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10-01-1982: It's a 90-minute Bar Mitzvah Special, as 13-year-old Barry Weil enters manhood in front of hundreds of American viewers.
10-01-1984: Another 11:30 PM broadcast of Late Night: Guest Steve Martin feels sick, goes up to Dave's office to lie down, and is later seen having a party with around twenty others, including NBC's Science Correspondant Robert Bazell.
10-01-1985: Dave does his classic impressions of James Stewart and Dwight Gooden; for the first time, Gerard Mulligan shows off his new-born son Kevin (Chris Elliott).
10-01-1986: Dave makes a baseball playoff wager with Houston's mayor Kathy Whitmire. If the Astros beat the Mets, Dave will hang a giant photo of the mayor behind him. If the Mets win, the mayor will display a giant photo of Mookie Wilson in her office.
10-01-1987: General Electric's Top Ten Earthquake Tips - 10. To communicate with neighbors, flip porch light on and off.
10-01-1987: The Prancing Fluids are filled with 50 gallons of orange-ade, while Paul's Prancing Fluids, Jr., are filled with scotch and soda. Dave drives his rented convertible through a car-wash -- with the top down.
10-01-1991: A guy answers a pay phone at Times Square and is told by Dave to notice that he's live on the giant Jumbotron behind him.
10-01-1991: Top Ten Highlights of Bush's Visit to Disney World - 2. Pluto and Millie sniffing each other. 1. Pluto and Quayle sniffing each other.
10-01-1992: New for the 1992 Fall Season: the debut of Kathleen Anker's filthy mouth.
10-01-1992: Top Ten Signs Perot Is Planning To Drop Out Again - 2. He's already scheduled a Larry King interview to make "an important announcement."
10-01-1993: It's Bill Hicks' last appearance on the show before he passes away months later. Unfortunately, his Stand-Up is edited out of the show, and Writer Bill Scheft's Stand-Up from the second Shakedown Show is broadcast instead. Dave reads his own intro.
10-01-1993: Top Ten Signs You're on a Bad Date - 10. You can't think of anything else on your date except strangling Chuck Woolery.
10-01-1996: "Late Show News in Review" bit.
10-01-1996: A Bob Dole campaign commercial features an unexpected bit of mudslinging at Paul Shaffer's expense.
10-01-1996: Bob Dole campaign ad apparently attacks Paul Shaffer.
10-01-1996: David Sanborn sits in with the band; guest Tom Hanks promotes "That Thing You Do!"; musical guest is Riverdance.
10-01-1996: Top Ten Ways to Get Dumb Guys to Vote for You - 2. Your choice for the Joint Chiefs of Staff: the dudes from KISS.
10-01-1997: "Back to School Items" bit, including "Sesame Street Bloopers".
10-01-1997: Guest Veniamin, the "Human Slinky".
10-01-1997: Real and fake clips of the Yankees/Indians game.
10-01-1997: The first Late Show under the new TV rating system is rated TV-PG-L.
10-01-1997: Top Ten Rejected Names for Bryant Gumbel's New Show - 7. Gumbellaventura.
10-01-1998: Dave would like a Talking Animal Wall Clock for Christmas.
10-01-1998: Guest "Dennis, the bunting potbelly pig" is bumped. Too bad musical guest "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" wasn't!
10-01-1998: Know Your Current Events players are from Auckland, New Zealand and Paramus, New Jersey.
10-01-1998: Top Ten Questions in the White House Press Secretary Job Interview.
10-01-1999: CBS Mailbag: (1) "Hillary Clinton's History of New York City" is on the History Channel; (2) George Clarke begs the letter writer (Carmen Gong) to move back to New York City, but he doesn't actually know her; (3) did the writer's husband pay taxes on his $39 lotto winnings? (4) "Bobby Valentine" chats with Dave.
10-01-1999: Top Ten University Classes Taught by Oprah Winfrey.
10-01-2001: As Cal Ripken's career winds down, is he getting lazy? A "clip" shows him sitting in a folding chair while playing third base.
10-01-2001: At the desk, Dave tells a story from his weekend. At a gas station, a woman asked him, in an odd voice, how to get the Tappan Zee Bridge. He gave her directions, and she said, "I don't wanna go that way."
10-01-2001: Dave phones Steph. Her hair is great now because she's been using "Herbal Essence". Originally from Plymouth, NH, she's worked on the show for a year. Her cousin is 14 and likes Star Trek and Mariah Carey. She went to a horrible Chinese restaurant, chosen by her step-mother.
10-01-2001: First day of the "New York, the greatest city in the world" text in the opening.
10-01-2001: The Kalter Twins: Alan and his "twin brother" Rick sing a love song to each other.
10-01-2001: Top Ten Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Buying a Monkey: 10. "Do I really need another monkey?" 8. "How well will he get along with my panda?" The list is followed by Dave's "Cabin Boy" clip: "Would you like to buy a monkey?"
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