In the 80s these Letterman/Waters interviews were must watch. Mr. Waters was so functional in mainstreaming this fascinating community on Letterman throughout the years. My folks were always MIA and I learned "tolerance," as stupid a term as that is, through interviews like this.
By this episode, Letterman had totally relaxed into the whole John Waters zeitgeist experience. It was good to see then, and now. Would love to see Letterman interview Waters on his Netflix series "My Next Guest..."
Dave seems to be really intrigued with a lot of counter-culture people through the years. This show was great because Dave is kinda wacky anyway. These appearances are brilliant.
I was at this show in 82’ and saw John waters and Quinton crisp plus a musician that I don’t remember. I was in the green room as there were no seats left in th audience. My collage roommate got me in as he worked for NBC. It was very cool!
14:25 It's practically palpable how the audience is opening up to Waters as a collective consciousness, compared to the previous Letterman appearances.
MattieCooper In the first clip Dave couldn’t “get” to John since John has a self depreciating demeanor anyway and as you watch part 2 & 3 you can tell Dave warms up to him throughput the years.
Holy frag, suddenly I remember having candy bullets when I was a kid. The shell was plastic and continued to smell of the candy for a couple weeks afterward. What a thing to be reminded of! Thanks Mr. Waters!
He did a funny little cameo in the 90s on Homicide Life on the Street, which was filmed in Baltimore. It had Mike Logan from Law & Order delivering him as an extradited prisoner who wanted to do his time in Balto rather than NYC
No, he loved strange guests. You have to understand he was on network tv, so he had to be the "moral center" to make certain things palatable to the audience back then through humor.
Thanks for the correction. Now I remember , I think Paul McCartney was on the earlier in the month and tickets became impossible to get. It was a comedian That was on.
Todd Haynes actually made that movie using Barbie dolls. He whittled the doll away to portray her anorexia and bulimia. He also directed Velvet Goldmine with Christian Bale.
Disco era walking tourists bounced between The Mission, Salvation Army and the Vineyard which had a large collection of used paisley polyester shirts... bottom 2 buttons for timeless style
Well I guess I’m wrong. There was a lot of buzz about it. For whatever reason McCartney was in town? Don’t know.also on that visit with my friend , He got me into a taping of Tony Randells show Here’s Sidney. Helen Hayes was on as a guest star. Tony Randell was very pleasant.
You know, the fact that he said, "This just shows how great America is" tells me about how our present state is so sad. Back in the day, when Mel Brooks released 'Blazing Saddles' : he said that this movie couldn't be made in America today. He was so right. This country of ours has fallen under a dark cloud. And this is a dangerous time. Characters, like Donald Trump (a wannabe dictator) don't care about this country, don't care about democracy, or put their own needs (pathological narcissistic need) before the good of this country, we are in trouble.
Iceberg lettuce is one of the only kinds of lettuce I like lol, although with Butter. I don't even like romaine. Aside from that tiny difference in opinion I really enjoy this guy.
Apparently Karen Carpenter is a singer who lost her life due to anorexia. John waters says since Divine lost some weight perhaps they would make a movie about Karen Carpenter, starring divine. They probably gasped because of the offensive nature of the joke.
