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This Dave in History September 11

09-11-1984: Late Night Rejected Ideas: Tap-dance Racing, a "Halloween III" ketchup dispenser coming out of an amputated arm, and, for the first time broadcast: "Dog Poetry," which soon becomes a Late Night classic.

09-11-1985: NBC Bookmobile: _Roy, the Elf with Bad Knees,_ _Unthreatening Armies of the World,_ and _I Am Not Eubanks._

09-11-1986: k.d. lang makes her network television debut on Late Night, performing "Turn Me Around."

09-11-1990: Another call to Meg Parsont across the street at Simon & Schuster, as the new Miss America, Marjorie Judith Vincent, drops by her office.

09-11-1991: Dave is thirsty, so Olympic star Carl Lewis buys an orange soda from the soda machine on an upper floor and races downstairs to the studio in a record 20 seconds.

09-11-1991: Top Ten Least Popular Hors d'oeuvres - 2. That's Not Caviar.

09-11-1992: Top Ten Signs Your President Is a Liar - 2. Tries to pass his Mom off as his wife.

09-11-1995: A day after the Emmy Awards, Dave tosses donuts into the audience with the new Donut-A-Pult. "Now it's really hard to believe we didn't win an Emmy." Meanwhile, Biff Henderson recites a passage from the Packwood Diaries.

09-11-1995: Top Ten Excuses For Us Not Winning An Emmy - 6. Did away with our old category: Shows that suck big-time.

09-11-1996: "Back to School Items".

09-11-1996: Fake clip of Tyson/Selden boxing match.

09-11-1996: Paul and Biff host a "Paid Commercial Advertisement," "Pancake Pants," but Dave puts an end to it by aiming his fire extinguisher at Biff's smoking pants.

09-11-1996: Top Ten Signs You've Chosen a Bad Running Mate - 2. He's most famous for killing his parents with this brother Lyle.

09-11-1997: Biff gets a "Know Your Current Events" participant chicken dinner, 'cause that's what he likes. Meanwhile, Paul writes the "Long-Haul Trucking Song" for him.

09-11-1997: Top Ten Miss America Contestant Pet Peeves - 10. According to rules, your "talent" can't be "just standing around looking hot."

09-11-2000: "Emmy Highlights" bit: stills with "humorous" comments. Also, a fake Firestone ad has a *long* disclaimer (don't go over 20 MPH, etc.).

09-11-2000: At the desk, Dave thanks the staff after the show's Emmy win yesterday. Its first win was 1994, then 98, 99, 00 (Best Variety show). Clip of Rob Burnett accepting the Emmy, calling Dave "the cranky guy behind the desk". Later, Dave lists all the Emmys CBS won yesterday-- only 2! (Late Show, and Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond)

09-11-2000: Biff (on 53rd St.) pumps up a bicycle innertube till it explodes in celebration of the show's Emmy win. Later, he pumps up a soccer ball till it explodes.

09-11-2000: Fake Emmy clips: Alan was there dressed as a woman; is he Jack Lemmon's wife? Also, after the miniseries "Jesus" loses to "The Corner," a bolt of lightning strikes the winners.

09-11-2000: The U.S. Open Guy With a Piece of String in his Hair of the Night: Krajicek has string in his hair as he serves. Also, a U.S. Open clip shows President Clinton in attendance; in the row behind him is a kid with a Late Show T-shirt.

09-11-2000: Top Ten Questions on the Indiana University Basketball Coach Application - 4. Do you have what it takes to lead Indiana to a 2nd-round NCAA tournament loss?

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