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This Dave in History May 24

05-24-1983: It's "Camping with Barry White Night "as the low-voiced singer gives sage advice on camping do's and don'ts. Also, Bobcat Goldthwait makes his network television debut. It's a magic night.

05-24-1989: Chris Elliott and his dad Bob (of Bob & Ray) appear to promote their co-written book, "Daddy's Boy."

05-24-1990: Top Ten Business Tips from the President's Son - 6. Ask Quayle if he has two 10's for a 5. Repeat until you are rich. 3. Remind reporters that unlike Ron Reagan, Jr., you never wore leotards in your life.

05-24-1991: Ted Kennedy's Top Ten Party Tips - 2. Billy Dee Williams was right: Colt 45.

05-24-1993: Life imitates TV: Dave accepts an award for Late Night at the American Television Awards. Taped later for an episode of Larry Sanders, he tells Larry "backstage" that he intends to hire Tom Snyder to follow his own show on CBS.

05-24-1994: Dave is missing his opening "billboard" card, so he leaves the theater, goes to the NBC Nightly News studio and gets it from Tom Brokaw.

05-24-1994: Top Ten Announcements That Will Make This Audience Cheer Wildly - 2. Angela Lansbury is having my baby!

05-24-1995: After Mel Gibson rode into the theater on a horse from outside, barely missing a taxi, hot dog cart, and a CBS page the night before, Billy Crystal enters on a small pony pulled by a midget in lederhosen.

05-24-1995: Top Ten Least Popular Circus Snacks - 6. Monkey pops.

05-24-1996: "Staff Nightmares" bit. Also, Manny the Hippie is live from San Francisco, reviewing the movie "Mission Impossible".

05-24-1996: Dave and Conan O'Brien get "Bob Dole Is Old" jokes from the joke storeroom in the basement of the Ed Sullivan theater.

05-24-1996: Kid Inventors: (1) spaghetti equipment, (2) clothes reacher, (3) auto stirrer, and (4) ejection alarm.

05-24-1996: Top Ten Good Things About Being a Sailor - 8. When you call Domino's from the middle of the ocean, they can never get your pizza to you in 30 minutes -- so you always get free pizza.

05-24-1999: Alan chooses the Secret Word: "announcer" for 600 damn dollars.

05-24-1999: Dave rants about the Know Your Current Events prize--instead of dinner for two, you get $100 toward dinner for two.

05-24-1999: Time Killers: (1) A cameraman writes on the screen; (2) we meet "intern Fred" briefly; (3) Inky tells the plot of "Star Wars" in Spanish; (4) they try to give away furniture; (5) Pat steals $20; (6) Dave as a fat guy; (7) Kenny Sheehan prank call.

05-24-1999: Top Ten Thoughts on the Minds of People in Line for "Star Wars"; the list features actual clips of people in line and Star Wars theme music.

05-24-2000: "Biff Henderson's America" visits Calhoun, MO (in Ozarks, pop. 433).

05-24-2000: "Les Moonves" (dressed as Moses) intros a fake "Survivor" clip.

05-24-2000: All night long, James Earl Jones reads excerpts from Richard Simmons's book "Still Hungry After All These Years".

05-24-2000: Top Ten Ted Turner Pickup Lines - 4. "Just think, marry me and you'll have the same name as dozens of lousy cable stations."

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