Seemed to me that Johnny (and Ed) were nervous about it. But when he saw he was interviewing sober Dennis Hopper & not Apocalypse Now Dennis Hopper, Johnny relaxed somewhat.

Yes, when Dennis sobered up he was very much in demand by the late night shows

I have always loved Dennis Hopper. He was so cool and a great actor.

Is that why he only had him on only once ?

I was thinking the same thing about Dennis. He lived a great life. He really experienced skills and valleys. He let him still be a raw experiencer a true actor and you can hear in his voice. In this you see underneath there is a professionalism he wasn't just a madman. A true artist who lived life. Man, I looked at him in here and he's middle-aged still well and fit and it freaks me out how that seems like yesterday but it was 30 odd years ago. Makes me wonder about my own mortality. Sorry to laugh but you know I'm not an age where I start thinking man. What have I done? I need to get going on something

@@greg1mcintosh844 interestingly, kind of Same here…. Though, I am 75 years young…….

It’s a shame he never wrote a memoir, unless he’s got a manuscript hidden in a bank vault somewhere

Well, when Dennis have up drink and drugs, things improved immeasurably.

Are you serious? This is cleaned up, now a days anything goes

​​@@user-xe5cz3dw8mthese shows aren't as popular anymore it seems, hence no ones bothering to spend a lot of effort

one of the best interviewers ever!

Profound…………………..

Yes indeed, specifically, Apocalypse Now, 1979.

Loved it!!

"Now boys, don't get caught watchin' the paint dry!"

Frank in Blue Velvet is extraordinary.

Brad u are right! Great role,great movie. Shooter jumping on the bed in the hospital?? Classic.

I remember Blue Velvet came out the same year as Hoosiers and Dennis fully expected to be nominated for Blue Velvet. Entertainment Tonight had a crew at his home to get his reaction and when they announced Hoosiers he was totally shocked, he thought it was such a lightweight role compared to Blue Velvet. Just then his phone rang, it was Warren Beatty congratulating “the best actor around”

​@@JoeKoOhNo good character

Another great and talented actor who left us too soon.

Did he tell it on Dick Cavett?

@@xz-187 He told it there but this is the one I watched: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJqGoc18ytm4o5s.html

James Dean took it in the back door

I HIGHLY recommend buying the 4K restoration of the film.

That's cool Don Knotts is in mine

@wayne Johnson you from Nebraska, Wayne

@@ObamaFromKenya No. Connecticut. He's descended from one of the same Mayflower passengers. I'm descended from 11 of them. Lucille Ball, Katherine Hepburn, and Bette Davis are also in my tree. My grandparents knew Bette Davis when they lived in Franconia, New Hampshire. She had a Summer home there. 5 U.S. Presidents are also in my tree: Roosevelt, Grant, Washington, Arthur, Taylor, and Garfield. I found out all of this after joining Ancestry.

@@waynejohnson1304 when Franklin Roosevelt married his 5th cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1905, Eleanor’s uncle, then President Teddy Roosevelt, said “well Franklin, nothing like keeping it in the family”

@@ObamaFromKenya I was shocked when I discovered that too. LOL Another thing I was taken aback by was Zachary Taylor who was my 6th cousin. His daughter married Jefferson Davis.

FECK was god.

Me 2 : (

Honestly me neither :(

How was he underrated if he's considered one of the most credible Anerican actors who held a long career.

@@helentalia9923 when people say, "Who is Dennis Hopper?"

"hey man, I saw something,but I didn't see it working here"...(UFO talk around the campfire)

Amen

Letterman had his nites; imo the best follow-on to Johnny. But you are RIGHT on re all these guys today. Different & LESSER era frankly...

Great portrayal; great movie.

He was nominated for Hoosiers

Telling of what?

I love that movie.

@@kato64 maybe luke askew wanted to break out some of that cash and get himself a groovy dinner 🤔😆

Rod Sterling?

Bill Paxton?

Sean Penn

@@jamesblatchford3738 Hmm he DOES have the cadence of Serling, just not the deeper voice. Good call tho...

Cynic.

@@JoeKoOhNo MY E-MAIL HANDLE BEGINS= "CYNIC"...YOU PERCEPTIVE! I KNEW YOUR GRANDAD TONTO. BEWELL

No he isn't

Hopper had wildly self-destructive periods and rebelled against Hollywood for decades. Many actors who lived for the business never managed a mainstream comeback like his. That's not class worship, it's Carson knowing the ecosystem.

Do you know what Dennis Hopper’s life was like before his 80s renaissance? By the late 70s he was an alcoholic, drugged-out mess, who’d pissed away a very promising career. Carson’s comment has nothing to do with “class worshipping”. Many people assumed Hopper would burn out. Then he surprised them all, by sobering up, and resurrecting his career with a huge comeback in the 80s and onward.

@@kato64 Welcome to the Joe Biden 70s.

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 Excellent Comment of the Month!

@@kato64 Uh, Apocalypse Now. 1979.