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This Dave in History September 22

09-22-1982: Museum of the Hard-to-Believe: Leonardo de Vinci's script for the pilot episode to "Love That Bob," and Mr. Time-Warp: a guy who lives 2 1/2 minutes later than the real world.

09-22-1983: Ex-Yippee/now-deceased entrepreneur Jerry Rubin makes a cameo on Viewer Mail, where he's to claim exclusive rights to a Late Night video game but instead plugs "Genesis," a new food product. Vanessa Williams appears as Miss America weeks before "Penthouse" publishes revealing photos from her pre-Miss America days. Meanwhile, Hal Gurnee celebrates the end of summer by buttoning up his second shirt button.

09-22-1985: Late Night wins its second Emmy for its Christmas show from 1984.

09-22-1987: Debuting a new Late Night bit, the Prancing Fluids are filled with 20 gallons (or 300 bottles) of Scope Mouthwash. Meanwhile, Ask Larry "The Big Man" Melman makes his farewell performance, as Dave hands out pieces of the 10-foot-tall prop to audience participants.

09-22-1989: Top 10 Numbers Between One and Ten: 10. Seven 9. Four 8. Ten 7. Three 6. Eight and a half 5. Nine 4. Two 3. One 2. Eight 1. Five & Six (tie)

09-22-1992: Dave introduces a new segment, "What Are We Cooking?" by calling Meg Parsont and asking her to identify what Biff is cooking on the pavement. She guesses knockwurst. It's bacon. Later, Biff cooks steak; Meg guesses barbecue chicken; finally, Biff cooks chicken, but Meg guesses hamburger. Leanza Cornett, Miss America, 1993, guests.

09-22-1992: Top Ten Reasons Perot May Re-Enter the Race - 8. When asked if he could win, Magic Eight Ball said, "Yes, definitely."

09-22-1993: It's raining, so Dave leaves the theater, hops into a taxi, and helps the Yankee Stadium ground crew put down the infield tarp.

09-22-1993: James Earl Jones announces the Autumnal Equinox.

09-22-1993: The roofcam spots Calvert DeForest outside the strip club "Flashdancers," and it later catches Tony Randall in the same predicament.

09-22-1993: Top Ten Signs You've Lost Control Of Your Country - 4. Ted Koppel cuts your interview short for a late-breaking story on the "Full House" twins.

09-22-1994: Guest Bill Murray goes across the street and gives a pep talk to the cast members of "Cats." Later, he annoys the cast from "Phantom of the Opera."

09-22-1995: Dave invites two audience members to get a videotape clip of "Showgirls" at the local theater. They return in time to show the clip for guest "Showgirls" actor Gina Gershon.

09-22-1995: Top Ten Rejected 'Jeopardy' Categories (as read by Alex Trebek) - 6. Itos, Titos And Fritos.

09-22-1997: "Dave Talks to Kids"; also, Bill Cosby does "sit-down" comedy.

09-22-1997: Fake clip of President Clinton's motorcade.

09-22-1997: Top Ten Surprises in the New Fall Television Season - 5. For the first time ever, the "Late Show" will use the word "waffles" twice in the same list. 3. Waffles.

09-22-1998: "Pedestrian Scandals" bit.

09-22-1998: Dave asks Paul for a "singing bird clock" for Christmas.

09-22-1998: ESPN2 coverage: "Extreme Presidential Perjury."

09-22-1998: Guest Meredith Viera promotes the Miss America Pageant.

09-22-1998: Top Ten Signs President Clinton Is Telling the Truth. Actually, there are none. Instead, Top Ten Kenneth Starr Turn-ons.

09-22-1999: In "Who Asked For It", we get a Regis cameo. Also, Top Ten Announcements That Would Cause a Panic at the Country Music Awards.

09-22-1999: Stupid Pet Tricks: (1) trick fails--the dog doesn't grab its own tail; (2) a pig controls a remote-control car with a lizard on it; (3) a dog stands on a rope on its hind legs.

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