07-24-1984: The studio audience picks a new catch phrase: "They pelted us with rocks and garbage." (Passed over: "A dozen pizzas?! Oh, it's those damn kids." and "Boy, could I use a nap.")
07-24-1985: Connie Chung demonstrates her talent for crushing walnuts.
07-24-1985: The show is short a guest, so Dave goes to the nearest window to search for one outside. Ceil and her boyfriend happily comply.
07-24-1986: An appearance from lovable Flunky the Clown on Viewer Mail.
07-24-1987: Bob E. "Badfinger" Von Merta performs "Wipeout" with his snapping fingers.
07-24-1987: Top Ten Dear Abby Letter Signatures - 9. Can't Sit Down in San Pedro.
07-24-1990: "How's the Weather Out There" with Barbara Gaines: Dave riffles while Barbara points as they ask a woman in Wisconsin what the weather's like.
07-24-1990: Top Ten Things George Bush Likes about David Souter - 4. Heard he did magic tricks like the judge on "Night Court."
07-24-1991: Hal opens up the Sun Roof as Marv Albert flies by.
07-24-1991: Top Ten Signs You've Gone to a Bad Motel - 8. Instead of "Sanitized for Your Protection," paper band on toilet says "Good Luck."
07-24-1992: Top Ten Reasons Bush Should Dump Quayle - 6. Was fooling around with phone and accidentally ordered Olympic TripleCast.
07-24-1995: A "dumb ads" segment introduces to the world a Canadian gas station attendant who goes by the name of Dick Assman (OSS-man). Dick Assmania is born.
07-24-1995: George Clarke's "Quest for Corn" takes him to Omaha, Nebraska. His rating: 4 ears. Dave: "I'll be the first to tell ya: this ain't workin'."
07-24-1995: Tony Orlando performs "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round These Old Dumb Ads."
07-24-1995: Top Ten Errors in Apollo 13 - 3. According to the movie, first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong; in reality it was Dick Assman.
07-24-1997: Dan Rather performs "Chinese train songs."
07-24-1997: During "Know Your Current Events," Dave chats it up with a butcher, joking about counting his fingers every time he wakes up, only to suddenly notice that the butcher is already missing one.
07-24-1997: Harrison Ford's World Tour - Harrison Ford reports "Live via satellite from Paris."
07-24-1997: Kathy Griffin is a pretty entertaining guest. Also, Dave actually introduces Anton as Anton Fig.
07-24-1997: Top Ten Republican Complaints about Newt Gingrich.
07-24-1998: CBS Mailbag: (1) A picture in "People" magazine indicates that Dave was kicked out of the Barbra Streissand wedding; (2) a letter on mashed potatoes is too lame to deserve a response; (3) Dave runs out of the theater, but instead of seeing footage, we get Paul showing drawings of what Dave's doing; (4) live web feed of Mujibur and Sirajul on a bed-- is it a sex site?
07-24-1998: Early in the show, we get a sneak peek at #3 for the Top Ten List. Later, Top Ten Signs You Won't Be Winning an Emmy.
07-24-1998: Guests: Pam Grier brings a "spicy" vintage clip, while Pauly Shore is predictably lame.
07-24-1998: Pat and Kenny read Oprah Winfrey Transcripts (is this the first time for this bit?); this one is with Delta Burke.
07-24-2000: "The British Open: Highlights of Golfers Other Than Tiger Woods" turns out to be a blank screen.
07-24-2000: All night long, the external camera shows Pat Farmer and Kenny Sheehan throwing frisbees to each other. They're standing on the roofs of buildings, and Pat's is much higher than Kenny's....
07-24-2000: Campaign 2000, starring Maria Pope, sponsored by Compostumbler (only one testimonial tonight--the woman). Bush's people are still considering the debate offer. Dave recaps the jai alai scoring rules. Sponsors: Compostumbler and Liquid Plumr Foaming Pipe Snake (the Compostumbler testimonial guy is used here for the LPFPS--"It's just unbelievable").
07-24-2000: Late Show Roll Call includes the guys who operate the Tony Mendez puppet, George Clooney in a scuba suit, Carl the stagehand who can say "here" in 42 different languages (just says "here"), the CBS exec who created "Survivor", the CBS exec who created "Big Brother" (now a waiter), Dave's fiancee and Paul's girlfriend (one woman is both), stagehand still in a Y2K bunker, and the Late Show Dancers, who have cards that spell out "ERE".
07-24-2000: One of the two ladies who open the show with Dave (the one who played his fiancee in Roll Call) is outside smoking. (Not sure if it was Andrea or Nadine, but Micah thinks it was Andrea.)
07-24-2000: Top Ten Shocking Facts about Dick Cheney - 4. (written and presented by 8-year-old Michael Magiatto) He's fat.
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