David Letterman in Las Vegas Rip Taylor May 1987 

R.I.P. Used to love when he said, "You ll get this joke when you go home..and laaaaugh!!!"

RIP Rip your comedic style will never be replaced... This type of comedy is dying slowly....

The way he's silly and seems pissed off at the same time is divine.

Rewatched Jackass, saw Rip Taylor, looked him up. So underrated!

The funniest sight gag comic ever to walk on stage..he always makes me laugh.

RIP Mr. Taylor! Thank you for being YOU. As a little kid who knew he was different, seeing you on TV helped me know that everything would be ok.

Saw him in Vegas.. he did an hour and a half like this.. killed the place... he sang funny, he just went on and on.. like two drink minimum was all it cost.. boy things have changed..

RIP, Rip Taylor. Thanks for the laughs and the confetti. 😔🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

Rip Taylor has died at the age of 84. 1935-2019

I watch this again and AGAIN....it KILLS me every time. God Bless YOU, Rip Taylor!!!

We use to watch this back in the good ole day's 1970 - 1980's So funny!!!!!!

Rip rip

Fabulous, funny, just what I need in quarantine !!!

I got to Bally's just as this show had finished taping and the crowd was coming out. People were still shedding confetti. In the 90s he got a regular gig at Debbie Reynolds' casino and I got to meet him and get an autograph. Genuinely hilarious guy. He'll be missed.

Cleaning crews gotta hate him

In loving memory of Rip Taylor, you taught the world how to throw a confetti.

So this is where carrot top got his act from.

He was so damn funny. R.I.P. You gave us so many wonderful memories.

ALWAYS LOVED Rip !! I am now 56 and remember him well ! ...that classic 90 sec. intro always throwing shit !! The $1.98 Beauty Show was classic too !!!

i howl when rip taylor comes on! i've loved that kind of comedy since i was a kid. carrot top, gallagher, etc, are offsprings of the "rip effect".

RIP, Rip Taylor. ♥️😢

one of my favorite rip videos. absolutely enamored with his stage presence.

R.I.P. Rip Taylor. VERY funny man, he'll be missed. There will NEVER be another like him again!! 😦😢

I worked with him in the lounges at Harrahs Lake Tahoe and Reno.....would get exhausted laughing .... very nice guy.. fun to talk to. Yep totally bald..didn’t wear the toupee backstage..

I love the bnd and Anton occasionally cutting him. Just great old-school Professional Showbizness Komedy.

RIP Rip Taylor....totally the best!!

Rest easy Rip

R.I.P.

RIP RIP TAYLOR

I've loved Rip Taylor for decades.

THIS MAN, it must be said, WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT for The Dollar-98 Beauty Show ! ... there was really ONLY ONE like him. Chuck Barris, in his heyday, was a bloody genius.

I LOVE YOU, RIP TAYLOR XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX !!!!!

RIP Rip.

@Featureman I can imagine. Comedy is a serious business, and Mr. Taylor is VERY good at it. Thank GOD for Rip Taylor. 8)

Love Rip Taylor Spirit his energy his Aura I love him

87 was a different time

I like to write jokes and one day I sent him three originals and he used them in his act! After that I had an email friend in Rippy (that is the name he signed off with) and we corresponded for some time. He always had time for me. I really wanted to go to Las Vegas to see him use my jokes and maybe even meet him! That would have been incredible. RIP my friend Rippy!

Happy 80th Birthday Rip Taylor.

Loved Palm Springs

I don't care how powerful your vacuum cleaner is, you will never get confetti of your rug. It will be there for years to come. And speaking of rugs?

R.I.P. Rip!

R.I.P., Rip Taylor.

I miss him.....nobody could make me laugh like Rip Taylor!!!

RIP

Carrot Top couldn't touch Rip Taylor. Rip was an original that will never be replaced. R.I.P. my friend....you sure in the Hell made me laugh!

R.I.P Rip

Rest in peace.

May he rest in peace....

RIP, funny man.

Rest in peace Rip Taylor 🙏😢

Gotta love that laugh at 4:09

He's so cool

RIP 1935-2019

Loved that guy!

Rip.

Rip was great! I miss the guy!

Use to remember his entrance “Happy days are here again”and corny jokes .

I love when Dave said "You're a very busy man. You spend all your time writing old material?"

Being the janitor that has to clean up all the confetti after the show would suck ass.

the original carrot top!

The Micheal Jackson "Head And Smolders" joke was a treasure

AWESOME. Thank you for uploading. "You think this coat's a little busy?"

I was hoping he'd have his walking stick with cans of cola taped to it. He said, when he did it someplace else, "Look. Coke-cane" lol.

Wow, I just got to Palm Springs.

RIP dear funny man.

Rip to a legend

RIP RIP. You funny, Funny man!

i'd like some confetti thrown at me

I made props for Rip Taylor in Las Vegas in the 1970s. He actually was serious in everyday life.

Absolutely Hilarious 👑💙🎤

He is amazingly flamboyant and his puns are really really bad.....I love him.

Him rooting through all stuff and saying "Look at this..." Oh that's great. Like he kinda forgot he had it under that sheet. Certainly he had the foresight to have RIP RIP engraved on his tombstone. I didn't realize how funny this guy was until I was older.

So bad and brilliant

Rip Taylor does the confetti gag...

I would get so excited when he was on hahahahaaaaaa!

Well I know now where Carrot Top got the idea for his show.

So this is where Carrot Top got his act.

sadly he is no longer with us 😧

I want to be the next RIP Taylor. I'll have to think of an original name. I'm thinking about Letter RIP.

The jokes about his mom so funny.

RIP Rip Taylor. Ironic, huh?

Wow he just died. RIP RIP. I was looking up info on him. He served in the Korean War. He was molested as a child. He was bisexual. I had no idea.. None of those facts I knew.

So ridiculous. Sometimes your mind just needs to let go. He was the man to make it happen.

He's so bad, he's great.

LOL!!! "Didn't you know it? The man is bald, Dave." Oh that's hilarious.

I'm gay, but even I kind of miss the days when gay was weird. All the gays want to be so normal and suburban nowadays.

that is where carrot top got his thing exactly

Before “Carrot top” there was.. Yellow gay dude

That was back when David Letterman had hair!

Was Rip Taylor the first prop comic?

Carrot Top copied Rip's act - Rip you brought so much fun and laughs - rest in peace ! ! ! !

cheech - maybe if you stop laughing he'd stop chong - im not laughing i'm crying "sobs" "sobs"

Now we know where carrot top got his act. Heellooo Friscooo

No holy mackerel? What the fuck?

KIng of timing...

Rip carrot top

@lvgordo holy crap your right!! nice call.

Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, the ghosts of Abraham Lincoln, Isaac Newton and Rip Taylor come in and start wrecking the place. "Rip Taylor, you're not dead!" "Someone better check my apartment!"

"Lady, put your legs together...it's not a pretty sight"...rim shot!

; Hello! 'Frisco!