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This Dave in History December 18

12-18-1984: Paul performs his second annual Cher impression of "O Holy Night."

12-18-1985: Paul wears the Guest-Cam throughout the show; tonight it's rechristened the "Band-Cam."

12-18-1986: Remote: Dave investigates illegal Late Night buttons in midtown Manhattan with "attorney" (writer) Larry Jacobson.

12-18-1990: Hal Gurnee's Holiday Network Time Killer: Staging of "The Nutcracker" by the floor crew and stagehands, who are sitting around eating donuts.

12-18-1990: Top Ten Promotional Slogans for the Suicide Machine - 2. If you're not dead in 30 minutes -- it's free!

12-18-1992: Top Ten Signs Santa's Gone Nuts - 4. Last year every single present he left was soaking wet.

12-18-1995: Throughout the show, Biff interrupts the proceedings to ask for items from Dave: a tennis ball for Monica Seles, a baseball for Ken Griffey, Jr., false teeth for Wayne Gretsky, a "Grease" CD for Andre Agassi, and golf clubs for himself.

12-18-1995: Top Ten Least Popular Items In The CBS Store - 5. Dr. Quinn, Inflatable Woman.

12-18-1996: All night long, a "Touching Holiday Moments" bit, which includes Leonard Tepper, and one with Biff and Pat Farmer.

12-18-1996: Dave's phone rings: it's Gordie Howe, who offers congratulations to all, including Leonard.

12-18-1996: Giuliani puts an apple on top of the Christmas tree and calls himself "Tickle Me Rudy".

12-18-1996: Guests: Walter Cronkite (age 80)--clip of him speechless at the moon landing; also, Harry Connick, Jr. tells stories, then does a song.

12-18-1996: Inky takes photos of Dave, Paul, an audience guy and his wife, and Mayor Giuliani.

12-18-1996: On the show, it is mentioned that Keith Richards turns 53 today.

12-18-1996: Top Ten New York City Holiday Traditions - 6. Times Square hookers offer free tickle to anyone named "Elmo."

12-18-1997: "What the show looks like in Australia" (upside down).

12-18-1997: Dave gives a Foster's beer to an Australian in the audience.

12-18-1997: Fake clips: Dave as a child actor, Paul as a child model, and Biff as a "child" actor in a Raisin Bran commercial.

12-18-1997: Top Ten Surprises In The New James Bond Movie - 6. When he says, "Shaken, not stirred," bartender says, "Whatever you say, you fruity English bastard."

12-18-1998: CBS Mailbag: (1) Dave makes a Christmas card photo using Tony Randall's family; (2) The Late Show Christmas Choir lip-syncs "Joy to the World"; (3) Alan Kalter gives a recipe for eggnog and dunks his head in the eggnog to check the recipe; (4) Paul explains the story of Hanukah, and Regis Philbin appears.

12-18-1998: CBS Mailbag: Letter #1: Dave makes a Christmas card photo using Tony Randall's family; Letter #2: the Late Show Christmas Choir lip-syncs "Joy to the World"; Letter #4: Paul explains the story of Hanukah, and Regis Philbin appears.

12-18-1998: Top Ten Signs You're Having a Bad Holiday Season.

12-18-2000: Awkward Hugs of the Night: GWB hugs Colin Powell. Later, we see a replay of Sean Connery and Dave's hug, which lasted a little too long?

12-18-2000: Clinton Classic Joke involves the gift of a Big Mouth Billy Bass. Calvert does not wander out.

12-18-2000: Guest Sean Connery hasn't been on the show in seven years. Before he comes out, Dave prepares the blue cards on his desk, prompting Paul to say, "Look at you--you're anal."

12-18-2000: Musical guest Barenaked Ladies sing "Pinch Me", from their excellent album "Maroon".

12-18-2000: Still photo comparison: First, a GWB "Person of the Year" Time magazine photo is not bad; then, another still of him has the "deer in the headlights" look; also, we see a still of an actual deer in the headlights.

12-18-2000: The Late Show Christmas Tree is up for the first time this year. External camera at the Hello Deli: Rupert, wearing a Testaverde jersey, gives us some Jets commentary and has a giant meatball standing by. Joe G's pizza is either closing or moving 2 blocks; he has a cheese pizza ready. Rock America with Mujibur & Sirajul: will they be closed down, too? They have an Empire State Building like last year. (Dave asks for a Statue of Liberty, but they offer a NYC taxi ornament.) They all come into the theater, including 2 models (not the regular ones) with a ladder. The pizza goes on first (Joe almost drops it), then the Empire State Building, then the meatball.

12-18-2000: Top Ten Chapter Titles in Hillary Clinton's New Book - 3. "Arafat's Wife: So-So Kisser".

12-18-2000: We see a regular speed, then slo-mo, clip of GWB's wink/facial tic.

12-18-2001: Oh, the trauma, the drama! Am I "officially old" now? :)

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