01-09-1985: Riding Mower Giveaway: Dave awards a lawn mower to a randomly-selected phone call to Tina Schultz in Battle Creek, Michigan.
01-09-1986: Martin Short's inspiration for "Irving Cohen," Irving Caesar, appears on the show again, his first since Late Night's first week on the air four years earlier. He mentions that the original lyrics to his "Tea for Two" were "Ike and Mike, they looked alike, they owned a bike...."
01-09-1987: Paul co-hosts Friday Night Videos with Jay Leno.
01-09-1989: Tonight's show is a rerun, and not in deference to the debut of "The Pat Sajak Show" on CBS.
01-09-1990: To welcome the new year, the World's Most Dangerous Band is dressed like Dave in matching suits. Tomorrow, they'll be dressed as Paul (shades, same shirts, pants), and Thursday, as Paul Revere and the Raiders.
01-09-1991: Dave calls Meg Parsont at Simon & Schuster and wants her office painted. Later, Dave interviews himself as a second Dave appears on the set.
01-09-1992: Robert Kearns fascinates both Dave and his viewers with a demonstration of his patented variable-speed windshield wiper.
01-09-1995: Another in the long line of fascinating games foisted upon the world by the Late Show debuts - "Would you like to eat that in here?"
01-09-1995: Dave promotes the debut of "The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder" by showing clips of "Tom" sweating like a pig.
01-09-1995: Top Ten Things Overheard at Graceland on Elvis' 60th Birthday - 10. It's incredible -- he's actually gained weight since he died!
01-09-1996: Audience members do "Brush with Blizzard of '96": (1) guy throws snowballs at cars; (2) woman's dog lost in snow; (3) worker hit with snow indoors (roof collapses). Each of the three gets gifts from Mujibur.
01-09-1996: Kids Tell Jokes, and then make a snowman. Also, Norm MacDonald is bumped again.
01-09-1996: The day after El Blizzardo, Dave arrives at the theater pulled by a dog sled.
01-09-1996: Top Ten Doorman Pet Peeves During The Blizzard (read by actual NYC doormen) - 5. Frozen knobs.
01-09-1997: Dave gives an audience woman a hug and a canned ham for her birthday. Dave also snorts from his throat. He also sends an audience woman outside to check if it's snowing--we get to see the snow. Also, Dave throws snowballs at Anton and Inky, who rips up the cue cards.
01-09-1997: Guests: Matt Dillon hits Anton's cymbal with a snowball on the first try, while Rebecca Romijn is apparently remotely related (by marriage) to Dave.
01-09-1997: Top Ten Signs It's Cold and Flu Season in New York - 8. To many feverish audience members, "Cats" is actually entertaining.
01-09-1998: CBS Mailbag: (1) celebrities are "wacked" by the Late Show garage door? (2) Biff + lobster (see above); (3) Dave signs autographs after the show (trying to be like Jerry Springer?); (4) an audience guy is disciplined--torn apart by cabs.
01-09-1998: CBS Mailbag: Chris Schmitt asks why Biff has a scowl on his face. Biff comes onstage as a lobster is hooked on his ass. Later, Dave explains the formula for comedy success: "Lobster + Ass = Funny!"
01-09-1998: Paul Simon promotes the musical "the Capeman". (just kidding) The actual guests (Penelope Ann Miller and Terry Pledger, the latter of whom won $1 million at the Orange Bowl with a 10-yard football throw) enter from the audience's right one last day. Also, Leon sits in for Paul one last day.
01-09-1998: Top Ten Questions Clinton will be asked at his sexual harassment deposition - 1. Did somebody say McDonald's?
01-09-2001: A fake clip shows Clinton moving into his Midtown office in Flash Dancers.
01-09-2001: Alan Kalter says he worked in Secretary of Labor nominee Linda Chavez's house in the 1980's. He was "pool maintenance" guy, but it became more than that....
01-09-2001: Beat the Clock 2001 is no longer at Joe G's, because they're closed. Dave explains that landlords on his block are jacking up the rent. So they play in K&L's Rock America. Mujibur and Sirajul may lose their jobs? They play, not saying anything for the 30 seconds.
01-09-2001: Clinton Classic Joke is about President Clinton's approval rating concerning the job he is doing and the job he is getting. Right after the joke, some other old guy instead of Calvert wanders out (with grey hair, glasses).
01-09-2001: Dave is annoyed that one of his suit jacket buttonholes is sewn shut. (Is it the work of high school kids?) Paul gets scissors and cuts it open for him.
01-09-2001: Dave's family is in the theater (or is it Joe Lieberman)?
01-09-2001: Guests: Julie Bowen says that Tom Cavanagh eats a lot, while Tim Robbins advocates getting rid of answering machines. During the closing credits, we see video of Rob Burnett eating--Julie also mentioned that Rob ate 75 oysters in one sitting.
01-09-2001: Jackie DeShannon, Hollywood folk rock legend who toured with the Beatles in 1964, sits in with the band.
01-09-2001: January 9 New York Times photo of GWB watching the movers take his stuff out of Governor's mansion is not a flattering one. We see a still of GWB in the New York Daily News, and then a video clip of the time when the still was taken--GWB was pretending to help the movers.
01-09-2001: Top Ten Things Bill Clinton Has To Do Before Leaving Office - 10. Remove protective padding from underside of desk.
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