Yes, you always have to close with a Thank You. Another reason to like that guy, other than for his making ice cream cake an easy option for any celebration in the NE U.S. or Florida!
When I arrived in NYC from Europe in 1983 a year after this recording I did see the Carvel shops but did not know the history. Finally in 2024 I learned about its story. This episode of Letterman is very entertaining. I got to be in the audience in 1986 one time. Epic.
I love this. What a guy. His legacy lives on in the BEST ice cream EVER! I have great chilhood memories of going to one of the Carvel ice cream shops with my dad in North Miami. Sooooo good.
I tried to tell these two schnooks from NY that this was funny and of course only Letterman and SNL too thought this schlockly a old fella was off his rocker especially on WOR tv...any rate have fun Red😂 laughs on me😂
He was the Walt Disney of Ice Cream and cakes…..🍰 🍦…..he was a sweet as his products! Thank you Don! Once again, for your uploads….your the closest thing to a time machine! 🫡🫵🏻🏆
I have never tried Carvel's. I want to have some so bad. Tom is a real character. Damn. Why am I finding this out decades after this show. I'm loving this so much.
I remember seeing the Carvel commercials as a kid in Toronto on Buffalo NY stations in the 80s. Never got a chance to visit a store though. This was wild.
I live in Ontario across the border from the New York State but I remember watching those carvel ice Cream commercials on WUTV Channel 29 when I was a kid...My mother always hated his voice ,but, I always thought he sounded like someone's nice old grandpa...
My mind has been blown twice. Fudgie the Whale and Santa cakes are/were the same shape, and how close were we to having McFudgie the whale at McDonald’s today.
Thank you for sharing your unbelievable collection with us. I was a Late Show fan most of my life, but was too young to have seen any Late Night. These are incredible. Thank you so much.
Tom Seemed like a genuinely, likeable guy! When I was in high school, the father of a classmate of mine owned a Carvel franchise. In conjunction with the school, they sponsored a blood drive; *GIVE A PINT, GET A PINT* ! Us,...."smart kids" would coincide our blood donation with either the period _just before lunch_ or..... _just after lunch_ or.....the _next to last period_ of the school day (note: they gave us a period to "recover" after our blood donation)! Ahhh,...the #goodoledays
Mr Carvel's lack of humor makes this hysterical. He is just the nicest guy rambling about the ins and outs of ice cream and it perfectly works with Dave's erudite early 80s humor.
In October 2009, Carvel's niece Pamela Carvel filed court papers to have Carvel's body exhumed and an autopsy performed, stating she suspected he was drugged or suffocated by employees whom Carvel suspected of embezzlement.[3] Her petition was denied, and she later became a fugitive from justice in a personal bankruptcy case. She had been vying for control of his $67-million estate. 😢
@@jesusisking3974 if what you’re saying is true, then somebody lied to me. So you know if he lived in Rye, NY (or Westchester county, NY) at any period of his life? I have a typo in my original post, but this girls last name was “Carvelas”.
I probably didn't have a chance to watch this when it originally aired because in Philadelphia our wonderful NBC station KYW TV3 decided that their Hawaii Five-0 reruns were probably a bigger draw than some new show by that quietly humorous guy Letterman had started. (Until they realized the show was becoming a hit.)
I wonder if Will Ferrell got any ideas for his Elf movie from Carvel? Tom Carvel sounds just like Papa elf, also Mr. Narwhal=Fudgie the whale= Santa. I need my aluminiun foil hat to solve this😄
I knew Carvel I was 7 yrs old when I met him.and yes he was a godfather .u figure it out.some people that teach game step on other people's toes,Godfather u bet
He was. He was Hiram’s most frequent sub. If interested, here’s a more complete history of the band - donzblog.home.blog/2022/04/17/the-musicians-on-late-night-with-david-letterman/
At the end of Act 1, before the commercial break, there was a videotaped segment where Dave asked folks on the street what they’d like to see on the show. Scripted, each person wanted to see something on woodworks. So throughout the show, before every break, there’d be a short woodworking project.
Funny thing, I could barely understand him on the opening theme blurb. As though he had a terrible media voice! I hope his commercials were better than that!
His voice was distinctive, and you immediately knew what he was selling. Bingo... An ad man's dream...as a kid growing up that's all you needed to know.
