Holywood really missed out not casting this guy as the Joker in a Batman movie.

Holy smokes Crispin Glover is brilliant. He tried to jump to the record promotion to avoid Dave's assumed "apology time." Then he lets Dave shut it down with a smart ass remark like "when you have your own show you can set the agenda." So the ball is back in Crispin's court and he hijacks the time segment drawing out a bogus story which forces Dave to essentially go back to Crispin's agenda. Dave got beat at his own game. Bravo, Crispin. Bravo.

Holy shit... Crispin cut into Letterman's time he was going to use to talk about "the kick" with that irrelevant story that went nowhere, then Letterman decided to cut it by promoting his Album...which is what Crispin wanted in the first place to avoid talking about The Kick. FUCKING. BRILLIANT. He thought of that so swiftly!!

Crispin Glover is one of the most under appreciated actors of our time.

My left ear loved this.

One thing I've noticed about Crispin is he's really good at not answering questions he doesn't want to answer.

Crispin is a genius. He's one of the best actors of all time, yet he's been blackballed from Hollywood because he wouldn't let them screw him over; he sued them and won for using his likeness on Back to the Future.

Norm MacDonald said it best "Once you realize that the key to Late Night with Letterman is that you're the joke, you are on top. The audience is in on it, and Dave is in on it, so you need to get in on it too, or else it all makes no sense."

I love that Letterman just cuts him off in the middle of a story where he was setting up that his doppelganger was the one on the show lol

Haha my favorite part is the end when Crispin says "I'm glad to have you back" as if HE is the host. Goodness, he's good.

There are actors with chiseled jaw lines, then there's Crispin Glover lol :D

That's three times Glover outsmarted Letterman. In a row.

I love Crispin, he's brilliant and hides behind the aloof character he presents. He's not the LEAST but impressed with being on Dave's stage - he cares more about how the audience perceives him, not Dave!! & Dave knows it. Each of his interviews the audience loved CG more than Dave

This is what George McFly would look like on a talk show.

I love how much he highlights that Letterman is a jerk.

That music video. Holy Shit! lol

"i thought it was going to be something stupid but it's not" LOL

Letterman cut him off the moment before Crispin was about to say "I was playing a character dingus!" That's funny. Crispin is a weird guy. There is no hiding that.

He SOOO looks and acts like his dad, another great actor 👏👏👏👏

Letterman went to the record, right when Crispin's story was getting interesting! 😆

Crispin owned Letterman after Letterman made the smart ass remark. Freaking cool.

This man is the OG Troll, absolute mind fuck from beginning to end.

I love it when David’s like “I thought that was gonna be something weird but it wasn’t” and Cris is just laughing

Back in 1097 I was at my Uncle's house out in Los Angeles , California. My Uncle worked behind the scenes in the business for as far back as I can remember. Like when I was really young and into the Incredible Hulk he not only got me Lou Ferrigno's autograph , he actually wrote me a letter in green marker signed as The Hulk. He had Bo and Luke Duke sign my birthday cards. These were the type of things he did for me when he worked at CBS. Later in his career he had Sydney Pollack personally seek him out for help to start Tri-Star pictures. He's worked for HBO until he finally ender up at Entertainment Partners as Senior Vice President. So my Uncle had a pretty decent career behind the scenes in the business. So he also had a little bit of clout when it came to helping someone who wanted to be an actor. He wasn't no Steven Spielberg who could pull Jo Blo off the street and give them the lead in an award winning film of the next summer blockbuster. But he could get someone their SAG card and introduce them to the President of a casting company were you could work daily as either an extra or a bit role where you would make union pay (so you can afford to make a living) and where you're foot is in the door and your chances of getting noticed just sky rocketed. I used to tell my Uncle that I wanted to be an actor. He always told me to stay clear of the business. His idea of success is a Brad Pitt , Sean Penn , or Leo. He would tell me how just about all the waiters and bartenders in L,A are struggling actors. One time we were at his house ( a modest home in the Hollywood Hills) and I started to say I wanted to be an actor. He started to give me the spiel about how tough it is to break in the business and the waiter situation. And then he lowered his voice and told me his neighbor was an actor and that he hardly ever works and how pathetic he was. So I peeked to see who his neighbor was and it was Crispin Glover.

He looks like a GQ model but is so crazy and very intelligent?

Missed this one... glad to finally see it...

This man was beautiful

Celebrities and music artists in the 80s and early 90s were so unique and interesting.

It must be one of life's greatest pleasures to annoy Letterman.

Remarkable that so few commenters grasp what is going on here. This is, ultimately, a collaboration. Nobody is trolling anybody. It's not exactly scripted, nor entirely planned. But Letterman knows roughly what he's going to get (and likewise knows exactly what is going on) and delivers his own schtick just so. I don't really like Letterman as a person, but he's playing a crucial and intentional role in making this encounter so joyous and fun. It's basically balanced beautifully between a battle of wits and a collaborative riff. Quite brilliant given how different their styles are.

I loved Crispins bogus story lol. Just Brilliant!

Crispin Glover is very underrated. He definitely should've been cast as the joker or the riddler.

This dude as Joker would be awesome.

Dude when crispin was talking about the pointless story. It’s basically me trying to talk to people when I’m excited about a certain subject. An people I talk to are like, OK. Lmao

Rumour has it He's still trying to tell the end his story to this day

Such a fascinating...entertaining ..guy!!! All the best Crispin!!!...loved you in Back to the future...cheers from NZ!!!!

His jawline can cut zinc with just grazing it

Every single fanboy/girl of a celebrity: "My hero isn't really weird. They're just too smart and witty for the talk show host and audience." lol

How the hell is this maniac not a huge star lol

Crispin is a bloody genius

This guy would be an awesome Joker . He already has the look and sound naturally . People need to get talking about that maybe being a reality . Good work . 👍🤔

He was so funny as Andy Warhol in The Doors lol

Letterman had him on at least 4 times that I know of. Letterman loved having him on.

"Of course you do" seemed like a moment that Dave genuinely found funny.

Crispin won that lopsided battle of wits🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

To everyone saying Dave got owned, or Crispin got owned, this is sketch comedy with writers and two gifted performers both in on the joke. They're owning us, the audience, if we can't understand that. And we need to understand that, because if we think entertainment like this is real, then there's truly no hope for us when political rallies and more serious propaganda come along.

I have really bad aniexty & I start acting like that when I'm trying to talk or explain something especially if someone is making me nervous or uncomfortable so I don't think he was on drugs when he had his first appearance on there

2:20 Dave's subtle shrug of " whatever, weirdo…” To the camera as Crispin looks away s SO quick, so hilarious.

thank you

He’s just the best

Now I know the formative essence of Rubin and Ed! Terrific movie

Hahaha the music at the beginning! Letterman really can't let it go

He's GORGEOUS! :)

He still can be a villain. He is very talented and has much depth.

@5:02 I hope Crispin was able to escape that Rottweiler attack 😂😂

crispin is so akwardly and weirdly adorableee 😭,i lovee him thoo

His friend Rubin.... now I finally see how Crispin was creating a diversion. I see what people mean now that he was trolling Letterman

I highly recommend "Supporting Actor Spotlight: Crispin Glover". It's very good.

I wish Crispin had of kicked him in the head. Letterman doesn't stop going on and on about it

Letterman: Oh no, not this guy again!

Crispin is so brilliant!

Boy was Letterman earning his money with this guy...

He is brilliant and modest.top of the class.

My left ear really enjoyed this clip.

It's like everyone knows Glober is just playing a character to entertain the audience, except Letterman.

I finally found the origins of report the week

i didn't know much about this guy besides back to the future. after watching the first 3 letterman appearances, i'm a fan.

Dude is such a true artist.

Here we see a man who is so intelligent it's very hard for him to articulate what he's trying to say

My last ear appreciated this interview

Letterman is hilarious, Glover is a living doll.

Such a good actor!

Letterman should let him talk without interruption, people don’t understand that when you mock them during a speech, the narrative changes midway and the truth doesn’t come out.

Very cool actor!

My left ear enjoyed this very much. Right ear not so much.

I first saw Crispin Glover on the movie:"At Close Range" starring Sean Penn. He seems like he's always jumpy! And has a funny way about him!

A HUMBLE GENIUS

I love him🖤

good quality?

Letterman is absolutely the best. Will come out of nowhere and make you laugh but man he would make you feel so small and little at any moment

He decided to go come in the back door. My left ear liked this.

Lot hollyowood actors may not say it outloud. But he really is inspiration to LOT LOT LOT of them award winning characters.

Okay. I get it now. In this interview, he was referring to a character he played in a movie called "Rubin and Ed", who was also the, um, interesting guy from the first David Letterman interview.

He is gorgeous... And hilarious!!

Crispin was basically having fun the first interview. Phoenix did this 20 years later and he knew Letterman would bite hard on it, even though when i saw it i totally knew he was doing a Borat act

OMG, first saw him in Charlie's Angels, saw the Back to the Future trilogy subsequently but failed to recognize him🤦🏾‍♂️

That NOSE though..dude has an awesome beak!

He was BRILLIANT in Twister.

Such and interesting guy. Sounded to me like he was alluding to an Andy Kauffman / Tony Clifton-like alter ego. In that previous appearance he was dressed up and acting like the character from his film Rubin and Ed.

🔥🔥🔥😍❤👍

I loved Crispins dad Danny who played on Witness.

You can tell he was about to bust out laughing just from the shit he did previously lol

This guy is legit nutz

He was still in his George McFly mode.

He really does talk forever if you go to one of his Q&As lol. I had to take a piss and was busting by the time it finished cos he just never stopped

A few people in the comments get it. This is organized improv. Like Letterman or not, he's a smart man who knows exactly what he's doing. Same for Glover. Letterman did it with Cher, Madonna, Oprah... all planned to some extent, everyone knew what they were getting out of it... except for much of the audience. It's just entertainment. And, if anything, these two are trolling viewers.

Most of the commenters on this video need to get a room with Glover. 🤦‍♂

Wow ... I noticed the same thing about the kid about whom Glover was talking: the "Rubin Farr" guy in his class, that is, before Dave unceremoniously cuts him off. Also interesting is that, on the 1st appearance on Letterman, when he had his hair long (was that even his own hair then? It almost looked like a wig) & was all decked out just right for the Rubin Farr character he plays in Rubin & Ed: the hair, the glasses, those platform shoes & that t-shirt, but that appearance, on Late Night, was in, I think, '89 or right around then, but Rubin & Ed didn't come out (as far as I know) until 1992; not 100% positive of that, but my copy of it has "1992" as the copyright date or year of release, whatever. Of course, I'm not uneducated in the whole movie-making biz; I know of several films (I say "several" cuz I've heard or read about x # of movies which were made in a certain year, certain time frame but either never got released at all or sat on the shelf for several years, waiting for some kind of distribution deal to pop-up or whatever the thing is. Like Crispin mentions, Rivers Edge had just come out & that's what he was on the talk show circuit, promoting. But, since he was dressed in his Rubin character's outfit, etc. it makes you think doesn't it? Maybe he was in the midst of making Rubin & Ed. Jeeezz... now I feel like watching it again.

When Lot said to G-d: “surely there isn’t one soul worth saving in Gomorrah?”, Crispin Glover is that soul in Hollywood.

The Rivers Edge. 🥰