When John McEnroe Met David Bowie | Letterman 

@@Hugatree1 I just googled it. Thanks

I was legit sick for a week and watched the show everyday. I had the Measles And the Chicken Pox when I was a kid. That doesn't sound right...

I watched it too, and enjoyed the smart, irreverent, goofy humor, which was a new angle on comedy at that time. Although I liked his nighttime show (except maybe the last couple years), I still enjoyed the daytime show best, because he seemed to play a lot "looser" then.

Absolutely, his reading of a match as it unfolds is second to none.

Agreed. McEnroe never planned on having a career after tennis in broadcasting. Watch his fascinating interview with Graham Bensinger

I like to think of McEnroe as the John Madden of tennis. But while the great John Madden brought color and excitement to the broadcast, McEnroe brings even more. He tells us how players think, how situations change during a match, and other insights that make the competition more interesting. And he does it all with humility and zero ego. It's a refreshing new side of him that we didn't see when he was playing.

Don't remember saying that 🤔😂

Too many people got offended by John, there was so much humour in his work that they missed.

Reminded me a bit of the famous quote from Gary Player the golfer who said, ....."The harder I practise, the luckier I get." .....

Swiped from Lee Trevino wasn't it?

@@mnd1955 lee does have a real gift of gab

I'm stealing that one for myself.

And John retorted with the same sentiment so quickly and so naturally too...

yes. a great moment

the agassi interview is good too.

Dave didn't wanna find out if John could still turn into a banshee over an officially wrong comment.

Is he?

@@ronbuil6923 I can see making the argument for that statement. McEnroe never did any other type of physical training, all he did was play tennis. And becoming one of the best in the world at it would demonstrate a natural ability.

@@marcd1981 I think it was mostly the eye/hand coordination - amazingly quick and agile.

Ummm, for your statement to be true do you have to combine both of your descriptions of him? Because otherwise he is neither.

No your Not........!!

I’m a big fan of both, and I knew that Mr Jones wasn’t gonna be there. I’m very familiar with that story, I read it in John’s book and I’ve heard it in other interviews

Yep. It was all of ten seconds, in spite of it being the title of the video.

His last comment is a testament to that. He admires McEnroe.

Wanna know something, I was gonna write almost exactly what you wrote, Thanks! 😆

Mac draws attention out of everyone he talks to.

I completely agree❣️👍🏼

When Letterman had his heart procrdure Johnny Mac hosted the show.

True. So many amazing grand slam matches in that era.

To, Two, Too. So close, a 1 in 3 chance.

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH ?!? What are you talking about? There are no errors in his comment.

Something about McEnroe's life really touched Letterman. He really must have loved those Borg McEnroe matches. Great movie about Borg and McEnroe was released, recently. Who knew they were similar at one time?

That’s a New Yorker

So obviously rehearsed.

@@gardenwarrior77 John said "The older I get, the better I used to be", then he said, "unlike Dave", meaning Dave was getting better as he got older. Went over Dave's and the audience's heads.

that's because they respect each other :) ... I can see a huge respect coming from john towards dave. otherwise ... :D

Greatest in his era.

Dave was passionate about this one. He normally sleepwalks through his movie and TV celeb interviews.

Gotta admit - this was a great interview and McEnroe was a great guest. Both of these guys are witty as heck.

He did take a set against the machine that was Sampras back then. Sampras control of his serve games was bananas.

I remember that match!

@@maddymud yes

"(too small to be really good)" With all due respect, how do you explain Diego Schwartzman?

@@georgegoulet5545 Or Michael Chang

Back when tennis was awesome.

why do you have to say you're English, what was your point/purpose?

@@mickydee7502 Being English, any sporting hero of mine would normally be English or represent England. As Mac is American, i thought i'd point that out, i hope that clears it up?

@@MillwallOlly RACIST!!

@@MillwallOlly There's something nefarious behind that 🤔 😁 Today's players would have difficulties with wooden racquets. I miss those days where you attack the net

Aren’t all the top helliweird entertainment, industry created multimillionaire sellout deceiver, male tennis players, gender inverted biological females, masquerading as males, and Vice Versa regarding the top female tennis players allegedly?

I seriously think something happened around the turn of the century. I don't know if it was September 11th or what, but that was when Dave started tanking.He'd joke about how he wasn't really trying anymore, but I think it was really true, once he figured out CBS wasn't ever going to fire him, he stopped trying. And I really think the main reason he stayed on the air as long as he did was because he wanted to beat Johnny's record.

Indeed, Mac’s narration is sooooo funny! Totally recommended.

He destroyed my game as well trying to play like him. No one could imitate his style of play...

I tried serving like him in a hard practice session and wrecked my back!

ATQJ!

The sport gave into the equipment manufacturers. That was one of THE BIGGEST mistakes the professional sport of tennis made.

@@AvengerII Agreed. Today's players would have troubles with the wooden racquets.

@@charlesray9674 I've used them and the wooden rackets ARE more uncomfortable but they also force you TO STRATEGIZE and PRIORITIZE shots. Tennis is too much of a power game now for both the Men's and Women's sides. It's boring to watch matches that are decided mostly on power serves and swings. It would be a completely different game like it was in the 1970s and early 1980s if they brought back wooden rackets. They're TOO DUMB to do this because people are addicted to power rackets. To be honest, I was never that good a player but I noticed I had an easier time controlling the ball with thinner rackets and smaller faces. Baseball did the right thing for its sport by standardizing bats and balls.

@@AvengerII And that's why there's so many "power" servers with poor ground stokes 😔

He knew what he was talking about back then... Look what happened -- the advancement in raquet technology finally killed the serve-and-volley style.

Very strange

What channel?

He is not gay but it is good to see he appeals to gay men like you.

It's good to get the view of a gay man.

I honestly gave my story about meeting John McEnroe. I am not gay.

@@michaelkeith2116 I did not say you were. If you are, that's not a problem.

Agree. they brought fun and the public to doubles.

I know. I used to so look forward to late night TV. It would be funny and you'd see some cool acts. Now I don't even get broadcast television. I specifically DON'T want to watch his show, or what's left of it...

A 'woke' way? What is that

@@theballlightningvideos I could be wrong, but it could possibly mean he just loves them, but not due to any ethnic, biological, racial, ideological or sexual disctions that they may have as sentient beings. Very much a classic interpretation of the word love, you know like how words used to just mean what they meant back in the day, before all these fruitcake yank academics drove the younger generations completely insane with all the absolute bleeding nonsense they filled their heads with.

Should read “little old man” not littletons