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04-01-1982: Carol Leifer makes her network television debut on Late Night. By the end of the Dave's 11.5 year run on Late Night, she will have performed more stand-up routines than any other woman on the show.
04-01-1983: A Friday night 90-minute special: Dave introduces "Crushing Things with a Steamroller." Items to be crushed include a box of assorted donuts, Bill Wendell's watch, and a Smerf, which ends up undamaged. Later in the show, Dave asks Larry "Bud" to lie down in front of the steamroller, but as it approaches, he jumps up and runs away, yelling, "This is not funny! This is no joke!"
04-01-1986: Dave promises an original work of art for everyone in the audience as four fast artists (Helen Haddad, Andre Roger, Conni Goron, Morris Katz) complete one painting per minute throughout the show.
04-01-1992: Top Ten Duties of Belgian Astronaut - 4. Make sure the neon Pepsi sign is switched on over Western Hemisphere. 2. Same things Quayle does in Washington.
04-01-1993: NBC's Warren Littlefield announces that after further consideration, Dave will take over as host of The Tonight Show, replacing Jay Leno, who says he'll return to guesting on Dave's show. Unfortunately, Dave has already signed a lease at the Ed Sullivan Theater, now being renovated for his new show on CBS.
04-01-1993: Top Ten Signs You've Picked the Wrong Supreme Court Justice - 8. Only law he knows is that "under-30-minutes-or-the-pizza-is-free" thing. 2. You overhear him mumbling, "What would Wapner do?"
04-01-1994: A day after Madonna grosses out the American viewing public by, among other things, offering Dave her underwear, Charles Grodin comes on the show tonight to offer his. Later, Elvis Costello gives Dave his sock.
04-01-1994: Top Ten Signs The Easter Bunny Is Nuts - 8. Last Tuesday doctors removed 17 pounds of plastic Easter grass from his stomach.
04-01-1996: "You Command the Stars" bit.
04-01-1996: Dave challenges Millionaire Basketball Winner Tom Gates: I don't think Gates won the million dollars at the Final Four. If he makes his shot onstage, Dave will give him $10,000; if he doesn't, he has to host the show. He misses. So does Mary Tyler Moore. But Anna Paquin hits, and Dave gives her the $10,000 cash. She returns on the show two days later and donates the money to charity.
04-01-1996: Dave gives away tickets to the NCAA Men's Basketball Final (despite it being played this very night).
04-01-1996: Top Ten Signs Dick Vitale is Nuts (yelled by Dick Vitale) - 2. I've referred to everything as baby, except an actual baby.
04-01-1997: "Footage" of last night's storm. Also, in a taped bit, Biff talks to grade school kids.
04-01-1997: Dave calls a pay phone and gets a guy (Rocky, a stadium vendor, as it turns out) to come in the theater and do the first "Mets Suck" joke of the year.
04-01-1997: Dave tells the first NY Mets joke of the season.
04-01-1997: Top Ten Ways the IRS Can Improve Its Image - 7. New ad campaign: 3 lovable frogs that say, "I," "R," "S."
04-01-1998: "Celebrity Interns" bit.
04-01-1998: Apparently, Claire Danes, Beverly Cleary, David Cassidy, and Willie "Blue Moon" Watts were all born on Dave's birthday (4/12).
04-01-1998: Despite having no musical talent, Willie "Blue Moon" Watts, sits in with the band, because "he looks like a jazz musician."
04-01-1998: Guests: Alec Baldwin got a "Best Supporting Husband" mug from his wife Kim; Heather Graham was in "Two Girls and a Guy"; Barenaked Ladies do the "Brian Wilson" song. Graham was also in "Lost in Space", and we see "Lost in Space" action figures, in addition to "Dave" action figures. Later, Baldwin does a Saturday Night Live-style sign-off.
04-01-1998: Top Ten Ways President Clinton Will Celebrate the Paula Jones Decision - 2. Call Kenneth Starr in middle of night and say, "Subpoena this!"
04-01-1998: Yet another contestant loses at "Stop Calling Me Chief."
04-01-1999: Guest Jason Nastke is the 19-year-old mayor of Valatie, New York.
04-01-1999: In a "Celebrity Vote" bit, Rip Taylor throws confetti in the audience. Also, Top Ten Get Well Messages Received by Fabio.
04-01-1999: Know Your Cuts of Meat is played during Know Your Current Events for the first time. Angelo from New Jersey doesn't get any of the three cuts right, even bacon.
04-01-1999: Tonight's Secret Word is "nemonurwingy", then changed to "balloon".
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