jstout Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 His appearance was suitably anarchic and heartfelt. I loved him having to chug some vodka, but that's one of my things, so hey. I'm definitely gonna miss tomorrow so please tell me how it ends. Also, crusty old Bob Dylan looked pissed. Maybe that's how he looks all the time now. Or he could be imitating Dave for the last decade? I LOVED the way he big-timed Dave at the end of the show and stood away from him. What a crusty ol' bastard. There were times where Bill Murray had this great heartfelt look on his face during his interview. You can tell there's a real connection between the two. Eddie Vedder was awesome Monday night. I'm gonna be pissed if the final show tapes in the afternoon and spoilers leak out and I accidentally happen across some. The last bit of my childhood/teenage/college years officially dies tomorrow night, replaced with shitstains like James Corden living in hope that he'll go viral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob Skeeter Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 There were times where Bill Murray had this great heartfelt look on his face during his interview. You can tell there's a real connection between the two. The last bit of my childhood/teenage/college years officially dies tomorrow night, Yeah, I loved Murray's face during the interview. He was definitely holding it back. I'll be 47 in four days. I watched the very first Late Night show in high school and was tired as hell the next day, (much like this morning), and will be the same tomorrow. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I actually made my wife sit thru two hours of YouTube'd Dave stuff Friday night ramping up for this week Thank you, Dave, for all the joy you have brought to this man's heart. (My Mom didn't like that you kept me up that late, tho.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonL21 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I'm thinking Fallon and Kimmel show up since they are airing repeats tonight. Slim chance Leno actually may be there. Slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBob Skeeter Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Actually, as much as I loathe Leno, I would dig just one more "What's My Beef?" Short and sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 There were times where Bill Murray had this great heartfelt look on his face during his interview. You can tell there's a real connection between the two. The last bit of my childhood/teenage/college years officially dies tomorrow night, Yeah, I loved Murray's face during the interview. He was definitely holding it back. I'll be 47 in four days. I watched the very first Late Night show in high school and was tired as hell the next day, (much like this morning), and will be the same tomorrow. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I actually made my wife sit thru two hours of YouTube'd Dave stuff Friday night ramping up for this week Thank you, Dave, for all the joy you have brought to this man's heart. (My Mom didn't like that you kept me up that late, tho.) Yeah, I'm 46, and I've been telling younger people at work all week long what a truly momentous occasion this is for people my age. This is the guy we grew up with, our generation's real comedy touchstone. SNL was, to a point, but Letterman was much more the guy who shaped our generation's comedy sensibilities. I've heard, like I'm sure a lot of you guys have heard, that "oh, you're so funny, you should go into comedy, blah, blah, blah," and the guy who taught me that sense of humor, just so smartass and ironic and edgy, was Letterman. He had Rupert Gee on last night, and they were showing clips from the early days of the CBS show when he would be in a situation somewhere and Letterman would tell him what to say. It was tremendous. That would've made for some great YouTube shit back in the day, had YouTube been the force it is now. Same for the way-old stuff, like dropping stuff off a building or running over it with a steamroller or the velcro wall. He would've been a viral sensation if "viral" existed back then. But as soon as it starts existing, Dave, ever the contrarian, quits doing stuff like that and just hosts his show from his desk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 I'm thinking Fallon and Kimmel show up since they are airing repeats tonight. Slim chance Leno actually may be there. Slim If there ever was a time for Andy Kaufman to reveal it was all a hoax. . . . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 This absolutely sucks. My Dad has been watching Dave since fuck.. before I was alive I don't know. Every single night. He doesn't know what to do with himself. I always liked Dave also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 The final show was damn good. Dave is still sharp and witty...aka everything Jimmy Fallon tries to be, and fails. I'll be down a YouTube rabbit hole of old Letterman clips,for the next few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 "Our long national nightmare is over." I love it. Pure Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Loved the finale. They even snuck Lawler slapping Kaufman into the final montage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 It seems many of us all have the same connection to Dave, that being our fathers. I'm in the same boat. I haven't watched Letterman in a few years, but watched last night. As a kid, dad would let me stay up to watch it, and it's one of the few things I can saw connected us. I got nostalgic remembering the times before our falling out, and his eventual passing. Piece of my childhood went away forever. The closing montage was just epic and had me choked up a little. I just wish they had more time to work in some old bits from the past(which they might have done during the final week, I'm not sure), like the Indian guy that used to antagonize people on the streets or "Know your cuts of meat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I wish The Heavy had got to play on Letterman one last time. Still the only band he's ever had play an encore and they did it twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I really enjoyed the finale although it was a bit sobering to be reminded how old I am - as luck would have it, all the Carson/Leno stuff happened during my senior year of high school and Dave's CBS debut coincided with my starting college. So whenever they showed clip from his later Late Show/Early CBS Show days, it was kinda weird remembering where I was when I watched that stuff happen. I liked the little retrospectives, I agree with Paul that seeing Larry Bud Melman (Sorry, that's what he'll always be to me, damn NBC and their "Intellectual Property" bullshit) was the best tribute although I dug that Dave took a moment out to talk about Andy Kaufman. The top ten was fine although I guess I was secretly hoping the Top 3 was going to be a string of late night hosts (Kimmel, Conan and Leno ideally) doing some play on the Late Night Wars thing Dave got so much mileage out of - although the Seinfeld Finale joke by Louis-Dreyfus was pretty tremendous. Even though I admittedly haven't watched his show regularly in years, I'll miss Dave. He was always my favorite - for the skits certainly as others have already mentioned but definitely for his interviews. He was the only late night guy who didn't annoy/bore me talking with celebs (at least until Ferguson came along). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I wish The Heavy had got to play on Letterman one last time. Still the only band he's ever had play an encore and they did it twice. The Heavy fucking ruled that night. Cool to see the Foos perform Everlong but I am shocked that Queens of the Stone Age didn't perform during the final week or I missed it if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 http://youtu.be/yrVjOUIoo6Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 http://youtu.be/yrVjOUIoo6Q The picture of grumpy Bill O'Reilly in the middle of that montage made me laugh my ass off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I wish The Heavy had got to play on Letterman one last time. Still the only band he's ever had play an encore and they did it twice. The Heavy fucking ruled that night. Cool to see the Foos perform Everlong but I am shocked that Queens of the Stone Age didn't perform during the final week or I missed it if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 http://youtu.be/yrVjOUIoo6Q The picture of grumpy Bill O'Reilly in the middle of that montage made me laugh my ass off. That extended shot of Warren Zevon, though. Fucking allergies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 It seems many of us all have the same connection to Dave, that being our fathers. I'm in the same boat. I haven't watched Letterman in a few years, but watched last night. As a kid, dad would let me stay up to watch it, and it's one of the few things I can saw connected us. I got nostalgic remembering the times before our falling out, and his eventual passing. Piece of my childhood went away forever. The closing montage was just epic and had me choked up a little. I just wish they had more time to work in some old bits from the past(which they might have done during the final week, I'm not sure), like the Indian guy that used to antagonize people on the streets or "Know your cuts of meat". Or the herd of Spider-Men invading a Starbucks. I wish The Heavy had got to play on Letterman one last time. Still the only band he's ever had play an encore and they did it twice. If you mean Letterman asking a band to restart a song after they'd finished playing it and play out the show, the Drive-By Truckers did that in June 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Conan hit it right on the head in his EW article that Dave came along at a time when there wasn't anything like him on TV at the time. And there wasn't. You could argue that a lot of the TV world we see around us now has Dave's handprints on it. And then he went to CBS and reined in a lot of his Dave-ness, but the silliness was still there, and that's fine. And for me, getting to stay up until 12:30 to watch Late Night was a special treat that I didn't always get to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I wish The Heavy had got to play on Letterman one last time. Still the only band he's ever had play an encore and they did it twice. Not entirely true. The Heavy were the first, but he also asked Ryan Adams & Wanda Jackson to do encores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I like that they showed Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead didn't do a lot of TV but Garcia a Weir were on Dave a couple of times and fit right in. My favorite was the time they "levitated" Jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I wish The Heavy had got to play on Letterman one last time. Still the only band he's ever had play an encore and they did it twice. Not entirely true. The Heavy were the first, but he also asked Ryan Adams & Wanda Jackson to do encores. Are you saying Wikipedia can't be trusted??? NOOOOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 My favorite thing about the whole Leno-Conan fiasco was Letterman's reactions to it. Tearing Jay a new asshole every night for about 2 weeks straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 "I know some of you think Conan put himself out of a job. He wouldn't do that. He's not that kind of a guy." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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