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Dave And Teri: A Love Story
Posted by Seth at 6:00 AM on June 21, 2008
As the various, cretinous cast members of The Hills took to David Letterman's couch in recent weeks, more than a few of us were left wondering how the entertainment landscape had so quickly devolved from the days when the effortlessly charming and talented likes of Teri Garr would grace his stage—the two trading bon mots and flirting shamelessly, with Paul Shaffer providing a suitably white-funkified musical backdrop to the fizzy proceedings. They say you can't capture lightning in a bottle twice (do they say that? Or are we mixing our metaphors? Where were we? Oh right, Dave and Teri), but you also can't deny chemistry, and it was on abundant display when the two were reunited last night. They're grayer now, and slower—Dave touchingly guided Teri, who is suffering from MS, to her chair—but you can't deny the spark is still there. As Letterman stuck to his, "Did you do it with Elvis?"-line of questioning, Garr shot down the long-standing rumours that the two had once engaged in naked-pretzel antics themselves. But after the jump, we'd invite you to compare and contrast a classic pairing from 1986, in which an amorous Dave opens with, "I'd like to get a can of Windex and go to work." Suddenly, his preoccupation with Elvis makes sense, in a vicarious-thrills-seeking way. It's good to be The King.
As the various, cretinous cast members of The Hills took to David Letterman's couch in recent weeks, more than a few of us were left wondering how the entertainment landscape had so quickly devolved from the days when the effortlessly charming and talented likes of Teri Garr would grace his stage—the two trading bon mots and flirting shamelessly, with Paul Shaffer providing a suitably white-funkified musical backdrop to the fizzy proceedings. They say you can't capture lightning in a bottle twice (do they say that? Or are we mixing our metaphors? Where were we? Oh right, Dave and Teri), but you also can't deny chemistry, and it was on abundant display when the two were reunited last night. They're grayer now, and slower—Dave touchingly guided Teri, who is suffering from MS, to her chair—but you can't deny the spark is still there. As Letterman stuck to his, "Did you do it with Elvis?"-line of questioning, Garr shot down the long-standing rumours that the two had once engaged in naked-pretzel antics themselves. But after the jump, we'd invite you to compare and contrast a classic pairing from 1986, in which an amorous Dave opens with, "I'd like to get a can of Windex and go to work." Suddenly, his preoccupation with Elvis makes sense, in a vicarious-thrills-seeking way. It's good to be The King.
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rtisovec
Posted 6:54 AM 21/6/08
I'd take Teri Garr over Lindsay, Britney or Paris any day. Unfortunately my hairline will soon resemble Paul's, but this video gives me hope.
rtisovec
Macloserboy
Posted 6:30 AM 21/6/08
@el smrtmnky: I tried and couldn't. I love Teri Garr so much it was just too painful for me to watch her struggling to her seat. Now I regret it. Hopefully, I can catch it online.
Macloserboy
NoGrumpys
Posted 6:29 AM 21/6/08
Dave and Elvis must have enormus Schvanstuka
NoGrumpys
Old No.7
Posted 6:26 AM 21/6/08
@hughman: "What knockers!"
"Why, thank you!"
Old No.7
el smrtmnky
Posted 6:23 AM 21/6/08
i watched this last night and was absolutely giddy. it felt like i was back in high school watching dave and his muse. team garr!
el smrtmnky
mothrafairy
Posted 6:21 AM 21/6/08
I don't care what other bones she may have tickled, she always tickles my Funny one. Great to see a class act amid the Skank Parade Dave has endured of late.
mothrafairy
Xylo
Posted 6:20 AM 21/6/08
They're adorable together. Who knows, they may have been perfect together, or they might have divorced after two years, but they sure do love each other. Does anyone remember the shower episode from the 80s, he cajoled and badgered her into taking a shower in his office washroom (sorta) on camera, she was screaming "I hate you!!!" at him as they show went to credits.
Xylo
A Pimp Named DaveR
Posted 6:17 AM 21/6/08
Is that clip from the NBC morning show??!?!?!
A Pimp Named DaveR
hughman
Posted 6:14 AM 21/6/08
"rolling in ze hay"
that is all.
hughman
A Pimp Named DaveR
Posted 7:22 AM 21/6/08
@Trixie from Toronto: Very hot.
A Pimp Named DaveR
Trixie from Toronto
Posted 7:17 AM 21/6/08
I so love Teri Garr. And how hot was she in Young Frankenstein?
Remember when Sandra Bernhard used to go on and flirt shamelessly with him?
Ahhhhh the good old days .....
Trixie from Toronto
raincoaster
Posted 8:18 AM 21/6/08
Who doesn't love Teri Garr? I got no snark for her.
raincoaster
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 12:16 PM 21/6/08
Good answer, Teri. Elvis, shmelvis. You have always been responsible for your own orgasm.
Tiger_Tanaka
wackiland
Posted 4:28 PM 21/6/08
Bless you, Dave!
wackiland
cinerama
Posted 4:57 PM 21/6/08
It's great to see Teri again, and her banter with Dave proves she hasn't lost one bit of what has always made her so special.
I was always upset Spielberg had her play such a bi*ch in CE3K.
cinerama
moochia
Posted 3:33 AM 22/6/08
@A Pimp Named DaveR: No, but it is from Dave's NBC Late Night show...back when it was on late, and still hilariously funny. For a couple of years, he held a "film festival" in which a number of his pals would produce short videos/film like the one you see here. More are available on the YouTubes.
I may be old, but I still remember stuff.
moochia
regisgoat
Posted 2:26 AM 23/6/08
I'll love her until the day I die. And I say that having seen a real test of that enduring love One From the Heart.
regisgoat
unclevanya
Posted 11:24 AM 23/6/08
@Xylo: I remember that. They did an entire episode from the offices instead of the studio. Paul played a mini Casio keyboard the whole night. And Teri Garr took a shower on national TV, cursing Dave the whole time.
Several years ago, when The Vagina Monologues was all the rage, I was quite indifferent to it. Until I heard that Teri was appearing in it. That made it all worthwhile. (Hearing Juliana Marguiles simulate orgasm didn't suck either)
The memoir she wrote a few years ago, Speedbumps, is very sweet.
unclevanya
kansasgirl
Posted 11:24 AM 23/6/08
Teri Garr does suffer from MS, but that's not why she has trouble walking. That's primarily from the brain aneurysm she had a couple of years ago. Yes, some people have all the luck.
kansasgirl