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10-20-1982: Brother Theodore makes his second of 17 appearances on Late Night.
10-20-1983: Cold Close: Dave and Paul leave the studio and walk down the hallway discussing Funkadelic. Larry "Bud" joins them and leads them to the record library to rob them.
10-20-1988: Late Night writers contribute jokes to Michael Dukakis's address at the annual Al Smith Dinner. Their attempt backfires, as Dukakis loses to Bush. On the show: Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killer: video footage of Dan Quayle eating lunch.
10-20-1989: Chess champion Garry Kasparov begins his match with Dave, a game that will last for the next six weeks via calls to Garry from Paris, Moscow, Belgrade, and London. By the 23rd move, Garry finally declares checkmate. On tonight's first move by Garry, Dave declares, "Oh no! I'm screwed!!"
10-20-1989: Top Ten Questions and Comments of the New York City Health Inspectors - 3. Where was the last place you remember seeing your thumb?
10-20-1993: Dave is missing his Top Ten card, so he goes outside and finds it at a hot dog stand. Meanwhile, false fire alarms are set throughout the show, culminating in firemen hosing down Dave's desk.
10-20-1993: Top Ten Reasons Dan Quayle Would Make A Good President - America is the Love Boat, and he wants to be our Captain Stubing (cut to a shot of audience member Gavin McLeod.)
10-20-1995: Remote: Dave tries to find a date for Bob Borden. Meanwhile, Paul is missing, so Dave leaves the theater and finds him chatting at a party with Woody Allen.
10-20-1997: Composite rerun bits include Mujibur and Sirajul at Niagara Falls.
10-20-1997: Composite rerun guests: Will Smith, Ellen DeGeneres, and Chris Rock.
10-20-1998: Atlantic City Quiz.
10-20-1998: Guest "State Fair Champions" includes a 1110-lb boar.
10-20-1998: Guest Ringo Starr sings "Back Off Boogaloo".
10-20-1998: Top Ten Signs Mike Tyson Is Calming Down.
10-20-2000: Ball State University Fighting Football Cardinals Football Pregame Kickoff Show. The stadium in Muncie has been renamed David Letterman Stadium? Ball State plays the Buffalo Bulls in Buffalo tomorrow; Ball State is a 10 point favorite.
10-20-2000: CBS Mailbag: (1) Alan as a duckling; (2) Dave flies out to L.A. to return a guy's Jets hat [Dave's outfit in taped bit doesn't match what he's wearing today!]; (3) a penny does not bring good luck, thanks to Harold Larkin's shovel; (4) Dave takes something to the Antiques Roadshow to be appraised--apparently, Calvert is worth 25 or 30 dollars. Note: Alan does his Campaign Round-Up right after letter #3, while still wearing the duck costume.
10-20-2000: Dave to do coffee commercials when he retires? For a price, Dave says he'll pretend to enjoy anything. Dave continues the commercial schtick all night long. Paul wants to be his agent.
10-20-2000: In the last segment, Dave tries a "Late Show as bake sale" metaphor. (It doesn't really work.) And it's vacation time for Dave....
10-20-2000: Pat Buchanan fake ad: George W. Bush has changed his name to Patrick Buchanan, so to vote for GWB, check the box marked "Patrick Buchanan". [I thought Gore voters were to vote for Buchanan.]
10-20-2000: State Fair losers: Wrapping up the week (actually, the bit was only done on Monday and Friday) is Tim Mann, from the Nebraska state fair with an ordinary-sized potato.
10-20-2000: Top Ten Baseball Movies Playing in Times Square - 9. "Sacrifice My Fly". Also, Mujibur (Yankees) and Sirajul (Mets) in the theater; they wrestle over their "fanship disagreement".
10-20-2000: We get to see an interesting clip: During last night's show during a commercial, a meeting took place at Dave's desk, and GWB wiped his glasses on Maria's outfit.
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