Harlan Ellison on The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1998)

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Writer & Author, Harlan Ellison is guest on 'The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder' during this 6-19-1998 interview.
Harlan Jay Ellison (1934 - 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction, and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" (he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle, and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". He was also editor and anthologist for Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars.
Tom Snyder (1936-2007) was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows Tomorrow, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s. 'Tom Snyder was a pioneering figure in broadcast journalism who brought a no non-sense attitude to broadcast television news. Loved by millions, respected by peers, and resisted by the executives for speaking his mind.'
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@amanalone3473 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks for the upload

@advids5572 3 жыл бұрын

Your Welcome. Glad you appreciate it.

@ShiksaWithChutzpah1 2 жыл бұрын

Harlan was always a shining beacon of light and realness in a dark world of phoniness. I always miss him and I miss Tom as well.

@cartoonvandal 3 ай бұрын

Good lord, is there anyone you don't miss?

@appidydafoo 2 жыл бұрын

22:55 - "If ignorance is bliss, a lot of people are walking around in orgasm" Now that's one hell of a turn of phrase! Thank you 😅

@grandoldpodcast 2 жыл бұрын

I think this is one of the humble moments I've ever seen of Harlan when Tom says you smile every time you talk about beating the crap out of the world and Harlan has a short moment of reflection there about that isn't a good thing.

@katiezee2 3 жыл бұрын

Harlan with Tom - always enjoyable

@simonagree4070 11 ай бұрын

Jeez, I can actually hear Harlan laughing while Tom is reading some of the quiz answers -- it's not just Tom's staff. I know that laugh! I wish both of these guys were still with us.

@Hamiltron14 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for upload. I eat up Ellison interview as if I had no mouth.

@IsaacAllison 3 жыл бұрын

But you must scream, how do you scream?

@nunyabizness6595 2 жыл бұрын

"You're becoming Harlan Ellison." I miss these two brilliant minds.

@flexonswole 2 ай бұрын

Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream remains one of the greatest short stories ever. His contemporaries were giants, but not one of them could have written it.

@simonagree4070 11 ай бұрын

Love the bamboo bit. That is a thing that most writers for TV will not think of, but Harlan did. He imagined things, he didn't just write things.

@ooklathemok 3 жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch these 2. thank you

@advids5572 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure.

@JoePlett 10 ай бұрын

Harlan's picture should be in the dictionary (for those who still collect books) or at least online next to the definition of "Pugnacious" 😏 He was larger than life and never boring or mundane. Here's hoping he retains his Icon status through future generations.

@greyeyed123 3 жыл бұрын

Tom calls Harlan "kid". (smile)

@dougbrowne9890 2 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence....the first caller was from Ypsilanti, Michigan. I, at this moment, live in Ypsilanti, Michigan. And, as Harlan might say, "Who gives a damn?!"

@skivvy3565 9 ай бұрын

Frank Sinatra has a Cold was one of my favorite stories of all time. I’m a huge fan of science fiction short stories and I enjoyed Harlan Ellison from a boy and his dog and etc, but remember his personality from not backing down to Frank Sinatra approaching him and passive aggressively insulting him for the way he was as dressed. If you do not know why this event is so amazing I highly recommend researching gay tese. Specifically harlan’s reputation for living and thriving on constant conflict, and Sinatra’s acquaintances and connections at that specific point in time. It’s akin to when Johnny Carson stuck his hand up the girl’s skirt at the club and only narrowly avoided having a hit on him after being immediately 100% used up

@BryanOblivion 3 жыл бұрын

at 22:00 Harlan's mouth can no longer keep up with his rant.

@bobtaylor7197 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting! The world needs more HE🎉

@scottgarner1724 Ай бұрын

Bit late to the party, but I looked up his fight with the school and it turns out that in 2000 he won! Harlan we miss you so much.

@chase_h.01 Жыл бұрын

Him talking about parents throwing away thier kids things is the first time Ive ever heard anyone else address that very serious issue. One of the most disgusting to me a parent can do is to quite literally throw away your child's history.

@judacia Жыл бұрын

what he is ranting about near the end is still very much relevant in 2023!

@trarroyo 2 жыл бұрын

Both missed. Tom Snyder was a great interviewer.

@Tabletop_Epics 3 жыл бұрын

The world needs Harlan Ellison more now than ever, but he and his kind have left us here, hopeless and deficient, to be devoured by pernicious mobs of social and identity cults and severely misguided and sanctimonious cretins. I hope that he at least understood how correct he was about most things before his passing.

@nicholasjanke3476 2 жыл бұрын

Snider would have made a great stand up comedian.

@tomc8888 3 ай бұрын

Miss both of these guys.

@HansDelbruck53 Ай бұрын

I love that Harlan called his domicile Ellison Wonderland.

@no_handle_required 11 ай бұрын

This type of personality would never make it today, in this soft and sissy world. What a great thing to see.

@simonagree4070 11 ай бұрын

I've heard Harlan say that before, "Who wants a lot of books you've already read?" and I live by it -- I have thousands of books I haven't read, and thousands that I have read. But books, for me (and for Harlan, I assume) are not just information and education and entertainment -- they are an essential furniture of life, and security. If you have a lot of books, you are a stable person, you are trustworthy. If you do not have at least one bookcase full of books (like my father), I will not trust you.

@freezingcathedral 3 ай бұрын

i believe the opposite. if you need that many books you're pretentious and trying to look intelligent when in reality you're just a basketcase without conviction. you only need a few books: a bible, a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a journal.

@DS8379 2 жыл бұрын

Miss both of these guys so much!

@therespectedlex9794 5 ай бұрын

Harlan reminds me of the little scientist guy, in Dan Brown's novel, Deception Point.

@appidydafoo 2 жыл бұрын

20:10 lmaooo 🤣 love these two!

@606808909 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I'm such a nerd was watching this on the toilet and when he was about to say his favourite author I shouted "Gerald Kersh!". Damm I miss this man he got me through alot and I'm not just a I.H.N.M.A.I.M.S. fan who jumped on board I just bought deathbed stories on a wim and I was hooked .His story's are amazing jeffty is 5,the whimper of whipped dogs,Basilisk,pain god...........I could go on. Also have 6 Gerald kersh books (new and 2nd hand) due to him also a brilliant writer!

@lenhummel5614 2 жыл бұрын

Just for the record: being bright, witty, clever & articulate does NOT equal wisdom OR truth OR true knowledge. Having said that, Tom & Harlan are a great duo for entertaining banter,...and even (occasionally) insight.

@IbrahimHoldsForth 2 жыл бұрын

Well put sir

@dimitrikorsakov2570 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what happened with the school? Did they build the tennis court?

@Victor-my1hi Жыл бұрын

It seems they did build a baseball field and tennis court... :((, It's a school, how can you be against expanding a school:)))

@dant5349 Жыл бұрын

Interview begins 5:23

@HansDelbruck53 Ай бұрын

I'm still trying to figure out what a colortini is.

@simonagree4070 11 ай бұрын

I do have a couple of books by Kersh that I found in a used book store, on Harlan's recommendation. Great stuff, but I would be hesitant to call him, or anyone, my favorite. John Collier, Richard Matheson, Donald Westlake, Fredrick Brown, Charles Beaumont... They are all up in that neighborhood, with many others. This is just not the kind of question you want to ask in a short format interview. And this is just the fiction. In the non-fiction there is Colin Fletcher and Roger Shattuck, and many others. On food, there was MFK Fisher, but I doubt that Harlan ever thought much about food writing (I have one tall bookcase dedicated to that). Oh, and essays -- Orwell and EB White and Bertrand Russell. Really, the answers from Snyder and King are kind of... cringy? Oh well, never mind the book nerd in the room.

@user-vg2eg7oo5n 26 күн бұрын

I heard Johnny Carson would get drunk and want to fight Tom Snyder. I wish there was film of that.

@simonagree4070 11 ай бұрын

And Ellison got a pretty bad Alfred Hitchcock Hour out of Memos From Purgatory, with a horribly mis-cast Jimmy Caan as Ellison, and a likewise mis-cast Walter Koenig as one of the other gang guys (he should have been Ellison).

@TD-sw3kv 10 ай бұрын

I never realized tom snyder was so funny.

@therespectedlex9794 5 ай бұрын

I never heard of him. I forgot guys like him existed.

@glenysward3741 Жыл бұрын

where are your colourtinis tonight?

@simonagree4070 11 ай бұрын

And, finally, Harlan was absolutely right about religion. It is total bullshit. When it gets something right, it is talking about love and tolerance, but mostly, it is talking about clan hatred and murder. Own up. One of the few good things I can name about religion (superstition) is that it made Harlan comfortable with the use of Yiddish. I love it! First introduced to me by Lenny Bruce, Yiddish is a musical language. When I hear it, not so often, I smile. 😊 That's a kvell!

@freezingcathedral 3 ай бұрын

eh, religion is just a reflection of man's own understanding, and most people are not that bright.

@appidydafoo 2 жыл бұрын

21:50 - bit of an exaggeration for effect, evidence is in another video which I will link (unless there were multiple appearances wherein he asked this question) - although to his memory's credit, the entire segment was awful and the audience clearly was oil to his water. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pp6Ve7qpr8mRh2g.html

@kevinlambert2756 4 ай бұрын

Those shock collars can burn dogs , if set to high..😢

@TimothyJonSarris 10 ай бұрын

Snyder really used to wind him up .

@Sirfev2010 8 ай бұрын

sus

@buddinganarchist 3 жыл бұрын

Harlan is wrong about God. Secular hubris is the highest form of ignorance.

@CorvusCorvidae777 3 жыл бұрын

No, he isn't. You are free to believe in your fairy tales though.

@stellarspacetraveler 3 жыл бұрын

@@CorvusCorvidae777 Please enlighten us Christians with a link to a scientific article, written in the last year, where scientists finally explain, once and for all, where the first living organism suddenly came into existence. You might be shocked to learn that--even now in 2021--they still don't know. Why is that? The building blocks of life are literally all over the earth. Life should literally be "springing up" all over the place. Please enlighten us with your scientific brilliance. And thank you in advance.

@CorvusCorvidae777 3 жыл бұрын

@@stellarspacetraveler You are totally right. There is as of yet no definitive explanation for abiogenesis. That doesn't mean however that your particular creation myth therefore must be true.

@stellarspacetraveler 3 жыл бұрын

@@CorvusCorvidae777 If you would like to read a recent article on the probability of life evolving, then google this: "We’re all alone: Oxford study says chance of intelligent life elsewhere very low". The statistical chances in favor of abiogenesis from a soup is very low.

@stellarspacetraveler 3 жыл бұрын

@@CorvusCorvidae777 Funny how you don't mention the fact that almost all of the branches of science were founded by Christians. But keep looking for the gooey stuff that you believe created life.