Bill was raised in Wilmette and attended a private Catholic school Loyola Academy. The public school he snubbed was New Trier. Phil Donahue sent his children to New Trier.
He's spending his later years bumbling about Charleston, South Carolina, where he owns the River Dogs minor league baseball team and nearby beachfront property. He crashes wedding photo sessions in Historic Downtown, walks up to sidewalk diners and steals a French Fry or hush puppy (corn fritter) and eats it, saying, "Nobody's gonna believe you", after which he often covers the whole check for the purloined appetizer. When somebody is REALLY drunk and passed out, he takes a selfie using their phone. It's basically random Bill Murray-as-Land-Shark sightings.
Agreed. We always seem to take away a distorted perception of past eras based primarily on the images we have of that time, which for the most part are hugely deteriorated. This is what I remember TV from my youth looking like back when it first aired. Congrats to whoever preserved and/or restored this footage to a semblance of its original quality.
A bit of a history lesson: when Bill refers to a the last viewers question being a "John Anderson" type at 10:34 he's no doubt referring to the 1980 presidential debate that took place just prior to this episode airing that featured Sen. John Anderson (running as an independent) debating republican candidate Ronald Reagan. President Carter declined to participate in this debate.
@@Mighty_Memer Ironically, we would have been out of luck even if Yes was backstage since that was the year that Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman were replaced by the guys from the Buggles. Coincidentally me and a friend saw them at Madison Square Garden that year, we were 16 and bought the tickets before knowing about the personnel change. We were so disappointed!
Bill Murray is so random. He is fearless with his comedy. I think that’s why Letterman loved him - they are so similar. His brain just works so quickly - he killed with the questions from the audience.
Really? I thought it was pretty weak! It was obvious he wasn't kidding about not getting any sleep. I'm sure had he not been partying all night he would have been a lot sharper.
The first time I saw David Letterman was on this daytime series. I was in the hospital, waiting to be put under, and happened on the show. I remember thinking how funny he was.
I didn't really appreciate Bill Murray's talent until Groundhog Day came out. Whoa, what a movie. His other stuff was kind of goofy, but that was a good flick.
@@lewisham not film, live TV. They've been nicely digitized from the original 2" tapes recorded at 30 Rock from the live broadcast, from what it looks like.
Interesting to see that, early on, Dave was using the audience members as props for planted material. Nice to see how he evolved to using them in more spontaneous ways later. For context, this appearance comes just over 4 months after Murray's final episode of SNL as a cast member, and a little more than 2 months after Caddyshack premiered. The first episode of the next season of SNL had not aired yet, so I'm not sure if it was common knowledge that the show's cast was changing or not.
@@zefallafez it didnt last very long, like about 90 episodes. whats interesting is that not alot of network affiliates air what is being aired when the main networks are showing what they are showing.. got a feeling that not all of the country was seeing dave's morning show at all because some of the NBC affiliates mayve been airing their own programing during this time. just like here in milwaukee,after the today show ends at 9am, the NBC affiliate airs local prgraming till 10,and then goes back to the next few hours of the today show till noon.
It lasted for 4 months in 1980. It really was the precursor to the Late Night show. Many of the same crew and comedy bits carried right over to Late Night, when it started 16 months later. By the end of the morning show, it was getting critical acclaim and had a huge cult following, despite the ratings failure. That's why he was able to parlay the failure into the nighttime show. The network felt he was the right man at the wrong time. It's a lot like how Police Squad failed as a prime time TV series, but then became a smash hit as movies. The powers-that-be believed the material was good and that it was worth giving it another chance in a different medium.
@@daveg6839 This was from the Letterman morning show, so, like you, I had missed it. Of course Murray was the first guest on the 12:30 show, about 16 months late. Dave was the perfect straight man to Bill for ever and ever.
@@TheLarryBrown So do you miss the old days when guests like Bob Hope would visit Johnny Carson and do a few scripted quips to promote an upcoming NBC special? Notice that Murray doesn't plug a thing, and doesn't do any re-hash of material. But, different strokes for different....
@@TheLarryBrown Or maybe it's Jimmy being unprofessional and disrespectful to his co-performers; the way a narcissist says, "Hey.... Look at Me! Forget what the others are saying or doing, it's all about MEEEEE!!" Just sayin'
Never seen a clip of Dave's morning show. So glad these have put out. I think it's due to Conan putting out all of his content for free. It's about time!
I remember Letterman's morning show. Edwin Newman delivered legitimate news in the middle of it (it was an awkward fit), but it was a funnier, more off the wall version of Letterman's late night show.
Bill Murray wasn't a star here yet but he was well on his way to being a beloved comedian. My top 5 Bill Murray comedies are: 1. Stripes 2. Ghostbusters 3. Scrooged 4. What About Bob 5. Groundhog Day
I watched Meatballs the other day. I didn't find it very funny and it was very dated. Oddly enough I found its outdatedness interesting. A blast from the past.
@@otakuwon Not a bad question. I found it amusing, but not 'very' funny. I enjoyed the movie. I was born in 85 so you might think that the dated humor might be lost on me, however I grew up as a kid going to bed listening to old time radio comedians from the 30's, 40's and 50's. I think 'Meatballs' had an ok storyline, a good cast and a good setting but I suppose I didn't find anything in the movie to laugh out loud to. I don't think it was a bad movie, just not a hilarious movie.
The first half of "Stripes" is hilarious but the last part fell flat with the goofy Top Secret Military Winnebago. Having John Candy in any film is a bonus however.
The moment this video clip finished an ad popped up for St. Jude Children’s Hospital (founded by Danny Thomas the comedian-tv producer-philanthropist….and father-in-in law of of Phil Donahue. I have to agree with Bill on Danny probably not liking Phil.
This is already classic Dave and Bill way back in 1980. I can’t quite imagine how this (or Dave in general) would have played in daytime but I guess that’s why it only lasted a few months. Daytime’s loss was late night’s gain.
@@dongiller thank you. I knew he has done daytime tv at the beginning ie local weather or something… Wasn’t sure if the show started out as a daytime show.
@@laraine8857 > *A great show and much missed when it was canceled* I went through withdrawals for a while when it was cancelled. It was the only thing forth watching in the morning at that time. :)
His deadpan humor wasn't for everybody. He would cut to 10 minutes of midday news with Edwin Newman, who was deadly serious, and then Letterman would say that when they came back from the ads, he would interview the man who invented the hammer. Plus his guests were "late nigh folk". Like Sandra Bernhard and Elaine Boozeler. He was basically doing a late night show during the day against the Donahue, Dina Shore and Mike Douglas shows.
What makes Bill Murray such a great comedian as he can be funny without being vulgar. Most comedians today have to cuss left and right and just say the most vial things to get a laugh out of people. Bill Murray is from an era of comedians that could make you laugh without making Your skin crawl at the same time.
@@AUTOPSY666 : You have stumbled into my world, the world of HETEROGRAPHS. Many words sound and are spelled similarly to other words, and they therefore present a kind of linguistic trap. Vile/vial is but one example. My best example is: right, rite, write, wright. 4 possibilities! Other common ones are your/you’re, their/there/they’re, and to/too/two. They are a very common reason for spelling mistakes. Send your cheque to …
@@devjaxvid If I'm not mistaken interest payments on a housing mortgage are still tax deductible. It's one thing economists say has fueled the housing bubbles of recent times. If only Bill Murray knew he'd launch an economics discussion on a youtube thread 40 years later!
yeah if I'm out and about and I see somebody fit in the Bob description I'll holler What about Bob, nobody gets it. every now and then will yeah what about him
I love that Dave gets real giggles out of Bill, even when he's doing his thang.
Murray at his most effortless delivery.
indeed effortless is a great description
The Murricane strikes again
Uh....uh.....uh.....uh..............I don't think so.
He totally took a bump before coming out, right?
Never thought I’d get the pleasure of watching the morning show!! Thank you
Love how Bill nails all the camera angles.
“What about Bob” still one of my favorite comedies..
Baby Steps is my favorite book!
😂
Is this some kind of death therapy?
@@tommitchell7294 😂
@@mike62mcmanus yes, I read things about that
Bill was raised in Wilmette and attended a private Catholic school Loyola Academy. The public school he snubbed was New Trier. Phil Donahue sent his children to New Trier.
Before Bill was drunk on Graham Norton, he was drunk on Letterman
Dave was the OG for EVERYTHING
He's spending his later years bumbling about Charleston, South Carolina, where he owns the River Dogs minor league baseball team and nearby beachfront property. He crashes wedding photo sessions in Historic Downtown, walks up to sidewalk diners and steals a French Fry or hush puppy (corn fritter) and eats it, saying, "Nobody's gonna believe you", after which he often covers the whole check for the purloined appetizer. When somebody is REALLY drunk and passed out, he takes a selfie using their phone. It's basically random Bill Murray-as-Land-Shark sightings.
@@troyevitt2437 Ah yes! There's a movie documentary about this called _The Bill Murray Stories_
This quality of this video is stunning. How did they restore forty year old video this well?
Agreed. We always seem to take away a distorted perception of past eras based primarily on the images we have of that time, which for the most part are hugely deteriorated. This is what I remember TV from my youth looking like back when it first aired. Congrats to whoever preserved and/or restored this footage to a semblance of its original quality.
A bit of a history lesson: when Bill refers to a the last viewers question being a "John Anderson" type at 10:34 he's no doubt referring to the 1980 presidential debate that took place just prior to this episode airing that featured Sen. John Anderson (running as an independent) debating republican candidate Ronald Reagan. President Carter declined to participate in this debate.
I voted for Anderson in that election.
there was also a Billygate reference early in the interview
Thanks, I was thinking Yes was backstage or something.
@@Mighty_Memer Ironically, we would have been out of luck even if Yes was backstage since that was the year that Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman were replaced by the guys from the Buggles. Coincidentally me and a friend saw them at Madison Square Garden that year, we were 16 and bought the tickets before knowing about the personnel change. We were so disappointed!
No doubt
Bill Murray is so random. He is fearless with his comedy. I think that’s why Letterman loved him - they are so similar. His brain just works so quickly - he killed with the questions from the audience.
Yes, those clearly unscripted and spontaneous questions.
Really? I thought it was pretty weak! It was obvious he wasn't kidding about not getting any sleep. I'm sure had he not been partying all night he would have been a lot sharper.
Damn that Phil Donahue 😂😅
😂😂😂Strip mining! That got a belly laugh from me.
The first time I saw David Letterman was on this daytime series.
I was in the hospital, waiting to be put under, and happened on the show. I remember thinking how funny he was.
My first was an Easter special where the rabbits on stage kept multiplying.
Did u make it?
@@sahej6939 Nah. They get RUclips in hell, but it only shows Letterman and Golden Girls reruns.
Morning show. What a journey. Legends.
Bill Murray is the reason I mispronounce that Greek sandwich 😆
I didn't really appreciate Bill Murray's talent until Groundhog Day came out. Whoa, what a movie. His other stuff was kind of goofy, but that was a good flick.
Groundhog Day and Scrooged. His two best films.
Amazed how clear this is for being 42 years old.
Film.
maybe sony betamax
@@lewisham Yup, digitized film clips have given a lot of young people the notion that we were stuck with pixelated crap back in the day.
You should see his face!
@@lewisham not film, live TV. They've been nicely digitized from the original 2" tapes recorded at 30 Rock from the live broadcast, from what it looks like.
Early morning with David Letterman
22%!! Thanks, Jimmy Carter.
8:32 - It's wonderful to watch Bill and Dave struggle to resist the urge to make a comment about the woman's hair.
Interesting to see that, early on, Dave was using the audience members as props for planted material. Nice to see how he evolved to using them in more spontaneous ways later. For context, this appearance comes just over 4 months after Murray's final episode of SNL as a cast member, and a little more than 2 months after Caddyshack premiered. The first episode of the next season of SNL had not aired yet, so I'm not sure if it was common knowledge that the show's cast was changing or not.
Can't go wrong with a bonded collar:)
Dave’s morning shows were the best!
Yes! I remember watching those as a kid/teenager during summer breaks.
Same summer as Empire Strikes Back. I used to watch Letterman in a Vader helmet.
I think that he may have been telling the truth when he said he had been drinking all night.
Coked up to his gills, not drunk
@@thisisme7587 thank you
Never knew Dave had a morning show. I kept thinking Phil D was going to be the last guy to ask Bill a question.
It lasted a couple of months in the summer/fall of 1980.
@@zefallafez it didnt last very long, like about 90 episodes. whats interesting is that not alot of network affiliates air what is being aired when the main networks are showing what they are showing.. got a feeling that not all of the country was seeing dave's morning show at all because some of the NBC affiliates mayve been airing their own programing during this time. just like here in milwaukee,after the today show ends at 9am, the NBC affiliate airs local prgraming till 10,and then goes back to the next few hours of the today show till noon.
It lasted for 4 months in 1980. It really was the precursor to the Late Night show. Many of the same crew and comedy bits carried right over to Late Night, when it started 16 months later. By the end of the morning show, it was getting critical acclaim and had a huge cult following, despite the ratings failure. That's why he was able to parlay the failure into the nighttime show. The network felt he was the right man at the wrong time. It's a lot like how Police Squad failed as a prime time TV series, but then became a smash hit as movies. The powers-that-be believed the material was good and that it was worth giving it another chance in a different medium.
Bill Murray at his absolute best... and, in the moment, Letterman realizes it.
dave always realized it
I think I've watched every Bill Murray appearance on Letterman except I've never seen this one. The first few minutes are genius.
@@daveg6839 This was from the Letterman morning show, so, like you, I had missed it. Of course Murray was the first guest on the 12:30 show, about 16 months late. Dave was the perfect straight man to Bill for ever and ever.
Ok, let's take your comment at face value. That elicits this comment from me: THIS IS HIS BEST? No wonder a lot people don't think he's that great.
@@TheLarryBrown So do you miss the old days when guests like Bob Hope would visit Johnny Carson and do a few scripted quips to promote an upcoming NBC special? Notice that Murray doesn't plug a thing, and doesn't do any re-hash of material. But, different strokes for different....
Murray out-trolled by a middle aged couple.
Well, it was a middle aged couple, armed with lines written by Dave's staff. Although I give props to decent delivery by the wife.
@@jackm4457 During the few seconds she wasn't breaking character and laughing.
@@TheLarryBrown She did it a lot less than Jimmy Fallon.
@@jackm4457 That's Jimmy's script and his character.
@@TheLarryBrown Or maybe it's Jimmy being unprofessional and disrespectful to his co-performers; the way a narcissist says, "Hey.... Look at Me! Forget what the others are saying or doing, it's all about MEEEEE!!" Just sayin'
Dynamite works well on gophers.
Thanks, only seen one, called in sick just to be able to watch Dave!
"There’s a very real possibility that Phil Donahue is seeing my grandmother."
Still?
Never seen a clip of Dave's morning show. So glad these have put out. I think it's due to Conan putting out all of his content for free. It's about time!
8:40 Roy Orbison asks a question about relationships.
What I love about Bill is his Chicago accent.
It is a Great Lakes accent. It isn't specific to Chicago because the dialect actually stretches to Western New York.
@@foleynj86 Either way, I still like it.
There was always the awkward walk around the chairs on Dave’s show. Bill solved it.
Bill was right. Just 5 days later, he caught Phil Donahue in his grandmother’s bedroom.
And then again, and again, and again, every day for 200 years.
This must be writers asking the questions they're to good!
I love that Letterman called Toronto a great city...
It was a different time.
@@mikestevenson576 it sure was… We used to be great!!! World Class…
Wow that whole thing was so good & natural.
How many school days were skipped because of Dave's daytime show? I missed too many
My dad bought a betamax and we watched it at night.
I called in sick once.
I remember Letterman's morning show. Edwin Newman delivered legitimate news in the middle of it (it was an awkward fit), but it was a funnier, more off the wall version of Letterman's late night show.
Bill Murray wasn't a star here yet but he was well on his way to being a beloved comedian. My top 5 Bill Murray comedies are:
1. Stripes
2. Ghostbusters
3. Scrooged
4. What About Bob
5. Groundhog Day
He was already a star from his SNL days.
I watched Meatballs the other day. I didn't find it very funny and it was very dated. Oddly enough I found its outdatedness interesting. A blast from the past.
@@sstills951 Why didn't you find it funny?
@@otakuwon Not a bad question. I found it amusing, but not 'very' funny. I enjoyed the movie. I was born in 85 so you might think that the dated humor might be lost on me, however I grew up as a kid going to bed listening to old time radio comedians from the 30's, 40's and 50's. I think 'Meatballs' had an ok storyline, a good cast and a good setting but I suppose I didn't find anything in the movie to laugh out loud to. I don't think it was a bad movie, just not a hilarious movie.
The first half of "Stripes" is hilarious but the last part fell flat with the goofy Top Secret Military Winnebago. Having John Candy in any film is a bonus however.
This was before Bill knew what he was. 😂
Pure comedy gold
Weak, mildly amusing effort that doesn't really work.
The set looks like Letterman's living-room.
9:53 I really think anyone engaged in a dangerous occupation like mining should keep their clothes on.
Reminded me that I was lucky to see the real non Disney gentrified Times Square .
This is brilliant. National treasure he is.
If you're going to write like Yoda then your first sentence should say "Brilliant this is".
I'm only half Yoda on my mother's side. Yodish she is.
@@ocan1033 Fair enough.
The woman @9:04 had to have been a plant!! What a cartoon, that wig and those glasses.
Nope. Just the 80s.
I loved the morning show!
The moment this video clip finished an ad popped up for St. Jude Children’s Hospital (founded by Danny Thomas the comedian-tv producer-philanthropist….and father-in-in law of of Phil Donahue. I have to agree with Bill on Danny probably not liking Phil.
Man, this set makes it look like a day time talk show lol
1980? When our history of art class visited NY for the museums, I avoided Times Square. I let others report back to me what they saw.
This is already classic Dave and Bill way back in 1980. I can’t quite imagine how this (or Dave in general) would have played in daytime but I guess that’s why it only lasted a few months. Daytime’s loss was late night’s gain.
Was Letterman on during the day for a while?
Dave had a live 10 am show for 18 weeks in 1980. This clip comes from that period.
@@dongiller thank you. I knew he has done daytime tv at the beginning ie local weather or something… Wasn’t sure if the show started out as a daytime show.
@@dongiller Hello, Donz! Hope you are well?
@@gelatinskeleton8745 he gave a great interview with Seth Meyers and talked about the morning show.
There never woulda been a "Late Night with David Letterman" if not for the morning show
Letterman's old morning show.
A great show and much missed when it was canceled. Four decades ago … ancient history … time really doesn’t fly, after all.
@@laraine8857 > *A great show and much missed when it was canceled*
I went through withdrawals for a while when it was cancelled. It was the only thing forth watching in the morning at that time. :)
Love is the key...
"Strip mining...or my stripping" kind of slips by, there.
I read the comments to see if anyone else caught that! Made me proud to be a Canadian.
@@wanderingstar9322 I caught it but then I thought she said "...or mine stripping".
"it's kind of a John Anderson kind of question".
I think that's the only time I ever heard Bill Murray say anything vaguely political.
I hope Phil Donahue got a good laugh out of this.
Sure he did, between Marlo and Bill's granny, he must've been all smiles. 😏
22% a good interest rate, how times have changed.
Bill always brings it
Bill Murray is a fine actor and a fellow women's tennis fan. Those were the good old days.
I'm fairly certain Bill Murray is zooted here
This really is one of the most hilarious interviews I've ever seen.
Bill Murray is a number one ain
22%!!
Star wars...yours, mine and our wars
Poor Marlo Thomas.
The Letterman morning show was such a mistake. But it led to Late Night & Conan, eventually, so its all good...
God! Two Geniuses
Alex from Toronto is cute.
This is from what is officially known as "The Ill-fated Morning Show."
His deadpan humor wasn't for everybody. He would cut to 10 minutes of midday news with Edwin Newman, who was deadly serious, and then Letterman would say that when they came back from the ads, he would interview the man who invented the hammer. Plus his guests were "late nigh folk". Like Sandra Bernhard and Elaine Boozeler. He was basically doing a late night show during the day against the Donahue, Dina Shore and Mike Douglas shows.
the world needs more Donahue
He did it for the money.
I wish John Lennon had done his show ❤
I wonder if Bill even remembers this?
wow early days
42 years ago... wow
What makes Bill Murray such a great comedian as he can be funny without being vulgar. Most comedians today have to cuss left and right and just say the most vial things to get a laugh out of people. Bill Murray is from an era of comedians that could make you laugh without making Your skin crawl at the same time.
A vile vial?
@@AUTOPSY666 : You have stumbled into my world, the world of HETEROGRAPHS.
Many words sound and are spelled similarly to other words, and they therefore present a kind of linguistic trap.
Vile/vial is but one example.
My best example is: right, rite, write, wright.
4 possibilities!
Other common ones are your/you’re, their/there/they’re, and to/too/two.
They are a very common reason for spelling mistakes.
Send your cheque to …
@@m.vonhollen6673 Why would anybody need to send a check/cheque?
@@sstills951 to pay for that high-quality history lesson, of course!
I'm so old I voted for John Anderson.
That was the first election I paid any attention to, but I was not old enough yet to vote.
David letterman also was a host of some weird gameshow. I can't remember the name
22% for a loan? Damn
Let me introduce you to the payday loan, aka, math for dipsh*ts. It's 228% lol
Was Bill Dave’s first and last guest?
this made me sooooo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........never seen this before....
Time in Joliette???
Joliet
What genius from both.
I will pray for America.
Please pray for me.
God Bless you.
That girl from Toronto........hubba hubba!
Bill was smitten with her
@@tommitchell7294 I think he wanted to say something dirty....about strippers....but was controlling himself.
Yes please
Prime Bill Murray, really something else!
No big deal Now we have Kelly and Mark.
i would like to know where you can get a hot meal for a fair price
Just priceless and then some
Like a (rather old) breath of fresh air
I swear Dr Disrespect is in that audience.
Bill sounds just like Brian Wilson.
22% is horrible obviously these men have other people to buy them stuff
Interest rates were very high back then so it's not such a stretch actually.
Yes the interest rates in the late 70’s early 80’s were horrible, but if I remember correctly they were tax deductible. That ended around 1984
@@devjaxvid If I'm not mistaken interest payments on a housing mortgage are still tax deductible. It's one thing economists say has fueled the housing bubbles of recent times. If only Bill Murray knew he'd launch an economics discussion on a youtube thread 40 years later!
High rates were a crazy-sounding plan to slay inflation and actually worked. It wouldn't reappear for another four decades.
10% on a CD, IIRC!
he looks so young
Time fucks us all.
yeah if I'm out and about and I see somebody fit in the Bob description I'll holler What about Bob, nobody gets it. every now and then will yeah what about him
I just saw a tell all on what a horrible bully this guy is.
Gold, pure gold
Now, this wasn’t Bill’s first appearance, correct?
Bill was the very first guest on "Late Night with David Letterman" which debuted in 1982
Gear-O, or Year-O?
Richard and 1980
Two giants.