08-31-1982: The "City of Brotherly Love Players" present their "Salute to Philly" in honor of KYW-TV in Philadelphia. The troupe will be renamed The Peace Through Dramatization Players later in the fall.
08-31-1983: Tonight, Paul is "Sparky Shaffer, Male Nurse," as guest Sandra Bernhard gives Dave monogrammed pajamas.
08-31-1988: Top Ten Reasons Bush Doesn't Want to Debate Dukakis - 8. Can't say word "rebuttal" without giggling.
08-31-1993: Dave's worst moment on last night's debut Late Show: his tooth fell out (with video in slow motion). Meanwhile, four-year-old geography expert and cheese lover Jonathan Estrada names states on a US map. Dave takes a bite out of piece of American cheese and identifies it as Utah.
08-31-1994: Dave calls the phone bank on the theater corner and invites someone inside to ask guest Kathy Lee Gifford questions. Regis Philbin saves the segment by throwing copies of his workout video into the audience.
08-31-1994: Top Ten Signs Your New Gym Teacher is Nuts - 2. Warm-ups include jumping jacks, knee bends and Jell-O shots.
08-31-1998: "President Clinton's Vacation vs. Dave's Vacation" bit is interrupted by Mark Vanacourt, investor who "lost all his money" in today's stock market plunge. Paul gives him a hug.
08-31-1998: Dave tells a story about a grocery store and a boy named Kenny.
08-31-1998: Guest Joe Cocker sings "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window".
08-31-1998: In the Late Show Chair of Mystery, it's Erik Estrada, not Tom Cruise.
08-31-1998: Top Ten Chapter Titles in Monica Lewinsky's Book.
08-31-1998: We get to see a drawing of guest Jean-Claude Van Damme acting, then one of him kicking.
08-31-2000: Act 7 (usually just Dave saying "good night") is over 5 minutes long. (Tony Bennett and Diana Krall do a panel after their song in Act 6.) Act 1 is unusually short at only 11 minutes.
08-31-2000: Anna Kournikova Play of the Day: she just sits there; the camera pans up her upper body.
08-31-2000: Campaign 2000, sponsored by Hairagami ([Alan goes really slowly through all of the copy] the art of folding hair: short clip...only $14.99 [etc.] Alan: "Now back to you, underpants"). Paul has nothing, so Dave prompts him to make something up; did he try Hairagami? Dave has nothing. Maria says her four-year-old niece really wants Hairagami. Al Gore will be on the show on September 14th. No Survivor people are on today. The sponsor is Hairagami (clip of ComposTumbler guy: "It's just unbelievable." Alan: "I'll tell you what's unbelievable: $15 for a god damn stick!" and "Take it away, monkey ass.")
08-31-2000: Desk joke: Dave tells one about Cheetos.
08-31-2000: During Know Your Current Events, the "cheating" (Dave feeding the answers to the players) continues. Despite this, today's player Michelle has trouble getting the answers right.
08-31-2000: Segment 7 (usually just Dave saying "good night") is over 5 minutes long. (Tony Bennett and Diana Krall do a panel after their song in segment 6.) Segment 1 is unusually short at only 11 minutes.
08-31-2000: Top Ten Worst Jobs - 10. Texas electric-chair tester.
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