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This Dave in History May 10

05-10-1982: Dave asks an audience member, Betsy Houlahan, to order stuff for the show's "Dial-a-Delivery" project. By the end of the show, fresh fish, dry ice, a rug, popcorn, three sheep, 100 chairs, flowers, and a typewriter arrive.

05-10-1983: Dave is curious about what's being claimed as "The World's Largest Vase" and so calls the owner in Zanesville, Ohio. By the end of the month, the vase will be displayed on the set. Also, Garry Shandling makes his debut appearance on Late Night.

05-10-1985: Dave guests on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

05-10-1989: Dave complains about the Panamanian elections, and a sandbag suddenly fall on his desk. Complaining backstage, Dave finds Panama's Generalissimo Ramirez (Shecky) looking innocent while holding scissors near a severed rope.

05-10-1990: Mrs. Paul's Top Ten Pet Peeves - 6. Idiots who think she's married to the Pope. 1. Lackluster sales of her new cologne "Bottom-Feeder."

05-10-1991: Dave rounds up the crew to share a shower with him. Included are Paul, "Rose," Al Maher, Biff, Mary Connelly, and Barbara Gaines.

05-10-1991: John Sununu's Top Ten Other Ethics Violations - 9. Used CIA technology to be 104th caller and win party weekend with Tesla. 8. Altered drivers license to John "Sunoco" and tried to get free gas.

05-10-1994: Day 2 in Los Angeles: Dodger Manager Tommy Lasorda is seen gulping down Slim-Fast, and L.A. pitchers Orel Hershiser, Roger McDowell, Tom Candiotti, and Jim Gotta hurl fastballs toward the camera.

05-10-1994: Top Ten Surfer Pet Peeves (brought to Dave by Calvert in goggles posing as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) 1. Getting mouth-to-mouth from David Hasselhoff.

05-10-1995: Bruce Willis's head is shaved bald for an upcoming film he's shooting ("The Fifth Element"), so Dave gets out a black magic marker and draws on it a happy face.

05-10-1995: Top Ten Signs Something Is Very, Very Wrong At Pepperidge Farms - 2. Anatomically correct gingerbread men.

05-10-1996: Dave gives away model cable cars from the set to audience women.

05-10-1996: Dave rescues the Top Ten List card from inside a crab at Fisherman's Wharf. From the Home Office in Sausalito, Top Ten Reasons I Don't Want To Leave San Francisco.

05-10-1996: Day 5 in San Francisco: Dave meets and hangs out with Manny the Hippie, who introduces into the English language "dank" and "schwagg."

05-10-1996: Guests: Don Johnson brings a 1976 clip of himself in "Streets of San Francisco" and, with Dave's help, gives away a chair. Jeremiah Tower makes Dungeness Crabs and feeds everyone in the audience. Alice in Chains does a song which I rated at the time as "crappy".

05-10-1996: Manny the Hippie and John Popper appear live, playing a harmonica duet.

05-10-1996: On the set, there's a "prison break" from Alcatraz.

05-10-1996: The show opens with several minutes of pointless ovations.

05-10-1999: "Who Asked For It?" bit includes a U.S. Government guy hauling away Inky and Jay Johnson getting drenched with water, followed by "A Word to the Wise" with Jay Johnson.

05-10-1999: Dave talks about the Barry Manilow Travel Club. Also, Top Ten Things Dumb Guys Look For in a Car.

05-10-1999: Stupid Pet Tricks: (1) dog goes nuts at ceiling fan; (2) dog puts all four feet in his water bowl; (3) frisbee trick fails.

05-10-1999: Tonight's Secret Word is either "whizwhmowhizwhmominnoki" or "ball", with a jackpot of 200 damn dollars.

05-10-2000: Campaign 2000, starring Maria Pope: Rob is there again. Paul shares his nightmare about Campaign 2000. More Mother's Day Cards. Apparently, Richard Simmons has offered to "donate" if Maria wants to have a kid on her own.

05-10-2000: Dave talks about jury duty. Apparently, the media says he's too opinionated and wouldn't pay attention to the case.

05-10-2000: Fake clip of Dick Clark's show "Battle of the Child Geniuses". Also, "Mother's Day Cards" bit.

05-10-2000: Top Ten Signs Your Husband Has Secretly Won the Lottery (closing music: "Take the Money and Run").

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