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The 5 Most Obviously Drug-Fueled TV Appearances Ever

By Jack O'Brien, Ryan Grim
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Crispin Glover on Letterman


Date: July 28, 1987
Evidence: The first symptom is the wig. We're not sure what George McFly's hair looked like prior to this interview, but we're pretty certian it didn't look like that. Then there's the clothing. He' dressed in striped pants, a heinous purple shirt and a pair of black platform shoes that don't appear to fit him. Keep in mind that this is '87, not the early '70s. If you're wearing what Crispin Glover is wearing during this interview, then you've clearly been high long enough to have gone shoe shopping while fucked up.
As far as behavioral symptoms, we're not really sure how to describe what Glover' doing here. At first he seems to be terrified of Dave and the audience, but then he challenges Letterman to an arm wrestling match and tries to jump-kick him in the head.
Drug(s) They Were Probably On: Difficult to tell. At first it seems like a classic acid freak-out. He' looking at Dave like he has three heads and the audience like they're a big tangled lizard orgy. But then he starts getting physically aggressive. Our theory: a second drug along the lines of PCP, taken right before he went out, kicked in halfway through the interview.

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38 Comments

johnvince, you hit the one-two punch. Lifting a joke from a barely funny TV show AND making ignorant racist comments in the same post. You're one classy dude. Now go have another Pabst and smack your wife around some more and leave the internet alone.

Posted on 4/25/2008 5:04:31 PM

As for Mr. Glover's wardrobe on Letterman...check out the movie "Rueben and Ed" (co-starring Howard Hessman) and you'll see where it comes from. Various other film examples will testify to his instability/inebriation ("Beowulf" included).

Posted on 4/18/2008 10:52:31 PM

Man all yall need to stfu, too much idiocy

Posted on 4/18/2008 1:45:29 AM

Cripin Glover's just plain fucked in the head. Just because no one can understand you doesn't make you an artist.

Posted on 4/13/2008 6:05:27 AM

Richard was SO overrated. "White people talk like this, black people say that." Whooo thats in your face edgey shit there, now be sure to smoke the Tony Montana motherlode and keep writing that gold! Black comedians are still retelling that shit and it's still gay.

Posted on 4/11/2008 10:15:28 AM

omgsofunny

LOL Saggot!!! LOL SO FUNNY

Posted on 3/21/2008 8:05:16 PM

dude

the klaus kinksi video is gone :(

Posted on 3/19/2008 11:41:44 AM

Cyndiana

I LOVE Crispin Glover! Like, love love...like, restraining order-level love. He's awesome, funny, and talented on a level few can understand. Thus why he's not the super-mega star he rightly deserves to be. I thought his Late Show appearance was hilarious!

Posted on 3/14/2008 1:50:00 AM

D

The Stevo thing was on purpose, they asked him to get drunk right before the show. They just didnt expect what he did.

Posted on 3/10/2008 11:20:35 AM

keys 72

you guys forgot about steevo's freakout at a talk show... forgot which talk show tho but he kicks a table in and shit

Posted on 3/6/2008 9:10:06 PM

harukasdna

What about Steve O on The Adam Corolla Show? Omg, train wreck, lol!

Posted on 3/6/2008 5:52:00 PM

Fuzz

Pryor was very overrated and a coked-out jackass.

Posted on 3/6/2008 8:12:31 AM

I'm kind of glad Pryor is dead. It was getting hard to eat while watching him twitch and drool like he was towards the end. We're a lot better off not having to look at that anymore. www.NeilsNotes.com

Posted on 2/27/2008 11:10:24 PM

Dmommy

Okay, maybe I should have read some other comments before I repeated what has already been posted. Sorry.

Posted on 2/20/2008 8:55:40 AM

Dmommy

Crispin Glover is dressed in his movie garb from Rubin and Ed...a cult classic for those who have seen it. The movie went straight to TAPE never to be converted into DVD format.

Posted on 2/20/2008 8:54:29 AM

CinemaCat

Oh, man. How could you leave out Chris Farley's appearance on HBO's Dennis Miller Live. Farley's handlers couldn't even heave his enormous bulk to Miller's studio. The interview was conducted via a live feed from the the exercise room in the hotel where Farley was staying. At one point in the interview, Miller asked the perplexed Farley about his workout regimen, and Farley glanced around at his surroundings and seemed to notice for the first time that he was sitting on a weight machine.

Posted on 2/12/2008 3:51:13 PM

Oh man! I love Pryor. Good article.

Posted on 2/5/2008 8:51:48 AM

Ram

Pryor is hilarious, "I gotta steal my own money, money I paid taxes on." I don't think he would've been as funny off drugs.

Posted on 1/30/2008 7:23:52 PM

redsparrows

Crispin is a very underrated actor. You need to appreciate that he is in character and could destroy pretty much anyone that he is with acting wise.

Posted on 1/23/2008 6:53:01 PM

watch full movies at http://www.tvokay.com it is free for you streaming and download....cheeck it out

Posted on 1/20/2008 11:20:01 PM

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