Hunter S Thompson, 1988, Part 2 of 2

[GonzoHole86]

Letterman is such a Spastic

[LaughingatpainUSAway]

creepy ending

[JoeAverage000]

That set looks like it was done in some regular apartment.

[Templariorum]

Let me just say this this is dead bright. watching this drunk and high. Is fucking with my eyes. HA, Still good EPIC EVEN. RIP HUNTER.

[SCORNDOGGMELACH]

:48 "Ah hah." ( addresses most of the audience and most of his fans) - if thats what you call, em. THINK!

[erikjames47]

carly simon is 43 there.. she looks amazing

[SCORNDOGGMELACH]

@erikjames47 Wow, didnt know that. She does look good here. No wonder Hunter was extra jittery. LOL

[gaBehcuoDsuoitneterP]

Was this shot in David Letterman's living room?

[ppatrikfromEST]

wtf was this? they didnt even let him speak!

[stuckingphoner]

its funny that since then david has had his own sex scandals

[bluepianopoet]

Sure David, look at that put down

[gasdorf]

What kind of drugs was letterhead taking back coke?

[jjk696969]

@gasdorf i dont think so. but i know thompson was. especially in this interview

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[PerfectChaosZeta]

@Truthiracy2 Wat...

What the fuck are you talking about?

[dnoland1993]

First time seeing HST... Depp played him well in Fear & loath

[sfav234]

@dnoland1993 --------I just sent a text to the person that shared this video with me... said the same thing. Holy Shit! Depp was uncanny.

[miketikemikebike]

So when it comes down to brass tax, Letterman the egomaniac who puts everyone on the spot because he knows he is the best and Hunter one who can cleverly take himself out of the picture so he can paint one with his words are discussing something that pertains to all of us-politics. My opinion I don't know who is the bigger asshole here.

[spasemonkey05]

@miketikemikebike nicely put and true!

[miketikemikebike]

Letterman's ego would not let him do that. So it has become a battle of two minds who have figured out how they function in this world - how they get the things they want out of people.

[miketikemikebike]

It's funny, it wasJoyce Brabner the wife of Harvey Pekar, another writer whom Letterman has had on his show in the 80's, nailed it right on the head - Letterman is a megalomaniac. And like I said, Hunter was trying very much to turn the tables on the discussion were he was asking the questions and Letterman was put on the stop,as any journalist would do.

[miketikemikebike]

Does it not seem that Hunter is hot under the collar here? That the questions Letterman is throwing? at him are too much for him? It is interesting as Hunter as a journalist is trying to turn the tables on Letterman, but Letterman does not seem to let up. It's a battle of the brains - it's like chess. And I'm not discrediting a prolific writer such as the likes of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, but it is apparent that Letterman believes himself to be the more intelligent man

more too say...

[torque122]

God Carly Simon looks like she could suck some awesome cock. What a mouth!

[samuraitj]

I think HUnter was on something and letterman tried to put him on the spot to freak hunter out or something?!

[Sh0leY]

lelele..lemme interupt you eh..

SHUT THE FUCK UP LETTERMAN DOUCHEBAG

[MrGforGreen]

lol why is he called dr ??? what subject did he study and what university did he receive his doctorate from??

[Andgrey]

@MrGforGreen Well Sir, he's called a doctor because he's well qualified to prescribe medications for ailments of society.

[MrGforGreen]

@Andgrey thanks for clearing that up for me

[jenwasverydrunk]

johnny depp played him to perfection.

[Baxxter101]

also LFMAO @ paul with *Some* hair....

[killphil1986]

i like lettermans nervous laughter at the end. its clear that david is scared of hunter.

[Baxxter101]

nah man I don't he is scared of Hunter... I think he is scared for his ratings and his shows survival...

[killphil1986]

well, if anything hunter should bring the shows rating up... at least for this one episode

[SCORNDOGGMELACH]

@killphil1986 Nah, Dave just wants to make sure Hunters gonna go off the deep end AND NOT COME BACK. They got on good and Im sure it was great for ratings. It could have been personal too though. Maybe Dave liked him. The little jabs dont fool me for a minute.

[matte218]

@killphil1986 Im a huge fan but if i met him id be scared too. savage person to say the least

[killphil1986]

@matte218 well, it might be fun depending on who you are or hunters mood. wouldnt want to be on his bad side, but fun and speed is contagious, he can go from generous to savage at high speeds and vice versa depending on the situation.

[Pomepwns]

god, they really should've scheduled some time for hunter. the only two times he was with letterman, they timed out.

[BrothersCharles]

Brandon Gleason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[ethanlj14]

I hate david lettermans style of trying to make it seem like the other person is gay. He always fucking does it to all his male guests

[misterbayshawn]

I wish Hunter would have got up and screamed "HOT DAMN', threw Paul out the window, groped Carly Simon, and maced Letterman at close range.

[Gumbyrearygood]

@misterbayshawn Hahahahaha.

[ClownUnit02]

I wouldn't put it past him to do something like that, either.  Would've been nice if he knocked over the band equipment too. Playing that half assed synth-jazz muzak nearly put me to sleep.

[zackhanscom]

@misterbayshawn maced? as in a stick with a heavy bulb at the end with nails and razorwire attached to it?

agreed.

[calamagrostis88]

It just looks like the Doctor could hardly stand to be on T.V. at all. It is too bad because although he is pretty good here, but I bet he was a lot more funny when the tapes were not rolling.

[theazzmn]

man hunters on somethin here ay. what a funny cunt.

[hotbox4u]

yea depp was good. but murray was awesome too. if you look at where the bufallos roam, the interview scene at the end where murray/thompson speaks to the students, you see what such a great actor murray is. that seen is flawless played.

[justinzeppelin]

hey hotel california the song, they play it before the first comercial thing.

[andrewmarsh1]

Man, Dr. Thompson totally lost that bet.

[Dregan]

Why they did this in a hotel suite?

[xlaten]

It's probably Hunter's suite, I'm guessing he refused to come to Letterman's studio.

[FeelOfFriction]

Free people are feared and hated.

[Phatweb]

is it just me or does dave hate hunter?

[SpacedTime]

I think he is afraid of him. Hunter is a loose cannon and Letterman want sot stay in control of the inhterview, but Hunter will talk about what he wants and the things around him.

Just like most of his stories, the thing he came to write about never gets a mention.

[Propolyz]

yeah dave does look like he's alittle pissed at hunter, but i mean come on, if anyone is gunna have hunter on their show they should atleast know that he is gunna be really fucked up, and just roll with it instead of bein a prick like dave is sorta being, kinda rushing him through questions and giving sarcastic laughs.

[aaronamccoy]

what did he mumble about 17,000 dollars.

[sidney420]

17000 dollars shoes for carly simon

[Hodongji]

biden?

[Smoker920909]

So my vote dosen't even count.... Im canadian i dont even care if u elect am onkey lmao R.I.P Hunter S. Thompson

[podriaserpeor]

Also having thousands of watts of light on your face make you sweat like crazy, in the end who gives a fuck if he was high on something? he sounds more articulate and intelligent than most people I have met who dont do shit.

[LordBeluga]

Do you hang out in the comatose ward to meet new people or something?

[ErikVaughnDillinger]

Amen to that shit.

[DamienBenoit]

Agree totally!

[MrMusial]

your an idiot, its called stage lights, there fucking hot

[er3012]

lol

[therealbubbrubb]

lol

[henricodasvezia]

God I feel like an idiot. I thought I was good at english but 75% of the interview eludes me. /Stupid Swede

[DeadBirdCitizen]

Don't beat yourself up, Thompson tends to mumble and has a pretty unique cadence of speech.

[GOBLICON]

R.I.P Thompson

[tangleass]

nah lettermans still a little bitch - hunter was a badass and a genius. R.I.P.

[Cinema91]

lettermann in the early years wasnt as good as he is at the moment man

[tangleass]

yea letterman is such a pussy and a blind ass he doesnt even realize who hez talking to cutting hunter off to hear that bullshit version of hotel california.

[ShingoEX]

You don't really know much about how TV shows work, do you?

You can blame the network execs and the show producers for that, not Letterman.

[podriaserpeor]

I agree letterman is just a pawn while hunter will always be a king.

[vonkaltenborn]

Wow, the last couple of posts were waaaayyyy off mark.

I'm not a "fan" of either, but Letterman DOES KNOW he is sitting with a great mind. He's fearful of that mind, and what it could tell the mouth to say.

[skeetrosauce]

I agree with you, and not the last couple of posts lol.

Thanks for setting things straight.

[JazzSheep]

Letterman is a fucking nerd. He was always such a tight ass about his show. Crispin Glover, Harvey Pekar and HST made him grind his teeth on their appearanced on the show.

[quitoxic101]

yeah man he's a fucking diplomatic douche, at least leno actually had something to him, personality, comic timing,. can't stand letterman, excellent to see him face to face with someone he shouldn't even be allowed say he has ever met,

[guitarmainiac06]

he is incredibly entertaining to listen to.

[zoetropez]

HST was a pretty lousy gambler. He was always losing NFL bets.

[6969kbrizzle]

I always preferred Bill Murray's depiction of Thompson over Depps, but this video showed me how absolutely perfect Murray's voice was in the movie. Interesting.

[LelandSelene]

You know when I first heard bill Murray played hunter thompson in a movie I thought that was the most ridiculous actor to pick. Needless to say I was clueless. After seeing Where the Buffalo Roam, I saw how great of an actor he was and what a wonderful job he did. I don't know if I prefer his, but it is deffanately different, and I think they are both great.

[skaterskagg1]

that hamburger looked so gross. it was pink as hell.

[benjammin420420]

anyone know why this wasnt shot in the studio?

[maxwolfeee]

Johnny Depp does his God very nice ,yes.

[drinkyourtea]

you are the perfect example of inbreeding ghostowned and if you don't know what that means learn to spell and buy a dictionary while you are at it

[mp3dmp3d]

ghostowned is a dumb fuck, which is about twice as bad as being a dum fuk.

who is he even talking to?

[drinkyourtea]

oh I was doing a quote of something hunter s thompson said so they took a shot at me

[noodlemantra]

That's probably the worst sounding version of Hotel California I've ever heard.

[SharksKid]

I don't know why hunter gave the time of day to an arrogant hack like letterman.

[orl1724]

what song are they playing?

[docroe101]

Sounds like Hotel California by The Eagles

[lloydallisonyoung]

Viva Las Vegas would've been funny.

[ifightfirewithwater]

I'm an admirer of his, but here he must have been too effed for coherent thought because I've heard him make much more sense. This isn't a good representation of Hunters brilliance.

[johnagnew]

Thompsons a great man. Just can't think articulately on his toes like that.

[My6thAccount]

he doesn't say jesse owens he says jesse always

[HouseOfProPain]

How interesting - Joe Biden gets a mention at 1.50 - "the main man, Biden, got blown totally out of the race for some, another cheap scramble..." Lets hope history doesn't repeat itself

[rodneystar]

there'sa pretty cheap scramble going on right now i suppose

[HouseOfProPain]

Another interesting comment just listening to HST in this interview. When asked who is he going to vote for at 0.57, he meant to say Jesse Jackson but blurts out Jesse Owens. That's the famous black athlete but Dave quickly corrects him and say "Jesse Jackson"

[mcteethinator]

"I'm Canadian, I don't even care if you elect a monkey" If only they had known...

[andy7666]

Boom boom! XD

[minizzel]

man DL is such an ass in this its like he is trying to make hunter look like a fool which cant be done, man i would have loved to have a had a conversation with hunter he was a genius.

[jonquil4000]

Bless you Mr.Thompson.Shame on the guys on the show for seeming not to care who he was.I wish I had met you Mr.Thompson.

[alexeddy]

fuck david;)

[turdlinger5000]

dave thinks he's better than Hunter for some reason.. maybe cuz he's sober.. but not cuz he's smarter or cooler

[iamwilburforce]

does anyone know why this was done in a hotel room?

[DiveKing87]

Its hot up front and cold back here...I was waiting to see which one would prevail! HAHAHA

I love Hunters response to bastard Lettermans poor attempt to put him on the spot. i really dont think anyone cares as to why he waited to take of his jacket!

[drinkyourtea]

I thought he said he didn't know which one would prevail I could be wrong though

[drinkyourtea]

wait, so you are calling me a dumb fuck when you CAN'T even spell the fucking word?

[ErikVaughnDillinger]

haha, that was great, he can't spell for shit and he has the nerve to call people dumb fucks... classic.

[wobalizi]

HUNTER IS HIGH AS SHIT

[nativeops]

na.

[joeytrimble]

drunk too ...he's gotta be messed up dude is sweating like mad

[sabu5950]

God Bless America

[sweetchops]

"How old is this? It looks like Letterman is doing this show from his studio apartment."

They were talking about Hart dropping out of the '88 elections so its probably late 1987 early 1988.

[Poonard]

now Hart helps to usher in NWO....tsk tsk...

[shurko88]

How old is this? It looks like Letterman is doing this show from his studio apartment.

[jespurp]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!! he interuppted hunter to play this bullshit?? WTF?!!??!?!!

[jespurp]

Damn, we need more people liek him for sure.. And johnny depp was wonderful as him, even sounds like him..

Eww lattermen sucks!!!

[Ebolacrash]

what a jack ass letterman wtf you should be gratefully hunter would come on your shit show !

[joeytrimble]

yup he was a jerk to him

[OneLessTheist]

OK - so I was dead wrong in my comment that I posted to part I. This bizarre episode took place at the Milford Plaza and not Martha's Vineyard - still no reason known - but that was Carly Simon and she is fucking hot - and Hunter was clearly enjoying many chemical refreshments as every should (that can handle it)

[MakaveliTheDon96]

wow, johnny depp is truly gifted, he played hst perfectly, right down to the body language

[macbethag]

you should see bill murray play Thompson, if u haven't already, In Where the buffalo roam, its kinda embarrassing

[MakaveliTheDon96]

i have, i enjoyed it but i think johnnys was more impressive, but i did like peter boyle as dr gonzo better than benicio

[akroyd]

Murray was good as HST

[warszawianka]

Cazart! I miss Dr. Thompson, that savage fucker. There will never be another one like him.

[baird242]

Hunter R.I.P.

Letterman = Cunt

[BuchuBuchuMan]

RIP Thompson... yay for Night Court!

[goddammitfuk]

man, i fuckin miss that thompson effer!!!

what happened??? we need more people like him on this earth...

[analord]

also his appearance on To Tell The Truth, which used to be here...anyone...?

[petenow44]

Thanks for posting. Hopefully the NBC Nazis won't get this forced off YouTube. They seem to do that with all the SNL stuff. Great to see how Letterman's show used to be -- freewheelin', willing to take a risk, even if it didnt' quite pan out to Dave's liking.

[LordThree]

thanks for posting this again. I remember it USED to be on youtube a while back but disappeared for a while... Now does anyone have the other letterman interview where they are actually in the studio and letterman asks hunter about his doctorate degrees? now THAT shit was funny