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09-06-1983: Why We Edit the Show: Guest (NBC newsman) Edwin Newman finds a rat in his coffee.
09-06-1984: Head Writer Steve O'Donnell almost passes out from fumes during a rehearsal tryout of a new "Suit." During the show, Dave breathes through a small mouthpiece as he's placed into a 900-gallon tank, wearing a suit containing 3,400 tablets of Alka-Seltzer.
09-06-1984: Suit of Alka Seltzer
09-06-1988: Jerry Vale begins a week greeting guests in the Green Room. Meanwhile, the audience is greeted with food, courtesy of the Late Night Toast Launcher.
09-06-1988: Top Ten Things Overheard at New York City Payphones - 7. "It's a pushbutton phone. But I didn't use my finger."
09-06-1989: "Air Major" miraculously flies through the air in a Frisbee demonstration that wows Dave and the audience.
09-06-1989: Top Ten Thoughts of New Yorkers - 1. I wish I had a holster like the other kids.
09-06-1990: Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killer: A Tribute to the US Open (from Larry Bud).
09-06-1991: Top Ten Questions Asked of Gorbachev and Yeltsin - 6. "I said, ‘When will the translator arrive?'"
09-06-1993: As usual Dave is scared by freakish Australian band Midnight Oil.
09-06-1993: Car Phone Remote, Part 2: Dave annoys WINS-AM, a car wash, Dial-a-Mattress, and Jackson Hole Restaurant, where he orders pancakes.
09-06-1993: Out on 53rd Street, Dave pitches to Little League World Series star Shawn Bouroughs. Sean Burroughs. He's soon to be a major league star too. He's a top prospect with the San Diego Padres, and just finished a very good season at AAA at the tender age of 20.
09-06-1993: Top Ten NASA Excuses For Losing The Mars Space Probe - 1. Space monkeys!
09-06-1994: A elderly woman demonstrates her amazing high kicks several times during the show.
09-06-1994: Top Ten Larry King Pet Peeves (as delivered by Larry himself) - 8. You buy a great looking pair of Spiderman pajamas, but when you put them on they don't give your Spider-strength
09-06-1995: Charleton Heston is Dave's Supervisor throughout the show: "I'm watching you, bonehead."
09-06-1995: Top Ten Horrifying Secrets of Cal Ripken - 6. Once planted a bloody first-baseman's glove.
09-06-1996: Clips of Dave drinking "booze", mustard, Tobasco sauce, etc. Also, more memories (see above): Dave is overweight, Dave holds up a sign for Bryant Gumbel, etc.
09-06-1996: Clips of Dave drinking "booze", mustard, Tobasco sauce, etc.
09-06-1996: Dave recalls the first meeting with Rupert and with Mujibur and Sirajul. All three of them appear live.
09-06-1996: It's the Unofficial Three-Year Anniversary. (The count is 90 morning shows, 1810 Late Nights, and 656 Late Shows.) Memories: Drew Barrymore topless, Quiz Machine destroyed, Demi and Bruce do striptease; Dave sprays Richard Simmons with a fire extinguisher (not exactly a highlight, more like a regular event); Sean Connery flies in on jetpack; Dave falls into high-dive pool; Dave and Ted Koppel rollerblade; Remote highlight: Dave goes door to door in New Jersey with Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, and Richard Simmons.
09-06-1996: More memories: Dave and Ted Koppel rollerblade; Dave holds up a sign for Bryant Gumbel, etc.
09-06-1996: More memories: Demi and Bruce do striptease; Dave sprays Richard Simmons with a fire extinguisher.
09-06-1996: More memories: Sean Connery with jetpack, Dave overweight, Dave falls into high-dive pool.
09-06-1996: Remote Highlights: Dave goes door to door in New Jersey with Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, and Richard Simmons.
09-06-1996: Top Ten Ways I, Dave Letterman, Am Celebrating the "Late Show's" Third Anniversary - 6. Macarena! Macarena! Macarena!
09-06-2000: "King Albert II of Belgium" is operating a camera? Then, Dave rants about the King Albert actor guy not waving. Dave's gonna have to start coming to rehearsals.
09-06-2000: "Name That Bridge" game starts when Dave asks Paul to name the bridge in the commercial bumper. Paul guesses it on the second try (Brooklyn). Later games feature the Triborough Bridge, the Verazanno Bridge, and the London Bridge.
09-06-2000: "Where They Stand on the Issues" bit compares Bush and Gore (and manages to include the clip of Bush calling Klymer an asshole again).
09-06-2000: A new "clip" shows that CBS has developed an inside-tennis-ball cam?
09-06-2000: Alan interrupts: Monday was his 5th anniversary working on the show. Alan does Dave's voice and his in a self-dialogue. He got a strawberry anniversary cake, but he doesn't want it. He's mad because the "real" Dave forgot. He runs out into street, takes off jacket/shirt/tie/pants, and flips Dave off.
09-06-2000: Anna Kournikova Play of the Day: (slo-mo) wipes sweat off her face.
09-06-2000: Calvert DeForest walks in, stands in front of Dave's desk for a few seconds with his head up, walks out, meets the "King of Belgium."
09-06-2000: Dave holds cue card for Inky and mocks him.
09-06-2000: Tony Mendez's Candid Security Camera: He catches someone making a copy.
09-06-2000: Top Ten Good Things About Dating the President's Daughter - 9. Biweekly Gallup Poll tells you how you're doing as a boyfriend.
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