Tower Drop Collection on Letterman, 1984-86

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Taped in three annual visits to New Rochelle in Westchester Country, New York, during the Spring/Summer of 1984, 1985, and 1986, here are all of the Tower Drop segments on Late Night, concluding with a short highlight reel aired on the 10th anniversary show in 1992.
With suggestions by, among others, Brian McAloon, Fran Cimino, Debra J. Morrishow, Wayne E. Wright, Melanie Rock, Maria Pope, Adam Resnick, Laurie Diamond, and Jeremy Conway.
1. April 5, 1984
2. April 19, 1984
3. June 21, 1984
4. June 27, 1984
5. July 12, 1984 (taped July 5)
6. September 11, 1984: part of "Leftovers"
7. June 13, 1985
8. June 20, 1985
9. July 25, 1985
10. March 10, 1986: with Raffaella Carra, the "Johnny Carson of Italy"
11. July 31, 1986
12. August 14, 1986
13. September 11, 1986
14. February 6, 1992 (taped January 18): 10th Anniversary Highlights

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@martasatgo 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video ❤

@jtblcksheep3376 3 жыл бұрын

“Show me something I can tell my grandchildren about years from now.” She had no idea how prophetic her words would be.

@skivvy3565 7 ай бұрын

Why I loved this show. GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY REALLY WANT! Now *This* was good television lol

@fragwagon 6 жыл бұрын

This morning, I kid you not, I thought about asking you about a tower compilation. I forgot about it, and then look what appears in my subscription feed. Thank you!

@dongiller 6 жыл бұрын

You would have been among several others who have been asking for it. I finally had some time today to prepare it. One down, 4,067 more requests to go.

@DVincentW 6 жыл бұрын

I love your channel. Thanks!

@singlesideman 6 жыл бұрын

This just couldn't be better. Some of my very favorite moments from the show. This is the backdrop of my workday today. Every so often I'm taking a break and watching. My spirits have been so uplifted. Thank you so much for this, Don.

@mslitchick 3 жыл бұрын

My ten-year-old daughter found this brilliant.

@CinemaDemocratica Жыл бұрын

All these decades later, I can still make myself laugh -- literally and out loud -- just by saying, "A Mexican pinata, but it's been filled with baked beans."

@zzazazz 3 жыл бұрын

I love this collection. Thank you, for putting together. A good friend and I sat down and watched recently and just laughed and laughed.

@johnwise8433 3 жыл бұрын

As a teen in high school I use to stay up late to watch this bit. For sure my fave bit of the entire series

@DavidR-ub2dp 3 жыл бұрын

I used to see this back in the days love classic letterman

@BillVol 4 жыл бұрын

Great job putting this together!

@stardaddyo9 2 жыл бұрын

Surgical gloves filled with butterscotch pudding.

@soulscanner66 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats the classic watermelon. My wife still doesn't understand why I find this hilarious.

@kevinlakeman5043 3 жыл бұрын

Not surprising. Lots of folks mostly just get blatant, obvious humor. They miss why this is entertaining like they miss subtle humor, irony, facetiousness, etc.

@ericburow6436 Жыл бұрын

I know what you mean

@michaelbrooks1458 6 ай бұрын

See, David Letterman started DROP THE MIKE from a 5 story tower

@beam-kitty8425 Жыл бұрын

I’m waiting for the living room stuffed chair to go over the edge, I remember that clearly!😂🤣😁

@wiedep 6 жыл бұрын

Should have done the whistling sound as Wile E Coyote was falling.

@mickfunny4185 3 жыл бұрын

@wiedep Meep Meep

@VideoAssaultSaturday 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don! :)

@toddleopold2009 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Don Giller, David Letterman, and that tower.

@dongiller 3 жыл бұрын

Late Night. :) And thanks!

@mezipe6429 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome Don, hey could you please also upload a collection of the air compressor and hydraulic press? Please, I’d love to see that!

@mikephillips8538 5 жыл бұрын

And once again from this scenic vantage point....

@bignz721 Жыл бұрын

12:28 ~ I cannot tell you why, but when I saw first saw this (on Letterman's first Prime Time NBC special), it was the funniest thing I ever saw.

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

To be clear, the only Late Nights to air during prime time were the later anniversary specials, starting in 1988. The earlier anniversary specials had aired either during Late Night’s time slot at 12:30 am or SNL’s at 11:30 PM. The four “Prime Time Specials” occurred on Dave’s CBS Late Shows, where Dave’s Late Night clips from NBC weren’t permitted.

@edwardalexander2193 Жыл бұрын

Curious on what song was playing on the boombox Dave Threw at 6:54

@BobBilheimer 4 жыл бұрын

To this day, I still distinctly remember surgical gloves filled with butterscotch pudding

@PittsburghMarky 3 жыл бұрын

Surgical gloves filled with butterscotch pudding is unforgettable.

@rickleblanc8900 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think i saw that one lol

@cyrusbringardner6487 4 жыл бұрын

I love this segment

@utubedude70 3 жыл бұрын

As kids my cousin and I repeated the flour soaked in gasoline drop off of a two-story concrete building on my grandmother's rural property... it was glorious... we still bring it up to this day 😆

@rickleblanc8900 2 жыл бұрын

That was a cool drop ! That and the watermelons are my favorites lol

@patriciamooney928 2 жыл бұрын

I think watching is some human auto response like craning your neck when you go by a car accident.

@ranatlas 6 жыл бұрын

I thought those bowling balls would shatter. LOL Thanks for uploading!

@dianewinters8628 2 жыл бұрын

One of favorite comedy bits

@dianewinters8628 2 жыл бұрын

Better than fireworks

@singlesideman 6 жыл бұрын

A fusillade of champagne and melons! Made my day, and will, forever.

@jamesward6935 5 жыл бұрын

Counting the ground floor, isn't it technically a six-story tower?

@jeffschroeder930 3 жыл бұрын

Yep I agree. Its a 6 story tower.

@squinkque 2 жыл бұрын

The FAA prohibits anything to be dropped off a six-story tower so for legal reasons they used a "five-story" tower.

@rickleblanc8900 2 жыл бұрын

@@squinkque wow how picky can u get lol

@TheAmericanLoudmouth 4 жыл бұрын

This looks like a tower used by fire Department for training.

@kilroy987 3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere there is a pinata filled with beans landing on a plate of glass. I can't find it.

@dongiller 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a drop from the Sullivan roof on Late Show.

@andythompson3528 2 жыл бұрын

34:14 when Dave “broke” the window 😂

@kostyapolykova9879 2 жыл бұрын

five story mic drop 1984

@toughmanrandysavage3077 4 жыл бұрын

My mom use to tell me stories at bed time about the fruit revolting against Letterman for throwing them off the roof. I was like 4 and had no idea who Letterman was but I liked the stories xD. I can tell my mom just didn't know what the hell story to tell me so she just made some shit up on the spot lol.

@rjp801 4 жыл бұрын

complete bs - what a liar

@mikephillips8538 5 жыл бұрын

Tonight we drop stuff off a 5 story tower, you know it's going to be fun.... hahahaha

@coosoorlog 3 жыл бұрын

why am I watching these all the time my family is starving

@BaccarWozat 2 жыл бұрын

Food will do that to you

@MichaelAckerman 3 жыл бұрын

The tower was located "at the foot of Morgan Street" in New Rochelle. It was torn down in 1988. Sources: westchester.pastperfectonline.com/photo/C66C9C66-D507-4810-9B9C-318269812520 westchester.pastperfectonline.com/photo/57FCA233-F4D8-457A-AC5E-695799120100

@dongiller 3 жыл бұрын

Nice find. :)

@JustSoLeopard 3 жыл бұрын

29:56...gas for a $1.47 a gallon... good times

@MultiPetercool 3 жыл бұрын

Before we had the MythBusters, we had David Letterman.

@tjclt250r 3 жыл бұрын

LOOKS LIKE A 6 STORY TOWER TO ME....LOVE YOU DAVE

@phoenixtypewriter2136 4 жыл бұрын

5:18 here goes a 1950 Royal KMM Typewriter

@hankgillette 5 жыл бұрын

Don, do you have any idea what the purpose of that five story tower was? It seems too small to be of practical use.

@dongiller 5 жыл бұрын

Training for firefighters.

@hankgillette 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@harambe4717 5 жыл бұрын

This segment foreshadowed the short-lived ABC game show “Downfall”

@BaccarWozat 2 жыл бұрын

So that's where Hitler came from

@tommyblueee9993 6 жыл бұрын

Wow my mom was born February 28th 1984 she had me young in 2001 March 27th I was born :) just like to see things from those years thanks I’ll watch this now

@doctorjingles 2 жыл бұрын

I still remember when the bowling ball drop happened originally, nearly 38? years ago. He was the beacon of comedy for my generation. Not quite baby boomer, but not gen-x or whatever the next fucking wave was supposed to be.

@mjproebstle 3 жыл бұрын

Dave + gravity endless entertainment!

@mikephillips8538 5 жыл бұрын

Balloons filled with guacamole, this is the frequently most requested item hahahahaha

@jimmcclane4171 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't they say 7 stories high. I count 5 floors plus the main floor and they are throwing it from the roof.

@erik_griswold 3 жыл бұрын

5:29 for all the Carvel Ice Cream fans!

@patriciamooney928 2 жыл бұрын

I give the turkey a 10. Especially for a flightless bird.

@BlueOceanBelow 4 жыл бұрын

12:44 That legit looks like war footage shot from bombers.

@checkmatekingtwothisiswhit7685 3 жыл бұрын

Not the lasagna!

@dougie0109 3 жыл бұрын

Senator Giller, Do you know where this building was?

@dongiller 3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere in New Rochelle.

@DKPHTK 4 жыл бұрын

And at 20:30 they waving goodbye :D

@christ5783 6 жыл бұрын

Do you have the air compressor video?

@dongiller 6 жыл бұрын

Yep - May 10, 1983. I have every Late Night.

@AutisticPersona 6 жыл бұрын

You sir are a legend.

@dongiller 6 жыл бұрын

Ha! Thanks; but I'm just a curator of others' creations. As are the 500 billion other You Tube uploaders.

@infrequentvlogs4433 6 ай бұрын

Cunning stunts

@TheAmericanLoudmouth 4 жыл бұрын

I know this is random, but couldn't you drop crap of a tower in communist China?

@rickleblanc8900 2 жыл бұрын

And end up in jail for 10 years suspected of being a terrorist and a spy ?

@njpete987 6 жыл бұрын

Really dated. No longer holds up. Sorry

@toughmanrandysavage3077 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck you

@MagicAl5F4781 3 жыл бұрын

We only have the posthumously published writing of Vincenzo Viviani asserting that Galileo dropped stuff from a tower yet that story has held up for 300 years. Letterman's version is on tape.

@rickleblanc8900 2 жыл бұрын

Party pooper

@beam-kitty8425 Жыл бұрын

@@rickleblanc8900 😂😂😂 I hadn’t heard that expression in decades! Thanks!