John Waters on Letterman, Part 3 of 3: 1987-1992 

I love how John Waters' suits all get snappier over time. Watched all the Letterman interviews, from '82 to current. If only Divine could have lived to enjoy his stardom, and be that mega star he always wanted to be. Divine was actually a real sweetheart of a person. I know John misses him a lot.

Waters so owns himself and his taste, what an amazingly confident person.

The friend he was visiting in prison was former Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, serving a life sentence (with possibility of parole) at the California Institution for Women in Chino CA for her involvement in the 1969 Tate LaBianca murders. She was not involved in the murders at Sharon Tate’s home but participated in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following night.

A national treasure Early on here...his defense of murder "Everybody has a bad night!" That's something Hitchcock could've said

aw i love how he defended traci lords and said her story wasn’t funny, he’s great

Love seeing their friendship evolve

I loved "Hairspray" when it first released. It was absolutely awesome and the movie theater was sold out.

from the first video to here we watch the guy liking john more and more

John Waters is a national treasure! I thank God, this original crackpot, is ours!

THANK YOU for putting these together!

"Car accidents... are the best place to pick up people." I really thought he was going somewhere else with that.

I'm having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that I just heard Paul and the band play Thelonious Monk.

Thanks so much for all these clips. John Waters is a legend. Too bad he seems to have retired as a filmmaker. He alway seems to be a genuinely nice guy.

"That's Sonic Youth! I love them. That's great." :)

John Waters is so wonderful.

I love John Waters. The real deal.

Thanks again!

I think the touching the mustache thing comes up in a recent interview Joe Bob Briggs had with him on Shudder. He mentions how Letterman would never touch it.

John is very charming!!

"That hasn't been in a Sam Shepard play" That line is so fucking funmy.

I'm guessing the new project that hadn't been cast yet which he couldn't mention was "Serial Mom".

I think that he was talking about Leslie Van Houton

I NEVER SAW HAIRSPRAY ORIGINALLY BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AFTER READING ABOUT IT I HAD TO SEE IT I WAS NOT DISSAPOINTED I WAS LAUGHING SOOOOOOOOOOOO HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“...and boys that just stood on the corner and spit all day.” 😂😂😂

He must have been referring to Leslie Van Houten (... "Everybody has a bad night!").

25:34. Holy cow. Foreshadowing "Serial Mom" with Patty Hearst, white shoes after labor day, and John Wayne Gacey's girlfriend.

More than a traffic violation! Miss you Dave, John Waters is authentically awesome, as always.

OMG...Cry Baby...Hail Mary Full of Grace!...great movie

Also: calling his rejected sequel an "abortion" 😅

Dave likes John as a guest♥️

John is 73 now. Hard to believe.

November 10, 1987 0:10 February 24, 1988 6:57 December 16, 1988 19:42 April 6, 1990 35:02 (Sonic Youth had been on promoting Dirty

Thanks D.G..really interesting!

John was visiting Leslie Van Houten in prison in California they were good friends. ☝✌

of course i came here for Mr Waters , but i totally wouldn't mind seeing my all time fav Sonic Youth performing either - they _are_ NY's soundtrack

“Every one has a bad night.” ... even mass murderers can be nice when they feel like it.

At 2:50 ... friend in jail for life ... I'm pretty sure he's talking about the Van Houten girl she was one of Manson's girls .

The Don Knotts Story, i know what i wanna see now.

"That was a rush"

Looks like Steve Buscemi and Don Knotts had a love child.

How 'bout that band

He never promoted lust in the dust

Jon has made lotts fine movies. I wish he would come out with a couple more movies. But if he doesn't feel it, Jon won't do it cuz he is a true artist of filth. I would love to go to a movie and vomit again. Just like in the olden of Midnight Movies.😵😰😰🤑😵😰🤑😵😰🤑😵😰🤑😵😰🤑😵😰🤑😰😵🤑😰😵🤑😵🤑😰😰😵🤑😰😵😰🤑😰🤑😵😱🤑😰😵

I miss Divine!

the band did not play an intro

Funny!

I get the feeling Letterman didn't like John waters.

I think the friend in prison was leslie van houten

Tracy lord almost screwed the adult business up.