Michael Keaton's Career Goes Off The Rails

Michael Keaton's Career Goes Off The Rails | Letterman

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7 ай бұрын

Michael stars in his short film "But I'm Happy."
(From "Late Night Holiday Film Festival," air date: 11/30/85)
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@PatrickKeating 7 ай бұрын

Keaton and Dave's friendship evolution throughout the years was one of my favorite things about the show

@commanderkeen3787 7 ай бұрын

I remember this segment from years ago. This is honestly one of the funniest ones Keaton has ever done. Selling Tony Curtis' comb on the side of the road. Brilliant 😂

@nitedreamer23 6 ай бұрын

I agree. It’s a classic. I wish more people would see it.

@kstepko 7 ай бұрын

Michael Keaton really is a down-to-earth guy who doesn’t mind poking fun at himself, even today. He has become such an accomplished dramatic actor that you forget how funny he can be!

@jamesrogulski5676 7 ай бұрын

This is Beetlejuice before Beetlejuice.

@kaihG 3 ай бұрын

It totally is

@wwm2022 6 ай бұрын

Michael Keaton ❤

@kstepko 7 ай бұрын

In the 1980s, I think that there was a law in the state of California which stated that every movie soundtrack must include at least the opening chords of “Bad to the Bone”.

@wellesradio 7 ай бұрын

Sometime in the early 90's that changed to "I Feel Good". I think the studio got a tax credit if it started a trailer with "Green Onions", a voiceover, the record-scratch sound effect and smash-cut to "I Feel Good".

@bostonphotographer20 7 ай бұрын

All movies needed "Bad to the Bone" and Ron Howard's brother Clint in a small cameo.

@poindextertunes 6 ай бұрын

I cant think of one 80s movie that did?

@jjryan1352 6 ай бұрын

@@poindextertunes well it must not be true then right? "Bad to the Bone" has been used in many films, such as: Slayground (1983) Christine (1983) The Color Of Money (1986) Lethal Weapon (1987) Bull Durham (1988) Talk Radio (1988) Problem Child (1990) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Problem Child 2 (1991)

@daspoohmunich7235 3 ай бұрын

@@poindextertunes me neither

@CommishTV 7 ай бұрын

One of the best skits of all-time on Late Night!

@lorip.1110 7 ай бұрын

Clint Howard would've been great as a Rogues Gallery villain for Keaton's Batman.

@erikkibler3466 6 ай бұрын

Naturally,he’s a born villain

@dentoncify 6 ай бұрын

Little Opie Cunningham's brother

@sayitwithhellhounds 6 ай бұрын

The Ratcatcher

@nealtircuit9373 4 ай бұрын

Nope, that’s Balok.

@micahclawrence 6 ай бұрын

Michael Douglas is genuinely hilarious

@jinroh516 3 ай бұрын

ultra-underrated comment

@randall-king 7 ай бұрын

I hadn’t seen this before. This is one of the best things I’ve seen Keaton do.

@illygah 4 ай бұрын

ron howards brother is the best. he shows up just when he's needed most.

@KokyoBill 6 ай бұрын

I completely forgot how much I loved Michael keaton until just now watching this.

@nitedreamer23 6 ай бұрын

I’m SO glad they re-released this. I had a battered and warped old copy on VCR tape. My late best friend and I would quote endlessly from this and no one around us understood what we were talking about. This is a classic!!

@nav662007 7 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite moments from the NBC era. Loved the '85 and '86 Holiday Film Festivals!

@spaceghost27 7 ай бұрын

i like that you can see him doing a little of pre-Beetlejuice here

@humblebugg5270 7 ай бұрын

YUP!

@kstepko 7 ай бұрын

Michael Keaton can do pretty much anything: comedy, drama, fish head dumping, carpet sale promotion …

@marcthompson3665 7 ай бұрын

DIY electrical work.

@commanderkeen3787 7 ай бұрын

It's because he's been cloned 😂

@magnuskallas 7 ай бұрын

I think he could have played the brother of Richard E. Grant too.

@nitedreamer23 6 ай бұрын

Few Americans will get that although he’s brilliant.

@janeltranmer2284 7 ай бұрын

Oh, man! That was epic. The entrance in the movie to "Bad to the Bone"! The whole movie was hilarious!!!! Oh, yah, and the Howard brothers are in it. Wow!

@jodiburnett6211 22 күн бұрын

This was life changing when we saw it together in college. We still quote from it. “Bewildered N All” Perfection. Especially now, having witnessed Michael Kenton’s amazing career.

@shannon5373 7 ай бұрын

Nightshift is a classic!!!

@TraitofSiNN727 7 ай бұрын

my Batman from the 80s. but Night Shift was funny and awesome. Shelly Long and Henry Winkler. but "Clean and Sober" a touchy film but love it.

@LivLaRaj 7 ай бұрын

"Get the hell off the holy compound!!!"

@vanillathunder3024 6 ай бұрын

Night Shift was one of the funnier movies of my youth. Keaton has developed into quite the actor and it’s been cool watching him grow.

@poindextertunes 6 ай бұрын

Ppl forget that Keaton was a stand up comic before he was a big time actor. His Bazooka Joe joke was fkn legendary 😂

@Cantbuyathrill 7 ай бұрын

I remember watching this that night. Funny then, funnier now. Miss that NBC Letterman.

@atroyz 7 ай бұрын

I remember the segment. What I didn’t realize it but they shot this on 35mm film! Looks like a real movie. Those were the days.

@freeadrian1144 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, 35, 36 whatever it takes.

@masterofallgoons 7 ай бұрын

@@freeadrian1144 - well done

@rangers11ization 7 ай бұрын

Ron Howard's career really took off after this

@Derfboy 7 ай бұрын

Technically correct.

@michaelsalamone 7 ай бұрын

My Christmas wish is that the entire Holiday Film Festival were online, or available on Blu-Ray.

@alisonross1300 7 ай бұрын

I adore Michael Keaton and have since the early 80s. He's only gotten better throughout the years. Dopesick was amazing.

@wuhaninstituteofvirology 7 ай бұрын

he’s batman, he’s birdman, he’s beetlejuice - he’s the best

@09nob 6 ай бұрын

Agreed, he was great in Dopesick.

@bradhart6487 7 ай бұрын

My god, this short has lived rent free in my head for 38 years!

@davewestner 7 ай бұрын

Cool....hope to see some more of the film festival!

@jjryan1352 6 ай бұрын

That film had a great soundtrack!

@christophermiller3031 7 ай бұрын

I am so stoked that this kind of content can be shared online with the song data being recognized... there WAS a time where this kind of music could take down a video... wicked that it is in its original format thx

@marcthompson3665 7 ай бұрын

SSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!

@GeomancerHT 7 ай бұрын

Keaton credits the music composer at the end of the video so they literally own the rights for the music, what do you expected?

@christophermiller3031 7 ай бұрын

@GeomancerHT years ago, a video posted with such music could possibly A) get taken down B) get blocked by country. (I am Canadian, IE Conan Obrien KZfaq e content blocked to this day) C) I could go on... but am I really obliged to explain my sound logic to a pleb?

@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI 7 ай бұрын

Wow they got Clint Howard & his brother in this skit!

@chiefscheider 7 ай бұрын

9:24 That's the guy from Happy Days! Little Richie Cuntingham!!

@chiefscheider 7 ай бұрын

Yeah the resemblance is striking

@donanger1968 24 күн бұрын

Such a great time to watch Letterman.

@blakejohnson4713 6 ай бұрын

Both Howard brothers! In one sketch! Fantastic!

@sevendays02 7 ай бұрын

Please make the whole festival available. Each short was extremely funny.

@yeoldtime5anddime208 7 ай бұрын

Yes! Clint Howard!

@raggedrec 6 ай бұрын

He would of made a pitch perfect Plastic-man he even had the shades ready to go.

@S1L3NTG4M3R 7 ай бұрын

IM BATMAN!!!

@br210120 7 ай бұрын

So glad he called him out on the gum.

@lindakaye7935 7 ай бұрын

I never knew you could be successful selling combs on the side of the road. (Re thinking retirement plans)

@SueProv 7 ай бұрын

Clint Howard. Hahaha

@j.okroiag9368 7 ай бұрын

Always be my Batman.

@adamharb9233 7 ай бұрын

Freakin legend!! 🔥

@VI_V2 7 ай бұрын

4:02 This Plastic Man movie is looking promising.

@zekelucente9702 7 ай бұрын

Man am I old this seems like yesterday.

@walterfristoe4643 7 ай бұрын

This guy Keaton coulda played somethin' int'restin', like maybe...Batman, or even Beetlejuice. 🤣

@kstepko 7 ай бұрын

I got some hints of Beetlejuice at 4:06.

@A.I-GAMING 7 ай бұрын

3:50 AHA ! So THIS is where Jullian Himself got his style - it all make sense now.

@kstepko 7 ай бұрын

Combing was very big back in the 80s … especially back combing.

@badad0166 7 ай бұрын

I hope all of these will get posted. I had the first year on VHS that I wore out. Michael J. Fox's hockey/orchestra and Dave marrying Hal Gurnee's wife were the standouts for me. Have to see the rest. Fingers crossed.

@cidlopez 7 ай бұрын

If you haven’t seen night shift you must watch. Keaton is great. The guy has such a range. Btw this is before beetlejuice and you can see his character.

@TheEditorChris 7 ай бұрын

That thumbnail makes me think he needs to play Plastic Man

@donovanmedieval 3 ай бұрын

I think this is the first time he and Catherine O'Hara appeared on the same bill together, before Beetlejuice.

@sherryhesner5940 2 ай бұрын

❤

@profile2047 6 ай бұрын

“We MUST be maniacs”

@johnr.7906 6 ай бұрын

I see a lot of Jack Nicholson in his face that I never realized before. Right or am I crazy?

@user-uu8tx5yj3q 6 ай бұрын

Keaton also directed The Merry Gentleman after the director dropped out and did a great job.

@widipriyanto9876 6 ай бұрын

Such an underated movie!

@jjryan1352 6 ай бұрын

He looks like John Candy on the thumbnail.

@the6ig6adwolf 7 ай бұрын

For a coked out maniac, he's mostly well-behaved.

@inelhuayocan_aci 7 ай бұрын

I grew up in the 80s, grew up in Southern California, watched Beetlejuice, am familiar with the Howard bros, and play GTA V. All of this is familiar. LOL!

@CalidrisJZ 6 ай бұрын

The one true Batman.

@ericmuschlitz7619 6 ай бұрын

And on that day, Beetlejuice was born.

@TheVideoBarron 7 ай бұрын

Poochie actually went on to have a sitcom of his own

@zabagar 6 ай бұрын

I wasn’t expecting Clint Howard, lol.

@torbulax731 6 ай бұрын

Two little squirrels hanging by strings? They don't right stuff this good for TV anymore.

@april7thartwork 7 ай бұрын

hilarious

@dominicportelli7468 6 ай бұрын

Daddy Dave slaps MK's wrist. That's power.

@ryanbuckley3314 7 ай бұрын

Michael Keaton: second best set of eyebrows in showbiz. Right behind Jack Nicholson.

@hotrox2112 6 ай бұрын

"Keets"..

@mor9n243 7 ай бұрын

Keaton and Joe Namath were the REALEST Yinzer celebrities Thy stayed true to Pittsburgh

@TheBigMclargehuge 6 ай бұрын

Im not crazy about the spread collar with that tie.

@Dellaluna13 5 ай бұрын

Clint Howard alert!

@Moosecannonreal 7 ай бұрын

Still Bruce Wayne, for me. Love him.

@da1stuna 7 ай бұрын

9:24 Ron Howard

@zik316 7 ай бұрын

Wow, that was such a long skit. Unusually, it's one or two jokes and it's a cut. This was joke after joke for 7 minutes with big name cameos! I've never seen such a thing for a talk show.

@FloraWest 7 ай бұрын

There were a series of these as part of the Late Night film festival--Harry Shearer (who did an amazing piece called The Making of an Industrial Musical"), Jane Pauley, Michael J. Fox, Bette Midler...other folks as well. They got a little budget to make short films. It was really great.

@moviegumshoes 6 ай бұрын

Is this where Rubber Man's character design came from?

@ImaneBou30 7 ай бұрын

Can you please upload Carla Bruni!!!!!!!

@thegood9 6 ай бұрын

There were shades of what Beetlejuice was to become in both Mike's and Clint's performances here. Great stuff.

@niftyspock 3 ай бұрын

So this is what beetlejuice was like when he was alive

@jamallaidley4718 7 ай бұрын

Nice One 🤭

@darkmeplier8311 Ай бұрын

Beetlejuice❤

@akjackson009 6 ай бұрын

The early stages of Beetlejuice.

@jk3521 7 ай бұрын

Wish Michael didn't go "serious" after Batman. .Night Shift was my favorite of his. He had a great comic ability

@the_king__of_the_world 7 ай бұрын

He looks practically like Plastic-Man here

@pat931 7 ай бұрын

ALBERT KING!!!

@DavidBrown-wm1up 6 ай бұрын

This role is kind of a proto-Beetlejuice

@edzeppelin 7 ай бұрын

He's working that gum like a DAY job. Could it be the toot-ski? The granulated money? Peruvian marching powder perhaps?...BARKERS!

@grendlsma 6 ай бұрын

Clint Howard.....!!!!

@ashish714 7 ай бұрын

Not dead.

@EatSleepEmpire 6 ай бұрын

It’s this where they got the design for plastic man?

@goldenhog 7 ай бұрын

he's batman.

@charold3 7 ай бұрын

Clint Howard

@AndyMcCann 7 ай бұрын

This is so '80s.

@mightilyoats2729 7 ай бұрын

I wonder if he intended to look like Plastic Man.

@davidhahnbirds 7 ай бұрын

Nightshift 🌙 🌃 👂 💚 💚 🌎 🌏 🌍

@alisonanderson962 7 ай бұрын

Who comes on a shower chewing gum and with their mouth open?

@carlosnumbertwo 7 ай бұрын

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

@ahuse1 6 ай бұрын

those glasses are ridiculous

@user-pd4sq4nn6s 5 ай бұрын

Based on true events of Nicolas Cage

@HorribleHomeVideo 7 ай бұрын

that is a long bit

@lousmer427 7 ай бұрын

Michael as plastic man before Batman