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This Dave in History for February 17

02-17-1982: Small Town News: Dave calls The Dugger Study Club in Dugger, Indiana, and every member there sings "Winter Wonderland" over the phone.

02-17-1986: Raquel Welch resists valiantly but unsuccessfully to demonstrate "The Standing-A Position" that's in her fitness book. Later, Sandra Bernhard eagerly complies. When the show is rebroadcast seven months later, all of the voices heard are overdubbed with actors.

02-17-1987: Willie Nelson has with him his High School Yearbook and collaborates with Paul to recreate the school's theme song.

02-17-1988: The Drifters appear on the show to perform the Supermarket Finds theme.

02-17-1988: Top Ten Reasons the U.S. Has Won Only One Stinking Bronze Medal - 4. Hope to get high-paying "Agony of Defeat" spot on Wide World of Sports.

02-17-1989: "Dave's Carpet Samples" is stopped as Dave leaves the studio and the building to a car, opens the hood and retrieves a manifold chicken. Top Ten Fears McDonald's Managers - 9. Customers will figure out that the fish sandwich and apple pie are exact same item.

02-17-1992: Top Ten Signs Your Film Isn't Going To Be Nominated for an Academy Award - 4. Full page ads begin, "If you loved 'Encino Man'..."

02-17-1993: "Tell Us About Your Lunch" reaches Johnny Carson: pancakes and bacon.

02-17-1994: Top Ten Good Things About Not Winning A Medal - 10. No problem getting through metal detector on trip home.

02-17-1995: The Westchester Aires Barbershop Quartet presents the Top Ten Things That Sound Better When Sung by a Barbershop Quartet.

02-17-1995: Top Ten Things that Sound Better when Sung by a Barbershop Quartet - 3. Give me your wallet or I'll kick you in the groin!

02-17-1997: "Dave's Family Weekend" bit includes Leonard Tepper.

02-17-1997: "New York Brainteasers" with Rupert.

02-17-1997: Clinton's picture is on the $10 Hooters gift certificate?

02-17-1997: Dave tells us about his (24 hour?) flu this past weekend.

02-17-1997: Top Ten Things That Would Be Different if Clinton Had Been Our First President - 8. Preamble to Constitution contains 23 references to cheese fries.

02-17-1997: Two weeks before, NBC denied Dave permission to use clips from his old show. So tonight, Tom Brokaw arrives and offers Dave a crumpled-up videotape from Late Night with David Letterman.

02-17-1998: "Olympic Souvenirs" includes a remote-control curling stone.

02-17-1998: Guest Mike Myers talks to his mom (who's in Toronto) via satellite.

02-17-1998: Sirajul and Mujibur compete in Zamboni races on 53rd St.

02-17-1998: Top Ten Cool Things About Winning A Gold Medal (presented by Medal winners) - "1. Get to do Jell-o shots with Dave's mom." - Karyn Bye.

02-17-1999: (Westminster Kennel Club) Dog Show Quiz.

02-17-1999: Guests Andie MacDowell ("Just the Ticket"), Mike Judge (the under-rated "Office Space"), and Julian Lennon, whose song is not bad.

02-17-1999: Tonight's secret word is "mongoose".

02-17-1999: Top Ten Old Punchlines All Cadets Must Know, read in the theater by a West Point Cadet.

02-17-2000: Late Show 2000--Comedy Under Siege* offers up Late Show Backstage #9, with host Tom Snyder.

02-17-2000: Late Show Backstage guests Mike Myers, who is surprisingly bitter and is apparently happy that Dave is going to be executed; Roseanne, who tells the Kip Addotta story again; and Bonnie Hunt.

02-17-9999: * "Comedy Under Siege" phrase by James Langdell.

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