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This Dave in History October 6

10-06-1983: Dave goes across the hallway and annoys Sophia Loren, who is in the Live-at-Five make-up room. Chris Elliott makes his first appearance as The Conspiracy Guy; his rant is cut off with a "Please Stand By" note to the home viewer. Later, R.E.M. performs two songs.

10-06-1987: The apparition of Tom Snyder is seen in the Prancing Fluids, which is filled tonight with soda.

10-06-1988: Another Carson prime-time anniversary results in another Late Night 11:30 PM broadcast. Tonight's show is seen on Diamond-Vision at Shea Stadium.

10-06-1988: Dave appears on the Tonight Show Anniversary special to deliver The "Top Ten Things Dave is Grateful to Johnny Carson For - 1. Used influence to get me into Indiana National Guard.

10-06-1988: Top 9 Things Overheard in Omaha at the Vice Presidential Debate - 3. "And you're no George Kennedy either!"

10-06-1989: Top Ten Ways the Dalai Lama Will Spend His Nobel Prize Money - 6. Give it to Pete Rose; see if he can double it.

10-06-1989: Viewer Mail: Instead of playing the Henry Mancini-penned "Viewer Mail Theme," Paul and the band play "The Theme From Peter Gunn." Paul says it's ok, because Mancini wrote it.

10-06-1992: Let's Look for Swedes live remote: Dave comes close, finding a pedestrian from Iceland, then an imposter from Finland, and finally a man from Sweden. At the end of the show, Dave gives him and his girlfriend Swedish meatballs.

10-06-1992: Sinead O'Connor's Top Ten Complaints about the Pope - 8. Snubbed her at the Grammys. (Original #8 before forced editing by the network: His holier-than-thou attitude - thanks to Patrick Smith.)

10-06-1993: Andy Dick appears as the CBS page who likes to suck up.

10-06-1993: Top Ten Ways To Annoy A Supreme Court Justice - 3. He says, "Approach the bench." You say, "Approach this!"

10-06-1994: CBS Newsboy Dan Rather chews tobacco and then deposits it into a spitune.

10-06-1994: Top Ten Signs Regis Philbin is Nuts - 2. Every couple years, just for fun, he switches Kathie Lee's birth control pills with Tic Tacs.

10-06-1995: A live remote from Burbank as kids from a 4th-grade class tell jokes: "I know a dog so dumb he had to turn around and ask directions."

10-06-1995: Top Ten Things The Pope Likes About New York - 3. A genuine Rolex for ten bucks? It's a miracle!

10-06-1997: A chart illustrates the Causes of President Clinton's Hearing Loss.

10-06-1997: A fake ad is good PR for El Nino (Mujibur and Sirajul appear).

10-06-1997: Dan Aykroyd promotes "Blues Brothers 2000" and plays the harmonica.

10-06-1997: Dave and Paul go to the store and try on hairpieces.

10-06-1997: Remote: Dave and Paul try on hairpieces.

10-06-1997: Top Ten Surprising Findings from President Clinton's Physical - 1. Has a bad case of Urkel fever.

10-06-1998: Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole appear together as guests.

10-06-1998: The new $20 bill apparently contains a moist towelette.

10-06-1998: Tony does a card trick with Dave; Paul introduces a "clock race"; cameraman Dave Dorsett "waters the weasel", etc.

10-06-1998: Top Ten NBA Player Demands (Tito Puente drums on some of the ten items).

10-06-1999: "Dave's Record Collection" includes opera singers from the Met.

10-06-1999: Fake ad for (overconfident?) George W. Bush.

10-06-1999: Top Ten Things Don Zimmer Said After Being Hit in the Head by a Baseball.

10-06-1999: True Stories of the Late Show Stagehands: "Kenny and the Magic Lamp."

10-06-2000: Alan Kalter's Campaign Round-up (premiere?): he "sings" "Who Let the Dogs Out?"

10-06-2000: As the show comes back from the last commercial break, Corky Ramirez is singing along with the band.

10-06-2000: Ball State University Fighting Football Cardinals Pregame Kickoff Show: They play Miami (OH) at Miami, and are 28 point underdogs. Later, guest Magic Johnson gives the team a pep talk.

10-06-2000: CBS Mailbag: (1) Dave gets a pizza from Domino's with that "Andy" stuffed animal in it? (2) Biff claims to have slept with a few First Ladies ("Bring on the Lawsuits" sponsored by Pringles); (3) interns taste taco shells, and the one who eats the genetically altered one has bad results; (4) Al Gore uses his laser vision to decapitate debate moderator Jim Lehrer.

10-06-2000: Top Ten Cool Things About Winning a Gold Medal, presented live in the studio by U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling medallist Rulon Gardner - 5. The instant marriage proposal from Darva Conger.

10-06-2000: Warren Zevon sits in for the ailing Paul, again.

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