The Taxi cast is iconic. An amazing ensemble of top top notch actors. Growing up in the 70s and 80s, we were blessed to experience them. Andy Kaufmann was an entertainment, comic genius, so far above his audience.
In 2006 scientists identified a condition they’ve named Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). It is extremely rare. People with this condition can instantly remember and recall, from a young age, any and every day of their lives in detail. To date less than 100 people in the world have been recognized as having this condition. Marilu Henner is one of these people. She and others have been and continue to be studied by researchers and experts in the field of memory. What these scientists learn could have positive effects on the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other memory impairments.
If you're wondering why Dave seems awkward at first, it's because he is. This is from the first year of the show. Several months earlier, he was often quite awkward, and the shows were sometimes cringy. It got mixed reviews and was almost cancelled. But that's when he got better, because, being convinced that the show would be cancelled, he ceased to care anymore and that's when he started to just be himself. I myself thought the show was stupid at first and didn't watch it, but after the first year it quickly grew on me and became one of my all-time favorites.
@@dongiller I really wish I did, but I lived through that era and remember how underwhelming the show was initially and how, out of nowhere, it suddenly got hugely better. I also remember an interview I saw with him where he talks about this. But I haven't found it, and I tried to confirm when it was the show was nearly cancelled and came up empty. I suppose it's possible that he just saw the writing on the wall and knew the show was bound to get cancelled, and that's when he ceased to care and then got good. Mind you, I haven't exhaustively tried to confirm my statements, just a fairly quick search. (If my writing seems a bit odd, it's because I'm [maybe more than just] a little drunk.)
Fair enough. My sense was that Dave was always insecure about the show’s success and would reveal that when discussing it in interviews. But I’ve never come across any trade report that hinted at the show’s possible demise. I think it was just Dave being Dave.
Very good . Thank you. Couldn’t help but notice Dave sat at a real desk & Marilu had a nice chair that showed her at her best and she seemed more comfy than today’s late night guests who often squirm & tug at their clothes in a deeper seated lounge chair .
@0:20...lt's interesting that talk show hosts greet their guests as if they are seeing them for the first time; knowing full well that they talked together before the guests appear.
I loved Marilu on Taxi and I knew she lived next door to my friend in Logan Square, but when she showed up in my class at St. Ben's, in '78-'79 I became a true fan. She was beautiful, sweet, genuine, and did I say beautiful?
@@Hammett175 Her niece was in my class and she just showed up one day and sat in the back! I did go up and talk to her and still have her autograph. The class bully goes to me "What are you going to do with that?" I said, "She's going to be a big star and she's from Chicago, I'm proud of her already"! Bully said zip after that:)
@@crashboombang8163 I think she would. She's demonstrated several times in interviews that she really does know what happened on a particular day in 1978. She could probably tell you what you were wearing.
Why is the video clip of the Taxi episode, which was shown on the original Letterman show, cut out of the RUclips video? This seems to be the case for all the old talk show videos shown on RUclips.
Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory and learning are two different things. I think she would have to study and learn a new language pretty much like anybody else does. The difference with her is in ten, twenty, or thirty years she could recall any and every day she learned it down to what day of the week it was, what clothing she was wearing, what she learned that day, what the weather was like, and other things that occurred in the news that day with accuracy. Her HSAM condition is truly astonishing. As far as quickly learning a new language look up the prodigious savant Daniel Tammet. There’s a documentary about him. Near the end of this documentary he takes on the challenge of learning Icelandic, considered to be one of the hardest languages in the world to master, in one week. He pulled it off. At the end of the week he went on a nationally broadcast television talk show in Iceland to converse with the hosts in fluent Icelandic. Daniel Tammet’s abilities are particularly astounding. ruclips.net/video/qMz3gjl9x-M/видео.html
He was an absolute piece of shit to deal with, she was nice about it here and her tune hasn't changed. She's simply a nice person, but if you think she models what she says about (the overrated yet awkwardly hilarious) Kaufman to appease his Stan's you should Google.
I know about Andy...was a huge fan back in the day. Conformity was never my bag, but I can understand why you don’t dig him. Overrated may be much....I don’t understand why people like Jim Carey but I don’t poop on the party. Let the good times roll and enjoy your government sanctified entertainment.
@@Max-il5hx "Tony Clifton was a piece of shit to deal with"* The only thing Marilu found annoying about Andy was that she thought that his performance art was disrespectful towards the art of the other actors.
She was stunning. What a beauty.
still is
The Taxi cast is iconic. An amazing ensemble of top top notch actors. Growing up in the 70s and 80s, we were blessed to experience them. Andy Kaufmann was an entertainment, comic genius, so far above his audience.
In 2006 scientists identified a condition they’ve named Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). It is extremely rare. People with this condition can instantly remember and recall, from a young age, any and every day of their lives in detail. To date less than 100 people in the world have been recognized as having this condition. Marilu Henner is one of these people. She and others have been and continue to be studied by researchers and experts in the field of memory. What these scientists learn could have positive effects on the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other memory impairments.
She aged very well. She has an amazing memory
She and Carrie Fisher were my first preadolescent crushes. 😍
The day before thanksgiving and no Christmas decorations yet. We should go back to that.
The band definitely liked her, along with the rest of us!
I squirted, oh jezes!
She's more in contact with the reality around her than very few people in human history have ever been.
I was a month and two days old when this aired but unfortunately still missed this episode of Dave.
darn.
There was no reruns of the show back then….are you saying you first started watching Letterman every night as a infant? 🤔
She was very healthy still is and beautiful. A W
Thanks very much for posting this, Don!
You bet!
Marilu Henner literally runs the gauntlet with her mind.
Some great genuinely awkward moments in there.
She sure was calmer back then
Adderall, the orange meanie's wonderful with coffee and cocaine.
She is so adorable
Thanks so much
One of my first crushes.
i was looking forward to the clip
If you're wondering why Dave seems awkward at first, it's because he is. This is from the first year of the show. Several months earlier, he was often quite awkward, and the shows were sometimes cringy. It got mixed reviews and was almost cancelled. But that's when he got better, because, being convinced that the show would be cancelled, he ceased to care anymore and that's when he started to just be himself. I myself thought the show was stupid at first and didn't watch it, but after the first year it quickly grew on me and became one of my all-time favorites.
First I’ve heard that Late Night was almost cancelled. Do you have a source for that?
@@dongiller I really wish I did, but I lived through that era and remember how underwhelming the show was initially and how, out of nowhere, it suddenly got hugely better. I also remember an interview I saw with him where he talks about this. But I haven't found it, and I tried to confirm when it was the show was nearly cancelled and came up empty. I suppose it's possible that he just saw the writing on the wall and knew the show was bound to get cancelled, and that's when he ceased to care and then got good. Mind you, I haven't exhaustively tried to confirm my statements, just a fairly quick search. (If my writing seems a bit odd, it's because I'm [maybe more than just] a little drunk.)
Fair enough. My sense was that Dave was always insecure about the show’s success and would reveal that when discussing it in interviews.
But I’ve never come across any trade report that hinted at the show’s possible demise. I think it was just Dave being Dave.
@@dongiller It may well have been a Barbara Walters interview. Probably his first one.
Thanks. That would have been in 1992. I’ll check it out.
Very good . Thank you. Couldn’t help but notice Dave sat at a real desk & Marilu had a nice chair that showed her at her best and she seemed more comfy than today’s late night guests who often squirm & tug at their clothes in a deeper seated lounge chair .
Stunning is perhaps not the right word ... but DEFINITELY attractive.
no... STUNNING is the right word
omg I knew about her acting, and her memory thing, but man is she entertaining!!!
What an amazing, smart and charming person!
Damn she was so damn hot and pretty ! I remember when Letterman was such a great show
What a FANTASTIC lady!
She was a beauty back then !
She still is.
She sitill is.
@0:20...lt's interesting that talk show hosts greet their guests as if they are seeing them for the first time; knowing full well that they talked together before the guests appear.
Not necessarily, at least in Dave’s case.
say wow! that really nice.....
She did a great job not talking about Andy.
That Brown Rice did her good.
She has a good memory.
I forgot about that.
I loved Marilu on Taxi and I knew she lived next door to my friend in Logan Square, but when she showed up in my class at St. Ben's, in '78-'79 I became a true fan. She was beautiful, sweet, genuine, and did I say beautiful?
How, why, did she end up in your class? She came and talked to you all?
@@Hammett175 Her niece was in my class and she just showed up one day and sat in the back! I did go up and talk to her and still have her autograph. The class bully goes to me "What are you going to do with that?" I said, "She's going to be a big star and she's from Chicago, I'm proud of her already"! Bully said zip after that:)
@@crashboombang8163 Fascinating.
@@Hammett175 I wonder if she remembers meeting me that day. Mary Louise is known to have a highly superior autobiographical memory.
@@crashboombang8163 I think she would. She's demonstrated several times in interviews that she really does know what happened on a particular day in 1978. She could probably tell you what you were wearing.
She was pretty, sexy, funny, and actually it's one of the 60 human beeing in the world that can remember almost every day of his life. Lovely woman.
Is it that many they have found that has that ability?
@@beatler11 That's what I red about it.
And it's all nothing but a crock of horse manure
her life.
nice
Why is the video clip of the Taxi episode, which was shown on the original Letterman show, cut out of the RUclips video? This seems to be the case for all the old talk show videos shown on RUclips.
For me, it’s about potential copyright violations. Best to edit them out rather than risk blocks or strikes.
The Taxi cast were a real clique vs Andy K.
You cut the monk scene out!!?
You read the description!!?
She's one of these few freaky people that can recall every single day of their lives.
cool. but david didn't about that trick back then.
As someone with a perfect memory, could she learn a language in a few months or something?
Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory and learning are two different things. I think she would have to study and learn a new language pretty much like anybody else does. The difference with her is in ten, twenty, or thirty years she could recall any and every day she learned it down to what day of the week it was, what clothing she was wearing, what she learned that day, what the weather was like, and other things that occurred in the news that day with accuracy. Her HSAM condition is truly astonishing.
As far as quickly learning a new language look up the prodigious savant Daniel Tammet. There’s a documentary about him. Near the end of this documentary he takes on the challenge of learning Icelandic, considered to be one of the hardest languages in the world to master, in one week. He pulled it off. At the end of the week he went on a nationally broadcast television talk show in Iceland to converse with the hosts in fluent Icelandic. Daniel Tammet’s abilities are particularly astounding.
ruclips.net/video/qMz3gjl9x-M/видео.html
Her real unfiltered feelings about the GENIUS Andy Kaufman....before they realized that people HATE hearing Andy run down.
He was an absolute piece of shit to deal with, she was nice about it here and her tune hasn't changed. She's simply a nice person, but if you think she models what she says about (the overrated yet awkwardly hilarious) Kaufman to appease his Stan's you should Google.
I know about Andy...was a huge fan back in the day. Conformity was never my bag, but I can understand why you don’t dig him. Overrated may be much....I don’t understand why people like Jim Carey but I don’t poop on the party. Let the good times roll and enjoy your government sanctified entertainment.
@@Max-il5hx "Tony Clifton was a piece of shit to deal with"*
The only thing Marilu found annoying about Andy was that she thought that his performance art was disrespectful towards the art of the other actors.
say wow! that really nice.....
say it again
say wow! that really nice.....