I'm Strong ... I Can Kick
Thanks to Bubs over at Sprawling Ramshackle Compound, I got to once again experience this beautiful moment, something I haven’t seen since its original broadcast nearly twenty years ago.
“Late Night with David Letterman” (July 28, 1987)
My sister and I were watching Letterman together that night, and kept asking each other if it was real. And, yes, it was. Sublimely surreal.
Enjoy, kids.
Labels: Letterman
posted by Cup @ 3:33 PM
15 comments
15 Comments:
You'd look darling with that 'do, Ben.
I absolutely and completely remember watching that on its original broadcast. BIZARRE!!!
I had much the same reaction you described: could that have been real?!!
Almost certainly the most surreally uncomfortable interview in TV history...
I wish I were half as cool as Crispin Glover.
"my cat can eat a whole watermelon."
that's what comes to mind when i see crispin glover in platform shoes.
I remember it well. Is this a Blogger's Woodstock? I was there, I remember it, I had those boots.
Hey, all of a sudden I'm anonymous? Things are worse than I thought. It's me, the stupid Bee, Dale.
I saw this on the night. It remains the central image of Crispin Glover in my head.
HAAHNSTER: If I remember correctly, the next few nights Dave joked about having Crispin killed.
BUBS: Go see What Is It?; you'll never think that again, Ann Arbor folks be damned.
BRAT: As Shakespeare proved, a classic, poetic line never goes stale.
DALE: The Passion of the Bee is never stupid. But I like the idea of the blogger's Woodstock. Or maybe all of us were nerds and inside that summer night many years ago ...
LANDRU: Then don't go see What Is It?; that's an image you'll not want returning to the memory banks.
wow - i still have to wonder if he was being serious???
As serious as tripping on acid allows you to be.
I was watching that night. I was talking to someone and was only half-watching until I saw the uncomfortable look on Dave's face, right before they cut to a commercial. I wondered where Crispin had gone and heard the full story the next day.
To this day, my college friend Garrett and I have that as a running joke-- in the middle of a social situation, one of us will suddenly use that line ("I'm strong-- I can kick!") Usually, people start moving away from us.
Yeah, CG is a weirdo. "What Is It?" truly freaked me out, and I will never think the same way about that boy again.
Many have said my husband looks like CG. Lu will often quietly whisper when he is in the room "You're my density," and then giggle. Gratefully, he does not look like long-haired Crispin, nor does he act like trippin' Crispin. What a freakin' freaky dude. I am so curious about "What Is It?" I don't have time to go see it, or I would. It's like slowing down to see a wreck on the highway.
His follow up was even stranger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8t6Lb-nE24
JOHNNY YEN: The move-awayers are just nerdy cowards.
DAN: That was a good idea of mine, wasn't it? I always know the fun things to do ...
TENACIOUS S: Then don't go see What Is It?. You'll never be able to have those "special moments" again. And you'll freak over snails.
JEREMY: Omigod; I forgot how uncomfortable this follow-up was; thanks for the link.
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