Lesser known awkward or tense talk show moments

No link? Do you expect us to remember this random moment from tv history from 40 years ago?

50 years ago!

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Debralee Scott topless on Jerry Springer

Ann Turkel was stunning.

Is that the Richard Harris son who became an actor, and whose credits include Mad Men?

Seth Meyers on The View last week for the first time in years. He was delightful and had them all laughing throughout the segment.

I imagine his tense exchange with Mrs. Domenech got him banned from The View during her tenure.

Love love love Seth . Very articulate . Perfect that her dear federalist hubby RAGE TWEETS about him… then has to apologize

They write the sketch for SNL

That straw blonde hair … if someone lit a match it would catch on fire ….

And honey …. Your Black polyester pant suit ain’t hiding nuthin…..

I could not find a link but somewhere around 1982-83 a very inebriated Helen Lawson grabbed Doc Severinson's trumpet and shoved it up her twat. She got the crowd back by playing 30 seconds of "Minnie the Moocher."

wait R1, you're a DLer, of course I do!

Madonna and Sandra Bernhard on Letterman, late 80s/early 90s. Madge and Sandy wore matching outfits, white t-shirts, denim shorts and boots, smoked cigars and annoyed the fuck out of Dave. At the end of interview, he said something like "One of these women will never appear on this show again."

Madge and Sandy were either drunk or high as fuck during that appearance, R12.

And Sandra was never on the show again after that, R12. Dave blacklisted her. She started appearing on the Arsenio Hall Show.

Those glimpses into how “stars” or famous people really behaved are priceless. She sounded a little insane in the clip. Is there any doubt, she fucked the 18 yr old stepson? Madonna and Sandy were doing a bit and trying really hard to be outrageous. Ann Turkle real personality was in full display.

Nowadays. almost all famous people are groomed in PR and how to behave. Social Media also is scrubbed clean for craziness. Those Carson interviews were gems.

Nicole Scherzinger tells Conan not to look at her boobs. Conan turns it around.

Oh the way Richard Harris come out to basically shut her up. Eek, awkward

Salvador Dali throws an anteater at Lillian Gish on Dick Cavett. A black baseball player looks on:

Sandra Bernhard and Madonna were adorkable together

Did they bump front butts? Anyone know?

One of the most awkward talk-show interviews I've ever seen was with Steve Martin's then-wife, Victoria Tennant, in the late '80s. I can't remember the interviewer; he wasn't any of the big names. He asked her what I thought was a pretty innocuous question about her experience of first meeting Steve Martin. She calmly eviscerated him for asking something that was none of his business, when she was there to promote a film. The guy staggered through the rest of the interview.

I'm sure they did, R20. Sandra even says in that clip that Madonna was a better lay than Sean. And Madonna's reaction (to me, at least) confirmed that Sandra wasn't making it up. Plus, the two of them were hanging out at lesbian bars in New York all summer. I really doubt they didn't do it at least once or twice. I don't think they were longtime lovers, though. Just friends.

Almost any talk show Howie Mandel goes on. He freaks out almost any time someone tries to touch him.

Nobody watching an interview gives a shit about some film an actor is promoting. It’s all the little pieces of an interesting personality that would make me watch a film. Not some canned and lame promotion.

Ms Tennant sounds insufferable

R14, that’s not true. I was a diehard viewer of Letterman’s NBC show and saw all of Sandra’s appearances. He didn’t blacklist her. When he moved to CBS though he rejiggered the show and dropped many of his regular guests like Sandra, Teri Garr, etc. It was too bad because he became less and less funny on CBS.

Sandra’s appearances on his show are listed on IMDB.

Lily Tomlin walked off the Dick Cavett Show in protest of Chad Everett.

This local talk show interview of then-Michigan Gov. George Romney, was thought to have been the death knell for his 1968 presidential ambitions.

Another Cavett show of note.

Ann Turkel is a Trumpette

Ann would have been referring to Richard's eldest son Damien.

R18 Dali tossing and tugging at that anteater was disturbing. Lilian Gish was right! The poor animal was frightened. This is a very old clip, but if this happened today, the Zoo would be on the hook for treating an animal in such a cavalier way. Watching Dali toss the animal was, to me, a real downer.

It was also tense and awkward, which was the assignment, R31.