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This Dave in History October 12

10-12-1982: The Shame of NBC Studios: Dave discovers an expired permit in the Green Room and refuses to return to home base.

10-12-1983: Dave plays a clip of a counterfeit Late Night from "Japan": Merrill Markoe is guest Marlo Thomas, and Paul appears as himself.

10-12-1988: Dave Letterman's Top Ten Driving Tips - 2. There are no finer men and women than the officers of the New Canaan Connecticut Police Department. They are the unsung heros of the 20th century.

10-12-1988: Dave makes waffles, then tosses them into the audience.

10-12-1989: Dave announces guests Ellen Barkin, Al Sharpton, and his mom before Paul wakes him up.

10-12-1990: Top Ten Ways Saddam Hussein Can Win the Nobel Peace Prize - 9. Play bass with Sting at next Rainforest concert.

10-12-1993: Calvert DeForest gives weather updates outside.

10-12-1993: Stupid Pet Tricks: A dog goes down a slide with a monkey on its back.

10-12-1993: Top Ten Signs You're Being Investigated By 60 Minutes - 3. While lying in bed after seducing you, Leslie Stahl starts asking oddly detailed questions about your business.

10-12-1994: Dave is missing his card announcing tomorrow's show, so he calls "Movie-Phone" for the information.

10-12-1994: Top Ten Rejected Sylvester Stallone Movie Lines - 1. I love you Richard Simmons!

10-12-1999: Fake political ad against a Trump/Winfrey presidential ticket simply says "Come on"!

10-12-1999: Guest Billy Blanks does some Tae Bo.

10-12-1999: On "Where can I get a decent meal in this town?", Mujibur and Sirajul try Joe G's Pizza: "Very good!"

10-12-1999: Top Ten Science Papers That Won't Be Winning a Nobel Prize.

10-12-2000: Alan Kalter's Campaign Round-Up.

10-12-2000: Calvert Wanders Through: during the monologue, he goes to Dave's desk, picks up the phone, says "Get me the police!", and walks out.

10-12-2000: Immediately following the second Presidential debate, a new "ad" proclaims that one man has proven himself qualified to be President: Jim Lehrer (moderator).

10-12-2000: Stacey from Phoenix plays Know Your Former Managers of the New York Yankees, while Dave complains about his dentist screwing up his bite plane.

10-12-2000: Top Ten Signs Your Debate Moderator Is Nuts - 2. Since he can't keep their names straight, refers to candidates as "idiot #1" and "idiot #2".

10-12-2000: Warren Zevon fills in for Paul, who apparently has pneumonia.

10-12-2001: Ball State University Fighting Football Cardinals Fighting Football Cardinals Pregame Kickoff Show: The cardinal is the fiercest robin-sized bird in the world. The team's record so far is 0-4. Saturday, they play the Eastern Michigan Eagles in Ypsilanti, MI. Ball State is an 8 point favorite. "Go Cards!"

10-12-2001: CBS Mailbag Letter #1 is from Anthony Buragina of Kingston, Ontario. He writes, "How many fingers am I holding up?" Dave: "Well, Anthony, if you're like most viewers, probably one."

10-12-2001: Coming out of commercial, Paul is playing harmonica. Dave: "You can't play harmonica!" Paul: "Don't tell anyone."

10-12-2001: For Mailbag, Biff inserts pins in a map next to the names of the writers' hometowns. Letter #3 is too easy (Milwaukee, WI), so Dave has Biff find Fairbanks, AK. For some reason, Biff can't find it, so they do Anchorage instead.

10-12-2001: Guests: Rose McGowan says that she injured her lips with a lip-pumping machine and that she dated Marilyn Manson for a while. Sarah Vowell says that her dad has been snake hunting and that Ira Glass is nice, but he's her boss.

10-12-2001: Top Ten Little-Known Words Coined by the Guy Who First Said "Guesstimate": 10) "Estiguess", 9) "Mediocre-iffic", 8) "Saskatchewannabe", 7) "Gore-itos", 6) "Opraholic", 5) "Viagrampa", 4) "Siegfroy", 3) "Mantastic", 2) "Lettermanure", 1) "Clintern".

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