danny elfman interview on later with greg kinnear (1994) 

Why am I obsessed with this band and this man. I'm not even looking this stuff up anymore the algorithm just keeps fueling my addiction lmao

Danny has a way of behaving that’s just so silly, I can’t really pinpoint it. But he’s so goofy and I love him for that

Elfman carried this interview so well. Charming, chill, funny, interesting.

lolll Dannys' smile.. poor guy keeps getting interrupted 😭

Danny's smile at the end sucked the soul out of Greg's body.

this interview is a riot. Danny elfman trumps greg so effortlessly in charisma and character. Truly a class act

Nothing like that Danny grin!❤

how is he a real person??? how is he so amazing???

i like older interviews more than new ones, i feel like the hosts have more personality in them. maybe not, maybe its just the quality of the video and audio of older interviews that makes me like them more. who knows, but its always a treat to see mr elfman on the screen lol

STILL and always WILL be my favorite film composer.

I couldn’t imagine Batman or pee wee without Danny’s music

I love that he demolishes him in two words at 6:53 ;)

The bullshit I sit through for the Elfman. ❤

Still better than Jimmy Fallon's forced laughter

Kinnear has ambition, but he’s drab n contrived. Elfman is so sexy in that he owns himself and his world and doesn’t bend to anyone!

I love this man

I compose for smaller theater companies, and I can so relate to the directors who don't know music! They're always impressed, I'll have far more creative freedom to support the play emotionally, and I know I'm not gonna be micro-managed. I know it's gonna be awful when on our first meeting the director hands me a stack of CD's (in the old days) or a song list and says, "Something in this vein, be original, but something with this feel." They always have different ideas than I do about what gives the music the feel it has, and they act like I don't get it when they don't like my prelim demos. What they want is the music they handed me, not an original score. There have been a couple directors who really knew their stuff though. They held me to their directions pretty strictly, but they explained why, and they taught me a great deal about scoring that I didn't already know. I don't know whether they could teach anything to a guy like Danny Elfman (I think they'd be foolish to try), but for a guy like me, I'm much better for it, and I'll work with those directors anytime!

Great upload, thanks for this time capsule. I had no idea Kinnear had a show at some point...

If I could only be half as cool as Danny

Oingo boingo is very cool

No one live forever ❤

0h Danny Elfman your such a musical genius 😘🤗😍😍😍 🔥🔥

Kinnear is useless but Danny is fascinating! Thanks for uploading!

Danny looks PISSED @ 5:17

i saw traffic in 94 opening for the dead at giant stadium.

Ugh, this interview was so bad. I remember waiting up late to see it, and then he just barely lets him talk, and does stupid shit like the bingo bango bongo naming nonsense. I twas obvious Danny was irritated too.

I'm still curious if Danny was ever against the idea of being a composer, or if he wished, in any sense, that he could've done something else. I'm glad he seems to enjoy music creation, but just a thought. Also interesting they played Gratitude before the break. Could've imagined they'd do something more, I don't know, "popular"?

I feel like I should remember Greg Kinnear having his own show?

boy harsher got me here

Why is Danny literally so fuckin hot 🥵

I've listened to the entire 1989 Batman soundtrack album...so no worries Danny. There aren't any sound effects there!

"When you don't own anything, they can't take anything away." Can you see it?

5:09

Oof, this was kind of painful to watch. Such an awkward handling by Greg Kinnear, it almost felt like they were at odds with each other. It didn't seem like Danny wanted to be there.

This man's a genius.

Was Greg Kinnear meant to be a Letterman parody? Serious question

WAF killing it

boo yah. i remember this on tv, and NOT getting to see them in anaheim on the farewell 95 shows i was 12 though, and my parents didn't share my obsession.

was greg using letterman's hair stylist??

Id rather watch this instead of Jimmy Fallon's fake ass laughter.

Danny Elfman was kinda mean in this interview. Like yeah Greg Kinnear wasn’t doing the greatest job but Danny made it kinda hard on him

Interesting stage configuration

I didn’t know he had a show, but he delivers like a game show host. The set is fraught out of Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?

This interviewer is cringe as hell. Kinnear is trying to be David Letterman but is failing miserably.

isn't this the guy from as good as it gets. why is a serious actor hosting a talk show

4:26

wow greg kinesr was terrible at this, good clip to dhow why this show was cancelled,

I get the feeling Greg is not great at ad-lib. This makes me as uncomfortable as a Dick Cavett interview. Cavett couldn't stop interuppting himself and the guests, but at least he was coming from a position of knowledge. Kinnear comes across as slow and somewhat clueless.

! Best

11:34

Kinnear is acting like a fake talk show host in a bad movie

Greg Kinnear had a talk show?!

Danny looks stoned as hell

i wish kim vicky vale would stop screaming in batman

The only song I really adore is the one used at the very beginning of “Back to School”. It is instrumental. If he had listened to the part of heaven a little more, he would have put out more lovely and wonderful music such as this piece. But, he is into the dark side. Very creepy. To waste a great talent on bring out darkness is just a big downer.

I have felt like this man is a sick phuc in someway. weird aggressive streaks and self-obsession. - talking about danny elfman.

Greg Kinnear sucked.. he was way too smarmy and it came off as conceited and insincere toward the guests.

All respect to Danny Elfman and Oingo Bongo.. But his 90's stints were pure garbage.