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11-28-1983: Dave appears tonight in casual dress (no suit nor tie), so Paul takes off his tie and drummer Steve Jordan takes off his shirt. A hair center delivers five pounds of hair, which will be given away on later shows to audience participants of "Brush with Greatness."
11-28-1984: Explained only as a "noble experiment," the guest chairs appear on the opposite side of Dave's desk for the next six shows. "Who Asked For It": Participant #4 needs a seven-letter word for a large acquatic bird that stores food in its bill. Dave answers "Pelican" and asks if he's doing a crossword puzzle. "No, it's a job application."
11-28-1986: It's the second (of two) Annual Holiday Film Festival. Dave, Michael J. Fox, Diane Sawyer, Jonathan Winters, and Chris Elliott air films produced especially for the show. Also, The World's Most Dangerous Band air their second (of two) music videos, "You Kill Me," both produced by Merrill Markoe.
11-28-1989: Top Ten Changes in the Czech Constitution - 5. New national anthem to be "Rikki Don't Lose that Number."
11-28-1989: Via a live satellite remote, Roy Clark washes his car outside his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roy reminds Dave that it's just as cold in Tulsa on a late November night as it is in NYC.
11-28-1990: Dave manages to get Live-at-Five guests Miss USSR and Miss Soviet TV to drop by Late Night, rewarding them with cartons of cigarettes. One of the young boys in a Show and Tell segment (his feat: playing a harmonica through his nose) is later escorted down the NBC hall by Miss USSR and stares up at her in amazement and delight.
11-28-1990: Orville Redenbacher's Top Ten Most Horrifying Secrets - 10. That's not his grandson; that's his "longtime companion."
11-28-1991: Tonight, Biff Henderson's Golf Cart of Death drives into a Pyramid of Pink Champagne. Also, Dave challenges Kreskin (who's still in the green room) to guess the weight of his mom Dorothy's turkey. Kreskin: "62 pounds."
11-28-1994: Top Ten Signs That You're A Shopaholic - 6. Your name is Sally Johnson, and now there's a store called "Gap for Sally Johnson."
11-28-1995: After a rare failed live remote, Dave climbs onto his desk, takes off his jacket, and almost drops his pants. There are no lawsuits.
11-28-1995: Top Ten Canadian Complaints About U.S. TV Shows - 1. Too much Dave, not enough Paul.
11-28-1996: Clip of CBS Thanksgiving Dinner (with Dave as a pilgrim).
11-28-1996: Dave gives out canned ham.
11-28-1996: Thanksgiving, 1996: Dave calls his mom and plays "Guess the Pie" one more year. Tonight, she's made cherry pie and hickory nut pie.
11-28-1996: The band plays Dave over to the desk with "Turkey in the Straw".
11-28-1996: Top Ten Thanksgiving Movies Playing in Times Square - 5. That's Not a Turkey, But Don't Stop Basting.
11-28-1996: We see Leonard Tepper *as* the Macy's Parade. Also, Thanksgiving Day Parade Quiz.
11-28-1997: CBS Mailbag: (1) tiny Swedes shine Dave's shoes; (2) just like in the Intel commercial, Dave is working on the computer when all these dancing people in spacesuits appear; (3) Dave's amazing bag of groceries; (4) a holiday puppet special is not bad!
11-28-1997: Dave does a card trick. Then, "Paul and Dave's Card Trick: The Secret Revealed".
11-28-1997: More Late Show CD promo: head custodial engineer Juan Carlos Oracaya listens to Rod Stewart.
11-28-1997: Showing amazing versatility, guests Jon Stewart and John Witherspoon both do some of their standup stuff while sitting down.
11-28-1997: Top Ten Least Popular Holiday Specials - 6. Martha Stewart Makes a Bunch of Cheap Crap Out of Tinsel.
11-28-2000: Canadian Election Crisis 2000: The Battle for Prime Minister. Day 1: Yesterday, Liberal incumbent Jean Chretien won by a landslide. Today, he's still the winner. We'll keep you posted as the story develops.
11-28-2000: Clinton Classic Joke involves the Republicans' wanting Monica Lewinsky to testify in front of the Senate so they will have the opportunity to look her in the eye. Right after the joke, Calvert wanders out, stands next to Dave, pulls out a camera, takes a photo of Dave, and leaves.
11-28-2000: Dave's morning dental appointment today was odd--they just talked?
11-28-2000: Gore's speech from last night is analyzed for how many times he uses "vote" and "count": 16 to 18.
11-28-2000: Guest Martha Stewart has a catalog: "Martha by Mail: Holiday Crap".
11-28-2000: Now there are 12 U.S. flags behind Dave as he tries to look more Presidential. GWB on Sunday had 2 flags; last night, Gore had 8, and Cheney had 14?
11-28-2000: Preston Luggage & Gifts bit. All night long, Al Cordova sells luggage, while Kathy commentates. She says she didn't vote. Their biggest seller is Toomey (sp?). In the beginning there are no customers! By show segment 5, he sold a Hartman bag to woman. We miss the sale but get to watch him write up the receipt. Dave says it's like watching Mozart. Later, Al gets in a duffel bag.
11-28-2000: The full credits take more than a minute.
11-28-2000: Today's Paul's birthday, so the 2 models bring in flowers and a cake.
11-28-2000: Year 2000 Highlights: Y2K, Dave's heart attack. Clips of the "dingo" biting Dave and Dave screaming obscenities at Richard Simmons, and a fake clip of a deer attacking Dave.
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