When he said “No, that’s if you’re from Denmark”, it was sealed and confirmed that he is indeed from Sweden. Non-Scandinavians just don’t know that stuff.
There are three Nordic nations where surnames, since long, often end with -sen, just like there are two ones where surnames often end with -son. Except for Sweden and Denmark, which are these nations?
@@HerrBrutal-bl2fkOf course, lol. I absolutely know that -sen is also the norm in Norway and common in other Nordic nations. My point was that only an actual Scandinavian would reply with “no, that’s if you’re from Denmark” to a question like that on an America late night show. Chill out 👍
@@indiefjant I can't chill out even more, the next phase is coma 😄. Anyhow, the correct answer to my quiz question is this: -son: Sweden and Iceland -sen: Denmark, Norway and the Faroe Islands
God I remember this; I just about DIED when they actually found a swede; basically accidentally. It's funny to see how different people felt about cameras back then.
They went for people with the stereotypically swedish look, blond hair and blue eyes, but it was a dark haired dark eyed man who came through. God do I miss this era of Letterman.
As a swede with brown hair - I was so annoyed that he only went looking for super blond people xD so happy the guy at the end had brown hair haha. We are not all blond in sweden ^^
I knew he was a proper Swede when he said that "-en" was "if you're from Denmark". Not many Americans know that distinction. Though many Norwegian names end in -en as well.
Great catch! I am guessing it was changed after taping in front of the audience but before the show was first aired. The color of the text is very slightly off and the number 8 doesn't line up with the other numbers. If they had changed it years later for syndication, it would probably look even more different from the surrounding text. And, yes, Dave's voice was dubbed in on that one.
Hardly surprising that Americans cannot get it right when it comes to anything outside the U.S. The people living in Iceland are called "Icelanders" and nothing else. In their native language they are "Íslendingar".
Main problem is only asking blondes. Among us multi-generation Swedes around 50% have brown hair, and then there are quite a few Swedes that aren't as pale as a paper, since they or their parents etc came here from other countries.
@@helenestiernstrand6575 Not sure what you're implying, I have Swedish ancestors from the 16 hundreds and I have brown hair. Nothing wrong with being blonde, just saying that all Swedes are not.
A big snus under the upper lip and corrected Letterman regarding the surname spelling, and he said "What do you want me to say?" with östgöta- dialect, which is what you'd expect if you're from Norrköping. He is swede.
I'm a Swede and I'm not sure I get the joke. :D Hope somebody can try to explain? I'm *really* not offended, lol, but is the joke that Swedes were really rare in NYC back then? Or is it a blonde-joke... that they're looking for blonde people? Or just a random goofy thing they came up with? I'm glad the Swede they found wasn't blonde. :)
Maybe he couldn't say "Let's find a hot blonde every guy in the audience wants to sleep with" so instead he said "Let's find a Swede". Dave's jokes are often a bit rude or dirty.
@@peo4989 stackars liten. Är du som Jimmie "Hela skolan var full av invandrare". Nån tv kanal bjöd in honom och sade "vi har en lista på alla som gick i högstadiet samtidigt som dig, det fanns tre från mellanöstern".
It could just be that a guest cancelled their apperance and they needed to fill the time with some silliness. Dave is witty and can come up with jokes on the fly so the venture becomes funny.
Not that brown-haired swedes aren't just as common as blonde ones, but that guy's appearance was exceedingly rare for a swedish person. Sincerely from a swedish person. Norrköping was an industrial center though back in the day so perhaps a few generations back he has some like... maybe french, belgian, polish or austrian ancestors. Who knows!? :D
This was probably pretty hard to pull off back then. The camera was probably wired up all the way to the studio, unless there was a broadcast satellite truck it was hooked up to in order for Dave to see what's going on. Then there's the issue of a having a good sized speaker so the people on the street could hear Dave like he was right there. Who knows how they did that. Attached to the camera? A grip holding it? And maybe there was an audio guy with a boom mic to get the dialogue.
The camera, mini boom and speaker were rented from ABC Sports, whose logo was on the equipment. I cannot remember how the signal was sent back, so the cable would be the tell. After I walked away, I was chased down by someone who asked me to sign a release.
@@lingonberriesofwrath1836 så du tycker inte det är sorgligt att sverige inte är sverige längre?? Och det kommer bara bli värre härifrån, om 20-30 år är etniska svenskar inte majoriteten i vårt eget land längre... jävla vänstern!
If you pause the video at exactly 7:44 you can see the original #8, "HIS HOLIER-THAN-THOU ATTITUDE". I was expecting something far more offensive. If The Donz scans these comments, I'd love to know the backstory. I don't recall a Top 10 being changed after the fact like this.
@@dontrockwobble Ah, good catch! Yeah, would be interesting to know what happened there, because even for back then, that seems like a pretty tame joke.
It was censored! It's also covered on the chyron list! It took a while to freeze the frame, but the original #8 was: "HIS HOLIER-THAN-THOU ATTITUDE"! Must have been too controversial?
And the they were, of course, looking for the stereotypical ”Swedish” blond woman. And who was the Swede they found? A tall, dark, skinny guy. Shows to prove that stereotypes are just that.
Considering not everyone in Sweden is tall, blonde and blue-eyed, you might have trouble if you're just searching for physical traits. Instead look for people trying to get away from the camera, with an awkward expression. :P
Yeah, I was amazed they found an icelander. when I saw her I thought "she COULD be swedish but it´s something about that nose that is not quite typical".But I also felt she had to be close to us swedes and yeah, she was an icelander, a cute one ...😉
When he said “No, that’s if you’re from Denmark”, it was sealed and confirmed that he is indeed from Sweden. Non-Scandinavians just don’t know that stuff.
There are three Nordic nations where surnames, since long, often end with -sen, just like there are two ones where surnames often end with -son. Except for Sweden and Denmark, which are these nations?
@@HerrBrutal-bl2fkYou know it'a Norway, lol. 🇸🇪
Anderson/Andersen: O's are from Sweden, E's are from Denmark
@@HerrBrutal-bl2fkOf course, lol. I absolutely know that -sen is also the norm in Norway and common in other Nordic nations. My point was that only an actual Scandinavian would reply with “no, that’s if you’re from Denmark” to a question like that on an America late night show. Chill out 👍
@@indiefjant I can't chill out even more, the next phase is coma 😄. Anyhow, the correct answer to my quiz question is this:
-son: Sweden and Iceland
-sen: Denmark, Norway and the Faroe Islands
I can confirm that he spoke Swedish with no accent at all at the end.
No Swedish accent or no American accent?
@@GarretGrayCamera I can confirm aswell :) No american accent.
You don't lie about being from Norrköping haha. That's a genuine small city Swede right there❤
@@GarretGrayCamera Perfect Swedish with no foreign accent, just like a native.
And one of the ugliest accents. @@JenkemFactory
God I remember this; I just about DIED when they actually found a swede; basically accidentally. It's funny to see how different people felt about cameras back then.
Wow.. you're old as time!
Old friend of mine! Mats from Norrköping, Sweden! That’s so strange it ended up in my flow 😂
What?? Känner ni varandra??
Fan vad coolt
@@sofiaenblom8764ja Hans far var vår revisor i många år.
Fan vad knäppt 😂
Kul med dessa gamla klipp, lite som Bäst i test då de är ute på stan
If his perfect Swedish accent wouldn’t be such a dead giveaway, his giant ‘snusprilla’ under his lip would be enough. He’s more Swedish than me 😂
As a Swede I approve of this Letterman clip. Looking for Swedes is always fun, we do it all the time here...
I'm Danish and I agree, you always have to keep a sharp eye on those conniving Swedes
@@mortjoer 🇸🇪 ❤ 🇩🇰 We love our Danish brothers and sisters 🙂
@@robert4you ❤️🤍💙💛
"we do it all the time here" Jävligt bra LOL! Swedish guy here too, love this part! I really miss The Late Show with David Letterman
@@84Killuminati Allvarligt talat, in some parts of Sweden you are forced to play this game now.
He says "what do ypu want me to say?" at the end.
You know Dave was disappointed that the Swede wasn't a beautiful woman.
Perhaps they both made a beautiful Swedish woman together😅
@@Katalog-lw2ry ???
@@jonhohensee3258 Sorry, maybe it is a bad joke, the joke is that the beautiful woman was in the making. I was drinking.
@@Katalog-lw2ry mmmkay
He seemed to think that all Swedes are blondes. Not so.
He even looks to have a snus, hes a swede for sure.
yup prillan sitter där den ska :)
More of the lady from Iceland🇮🇸 😊
This was recorded about 30+ years ago :')
Granny or not, one of these degenerates will surely find her name sooner or later
@@hencytjoe shes Nordic, shes prob still doable
"What do you want me to say", he says at the end in swedish.
They found a Swede and being from Sweden 🇸🇪 I can validate that all he is saying sounds correct so congratulations!
He even have the dialect from Norrköping :D. He sounds like ny relatives in Linköping 😅
We play this game once a month here in Sweden. Very hard game to beat! 😁
HAHA exactly its easier to meet a burqa from middle east
@@Arnuuld och @peo4989 Tror ni er vara förmer än andra? Fint folk? Ska jag kanske säga ers höghet och hans majestät? Vet hut.
”Eh, vad vill du att jag ska säga för någonting”
-Mats från Norrköping
Not all Swedes are blonde women, I think he learned that now 🇸🇪
As a Swede I dare Dave to find me
Damn, times have certainly changed! World was so different back then. I miss those times!
Hey, that is me, 5:18 to 5:54 in.
Haha you're great, that was really funny
Must be fun to see this again! 🤩
Finnish not finished!😂👋🇸🇪
Trying to claim the Swede spotlight, eh? Now we want to see the real Swede here too. :D
You were the best! Nice to see you 2024.
09:31 i also live in Norrköping
The Swedish guy's female friend looks like the eye candy of every early 90s movie.
No wonder Dave was eager to talk to her.
No cell phones, people actually looking up and not down texting.
people were so much more friendly before the chinese phone invasion we all have been delt, I do miss the 1990's, it's why I know how to speak
Well the giant snus he has in is a dead give away.
Haha yeah I was thinking the same
Dave + chaos = comedy
The episode where he works fast food is hilarious
As a Swede I can corroborate that that was pure Swedish coming out of his mouth
They went for people with the stereotypically swedish look, blond hair and blue eyes, but it was a dark haired dark eyed man who came through. God do I miss this era of Letterman.
he is ALPINE GERMANIC, all part of the Germanic race.
He looks 100% Italian...like my cousin John
As a swede with brown hair - I was so annoyed that he only went looking for super blond people xD so happy the guy at the end had brown hair haha. We are not all blond in sweden ^^
Just before the dawn of social media. Look at how normal and sane people looked. And this was New York, for heaven's sake.
benigni nailed it
It's a beautiful life!
What may be the best thumbnail of all time😊
I still think she was Swedish. Thanks Dave!
Can confirm. He was speaking Swedish with a Norrköping accent.
I knew he was a proper Swede when he said that "-en" was "if you're from Denmark". Not many Americans know that distinction. Though many Norwegian names end in -en as well.
I do as an American, I am into genetics and culture, Swedish names always have the double s too.
ACTUAL NUMBER 8: His “holier-than-thou” attitude (you gotta freeze-frame it just before Number 5 appears)
Way funnier than "Snubbed her at the Grammys"
Interesting! I thought his voice sounded punched in on that one. I wonder what that switch was about.
@@illiamdeebe7579 must’ve been deemed too controversial at the time. Awards jokes are always safer-unless it involves Will Smith.
Great catch! I am guessing it was changed after taping in front of the audience but before the show was first aired. The color of the text is very slightly off and the number 8 doesn't line up with the other numbers. If they had changed it years later for syndication, it would probably look even more different from the surrounding text. And, yes, Dave's voice was dubbed in on that one.
This was gold.
"Islandars"😂
The actual name of the country, in their own language, is “Ísland”
@@AdrianBoyko Exactly! Damned misspellers can't be bothered to get the diacritics right!
As in New York Islanders. 😂
Hardly surprising that Americans cannot get it right when it comes to anything outside the U.S. The people living in Iceland are called "Icelanders" and nothing else. In their native language they are "Íslendingar".
@@AdrianBoykoSo they kinda got it right.
A better way to look for Swedes is to have a big sign in swedish.
Or give away free alcohol…
3:50 Goodness. What an amazing woman! Humor, wit, and drop dead gorgeous. She has to be an alien.
She looks like a young Martha Stewart
@@kunserndsittizen2655that comment just ruined it.
She looks a lot like "totaly tulla" or "flexytulla" same crazysmile blonde...
First time Dave picked an Italian girl that looked Sedish, this time a Swedish guy that looks Italian..resembles my cousin 100%
That guy was 100% swedish 🥰
Lmao he's from my city!! Norrköping :D
This is so random 😂😂😂😂😂
Norrköping represent 🔥😄🇸🇪
He said in Swedish: "Want do you want me to say?" And when he said the Swedish city NORRKÖPING he sounded very Swedish to me.
Main problem is only asking blondes.
Among us multi-generation Swedes around 50% have brown hair, and then there are quite a few Swedes that aren't as pale as a paper, since they or their parents etc came here from other countries.
Well then theyre not swedish.
@@helenestiernstrand6575 Not sure what you're implying, I have Swedish ancestors from the 16 hundreds and I have brown hair.
Nothing wrong with being blonde, just saying that all Swedes are not.
He also speak swedish with the same accent as people from Norrköping. He is a Swede 100%
10:01 Time travelling David Letterman in the background
Found humor is the best humor.
Vad vill du att jas ska säga för nånting? = "What do you want me to say?"
He in the end actually said Norrköping correctly the end sentence also was correct swedish
Should have just shown him your snus!
A big snus under the upper lip and corrected Letterman regarding the surname spelling, and he said "What do you want me to say?" with östgöta- dialect, which is what you'd expect if you're from Norrköping. He is swede.
You won't get a comedy piece like that on late night TV again. Am I right?
There's probably something offensive about it today.
@@GarretGrayCamera Yeah. That's true.
0:48 WTH was that?! 🤣🤣🤣
"Hello, I'm Chris Hansen"
”What do you want me to say?” (”ööö.. vad vill du att jag ska säga för nånting?”)
This is classic Dave. Before he started taking himself seriously. Good times.
I'm a Swede and I'm not sure I get the joke. :D Hope somebody can try to explain? I'm *really* not offended, lol, but is the joke that Swedes were really rare in NYC back then? Or is it a blonde-joke... that they're looking for blonde people? Or just a random goofy thing they came up with? I'm glad the Swede they found wasn't blonde. :)
well today swedes are more than likely arab looking HAHA :)
Maybe he couldn't say "Let's find a hot blonde every guy in the audience wants to sleep with" so instead he said "Let's find a Swede".
Dave's jokes are often a bit rude or dirty.
@@peo4989 stackars liten. Är du som Jimmie "Hela skolan var full av invandrare". Nån tv kanal bjöd in honom och sade "vi har en lista på alla som gick i högstadiet samtidigt som dig, det fanns tre från mellanöstern".
It could just be that a guest cancelled their apperance and they needed to fill the time with some silliness. Dave is witty and can come up with jokes on the fly so the venture becomes funny.
@@peo4989They aren't swedes, they have swedish passport😅
That Iceland lady looked like Martha Stewart!
Yeah that was swedish he spoke. Funny thing is that "Roberto sounded like the swedish chef in the Muppet Show...
This is classic! The Icelandic woman is the winner, tho. ;-)
This is magic. Boy i miss Dave and his corny silliness
I miss his silly corniness!
Not that brown-haired swedes aren't just as common as blonde ones, but that guy's appearance was exceedingly rare for a swedish person. Sincerely from a swedish person. Norrköping was an industrial center though back in the day so perhaps a few generations back he has some like... maybe french, belgian, polish or austrian ancestors. Who knows!? :D
Italian for sure, 100% resembles my cousin
@ That’s a possibility for sure.
This was probably pretty hard to pull off back then. The camera was probably wired up all the way to the studio, unless there was a broadcast satellite truck it was hooked up to in order for Dave to see what's going on. Then there's the issue of a having a good sized speaker so the people on the street could hear Dave like he was right there. Who knows how they did that. Attached to the camera? A grip holding it? And maybe there was an audio guy with a boom mic to get the dialogue.
9:10 You can see the cable. But there was definitely no boom mic or we would have seen it sometime with the rapid panning/zooming all over like that
The camera, mini boom and speaker were rented from ABC Sports, whose logo was on the equipment. I cannot remember how the signal was sent back, so the cable would be the tell. After I walked away, I was chased down by someone who asked me to sign a release.
@@ronflatter1235Thanks! I was thinking they must have a small crew to get releases and such. Are you really Finnish?
yeah you can basically play that game here in sweden today...
Ha ha ha Den var bra
Börja inte gråta nu bara.
@@lingonberriesofwrath1836 så du tycker inte det är sorgligt att sverige inte är sverige längre?? Och det kommer bara bli värre härifrån, om 20-30 år är etniska svenskar inte majoriteten i vårt eget land längre... jävla vänstern!
And?
tragiskt
Minnesota lots of swedes went there during the migration
The insanity that was the Letterman Show.
God I miss the 90's! Everything was better, including the women, wow!
this was back before they all became tattooed man haters 'tis why
Now I'm left wondering what the original, clearly-edited-out #8 was. 😄
If you pause the video at exactly 7:44 you can see the original #8, "HIS HOLIER-THAN-THOU ATTITUDE". I was expecting something far more offensive. If The Donz scans these comments, I'd love to know the backstory. I don't recall a Top 10 being changed after the fact like this.
@@dontrockwobble Ah, good catch! Yeah, would be interesting to know what happened there, because even for back then, that seems like a pretty tame joke.
😂😂❤
Not anymore 😢
Number eight in the Top Ten is obviously overdubbed. I wonder what the original line was.
Dem hittade en i det vilda
helt galet trodde de var utdöda
3:45 It would be great to find out where she is now.
In Ireland they play "spot the Yank"
Sorry all I can think about now is that breathtaking Icelandic goddess 💔 She'd be 60 ish now, but probably still stunning
"Vad vill du att jag ska säga för någonting" = What do you want me to say about something.
En snusande slusk - svensk 10/10😏
Crazy how different New York looked back then 😮
Letterman super fans, if you were to estimate, how much of the show has been uploaded?
On Don Giller’s channel like most of it
7%
Uff da this was funny. Im a finn swede
We have all bright hair and blue eyes ,you have get that wrong,and then you make us as idiot,when it is you that cracy😮
Han är från Sverige. :D
I'm from Norrköping lol
Top Ten #8 “Snubbed her at the Grammys” was dubbed in later. I wonder why.
It was censored! It's also covered on the chyron list! It took a while to freeze the frame, but the original #8 was: "HIS HOLIER-THAN-THOU ATTITUDE"! Must have been too controversial?
So obnoxious. David Letterman is the patron saint of pests! I've learned all I know from him. 🤣
He didn't seem obnoxious to me.
Yeah. Have your fun on Swedish. At last we don't have a Orange Menace running for president.
Du=🤡
Great!! 🇸🇪
I had the letter right at lrast.
And the they were, of course, looking for the stereotypical ”Swedish” blond woman. And who was the Swede they found? A tall, dark, skinny guy. Shows to prove that stereotypes are just that.
Hed did work hard to get rid of that östgötska-dialect, though. :)
Who is the female guest????
Marilu Henner
Dave said "Icelanders" but then the graphic said "Islandars." Did somebody have hockey on the brain? 😂
Iceland in Icelandic is Ísland.
Jag är Svensk!
Han är svensk.
Lol not all swedes are blond, Dave! 😆
The guy he “caught” is obviously Swedish, but probably also 3:d generation Italian immigrant .
He can be a 100% swede, my dad looked like that when he was younger and he's 100% swedish. Just very dark-haired and easily tanned.
And he isn't blonde!
Considering not everyone in Sweden is tall, blonde and blue-eyed, you might have trouble if you're just searching for physical traits. Instead look for people trying to get away from the camera, with an awkward expression. :P
Visa prillan bara så fattar alla att han är svensk
They found an Icelandic! Even better than a Swede!
/swede ;)
Yeah, I was amazed they found an icelander. when I saw her I thought "she COULD be swedish but it´s something about that nose that is not quite typical".But I also felt she had to be close to us swedes and yeah, she was an icelander, a cute one ...😉