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11-17-1982: "The Doctors" soap opera actor Alec Baldwin leads two audience members to spy on his set and find out why it's being cancelled. Meanwhile, Andy Kaufman, dressed in a diaper, swallows a sword and performs "My Rose Marie."
11-17-1983: It's Andy Kaufman's last appearance on Late Night before his death the following May. On tonight's show, he brings on the set his adopted black kids Herb, George, and Tony (also called Tino). Meanwhile, B.B. King performs "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Hummingbird."
11-17-1986: Sick of doing commercial lead-ins, Dave introduces a Magnavox ad via a lifesize "Dave" cardboard cutout.
11-17-1987: A locksmith competes with a fireman to break in Dave's office door. The locksmith picks the lock at 1:29:04. The fireman destroys the door with an ax at 2:05:05.
11-17-1987: Top Ten Least Visited New York City Tourist Attractions - 5. Knicks Games.
11-17-1989: Remote: A 3,000-pound block crushes junk.
11-17-1989: Top Ten Highlights from Barbara Walters' Interview with the Reagans - 3. When Ron left because he thought he saw the Bat Signal.
11-17-1992: Top Ten Punchlines to Postal Worker Dirty Jokes - 6. "That's not my mailbag, but don't stop sorting!" 2. "I don't know, but it had Ed McMahon's face on it!"
11-17-1993: Bowling champ Dick Webber bowls on 53rd Street. Targets include fine china, eggs in an aquarium, a video camera, and champagne glasses.
11-17-1993: Top Ten Lorena Bobbitt Excuses - 6. Took Bob Barker's constant "spaying and neutering" reminders to their logical conclusion.
11-17-1994: Holiday Props: A Celebrity Toupee Collector's Album, a Stolen, Striped, and Abandoned Corvette, and a Sideburn Dispenser.
11-17-1995: A Key Lime pie is placed by a phone booth in South Beach, Miami, Florida. Dave calls the number, asking anyone who answers it to try the pie. The receiver, Carlos, happily obliges.
11-17-1995: Top Ten Other Problems At Hooters - 10. Losing money on "D-Cup of Coffee."
11-17-1997: Dave and Richard Simmons play with the fire extinguisher, cook "Crepes a la Barbra". Also, in a remote, Dave goes door to door trying to get people to let him rake their yard, but no one is home.
11-17-1997: New CD: "Live on Letterman". "bonus" cut: "Midnight and the Kitties Are Sleeping".
11-17-1997: Top Ten Things Overheard During Washington, D.C. "Jeopardy" - 5. That's the twentieth time Rush Limbaugh has answered, "What is pie?"
11-17-1998: "Amazing Mentalist" Kreskin fails again at "White or Dark Turkey"; Kreskin predicted white but Hugh Downs (on the phone) says dark.
11-17-1998: Guest Jack Hanna with a parrot, a dingo, a tiger, etc.
11-17-1998: Tape of Monica Lewinsky/Linda Tripp call being interrupted by Paul Shaffer.
11-17-1998: Top Ten Items in the Dennis Rodman-Carmen Electra Prenuptial Agreement.
11-17-1999: "New Books" bit.
11-17-1999: During "Open Mike Night" in the Mojave Desert, a train goes by.
11-17-1999: Guest Yasmine Bleeth comes off as self-centered.
11-17-1999: In a clip, Channel 2's David Diaz assaults a heckler. Another clip mocks "Millionaire" contestants.
11-17-1999: Just for Bill, a long credit crawl with Kalter voiceover.
11-17-1999: Top Ten Things Parents Don't Know about Pokemon.
11-17-2000: "The Grinch" movie opened tonight, so we have Top Ten Least Popular Dr. Seuss Books - 10. "Horton Demands a Recount".
11-17-2000: Ball State University Fighting Football Cardinals Fighting Football Cardinals Pregame Kickoff Show, sponsored by the most powerful man in show business (Les Moonves, who enjoys [blah blah blah] "duckface"). To listen to the game, dial 1-800-846-4700 and use team code 3394. Dave couldn't stand to stay on phone for 3 hours. Last week Ball State lost to Toledo 31-3; their record is 4-6. Next game is vs Connecticut Huskies at David Letterman Stadium. Ball State is a 16 point favorite. "Go Cards!" Sponsor is Moonves (same stuff as always).
11-17-2000: CBS Mailbag Letter #1: Andrew Jarvis of Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany writes, "Is it true that my intestines are over two miles long?" Pat and Kenny pull his intestines out to check--nope, only 1.8 miles long.
11-17-2000: Clinton Classic Joke involves a Clinton/Lewinsky photo. Right after the joke, Calvert wanders out, yells "FIRE!"; confetti rains down on the audience; he leaves.
11-17-2000: Clip of more of Dan Rather's zany expressions Tuesday 11/7 on election coverage, a lot of them this time. Also, a special effect: what The Late Show would look like if it came to us from Mars. (The color's all reddish.)
11-17-2000: Guest Val Kilmer is puzzled when the audience laughs at his story about his grandparents being robbed and shot with an arrow.
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