Name: George Clarke's Quest For Corn | Letterman
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Watch the stand-up comedy video 'George Clarke's Quest For Corn | Letterman' from Letterman on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-06-29. Transcript available.

and i mentioned at the beginning of the program we have some very very exciting
news if you're
like me if you love if you crave you can't get enough of good fresh summertime
sweet corn ladies
and gentlemen say hello to ed sullivan building engineer mr george clark george
welcome to the
show thank you thank you
george you're about to embark on something terribly terribly thrilling and
exciting
aren't you yes oh can you can you turn off the walkie-talkie there and that a
boy there you go
george now uh you've seen you've seen george on the show before roll the videotape
of george making
appearances on this program there he has thrown a tv out the window of the ed
sullivan theater building
just doing a little cleanup work for us and then next there there's george and
regis that's george
in the middle as george one night after the show he just came up to the office
and we danced
fat ass thank you so george uh what do you like best about summertime the hot
weather you like the
hot weather what else uh said the water rides water slides are good anything
else corn fresh corn on the
cob you know i'm from indiana and when i was a kid we'd have it in the backyard
and we just boil it up and
eat ourselves sick we'd be just like old horses we'd eat till we passed out on
this corn and since then
for some reason i've been unable to recreate that experience so george we're
sending you out to
the midwest on a quest for corn
are you as thrilled about this as i am
so george i don't know how long you're going to be gone i know you're leaving
tomorrow do you know where
you're going illinois illinois and that's where you'll test taste your first
sample of good old
fashion american sweet corn god bless you george clark we'll look forward to
hearing from you thank
you very much
between you and me i don't think he wants to go i don't blame i think i'm the
only one who cares
about this i'm excited about that's all right when you see how delighted i am
then you'll be delighted okay not like tonight but later when you see how
delighted i am
then you'll be delighted before we bring out amy grant ladies and gentlemen it's
something i'm very
excited about it's george clark's quest for corn let's go turn it on here we
have it george clark
quest for corn there we go all right george how are you what do you want it's
me dave george how you
doing fine where are you now george i'm in omaha nebraska and it looks looks
like you have some bad
weather blowing in there huh there have been some lightning strikes all right
well by all means stay
outside as long as you possibly can george and hang on to something metal if
you'll do that now george
we ran out of time friday we didn't get a chance to see your report you were
outside of chicago illinois
tell us what you did in chicago or illinois there we went on some water slides
slides let's take a
look at george clark enjoying the water slides in illinois here we go out of my
way sister
i didn't hear you i say did you try the corn in illinois yes i did all right
you know it's the
nation's leading corn producing state how was the corn in illinois i rate it
four ears four ears
what is the scale george what are we dealing with here
i couldn't hear you never mind it doesn't make any difference suddenly we're
doing hee-haw
and uh george what have you done today in nebraska sir uh i've been going
around the area and talking
to people oh meeting the folks in nebraska let's take a look at that here's george
clark in nebraska
i'm on a quest for corn today corn yes sir do you have any corn no i don't do
you have any corn
no i don't have any out here do you have a swing oh yeah i got a couple of them
do you have any corn no i don't have any corn but uh we have a trampoline
do you have any corn on the cob no i don't so where do you get your sweet corn
from
so you're making friends there huh george yes sir that's good to see all right
the moment of truth is at hand today you're going to sample for us some nebraska
sweet corn here we go
and here we go anton four ears oh wow
okay there's george clark's quest for corn i'll be the first to tell you this
ain't working
ladies and gentlemen as you know if you've been watching this program regularly
for the last couple
of weeks we're in the middle of a quest for high quality big time sweet corn
and it's that time
again tonight here we go george clark's quest for corn turn it on boys let's
see where they have george
it looks like you're having the time of your life what do you want george how
long have you been on the
road seems like a week and a half yeah that's about right you know george the
day you left the air
conditioning quit here in the building we can't get it fixed you got to come
home soon can i come home
please now uh george we haven't seen you in a while i think the last time we
talked to you was uh was
monday and i forget exactly i guess you were in illinois on monday but since
then uh you've actually gone to
nebraska did you enjoy your time in nebraska yes we went uh to a water park we
went to a water park well
let's see some videotape of you at the water park in nebraska
got to do something to wash the butter off now george how was the uh how was
the corn in nebraska
it was i rated it four years four years so so far illinois and nebraska are
tied is that correct
yes all right are you all right george yes i am can we get you some off
okay you're dying to come home aren't you
well george you can't you know why you're on a quest for corn damn it
what was that that was a cue no that wasn't a cue just sit down go on with your
piano recital for
heaven's sakes uh so george now you're in my home state of indiana my hometown
of indianapolis how
how are they treating you there in indianapolis it's great they've treated me
great and we went
to visit where you used to work yeah the old atlas supermarket at 54th and
college still there still
doing great business and i want to tell you something indiana now that's where
i had my boyhood
corn and i'm telling you something right now there is no finer sweet corn than
what you get in
indianapolis indiana okay
and i want to tell you the sparks are flying tonight
ah so george you you mentioned you went over to the atlas supermarket we got
some videotape of that
all right here we go let's take a look at george at the that's where i used to
work right there is it
true dave used to work here dave sure did i was a guy that hired him i'd like
for you to bag some
groceries now okay see if you can do as good as david
i got a question for you with this corn here have you ever used it to hit
somebody with a throw it
at them get their attention i'm not a violent person unless i have to be and if
i have to be through army
training and everything else then i have to go to kill what kind of corn do you
like sweet corn or
well i like the white corn when i can get it do we go to your house and eat
some corn sure
all right george now it's time for you to test and taste some corn you ready
bring on the corn mom
all right all right here we go oh look it's my mom
hi mom how you doing hi dave yeah let me get this straight george is actually
staying at your house
no he's just here for this afternoon has he been a good guest oh yes look at
him mom just look at
that guy check the silverware when he leaves all right george the time is at
hand get ready here we go
put some butter on it i give it five ears there you go
oh my god let's see that shot again that's that's a norman rockwell painting
isn't it
you kids have fun george we'll see around labor day all right buddy bite me dave
all right we'll be
right back with bruce harnsby ladies and gentlemen you're in luck it's time for
i believe
our final installment of george clark's quest for corn turn it on boys here we
go
george welcome back to the program how you doing what do you want now george
don't be that way
a couple of weeks ago george we sent you all across the midwest looking for the
best sweet corn in the
country where are you tonight i'm at rupert g's on west 53rd street
george i believe this is your final installment and you're returning to your
normal responsibilities
as ed sullivan theater building engineer thank goodness you're back we've had a
lot of ac problems
george i've heard all right now we've prepared a little videotape summary of
your exploits and
travels around the country let's take a look at that now here's george on his
quest for corn
you
god bless you george did you have any fun at all did you enjoy yourself as you
travel around the
heartland yes i had a good time all right you're going to sample some corn
there at rupert's and
tell us how it is here we go kenny yeah what do you think george five years oh
my god
and george i understand because this is your final visit on your quest for corn
you have something
special for the studio audience tonight what is that george yes dave tonight
everyone in our studio
the audience gets a tasty ear of corn oh my god
oh my god
it's uh it's uh it's uh it's uh it's like bat day isn't it
uh
you