Dave Letterman, method actor

[Shakey719]

He won the Oscar for his portrayal of Stinko Monkey Salesman, right?

[cleancab]

Classic Letterman. He's ad libbing so fast it distracts Chris Elliott.

[shane13233]

1:27 That`s what he always showed people at his show....

[mx6lover]

I must admit to being a bit of Fancy Lad myself at times !

[Musicmonk84]

"Hey! Wait a minute! Jennifer, come here!" LOL!

[ninagcomic]

Man Oh Man, do I hate them fancy ladds

[jookiyaya]

Haha was Letterman's part all improv? Genius!! ^^

[njf0]

45 people work for GE.

[Keoni3535]

hey little girl

[CadillacManJeffrey]

I do not unbderstand 44 dislikes, incredible piece of cinema : )

[ctipple1981]

This is truly the greatest scene in the history of cinema.

[Camaroofdeth]

"cinematic tour-de-force". Love it!

[tucsonia]

For his one and only movie appearance, it's a tour de force. Frankly, Letterman got screwed out of an Oscar for this performance.

[BadboybillyC]

Dave Letterman always had a great wit and if you checked his NBC days shows out , youd see a loose show that was constantly riffing and succeeding.

[licmyluvpump]

Don't let them talk you into any of that flank steak bullshit. Try, the London Broil!

[jpsartrean]

@licmyluvpump No, no, no.... Forget the London Broil - go with Tri-tip Steak!!

[superdavid002]

So, when's he going to come out with Cabin Boy 2?

[Chronolyse]

These pipes....are CLEAN!

[mx6lover]

I've had it with you, A BUNCH OF STINKO'S IN HERE !

[musimgm]

About 15 genius, hilarious and witty lines in less than 3 minutes... only David Letterman!

[shhhakedown1979]

I remember rewinding this section, because it was the only funny scene. Couldn't bring myself to finish the movie.

[MorrisseyOner]

@shhhakedown1979 Well, there was one other memorable part. "These pipes are clean!!!!!"

[shhhakedown1979]

@MorrisseyOner ha. Maybe I should give it another go.

[dayofrest22]

try the london briole and have a good trip suzie!

[Vietnow14]

1:28 = hilarity to the maximum. Thank you, David.

[patdestruction]

best comedy ever.

[1MartinD28]

"little spring outfit" this is back before dave became a spiteful old bastard, funny!

[clauditorium]

Hey, wait a minute - Jennifer! Come here!

[jsouce]

Letterman is simply genius!

[asp5]

He was probably thinking "Well, I guess I'll do my old friend and former comedy writer Chris Elliot a favor and make a cameo in his movie."

[berzirk]

Haa haa. This was one of the best cameos I can remember. Yes it's a stupid movie, but I really think it's funny stupid like Dumb and Dumber. Not as good as the Jerk though. That still might be the funniest movie of all time.

[Montyextreme]

could someone please upload, "when i go ashore and get me pay"

[iwtricapecod]

The only funny scene in a terrible movie.

[BrentonSteinhilber]

He's such a serious method actor that he's still playing the character.

[woodoven]

wait jennifer come here

[RassilonSix]

I didn't care for most of the movie, but I love this scene to no end. The beauty of it is that Letterman isn't really acting at all; he's just being himself perfectly. (And ever since I saw this, every time somebody out of place asks if I can help them, I think to myself, "Oh, gosh, I certainly hope so.")

[jimmbo13]

Dont think, say it with all the dripping sarcasm of Letterman!

[dukenthaylor]

and CABIN BOY and GET A LIFE were just TOO FUNNY! not bad for a "fancy lad" with a "big girl's" appetite! XD

[dukenthaylor]

both chris elliott AND paul reubens (pee-wee herman) started on LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, the NBC show! i watched their skits in my college days..laughed so hard, i couldn't write anything! GREAT STUFF, especially the back and fort dissing batween dave and chris' characters! in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't improvised this bit at least a little, if not entirely.

[deliconker]

They had to have improvised. Dave doesn't like people touching him or even shaking his hand. Chris mentioned that in this scene. Didn't realize this the first time through, but it's certainly there...

Awesome stuff.  Certainly some inside jokes...

[HOWYOUDOIN884]

He and Chris started improvising about 20 years ago... Chris played a creepy guy on Dave's show a long time ago.

[EagleEye812]

Yes, that's why he became a talk show host and shook virtually every celebrity's hand more than once.

[k8abbey]

what year was this supposed to be taking place in?

[pezcore66]

yikes i dunno, but surely they werent trying to be incrediably accurate to a certain period for a goofy comedy movie... lol

[Storm88000]

BWHAH!!!! one of the greatest comedies ever. My favorite scene is with the floating cupcake.

[postedonfrontstreet]

I love this movie too...

[jexventura]

upload the figth with the giant.

or some trina part.

[Monitor1CC]

"Say, you're one of those 'fancy lads' aren't you? Well, aren't you adorable? Is that your spring outfit?" LOL

[tucsonia]

Can anybody locate the scene when Cabin Boy is made to dance on a table to the tune of "Alley Cat" while the old salts laugh and throw shit at him? That was one of my favorites.

[glitchesandglitter]

so awkward it hurts

[Fireball69]

this has always been one of the funniest movie sequences I believe in all movie history...it is absolutely perfect in execution but also well well well acted...also its so damn absurd and hilarious

[dukenthaylor]

ACTING!

[hapspir]

GENIUS!

[dukenthaylor]

THANK YOU!

[YouPrick]

Oh gosh, I certainly hope so.

[slvr4surfer]

I likes the Letterman

[t1gerlily03]

ROFL Sponsored by Explodo-pop!! LOL!

It was always Letterman for me! :-)

[lateshowuk]

LOL!

[MissIcia]

You look like my niece sally!

[tender878]

Absolutely hilarious. Definitely check out Chris Elliots "Get a Life" episodes from way back...so stupid, they're priceless.

[dukenthaylor]

Exactly! I LOVE Get A Life! A 30+ year-old paper "boy" (again with the boy stuff...hahahaha) - fiction or non - is ALWAYS good for a few cheap laughs!

[ignoranceandwant]

Letterman hosted the Oscars the year after this movie came out and there was a funny montage of various stars doing his "wanna buy a monkey?" scene...the two I remember were Michael Keaton and Rosie O'Donnell. Most people panned his hosting job, but I thought he was pretty funny, esp. when he introduced Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon: "Look out...they're pissed off about something else again!"

[phaedress]

what's that sponsorship thing all about?

[my15minutes]

oh! that was put there by the source of the footage, dave yoder's letterman site, in the description.

explod-o-pop is letterman's gimmick popcorn sponsor. you'll see it mentioned on his show once in a while.

[Devpow]

Dave is the man! I still don't know how Leno gets the ratings he does...ah, the dumbing down of the masses.

[celebtrvl]

I agree with you 100%. Jay may get the audience ratings, but Dave is the real King of Late Night and everyone knows that, including Jay.

[chrisfrenette91]

@Devpow

Forever I was baffled by this too, until recently during the whole conan vs. leno thing last year it was pointed out that Jay's lead-in for all those years was highly rated programming, much higher rated than dave's lead-ins.

[elreichda]

@Devpow My sloppy lord, i'm glad you said it. Leno does cater to the masses! Meanwhile, us real intellectuals, who stimulate our genitals and our minds simultaneously, watch REAL late night television with Letterman.

[tj357]

I remember on Late Night, Dave showed the "audition tapes" of other people that were in the running for his part in the movie. I died when they showed Paul Newman staring straight into the camera and saying, "Would ya like...to buy......A MONKEY?"

[my15minutes]

Yes! I very much remember that as well! :D

[dhouston12]

I like when he tells letterman "you're family must be proud of you!" lol

[norrobbins]

"Do you want to buy a monkey?" I started watching Dave when he still doing standup on the Johnny Carson show.

[galatian5]

"Hey wait a minute, Jennifer come here" LOL

[pinhead13]

funniest shit lol

[pinhead13]

lmao! haha.. we'll see ya honey..big girls have big appetites!

[simonjeste]

It must have taken so much self-restraint to avoid using the obvious "Nancy" in his barrage of wit... Attaboy, Dave! Make fun of the man under the seats! ^_^

[JoeChrisMorris]

Man oh man do I have them fancy lads

[24v7v420]

Well, he's a better actor than Conan.

[10jake10]

Here's another amazing fact, sometime between Letterman's stint as a weatherman and his morning talk show he was on a short lived Mary Tyler Moore sitcom (after her successful show had ended) and played her intrusive neighbor alway borrowing this and that. The show didn't even last one season I think. SHAME!

[simonjeste]

"The show didn't even last one season I think."

GLAD IT DIDN'T -- imagine how different "late night talk shows" would have been if Dave The Wacky Weatherman Comic Guy hadn't stolen the scene and paved the way for a new breed of hosts...

[10jake10]

Agreed!

[ottoskidoo]

i love the fact this is the only movie letterman chose to do after getting a big production deal...

[YouDummy]

He did Beavis and Butt-Head Do America as well.

[ottoskidoo]

doh!

[HOWYOUDOIN884]

that is sooooo funny!!!!

[HOWYOUDOIN884]

LOL that was entirely funny!

[phillycat26]

great movie even if a few parts were "over the top" i loved "Sharky" who helped save him when the giant wanted to kill him for bangin his wife.the old pirates sent chris to shore to get his "pipes cleaned". later chris is seen beating his chest and hollering "these pipes are cleannnnnnnnnnnn!!! ahahahahahhahah

[THEDEEDEEZOMBIE]

Dear Friend, Sharky was in fact "Chocki", I know one would expect the name to be "Sharky", but it wasn't. I just thought I would pass this little tidbit of information on to you. If you doubt what I am saying you can always double check it at imdb

[phillycat26]

hey,thanks..now i remember it was chocki, i havn't watched it in a few years but i adore chris and i'll watch it again tonight as now i can't get him out of my mind. just looking at him cracks me up!

[THEDEEDEEZOMBIE]

Glad to help you out, I hope that you enjoy it again. I'm not sure if you've read Chris' books "Daddy's Boy" or "The Shroud Of The Thwacker", but they are great fun. There is also a home video release of Chris' 2 part Showtime special which was released as "Chris Elliott's Action Family/ F.D.R. a One Man Show", which is great if you get a chance to see it.

[ratetoid]

I beilieve Lettermen is credited as "Earl Hoffart"

My friends and I once rented this movie only to watch this scene

[sniper479]

LOL, DL pwns!

[TouchTheSky07]

This is hilarious! What's the rest of the movie like?

[MarkTheMagnificent]

hahaha. i love that movie. its such a shame that this is the only scene that david letterman played in.

[reddyredd]

Agreed, but I'm just happy he was game enough for what he did--could've just been the one line, "Hey, would you like to buy a monkey?"

[drwierd]

remember when they were fighting that ice monster? that part was kind of stupid

[delrose21]

Letterman at his best. Hilarious stuff.

[jookiyaya]

ROFL man if dave adlibbed all that pure genius.

shows how much he degraded from 94 till now. lol

[guitars223]

"what a minute , jennifer, Jennifer" love that shit

[mnky7]

would you like to buy a monkey? HAHAHAHA!

[RobbieRockster]

you are probably the product of lower class inbreeding, lmao !!!

[seanpatf]

I'll take the london broil!

[jule7114]

Letterman!!!! Love Him!!!

[costeltj]

Yes I would like to buy a monkey!

[dartmouthhoop]

Man o man do I hate them fancy lads!!! Cabin Boy is a lost cult classic.