--- description: Highlight from Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night. title: WATCH: Joseph Gordon-Levitt as "David After The Dentist" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reenacts "David After Dentist"  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 7, 2014 3:49 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 7, 2014 3:49 PM CUT On _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ last night, Joseph Gordon-Levitt reenacted the viral video “David After Dentist,” a viral clip from May 2008 that shows a little boy sitting in the back of his family’s car talking all loopy from anesthesia. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is wearing the same Florida Gators t-shirt that David wore and boasts missing front teeth. The best part is at the 1:42 mark. Since David’s father posted the clip on YouTube in Jan. 2009, it has racked up more than 123 million views. Here’s the original: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/15669/joseph-gordon-levitt-reenacts-david-after-dentist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/15669/joseph-gordon-levitt-reenacts-david-after-dentist/"},"headline":"Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reenacts \"David After Dentist\"","datePublished":"2014-03-07T15:49:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:34.475Z","description":"Highlight from Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday night","url":"https://time.com/15669/joseph-gordon-levitt-reenacts-david-after-dentist/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/15669/joseph-gordon-levitt-reenacts-david-after-dentist/","name":"Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reenacts \"David After Dentist\""}}]}] ```