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11-23-1982: The real Grant Tinker guests on Late Night. He becomes the inspiration for parody by former NBC Production Manager Elmer Gorry in later years.
11-23-1983: Jack Paar guests on Late Night, escorting Dave to his old dressing room, where he points out steam pipes painted dayglow from the mid-60s.
11-23-1984: A 90-minute Rock & Roll Special. Appearing tonight are Dan Hartman, the Bangles, David Byrne, Bob Goldthwait, Boy George's mom Diana O'Dowd, archivist Michael Ochs, and a rare on-air performance by The World's Most Dangerous Band.
11-23-1988: Calvert calls from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, complaining of insurance problems on tonight's Pan American Goodwill Tour update.
11-23-1988: On tonight's Pan American Goodwill Tour update: Calvert calls from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, complaining of insurance problems.
11-23-1989: It's the first show taped on Thanksgiving Day. Top Ten Things We All Have To Be Thankful For: #3. The continued good health of President Bush.
11-23-1990: Remote: Dave has his brain examined in Dr. Braverman's office.
11-23-1990: Top Ten Things Margaret Thatcher's Husband Will Miss - 3. Those Saturday nights when he and Maggie would finish entire bottle of Jack Daniels and start making up some laws.
11-23-1993: Live via satellite all night: Tommy Lasorda swims laps in the L.A. Police Academy pool. He reaches Lap 45 by the show's end.
11-23-1993: Top Ten Deals Clinton Had to Make to Get NAFTA Through Congress - 4. Won't wear jogging shorts in public anymore.
11-23-1994: New Books include "Cheesecake in Fridge" by Al Roker, "I Did What?" by Lisa Marie Presley, and "Last Call?" by Ted Kennedy.
11-23-1994: Top Ten Signs Your U.S. Senator is Nuts - 9. Breakfast, lunch and dinner? Zima.
11-23-1995: Thanksgiving, 1995: Dave climbs a ladder from the stage to deliver a turkey to the balcony audience.
11-23-1995: Top Ten Things Overheard At The White House Thanksgiving Dinner - 7. Commander-in-Chief to Air Force One: release gravy bomb!
11-23-1998: Also on the regular show: "Sixty Minutes" assisted suicide has sponsors? Dave calls the Butterball Turkey Hotline about "the deadly turkey poisoning"; "Late Show Tony Randall Appearance"--he's upset about not being on the Fifth Anniversary Show--we see a clip of his "best" work; Top Ten Things Scalpers Say To Sell Tickets to Our Show (closing music "Ticket To Ride"--Beatles).
11-23-1998: Late Show Fifth Anniversary Special includes new "tricks": Bob from IL throws a plunger and it lands on his bald head; Scott and Ray from IL--one puts a marshmallow up his nose, shoots it across the room into the other guy's mouth; Ray from CA puts a tarantula in his mouth and blows bubbles; Roy from CA and his dog Zeke play basketball.
11-23-1998: Late Show Fifth Anniversary Special, including new stuff: Jerry Seinfeld interrupts the monologue and tells Dave he's dating his mom, and Top Ten Things I've Always Wanted To Say to Dave (read by Mia Farrow, Rudolph Giuliani, Puff Daddy, Michael J. Fox, Regis Philbin, Leonardo DiCaprio (Tepper), Cindy Crawford, John Goodman, and Dave's mom).
11-23-1998: Regular show features guest Helen Hunt; James Cotton sits in with the band; Dave is the first to wish you a safe and sane Thanksgiving.
11-23-1999: "Next Time Bring Your Sister, You Hump" with Inky. Also, Top Ten Fun Things To Do While Stuck In Traffic.
11-23-1999: Butterball Turkey Hotline bit--the calls get sent to Dave.
11-23-1999: Dave mentions the Tonight Show: "hilarious comedy and interesting conversation".
11-23-1999: Guests Kathie Lee Gifford and Charlotte Church. Fortunately, they don't have a singing contest.
11-23-2000: CBS Thanksgiving clips: Biff chugs gravy; someone does a mashed potato sculpture of Dave; Dave is dressed as a Pilgrim.
11-23-2000: Clinton Classic Joke is about Thanksgiving meaning a lot to Monica Lewinsky because her ancestors came across on the Mayflower. Right after the joke, Calvert wanders out, stands next to Dave, pulls out a turkey drumstick, gnaws on it, and leaves.
11-23-2000: Clip: a Florida ballot counter is quite slow to decide on a ballot.
11-23-2000: Dave comments (about Paul practicing the fanfare to play when Dave's mom says "Well, David"): "We're the only show that rehearses on the air."
11-23-2000: Research about hosts screaming obscenities at guests comes up with this: Merv Griffin was forced to retire early because of something he said to Ann Landers?
11-23-2000: Stupid Human Tricks: (1) Matthew "Bat" Anderson from Seattle (his friend "Snake" gave him the nickname) runs & hula hoops simultaneously; (2) Doug & Ken from Iowa stick pumpkin pie on one guy's gut, light candles on it, put a pitcher over it--the pie levitates and the pitcher sticks to his gut; (3) Tom MacBeth (a mason from Medford, MA) cannonballs a half-gallon of milk.
11-23-2000: Thanksgiving Day Parade Quiz includes some nice footage of a turtle with a top-hat. Later, we see a still photo of how Dave would look with his mom's hair.
11-23-2000: Thanksgiving Day: via satellite, it's Dave's mom. Before the satellite hookup, Dave predicts she'll say "Well, David", and he lists some pies. From Indianapolis, she tells us they're having dinner at his older sister Jan's (10 people there); in 1998 she had wrestlers at the house? She thinks Richard Simmons went a little too far last night. Dave guesses the pies she made: pumpkin (correct), key lime (wrong), cherry (wrong), and apple (right). In the fridge, there's a lot of Colt 45 (especially for a 79-year-old?).
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