like telling her to say that comment about peeing in the shower. And she was so bothered by this interview, years later she asked if they could bury the hatchet, and David said there was no hatchet. As always she was ahead of her time.
I watched this interview many time. But now i am watching this. Passive aggressive behaviour is clearly visible.
It's not about vulgarity, it's about sense of control and purpose.
What Madonna did was perceived out of control and provocative, just for self-spotlight.
What Letterman did, instead, was perceived within boundaries and entertaining, for the sake of the audience.
There's no double standard.
Letterman's references to the old couple meant "That is my audience. I work for them too".
@@shubhankarsingh5353 I can see she feels vulnerable and attacked. He abused the situation.
“What do you want to know?”
“What’s your next look?”
“That’s what you want to know?”
She is daring him to treat her as an equal and not an object.
This was when Madonna had her New York accent. Six years later, she moved to London and magically picked up an English accent.
This didn't sound NY to me. It sounded mid-west (which is where she's from), certain words she says made it really evident. But I do remember when she had the English accent lol.
She's so full of herself. Yuck!!!!
There's no there there
It was an English accent impression, wouldn't go as far as to say it was an actual accent lol.
The one time when David Letterman was completely upstaged, taken aback, dumbfounded and IMPRISONED!
A moment in television history that will stand as an indestructible monument!
"The one time"? Cher says hi
Cher upstaged Dave. She was confident and witty. Madonna was simply childish.
He handled her with class and proper intelligent clapbacks to her idiotism. What are you talking about?
Not true...
Don Rickles would tare him a brand new one every time he appeared.
@@ellitestar Big friggin' whoop.
Wow...this is a pretty epic episode.
Black Crowes laid down killer performance of "round here."
In a different way clichéd and obscene, but at the same time the best Letterman Late Show that I have ever seen.