07-15-1982: Dave, the Better Samaritan, helps Little Susie get ready for camp by making sure she has an ample supply of cigarettes and beer.
07-15-1986: Cold Open: "O Canada" sung by the audience. Dave suddenly wakes up from a frightening nightmare.
07-15-1986: Dave chooses relief hosts, selected from staff ID cards in a drum-bin. Rob Burnett, Sue Hall, and Bridget Jackson lose.
07-15-1987: A technician's strike is in its third week, as clusters of dark and "errant cameras" fill the stage with "new friends."
07-15-1988: Due to the writer's strike, there's no Viewer Mail. So Dave calls Johnny Carson and receives permission to play Stump the Band.
07-15-1988: Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killer: a video clip of Presidential Candidate Michael Dukakis mowing his lawn.
07-15-1992: Top Ten Signs You Won't Be Re-Elected President - 2. Your State of the Union address is pre-empted by a "Who's-the-Boss-a-Thon."
07-15-1994: In tonight's "Regis Week" rerun (from 5/24/94) - a tank-top-wearing Regis Philbin throws videocassettes into the audience as one of the "Top Ten Announcements That Will Make This Audience Cheer Wildly" - 3. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Regis Philbin in a tank top.
07-15-1996: Alexi Lalas appears and goes outside with audience member Leslie. He juggles a soccer ball; she counts. Later, Top Ten Signs You're Vacationing at a Bad Resort.
07-15-1996: All night long, "The Late Show's Real World", featuring Dave, Paul, Biff, and Pat Farmer.
07-15-1996: Manny the Hippie reports from just north of Roswell, New Mexico. The American public ceases to hear from him for the next year.
07-15-1997: After failing to fry an egg on the sidewalk, Biff tries to fry one on the hood of a taxi, but it keeps sliding off. Later, he uses a hotplate instead.
07-15-1997: External camera on pay-phone bit: Tim from Melbourne, Australia comes into the theater and does a simulated walk on Mars.
07-15-1997: It's 97 degrees outside, so Biff fries an egg on the sidewalk, later adding bacon and toast.
07-15-1997: Top Ten Cool Things About Being the Richest Man in the World - 2. Can use line, "Yes, that is a roll of hundreds in my pocket and I am happy to see you."
07-15-1998: "Dave's Record Collection" bit. Also, Dave plays with a laugh-track box. Later, Top Ten Other Ways the Miss America Pageant Will Be Different This Year.
07-15-1998: A drawing contrasts Regular Dave vs. Zorro Dave. We also get the "Z" special effect.
07-15-1998: Guest Chris Elliott ("There's Something about Mary") brings Gerry Mulligan out for a little chat.
07-15-1998: Mutaro Hashimoto (tenor sax), the former Prime Minister of Japan, sits in with the band? Also, it's Finchhen's first visit to the Late Show.
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