Another one of Dave's crazy "suits"... this one being the "Suit of Magnets".... originally aired on "Late Night w/ David Letterman" on NBC November 25, 1986
And here I thought I had seen all his crazy suits before. Never heard of this one before! The shopping for canned goods part was great! Trying to think of all his suits...velcro suit, cereal suit, alka-seltzer suit, chips and dip suit...and now I see there is a fire suit clip which I've never seen either...and a sponge suit too!
My Sis and I, as kids, ADORED Letterman. In the age of Carson, who I know is widely regarded as a genius (even at 53, the reasons escape me), Letterman REALLY stood out. There were only 3 major networks at the time (pre-Fox), so a very limited number of late night hosts. I think Letterman’s show started when I was 10-11 years old, and his stunts were so great: dropping various objects from a tower, running over viewer-requested items with a steamroller (Barbie’s Dream House being the one I most remember), the Velcro suit, Stupid Pet Tricks…at the time, he was the only talk show host who genuinely made us laugh. The man is still a great interviewer, but I can’t bear to watch him do it now…it makes me long for the nights my Sis and I would sneak out of our rooms -same as we did with SNL-and watch someone who really appealed to us, back in the days when “Late Night…” was followed by the National Anthem and then bars on the screen or static until some boring-a$$ morning show came on.
Still is, I agree, and it would be awful to see him at his age still doing stunts…he’s a great interviewer, but I’ve never really enjoyed celebrity interviews. The non-celebrity bits and very random kind of jokes-someone brought a red tree frog onto the show, and Letterman said, “I bet he’d be good on a cracker,” which my Sis and I still quote to each other-were the best! I hate to compare him to anyone, because he was his own, ground-breaking thing, but he def paved the way for Kimmel, Fallon, and Meyers. Never understood the appeal of Leno, and I guess I never will.
That happened to my TV once years and years ago. I put a couple big speakers right next to it, and the magnets inside distorted the colors. It wasn't permanent, though, if I recall correctly, I just needed to unplug it for awhile. Maybe I just got lucky.
"It's a GE product alright."Did anyone ever insult his bosses more often than Dave? I don't think he ever forgave them for that fruit basket incident.
Classic Dave
And here I thought I had seen all his crazy suits before. Never heard of this one before! The shopping for canned goods part was great! Trying to think of all his suits...velcro suit, cereal suit, alka-seltzer suit, chips and dip suit...and now I see there is a fire suit clip which I've never seen either...and a sponge suit too!
David pioneering the first motion capture suit
My Sis and I, as kids, ADORED Letterman. In the age of Carson, who I know is widely regarded as a genius (even at 53, the reasons escape me), Letterman REALLY stood out. There were only 3 major networks at the time (pre-Fox), so a very limited number of late night hosts. I think Letterman’s show started when I was 10-11 years old, and his stunts were so great: dropping various objects from a tower, running over viewer-requested items with a steamroller (Barbie’s Dream House being the one I most remember), the Velcro suit, Stupid Pet Tricks…at the time, he was the only talk show host who genuinely made us laugh.
The man is still a great interviewer, but I can’t bear to watch him do it now…it makes me long for the nights my Sis and I would sneak out of our rooms -same as we did with SNL-and watch someone who really appealed to us, back in the days when “Late Night…” was followed by the National Anthem and then bars on the screen or static until some boring-a$$ morning show came on.
love dave miss him
What a legend this man was!! And still is I suppose....
Still is, I agree, and it would be awful to see him at his age still doing stunts…he’s a great interviewer, but I’ve never really enjoyed celebrity interviews. The non-celebrity bits and very random kind of jokes-someone brought a red tree frog onto the show, and Letterman said, “I bet he’d be good on a cracker,” which my Sis and I still quote to each other-were the best!
I hate to compare him to anyone, because he was his own, ground-breaking thing, but he def paved the way for Kimmel, Fallon, and Meyers.
Never understood the appeal of Leno, and I guess I never will.
It's about time they repeat this for 2020, but build a suit of neodymium magnets.
"The quality goes in before the name goes on..."
That's Zenith, silly! :P
A young Biff Henderson!!!
A real life Magneto
I am wasting my life on RUclips. But I cant stop!
classic! good stuff!
is that biff henderson?
That happened to my TV once years and years ago. I put a couple big speakers right next to it, and the magnets inside distorted the colors. It wasn't permanent, though, if I recall correctly, I just needed to unplug it for awhile. Maybe I just got lucky.
+nrrork Some old monitors also had a degauss feature that fixed it, and they make external degaussers too. But yes there are ways to undo it.
@@BlueOceanBelow My grandparents had a colour set made by DuMont that had a degauss feature
Amazing how young looking Biff was.
The suit even messed up the picture on this video,
Biff had hair back in the day!!! Classic Dave
So did Paul. 😊
King of dry humor right here.
Paul;
"Were's titanium, man❓️"
Thank goodness rare earth magnets weren't popular then. Otherwise an ambulance would need to be on standby 🤪😂
I did not see that the magnets distorted the TV picture.
The Magnetizer
always wanted to do this even before today lol
If they had neodymium magnets... :D
If they understood the Halbach array!!!!
Wasn't there a Batman villain based on this?
Dave definitely likes working for CBS more than NBC.
Late Night was on NBC...
is this young Bif at 2:00???
Michael Shannon should play David Letterman in his biopic
well IF some1 ever need a big erm huge refrigerator magnet, may we grab Dave then and have him as standin :)
Mission: Impossible IV sent me here...
Damn, Dave! I hope you don’t have a pacemaker!
David Letterman doing weird youtube shit before it was popular.
#ThanksDave
Yeah Science!!!
nah thats paul from today but way younger, same as dave. cye is larry david :)
whats that noise at 2:08???? someone moaning??
+kamyar khaledi Maybe it was Biff, on his head mic, or Paul on his mic.
I hear this segment is what made him barren
Reminds me of a scene from that childrens' show, Caillou, where he was thinking about climbing around on stuff with magnets.
Stagehand? That's Paul Schaeffer. Freaking kids.
That is one big refrigerator lol
isnt that the guy from curb your enthusiasm
That's not Larry David.
how do you do?
let's have drinks later ;D
Its not silver
This is after his Covid vaccine.
wtf is up with the stagehand with the zoot suit pants. freaking 80's...