"Well, I mean, if you come to a place where they don't have the proper kind of cooking equipment, you bring your own stuff."
Given David Letterman's recent, ahem, notoriety in the popular press, we couldn't resist showing you this 1987 clip with him and Julia Child. Julia was trying to make a hamburger but something apparently went wrong. So she improvises, to devastating effect, keeping Letterman's sarcasm at bay with a blowtorch and her natural wit.
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Comments (10)
This made me very, very happy. Thank you!
Yes, I was cracking up at work. Good way to start my day at my torturous job. Gotta love Julia.
She should have blow-torched something other than Letterman's cake.
That made my morning!
grinned like a maniac for a half an hour after I saw this.
haha, great clip!
That was great-thanks for posting this!
That was a scream--thank goodness I am working from home today. I used to watch The French Chef (in black & white)when I was in Kindergarten (right after Romper Room - seriously!), am a longtime Julia groupie. Never saw this one though, so thanks a million!
Love watching her cook...and love even more that she could go tit for tat with Letterman :)
I just love Julia.