I love this kind of absurdist, droll, slapstick comedy. I believe we're seeing two very original gifted comedians. Thanks for the upload.

I was young, life was good, and Late Night made me laugh. S. Bernhardt, Bill Murray, Terri Garr, Harvey Pekar....priceless moments of pleasure.

Chris Elliott was SO great on Letterman! I watched the show as much to see him as I did to see Dave.

Even in succession, in a collection like this, the bit is still funny every single time

Silly is so terribly underrated.Can you hear the gutteral responce of the audience? If, even for one second. A perfect little release from every thing else. That's why the Jester is there in the first place.A pretty noble profession after all.

Chris Elliott is a friggin legend.

"No, they're props" I saw that night it aired originally. Best thing in the world to come home to.

"I think I like the glossy better." This crazy stuff is making me laugh out loud the same as it did when first aired. These wonderful compilations may just prove that this was a golden era of late night talk/comedy. When your day sucked royal, you had guaranteed wackiness and laughs waiting for you in the evening.

Chris Elliott: "I can't tell any difference." Classic.

In the 80s I used to watch Letterman every night until 1:30 and get up at 6:30 to get ready to go to work. Now I can't keep my eyes open after 9:00 p.m.

The things they used to do just to fill 5 minutes of TV time.. now they just fill it with commercials. Chris Elliot was a comedy warrior.

Hey Don Giller, I knew I loved your channel but only just recently read up on who you are. Thanks for all your hard work archiving this terrific collection!

When late night talk shows were truly great and worth staying up late for.

Norm said it best. Watching Late Night was great because we were all in on the joke. And behind the scenes Letterman kept things moving with his talent and humor.

I never heard Dave laugh so hard as to the ”is it your dogs?” ”No they are props”

There has never been a late night show as funny as the first 10 years of the Letterman show. It was groundbreaking, fresh, intelligent, edgy, and silly beyond belief.

I went to Dave’s live Daytime show before he got this gig when I was in high school it was awesome

Just finding all of this Letterman stuff Don put together....hilarious. Discovered Dave in the mid 80s when I was in high school and college.....seeing this again is great. And Chris Elliott makes me laugh no matter what he does.

I love all the audiences' reactions.

I remember watching that Chris Elliott cooking oil skit. Thank You for posting this.

Chris Elliot was comedy gold on Letterman.

We had it good. I feel sad for what Late Night "entertainment" has become.

I always love hearing Dave and Paul laughing in the background

Back when I used to watch TV.

The letter at 8:14 was sent in by the mother of some friends of mine.

Ketchup in a glass bottle?

"Michigan Impossible" Chris' expressions of frustration on par...

Chris Elliott was like the will Ferrel of the 80's even 90's he was just so funny!

*6:00** I'm gonna be honest and say I did this...back in the late 80's I was a dumb teenager and decided to eat several spoonfuls of instant coffee..and by several I mean about 8 or 10. About a half hour later my stomach was making weird gurgling sounds and I started to feel lightheaded..to make this story short I ended up sitting on the toilet with some serious muddbutt,anxiety was going crazy and then ended up puking later...never eat instant coffee by the spoonfuls..I was only 14 or 15 but I will never forget that horrible experience..I even remember it was during a cold October night.*

His face never changes

Excellent compilation!

Back when comedy used to be on TV. Good memories.

aww man another cool compilation!!! Love these, some I've never seen

4:35 that laugh... It was a classic.!🤣 But Dave's laugh was always the best.

I remember olestra. My toilets still pissed at me.

Chris Elliott is the funniest most laid back comic with immense talent...he must have been born that way😀

Thank you!

Very funny clips, Chris Elliot is a riot

After Letterman went off the air Chris did a test between two different brands of window washer fluid on Kimmel. Daughter Bridey also appeared.

I swear Dave did one of these himself with ‘motor oil’, but can’t find it anywhere. So damn funny.

10:43 I know Chris would have worked for free for these moments when he legitimately cracked Dave up!! His dead pan sold it every time. Never broke character even when he came back as a guest on the show plugging one of his post Late-Nite gigs.

CElliott and the salad oil taste test, Jimmy Witherspoon's Mick Jagger and Wilt Chamberlain imitations, and Michael Richard's debut on Jay Leno demonstrating exercise equipment and his retrieving Jerry Seinfeld's statuette from the thieve's house have been the TOP tear jerking high test laughter I have ever seen on television. CElliott's salad oil taste test my be #1. A+++++++ Chris Elliott.

I went to school with the daughters of the woman who wrote the letter asking about varnish.

Regarding ketchup in a packet vs in a bottle. It probably has something to do with preservatives. A bottled product would use a different preservative than the same product in a packet.

Was that Marlon Brando imitating Chris Elliott?

His father was a big influence for sure.

This is one of the funniest bits ever.

For what it's worth, the first part of the bit has peanut oil and corn oil in bottles and as C. Elliot drinks each, bubbles flow up in each bottle as they are tilted, very quickly, suggesting a much lower viscocity than any oil. For what it's worth.

Those oils had a very thin viscosity. Almost something akin to the viscosity of apple juice. They wouldn't be much use for frying with.

The best part was hearing Paul Schaffer peculiar laugh in the background. I remember on one show, there was some question as to which was better...sugar or the “pink stuff”. (There were commercials out at the time touting the delicious pink stuff). Paul was the tester, and had two bowls of breakfast cereal with milk. He poured sugar on the bowl of cereal and took a bite, and remarked that it was pretty good. He had some sugar substitute packets next to the second bowl, and Dave asked him to move onto bowl two. Paul then pulled a bottle of Pepsi-Bismol from under the counter and poured a bunch on the cereal and took a big bite. I don’t remember if he preferred one over the other, though.

I love this 😊

Chris Elliott ROCKs!! He may have to go on a cleansing detox after this Hilarios skit. He has no fear, just great entertainment with sounding sincere and keeping a straight face and comedy isn’t essy😁

20 years later and people are buying coffee beans to chow down.

Deadpan master! Bravo Mr Elliot!

this is great

The props were actually great and back in the 80s, a lot of people like me had crappy 17" tvs, so Im sure they looked more believable then.

Chris Elliot was doing comparison videos way before all the YT'ers

I used to look forward to Letterman all day long, just for the chance that Chris Elliot or Flunky the Clown might be featured.

Ten seconds off camera, Tommy dies of a massive heart attack.

the key to all this nonsense is Chris Elliot's absolutely committed, kind of bummed-out performance.

Never really was a fan of Letterman... But Chris Elliott is fantastic so here I am.

Great upload! Thanks!!

Hilarious ! Thanks!

That’s the guy from scary movie 2. “ ill use my strong hand”

Is it just me, or is there a theme of R.E.M. tunes being played during Chris' parts?

You have to wonder what Ken-L Ration company thought of that dog food comparison. And I remember the Olestra food oil substitute. I ate store-bought potato chips that used that, it was right there printed on the bag, advertising the new oil. Guess what I pooped out later? All the Olestra. My body never digested it, as designed. If you've ever seen a car leaking motor oil, that's what it looked like in the bathroom.

Chris never flinched during two full mouths of coffee grain

I remember the doggie food sketch & I really believe he ate real dog food. So funny when he said " those are props."

Thank you don

dave sportin the oompa loompa here

Before I even watch this I know what's coming, the dog food taste taste with Chris Elliott. "Those sure are cute little doggies you have with you. No Dave, those are props". and the looks on the dogs' faces when he eats their food. I always remember that one. If you watch the tests with him closely though you can tell it's fake, otherwise he would have to get very sick. Especially the varnish, it's just honey and syrup, you would die eating varnish. Does anybody remember the side effects of eating food cooked with Olestra? Oh, and wouldn't you get so excited if Dave read your letter on the air?

beef fat (tallow) is solid at room temperature, like a ball of wax. he would have to bite into it

Packet is better than bottle ketchup. Also it depends on brand and sugar content. I remember when I worked at mcdonalds, it was hard to tell which ketchup was the lobby dispenser and which was the grill dispenser ketchup. The grill kind tasted sweeter and I always made sure to try and get that kind out front for customers because it was amazing on fries!

0:30 SNL’s Pete Davidson’s Mom.

2:20 The Terminator was an early Letterman fan I see.

Chris must have a house in Maine he's been spotted up here

I was at the show on January 31st

His arteries deserve an Emmy Award.

Just classic..!!

My Man Adam!

The Scientific Method.

Dear Dave, I heard that motor oil tastes about the same as castor oil

Chris Elliot..... Extremely funny in these segments.

OMFG CABIN BOYYY!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THAT AWESOME MOVE , THESE PIPES ARE ...." CLEAN "!!!!!! HAAAAAAA

uses same spoon for both butters ... tastes pretty close

loved it

Who were the two stage hands that would do play scene readings? I think one was named Kenny.

Don Giller, wasn't there one where the viewer asked about motor oil?

11:35 just found the mid 80's clip to the 90's clip incredibly jarring as far as Letterman's spiffy suit with the yellow tie. Had never noticed it before... but you're hosting a comedy show... what's with the outfit like you're running for mayor? I guess they all still wear suits. idk, I suddenly found it really odd.

This is a swingin’ show

Chris is a great comedian..

I wonder what the "dog food" was made out of. It looked pretty bad.

"Dave I can't tell any difference." "Okay, now I'm olestra free." Ha ha, the side effects kicked in rather fast.,That olestra didnt last long. Those potato chips were not tasty...

Love the lab coat.

What did they use to fake the decaf coffee? Stuff like coffee and cocoa mix are way too bitter. I was wondering if they had some brown bread chopped up into small bits.

Ooooh, was that Watchtower on the way out?

Ahhh.. The days when TV was funny and not politically correct BS.

Dave I cant tell any difference.

Seems like Gerry Mulligan lost height, gained weight, turned brunette, grew a beard, and lost his baritone sax🤣

Gerard Mulligan is the Best