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This Dave in History December 13

12-13-1982: Dave apologizes for last Thursday's show when Eugene Levy was on; no one could remember who played Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show. Since finding out, the show pays a special tribute to Howard McNear (who died in 1967).

12-13-1988: Top Ten Christmas Movies Playing in the Times Square Area - 6. Yes, Yes, Oh God Yes, Virginia.

12-13-1988: Update on the Pan American Goodwill Tour: Calvert calls from Guatalama City, Mexico, his morale at an all-depressing low. He and Dave declare the ordeal over, and Calvert will return home. Later, Melissa Etheridge makes her network television debut, performing "Devil's Got My Soul."

12-13-1989: Top Ten Good Things About Leona Helmsley - 3. Has delighted millions with hit TV series like "The Jeffersons" and "Amen." (Oh, sorry, that's Sherman, not Leona.)

12-13-1990: Top Ten Signs Gorbachev Is on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - 9. Constantly calls Time-Life operators, chats for hours and never orders anything. 8. In interview with Hugh Downs, passed himself off as Buckwheat.

12-13-1991: In the middle of the show, "Bob David" (Late Night writer Rob Burnett) suddenly comes onstage from the audience, sits down with Dave, plugs his current clip and "an old appearance on Merv Griffin." After he leaves, Dave asks Paul who that was. Paul has no idea.

12-13-1993: After a week off, Dave grows what he calls a beard, and asks Mickey Ballantine from the Wellington Hotel to shave it. Unfortunately, there's no time, so Dave has to go another day shaveless.

12-13-1993: Top Ten White House Christmas Traditions - 5. Instead of burning a Yule log they set fire to bundles of tax dollars collected from hard-working Americans like you & me.

12-13-1994: Top Ten Reasons Roseanne Will Make e Good Mother - 4. Mom sits on a bully and presto! Bully tortilla.

12-13-1995: Chris Elliott stars in a short-lived "Cable Pulling Guy" segment.

12-13-1995: Top Ten Things Madonna Is Looking For In A Husband - 2. You know that "Million Man March?" Any one of those guys would be just fine.

12-13-1996: A Late Show first: Dave interviews Beavis and Butthead in an animated/real-life segment.

12-13-1996: CBS Mailbag: (1) Dave's had plastic surgery? (2) Bill Clinton Weight Insult Wheel; (3) Dave watches his own show and calls Marv Albert to tell him he's on TV; (4) Paul's song encourages people to give gifts by stealing office supplies.

12-13-1996: Dave gives away Krakkas (sp?) brand canned ham.

12-13-1996: Guest Albert Brooks's pet trick fails.

12-13-1996: Nicknames: Paul is "Snake"; Dave is "Skeeter".

12-13-1996: Top Ten President Clinton's Holiday Fun Tips - 6. On Christmas Eve, you can pay hookers with frankincense and myrrh.

12-13-1999: A George W Bush fake ad is anti-Bill Bradley; it mentions heart conditions and cocaine.

12-13-1999: Dave bemoans the fact that Hillary Clinton won't be on the show. (Note: this is not yet called "Campaign 2000".)

12-13-1999: The show returns from a week of vacation. The band has a new set. Dave says "asshole" a few times. Dave calls roll.

12-13-1999: Top Ten Ways To Make a Supermodel Angry.

12-13-2000: "What we like about the holidays in New York" bit: Kenny Sheehan and Pat Farmer are calm due to gas leak; George Clarke sits in the guest chair and gives Dave some hookers' phone number; a single Rockette dances; Tony Mendez tells us that mob corpses are gift-wrapped--clip of a mob guy (Bill DeLace) throwing one out; A Christmas Carol starring Tony Randall, in which he does the Bob Cratchit part only; "Alan Kalter's Tips for Not Getting Ripped Off During the Holiday Season" turns into sexual talk about pick-pockets.

12-13-2000: A sign says "Congratulations President-Elect [then 'Gore' and 'Bush' each crossed out several times] Bush".

12-13-2000: Awkward News Moment of the Night: an NBC guy stumbles over legal terms, while looking them up in a book.

12-13-2000: Clinton Classic Joke involves Lieberman potentially being the first Jewish person to serve directly under a President. Calvert does not wander out.

12-13-2000: Due to the Election Crisis, the show has guys standing by at the Supreme Court, Tallahassee, and Austin.

12-13-2000: Sheila E sits in with the band again; in fact, she's there the whole rest of the week.

12-13-2000: Top Ten Headlines We're Likely To See in the Next Four Years - 10. "49 States Vote Florida out of Union"

12-13-2000: We see a still of GWB in a cowboy hat with a busted tennis racket.

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