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Zach Galifianakis Makes His Network Television Debut | Letterman

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Zach puts Tony Danza in his place. (From "Late Show" guest hosted by Janeane Garofalo, air date: 3/7/00) #zachgalifianakis #janeanearofalo #letterman Subscribe to Letterman: https://bit.ly/3GeOIAg Follow Letterman on Social: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidLetterman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letterman/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Letterman TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ letterman Welcome to the Letterman YouTube Channel, home to all your favorite clips from Late Night and Late Show - as well as conversations with the writers, producers and performers who helped make it all happen. The language may strike you as quaint & flowery, the clothing comically lacey & ornate — but that’s how things were back in this colorful and now bygone era.

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@WowJustWow379 months ago I went to that berkeley show and i was the only person who came from sf. He ended up giving me a ride home, and we listened to belle and sebastian the . ...Expand 46
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@joshuapowers46239 months ago Man, with everything this guy' s done i can' t believe he only made his network debut just 6 days ago. That' s so wild. 379
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@JamesEvans979 months ago We saw zach do basically this same bit at the bumbershoot festival in seattle around the same time. Unforgettable energy. We stayed in the venue and a . ...Expand 161
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@mezziestarr9 months ago I love the guy in the audience shouting, " you go, girl" 50
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@13blackcatzzz9 months ago The ubiquitous 90' s paper cup on the piano! Oh the feels. 12
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@sailorjupoak9 months ago Would love zach to do another comedy special. Purple onion is so good! 76
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@kevinfager.9 months ago Purple onion is how i discovered him. I thought it was one of the most interesting hilarious sets id ever seen. Might still be. Love that dude. I hope hes over his odouls addiction. 21
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@mightysprocket9 months ago This guy is super funny, can' t wait to see what he does next! 37
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@timvanboening94329 months ago I loved his comedy, and he had a talk show for a month, and my friends and i went to the premiere episode because we loved his comedy and foo fighters when foo fighters were coming on, he went up into the audience and sat next to me and we chatted briefly. He was so friendly and was genuinely excited to watch foo fighters do their thing. ...Expand 31
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@TimothyATaylor9 months ago Zach is a comic genius. I wish he was still doing stand-up. 84
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@ModernDayRenaissanceMan3 months ago I knew the tony danza joke as soon as he said it lmao. 1
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@darthsirrius9 months ago I still remember his one special where he called himself " zatch&that' s his name in my now head forever lol. 9
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@zcat10069 months ago He reminds me of comics from the 70' s, as far as his creative (almost dated style delivery) material, but with just enough contemporary spin to be currently relevant. Bravo! 19
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@prajnachan3338 months ago Brilliant zack- one of the funniest people ever. Its impossible not to laugh, almost hysterically!
he hasn' t done this bit while playing piano thanks for the zack laughs, we need it desperately these days.
failure and onions- i think we can all relate. ...Expand 4
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@DarthSmirnoff9 months ago I can' t be the only person who sees the letterman youtube put up a video of someone and immediately google them to make sure they' re alive. 100
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@strats9914 months ago I was part of one of zach' s improvised bits. At a comedy club for the just for laughs festival in montreal, i booked tickets early to see him perform he occasionally adopts an straight faced angry persona and after a while, came down from the set to rant about how there are too few people there. He blurts out something like " there are so many empty chairs! " and kicks one across the club. Then, he basically beelines toward me while purposely ignoring me, as if i didn' t exist and pushed his belly into my face. He' s standing his belly in my face and i' m sitting there with my face implanted firmly into his belly but staying perfectly still.
so we' re 2people ignoring the presence of the other and the crowd is laughing hysterically by this point. He does 2-3 jokes and eventually leaves to go back onstage. The crowd gave a huge ovation for that bit. My claim to fame was that i had zach' s belly in my face while he delivered a few jokes, while helping him get some laughs for an on-the-spot bit. ...Expand 3
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@Andrew-Antioch-Kim9 months ago Without the beard, zach g looks like a handsome movie star! 12
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@therollband12909 months ago I ran into garofalo once in the west village. She was walking her dog. Very down to earth and social. She was talking to people on the street. Very cool. 4
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@AR-ed3xw9 months ago That would be my luck, finally make it to letterman, and dave' s not there! 36
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@luisvillar83209 months ago This is like steven wright set to soft piano music. Brillianly funny. 3
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@JDL04279 months ago He crushed it and janine was so happy about it. 46
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@jun61749 months ago Janeane is so beautiful and funny. I' ve had a crush on her since the ben stiller show on fox. 9
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@captainobvious91889 months ago I remember seeing this live( on broadcast tv. I cant believe how much time has gone by. 2
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@kmlgraph8 months ago You know you have a drinking problem when the bartender knows your name. And youve never been to that bar before, lol! 2
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@quakerninja9 months ago In the 1986 film the mission staring robert de niro, italian composer ennio morricone has a beautiful song called gabriel' s oboe, and in this song . ...Expand 6
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@TheFPSChannel9 months ago I wanna see more/all of janeane garofalos hosting gig. Had no idea this had happened. Love her so much! 44
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@docteroperation9 months ago The pancake mix joke was definitely real. 9
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@djesno9 months ago One of my all time favorite performances. 3
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@ruyijingubang5829 months ago Dude in the audience that yelled " you go, girl" passed the vibe check before they were even a thing. 2
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@ob150276 months ago So nice to see him before the hollywood fame! Really enjoyed the performance on piano! 1
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@fudgesauce9 months ago The video description says it aired in 20. Even without that info, i think the pattern on the solo cup already narrowed down the date to 1994-2003. 7
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@AyaBlue229 months ago - (from someone in the audience) "You go, girl!" 1
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@csweet2079 months ago This crowd was a little too jazzed to hear about zach taking a leak on tony danzas walk of fame star before hearing the punchline. 5
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@196cupcake9 months ago I was too young to see this live, i missed so much. 4
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@bruth61389 months ago This is wild. I remember seeing this back in the day and never realized this was zach. 4
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@NewMessage9 months ago If he dies of anaphylaxis, my brain will break flipping from crying and laughing 14 times a second. 10
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@SpiritOfTheWest19 months ago Good god this is hilarious, zach is the undercover king. 5
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@danielvalleduarte9 months ago Bumbershoot was amazing to grow up with. 1
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@bluebear19859 months ago Looks like this was from the time when dave was having quintuple bypass surgery, as shown by janeane garofalo guest-hosting in this clip. Some of the other . ...Expand 8
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@samnewton95689 months ago - audience members yells "you go, girl!" 1
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@ImAFatNerd909 months ago I met him once at a baseball game. He was really nice. 27
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@DanielLopez-mo9hz5 months ago Now i want a hug from 20s janeane garolfalo.
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@somejackball9 months ago Funny stuff, and thank goodness he' s alive! 4
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@jeremymcinturff9859 months ago If you have never seen his special live at the purple onion, do it now. You' re welcome. 15
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@shardanette19 months ago Good stuff. Felt like hearing new steven wright material. 3
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@kinsmed9 months ago Zach is legendary in everything. But we don' t see enough janeane either. 29
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@babur3209 months ago They both look so young. 23 years ago! 1
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@tinatieden35989 months ago I' m crying. Since he said " please don' t laugh"
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@frankmorris77519 months ago A scarf and corduroy while refusing to fully zip up your pants while you psuedo grab yourself
yep, 90s humor
the beginning of the end. 2
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@highpoweredsupernova9 months ago Live at the purple onion was the first thing i ever watched on the netflix app when it started in 07!
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@ronmexico13929 months ago I don' t know chit, but he has that natural funny where you just laugh and feel it inside. 4
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@debraduquette92059 months ago Never saw this. He was so cute. Haha funny set. 1
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@chrisyates45639 months ago Steven wright with piano. Obviously genius.
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@fredirecko9 months ago And that was the last time the word wussy was used on nationalzac. 2
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@sean787459 months ago He should have brought the whos the boss callback for that ending joke it would have killed. 4
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@bcaprari3 months ago He had so much potential. Could you imagine where he' d be now if he got kangaroo jack?
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@blamtasticful9 months ago That print on the paper cup tells me all i need to know about how old this video is.
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@aaronshields81359 months ago Mitch hedberg vibes on this set, elevated. 1
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@midoctor9 months ago Keep ' em coming fresh & still alive! 2
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@miked62889 months ago I made my television debut on the david letterman show and all i got
was jeanine garofalo.
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@EshockT9 months ago We saw home feature for janeane at carolines in nyc. He killed but we didnt figure he would act as much as he has.
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@masarothgames9 months ago Anytime this channel posts something about a celebrity i gotta google and make sure they arent dead. 7
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@AmoredTM9 months ago When his sister called, i expected something likethis? Your sister. Which one? "
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@chasepalagi76753 months ago Bo burnham got an idea from zach and zach got an idea from mitch hedburg.
i see all three in one. 1
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@Justusson9 months ago This guy is actually broadly talented. Ive only seen him in the drunken comedies. This shows him off in a much broader way, 1
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@zoozercattacrezooz46469 months ago Ah the old " only play the black keys" trick. 2
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@bluebear19859 months ago We' ll be right back with old ' 97s.
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@MountainHawkPYL9 months ago I saw that one coming a mile away. He'd better use that line for that set-up.
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@jonnytheshark5 months ago Two people i really like. Janeane and zach. Janeane i so gorgeous and zach so hilarius. We could live as a familj, me and janeane and our boy zach. Maybe just a dream but sometimes dreams come true.
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@eliaustin37458 months ago I love that he does jokes about his name, even though he named himself that. This guy' s an all-time greatest of the great. 2
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@guitarcomet59 months ago I didnt know dave hired nonhumans to guest host for him.
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@joshuacraner10725 months ago First time i saw him was the movie out cold, must have been a few years after his debut.
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@BenjaminIMeszaros9 months ago Oh yes. The illustrious scarf piano phase.
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@spookyrob33679 months ago He' s in an excellent film calledfrom 2002. It' s here on youtube.