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This Dave in History May 7

05-07-1984: Today is Law Suit Day, whereas F. Lee Bailey advises which potential Late Show lawsuits to pursue. After several rejections, he suggests suing Larry Holmes for his no-show the previous week and the Merchant Marines Academy Choir for walking out the previous February.

05-07-1985: Eric Clapton sits in with the band. Paul later credits Eric's appearance as the catalyst for further rock players to appear.

05-07-1986: Because her wardrobe was sent to the show weeks ago and displayed on the set the last few nights, Cybill Sheperd appears in nothing but a towel. Also, 80-year-old rocker Gerty Molzen performs the definitive version of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side." It's one of Will Lee's favorite moments on the show.

05-07-1987: In a bid for its town to become the new Home Office, the mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona, Herbert Drinkwater, reads the Top Ten Modern Municipal Problems or Panda Names.

05-07-1991: Paul borrows a Jonathan Katz line by relating a dinner story with his parents. He meant to ask, "Would you please pass the salt" but instead blurted out, "You bitch! You ruined my givling life!." Later in the show, Dave calls Paul's mom in Thunder Bay to apologize.

05-07-1991: Top Ten Ways Quayle Can Build Up Public Confidence - 2. Get Bush to stop wearing "I'm with Stupid" T-shirt.

05-07-1992: Jay Leno appears on Dave's show for the last time, three weeks before he replaces Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show. The World's Most Dangerous Band commemorates his appearance by playing John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and the Who's "Happy Jack."

05-07-1992: Top Ten Highlights of Maria Shriver's Interview with Raisa Gorbachev - 3. Tearful confession of 10-year affair with Yakov Smirnoff - by both of them.

05-07-1993: Top Ten Signs Your Postman Could Be Ready To Snap - 8. Wife wears T-shirt saying, "I'm with disgruntled."

05-07-1996: Dave gives a 95-year-old audience woman flowers for her birthday.

05-07-1996: Day 2 in San Franciso feature a remote with Joe Montana, as both stuff crabs down their pants, and Clint Eastwood making faces back in the Sullivan Theater in New York.

05-07-1996: Our Top Ten Favorite California Names - 10. Dick Hertz, 4. Dick Weed, 1. Dick Head. The list was presented by people with those names, and the Home Office was Daly City, CA.

05-07-1996: Tiny bungee jumpers (from the Golden Gate Bridge) are now part of the set.

05-07-1997: "Deep Blue" is not just a chess-playing computer any more; now it does other sports like ping-pong.

05-07-1997: Biff Henderson offers another "What They Would Have Had For Lunch If They Were Alive Today" segment. Tonight's is Burt Lancaster: bowl of soup and tuna fish sandwich.

05-07-1997: Guests: Mike Myers (clip of him in "John and Yoko: A Love Story), Danny Aiello (promotes "The Last Don" and calls bus destinations), and Ross and Elisa Hartzell and Their Crossbows of Death.

05-07-1997: Inky does the watusi. Also, "Mother's Day Cards" bit.

05-07-1997: Paul's song: "It Frightens the Neighbors When You Mow the Lawn Naked".

05-07-1997: Top Ten Ways the Tobacco Companies Can Improve Their Image - 2. Replace surgeon general's warning with, "smoke up, you crazy bastards!"

05-07-1998: Ad for "Dave Letterman's Talk Show Camp for Kids".

05-07-1998: Billy Joe of Green Day does "Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)", a song prominently featured in the final Seinfeld clip show one week later.

05-07-1998: Dave clips his tie.

05-07-1998: Top Ten Ways The Wizard of Oz Would Be Different if it Were Made Today - 2. Lions and tigers and bears, oh sh**!

05-07-1999: Biff introduces a taped bit of his time on the town with band BR549--they write songs about anything they see.

05-07-1999: The entire audience is from Nashville. There's a Nashville back-drop. In honor of Minnie Pearl, there's a $1.98 price tag on the marquee. Also, Nashville Quiz.

05-07-1999: There are guys in the audience who look like Tom Petty and Dave.

05-07-1999: Top Ten Nashville Predator Pick-Up Lines, presented by Tom Fitzgerald, captain of the Predators. Home Office: Murfreesboro, TN.

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