I've been looking for this video for years and never found it... until now. Every "Best Of" Late Night with Conan O'Brien compilation always includes a short clip of the early days when David Letterman came on as a guest. But it was always the same short clip, never a full interview. Online, any youtube upload would be deleted. In fact, I personally had a video deleted just because it contained about 5 seconds of the interview. With the short clip edited out, the video was allowed. For years, the best thing I saw was when someone posted a transcription of the interview online. Not quite the same and that, too, is gone.
But now, thanks to a tip off from someone on youtube, the clip is online. For me it's the Holy Grail of online videos, not because it's the funniest or best but because of the rarity and historical value.
Watch it or don't watch it. Choose. But choose wisely.
Late Night Homecoming from janeway529 on Vimeo.
For context, Conan explains the significance of this interview and what it meant to him and his career here (starting at 3:40).
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