Trivia! Writer Jim Downey, who appears in this clip, also played the principal in that oft-shared scene in "Billy Madison" where he says "Everyone is now dumber..."
Dave's repeated joke about starting the show back in the late 50s is so weird now that 39 years have passed since 1983 and only about 25 had passed from the late 50s to 1983. The late 50s was CENTURIES before 1983, but 1983 is just a few hours from 2022. Am I wrong?
Jim Downey falls in the catagory of too funny.
They may have started this show in the late 50s but they really hit their stride on this day exactly right here
These earlier episodes were the best!
I love Paul's Jack Benny take.
Head writer Jim Downey wearing "kick me" t-shirt. He also wrote for SNL for 30 years, off and in.
One of the founding writers of SNL
Billy Madison principal.
Trivia! Writer Jim Downey, who appears in this clip, also played the principal in that oft-shared scene in "Billy Madison" where he says "Everyone is now dumber..."
jim downey was hilarious in this.....i am surprised they didn't use him more often
@@zxccxz164 I believe he was mainly a writer on the show.
he could say that tonight now couldn't he ?
GOLD !!!
Dave's repeated joke about starting the show back in the late 50s is so weird now that 39 years have passed since 1983 and only about 25 had passed from the late 50s to 1983. The late 50s was CENTURIES before 1983, but 1983 is just a few hours from 2022. Am I wrong?
Not so wrong.
Yeah I know what you mean. And saying the late 50s in 1983 would be like saying the late 90s today which seems like not that long ago!
Paul was perfect.
the original way of being "on line"
Whoa! This may be my earliest LNwDL memory: I def recall Paul's Diana Ross impression and the viewer mail with Letterman-cleaning-studio pretape...
Young Dave, Downey, Paul and old ass me. I do still look hella young though.
Young Jim Downey looks like Jim Florentine
See, he's spray painting those green pants with red paint because that's what you do with a stolen car which means *those were the stolen pants*!!!
BINGO ! 😠
He’s also from my hometown of Joliet, IL!
The writer of Letter #1 wrote a blog post about it. He did, in fact, become a minor celebrity in his school.
jimcofer.com/2015/05/21/god-bless-dave/
Thanks for this! I just sent the link to his twitter thing.
I was 5 *days* old on that day ☺️
How interesting! My wife was only 8 days old on that day!
and Paul had to spend the rest of the night in that room didn't he ? serves him right !!