Late Night with David Letterman- December 8, 1987 (partial)

[Music] from new york where you're in the montage get out of there it's late night with david letterman tonight sportscaster marv albert comedian franklin agile filmmakers sam arcar and five-year-old motorist rocco moribito plus all shaffer and the world's most dangerous fans and nothing you're in the montage again what the hell is the matter with you [Music] letterman [Music] so thank you very [Applause] [Music] very much thank you folks welcome to the uh program and it's it's tuesday we just finished up kind of a long weekend and as i do from time to time i want to share you share with you my weekend activities i first of all i had a great time here's what i did i consolidated my tv my stereo and my vcr all onto the same shelf so that now legally i have a home entertainment center thank you very much legally now i have a home entertainment center am i repeating myself to you thank you very much well i guess you you can feel it it's uh it's a palpable excitement isn't it you can you can cut it with a knife it's this this summit meeting between uh gorbachev and and president reagan and the kind of an interesting sidebar and by the way this is the hand gesture for the term sidebar right there uh in washington today uh mr gorbachev and his lovely wife resa is it raisa paul god i believe so yeah thank you what did you say is it rice racer the san francisco treat thank you very much uh anyway they were uh they went to see a movie this afternoon they went to see fatal attraction and uh i thought that was kind of a neat thing to do but it turned out that the whole thing was a mistake they hadn't planned on going to see a movie at all they thought they were waiting in line for bacon but you know ladies and gentlemen [Music] i have a little something for you folks there you go hope you enjoy that i hope it's your size too by the way i think thanks for flying eastern well good night everybody uh have you seen uh i've been doing a lot of my christmas shopping so i came across a brute cologne they have a new advertising slogan uh to smell like a man it smells like a man brute brute it smells like a man but you know if that's really all you want to do what you don't need anything for that do you [Music] see because you could just just stand in here i smell like a man and so why would you want something to apply onto the legally it's a home entertainment center kevin let me see this card because i don't think people will believe me if i just read it off the card hand it to me thanks kevin now you hear me say it a million times that we have a great show but look look see tonight we do look at this is a solid show franklin agi right there and of course sam arkoff what does what does sam do you're saying well look right there these guest intro flash cards are a real boon to the talk show business aren't they uh also marv albert and uh this is very cute the kid five years old from uh here in the new york area just huh ryan new york yeah just up the road from us uh got in the family car and drove his sister downtown a couple of days ago rocco morbido is with us what a show folks here hello everyone it's nice to see you all today by uh something interesting is kind of happening over here i didn't really plan it that way but what's happening trying to put together my own sort of rock and roll museum because we have so many guests on the show and sometimes they leave things this is these are greg allman's plugs so that's my first addition to the uh we could auction those off for a pretty penny yeah probably want to boil them first but boil them and distill them and then kind of i dry them out and you never know paul how was how was your big benefit over the weekend did it turn out at the ritz for jimmy it was it couldn't have been better total sellout good uh every a studio musician in town was there to support their friend jimmy malen and uh we raised some money and uh yeah thanks for asking well good i'm glad this worked out well i had a great weekend uh myself as you know my my sisters were in town yes yeah when we spent uh five or six lovely days together and uh nice i haven't seen them in a long time and they went to see les mis les miserables oh yes with uh now the original guy who's the guy who was in the original cast huh yeah colin wilkinson combe wilkinson and he's left i understand and his place has been taken by one of the oak ridge boys but i understand it's still still a lovely show it's not true huh one of the oakridge voices i think so that's what my team is yeah that's right is it a part for a country in western i don't know but it's a show and they enjoyed it my sisters were here did i mention that yeah where are they from uh one's from indiana one's from florida the older ones from indiana the younger ones from florida lovely women lovely women we had a wonderful time together we spent some time together i of course had to sleep in the yard but we still what are we doing huh oh that's right we're tonight ladies and gentlemen in in the truest spirit of glasnost am i right paul we are going to place a call now to uh leningrad in the uh in russia and uh we're going to uh engage in a little uh dialogue with a average soviet citizen over there and we'll do that if the operator is right there oh okay so okay okay hello hello yes is is this the overseas operator okay hang right on i'll be right with you what's your name i'm operator 517. oh my god it's too late run for your lives so we need of course we need a translator because by the time we get connected to leningrad we'll have to talk to somebody there so tonight we've invited a young woman to be with us uh she is uh she was born in moscow she was actually raised in moscow born and raised in moscow as it turns out and now lives here in new york city as an interpreter well she doesn't really live here as an interpreter she lives here and works as an interpreter please welcome ina gorbatov how long have you lived in the united states thirteen years thirteen years and you came over uh you immigrated to this country is that correct and have you been back since never and you live in new york city i do and you're enjoying your life in this country i love it well congratulations for you now are you terribly excited about the mr gorbachev visiting oh yes i think it's a really important event now your name your last name is quite similar to his his is gorbachev here's his gorbatov yes is are these common names in russia oh yes they are quite common but i'm not related to mr gorman we didn't mean to suggest that you were uh so what we're going to do was since the uh the premier the number one guy is here in the united states that's all well and good but we thought what we'd like to do is invite an average soviet citizen to come as my guest to visit this country does that seem like a good idea to you i think it's exciting all right so this will be operator zero nine six five five one seven yeah hello here hello yes sir could i have your name please we have the number now we need the name hello one mom one moment this is like ordering a pizza this is not a long distance yes hello yes one moment sir who are you man hold on i'm the international operator oh you're the international operator well i think you're the one we need to talk to aren't you hold on man we're doing it we're doing a tv show here we have a translator and everything hello one moment yeah i'd like to leave a wake-up call for about six please do you very often uh call russia yourself not anymore but i used to is this standard procedure for placing a caller unfortunately yeah all right hello okay so far so we're unable to get lynda grant to answer sir just a moment okay what ma'am what is your name my operator's number is 1911. 1911. yeah you sound like a 1911. uh well it's an emergency that's all just short for emergency 9 11. okay 911. oh you're 911. hello ma'am hello is this really live is what really live are you really doing this on the live stream yes we are ma'am what what what exactly did you think was you never know about these things well what uh okay fine uh so we can place the call as quickly as possible then it's hard to get through okay one moment where are you right yes hello one moment yeah we pretty much have that part of the we need procedure number 542-9123 thank you do you think they'd let you pull a stunt like that in the soviet union no no okay now we're going to leningrad you ever been to leningrad many times it's a beautiful season what we're going to do when we get to leningrad we're going to talk to somebody at the uh leningrad hotel or hotel leningrad built in 1970. it has 15 stories 746 rooms uh 13 112 total beds there right explain the significance of that if you will lena oh i don't really remember this hotel because i am from moscow that has been many times leading right but i think that the board that you see symbolizes the fact that leningrad is situated on the undersea support and what c is that baltic the baltic sea did you know that paul it's on the baltic sea not interesting leningrad yeah lemongrass they have sauna and weight facilities at the uh hotel leningrad they have banquet facilities hello he said there's no answer the operator grass said the hotel's not entering ah no no no no no they must they must what are they they're all down in the sauna and weight room i guess right uh now now tell them that we know that it's a hotel what time is it there in the leningrad now do you have any idea i think it's about seven or eight hours difference seven or eight hours difference right now it is 1 45 wednesday morning there you go yeah well they wouldn't have closed the hotel can you try it again operator okay thank you what is your name this is operator 1911 in pittsburgh pennsylvania god 1911 in pittsburgh okay or the international office yeah i knew in 1911 in philadelphia yeah what's the weather what's the weather there like in pittsburgh well today's been a beautiful day the weather's on the mild side sunny temperatures in the mid-50s today all right i'll tell you what why don't you just as a practice translate that what did she say what did you say again uh 1911 the temperature in pittsburgh was in the mid-50s can i talk can i talk to the russian operator okay she won't um she won't answer right now can you hold on just a moment another operator will relieve me okay because i'm going home david have a nice evening now you got you're going in the middle of this gig you can't give me like five more minutes you gotta blow now i have another colleague that's gonna assist you okay now who's that okay well goodbye have a safe trip tonight on television yeah okay okay bye-bye now what do we do we have to do a commercial all right okay so that we'll get this mess yeah hello is this 2-5-1 yes it is oh hi how are you listen we're trying to get a hold of the russian operator to call a leningrad okay can you do that for us all right we'll be right back [Music] batteries can lose their freshness waiting to be bought but only new duracell battery packs have a fresh mistake that guarantees they're fresh [Music] freshness dating from duracell how's it going mate the hard work makes you mighty thirsty the nipper smooth refreshing ah matilda by cooler hey fuzzball you missed a spot ah that's really something yeah did you bring the hedge clippers oh yeah matilda bay is a different kind of cooler from a different kind of place now made by our mates in the states it'll take your taste away from me every day danny devito i don't want to say on the phone all i can tell you is that i killed her last night and billy crystal one little murderer and i'm jack the ripper have a special holiday thought for you i kill your wife you kill my mama that's fair throw mama from the train this is cousin patty you don't have a husband you lied to me rated pg-13 starts friday december 11th at a theater near you the canoe message c come on over a alone n now o e etcetera oh canoe canoe the cologne by dana wear it she'll get the message [Music] the urban league helps make older people's lives worth living again please support us we can make a world of difference [Music] [Applause] hello hello yes who am i speaking to hell hello hello yes who is this this is two five one two five one again yes ma'am how are we doing on that call to leningrad okay well the first number there was no answer did you try the other number okay the second number she hung up so i'm trying again she hung up what did she say just before she hung up uh i've seen that show click are there are there television shows like this in the soviet union not exactly not exactly are there many funny shows in the soviet union yeah hello she keeps hanging up i'll try her again something about the tone of your voice i'm guessing [Music] uh could i speak to her yeah you can speak to this is the hotel leningrad eh hold on okay she's ringing she's ringing now so just get ready go ahead hello hello i'm dave letterman i'm in new york city you're on the air yeah [Music] if they would turn off that damn geiger counter they're still there they still are there okay we'll keep going she gets to call me dave i have to call her 251. yes whatever i don't know what she's doing she's clicking her telephone uh ask her to stop ask her to stop that annoying clicking no hello leningrad hello i think i think they're trying to get us off the line yeah like i know how would i know that yeah dave i don't think you're going to try your call okay i'll tell you what uh 251 here's what we were going to do we were going to invite this person to come to the united states we were going to pay for it uh but since we can't talk to her and you're the only other person on the phone right now i'm i'm going to give you this wonderful prize oh wow that translated [Applause] here we just wanted to get our money's worth out of the translator okay now now give me your first name or you don't get this lovely gift my first name yeah is shelly shelly good now listen shelly [Applause] 251. all right shelly now here's the deal we're going to fly you to new york city oh you are yes we are okay and then i'm going to pick you up at the airport when well we'll make the arrangements when we get off the phone when you get off the phone yeah after the show we'll talk to you about the arrangements and then you'll be staying at the berkshire place hotel in the heart of midtown manhattan it's not just a hotel it's manhattan's green and civilized oasis okay then we'll be having dinner at the cattlemen restaurant it's a bit of the old west in new york city and finally shelly it's a night on broadway oh wow yeah we're going to go see i'm not rappaport with the original cast okay dave judge hirsch and cleveon little wow really nice are you coming or not i'm coming all right we'll make all of the arrangements thank you so much for all your help you're welcome we'll be back here with rocco robico my grandfather had this big rumbly kind of voice he'd push his chair back from the table and say to my grandmother that my dear was a two-button christmas dinner he'd laugh and then he'd unbutton his vest two buttons then i got to climb up on his lap and i'd whisper in his ear i love you grandpa he always pretended to tickle his ear i wish they didn't live so far away this christmas you'll find many ways to say i love you grandpa at hallmark the place to go when you care enough to send the very best ritz bits crackers mini rinses unbelievable three sizes they're very very tiny buttery new ritz bits every bit as good as a rich unsafe behavior is unsafe behavior and unprotected sex is unprotected sex and they're risky both risk condoms are not 100 percent safe condoms can be most effective when they use correctly and there is a right way and a wrong way to using one if you don't know we find out how to use a condom the fact is we do have choices the final decision is up to the individual for answers to your questions about aids call 1-800-342 aids you've probably heard about osteoporosis how it causes bones to become weak and break easily as you get older especially if you're a woman and you may have heard about adding calcium to your diet but did you know research shows there are other ways you can keep your bones strong you can avoid smoking heavy drinking and get regular exercise if you're over 45 talk to your doctor about other things you can do get the facts about osteoporosis in this free booklet from the arthritis foundation and call your local office today [Music] so um yeah thank you they they were going to light the christmas tree outside the building tonight but we've just been informed that they'll do it tomorrow night tomorrow night a few days ago our first guest decided he wanted to go to the beach so he put his baby sister in the back seat of the family station wagon backed the car out of the driveway and hit the road folks please say hello to rocco morbito hi rocco how are you have a seat nice to have you here rocco you look great you look good you feel all right you've had quite an experience haven't you have you uh was this friday morning this all happened when you took the car for a drive about friday morning had you had you ever driven a car before that time no no do you do you have a little toy car that you operate i'm a bigfoot a big a big i don't know what that is they're totally big foot okay um do you you must like automobiles pretty well do you find them fun do you find them fascinating and interesting yeah yeah so you just decided that you would drive right yeah [Laughter] you know there could be a place for you rocco at the phone company um now so you went out and you got into the car what kind of car is it rocco fashion wagon late model station wagon ford chevy buick something like that all right whatever what it's a station wagon so you got the keys now where did you get the keys rocco and my mommy's pocketbook on top of the refrigerator did you have to climb up on something to get those keys you were just able to get them now where was mom mom was asleep this was quite early in the morning wasn't it about seven o'clock in the morning yeah so you and your little sister you go out into the driveway you get into the car now did you know in your mind that you were going for a ride or were you just going to pretend you were going for a ride you were just going to pretend so you put the keys in the car and you started it up right now was that hard to do yeah could could you reach the pedals yeah how did you know which pedals to work because i saw a pedal then i pushed both panels and you figured out which one made the car go which one made the car stop right yeah so now you pulled out of the driveway now is your sister in the back at this point or did she come out later she was in the back so what where did you think you were going rocco my sister wanted to go to the beach [Applause] [Laughter] so i mom's asleep and you said i'll take you all right now do you from your house do you know rocco how to get to the beach yeah all right so so you pulled out you the car pulled out and you're are you in traffic were there other cars you were you were pretty much on your own then not not a lot of traffic yeah how how long did you go three miles three miles do you know how fast you were going pretty slowly yeah could you see over the steering wheel yeah yeah and then the policeman stopped you how did you know there was a policeman following you you saw the lights in the mirror now did you know immediately what to do when you saw the police yeah so what what did you do then i pulled over [Applause] you pulled over and and the policeman comes over to the side of the car what does he say to you did he ask to see your license was was he surprised to see a little boy driving the car no was he nice to you yeah yeah and and then he took you down to the police station and what did they say to you there poppy was there your father was there at that point your grandfather was there at that point and uh did they ask you where your mom was yes yeah uh did did they didn't arrest you did they no no and they treated you pretty well yeah yeah now what did you and your sister do when you were stopped by the police you were you surprised to see him [Applause] uh and and rocco have you learned anything from all of this yeah what did you learn [Music] well it's it's you learned that you probably should wait till you're a little older to drive again don't you think okay do you think you'd be doing this anymore okay well it was certainly nice to meet you and i'm glad everything worked out all right okay okay rocco nice to have you here [Music] have your contact lenses gotten so uncomfortable you feel like trashing them well don't give them a bath in op design weekly and they'll feel comfortable again op design from alcon we can help you love your lenses [Music] oh [Music] honey gram or crunchy nut from quaker [Music] if i were to describe the taste of dutch chocolate mint i'd say it was it's like mint chocolate chip ice cream melting in a coffee cup yeah it's an after dinner mint only hot go ahead girl i think it's like a candy cane dipped in bosco it's mint and chocolate like i've never had it dutch chocolate mint new from general foods international coffees it's like when you eat a mint and your boyfriend eats chocolate and you kiss the game is a question of scruples your friend set you up with a blind date he's not exactly what you had in mind do you go through with it depends on what whether or not he sees me first books aren't everything prove it you married him didn't she screw up it's a game and more love one another as i have loved you care for each other as i have cared for you bear one another's burdens share each other's joys love one another love one another and bring each other home come together as a family come together to your house of worship every week a message from religion in american life wednesday said elsewhere falls after a highway to heaven i'm in love with novino making head room for romance i'm a mess and an auschlander super surprise then it's a powerful new episode of bronx zoo well vacation's over we're back in the action now with a shattering mistake that leaves ed asner fighting for his life wednesday [Music] tomorrow on the program tom wolf will be here and also comedian rich hall that'll be tomorrow uh and in this uh half hour uh sam arkoff will be here and uh franklin and jai so that's coming right up whenever the new york knicks score a basket my next guest is there to tell you all about it which i guess means he pretty much has a part-time job please welcome the voice of the nixon rangers the pride of nbc sports mr sport himself marv albert mark how are things going very well incidentally rocco reminds me of some of the guests that we've had on the baseball pregame show well he's only five years old and all of this is very jarring to the little fella overwhelming and he's talking it up now in the green room oh he is ah um marv you got another batch i'm guessing uh the wild and the wacky oh lord uh so why don't we just get right this is the albert achieve oh the year-end well we're doubly proud 1987 a look back as prepared as always by our crack stab fallen i know i don't know well shut up achievement award the year-end albert achievement right now and we open up with a very well executed presentation by harry glickman the president of the portland trailblazers the all-time scoring record for the portland trailblazers was 9 700 9 000. well this past year had its share of wild basketball shots julius irving with the save and the fling and it goes in diminutive bullets rookie tyrone vogues firing from half court yes and there was high school player mark bailey of heath ohio with an extraordinary over the head heave at the buzzer to the sport of hockey anton stasny of quebec on a breakaway for the empty net of samuelson of hartford tries all he can to no avail [Laughter] jill bear delorme of detroit checked into the edmonton oiler bench and they refused to let him get out and how about jay miller of the boston bruins bit upset now watch this thing's just not working out well for jay moving on to baseball best attempts of 1987 one of the spectacular catchers of the year daryl boston of the white sox flying into the stands and makes the catch met outfielders mookie wilson and lynn dykstra on a collision course what you might call a heads-up play mookie able to hold on and how about this bunt by dan gladden of minnesota kevin seitzer of kansas city giving it a go attempts to blow the ball into foul territory nice try here is lloyd mosby of the blue jays with a steal of second now the throw goes into center field mosby thought it was a fly ball to center so it goes back to first now the throw to first goes wild so mosby heads back to second in effect he stole second base dave twice on the same play on two embarrassing moments watch luke pinella the yankees losing the argument and his gum how about this ground ball to joey cora of san diego plays it with a neat underhand toss not what he had in mind alan travel of detroit line drive toronto's jesse barfield with somewhat of a problem one of the peculiar moments of the year roger mcdowell of the mets upset over this play in disgust trying to pound the ball into his glove and nearly threw it away with runners on base and here's hugh brooks of my

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Keywords: LNDL, late night, talk, USSR, Soviet Union, 1980s, eighties, 80s, interview, classic, vintage, retro, nostalgia

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Length: 37min 50sec (2270 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 12 2020