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This Dave in History for April 24

04-24-1985: Paul gives the show his blessing via a video greeting from Toronto.

04-24-1986: Viewer Mail: A chain letter is given to "The Actor/Singer" (Jeff Martin), who throws it away and is immediately crushed by a falling girder. Paul goes beserk, but later, Dr. Morton Roberts (Morty) reports that the patient will be able to act but not sing.

04-24-1990: Dave calls Meg Parsont across the street at Simon & Schuster and asks her to open her office window and empty her three-hole-puncher. She obliges.

04-24-1990: Top Ten Things Overheard on Earth Day - 6. "Good news! June Allyson has switched to cloth diapers!"

04-24-1991: Announcer Bill Wendell's Top Ten Favorite Words To Pronounce - 4. Fahrvergnugen.

04-24-1991: For tonight's Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killer, a combined anniversary tribute to Fig Newton (their 100th year) and ASPCA (their 125th): nine dogs eat nine bowls of Fig Newtons.

04-24-1992: Top Ten Rejected Forms of Capital Punishment - 7. Forced marriage to Jerry Lee Lewis. 3. Being made to read unfunny list in front of 200 angry audience members.

04-24-1995: Dave wants to find out if anyone's watching the show, so he displays his desk phone number on the Times Square jumbotron. The only people who call are CBS employees who have access to a live feed in their offices. Frustrated, Dave dips the receiver into his coffee.

04-24-1996: "Dave's Auction program" bit.

04-24-1996: Hypnosis Night clip.

04-24-1996: Top Ten Signs Your Television Series is Going to be Cancelled - 10. TV Guide describes every episode as "same crap as last week."

04-24-1996: Travel Souvenirs include a "Proud Parents of a Crazy-Ass Militia Member" bumper sticker, a "While You Were Drunk" message pad, and a Key chain made from Elizabeth Taylor's old hip bone.

04-24-1997: "What They Would Have Had for Lunch If They Were Alive Today" with Biff features Lyndon Johnson. Also, Top Ten Good Things About Being a 63-Year-Old Mother.

04-24-1997: Guests: Lisa Kudrow ("Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"), Umberto Buccigrossi (an 84-year-old from Pittsburgh who's been a cobbler for 75 years), and The Verve Pipe.

04-24-1998: Chicago stuff for the Chicago audience: Jerry Springer's bouncers are in the audience; the set features the Chicago skyline; Chicago Quiz; the guy on fire is sponsored by Chicago's own Cold Coast Dogs; Dave reads testimonials about Cold Coast Dogs.

04-24-1998: Lonnie Brooks (guitar) sits in with the band.

04-24-1998: The theater audience is flown in from Chicago as Dave, for some inexplicable reason, puts Jennifer Aniston's hair in his mouth. Meanwhile, Bob Borden tries to get an interview with Oprah but fails. A year later, CBS buys the syndication company that produces her show. Coincidence?

04-24-1998: Top Ten Phrases That Sound Cool When Sung By A Blues Singer (as presented by Taj Mahal) - 7. Bovine spongiform encephelopathy is primarily transmitted through contaminated livestock feed.

04-24-2000: "Late Show New and Improved" bit.

04-24-2000: Campaign 2000, starring Maria Pope. Horn player Bruce's dad had his second bypass operation. Sponsors are Janet Reno ("Don't get up--we'll let ourselves in"), the U.S. Census, and Richard Simmons.

04-24-2000: Dave pans the new Oprah magazine.

04-24-2000: INS officers take Inky away, even though his name is not Elian.

04-24-2000: Leonardo DiCaprio interviews Bill Clinton, but the audio seems a little off.

04-24-2000: Minute-long version of the closing credits.

04-24-2000: Paul's dad (who is 86?) had quintuple bypass at Sarasota Hospital. We see a still of him at the end of the show.

04-24-2000: Top Ten Janet Reno Pet Peeves.

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