09-15-1982: A rare moment: Calvert DeForest screws up his lines during a segment called "Houseguest Etiquette."
09-15-1983: Throughout the show, the Del Corral Family recreate historic American events by standing perfectly still in costume. During one presentation ("Gettysburg"), Dave challenges them to compete with real dummies. The dummies lose.
09-15-1986: Ask Larry "Bud" Headroom makes his first of two appearances on Late Night. He's seen on a television monitor, but it's not clear if the jerky image is deliberate or just Larry being Larry.
09-15-1987: After being threatened with yet another lawsuit, Dave announces that the Dancing Waters are now to be renamed the Prancing Fluids.
09-15-1987: The Pope's Top Ten Complaints About His US Tour - 2. Casey Kasem.
09-15-1988: During a segment of Small Town News, Dave checks into the control room, only to find Hal Gurnee trapped by The Blob.
09-15-1988: Top Ten Things Elvis Has Been Doing Since 1977 - 6. Yankee manager: Aug.-Sept.1979; May-July 1982; June-Aug. 1985.
09-15-1989: Henry Mancini's Viewer Mail Theme is performed by the Red Army Chorus. Later, the chorus's director gives Dave his hat.
09-15-1989: Top Ten Rules of the Miss America Pageant - 2. For those who have had cosmetic surgery, at least 80% of their bodies must be from their home state.
09-15-1993: Dave gets an air freshener from a taxicab.
09-15-1993: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman perform "Friend Of The Devil," a performance included it on the CD "Live On Letterman: Music From The Late Show."
09-15-1993: The debut of the new CBS roofcam, which Dave uses to scan the skyline and finds Regis Philbin and a woman who is not his wife Joy, in a window across the way.
09-15-1993: Top Ten Rejected "60 Minutes" Stories - 5. The 1970's disco group "Village People": Gay?
09-15-1994: Dropping Stuff Off the 8th Floor Window: champagne bottles, confetti, a TV monitor, presidential plates, fluorescent tubes, and bowling balls into a bathtub of pudding. The first two miss their mark; the third makes it but destroys the tub.
09-15-1994: Top Ten Rejected New Names for EuroDisney - 1. Ooh-La-Lame!
09-15-1995: The end-of-the-week Donut-A-Pult, now with a metal sling that shoots four donuts at a time: "This thing has lawsuit written all over it."
09-15-1995: Top Ten Things That Will Get You Kicked Out Of The Miss America Pageant - 10. Plant bloody tiara in other contestant's dressing room.
09-15-1997: Top Ten Surprising Details in Tom Brokaw's New Contract - 2. Will now end each news story by saying, "What a load of crap."
09-15-1998: A clip of Dave and some of his staff at Gallagher's, and "Travel Nightmares".
09-15-1998: Biff exchanges a batting helmet for headphones with Sammy Sosa (taped).
09-15-1998: Clip of Dave and some of his staff at Gallagher's, and "Travel Nightmares".
09-15-1998: Fake ad for Mastercard: Clinton being impeached is priceless?
09-15-1998: Guests: Ben Stiller reads fan mail; Jackie Chan sings.
09-15-1998: Top Ten Bill Clinton Tips For a Happy, Healthy Marriage.
09-15-2000: "Unlabeled Canned Goods": Warren picks the second one from Biff's right--Biff guesses chili, but it's ravioli.
09-15-2000: Campaign 2000, sponsored by Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks ("so good, so tasty, so fishy"), Mr. Coffee ("make coffee in your own home, and drink it"), and by L'il Debbie Snack Cakes (etc. -- same intro as 9/13/00). Warren Zevon fills in for Paul and has nothing, for now; Maria doesn't really have anything. Dave has a new Hillary Clinton fake ad: Rick Lazio is friends with Yassir Arafat AND Hillary Clinton--he must be bad. Sponsor is Firestone Exploding Tires ("put some excitement in your carpool. Firestone Tires: KABOOM. Now back to you, you giant sack of manure").
09-15-2000: CBS Mailbag Letter #1 (Kirk Weaver from MD) asks, "How do you suggest cleaning your fingers after eating Cheetos?" In response, there's a clip of Dave at "home" cleaning his fingers on the guy's letter.
09-15-2000: Guest Kate Hudson promotes the entertaining film "Almost Famous". Her biological dad is Bill Hudson, but the "Dad" in the family is Kurt Douglas, or something.
09-15-2000: Top Ten Things You Don't Want to Hear from your New College Roommate - 3. "We can conserve water if we shower together."
09-15-2000: Warren Zevon sits in for Paul, who's at a Radio City gig.
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