Joaquin Phoenix's Infamous Appearance With Dave | Letterman 

😂😂😂😂😂

Damn. . .

That’s so funny because it’s true!😂

Fact

I know I was just going to say that. He loves that look now.

On the money

Im glad Im not the only only who sees it.

could this have been his preparing for that?

this needs way more likes

Wanna hear another joke David?

That’s why he’s infinitely better than Fallon and kimmel

Cbd no thc flow weak hate to be cheap n eat 8 4 a keepsake myteeh ache

Ironically it was Phoenix who was trolling Letterman

Realize it's Andy Kaufman

@@Garrett1240who?

Fr I was gettin worried😂

I was thinking the same thing

Joaquin is even sitting in the same posture that he has in the Joker talk show scene; right leg over the left leg. I bet there's side by side comparisons of that on RU-vid 😂

😂

I was just about to comment the same exact thing. When watching this clip I kept flashing to Joaquin as the Joker talking with Murray😂👍

Letterman later confirmed it was indeed planned and he was made aware of how it would go.

@@philpalmer4877 where can this be seen?

​@@philpalmer4877 I read he didn't know until the end of the interview when they went to commercial and Joaquin leaned in to tell him. They even address it the next time he's on the show.

​@@EleazarGrayif you watch his next appearance on the show they confirm that Letterman in fact did NOT know it was an act.

It was featured in phoenix’s mocumentary ‘I’m still here’ where he come up with a plan to convince the media that he lost his mind

No, naturally Dave is not funny. I didn’t laugh.

@@photofinish8607 I was referring to that hairy fellow, not Dave. It would have been really hard to stay in that character, not laughing at oneself

Brilliant actor. As good as Heath.

Lol he almost lost it at the Unabomber joke

@@scottbradford4130 yeah man, love it!

Dave’s birthday Drew Barrymore 🤫

​@Man of Tomorrow It was but the interview was real. Casey used the footage in the movie.

Lettermans? This sentence is a masterpiece of poor grammar and punctuation.

​@@MrRogers1219 You know, when World War Three begins, we're all going to come back here and thank you for your grammatical prowess.

@@upturnedblousecollar5811I'll be here waiting...

uh good cover story

And David was hysterical too

David Letterman is a genius.

My god! He’s out of his head. And good for him

How was he mocking Hollywood, I don’t get it.

That was a part of it. He’s making it realistic. If he has a complete straight face 100%, it would be unbelievable

@@ceeaitch11so you think it was a fake laugh?

He actually did, I believe he said it in a podcast no? But even then, he played it really well

He said on Howerd Stern he knew ahead of time

@@stemdogwhich contradicts what he said in 2010 on Joaquin’s return appearance when he denied any involvement.

@@stellarwind1946 He was not involved, he just knew

Dave is a disgusting person

All the talk shows are rehearsed

Na

Hop off his meat

You know maybe he just lied about faking it?

No! the most "Sensational acting" is having most of this RU-vid comment section believe this was "acting" and praising a guy who was completely mentally unstable and depressed at the time... It's amazing how all the 🐑 line up to commend this "Sensational actor" for this "brilliant performance" he put on and put him up on a pedestal. Nothing brilliant about a socially awkward and depressed stage of your life. Hollywood breaks a lot of people! it's tough living under the spotlight and celebrities become addicts, mentally unwell, & filled with anxiety and depression. I'm sure most of the GOONS in this comment section would covet Britney Spears for being a "sensational genius" if she told everyone that shaving her head, bashing out windows of cars, and being completely mentally unstable for over a decade was "just an act..." you're an actor or celeb and you do something embarrassing- Hey! just call it an act... 90% of this comment section is the reason an artist can smear a bunch of paint on a canvas in under 60 Seconds and they'll react as if it's "an ingenious masterpiece depicting over 10,000 different feelings and emotions in life.." Again the industry is tough, living under a spotlight in LA will break you down really quickly...

Why would he fake that? He did try rap music at that time and failed.

this is real he doesnt want to be there. the show is trivial and hes probably high on some sh** and paranoid thats why hes wearing the glasses.

I don't think it seems very plausible, you can even see both of them making pauses for greater comedic effect when the audience is laughing, specially early on in the video. I am of course no expert on mental health, but in some parts of the video I don't think this really looks like a guy who doesn't want to be there. It looks like a guy who wants other people to laugh at him looking awkward. A person who just wants that interview to be over as soon as possible would just look disinterested or maybe insincerely engaged, rather than a sudden let-me-go-put-on-my-Robinson-Crusoe-beard hermit

you see him at 1:16 straining to hold back a grin, then he cracks at the unibomber joke.

@@goatcheese4me nice catch!

He breaks multiple times but you can see him quickly look down and reign himself in

@@cxoolio *rein

Dude read the comments, people are still falling for it.

Its dumb and edgy and disingenuous and you people eat it up

Dave was actually hilarious too

He totally stole this of kaufman

@@adamcunningham2511it’s hardly stealing anything lol. It’s just method acting

Most people are pretty thick and easily fooled so you're not alone.

he's an idiot.

Hmm..Thats a lot. You know he's quite literally staying in role for the ''biographical'' satire movie he was about to release?? About his forthcoming ''rap career''???

Gwyneth. You almost had it

@@davimelo9181 ☝🤓

Alot of times they talk about the bit or what questions they'll ask beforehand, the host and the guest

Andy Kaufman already did it.

@@johngalush8790 Man, his name went through my mind as I was checking for replies. You nailed it.

Thanks for explaining to the 0% who didn't know that

Its been done before. Look up Andy Kaufman. Total legend in this genre. The guy lived this way and went way out of bounds with the gig, well beyond just quitting acting. Joaquin got the idea from Andy, no doubt.

Just like like when Ronald Reagan pretended to be a real politician and ACTUALLY GOT ELECTED. Lol! Several times! Many in Hollywood would kill for a role that lasts 16 years.

Brilliant line from Dave

I agree but Dave was prepped for this by Phoenix that he was playing a daft character. They both were playing YOU. And here you are years later making this comment. I guess it worked. Congrats to Dave and Phoenix. YOUR comment is proof positive.

@@TheAgentAssassin I bet you thought you were so clever when you wrote this comment. It was actually revealed that Dave did NOT know what was going on. Watch Joaquin’s next appearance on the show where he apologises for playing him for a fool.

Dave was on fire that night and lit Joaquin up one right after another. "When you take time off, and it seems you're taking a bit of time off tonight. . ." PFFFT! busted me up.

Dave was a true Master of Improv !!!###

Hell yeah! This was very Andy Kaufman-esque!

Sticks his gum under Daves desk, great improv

Andy Kauffman was way better at this stuff though. Phoenix seems more awkward than funny.

That's called method acting. There's a TON of people that don't need to do that and they're better actors.

@@rexleeh shut up dude

@@rexleehit’s not that deep bro

​@@andrewsuplicki1236For these mentally ill actors it is

It just shows JP is trillion times better as an actor compared to Ben Stiller.

so was that movie casey directed a fiction mocumentary??

​@@alexgrime1880 yeah basically

​@@drsoe08 Ben Stiller was actually funny in his earlier movies

@@drsoe08 lol it’s just jokes, why are you taking things so personally on behalf of some celebrity?

He literally said on Stern that he was in on it lol

He literally was in on it.

@@siftwram Phoenix has repeatedly denied that Letterman was directly involved, but has also insinuated that Dave always knows what’s going on behind the scenes and was likely tipped off by his producers beforehand.

dave didn't have tremendous comedic skills so much as a wheelhouse. it was right in dave's wheelhouse.

@@jameshudson169 He certainly had experience with strange guests before. I remember when Nastassija Kinski was on in the '80s.

Andy Kaufman was still the best

i concur

How's the dog?

why does he speak like the joker?

That's a great story, thanks for sharing!

I think he's got to be a method actor.

Well, this doesn't show it but when this was originally broadcast he broke character at the end of it and stood up and removed his glasses, and thanked David for playing along with it. The Director that was filming this bit for the movie wasn't happy with him (Ben Affleck).

conan and lettermen are the mvps of our generation! they both are worldwide treasures. ❤

charles grodin

His back must have hurt afterwards.

yeah, he was put in a terrible situation as a host here.

truth!

*FART*

@@DodongoManoof lmfaooo

This is called foreshadowing

It's a great laugh.

Such a naturally quick-witted and funny bloke.

A couple times. Dave surprised him. He passed them off well as a nervous reaction, but I believe it was acting because of the timing of the smiles.

...but it isn't.

There was nothing unintended about it. Just good acting.

That's infected

“I think you’ve taken some time off tonight “🤣🤣🤣

And he said it after he cleared his throat and then said it ever so politely ..

I don’t get it. 🫤

I guess he could have booked Phoenix or Farrah Fawcett that night but chose Phoenix

Nah Dave's just a moron.

Letterman is dead Derek (Insert JP face here)

@@Prakashed uhhm, no he ain’t. Where did you get that idea?

yeah but what you don't get is that this isn't really an act ... it's an awesome display of how Letterman made the best of it, but this should be put in a time capsule on the precursors of when mankind changed on how artists were perceived. Interviews, public persona, and now IG and online social presence are the primary job. Being an actual artist now is obviously now a far distant secondary ... this interview will be even more relevant in a few years when everything really is just completely fake and all real artists are all just forgotten homeless people.

hahaha

It looked like for a second Joaquin may have thought Dave blew his cover with that remark.

It was real

Can you tell me what’s going on? He’s just acting normal? So he’s not acting which is an act itself?

@@sethbriars2042 well, for one he’s not giving Letterman anything to work with and doing his best to hide any reactions.

Sameeee!!! 🤣

He was doing a bit, so is it actually brave of him to ask why the audience was laughing at him?

They’re laughing because they are nervous. They’re not sure what to make of what’s happening.

Awkward breeds uncomfortable laughter. Always has.

the joker

I literally felt the same exact way.

7:38 the tell

Was Dave in on it?

@@artimp152 Nooooo way, absolutely not!

David Letterman is a tool & I mean that in the most literal sense. He's a "used platform", a "puppet with a stage" that's utilized in stuff ppl don't want to hear about.

@@8LUNACHICK8 so you dislike Dave a little bit?

“Parenthood” back in 1989-1990 was the first time I saw Joaquin. Just a kid back then, but with undeniable talent. Unbelievable cast btw, especially for a comedy.

Dave insulted him right off the bat, and the ran with it when he said he was uncomfortable

I'm going to destroy him

@Fresh handle interviewing someone dealing with a dissociative disorder? He handled this entirely wrong, if you felt comfortable watching this you're gutless cause it was excruciating to watch

Actors like Dave will take any position as long as they are in control of it. That's the secret behind shows like his

@@soiledsensei Where did you get your diploma, Dr Whorton? Joaquin is _acting._

It was all just a hype job for a movie. What a bore.

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Im English, I’ve never even heard of Letterman, that’s why I didn’t know he was acting!

And he wouldn't care less what everyone else think ... seemed like he's in the world of his own existence... .in his own mind