David Letterman and Jane Pauley "on helium"

From Late Night with David Letterman Custom Made Show #2 (1984) The audience votes to hear what Dave and Jane would sound like had they been inhaling helium.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Dave
• Letterman
• Jane
• Pauley
• Late
• Night
• Custom
• Made
• Show
• helium

[mikeczech1]

Pauley's a party pooper.

[littlebeartoe]

I saw it live. Great stuff, totally silly and pointless. And of course Jane Pauley was/is such a cutie, and Letterman showed that he was smitten.

[disorganizedorg]

why not actually inhale helium? it's not as if it's a drug or anything.

[DonnieEugeneReed]

all fun

[wiedep]

can u imagine if it was bryant gumbel instead of jene?

[alagateryandchesnut3]

i love how even the audience is on helium

[biporio]

Wouldn't be even funnier if she collaborated?

[hibiscusfreak]

Sooo funny! I remember seeing this in '84 and it seems like yesterday. Denise is a riot...I could hang out with her!

[ObviousSockPuppet23]

It's a lot easier to go out on a limb when 0.) you're on late, and 1.) you haven't yet done so well late that the time is worth a lot to the network. Broadcast non-public TV is in the business of selling the audience to advertisers, and Letterman became successful enough that the incentives to clamp down on his essential oddness became, unfortunately, greater.

I often don't find Craig Ferguson funny, but I can appreciate what seems to be a real 'not giving a hang about anything' attitude.

[HenryGeee]

because the right woman talked so much

[elusiverobertdenby]

Pauley's silence makes this twice as funny.