I remember this only as an early teen on my b&w TV in my bedroom. Fortunately I was raised to love cringe comedy...along with the 360° rotating episode 😂
OMG - the fearless genius of Letterman's Late Night years. It's impossible to imagine something like this playing out on a network talk show now. Late Night really felt like an experimental basement broadcast sometimes, perpetrated by a bunch of irreverent wise-asses. I live for these old episodes, thank you for posting!
take a glimpse at the guy right after mr Letterman (mr Ferguson) as they take this fascinating concept to the next level. i've learned that all this was possible in part because mr Letterman's production company "owned" the time-slots for the two shows by contract (from a time when nbc literally had nothing profitable to air at those hours of the night). so in a way they were in a Very special situation, it was their "time" and could do whatever they pleased w/ the 2 shows.
He was absolutely hilarious on the daytime show, too -- I was ten years old and I cried when he aired the last episode of that one because I thought we'd never get to see him again. :D :D :D
@@dongiller I was too young for his NBC days, but I got into him right at the beginning of his CBS show. I would record them on my VCR and watch last night's episode after school. These NBC shows are new to me and I love that there's more Dave to watch.
@@dongiller You probably don't check replies anymore but can you recommend any particular episodes? Wasn't alive when these came out and the few eps I've watched so far haven't been big hits for me. Looking for episodes that fans consider prime Letterman.
@@johnpaulmcdonnell1188 For Late Show, this always stood out for me (despite Bill Cosby’s presence) - ruclips.net/video/VQgDeezBvwU/видео.html For Late Night, It’s first suggest the anniversary shows, all of which are on this channel.
when you feel adventurous check out the other lunatic right after mr Dave... whatever craziness was started by mr Dave and the crew, mr Ferguson took it and ran with it.
This was from that happy era when the show situated itself in unglamorous surroundings (like the C+ Carter Hotel on Times Square) and that particular lounge at JFK. It was an embodiment of the Bob&Ray philosophy of comedy that pomposity often stemmed from mediocrity, or something like that. At any rate, I always loved these one-off episodes. This one even I taped. Thanks for posting it to the highway.
Thanks; I have such a warped perspective on all these shows. Having spent the last two years digitizing them (I'm currently up to early 1989), they're so familiar to me now, and I keep forgetting that they're not to everyone else.
Funny, all these years I remembered Rodney Crowell having HIS feet up on the table but it was Will Lee (bass). Great show and nice performance by Rodney and the band.
Yeah. He was grouchy in this one and it came through. But if he had a little more perspective at the time I think he would’ve really appreciated it on a pure broadcast innovation level.
@@TheJeremyminer I've heard he was always super-critical and anxious about the show, including his own performance, and made himself miserable that way as a matter of routine. Knowing that, this was a bit painful to watch.
I really doubt this would even be possible today with all of the airport security rules. In other words, this would never fly today. Also, I really enjoyed the JFK / Dan Quayle comparison in the intro. This was shortly after Lloyd Bentsen had told Dan Quayle, "You're no Jack Kennedy."
Thanks for uploading these early shows, the 11:30-12:30 shows were my favs. I agree with one of the comments below, Dave probably wasn't thrilled with this one, but that's part of the charm. Best line of the show, "Actually my dentist is at the bus terminal."
Kimmel: "I felt allmost like it somehow happened just for me. Like the heavens had opened up. It seemed just such a waste of network television time. I loved it!" Amen. I felt EXACTLY the same. Thank you Dave! You are the best!
They must have picked the International Arrivals Building on purpose. If they did it anywhere else in the airport, a bunch of Letterman fans would have gathered and the show wouldn’t have been so fantastically awkward.
I have absolute zero recollection of an airport episode. If you'd asked me, I would have told you I never saw it. I watched the whole thing and still don't remember it. But then he got to letter #5 and I instantly remembered the letter, because it came from my University. I remember the letter and the forehead bit, but my memory put it all in the studio. Memory is so odd.
I never got to see this back in the day I never knew it existed I remember him doing a show on an actual airplane while it was in flight. But this was also gold as usual from Dave! 👍
When the Jet engines interrupted Dave, it reminded me of an Elvis Costello concert I was at in 1993. It was at Balboa Park in San Diego, and it was directly under the landing path of the airport that was a mile away.
Back when World Series games 7 wasn't on Christmas Eve. Grew up watching Carson and discovered Letterman when I got older. Kind of like being raised on the Beatles and discovering Metallica.
The truly amazing part of all of this is the camera at the airport . 📸📸📸📸 without any incodents. The RUclips public photography (non issue) today show so many of these people loosing their minds over someone with their cellphone taking a picture.💯🤷🤦🙃🤬
I remember The Pat Sajak Show. I sampled a few episodes. He was very low key and subdued. I guess he came after Merv and before Dave. CBS for years aired reruns and movies at 11:30
For those who are wondering... Pat Sajak mentions NBC searching for his replacement for host of the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune. NBC would eventually choose former football player Rolf Benirschke for the gig, but he would only end up doing it for five months, as NBC cancelled the show. CBS would later pick up the show, but use a different host.
This brought to mind the funny JFK ground traffic controller called Kennedy Steve, he's a hoot ! Lots of youtube videos of his funny conversations w/ pilots and others 1990-2017
It's 2021. This aired in 1988. Unbelievable that 33 years later, Pat Sajak still hosts Wheel of Fortune. Hope Pat has many more successful years on the show.
Wow. a gem. I never saw this when it came out...but now I am nostalgic for the Cold War, laughing at Pat Sajack's show...and Dave when he gave a damn. :)
@@ejflor1313 Wow. Holy triggered by a comment from 3 years ago Batman! Letterman even admitted he was phoning it in during the last few months, so seriously calm down! Maybe the COVID fatigue is getting you. Have a nice glass of something you enjoy, kick back, breathe, and stop giving a damn about a celebrity you don't know and a show you enjoyed. I guarantee you have far bigger fish to fry than getting hurt over an ancient Letterman Show... like tying your shoelaces, or breathing in and out, or farting without follow-through.
It's a shame there's no more shows like this made anymore ( as of todays date 5.6.2023) you have the fake fella Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel, and that awesome Scotsman is gone Craig Ferguson. We need something like this in today's times that would be awesome.
Wow, I thought it was going to be green screen shenanigans but that maniac actually broadcast from an airport. Classic days of Late Night.
Exiles Of The Underground the absolute madman did it
Just like his Cresco, Iowa morning show episode!
Can't do that in a post-9/11 world nowadays!
Different time and different Letterman
What's extraordinary: this was shot inside JFK's IAB terminal, of which there are barely any pictures today. Amazing.
Don, please don't ever stop posting these. You are a one-man treasure trove for Letterman fanatics like me. Thank you so much.
Easily the best band that ever played in an airport lounge.
The extreme, unending awkwardness is hilarious
Letterman always surprised us with his show,.....this rare production at JFK airport was a stroke of creative genius.
I remember this only as an early teen on my b&w TV in my bedroom. Fortunately I was raised to love cringe comedy...along with the 360° rotating episode 😂
OMG - the fearless genius of Letterman's Late Night years. It's impossible to imagine something like this playing out on a network talk show now. Late Night really felt like an experimental basement broadcast sometimes, perpetrated by a bunch of irreverent wise-asses. I live for these old episodes, thank you for posting!
take a glimpse at the guy right after mr Letterman (mr Ferguson) as they take this fascinating concept to the next level.
i've learned that all this was possible in part because mr Letterman's production company "owned" the time-slots for the two shows by contract (from a time when nbc literally had nothing profitable to air at those hours of the night). so in a way they were in a Very special situation, it was their "time" and could do whatever they pleased w/ the 2 shows.
Love they didn't clean the confetti off during the break
Amazing to watch, anyone else think Paul and the band were just nailing it that night? They sounded great
I miss Dave from his NBC days. These were the best. A true broadcasting genius. Thank you for posting.
He was absolutely hilarious on the daytime show, too -- I was ten years old and I cried when he aired the last episode of that one because I thought we'd never get to see him again. :D :D :D
I can't express how much I love what you've done. I watched Dave from the morning show to his retirement,and the NBC days are gold. Thank you.
Thanks!
@@dongiller I was too young for his NBC days, but I got into him right at the beginning of his CBS show. I would record them on my VCR and watch last night's episode after school. These NBC shows are new to me and I love that there's more Dave to watch.
@@dongiller You probably don't check replies anymore but can you recommend any particular episodes? Wasn't alive when these came out and the few eps I've watched so far haven't been big hits for me. Looking for episodes that fans consider prime Letterman.
@@johnpaulmcdonnell1188 For Late Show, this always stood out for me (despite Bill Cosby’s presence) - ruclips.net/video/VQgDeezBvwU/видео.html
For Late Night, It’s first suggest the anniversary shows, all of which are on this channel.
We won't see anything like this again..... Lovely.
Everytime I go to an airport since 1988 I've used that line about 2 guys slow dancing in the tower.
How did I not know Late Night did a show at an airport? This is FANTASTIC.
He actually did a show from a 747 as well.
And from a hotel suite in New York City - that Helen Hayes suite.
Fun fact: Dr. Trager is still a practicing dentist; and he's since opened up a location at LaGuardia, as well.
A perfect example of why Dave and Late Night was the best of the best.
when you feel adventurous check out the other lunatic right after mr Dave... whatever craziness was started by mr Dave and the crew, mr Ferguson took it and ran with it.
Daytime and NBC was way better than CBS
He tried to pre-board a flight attendant. 😂 The dead crowd adds to the whole thing.
This was from that happy era when the show situated itself in unglamorous surroundings (like the C+ Carter Hotel on Times Square) and that particular lounge at JFK. It was an embodiment of the Bob&Ray philosophy of comedy that pomposity often stemmed from mediocrity, or something like that. At any rate, I always loved these one-off episodes. This one even I taped. Thanks for posting it to the highway.
My god. Probably was dismissed by Dave when this aired, but absolutely classic Letterman television nowadays. Thanks for this.
Thanks; I have such a warped perspective on all these shows. Having spent the last two years digitizing them (I'm currently up to early 1989), they're so familiar to me now, and I keep forgetting that they're not to everyone else.
Please keep up your wonderul, essential work.
Great television!
Funny, all these years I remembered Rodney Crowell having HIS feet up on the table but it was Will Lee (bass). Great show and nice performance by Rodney and the band.
Were they actually stuck there by accident or was this planned? I'm assuming the latter.
6:08
Dave: "Also, people with giant vegetables"
Paul: "that's good"
If Dave did this type of show when he was older he would have really enjoyed it.
Yeah. He was grouchy in this one and it came through. But if he had a little more perspective at the time I think he would’ve really appreciated it on a pure broadcast innovation level.
@@TheJeremyminer I've heard he was always super-critical and anxious about the show, including his own performance, and made himself miserable that way as a matter of routine. Knowing that, this was a bit painful to watch.
Good grief. He actually did this. Amazing.
Airport Dentist would be a great show.
Great memories from my first year of college. Thanks again for posting these!
Boy I thought I saw every Dave episode there was but I never saw this one before!!! Thanx for posting!!!
This one is a work of art. Thanks for posting this.
I really doubt this would even be possible today with all of the airport security rules. In other words, this would never fly today.
Also, I really enjoyed the JFK / Dan Quayle comparison in the intro. This was shortly after Lloyd Bentsen had told Dan Quayle, "You're no Jack Kennedy."
I, too, didn't know about this episode. It truly is great early Letterman. Thanks Don for posting.
Thanks for uploading these early shows, the 11:30-12:30 shows were my favs. I agree with one of the comments below, Dave probably wasn't thrilled with this one, but that's part of the charm. Best line of the show, "Actually my dentist is at the bus terminal."
Letterman unplugged. Brilliant.
8:51
Dave: Letter number one.
Paul: Letter.. number one.
Dave: Thanks, Ed.
He's the best for a reason, folks.
this is proof that dave can put on a good show just about anywhere
Kimmel: "I felt allmost like it somehow happened just for me. Like the heavens had opened up. It seemed just such a waste of network television time. I loved it!"
Amen. I felt EXACTLY the same. Thank you Dave! You are the best!
Thanks for the uploads ,big ol' school Letterman .Did not.remember this one.
They must have picked the International Arrivals Building on purpose. If they did it anywhere else in the airport, a bunch of Letterman fans would have gathered and the show wouldn’t have been so fantastically awkward.
Quite so. Doing this in say T5 would have been impossible
"He tried to pre-board a flight attendant."
Ah, the good ole days...
Tired: Doing a late night show at an airport.
Wired: Doing a late night show at an airport with your own confetti launcher.
Dave is a serious AVGeek (aviation geek) he knows his planes! This show must have been a plane spotters dream!
I have absolute zero recollection of an airport episode. If you'd asked me, I would have told you I never saw it. I watched the whole thing and still don't remember it. But then he got to letter #5 and I instantly remembered the letter, because it came from my University. I remember the letter and the forehead bit, but my memory put it all in the studio. Memory is so odd.
Thanks for the upload. Letterman is sanity survival.
wonderful... simply wonderful
It's almost like they didn't know this was going to be seen again lol. Don you're doing God's work. This one thing is worth the internet existing.
I never got to see this back in the day I never knew it existed I remember him doing a show on an actual airplane while it was in flight. But this was also gold as usual from Dave! 👍
Freaking brilliant. Thank you, Don Giller.
"Oslo,Sweden" Paul Shaffer
Reminds me of Die Hard: "Helsinki, Sweden."
lol 😂 He was close
1. If you need a reason to do something pointless then dammit, this is not the America I know and love.
I don't get bored of Letterman.
Thanks for sharing. These were silly fun days
This is great stuff. Thank you.
Almost 33 years ago….wow time flies…this is the zany Dave many of knew and loved…
Liked the way the band was kicked back and still sounded great as always
Don, you are a rockstar for posting these!
Dave choose to go to the airport and do the other things, not because it was funny, but because it was silly.
Kennedy
I WAS AT THAT AIRPORT ON THAT VERY DAY IN 1988. AT 12:00 AM THOUGH. Probably why they weren’t there.
Ya gotta admire the guts of a man who can have a late show at an airport and just die for an hour
Love the Uncle Floyd reference, he was a huge influence on early Letterman.
When the Jet engines interrupted Dave, it reminded me of an Elvis Costello concert I was at in 1993. It was at Balboa Park in San Diego, and it was directly under the landing path of the airport that was a mile away.
I love air ports. I love Letternab. I am so satisfied now.
How delightfully strange to broadcast a talk show from an airport.
that was the idea, In true Dave fashion
Conan Remotes are kind of an extension of this.
Wow they really weren’t afraid to mix up back in the early days of late night!
thank you for sharing !!!!WOW
It was great seeing Rodney Crowell perform on the show. He did a great job here!
Fun fact: Lincoln, Nebraska is where the roller skating hall of fame is. It's a great museum. 😁
Back when World Series games 7 wasn't on Christmas Eve.
Grew up watching Carson and discovered Letterman when I got older. Kind of like being raised on the Beatles and discovering Metallica.
The truly amazing part of all of this is the camera at the airport . 📸📸📸📸 without any incodents. The RUclips public photography (non issue) today show so many of these people loosing their minds over someone with their cellphone taking a picture.💯🤷🤦🙃🤬
"Hi, can you hear me?"
"Yes I can hear you."
"I can't hear you."
"...That's your problem."
Great show Dave. Those vegies were unreal.
The best television host ever.
I remember The Pat Sajak Show. I sampled a few episodes. He was very low key and subdued. I guess he came after Merv and before Dave. CBS for years aired reruns and movies at 11:30
19:20 I liked Pat Sajak’s Mary Frann reference that only an old Chicagoan would get.
Love this.
one of the coolest things ever
Wonderful! I like that they didn't bring in a special desk for Dave.
Great stuff.
awww, taped on my mom's 48th bday....cool
And my 19th!
For those who are wondering...
Pat Sajak mentions NBC searching for his replacement for host of the daytime version of Wheel of Fortune. NBC would eventually choose former football player Rolf Benirschke for the gig, but he would only end up doing it for five months, as NBC cancelled the show. CBS would later pick up the show, but use a different host.
This brought to mind the funny JFK ground traffic controller called Kennedy Steve, he's a hoot ! Lots of youtube videos of his funny conversations w/ pilots and others 1990-2017
I love Kennedy Steve. I have just discovered him
It's 2021. This aired in 1988. Unbelievable that 33 years later, Pat Sajak still hosts Wheel of Fortune. Hope Pat has many more successful years on the show.
Classic. I miss 1988.
This one show is faaaar better than any of the Sajak shows (the bizzaro last one before cancellation came close)
Perfectly droll. Love it!
Letterman Show at it's best!
love it. Look at all the obsolete airplanes that used to be so bad ass
That's what we're missing form late night now. People with large vegetables!
I wish Dave would make some roadtrip appearances. I would pay to see him
What was up with the bartender at the beginning with the drink pouring?
Good Times. I was sad when he left NBC. I liked his NBC show
Pat sajak is still going strong on wheel of Fortune.
Thanks Don..our Mr Humidity
Wow. a gem. I never saw this when it came out...but now I am nostalgic for the Cold War, laughing at Pat Sajack's show...and Dave when he gave a damn. :)
@@ejflor1313 Wow. Holy triggered by a comment from 3 years ago Batman! Letterman even admitted he was phoning it in during the last few months, so seriously calm down! Maybe the COVID fatigue is getting you. Have a nice glass of something you enjoy, kick back, breathe, and stop giving a damn about a celebrity you don't know and a show you enjoyed. I guarantee you have far bigger fish to fry than getting hurt over an ancient Letterman Show... like tying your shoelaces, or breathing in and out, or farting without follow-through.
@@Edmonchuck as in Edmonton?
@@brucehanson6427 yup
late night unplugged version...genius!
The bartender kept filling up his drink every time Dave complimented the place.
Then when he insulted it the bartender threw away his drink
😂😂🤣😅😆😁
Brilliant.
I have nothing to add.
"Lady with giant squash insisted on it."
Now that's funny
You rule, uploader.
It's a shame there's no more shows like this made anymore ( as of todays date 5.6.2023) you have the fake fella Jimmy Fallon or Kimmel, and that awesome Scotsman is gone Craig Ferguson. We need something like this in today's times that would be awesome.
I would love to have seen the sound man's face or the sound department's faces when they found out they would be shooting at the airport! Ha ha!
The only thing weirder than this was the show that rotated 360 degrees.
Uploaded here, split-screen version: ruclips.net/video/Kqu62P2JAnI/видео.html
I never saw this episode, it would be cool if they did talk shows from airport lounges all the time as I find airport lounges to be boring.
I was really hoping that Paul and the band would play Fly Me To the Moon, Fly Like an Eagle, Superfly, Fly by Nick Drake...