Crispin Glover on Letterman - 3rd Appearance (1990) - Good quality

Holywood really missed out not casting this guy as the Joker in a Batman movie.

Holy smokes Crispin Glover is brilliant. He tried to jump to the record promotion to avoid Dave's assumed "apology time." Then he lets Dave shut it down with a smart ass remark like "when you have your own show you can set the agenda." So the ball is back in Crispin's court and he hijacks the time segment drawing out a bogus story which forces Dave to essentially go back to Crispin's agenda. Dave got beat at his own game. Bravo, Crispin. Bravo.

My left ear loved this.

Holy shit... Crispin cut into Letterman's time he was going to use to talk about "the kick" with that irrelevant story that went nowhere, then Letterman decided to cut it by promoting his Album...which is what Crispin wanted in the first place to avoid talking about The Kick. FUCKING. BRILLIANT. He thought of that so swiftly!!

One thing I've noticed about Crispin is he's really good at not answering questions he doesn't want to answer.

Crispin Glover is one of the most under appreciated actors of our time.

Norm MacDonald said it best "Once you realize that the key to Late Night with Letterman is that you're the joke, you are on top. The audience is in on it, and Dave is in on it, so you need to get in on it too, or else it all makes no sense."

I love that Letterman just cuts him off in the middle of a story where he was setting up that his doppelganger was the one on the show lol

Haha my favorite part is the end when Crispin says "I'm glad to have you back" as if HE is the host. Goodness, he's good.

I love how much he highlights that Letterman is a jerk.

Crispin is a genius. He's one of the best actors of all time, yet he's been blackballed from Hollywood because he wouldn't let them screw him over; he sued them and won for using his likeness on Back to the Future.

There are actors with chiseled jaw lines, then there's Crispin Glover lol :D

That's three times Glover outsmarted Letterman. In a row.

He SOOO looks and acts like his dad, another great actor 👏👏👏👏

Missed this one... glad to finally see it...

I love Crispin, he's brilliant and hides behind the aloof character he presents. He's not the LEAST but impressed with being on Dave's stage - he cares more about how the audience perceives him, not Dave!! & Dave knows it. Each of his interviews the audience loved CG more than Dave

Remarkable that so few commenters grasp what is going on here. This is, ultimately, a collaboration. Nobody is trolling anybody. It's not exactly scripted, nor entirely planned. But Letterman knows roughly what he's going to get (and likewise knows exactly what is going on) and delivers his own schtick just so. I don't really like Letterman as a person, but he's playing a crucial and intentional role in making this encounter so joyous and fun. It's basically balanced beautifully between a battle of wits and a collaborative riff. Quite brilliant given how different their styles are.

This is what George McFly would look like on a talk show.

I love it when David’s like “I thought that was gonna be something weird but it wasn’t” and Cris is just laughing

"i thought it was going to be something stupid but it's not" LOL