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This Dave in History October 13

10-13-1982: Larry "Bud" Melman is in his typically hyper state during a segment called "Ball Park Etiquette." In a second installment of "People Behind Late Night," Head Prop Manager Jimmy Fitzgerald explains how he prepares coffee for Dave.

10-13-1986: After a reported threat of a lawsuit, Marshall Sylver makes a return appearance as the World's Fastest Hynotist.

10-13-1987: Dave and Paul entertain patients in the nurse's office.

10-13-1987: Top Ten Disadvantages of Winning a Nobel Prize - 9. Automatically disqualifies you from being a contestant on "Jeopardy."

10-13-1989: Remote: Dave operates the Goodyear Blimp. As Julia Child cooks duck, Dave mentions that he used to pound his duck during college homecoming.

10-13-1989: Top Ten East German Government Explanations for the Mass Defections - 1. Who are we kidding? Communism sucks!

10-13-1992: New Perot Campaign Slogan selected: "Come on, it'll be fun."

10-13-1992: Top Ten Ways Quayle Prepared for the Debate - 4. Two words: Cliff Notes.

10-13-1993: Among Dave's Ideas for shows at 12:30: "Creapy guy wearing tight itchy woolen pants" and "Parallel parking with Mark Hamill."

10-13-1993: Mark Hamill has a cameo

10-13-1993: Over the phone, James Earl Jones reads a list of baseball injuries.

10-13-1993: Things Overheard On The Clinton's 18th Wedding Anniversary - 8. Ya-hoo! Now fer some hillbilly lovin.'

10-13-1994: Seventy-one year old retired doctor Tom Amberry shoots baskets all night long on 53rd St.; by the end of the show, he's made 221 shots out of 276 attempts.

10-13-1994: Top Ten Ted Kennedy Campaign Slogans - 2. Are you better off than you were four beers ago?

10-13-1997: Dave rants about a Cub Scout popcorn sale.

10-13-1997: Fake clip of Columbus Day parade includes the Pope.

10-13-1997: Stagehand Kenny Sheehan is seen in clips from The Today Show, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, People's Court, and Spin City.

10-13-1997: Top Ten Rejected Names for America - 6. France's Less Fruity Cousin.

10-13-1999: Guest Dan Patrick is bumped and not even mentioned at the end.

10-13-1999: Guest Farrah Fawcett and Dave review her June 1997 appearance.

10-13-1999: Seventeen year old Paul Fiori (somehow) manages to pass his driving test "live" on the show; at the end, Governor Whitman gives him his license.

10-13-1999: Top Ten Donald Trump Campaign Slogans.

10-13-2000: Alan Kalter's Campaign Round-up, this time with Calvert sitting next to him. Calvert is still next to Alan when Alan does the voice-over at the end of the show.

10-13-2000: Ball State University Football Fighting Cardinals Pregame Kickoff Show. They actually won last weekend; this weekend is homecoming (Dave & Warren to attend) with the Cardinals (fiercest robin-sized bird in the word) playing the Eastern Michigan Eagles. The Cardinals are 6 point favorites! This is Dave's 44th year doing the Fighting Cardinals Pregame Kickoff Show.

10-13-2000: CBS Mailbag Letter #2: Patty Castillo of Yoakum, TX, writes, "Can you tell the kids at school that I am not a loser?" The Late Show Dancers come out, each holding a word on a card: "Patty Castillo Is ... A Loser". (Connie is out sick--the one with the "Not" card.) Later, Dave has the dancers come out for an encore (three different times).

10-13-2000: Dave announces a bunch of upcoming guests and does the "then on Tuesday" joke.

10-13-2000: Dave likes the last Zevon song of the night; he quotes the lyrics, which go something like "love... You can't start it like a car; you can't stop it with a gun."

10-13-2000: George Clarke Late Show Weight Loss Challenge: George is going to fast throughout the entire show tonight, but he's got food on his face and is surrounded by food wrappers.

10-13-2000: Paul is out sick (with pneumonia?), so Warren Zevon is on keyboards. Next week, Paul will be back; Warren can go back to botching roofing jobs. Later, Dave requests that Warren do "Desperadoes under the Eaves", but Warren needs a string section for it.

10-13-2000: Staten Island Ferry on commercial bumper: Dave tells us it's only a nickel, or is it free?

10-13-2000: The Staten Island Ferry is on a commercial bumper; Dave tells us it's only a nickel to ride, or is it free?

10-13-2000: Top Ten Signs New York Has Baseball Fever - 10. 98% of New Yorkers walking around carrying bats--up from usual 94%.

10-13-2000: Warren does a "Licked by a Stranger" song (based on Dave's Mailbag comment that he likes mail that's been "licked by a stranger")--not bad!

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