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11-30-1982: During a "Having a Baby" segment of "Do's and Don't's with Frank and Fred," Card #5 instead plugs Bob Hope's NBC show later in the week, a special called "Winter Wonderland." Head Stagehand Jimmy Fitzgerald returns the card to Live-at-Five across the hall.
11-30-1983: It's the second special International Night as Lev Schneider, the Kreskin of Russia, finds a bag of wigs in the RCA building. Also appearing are Mel Conchita, the Steve Martin of Peru, and Otto Blihovde, the Kenny Rogers of Norway.
11-30-1985: It's the first Annual Holiday Film Festival: Dave, Michael Keaton, Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara, Bette Midler, and Harry Shearer air films made especially for the special. Also, The World's Most Dangerous Band debut their first music video "Dress Cool" (though, as has been pointed out, isn't really a "video"). Baseball legend Harmon Killebrew's film is bumped, so the show devotes an entire hour to him the following February.
11-30-1988: Dave starts to read the Top Ten Least Popular Candy Bars, but it doesn't match the list on the tv screen. So Dave goes backstage and finds Steve Martin typing the wrong list, explaining that he's now immersed in the technical side of broadcasting, depressed over his falling career. Dave tries to convince Steve to finish the Top Ten, but Steve refuses and walks out, finding himself in front of the studio audience. Given a standing ovation, Steve is persuaded to read the list, gaining confidence with each number, finally hugging Dave and exclaiming, "I'm back and in a big way!" From that Top Ten: "Ten Least Popular Candy Bars - 1. Roger Ebert's Mystery Log."
11-30-1989: Top Ten Ways To Cheer Up Abu Nidal - 10. Have his hijackings count toward frequent flyer mileage. 8. Blooper reel from the Ayatollah's funeral.
11-30-1989: Top Ten Ways To Cheer Up Abu Nidal - 8. Blooper reel from the Ayatollah's funeral.
11-30-1990: Top Ten Official Titles of Saddam Hussein - 4. That Time-To-Make-the-Donuts Guy.
11-30-1993: Mandy Patinkin drops by, with Tony Randall, and asks for rehearsal time. Before Dave gets a chance to say no, Mandy and the CBS Orchestra perform a fully-arranged "Rockabye Your Baby."
11-30-1993: Top Ten Signs the Nanny You've Hired Is Really a Man - 1. The Bea Arthur factor.
11-30-1994: It's Celebrity Audience night, as videotaped greetings include Eddie Murphy, Sharon Stone, and Mia Farrow.
11-30-1994: Top Ten Stores Not Doing Well This Holiday Season - 6. Boutros Boutros' Blouses.
11-30-1995: Steve Martin interrupts Dave's opening monologue, thinking that he's supposed to be on the show tonight. He isn't.
11-30-1995: Top Ten Good Things About Raising The Speed Limit - 9. If the speed limit hits 95, Anna Nicole Smith will try to marry it.
11-30-1999: External camera from Joe G's: Alex Reed, an 18-year-old from St. Louis, is brought into the theater. We see the E! True Hollywood Story of his life, including Meryl Streep, M.C. Hammer, Kathie Lee Gifford, Dave, and Johnny Depp.
11-30-1999: Guest Foo Fighters' act is simulcast live on the World Wide Web.
11-30-1999: Seattle affiliate KIRO-7 starts Dave's show 5 minutes late due to extended coverage of the WTO meetings/protests/riots.
11-30-1999: Top Ten Pieces of Fatherly Wisdom Passed Down by Michael Jackson.
11-30-2001: R.I.P., George Harrison.
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