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This Dave in History for January 31

01-31-1984: "Mr. Wash & Wear" (Dimitry Gagarine), bumped from the show a month ago, finally appears tonight and is rechristened "Mr. Polyester."

01-31-1985: Calvert DeForest makes his fourth appearance on the show as Larry "Bud" Melman as Kenny the Gardener, singing "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day."

01-31-1987: Paul hosts Saturday Night Live with musical guest Bruce Hornsby.

01-31-1989: Taped two weeks earlier, Dave appears on Later with Bob Costas, to be aired in two parts. On Late Night: Al Maher's Box 'O' Thrills: badminton birdies.

01-31-1990: Dave plays a highlight from his appearance on Larry King's radio show, where the following exchange takes place: "You shut up!" "No, you shut up!"

01-31-1991: Top Ten Reasons Eastern Airlines Went Bankrupt - 7. Shouldn't have copied Domino's Pizza campaign: "If you're not there in 30 minutes -- the flight's free!"

01-31-1994: After Dave announces that tonight is his 1,000th show for CBS, banners, confetti, and a parade of celebrants honor the stage. He's then corrected: tonight is his 100th show.

01-31-1994: Top Ten Things Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy said at halftime - 3. Okay, boys--get out there and start sucking!

01-31-1996: "Know Your Neighborhood"--Dave quizzes audience members about neighborhood items.

01-31-1996: Chris Elliott reprises his Comparison Test by appearing in a lab jacket with Gerard Mulligan and tastes two brands of Olestra.

01-31-1996: Guests Elle MacPherson, David Spade, and D'Angelo. Guess which one of them flirts with Dave.

01-31-1997: CBS Mailbag: (1) Dave's on the Wheaties box; (2) Alan Kalter as "The Red Falcon" (night-time crime fighter); (3) "Executive Canned Ham" toy; (4) Paul Shaffer's "Singled Out".

01-31-1997: Leonard Tepper's "Hidden Video".

01-31-1997: Tony is caught eating a donut while holding the cue cards, so Dave make sure he has enough food for the rest of the show. Near the end of the hour, Tony has a plate full of bacon and eggs, to be washed down with a martini.

01-31-1997: Top Ten Surprises in the New Version of Star Wars - 2. New scene in which Jabba the Hut is hugged by a sobbing Richard Simmons.

01-31-2000: Late Show 2000 - Comedy Under Siege. Week 3 is Viewer's Choice or something, and it begins with some show from August 1993. * "Comedy Under Siege" phrase by James Langdell.

01-31-2000: Rerun features Bill Murray spray painting, Tom Brokaw, a lovely pretaped bit accompanied by "Say You, Say Me", Paul Newman, a full 35 seconds of cheering after the band stops playing in the opening, etc.

01-31-2001: "Leslie Moonves" smokes a cigarette while giving us a message about Survivor 2, which ends with "Bend over, Grandma".

01-31-2001: "Puff Daddy's Day" bit: after going to court, he was signed by the Baltimore Ravens.

01-31-2001: Dave calls Art again, who's busy with lots of calls (about tickets, etc.). Dave gets passed on to Steph, and asks her if Johnny Knoxville has returned any of his calls--nope. Later, Dave calls back to remind her that Johnny Knoxville is the guy on "Jackass".

01-31-2001: Dave's Record Collection" includes Mike Wallace from 60 Minutes and Pat Period singing "The Girl is Mine".

01-31-2001: Fake promo for ABC Thursday: in an all-new reality program, they'll switch back and forth between "Friends" and "Survivor".

01-31-2001: In the monologue, Dave mentions that the Late Show is Broadway's longest-running show (because it's free). Some guy (not Calvert) wanders out, and then another guy wanders out as well.

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