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This Dave in History August 18

08-18-1983: Dom DeLuise makes a surprise walk-on during John Candy's guest segment as Dave has trouble telling them apart.

08-18-1986: Dave orders beer from Hurley's for the studio audience but realizes after it arrives that it can't be passed out.

08-18-1987: Top Ten Things Communists Are No Damn Good At - 7. Arena Football. 2. Producing a Boxer with as Much Heart as Rocky

08-18-1989: Claiming to have a sore throat, Cher cancels an appearance on Late Night, even though she's healthy enough to perform this very night in Atlantic City. So Calvert DeForest appears in her place and calls Dave an "asshole." Continuing with "Let's Bash Cher" night, Dave reads the Top Ten Reasons Cher Couldn't Make It on the Show: #3: Heard Paul Prudhomme was going to wear same outfit.

08-18-1992: Remote: Larry "Bud" is live in Houston at the Republican National Convention. True to form, he can't hear Dave.

08-18-1992: Top Ten Surprises in the Reagan Speech - 10. Part where he took credit for inventing "Sniglets."

08-18-1994: Baseball player Frank Thomas gets batting practice by taking a swing at various fruits.

08-18-1994: Film Coordinator Rick Scheckman is "Carlos the Jackal" in a segment called "Shocking Celebrity Revelations"; his name is later changed to "Shecky the Jackal."

08-18-1994: Having complained last night that he couldn't get free biscuits at "Popeye's," Dave now shows the audience his new "Popeye's" card entitling him to his free biscuits.

08-18-1994: Tony Randall's 4th appearance of the week covered in mud; tonight he brings Dave a blue index card.

08-18-1994: Top Ten Signs You've Gone to a Bad Chiropractor - 9. Keeps saying, "A spine is like a box of chocolates."

08-18-1994: Zsa Zsa Gabor appears on stage twice, requesting, "David, darling, kiss my ass," and comes back onstage a third time covered in mud to hug Dave.

08-18-1995: It's Bill Wendell's last night as he retires on this day after being Dave's announcer since 1980.

08-18-1995: Top Ten Things Lisa Marie Will Miss About Being Married To Michael Jackson - 5. House need cleaning? Just dunk Bubbles the chimp in a bucket of Lysol and let him go nuts!

08-18-1997: "Clinton's Summer vs. Dave's Summer" bit.

08-18-1997: Dave calls Al Roker and asks him to explain how lightning works.

08-18-1997: Guest Tom Selleck eats an avocado for the first time, apparently.

08-18-1997: Tom Selleck and Dave discuss the weather & avocados.

08-18-1997: Top Ten Things Elvis Would Say if He Came Back Today - 6. Who's this "Richard Simmons," and why's he keep trying to hug me?

08-18-1999: All night long, Kathy Pesek (a 22-year-old 5-time champion diver from Houston) is on the phone, and we get to hear her do some dives: (1) front dive, pike; (2) front 1.5 with full twist; (3) quintuple somersault, full pike, half twist.

08-18-1999: All night long, Terry Blanchard (trumpet) sits in with the band.

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