Alton Brown Letterman

[MR2Davjohn]

The only reason Letterman is funny is because someone else writes his lines and he rehearses them. Brown, on the other hand, is spontaneous and funny. He rehearses Good Eats, but he doesn't rehearse other appearances.

[landcommander1981]

Maybe I'm one of the few people who like both Alton and Letterman. Alton is a god in the kitchen, and Letterman's funny

[zorf3]

sigh :\ it kills me to see my idol mocked so blatantly by an idiot on a late night talk show

[santosbl01]

@zorf3 An idiot on a late night talk show? Letterman is an actual ledge.

[SimplyShaded]

why is everyone saying that letterman is a douche in this video? he's not acting any different then he usually does. I mean I'm on a fan of him but I don't think he's being a douche, he' just old I guess lol

[REDMartian96]

@SimplyShaded Kimmel is the only one worth watching in reality.

[an50331]

the mans a genius

and letterman is over rated

[SNight322]

Look, ma! Stupid Kitchen Tricks!

[stndrds79]

i lvoe cooking shows. i never liked how cooking personalities were treated on these shows

[stndrds79]

wow so many views for alton brown!!!

[lnclincoln]

letterman is so dumb, he makes alton look so smart, as if he wasn't already.

[BellyBionic]

This is why I never watch Letterman.  He's an ass.

[SeraphianKnight]

That shit with the drill... SMART

[xdiesease]

He's like the Chuck Norris of cooking.......

[svtcontour]

Alton brown rocks.

[mickeyoh90]

letterman such a dumbass...

[40Kfrog]

@2:05 He just starts eating that huge block of cheese! Is this a talk show or Tom and Jerry!?

[PicklesParodyPalace]

wow.. letterman was a fucking prick there

[mywootgarden]

its ok cause at the end you can see letterman squirted himself with frosting :D

[marlakash]

letterman is rude, alton rules!

[fran9860]

GREAT AB NOSE

[bazvaldo67]

Letterman just lost points in my book. He was such a prick, treating alton like a 6 year old. I wish Alton had had his usual wits about him and just stuck it back at Letterman.

[kwanyoung2]

I think we have to realize that not everyone is a foodie. Letterman is also a comedian. He's going to look for opportunities to make a joke.

[SimuLord]

Regular viewers of Good Eats have seen all these tricks on the episodes in which they aired. AB's much better at handling Letterman's antics that, say, Martha Stewart was.

[BDxCrazyazian]

@SimuLord but martha deserves it... not AB

[inojayo]

3 Stars for Alton, non for Letterman. I understand that it was Letterman's show, but why act like a grumpy old man! And why the Hell were the audience even clapping and laughing? Letterman's humor was DRY anyway. Alton was Awesome. It is so hard to watch this over again, but Alton makes it WORTH watching!

[Tolbok]

.  2:09-2:14 Alton Brown reminds me of Alonso from training day.

[victory01]

This guy is so disrespectful.

[johnblueriggs]

If David Letterman was a guest on Alton Brown's show, Alton would do everything to make Dave seem funny and make sure HE was the star for being a guest on his show. Letterman has no respect for anything he doesn't care about.

[Guitarfool5931]

I was about to post a comment asking whether it was just me or was Letterman acting like a douche. Fact is that Letterman can be a prick at times. He doesn't understand the fact that there are people out there that are fans of Alton and that's the reason they watch this particular segment. That is why Conan is way better in my opinion. He actually cares about his guests.

[maclenn91]

pull what??

the wire that you are holding you fucking idiot

David Letterman is a stupid douche!!!!!

[samn100]

Lol both are comedians

[fangsteen]

I adore alton! Learned more from him in a

couple of seasons than I ever learned in middle school and high school combined!

Letterman's just doin' the same schtick hes

always done! ( love him or leave him.. )

@kiwidillian23 Haaa ha!! freddie roach!

not until you pointed it out, but I can so see

that now Funny!

[metalmilitiapeter]

so lettermans thing is... hes just a dick to everyone?

[deezvids]

McGyver in the kitchen :-D

[TaelosX]

Letterman.... Late Night at it's absolute lowest.

[KiwiDillan23]

AB looks and reminds me of Freddie Roach.

[RandomMultiLives]

This would have been better without Letterman

[vandstra]

I've learned more from AB than any other cooking show. Death to unitaskers!

[shannonvirgo]

Alton Brown is so cool and Letterman is a Dick! He thinks he's being funny and cool, but he's totally not and just coming off as an asshole!

[usarla]

So instead of interacting with his guest Letterman decides to make a bunch of dumb one-liners at his expense. dick.

[BeeRich33]

Letterman cut the cheese.

[BeeRich33]

@WeakChopper LOL sometimes life is super difficult like that. I'm sure you will pull through.

[fattyJNL]

Letterman is a dick.

[svtcontour]

Alton brown is a awesome. Everything he makes turns out awesome. I learned to make a great steak thanks to the dude.

[musimgm]

Haha I LOVE LETTERMAN!!! :D

[bloodmuffin1]

Dude, I hate letterman. such a prick. he's like "yeah, alright okay" every other word. he keeps interupting poor AB :[ atleast AB takes it lightheardedly. I wish he could've been on Conan instead. Not Leno though...ugh..don't get me started on late night TV hosts. TEAM COCO!

[cupchange]

letterman is such a cunt

[DazzaBo]

Letterman is a dick. "hurr the spotlight isnt on me I'll be a dude dick to my guests to get a cheap laugh"

[therobotsmilk]

Alton rules.. He is going to thrust things into David's hands... Hah-hah.

[hightek669]

I like Alton Brown and all, but I've gotta say shame on Scripps and Cablevision for taking "Emeril Live" off the air! Food Network is just NOT the same without Emeril and his missed show "Emeril Live." I miss the show sooo much! "Essence of Emeril" was another favorite of mine. Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Rachael Ray, Paula Deen, Alton Brown, Sandra Lee, and all the other celebrity chefs don't have shit on him! Emeril Lagasse is the god of ALL chefs!

[GhostsOfKrysmasPast]

@hightek669 Emeril is a self loving prick.  If he were any more full of himself, his show would be 30 minutes of autofellatio.

[Chub4ChubsRule]

@hightek669 Oh yeah, if he's such a god, then why did his sitcom fail? >:)

[jemmani22]

@hightek669 the whole bam thing got old to me however i bet his food kicked ass



[michaeljacksonator]

my mom never buys yogurt it's not that hard to make. You just boil the milk, let it cool, add already made yogurt and then let the milk sit overnight

[glacier2win]

Alton Brown is the man.

[sciencemadness]

how exactly has david letterman stayed on air all these years? there's being funny and then there's just being a twat. mr. letterman is far and away the latter.

[titanks3]

This would be so much better if Letterman would just shut up.

[kalailey]

Note: do not be a guest chef on Letterman or you will lose cheese. lol

[ChaosResurrected]

LETTERMAN! YOU SUCK!!!! JUST STOP!!!

[jamc100]

This is just shtick on David Letterman's part. He does it for every cooking segment. Without his presence the segment wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. In fact, I bet AB was told about it before he went on. Plus, most of the audience members are there for David, not his guests. He has a job to do, and he does it well.

[ChaosResurrected]

@jamc100 no he doesnt, he's a fucking douche

[shred440]

Letterman's in the presence of a GENIUS and doesn't even know it!

[bobreeda]

My god, poor Alton.... Dave is just blatantly ignoring and insulting his contraptions while Alton politely tries to laugh it off, but David is just incessantly deriding him and his work....

it's really difficult to watch....

I don't frequently watch David Lettermen, and this just makes me want to avoid the show evermore.....

[FrantikFilms]

@bobreeda AMEN to that!

[keysersozae]

lol, Dave Letterman is such a douchebag. Christ, you have a guy on your show then just make an ass of yourself by being so rude? Classy, Dave.

[jumpmansbro]

Wow. This is why I watch Leno. Dave seems like a dick.

[slothcore]

@jumpmansbro

leno's even worse, gross.

also why are you all surprised at daves behaviour, it's his schtick, he treats everyone like this, anyway i can't really watch him either, coco and craig ferguson all the way.

[robcole24]

Why would you hate on AB Dave? Such a dick.

[ThePerfectLie1]

Dave is a dick.

[espaceman000]

Ugh... Dave, you're terrible now. This makes me miss Carson.

[trublgrl]

Dave has gone from being the epitome of cool to the definition of jackass.

[Cachicochip]

Im portuguese and here in Portugal we have Jay Leno, Connan O'Brien (then Jimmy Fallon) and Jon Stewart (on local channels with a few days of delay). Theres not much I know about Letterman except for what I've seen on the Internet and I always thought he's an arrogant host, only driven by his aging fame.

Btw, I came to this vid for Alton, i'm doing a school work about him. He totally rocks^^

[gmj1able]

Alton rocks but Dave doesn't.

[TDproductions7]

This guy is the macgyver of cooking

[PhilosophicalPsycho]

A talk show host shouldn't have to wait for a cookbook to wait for Alton Brown to appear on the show.

Best chef-tutor ever.

Rachael Ray didn't have Brown yet, did she...

[radiobath]

Has anyone tried the yogurt recipe? Every other recipe I've found requires...surprise! Yogurt. -_- What's the point in making yogurt when you need yogurt? That's so counterproductive.

[temsi]

@radiobath You need the yogurt only for the proper bacteria cultures. It's your base.

If you know how to make your own, you can buy once and eat forever, provided you keep making more before you run out.

[temsi]

@radiobath You need the yogurt only for the proper bacteria cultures. It's your base.

If you know how to make your own, you can buy once and eat forever, provided you keep making more before you run out.

[temsi]

@radiobath You need the yogurt only for the proper bacteria cultures. It's your base.

If you know how to make your own, you can buy once and eat forever, provided you keep making more before you run out.

[radiobath]

@temsi So is the recipe on here no good? Because that would be so much easier than other recipes I've seen (the ones requiring yogurt).

[temsi]

@radiobath Don't know, haven't tried it.

[bluefavorites]

@radiobath You need a little bit of yogurt to start it off with the bacteria and then after your first batch, you can use a bit of your homemade yogurt to make the 2nd batch, then use some of that batch to make your 3rd batch...etc. As long as you save some yogurt and have milk and a stove (the supplies) you can make yogurt for as long as you want. And you only need about 1/4 a cup of yogurt to a quart of milk. So you get a quart of yogurt for cheap.

[mormonjoe]

Wait...is Letterman supposed to be funny?

Cause he's not. He's condescending and rude. Jackass.

[timz84]

Dave is such a dick, he doesn't even pay attention to Alton who is trying genuinely to have him participate in his own show. That is why I don't watch his show.

[RTCMAHL]

would you really have to grind that long, by the time you go get the drill come back to the kitchen grind it and put it back in the garage you could already be cooking

[ChipNick87]

Yeah, but he was talking about alot of steaks. I wouldn't do all that work if it was only one steak, but I would get the drill if i had to do something for a party or something, like with a bunch of chicken.

[deathblade16]

A good host would realize that his viewers would enjoy the segment more and more could be realized from it if he would interact positively with his guests. I thought this would be hilarious, but it's not...and not because of Alton. I don't think Dave realizes the huge fan base that Alton has.

[enter259259]

That pepper thing is awesome!

[CCaPASun]

i agree. Letterman just wants negative attention - he treats geniuses like AB like idiots.

but of course AB delivers despite the immature host

[njb1017]

conan's jests in this video are just a waste of time. showcase alton's genius, not your stupid jokes.

[NeraFX]

@njb1017 Conan? :I

[njb1017]

ha! oops, letterman of course

[viewitnow]

Dave's reaction to the yogurt is pretty much the reaction to all AB's recipes.

[H3C70R7H35CH3C73R]

its funny, Dave seems kind of bored, but for that one moment he's like, "holy shit, this fish is good" :P

but then the cake frosting brought him back out of it

[wigglepuppy79]

Letterman really is being a dickweed here. He is totally bored, and unimpressed, and not even trying to hide it.

I LIKE Letterman, but I like AB more, and this is really lame.

[36trooper]

AB IS THE MAN!

[Dumachum]

David Letterman has become a total asshole. He tries to steal attention from all the guests that appear on his show. Letterman used to be funny in the mid 90's but now he is a retarded jerk.

[BlackWolfessUSCM]

He laughs over the whole Leno thing, but he forgets, Leno always out did him. He can laugh his sorry ass all the way into the unemployment line.

[freelily36]

What a jerk Letterman is. Alton Brown is THE BEST

[eggsammichz]

OMG what a WASTE of a record player! Makes me wonder what people did with their records! Why can't they think of other people who weren't born until the 90s before they do stupid things like that?!

[jaypark97]

@eggsammichz thats not an old one. its new. they still make them. i have one.

[BrohemianRhapsody]

Alton Brown: The culinary Dr. Who

Letterman is just a tool with no respect for another person's dairy.

[shredftw]

lettermans being fucking ridivulously rude.

[drewsky684]

Not to be rude, but does he like to receive male or what? He's smart but fruity

[Beatle1107]

AB > Letterman! XD

[SMyD77777]

I think that Letterman was just trying to be a dick because he is a dick...

[hobgoblinlkjfdsa]

letterman has a big dick

[conundrum51]

god letterman sucks

[awbdallas]

so creative

[musick123]

Why does anyone watch Letterman? He's not funny and he's a dick. Stupid old man.

[StanRather]

I watch him cause I'm not funny and I'm a dick too. We miserable old fucks flock together

[libertyfalls]

anyone else thing letterman was being a dick to AB?

[AceNinja2112]

It looked like Dave was not feeling well. He seemed lethargic....maybe he had a cold or flu???

[jtflush]

letterman's a dick to everyone

[mcenn]

It seemed like two strong personalities clashing as a comedy duo on purpose to make a good segment. Obviously Alton has shown MANY more practical and worthwhile techniques on Good Eats, so this was more like "The Odd Couple."

[ChartierProductions]

Alton Brown you rock!

[grandmasterfunkjs]

Letterman sucks Alton Brown is to great for this show.

[KVergara]

wow, what a difference in speech pace.

[robcole24]

letterman is such a douche. Alton is the man.

[IHeartStumpasaurus]

Letterman is such a tool. I do not like him at all. Alton on the other hand is awesome!

[LaceNightmare]

Wow, Alton really is a patient man. Nice sense of humor, too. Not that us Good Eats fans didn't already know that. ;)

[d0ug]

This would have worked a lot better on Conan - Co-Co loves his cooking segments and is always totally involved in them. See: any Gordon Ramsay appearance.

[kindofmagicmike]

letterman looks drunk

[jrbsoccer7]

i'm amazed by Alton's patience with David Letterman.... I would have gone off on him

[kinoglaza]

Dave is just being Dave goofing around. I don't think he comes off as insulting Alton in this. I'm a fan of Alton Brown, and a fan of Dave.

[Muscovee]

True, Dave has his game where he kinda acts skeptical and aloof, and that's a part of his comedy routine; to be sorta "yeah, I dunno about this guys..." While Alton's deal is more of a good natured geek that's all gung ho about making kitchen stuff seem cool to guys - like a mild cross between Bill Nye the Science Guy and The Crocodile Hunter. But yeah, Dave can come off as a douche often, although Alton's geeked out silliness can get a little too complicated. But I'll take Alton over Dave.

[FlipSnipeZ]

Letterman you douche.. THATS ALTON BROWN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

[MissyRedhead93]

lettermans such an ass

[Pielettie]

Letterman freaking sucks.

Alton on the other side... <3

[alvingopie]

Mahaney82... I agree with you 100% Alton is way too smart for this show

[Mahaney82]

Alton is too good for this show. Letterman just dumbs everything down to childishness.

[decker187]

Mahaney is right. If there's a guest on he likes, Letterman at least pretends to show some interest.  And respect. In this case, well, he acts like he's got a car idling outside for a hot date. Alton humors Letterman's childishness but it's still unfortunate.

[hiddensunshine309]

Letterman is a loser.

[aznshrimp90]

lol a young edison

[jbrettj]

Poor Alton looks very nervous.

[mdoub]

Yes, he does. My first reaction to watching it.

[sandn8r9]

The cake trick is awesome, but I have a feeling it would turn out very badly if I attempted it in real life.

[simulbee]

Fucking stupid. Look boys, there is more to cooking than tools. Welome all commments, tools!

[projectpat0392]

Well, apparently you have not seen any of brown's shows or read any of his books.

[Darkcomet72]

1:58

"about 4 pounds, 1 serving"

That's just beautiful.

[peque1234567]

AB looks so nervous...poor baby...

[vedox1024]

Oh I don't know... He looks about the same as he hosts his show "Good Eats." Maybe an extra cup of coffee or two.

[Krinoit]

letterman is just trying to be funny, it doesnt matter if you dont like him, his millions of fans do including me

[JonathonTheAsshole]

Key word "trying". Letterman and all the other idiotic network late night show hosts haven't been funny for over a decade. Now they all just act stupid and try to pass it off of "comedy".

None of the humor is clever or intelligent anymore.

[kaizer250]

Key word: "Trying"

[GoodKush00]

i hate late shows but love alton brown and good eats!

[agirose]

Me too!!

[sklermbot]

Alton is pretty uncomfy here too though. I like them both!

[elibethobbit]

I am proud to say I have seen all of these tricks on Good Eats and AB rocks!

And letterman isn't bad either.

[aramilalpha]

Letterman: The depreciating piece of shit. End of story.

[whitefire64]

what's so bad about a guy who can save you $200?

[wensou]

Nothing. This comment was more about the AB sycophants. AB did what he does and Dave did what he does. But the AB sausage smokers can't stand to see anyone not bowing down to their god for even a nanosecond.

[tuber34]

letterman is a complete ass, just because AB wasnt a mindless Hollywood zombie, letterman was itimidated. Letterman is simply a talking puppet, completely useless, Leno is much better, actually interested in his guests. Letterman is a douche.

[hereinlife7276]

i hate letterman

[spoonido]

Why have someone on the show if you're not interested?

[suchanjv]

AB taught me 80% of the info I know on cooking, too smart to be on letterman. Dave seemed very ignorant towards AB :(

[samiam9503]

letterman is a dick wow...

[fezan84]

Alton is the man.

[TheTissurePaper]

Just wondering, but i love alton brown and havent ever watched letterman, but why exacly letterman a dick here?

[Jhairumeee]

Letterman is such an idiot. He feels that he is too cool to let anyone else succeed in front of him.

[FlipSnipeZ]

wow letterman... you douche

[loydwho]

David is supposed to be a dick...He usually cuts it with a little graciousness, but that's hard to do when your totally drunk.

[stl6281z]

Letterman is a JACK ASS

[Crimsanity]

Letterman is such a jerk to the king of food

[pershion]

Poor Alton... Davids such a dick :/

[ppardee]

It really emphasizes how much of a putz Letterman is when you put him next to the real genius of Alton.

[kiminokami]

Letterman is such a prick. Alton, you are the king!

[natazer]

totally agree

[dodeka]

what was that impression ol' gap tooth was doing with the cheese?

[Zeemas]

"This couldn't have come at a better time now that Martha Stewart is in jail." LOL

[starbugme]

Alton Brown is too good for Letterman, Good Eats is way more entertaining.

[InMyPod]

Alton's genius was lost on this asshole.

[Rockedmysocksoff]

I normally like Larry King, but he was a straight up dick here

[Absraction]

lol, Larry King?