Michael's only appearance on Dave, here promoting "Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann" and showing two clips from "Elephant Parts." Peter Tork’s appearance here: • Peter Tork on Letterma...
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@cjogocarmel Жыл бұрын
I worked on Elephant Parts and spoke with Nez just before his passing .. unusual talented man !!
@gardensofthegods5 ай бұрын
What did you do on elephant parts ? Do you remember what that last conversation with him was about ... can you share it with us ? Was he not well before he died ? They said he died peacefully in his sleep ... but then I also heard he died of a heart attack which is not the same thing
@cjogocarmel5 ай бұрын
I was documenting the production -- a "stills" man .. The last meet == we spoke of Elephant Parts ++ since I was along for the ride every day ...
@aburrage76972 ай бұрын
Such a wonderful moment of your life. Thanks for sharing with us all.
@aprilgubbins465Ай бұрын
Elephants Parts was phenomenally- precursor to MTV. Groundbreaking!!
@steveericson91372 жыл бұрын
RIP Mike. :( Everybody, form a protective circle around Mickey Dolenz
@siggylloyd35662 жыл бұрын
I much prefer Coco to Mickey.
@KOSMICKEN092 жыл бұрын
Micky without the E. 😁
@richardsiciliano71172 жыл бұрын
Not the wildest interview ever, but then again, that was Mike in a nutshell. RIP to a pretty fascinating individual.
@ecogreenarchive Жыл бұрын
He was so fascinating I hate that I missed his final shows :,( love him dearly!
@zakmartin Жыл бұрын
Well, no; it was Mike in a suit. Or Michael, as he apparently wanted to be addressed.
@jimbrown8682 жыл бұрын
So sad to hear Mike passed. He was my favorite Monkee back in the day. In fact, my freshman year is college, I had a wool cap like Mike's and wore it all the time. Thanks Don. As always a very good job.
@trentnunyabiz62042 жыл бұрын
"You know that's not even michael nesmiths real hat" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9JlaK5_q8--Z40.html
@mhunsypainters2 жыл бұрын
@@trentnunyabiz6204 lmao
@buddywilliams56502 жыл бұрын
Why the cap? Brain Wilson of the beach boys nowhere near what Brain wrote or did in the studio.
@dalemunkres69155 ай бұрын
EXACTLY!
@superfuzzymomma2 жыл бұрын
My God Im gutted. Happy Trails Mike. Thanks for the soundtrack to my youth.
@brianwaring99342 жыл бұрын
I saw this when I was 21. Now I see it again at 59. RIP Mike.
@merriemisfit84069 ай бұрын
I'm quite sure I didn't catch this on its first run, but I do believe I saw it rerun in the spring of 1984. My mum drove into town (Los Angeles) to visit, and my three roommates and I told her to ditch the motel and just stay with us in our apartment. So we were up late one of those nights, kind of one of those "I'm too tired to go to bed" things, and Mike Nesmith was a guest on whatever was on the living room telly. We were listening to him (talking about an award he'd won) so attentively that I didn't even remember, for years, whether the host was Johnny Carson or Dave Letterman. That talk show appearance was how I first heard about Bette Nesmith's great invention -- straight from her dear son, not from the Wikipedia.
@Rnyargd2 жыл бұрын
I always felt that Mike was to the Monkees what George was to the Beatles. The most interesting member, the most complex sounds. I always preferred his songs. Such a loss, such a loss.
@michellevitali45402 жыл бұрын
Mike and George are my favorite members of both groups!!
@bradypierce31942 жыл бұрын
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@johnpripusich28762 жыл бұрын
Great piece from Letterman! I like David, and Nesmith is an all time favorite of mine! I only wish this segment was longer! If I were the host, I'd have been more enthusiastic and ABSOLUTELY complimented Mike on already 13 years of incredibly great solo music by 1983, and talked about that extensively. And his Monkee-era and solo songwriting. Dave could have mentioned "Rio", heard in one of the "Elephant Parts" clips shown, and its chart success in the U.K.. R.I.P. Mike Nesmith. Thanks for the incredible music and fun.
@BlueEyes-gp8lg2 жыл бұрын
You may be right on George being the most interesting Beatle. Certainly the deepest thinker. But Paul was the most complex songwriter musically...the true art-rocker of the four.
@debbieschue5068 Жыл бұрын
I have been a Monkee s fan since I was about 7(52 yrs ago!). Mike's songs have always been my fave too. Great tunes and lyrics!
@GolfAfter502 жыл бұрын
A teacher at my high school went to see The Monkees and saw the tour that Jimi Hendrix opened up on - RIP Michael!
@anotherjoshua2 жыл бұрын
so did my sister -- at the old forest hills tennis stadium. we lived a few houses down from the stadium. hendrix was mercilessly booed.
@hughmcaloon65062 жыл бұрын
What an interesting interview. Dave really adjusted his energy to Mike's. *That* was a real *chat.* Serious stuff. We all gotta go, and Mike Nesmith did some interesting stuff with his time here. Glad to have seen this piece of it.
@tedcabana10 ай бұрын
I remember these videos appearing on HBO as "shorts" before MTV. Mike was the pioneer of music videos, and MTV. But that all falls back on his time and experience with the Monkees. And very much encouragement from the great, Frank Zappa. Thanks, Mike, for all you've done for modern musicians.
@mickcarlon81472 жыл бұрын
An incredibly bright and creative and talented man.
@sharpeslass54522 жыл бұрын
He was so fucking hot. And talented. And strange. In a good way. 💔
@joealexandra71852 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. He had that old-school Southern charm. And he was so talented -- he was only twenty-two when he wrote that beautiful song, "Different Drum," which in itself is about being strange in a good way.
@edwardmulholland79122 жыл бұрын
Michael was a great songwriter I have several albums and they wonderful. I remember watching the tv show as a young boy in the ’70’s and rediscovered the band and Michael’s music in the early ‘90’s and I have been listening ever since. RIP
@michaelfillinger14882 жыл бұрын
I always thought that Michael had the best voice in the band by far listen to his solo work it's awesome
@humphreygruntwhistle3946 Жыл бұрын
He absolutely had the best voice in the band. It wasn’t close. But the “poppy” stuff the Monkees cranked out was better suited for Micky and Davy. As a serious musician, I’d bet that Mike had no problem NOT singing those songs.
@wpl82752 жыл бұрын
It's interesting how much of what we would call throwaway TV during the 60's lasted so long. The Monkees. Gilligan's Island. Lost In Space. Star Trek. The Beverly Hillbillies. The Munsters. The Addams Family. The Brady Bunch. (It began in 1969) Batman. It just shows how something which we took for granted had a lasting effect on so many people.
@Strimbles2 жыл бұрын
Been watching and listening to Mike a lot the last 2 years as my 3 year old son loves The Monkees, one of his fave bands, & he always points out Mike when he's on vocals. So the news of his passing makes me very sad!
@AChapstickOrange7 ай бұрын
Man, I looked for that for years. I went downtown one day to a huge record store we had down there, about 1988 or 1989 or so, and I finally found it. Zoomed home, got on the phone and called up my buddy. I'm like, "Hey, Alan! Come on over!" "Wha' for?" "I've got Elephant Parts!" "... ... ..." The silence on the other end of the line was funnier than anything he could have possibly said. :D
@benkleschinsky2 жыл бұрын
RIP to a legend. You will be missed my friend. 🌹
@user-xj5nu4jz9n11 ай бұрын
Loved Mike he had one of those voices you can never forget rest in peace Michael ❤❤❤
@Hawken542 жыл бұрын
Everytime I see Liquid Paper or Whiteout in the stores. I'll think of Mike Nesmith's mother.
@cindikirkland19552 жыл бұрын
❤
@ontologicallysteve77652 жыл бұрын
Like everyone else, I was saddened by the news of Nez. What a loss. I saw The Monkees live the summer of '96 at Pine Knob Music Theater just outside of Detroit. Different world then, for sure. A better world. I'll never forget that experience with my dad (I'm 41 now). It feels like everything is crumbling and passing away in the world. But, the memories cannot be taken away. Ah, the good ole days. They just slipped away like sand. If I'd have known they'd one day be considered as such, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to move on past em'. That's the thing---- when we're presently experiencing what will one day be considered "the good ole days" ----- we're not aware of it. So, we take it for granted (and rush on through to the next chapter of life). Then, inevitably, we find ourselves longing for what was so flippantly overlooked and disregarded. Life is a self-contradicting oxymoronic paradox. But, if you catch it in the right light, while in the right mood---- it's beautiful.
@Newton14alan2 жыл бұрын
Ontologically Steve -- Yes, yes, yes!...and so very well put (the second paragraph really says it all)...Thank you!
@andrewpotok26617 ай бұрын
By the 2nd paragraph I was falling asleep. Ty
@johnmaki30462 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Mike Nesmith! YOU ARE MISSED!
@WeezelWayz2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the memories Don. I was a devoted member of the Monkees Fan Club back in the day. My how time passes by. RIP Robert Michael Nesmith
@alfrancisnh2 жыл бұрын
RIP Nez.🙏🏻 thanks for sharing this, Don.
@anthonyburgess48882 жыл бұрын
Hello from England! Very sad to hear this news. We loved the Monkeys over on this side of the pond. Thank you for all the great songs.
@dongiller2 жыл бұрын
Monkees. I know - damn autocorrect. :)
@veekatore8983 Жыл бұрын
I grew up to them. I was a Huge Beatles fan!! In fact in 67ish I wanted to have my name changed to John. So you never let your friends know you liked them well until the Last train was a anti Vietnam war song so they became cool. But I will say the best Monkee song & one of my all time fav of all songs is You just may be the one! Rip Mike, Peter and Davey...
@benkleschinsky2 жыл бұрын
Here is an interesting tid bid as well. VHS is capable of producing near CD quality audio. So Mike Nesmith knew what he was doing by releasing his music on HiFi VHS. Far superior to vinyl. This was also before CDs really took off. Mike was a total pioneer in more ways than one and a creative genius.
@festersuncle62982 жыл бұрын
I rented Elephant Parts VHS back in the mid 80's. Already being a Monkee fan, I was interested prior to watching it. There some classic, funny segments of that tape.
@LegalEagleGurl10 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. Haven’t seen this clip for quite awhile. Love and miss you very much Michael. ❤
@housecut2 жыл бұрын
So ironic that I was watching this when I saw the news on Facebook. Thanks for finding and posting this video. RIP Nez
@soheyman12 жыл бұрын
Don, you are to be commended repeatedly. Your channel is beyond incredible. Many, moving videos, such as this, I've teared up on multiple occasions. Thank you, sir. Subscribed today.
@dongiller2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@angelblue77793 күн бұрын
Brilliant man! My favorite Monkee! His voice definitely stood out! R.I.P. Michael ❤
@sammyvh112 жыл бұрын
Liquid paper got me thru college. Rip
@diannelane52119 ай бұрын
I love him so much!! What a mind he had. RIP
@carlharrison95032 жыл бұрын
Thanks Don
@carlharrison95032 жыл бұрын
Too qwik... He will be missed.Does the tour continue?
@larrywakeman4371 Жыл бұрын
SO talented and handsome!!!! Kim
@debbieramsey-hanks37572 жыл бұрын
Thank you a very special interview
@reginateixeira64012 ай бұрын
How handsome! R.I.P. Nez! 🌹
@Mr.56Goldtop2 жыл бұрын
I've watched the Rodanne clip many times and I still laugh, It's fricken hilarious! It's starts at the intro where Michael is desperately trying to keep from laughing! I've watched Time Rider several times thru the years, what a great movie it is and a very creative and unusual storyline!
@moclips12 жыл бұрын
Also Executive Producer of the amazing film "Repo Man" (1984)
@factsoverfiction78262 жыл бұрын
🎬 Really?! Love that movie.
@chrisfreemesser57072 жыл бұрын
Awesome job as usual Don. My wife is a huge Monkees fan and Mike was her favorite. She'll enjoy watching this interview
@RideAcrossTheRiver2 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack to _Repo Man_ LIVES in my car. "Bad Man" and the one and only "Reel Ten".
@kincaide67 Жыл бұрын
Just watching the old interviews. Broke my heart to hear he passed. That's all.
@MrLeftfootlouie2 жыл бұрын
Dave ,you blew it. Your legacy could have been immortalized with one act of entrepreneurial wisdom. Have Sonny and Cher reunite with Mike Nesmith.
@SWabakken2 жыл бұрын
The feet blocking the television was always my favorite commercial bumper on Letterman!
@MrLeftfootlouie2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Mike much loved by so many ❤️.
@ReasonablySane Жыл бұрын
I dumped TV in 1997, but I forgot just how subtleiy hilarious David Letterman was. Mike was holding his own as well, though I suspect it went over a lot of folks heads...😁
@kdkseven2 жыл бұрын
I actually wore a wool cap in the summer for a while in junior high because of Mike. He was the coolest and funniest Monkee, and his were the best songs. And he had the best, most interesting post Monkees career. He was the George Harrison of the Monkees heh heh.
@rayrayfad36542 жыл бұрын
Thank you for Repo Man, Mike
@granthurlburt4062 Жыл бұрын
His greatest contribution. Funny, smart, and satirical. Emilio's deadpan lines and Harry Dean Stanton were great and I often say to myself "Radiation is GOOD for you"! at random appropriate times. Along with Buckeroo Banzai, it is half of a two film genre, IMHO.
@erilaz7 Жыл бұрын
@@granthurlburt4062 I probably quote Repo Man more than any other movie. I said "Plate of shrimp" at work just this afternoon.
@RazorsEdge18102 жыл бұрын
Thank God for Liquid Paper / white out.
@lorireed52912 жыл бұрын
RIP Michael Nesmith
@privatepenguin31372 жыл бұрын
Mike & Micky just played as The Monkees 3 weeks ago in LA 😥
@reneecarter67024 ай бұрын
A great fellow Dallas Texan 💔 This aired two years before I was born, but I’ve loved him since I was a kid
@janetcarroll8863 Жыл бұрын
A lovely, brilliant, complex man. 💕
@patriciamooney9282 жыл бұрын
Mike looks different but his speaking voice is SO distinctive.
@joe-vl3nd Жыл бұрын
The Monkees are Legends ..Top Class 👍🏴🇬🇧🏴🏴
@judijacques37932 жыл бұрын
Cool interview he looks like a young Allen Rickman
@redwingsfan36212 жыл бұрын
Well, if you can’t be on The Brady Bunch then being on Letterman is the next best thing. - Davy Jones
@JP-ve7or2 жыл бұрын
It's funny to see people having to explain the concept of videocassettes in the 1980s . . . and having to explain them again to kids in the 2020s 😆
@robwebnoid5763 Жыл бұрын
Timerider was cool & clever for what it was, even at a $1 million budget. Glad that Mike was able to get into movie production as well during his life.
@wez45172 жыл бұрын
Ha! The things you learn on KZfaq! I had never heard of liquid paper and after looking it up... Tippex!!! At least that’s what we call it over here in the U.K.!!! Brilliant... that’s some serious pub trivia right there! “Did you know that the mother of Michael Nesmith from the Monkees invented Tippex?!” Lol
@michaelreardon39582 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. Nesmith
@garygibson59832 жыл бұрын
Thank-you Don
@justinspivey87282 жыл бұрын
What a cool dude 😎
@jamesten2 жыл бұрын
Your early Letterman posts, D.G, show a much more variegated guest booking philosophy than later, when the show became the great late night hit. In the early days it seemed to be about who was simply available (whether or not something needed to be pitched) and who among them might be interesting. Later, it was much more about ratings and marketing. It's only that so many of the greatest segments seem to come from the first 18 months of the show, and then that magic slowly trails off in a different direction.
@Piwork692 жыл бұрын
I love this type of booking before it became all about celebrities.
@patricias51225 ай бұрын
oh how everything's changed in 30 years.
@cafferacer2 жыл бұрын
Elephant Parts!!
@joemartines35452 жыл бұрын
Smart man...
@brianmoore54982 жыл бұрын
i remember nesmiths nbc special it had a lot of future stars and was very entertaining. He seems very creatively intelligent and a bit impatient with run of the mill stuff but who knows from a brief interview. sorry to see him go. farewell
@rick4electric4 ай бұрын
He really is just a good ol' country boy! What you see is what you get!
@eveseldercare4 ай бұрын
Mike was the inspiration for MTV later....I heard back in those days...
@barryyoung9692 жыл бұрын
That video category wasnt even carried by the Grammys live on TV? I dont think Mike or Letterman knew what this new medium would become!
@fredkaplan9720 Жыл бұрын
My comment is if it wasn't for Michael Nesmith it would be no monkeys he was my favorite. I actually played the guitar myself and actually had my mom buy me a green beanie with a pom pom and had her so on four white buttons. Later on I became a big fan of Gretsch guitars which is the guitar he most likely was famous for. We miss you Michael
@steveconn2 жыл бұрын
I always liked his little cameo as a cabbie who picks up Bobcat Goldthwait in Whoopie Goldberg's Burglar (Bob: "You look a little like Elvis...not when he was all fat and on drugs and everything"). RIP
@richardlloyd166Ай бұрын
He was quite hard work. Comes across more as a businessman. You can see how he jarred with Pete Tork’s zany approach to life.
@JoeyArmstrong2800 Жыл бұрын
Michael looks like Hans Gruber from Die Hard in this interview.
@adrianreyes4702 Жыл бұрын
Loved Nez. RIP
@andrea.mojarro2 жыл бұрын
handsome devil
@matthewrettenmund83582 жыл бұрын
God, I wish NFTs could be as easily explained as "video albums" were here!
@grahambrant85092 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another neat video, Don. I have a question and I'm not sure how else to reach you. I saw a clip on your channel featuring a young, disheveled standup comic whose act involved lots of screaming and panicking and such. Do you know who the comedian is or which video he was in? Thanks!
@dongiller2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Sam Kinison. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbNmi6mes9u4o5s.html Or Bob Goldthwait. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6udhM-XsbfYkps.html
@grahambrant85092 жыл бұрын
@@dongiller It was Bob! Thanks so much
@gardensofthegods5 ай бұрын
Sam Kinison had an unusual life and he was actually a child preacher . His brother has said that when he was holding him as he was passing away that Sam was talking and saying something along the lines of okay I'll come home now ... to someone the brother couldn't see .
@pythonflying2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Nez
@jameshudson1692 жыл бұрын
timerider? we have you to blame for that?! i think it's out of print. i need that one! rip, mike.
@tjr1064 Жыл бұрын
A pocket battleship - a very influencial guy - notice how David calls him Mr Nesmith
@cherylhulting13016 ай бұрын
I always notice that too. 🙂 Nez was a pioneering business man with Pacific Arts by this point as well.
@ReasonablySane Жыл бұрын
I had elephant parts on laserdisc. If it had been on videotape, it would have been worn out quickly.
@carlharrison95032 жыл бұрын
Awwwwwww, and he was on tour with The Circus Boy..yeah, Mickey D.
@daves80852 жыл бұрын
He wants to be taken seriously...minimal reaction ..he knows this appearance is important
@pamr40402 жыл бұрын
🧡
@blueridgepics5 ай бұрын
Talented he was, however I don't think I could have watched the video much longer.
@tessawells7734 Жыл бұрын
Time Rider deserved more admiration. Fred Ward was awesome.
@j.c.b64732 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a small audience. 😳
@PlumbPitiful2 жыл бұрын
This was Dave's original studio at NBC. It was a lot smaller than the Ed Sullivan Theater that he was in when he moved to CBS.
@dalemunkres69155 ай бұрын
Very Talented guy although he seemed to act like he was better then anybody else..
@cherylhulting13012 ай бұрын
Just a rather smart and introverted man. He was actually a pretty humble fella. But he had faith in his artistic abilities.
@mattgeorge92582 жыл бұрын
I remember watching an interview with Rafelson once and he said that the Monkees were the four least talented people he ever met and I remember being surprised by it at the time but now watching both Peter and Michael on Letterman I have to scratch my head and wonder maybe he had something there, I mean at least from his perspective not mine of course
@cherylhulting13016 ай бұрын
Rafelson didn't know what he was talking about. He made his fortune on the backs of the Monkees.
@kendralucas98092 жыл бұрын
Wow…he was such an innovator…Beyoncé did this with Lemonade thirty something years later.
@ellentuton76426 ай бұрын
Shame dave didn't talk about movie more.
@sm55742 жыл бұрын
So, let me get this straight: You watch a video and listen to music at the same time? Hmm...I don't know. You really think people will want to watch this? I mean, listen to it? I mean -- gak, this is so confusing!
@cherylhulting13016 ай бұрын
😂😂 You know that Michael Nesmith literally pioneered the format for MTV, right?
@sm55746 ай бұрын
@@cherylhulting1301, yes, it was a joke. I have been a huge Monkees fan for over 35 years, so I am well aware of the guys and their endeavors.
@user-xy1ep6qp4y6 ай бұрын
Mike was the only member with big family money, he never had to do anything he didnt want to do to make money. I assume most of his business ventures were self funded vanity projects.
@cherylhulting13016 ай бұрын
They wasn't the case initially. Nez and his mom didn't have a lot of money as he was growing up. But Bette Nesmith's company finally started to turn a profit in 1968 when Nez was on "The Monkees" and earning his own bread. She turned that company into a multinational corporation. Bette sold the company to Gillette for $48 million in the late 70s; Nez reportedly inherited about half on her death in 1980. That did indeed give him some freedom. In his memoir Nez had interesting things to say - pro and con - about inheriting so much money.
@gardensofthegods5 ай бұрын
@@cherylhulting1301Interesting , thank you for explaining that ... and I figured that since his mom was a single parent and he was born in the 1940s ... and she didn't invent the stuff until the mid-1950s , then I knew he did not grow up with the silver spoon ... he possibly had a good bit of struggling in his early childhood . Do you remember what he said about the negative aspects of inheriting that money ?
@cherylhulting13012 ай бұрын
@@gardensofthegods I do. The primary thing is that, while the money gave him a lot of freedom and no more worry about bills, Nez was quietly devastated by his mother's loss. He grew up just with her, until she remarried when Nez was in his late teens. They were very close. Bette died from a sudden stroke at age 56, and I think he would have traded the money for more time with his mother. He also talked about the responsibility of managing the money well, which was something he hadn't learned to do well when he had and blew through his first Monkees fortune. There was making sure that people weren't courting friendship just for his money. Lastly, though he didn't go into many details, he said the inheritance came between him and his second wife, and contributed to their eventual divorce.
@shmataboro863415 күн бұрын
If you're poor and you scrape together enough money to do a project you have in mind they call you creative. If you're well off enough to do your project without having to sell your soul to someone else for the money first they call your project a vanity project. Seems kind of judgemental, doesn't it?
@cookie53352 жыл бұрын
Tom green ?
@woodenturkey2 жыл бұрын
He was like 6 years old when this aired lol
@cookie53352 жыл бұрын
@@woodenturkey It looks like him
@salangelo48352 жыл бұрын
I thought this was 82?
@dongiller2 жыл бұрын
That was Peter Tork. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isyDqNqFrNa6ZYU.html
@rickosbornejr2 жыл бұрын
Tom Green’s dad
@thomasking3620 Жыл бұрын
check out his guitar strap. i guess he was way before his time.