11-24-1978: Dave makes his debut appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, changing his, Johnny's, and Joan Rivers' lives forever.
11-24-1982: Remote: "Hap-Hap-Happy Tour of New York" is the inspiration for the title to Merrill Markoe's first book a decade later, "How to be Hap-Hap-Happy Like Me." Meanwhile, an audience member wins the Late Night Turkey Raffle.
11-24-1989: The Viewer Mail Theme is performed tonight by the Jamestown High School Marching Band.
11-24-1989: Top Ten Promotional Slogans for San Salvador Sheraton - 8. Touch the towels and we'll blow your damn head off.
11-24-1992: Top Ten Signs You're Watching a Bad Late Night TV Talk Show - 7. "We'll be back for more with Joe Piscopo." 4. Host fills time by reading lame lists.
11-24-1993: Bryant Gumbel cooks Dave a Thanksgiving dessert: Louisiana bread pudding. Meanwhile, David Attell makes his network television debut.
11-24-1993: Top Ten Senator Packwood's Dating Tips - 5. Always wear thick rubber gloves when fondling radioactive materials.
11-24-1994: Thanksgiving, 1994: Dave calls his mom, guessing what pies she's baked. Richard Simmons is seen with Dorothy at her home in Indianapolis, displaying her cherry pie. Suddenly, he appears live in the theater with a freshly-baked cherry pie.
11-24-1994: Top Ten Movies Playing in Times Square on Thanksgiving Day (Shown on Jumbotron, live in Times Square) - 7. The Wizard of "Ahh"s.
11-24-1995: Soup Nazi Al Yeganeh passes out Turkey Chili to the audience.
11-24-1997: "The Paul Shaffer Show" is a new talk show?
11-24-1997: Dave Talks to Kids about Thanksgiving.
11-24-1997: Guests John Cusack, Natalie Portman, and "Stomp" with Bill Irwin.
11-24-1997: Paul and Dave are the "first" to wish you a happy Thanksgiving (just like they were last week).
11-24-1997: Top Ten Signs It's Time to Retire from Boxing - 6. Instead of "Let's get ready to rumble!" announcer says, "Let's watch the geezer get his ass kicked!"
11-24-1998: Kreskin plays "White or Dark Meat" again. Unlike last week, he actually gets it right: he guesses dark meat, which is what Dennis Franz says.
11-24-1998: Top Ten Dr. Kevorkian Tips for a Festive Thanksgiving (closing music "Live and Let Die"). Also, Martha Stewart's magazine calendar.
11-24-1999: "Biff Henderson's America" visits Meeteetse, WY (pop. 368). Also, Top Ten Good Things about Dating Satan.
11-24-1999: The external camera at Joe G's finds Nancy from Illinois. She is given pizza, and then gravy is poured on it. Yes, kids, it's that famous bit "Would You Like Some Gravy on That?"
11-24-2000: CBS Mailbag Letter #4 from J. Anne Wood of West Springfield, MA: "I am a 25-year-old virgin, and I would like to lose my virginity before I turn 26 in December. Can you help me out?" Dave visits her but Paul has beaten him to it.
11-24-2000: Clinton Thanksgiving Classic Joke mentions it being a typical Thanksgiving Day for Clinton: first he started with a leg, then a thigh, then he moved on to a breast.... Right after the joke, Calvert wanders out, stands right in front of the camera & puts on chapstick, and leaves.
11-24-2000: Dave recalls Richard Simmons's visit: he got Dave in a headlock and was trying to kill him? We don't have a clip of it because the tapes have been subpoenaed? Later, we see a clip of it, which supposedly includes a few obscenities from Dave.
11-24-2000: Top Ten Things You Don't Want to Hear from a Guy at the Gym (read by Bill DeLace at Prescriptive Fitness Gym on West 54th) - 1. Do My Abs Look Like Brad Pitt's Yet?
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