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This Dave in History for January 3

01-03-1984: Chris Elliott pays a farewell tribute to the Conspiracy Guy. Also, in a re-enactment of a Mean Joe Greene Coke commercial, Joe Theisman throws his jacket to a thrilled Pee Wee Herman.

01-03-1985: Stupid Pet Tricks: a one-eyed Pekinese chases his tail whenever the owner sings "Volare"; a Dachshund opens a tennis can; and a Shetland sheepdog rides like a pony on Dave.

01-03-1986: Paul Shaffer co-hosts "Friday Night Videos" with MTV Vee-Jays Martha Quinn and Mark Goodman.

01-03-1989: Calvert is back home from his Pan American Goodwill Tour, as Hal airs a video montage of his adventures.

01-03-1995: Top Ten Signs Your New Governor Isn't Working Out - 10. Instead of holding up his hand when being sworn in, he holds up his middle finger.

01-03-1995: William Shatner confronts his past as the show airs his immortal 1970s rendition of Elton John's "Rocket Man."

01-03-1996: "Lightning Round" winner wins the Late Show Christmas tree.

01-03-1996: Assisted by actual cabbies, Dave presents the "Top Ten New York City Cab Driver Hand Signals."

01-03-1996: Dave conducts a Lightning Round about 1995 at Joe G's Pizza parlor.

01-03-1996: Guests Chevy Chase, Marv Albert, and Bruce Hornsby.

01-03-1997: CBS Mailbag Letter #4: PBS fundraising techniques are applied to getting a raise (Regis appears).

01-03-1997: CBS Mailbag: (1) Dave's "Make Your Own Hairpiece" Kit; (2) X-Files (see above); (3) New Year's recollection (see above); (4) PBS fund-raising techniques are applied to getting a raise (Regis appears).

01-03-1997: CBS Mailbag: a viewer asks what Dave did on New Year's. Dave flashes back to a night with fabulous babes, but Paul brings him back to reality with another fade-out, this time to the laundromat, where Dave is drinking Tide.

01-03-1997: Dave is the first to wish you the best and happiest of 1997. Also, he reviews (for accuracy) predictions for 1996 from one year ago.

01-03-1997: In response to a CBS Mailbag letter, Pat Farmer explains "The X-Files."

01-03-1997: Top Ten Real Reasons Bryant Gumbel is Leaving the Today Show - 4. Found out that his internet sex partner, "Ingrid," was actually Matt Lauer.

01-03-2000: "1999 vs. 2000" bit. Also, the Turkish ping-pong guy again (with the blue dot).

01-03-2000: Dave calls a 7-11 guy in Oslo, who had Y2K problems, but it's ok now.

01-03-2000: Dave rants about the British New Year celebration (the River Thames didn't catch on fire like it was supposed to).

01-03-2000: In Campaign 2000, we learn that a "Daily News" editorial agrees with Dave that Hillary should do interviews. Then, Dave rescinds the invitation for Hillary to appear on the show.

01-03-2000: Jake Johannsen appears on the show, apparently for the 25th time. [From Donz5: 17 times on LN, 8 times on LS (as of 1/3/00); his 26th appearance was 9/8/00.]

01-03-2000: Top Ten Boris Yeltsin Resolutions. (The computer graphic is messed up, so Dave stops after #8 and redoes it later.)

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