"World's Largest Vase" Collection on Letterman, Spring 1983 + May 1984
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- By request of the vase owner's grandson.
1. May 10, 1983. Dave calls Dr. Harold Nichols, who owns the world's largest vase, in Ames. Iowa.
2. May 30, 1983. Dr. Harold Nichols guests on the show, and with him his vase, which is displayed in the studio for the week.
3. May 31, 1983. The vase on display, Day 2, with Bob Rooney.
4. June 1, 1983. Questions arise whether the vase is truly the world's largest, so Dave takes corrective action. With VIPs and a Chris Elliott sighting.
5. June 2, 1983. A Cold Open; then Dave reads children's letters to the vase; and finally, a fitting sendoff.
6. May 7, 1984. Coda: Dave asks F. Lee Bailey if a lawsuit is warranted on the vase's Canadian challenge.
Who else is here because of Seth Meyers? 😂
That was a great interview. I've never seen too much of that period of Letterman and I'm loving it so far. I really see a lot Conan's inspiration here.
It’s especially funny because Seth specifically said he saw this bit on CZcams, but to my understanding, nothing to do with the Worlds Largest Vase is even on the official Letterman channel yet, so he almost HAD to have seen it on the great Don Giller’s channel
Edit: bit*
Here bc of Seth Myers. Love the history of Late Night: Dave, Conan, Fallon, Seth. There's a special place in heaven for Don Giller.
For those who don't know there were many people considered for Dave's successor. Too name a few, Jon Stewart, Dana Carvey & Garry Shandling (Dana & Garry turned it down. Dana-didn't want to do 5 nights a week. Shandling wanted to go with new a idea of a mockumentary late night talk show he was developing on HBO, The Larry Sanders Show). Lorne pushed for a really funny guy in the office who wanted to perform, Conan O'Brien, (Who? Conan the Barbarian?) and Thank God! Even tho it was a bumpy first couple years, Conan revolutionized the 12:30 slot. Again. God bless Andy Richter.
Who is Seth Meyers?
"7 feet. That's really bigger than it ought to be, isn't it?" Completely brilliant. Genius.
The whole interview is gold, but this line had me in tears.
@@marcx77 Exquisitely delivered by Dave. It's almost poetry, in that I UNDERSTAND why it's funny, but I would have trouble articulating/explaining why it's funny. Those early years with Merrill Markoe as head writer were brilliant.
This is where my sense of humor comes from. I'm so glad I went to high school during Letterman's finest hours.
It’s actually a beautiful vase.
I loved when the little girl snapped into the pose. Classic letterman sketch.
Letterman discussed the Worlds Largest Vase thing last night on Seth Meyers. hahaha I was only 10, and I still remember hearing the childrens letters to the worlds largest vase.
Way to bring down the mood bringing up an anti good talk show host.
@@DiggitySlice aww man
@@DiggitySlice Letterman was on the show bud
Thanks, Don! When the 6-yr-old put her hand on the vase, I howled with laughter.
I have always loved Dave! I've watch him do it all. This "World's largest vase" thing is very enjoyable! Just great!
OMG.
Carl Reiner is the king of comedy.
Seeing Carl come in, just to sit on Dave’s head..... is everything.
My favorite cameo was Tony Randall, stuffed in a locker....broadcast gold...
The radio transmitter tower is actually recreating the feud between the Chrysler building and the Empire State building. Both were built at the same time and the Chrysler building turned out to be a little bit taller. So the Empire State building added a radio tower at the last minute, thereby making it the tallest.
Back when people knew and made jokes about history lol
Funny, I was a hardcore Letterman fan in high school when this was on but somehow I missed it. The security guard standing stoically in front of it is priceless.
Strangely interesting and entertaining. That’s how good he was.
Haha! The coach is fully color coordinated!😊
Just when I thought "A Really Different World" was the silliest damn thing I ever saw...
My work for tonight is done here. :)
so many layers to this bit... especially for the time period.
And now we are going to call someone who claims his vase is bigger than yours......
You got to love this guy 😂
this was amazing11
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I miss the 80s. So chill.
Dr. Nichols at the time this site as the head wrestling coach at Iowa State.
I want a replica of the world's largest vase except bigger than it. 🤔
😆😂🤣 Thanks goes out to Seth and Dave. 🤣😂😆
We need a talk show like this thats so random and crazy. A mixture of Early letterman and. Conan.
Extremely entertaining, though it’s just a vase.
"Would I take a bullet for the World's Largest Vase?"
I miss watching David Letterman when I was a teenager. He made you feel cool. Kids today have seen it all. When Letterman came out, no one had a talk show like his. Watching Letterman was like listening to REM. #brilliant
Beautifully said.
Dave was the anti-Carson. Where Carson's show was a bit stuffy and high-brow, Dave's show was like something you'd see on public access tv on cable. It had such a low budget feel and made the audience feel like they were part of the show as Dave broke down the fourth wall regularly. Dave has been copied to the point that young people today don't get it, but at the time, nothing like this had ever been on TV before. It was funny in part because you couldn't believe this was on national television.
I used to stay up and pull the TV right next to the couch so I could watch without my parents knowing I was up lol Miss those days, well some of them, family life wasn't too fun but Letterman and then later Conan helped shape my sense of humor
Two seemingly antithetical concepts collide, wholesome and silly.
15:13 That 6 year old girl is now 45 years old.
OMG........!
And the original 6 year old girl is now 80 years old.
No wonder Carl Reiner is still going strong at 96 if he could do that at 60.
Get ready for this video to explode in views. :-)
anyone know where the vase is now? would pay to see it
Kept waiting for Chris Elliott to knock it over. Oh, well.
I was waiting for the guy under the stairs to marry it
That would be too hack for the show as it was at the time!
Good God who wrote this? It's genius! Like Doug Kenney level genius. The world's largest vase admonishing humanity? Holy shit. And the best part? The audience silent WTF was that?!?!?!
pretty sure that guard is a bus driver in another skit. with larry bud handing out warm towels.
Different people.
I think CanadaMan could have underestimated the circumference of his vase. It is difficult to guess at the circumference of an object.
Also Dave should have added a weight criteria
carl reiner, who died last year
Ask the guy how much volume the vase contains. That is how to determine which is bigger.
F. Lee Bailey would sue you for plagiarism for that suggestion.
was that chris elliot as the voice of the world's largest vase?
It wasn’t. I’ll try to find out who it was.
@@dongiller Pretty sure it was Jim Downey.
@@gentlemanscholar2314 You’re probably right, since it’s his piece. Just didn’t sound like him, but it makes sense.
@@dongiller it sure sounds like Chris Elliot to me
@@awylatt I believe that Chris would tell you it’s not him. I’ll go with Jim Downey. It’s his idea from the start.
a friend of mine has a Chinese vase twice the size of this one.
A native of Cresco, Iowa which is also significant in Letterman history...www.iowawrestlinghalloffame.com/inductees/harold-nichols.html
To be a real useable vase it needs flowers .... at least 15 feet high .... just saying ...
Gee, was that nice to devalue it in front of the world? As a surprise?
An epic journey involving one big ass vase.
BTW did you know that if you type in certain celebrities names and Letterman...CZcamss algorithm is configured so that you automatically go to Stephen Colbert? Thats got to be the most obvious 'hard sell' Ive ever seen. Feel like Im at a restaurant asking for Dom Perignon and they keep sending ginger ale knowing its a big lie but don't care cause they've bought a warehouse full of ginger ale.i
CZcams's algo is not "configured" like that. Just imagine what would mean to "configure" rules such as that you just proposed!
@@DavideBoschetto super easy: IF INPUT “Letterman” THEN RETURN “Colbert” …my TI-82 graphing calculator could do it.
@@RagenRibbonz if your TI82 is capable of doing it, it does not mean that youtube does it :D AI does not work that way