Paul is from my hometown of Thunder Bay. My sister is a nurse and took care of Paul's dad before he passed away. Paul came to Thunder Bay to see his dad and as a thank you he gave my sister two tickets to the Late Show.

These clever, somewhat hip and knowing, and innovative segments are what made Letterman so interesting and new. A lot of talk shows do similar things now but he was first.

Thank you.

Nice! They did some actual damage the second time around! 😂

I remember the fudge segment because I was up late studying for a huge scary midterm that night. Of course I don't remember a damn thing from the midterm or even the class, but I do remember "fudge". Thank you, brain.

I cannot stop loving my guy Paul Shaffer when just break the place on Letterman 😂😆😂🤣

"When you come in here and tell jokes, everybody *listens* ." - Regis Philbin (9:50)

Regis Philbin always seemed to be a good sport for Dave and Co.'s shenanigans

Anton Fig… one of the best drummers Kiss had

Thank you for uploading! Anton was the reason I started watching Dave when I was in my early teens way back in the mid/late 80's. These are so great. I have a ton of these on VHS somewhere...

That was highly enjoyable - thanks for your efforts in compiling these!

Will Lee called Regis Philbin PHIL.

The one with Regis was funny as hell, the band constantly mumbling like grumpy fellows makes me laugh a lot.

Loved it when David Sanborn sat in with the band.

These. Are. AWESOME.

R.I.P. Regis.

I never knew David Letterman’s show was so edgy back then!

I love the band trashing the stage! Paul: "Leave it to me to overreact!" Hilarious!!!

love this! the trashing, regis! i miss being young!

Don, appreciate all you are doing man. Huge Late Night fan, just didn't get a VCR until 2009, and by then, it was all to late.

80’s era Letterman is THE best!!! xoxo The Clarences

Regis was such a sweet guy.

damn I really want some fudge now

Paul he’s my favourite keyboard player He is a freaking savage

rice krispie squares!

Thanks, for this, Don. I'd like to see an "Inky" collection (Tony Mendes)! There's one very funny incident where he's wearing an SNL jacket. Circa August 1996. Thanks for all your great work!

Wow, this is interesting and captivating

The trashing clips are awesome. Thank you, sir!!!

Paul is too hip for himself

*The video ends before we see if Anton got a rice krispie square. It feels incomplete... I mean, c'mon.* 🤣

I dont even watch any of the current late shows.Nothing like Paul and Dave back in the day just having fun.

..the guy walking into the picture at 12:23 and standing next to David Sanborn is legendary guitarist/composer/singer Dave Mason ! 😎

The band trashing the set skits are hilarious. I wonder if they did it more than twice.

These trashing the set moments were great. Very funny having Anton spray paint GE Sucks. Loved when the band could get into the act and wow our world is sadder without Viewer Mail....Didn't Dave call the fountain in front of the desk the Dancing Waters? I think he did...

i would love to see compilations of all viewer mail and top 10 lists ever done. Those were my favorite segments. Small town news too.

Back when anyone could have a show... Good times!

As a Carolina native, I love that most of the letters are either from here or reference our states

Great channel

Paul he’s a funny keyboardist he makes me laugh so hard when I’m watching him destroy the show

Haha Sid wearing that yellow shirt in 2 different segments... He must have worn that one a lot, I always picture him in my mind with that one!

Have you an Alan Kalter compilation? Remember him singing November Rain at the end of a bit and it was brilliant Kalter

"Let's trash this dump!" - Gets me every time. :P

8:52 cracks me up

i like the one where anton figg is crowned by a lizard alien

rip regis

+Don Giller- When did they start using the gag of Paul leaving, then cutting to stock footage of a guy getting into a car that explodes? And I asked this already on a different video, but didn't Anton chow down on a bird in one segment?

3:24 Actually, the more I look at it..the more I like it. (King Crimson)

Sid McGinnis is my style icon.

Watched all of these when they aired. What Dave did for late night... amazing times. THIS is the reason everyone thinks late night sucks these days (except Conan. Conan's the only one left).

Anymore clips of the WDB shenannagans(sp)?

Do you have the viewer mail where the question is: "When Paul and the band are playing 'You Really Got Me' are they thinking of the Kinks or Van Halen?" They start playing the song. Sid plays and imagines the Kinks. Will plays and imagines Van Halen. Paul plays and imagines sneaking behind Dave's desk strangling Dave to death and the show is renamed "Late Night with Paul Shaffer." 😅

I believe David Sanborn was in one of the clips, not just Sid, Will, Paul or Anton.

Fudge

great stuff. was hoping to see the mail asking if the band thinks about the Kinks or Van Halen when playing “you really got me”. please upload if you have it.

What are those discs in front of his desk?

What if Hiram wore shoes?

9:15 MY PILLOW guy????!!!

My God the joke was that Sultans of Swing was less than 20 years old! 😱😳👴👴

Looking for the one where Paul shoots David Sanborn

Anton was a KISS drummer. Did you know that?????????????

I miss how loose the format was back then

Bribery at it's finest LOL. Get them with Fudge!

do you have the one where drummer Steve Jordan walks off the show because of a racist comment from Dave?

You’re getting out of line Paul

I'm saying .. Let's TRRRRASH THIS DUMP!

I'm Saying let's trash this dump! LOL!!!

😀🤪😆

Spray Painting GE SUCKS hahahah