Zach Galifianakis Makes His Network Television Debut

Zach Galifianakis Makes His Network Television Debut | Letterman

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9 ай бұрын

Zach puts Tony Danza in his place.
(From "Late Show" guest hosted by Janeane Garofalo, air date: 3/7/00)
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@WowJustWow37 8 ай бұрын

I went to that Berkeley show and I was the only person who came from SF. He ended up giving me a ride home, and we listened to Belle and Sebastian the whole way. He told me he just won his Toyota at at comedy event. I told him he was gonna be the biggest star in the world, and he said, “You really think so?!” Years later my friends finally understood why it was such a big deal for me to meet him. He’s so cool. Happy to see this again after all these years! ❤

@leanne. 4 ай бұрын

luckyy

@shadowaccount 4 ай бұрын

Fake story

@WowJustWow37 4 ай бұрын

@@shadowaccount ask Zach when you see him

@ocan1033 Ай бұрын

Did you listen to the Mike Piazza song?

@huntersedlacek7495 17 күн бұрын

@@shadowaccountOkay, prove it’s fake then. I wouldn’t decide one way or another with the information given that the story is real or fake. So prove it’s fake if you want to claim it is.

@joshuapowers4623 8 ай бұрын

Man, with everything this guy's done I can't believe he only made his network debut just 6 days ago. That's so wild.

@josiplilic3384 8 ай бұрын

Even more amazing is the fact that Jennine's kept her youthful look 🎉

@michaelfriend3990 8 ай бұрын

Lol

@deangulberry1876 8 ай бұрын

He’s finally getting his due

@propheon9789 8 ай бұрын

Correction... 9 days ago

@bakerfresh 8 ай бұрын

Gotta Save the Best 4 Last.

@JamesEvans97 8 ай бұрын

We saw Zach do basically this same bit at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle around the same time. Unforgettable energy. We stayed in the venue and a few more comedians did their sets. We were kind of loitering there not sure what stage to go to next. Well Mr. Galifianakis comes back out on stage, he's going to do another set. We (GF and I) decided to leave, trying to get out before he started, but we were too slow and wound up walking out just as he was starting. Zach asked us why were leaving and I kind of started to say "We already saw-" and then he just screamed at us "GET OUT!" and the crowd of course laughed their heads off as we scurried away like mice. Love you Zach, and honored to be the target of your wrath!

@russperry4461 8 ай бұрын

I remember that!!!! I was at the show and for some stupid reason sat in the front row, to his immediate left when he was at the piano and thinking to myself "please don't draw attention to myself!" LOL. That's hilarious! I remember him calling you guys out!!!

@JamesEvans97 8 ай бұрын

@@russperry4461 that's awesome! 😆 Thanks for the reply!

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 4 ай бұрын

Better than being the target of a "Bumbershoot." If you are ever a Bumbershoot target, you might want to get out of the way, unless a Bumbershoot is an Inanimate Object, then, you just do whatever you want. See, if i care.

@mezziestarr 8 ай бұрын

I love the guy in the audience shouting, "You go, girl"! 😂

@gregbaker9857 Ай бұрын

Ya, he's the real talent! He began his career years ago on the PGA TOUR, he's the "Get in the hole!" guy after every live shot.

@ocan1033 Ай бұрын

@@gregbaker9857 At least he's got range.

@13blackcatzzz 9 ай бұрын

The ubiquitous 90's paper cup on the piano!!!! Oh the feels

@sailorjupoak 9 ай бұрын

Would love Zach to do another comedy special. Purple Onion is so good!

@dogchaser520 8 ай бұрын

Legendary and often imitated

@TimothyATaylor 9 ай бұрын

Zach is a comic genius. I wish he was still doing stand-up.

@WellActualllyyy 8 ай бұрын

he does like 5-10 minute sets randomly in LA once in a blue moon

@paulkangas515 8 ай бұрын

@@WellActualllyyy Would love to see one! He's such a great comedian.

@BrigCommander 8 ай бұрын

he only does sit-down now

@timvanboening9432 8 ай бұрын

I loved his comedy, and he had a talk show for a month, and my friends and I went to the premiere episode because we loved his comedy and Foo Fighters were the musical guest. When Foo Fighters we’re coming on, he went up into the audience and sat next to me and we chatted briefly. He was so friendly and was genuinely excited to watch Foo Fighters do their thing.

@strats991 3 ай бұрын

I was part of one of Zach's improvised bits. At a comedy club for the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, I booked tickets early to see him perform but this being so many years before the Hangover movies, he was not well known and his unusual long name was unfortunately not doing him any favors. The club was half empty, organized with a bunch of little tables and chairs scattered throughout. Almost everyone sat as far to the back as they could but I wanted to be upfront to see him work his magic. He occasionally adopts an straight faced angry persona and after a while, came down from the set to rant about how there are too few people there. He blurts out something like "There are so many empty CHAIRS!" and kicks one across the club. Then, he basically beelines toward me while purposely ignoring me, as if I didn't exist and pushed his belly into my face. He's standing his belly in my face and I'm sitting there with my face implanted firmly into his belly but staying perfectly still. So we're *2* people ignoring the presence of the other and the crowd is laughing hysterically by this point. He does 2-3 jokes and eventually leaves to go back onstage. The crowd gave a huge ovation for that bit. My claim to fame was that I had Zach's belly in my face while he delivered a few jokes, while helping him get some laughs for an on-the-spot bit. :)

@kevinfager. 9 ай бұрын

Purple Onion is how I discovered him. I thought it was one of the most interesting hilarious sets I’d ever seen. Might still be. Love that dude. I hope he’s over his Odoul’s addiction.

@lb2696 8 ай бұрын

A friend showed me Purple Onion after I was complaining that most stand up comics feel like they are just following a template for how to be a comic. How they hold the mic, how they stand and walk, how they tell jokes. And I said I wanted to see someone do something different, and he said, hold on, you gotta see this. I absolutely loved it.

@ModernDayRenaissanceMan 2 ай бұрын

I KNEW THE TONY DANZA JOKE AS SOON AS HE SAID IT LMAO 🤣

@mightysprocket 8 ай бұрын

This guy is super funny, can't wait to see what he does next!

@kchull9793 4 ай бұрын

The hangover part 34

@Adrian-vd6ji 4 ай бұрын

yeah because this set sucked bad

@DarthSmirnoff 9 ай бұрын

I can't be the only person who sees the Letterman KZfaq put up a video of someone and immediately Google them to make sure they're alive.

@ObamaFromKenya 9 ай бұрын

@DarthSmirnoff same, Darth, same

@jstlouis1315 9 ай бұрын

You're talking about Janeane Garofalo, right?

@freedompanda9438 8 ай бұрын

Snarky millenial comment. Stupid.

@seanodeli7031 8 ай бұрын

No I google to find nude pics. Jeanne is gorgeous

@cynthiarowley719 8 ай бұрын

You might be. These aren't that old. Maybe the Ed Sullivan Show.

@darthsirrius 9 ай бұрын

I still remember his one special where he called himself "Zatch Gaspafinaski," & that's his name in my now head forever lol.

@csweet207 8 ай бұрын

This crowd was a little TOO jazzed to hear about Zach taking a leak on Tony Danza’s walk of fame star BEFORE hearing the punchline.

@zcat1006 8 ай бұрын

He reminds me of comics from the 70's, as far as his creative (almost dated style delivery) material, but with just enough contemporary spin to be currently relevant. Bravo!

@AR-ed3xw 9 ай бұрын

That would be my luck, finally make it to Letterman, and Dave's not there!

@JammastaJ23 9 ай бұрын

That kind of praise from janeane is awesome wow

@TRJ2241987 9 ай бұрын

His 1st Comedy Central Presents special originally aired a few days after 9/11 too

@helgedell 9 ай бұрын

During Earth Hour. (Norm Macdonald reference)

@angelicacollins7357 2 ай бұрын

@@helgedelldamn dirty hippies

@fudgesauce 8 ай бұрын

The video description says it aired in 2000. Even without that info, I think the pattern on the solo cup already narrowed down the date to 1994-2003.

@jun6174 8 ай бұрын

Janeane is so beautiful and funny. I've had a crush on her since The Ben Stiller Show on Fox.

@rexrexford Ай бұрын

take a look at her now

@Andrew-Antioch-Kim 9 ай бұрын

Without the beard, Zach G looks like a handsome movie star!

@iamthebroker 8 ай бұрын

And minus the Additional 30 kegs.

@quakerninja 8 ай бұрын

In the 1986 film The Mission staring Robert De Niro, Italian composer Ennio Morricone has a beautiful song called Gabriel's Oboe, and in this song right there in the orchestra with everyone else is a well dressed man in a tuxedo who's job it is to play the bongo. I always like to think that if I could read his mind he would be saying. "and they all laughed at me when I took bongo at Juilliard."

@TheFPSChannel 9 ай бұрын

I wanna see more/all of Janeane Garofalo’s hosting gig. Had no idea this had happened. Love her so much!

@LordMarlle 9 ай бұрын

Looked her up. She's born in 1964. She clearly doesn't age. At all

@piccolotakesall 9 ай бұрын

Agreed!!! Please post the bits with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross!!! 🙏🙏🙏

@tomservo3001 9 ай бұрын

This is when David had surgery and had guest hosts?

@SaintMartins 8 ай бұрын

She hosted only once. Every night had a different celebrity guest host until Dave recovered from his surgery. Not sure if she hosted anywhere else.

@piccolotakesall 8 ай бұрын

@@SaintMartins even so, we wanna see the entire episode!

@JDL0427 9 ай бұрын

He crushed it and Janine was so happy about it.

@aaronbrewer1742 9 ай бұрын

Why is Janine itching all over???

@Passaf1st 8 ай бұрын

Janine wasss thiiiiiiirrrsstaaaayyy! 😂

@laartwork 4 ай бұрын

@Passaf1st yes the playing with her hair

@agentsmith110111 4 ай бұрын

@@aaronbrewer1742she’s chasing the dragon.

@aaronbrewer1742 4 ай бұрын

@@agentsmith110111 there was a 🐲 dragon there? Do you like dragons?

@ruyijingubang582 8 ай бұрын

dude in the audience that yelled "you go, girl" passed the vibe check before they were even a thing

@CalvinHikes 8 ай бұрын

Her voice is so soothing

@wuffalo 9 ай бұрын

5:38 "YOU GO GIRL!"

@kmlgraph 8 ай бұрын

You know you have a drinking problem when the bartender knows your name... and you’ve never been to that bar before, LOL!

@docteroperation 8 ай бұрын

The pancake mix joke was definitely real

@erickjason9092 8 ай бұрын

Word up!

@cluelessbeats 9 ай бұрын

This kid is going places

@ryanramel604 9 ай бұрын

I doubt it. 15 minutes and he’ll be gone forever

@Rob_Kates 9 ай бұрын

He was fantastic in the show Baskets.

@fezzik7619 8 ай бұрын

There it is. Someone always goes for this easy joke on old videos of people before they become really famous. It’s not original and it’s only funny to the simple-minded.

@cluelessbeats 8 ай бұрын

@@fezzik7619 Here's another classic for you: You must be fun at parties

@fezzik7619 8 ай бұрын

@@cluelessbeats truly awesome one. I’ll alert the media. Maybe even the White House. You’ll be famous!

@djesno 8 ай бұрын

one of my all time favorite performances

@therollband1290 8 ай бұрын

I ran into Garofalo once in the west village. She was walking her dog. Very down to earth and social. She was talking to people on the street. Very cool

@Pilltechre 4 ай бұрын

@circusbrains They were polite and friendly, talked about ordinary things that regular folk could relate to. I think that's what down to earth means

@captainobvious9188 8 ай бұрын

I remember seeing this live(?) on broadcast TV. I can’t believe how much time has gone by.

@prajnachan333 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant Zack- one of the funniest people ever. Its impossible not to laugh, almost hysterically! He hasn't done this bit while playing piano in awhile, it's soothing and hilarious at the same time. The music is a great counterpoint to the humor. 😂 🎹 Thanks for the Zack laughs, we need it desperately these days. 🕉 Failure and onions- I think we can all relate. 🎉 ✌️ ☮️ 🕊

@bluebear1985 9 ай бұрын

Looks like this was from the time when Dave was having quintuple bypass surgery, as shown by Janeane Garofalo guest-hosting in this clip. Some of the other guest-hosts included Paul Shaffer, Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford, Charles Grodin, Drew Barrymore, Tom Snyder (the original host of The Late Late Show), and Tom Arnold.

@michaelparks6120 9 ай бұрын

And each one died under mysterious circumstances.

@luisvillar8320 8 ай бұрын

This is like Steven Wright set to soft piano music. Brillianly funny.

@BKandtheUnderstanding 9 ай бұрын

I remember this! So great!

@jeremymcinturff985 9 ай бұрын

If you have never seen his special Live at the Purple Onion, do it now. You're welcome.

@dustyoldhat 9 ай бұрын

Hasn't everyone seen that? Like 15 years ago?

@196cupcake 9 ай бұрын

I was too young to see this live, I missed so much.

@pho3nix- 8 ай бұрын

Early 2000s < 3

@bruth6138 8 ай бұрын

This is wild. I remember seeing this back in the day and never realized this was Zach.

@ob15027 6 ай бұрын

So nice to see him before the Hollywood fame! Really enjoyed the performance on piano!

@hulkhatepunybanner 8 ай бұрын

*Yeah. Can they put the camera back on Janeane Garofalo?*

@miked6288 8 ай бұрын

I made my television debut on the David Letterman show and all I got was Jeanine Garofalo.

@philwillett9102 8 ай бұрын

You Go Girl!

@AyaBlue22 8 ай бұрын

5:38 - (from someone in the audience) "You go, girl!"

@babur320 8 ай бұрын

They both look so young. 23 years ago!

@s.marquettegivens7095 8 ай бұрын

You Rock Zach!

@SpiritOfTheWest1 8 ай бұрын

Good god this is hilarious, Zach is the undercover king

@spookyrob3367 9 ай бұрын

He's in an excellent film called "Below" from 2002. It's here on KZfaq.

@highpoweredsupernova 8 ай бұрын

Live at the Purple Onion was the first thing I ever watched on the Netflix app when it started in 07 !

@marvinvideosgeniales8526 8 ай бұрын

I think it's the first thing they produced with their money, the first netflix special ❤

@KTravRuNEr 2 ай бұрын

2000?! Wow. Zach is my fav❤

@fredirecko 8 ай бұрын

And that was the last time the word “wussy” was used on national television…..thanks Zac

@zoozercattacrezooz4646 8 ай бұрын

Ah the old "only play the black keys" trick

@ImAFatNerd90 9 ай бұрын

I met him once at a baseball game. He was really nice.

@luns486 9 ай бұрын

I used to live on the same island as him, met him several times. He had a very good reputation on the island.

@michaelparks6120 9 ай бұрын

@@luns486your name isn't "Gilligan", is it? 😉

@luns486 9 ай бұрын

@@michaelparks6120 hahaha, nope. I did have another neighbour called Gillian though 😉

@michaelparks6120 9 ай бұрын

@@luns486 i have heard he is a really down to earth and very nice guy....he seems like he would be.

@michaelparks6120 9 ай бұрын

@@luns486 I would simply love to live on an island. I really love the ocean...as a kid we rented a house in Stone Harbor, NJ each summer...I had a blast! 😃

@kinsmed 9 ай бұрын

Zach is legendary in everything. But we don't see enough Janeane either.

@spinripper 9 ай бұрын

NAKED!

@gravypatron 8 ай бұрын

We've seen more than enough.

@jun6174 8 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself. We all want more.

@masarothgames 9 ай бұрын

Anytime this channel posts something about a celebrity I gotta Google and make sure they arent dead..

@danielvalleduarte 8 ай бұрын

Bumbershoot was amazing to grow up with

@sickpuppets 17 күн бұрын

Its crazy how slept on he is. Im guilty myself. I only knew him from ferns and hangover til today.

@tinatieden3598 9 ай бұрын

i'm Crying... Since he said "Please don't laugh"

@T.C.216 8 ай бұрын

Zach is the best!!!!

@caiusjulius9836 8 ай бұрын

Damn that's talent.

@midoctor 9 ай бұрын

Keep 'em coming fresh & still alive!

@ronmexico1392 8 ай бұрын

I don't know chit, but he has that natural funny where you just laugh and feel it inside

@chasepalagi7675 2 ай бұрын

Bo Burnham got an idea from Zach and Zach got an idea from Mitch Hedburg. I see all three in one.

@frankmorris7751 8 ай бұрын

A scarf and corduroy while refusing to fully zip up your pants while you psuedo grab yourself Yep, 90s humor 😂 The beginning of the end

@shardanette1 8 ай бұрын

Good stuff. Felt like hearing new Steven Wright material.

@somejackball 9 ай бұрын

funny stuff, and thank goodness he's alive!

@Orangeflava 8 ай бұрын

Janine Garafalo is such a cutie here.

@Lucilleplur 8 ай бұрын

He’s like Mitch hedgeberg on piano :)

@blamtasticful 8 ай бұрын

That print on the paper cup tells me all I need to know about how old this video is.

@EshockT 8 ай бұрын

We saw home feature for Janeane at Caroline’s in NYC. He killed but we didn’t figure he would act as much as he has.

@michaelparks6120 9 ай бұрын

Zach is 53 years old and very much alive.....you ghouls !!!! Lol

@robinblackmoor8732 8 ай бұрын

So who died Danza or Garofalo?

@Intentspunk19 8 ай бұрын

Is anyone really alive?

@michaelparks6120 8 ай бұрын

@@Intentspunk19 well, I put all these letters in order, not some ghost! 😆.....so, I am alive.

@samnewton9568 9 ай бұрын

5:38 - audience members yells "you go, girl!".

@Tezcati 8 ай бұрын

Having been an audience member at the Letterman show once, it strikes me as funny how silent the crowd got when he yelled. There was a cringe probably because the crowd handlers are always watching you. They told me to quiet down when I made a hooting sound instead of a regular cheer.

@andypike1234 8 ай бұрын

It took 9 more years till he blew up with the Hangover

@debraduquette9205 8 ай бұрын

Never saw this. He was so cute. haha Funny set.

@BaldrAesir 8 ай бұрын

That cup ❤

@bcaprari 2 ай бұрын

He had so much potential. Could you imagine where he'd be now if he got Kangaroo Jack?

@bungle3912 9 ай бұрын

Such a funny comedian:

@BudoReflex 8 ай бұрын

What a genius.

@WhippedCreamHead 8 ай бұрын

This is from 2000, it also says that in the video and the description

@TheHorrorFactory 8 ай бұрын

He looks so young!

@AmoredTM 8 ай бұрын

When his sister called, I expected something like "Who's this? Your sister. Which one?"

@reysepul9538 15 күн бұрын

Told.u we took over letterman ahahhahahh lmao 😂😂😂😂.good job team

@MountainHawkPYL 9 ай бұрын

2:12 I saw that one coming a mile away. He'd better use that line for that set-up.

@curtislindsey1736 9 ай бұрын

Janeane seems to have a crush!😅

@DanielLopez-mo9hz 4 ай бұрын

Now I want a hug from 2000s Janeane Garolfalo....

@stevejones371 8 ай бұрын

This is the longest late night set ever.

@stebolavirus 9 ай бұрын

failure and onions = funyuns

@aaronshields8135 8 ай бұрын

mitch hedberg vibes on this set, elevated

@pavelkish7142 4 ай бұрын

I LOVE THIS GUY LOL!!

@chrisyates4563 8 ай бұрын

steven wright with piano. obviously genius

@elizabethlarson9655 9 ай бұрын

This is hilarious!

@zombweed4821 9 ай бұрын

Galafarosky just straight up murdering.

@6lu5ky86 8 ай бұрын

He's so cute!

@bluebear1985 9 ай бұрын

We'll be right back with Old '97s.

@Justusson 8 ай бұрын

This guy is actually broadly talented. I’ve only seen him in the drunken comedies. This shows him off in a much broader way,.. 👍

@16-biTbasketball 3 ай бұрын

Should I ...should I do it ?! ..

@DannyMarschall 9 ай бұрын

Two lovely Greeks ☺️

@rossmacintosh5652 8 ай бұрын

Little known fact: Zach was actually 7-year-old Baron Trump's nanny. He was fired by The Donald when Zach & Melania started getting far too "chummy" for The Donald's liking.