Brooke Shields Gets $12 A Week Allowance | Letterman

Brooke talks about college life, her meager stipend and more.
(From "Late Night," air date: 10/1/84)
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[@tonyantonio7104]

I love the hairstyles of the women hanging out with Steve Martin in Dave's office! People love making fun of the fashions and hairstyles in the Eighties, but I thought they were fabulous! Dave was such a good host to watch on TV back then...so relaxed and witty with his guests.

[@kstepko]

In 1984, $12 a week was a pretty decent allowance for a 19 year old, if your basic expenses were already covered. Hard to believe today!

[@brianmccafferty1470]

She was at Princeton and Jody Foster was at Yale at the same time!

[@greg.murphy]

If I didn't know an answer on a Spanish test, I put "Soy un pato grande."

[@5454randy]

More Brooke Shields segments please

[@rockturtleneck]

Amazing how she said people used to show up at her dorm room door unannounced from all over the country. I'm around her age and back then there were no locks or security in dormitories. You could just stroll into any one you wanted whenever you felt like it. I have a couple kids in college now and when I tell them that they can't believe it. Shows how much our world has changed.

[@gracejones2831]

why were people that didnt belong there knocking on their dorm room door? Reporters? I know, stupid question.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Good lord, the sparkling blue eyes, sugary sweet voice, the tender years. 🥰😍😘

[@jeffreyrivers1983]

All these years... I never noticed or told how tall she is... never knew she is 6 foot.

[@simonjacob3949]

She’s divine ❤❤❤

[@checkmatekingtwothisiswhit7685]

Sound editing at the end?

[@christophermiller3031]

I have only began to fully reslise how often the subject of philosophy is looked down upon ... When truly.... IMO philosophy is king ;)😅🤙

[@renegado100]

So beautiful !

[@markpiersall9815]

This probably aired six months earlier and was a rebroadcast. I am a blue duck, is what Dave says in French. Odd she didn't catch any of that.

[@KungEMuller]

Wow! David Letterman did a lot on Late Night TV back in the day. Steve Martin really wanted to have a party. Also, $12 a week for Brooke Shields!? That's almost minimum wage now.

[@walterfristoe4643]

Leave Steve alone, Dave, he's busy... 🤨
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[@glenngrinter6818]

Ball State University on par to Princeton.😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@brianmccafferty1470]

1984...big puffy hair!

[@walterfristoe4643]

❤🐶😸

[@uuclmusic2711]

$12 a week in 1984 had the spending power of $36 a week today

[@PersephoneGoethe]

She looks like Ted Bundy

[@pakdolan]

Boy sure it was a cold audience that night.

[@nikosvault]

her moment had passed.

[@dottieobrien2606]

God