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Late Show with David Letterman
David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.
- Cast:
- David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- CBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
Episode 1
Show #0220
1994-08-29Episode overview is not available yet.
Current episodeEpisode 2
Show #0221
1994-08-30Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0222
1994-08-31Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0223
1994-09-01Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0224
1994-09-02Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0225
1994-09-05Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0226
1994-09-06Throughout the night, an audience woman from Brooklyn kicks footballs.
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Show #0227
1994-09-07Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0228
1994-09-08Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 10
Show #0229
1994-09-09Episode overview is not available yet.
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Show #0230
1994-09-12Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 12
Show #0231
1994-09-13Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 13
Show #0232
1994-09-14Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 14
Show #0233
1994-09-15""Dropping Stuff Off the 8th Floor Window"" includes: champagne bottles, confetti, a TV monitor, presidential plates, fluorescent tubes, and bowling balls into a bathtub of pudding. The first two miss their mark; the third makes it but destroys the tub.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 15
Show #0234
1994-09-16Dave comments on Robbie Kondor; a car alarm goes off outside the theater, so Dave goes outside and bombs the offending car; Chuck Berry sings ""Johnny B. Goode""; Zsa Zsa Gabor laments and spews profanities after discovering her car has been destroyed.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 16
Show #0235
1994-09-19Hal Gurnee harasses taxi drivers by posting their images on the Times Square jumbotron.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 17
Show #0236
1994-09-20Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 18
Show #0237
1994-09-21An audience member gives Dave a tiny pair of pants; Gavin MacLeod pops in several times, interrupting the monologue and presenting the Top Ten.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 19
Show #0238
1994-09-22John Popper sits in with the band; Bill Murray tours Broadway; Macaulay Culkin promotes ""Richie Rich.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 20
Show #0239
1994-09-23Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 21
Show #0240
1994-09-26Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 22
Show #0241
1994-09-27Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 23
Show #0242
1994-09-28Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 24
Show #0243
1994-09-29Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 25
Show #0244
1994-09-30Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 26
Show #0245
1994-10-03Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 27
Show #0246
1994-10-04Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 28
Show #0247
1994-10-05Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 29
Show #0248
1994-10-06Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 30
Show #0249
1994-10-07Tim Allen promotes his bestselling book, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 31
Show #0250
1994-10-10Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 32
Show #0251
1994-10-11Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 33
Show #0252
1994-10-12Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 34
Show #0253
1994-10-13Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 35
Show #0254
1994-10-14Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 36
Show #0255
1994-10-24Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 37
Show #0256
1994-10-25Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 38
Show #0257
1994-10-26Two standby audience folks named Jenya and Gary are sent to take food to Dan Rather, courtesy of Rupert. Later, Mike Judge discusses his hit MTV show ""Beavis & Butt-head.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 39
Show #0258
1994-10-27Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 40
Show #0259
1994-10-28Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 41
Show #0260
1994-10-31Calvert goes trick-or-treating in Nutley, New Jersey (Martha Stewart's hometown); Lauren Bacall plugs ""Pret-a-Porter"" (Ready to Wear).
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 42
Show #0261
1994-11-01John Popper sits in; throughout the night, Mujibur and Sirajul appear as correspondents on Court TV; Elijah Wood plugs North.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 43
Show #0262
1994-11-02Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 44
Show #0263
1994-11-03Dave gets freshened up by a street sweeper; Rupert serves ""Bill Clinton Soup.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 45
Show #0264
1994-11-04Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 46
Show #0265
1994-11-07Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 47
Show #0266
1994-11-09Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 48
Show #0267
1994-11-10Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 49
Show #0268
1994-11-11Live via telephone, Jerry Lewis pronounces the new governor's name ""Puh-tack-ee;"" ""Picket Fences"" star Fyvush Finkel sings ""If I Were a Rich Man;"" The Cranberries perform ""Zombie.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 50
Show #0269
1994-11-14Dave selects a woman from outside named Laurie Byrd to be his co-host tonight; Biff and George Clarke recreate a scene from the hit CBS miniseries ""Scarlett.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 51
Show #0270
1994-11-15Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 52
Show #0271
1994-11-16Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 53
Show #0272
1994-11-17Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 54
Show #0273
1994-11-18Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 55
Show #0274
1994-11-21Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 56
Show #0275
1994-11-22Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 57
Show #0276
1994-11-23Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 58
Show #0277
1994-11-24Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 59
Show #0278
1994-11-25Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 60
Show #0279
1994-11-28The outside cam reveals that Dave's picture in the window of Joe G's Pizza. Dave calls and distracts Joe while Paul steals the unflattering portrait; Jon Lovitz plugs North.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 61
Show #0280
1994-11-29Roseanne makes a rare political statement; Dave's accountant Fred Nigro takes a bow.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 62
Show #0281
1994-11-30Mujibur, Sirajul and Tony Randall take a photo together; tonight's celebrities in the audience: Mia Farrow, Eddie Murphy and Sharon Stone.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 63
Show #0282
1994-12-01Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 64
Show #0283
1994-12-02One of tonight's cue cards goes to a garbage truck outside; in the latest edition of ""Rupert and Me,"" Dave radios strange comments to Rupert, which are then repeated out loud to annoyed passers-by; Nicholas Turturro sings ""My Way;"" Michael Keaton gets arrested for shoplifting at Hello Deli.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 65
Show #0284
1994-12-12Cold Opening: Jim Carrey and an unshaven Dave goof around. Later in the show, Mickey, the barber at the Wellington Hotel, shaves off Dave's beard.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 66
Show #0285
1994-12-13Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 67
Show #0286
1994-12-14Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 68
Show #0287
1994-12-15Siskel and Ebert throw snowballs; Michael J. Fox walks onstage with a cow.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 69
Show #0288
1994-12-16Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 70
Show #0289
1994-12-19Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 71
Show #0290
1994-12-20Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 72
Show #0291
1994-12-21Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 73
Show #0292
1994-12-22Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 74
Show #0293
1994-12-23Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 75
Show #0294
1994-12-26Bad Religion performed ""Infected""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 76
Show #0295
1994-12-27Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 77
Show #0296
1994-12-28During ""Charts and Graphs,"" Dave sends an audience member down the street for copies of a chart. Also, Dave calls the mother of a different audience member, but he ends up leaving a message on her machine.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 78
Show #0297
1994-12-29A customer at Hello Deli shows Dave her holiday photos. Later, Dave checks his temperature (99.5 F).
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 79
Show #0298
1994-12-30Dave ends the show early yet again, and Paul finds him sobbing on the Ricki Lake show; Biff has champagne coming out of his ears; Dick Clark presents the Top Ten; Dave and Richard Simmons go harassing people door-to-door in New Jersey.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 80
Show #0299
1995-01-02Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 81
Show #0300
1995-01-03Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 82
Show #0301
1995-01-04Michael Buffer announces Phil Hartman's entry onstage; a comely postal carrier distracts Dave.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 83
Show #0302
1995-01-05Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 84
Show #0303
1995-01-06Dave autographs a ham; Calvert (dressed as Newt Gingrich's mother) presents the Top Ten.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 85
Show #0304
1995-01-09Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 86
Show #0305
1995-01-10Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 87
Show #0306
1995-01-11Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 88
Show #0307
1995-01-12An audience member hangs out in the band section; Mujibur and Sirajul become the latest witnesses to testify for O.J. Simpson.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 89
Show #0308
1995-01-13Al Green performs ""Let's Stay Together.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 90
Show #0309
1995-01-16Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 91
Show #0310
1995-01-17Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 92
Show #0311
1995-01-18Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 93
Show #0312
1995-01-19Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 94
Show #0313
1995-01-20Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 95
Show #0314
1995-01-30Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 96
Show #0315
1995-01-31Dave shows a (bogus) Super Bowl ad starring himself; Gerard presents ""Top Ten Signs You're Not the Sexiest Man Alive.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 97
Show #0316
1995-02-01Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 98
Show #0317
1995-02-02Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 99
Show #0318
1995-02-03Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 100
Show #0319
1995-02-06Rosanne Cash performs ""I Count the Tears.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 101
Show #0320
1995-02-07Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 102
Show #0321
1995-02-08Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 103
Show #0322
1995-02-09Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 104
Show #0323
1995-02-10Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 105
Show #0324
1995-02-13Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 106
Show #0325
1995-02-14Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 107
Show #0326
1995-02-15Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 108
Show #0327
1995-02-16Dave introduces the brand new ""Late Show Dancers,"" who prance around throughout the show. Also, 83-year-old Empire State Building employee Chico Chimone plays the piano.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 109
Show #0328
1995-02-17Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 110
Show #0329
1995-02-20Dave sends three members from the audience to go to a nearby movie theater to videotape some clips from Pulp Fiction. They return in time to show the footage during John Travolta's guest appearance to promote the film. Also, Mujibur and Sirajul report from yesterday's Daytona 500.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 111
Show #0330
1995-02-21Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 112
Show #0331
1995-02-22Cybill Shepherd promotes her new sitcom; Gary Sinise brags about the perks of being an Academy Award Nominee.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 113
Show #0332
1995-02-23Wayne Newton (live via satellite) presents the Top Ten; Michael McKean comments on the recent troubles on the set of ""Saturday Night Live;"" David Byrne and the CBS Orchestra perform ""You & Eye.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 114
Show #0333
1995-02-24Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 115
Show #0334
1995-02-27Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 116
Show #0335
1995-02-28Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 117
Show #0336
1995-03-01Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 118
Show #0337
1995-03-02Bernie Worrell sits in; Al Roker does a weather forecast; Dave retrieves a blue card from ""Forrest Gump"" (Calvert); Jeff Goldblum tap dances.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 119
Show #0338
1995-03-03Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 120
Show #0339
1995-03-06Dave sends the standby audience to The Gap to purchase and wear matching outfits before they're allowed to return to the theater. By the end of the show, they are all wearing identical sweaters and khakis. (correct synopsis)
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 121
Show #0340
1995-03-07On the first Letterman show ever aired on this date, Bill Cosby, Tito Puente, and Dave climb a ladder up to the balcony, and Luke Perry does a science experiment in place of bumped guest Lee Marek.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 122
Show #0341
1995-03-08Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 123
Show #0342
1995-03-09Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 124
Show #0343
1995-03-10Dave sends the standby audience to The Gap to purchase and wear matching outfits before they're allowed to return to the theater. By the end of the show, they are all wearing identical sweaters and khakis.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 125
Show #0344
1995-03-13Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 126
Show #0345
1995-03-14Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 127
Show #0346
1995-03-15Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 128
Show #0347
1995-03-20Dave gives a girl in the audience named Amy money to buy spring flowers, and later her boyfriend (also in the audience) sings karaoke with Will Smith.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 129
Show #0348
1995-03-21A woman in the audience bakes cookies for everyone; Conan O'Brien appears in Dave's latest Oscar-related dream; Dave gets his toupee dry-cleaned.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 130
Show #0349
1995-03-22Throughout the night, Dave practices giving out Oscars, awarding achievements by Tony Randall, Doc Severinson (who's sitting in), Tony Mendez, a hi-ho girl, and Sirajul Islam (Mujibur was sick). Also, Dave chats with a man whose dog ran away, then found his pet on the opposite side of the country.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 131
Show #0350
1995-04-03John Mayall sits in; Dave comments on his much-scrutinized performance as host of last week's Academy Awards.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 132
Show #0351
1995-04-04Throughout the night, the legendary Ashton Family acrobats perform their greatest stunts outside on 53rd Street.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 133
Show #0352
1995-04-05Dave spells Uma and Oprah with hot dog wieners, while Creepy Dave lurks in the backdrop during his interview with Bryant Gumbel.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 134
Show #0353
1995-04-06At the end of tonight's ""New Books"" segment, Dave gives one of the phony manuscripts to a girl in the audience. Also, for no apparent reason, Gerard dances around onstage in a sun dress.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 135
Show #0354
1995-04-07Two babes in the audience are observed with ""Marry Us Dave"" T-shirts; Dave, Calvert, and Biff sit around and do nothing for three minutes; Dave asks cab drivers what they thought of his performance at the Oscars.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 136
Show #0355
1995-04-10Dave invites the stand-by audience to his office and watch the show from there. Later, they're joined by Faye Dunaway and chef Wolfgang Puck.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 137
Show #0356
1995-04-11Throughout the night, various staffers walk onstage to give Dave ""dramatic tension,"" while Robert Pastorelli explains his departure from the hit comedy Murphy Brown.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 138
★ 4.0Show #0357
1995-04-12Mayor Guiliani and Dave agree to disagree on the new slogan for the New York Tourism Board; Drew Barrymore gives Dave a birthday surprise.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 139
Show #0358
1995-04-13The New York Daily News, having headlined their paper with last night's Guiliani-chosen slogan, distributes miniature buttons to the audience reading ""We Can Kick Your City's Ass"" commemorating the headline. Also, Bela Fleck sits in with the band on banjo.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 140
Show #0359
1995-04-14Two days after NYC's new slogan, ""We Can Kick Your City's Ass,"" reaches beyond the Hudson, Dave hears from mayors of other cities; Slash of Guns n' Roses fame sits in; a skit involving jelly beans bursting out of Biff's ears is botched when the wiring doesn't work properly.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 141
Show #0360
1995-04-17Live Remote: Dave annoys both an H&R Block tax accountant and his mortified customer, who prefers to hide her face.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 142
Show #0361
1995-04-18Dave selects five guys from the audience to compete in a basketball match outside on 53rd Street with five (alleged) New York Knicks. By the end of the show, the final score is Audience 108, Knicks 107.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 143
Show #0362
1995-04-19Dave complains that the cue-card Tony is holding is too small, so Inky replaces it with a giant banner; ten mayors of other cities present the Top Ten; a blue card is missing and soon found taped to Sandra Bullock's backside.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 144
Show #0363
1995-04-20An audience talent show is interrupted by Helen Reddy, who pops up several times throughout the show; later, she teams up with Blues Traveler to perform ""Hook.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 145
Show #0364
1995-04-21Tony Randall drops by to announce who tomorrow's guests will be, and Dave squirts him with a fire extinguisher. Later, Biff Henderson and Pat Farmer carry Tony outside and into a taxi. Also, Dolly Parton presents the Top Ten.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 146
Show #0365
1995-04-24After word spreads to the media that he's losing his ratings edge over Leno, Dave wants to find out if people are still watching the show, so he displays his desk phone number on the Times Square Jumbotron. The only people who call are CBS employees who have access to a live feed in their offices. Frustrated, Dave dips the receiver into his coffee.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 147
Show #0366
1995-04-25In tonight's live remote, Dave annoys customers down the street at the Sam Ash music store and invites Marcia to sit in with the band on alto sax.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 148
Show #0367
1995-04-26David Sanborn sits in yet again; various New York Yankees present the Top Ten; Dave loses a blue card, then finds it at McDonald's.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 149
Show #0368
1995-04-27The Flying Rat is introduced on the show during a segment called ""What's New for Spring""; in the same segment a small army of clowns attack Mujibur and Sirajul, then storm the Late Show stage; Dave chats with ""Buddy, the Sleepy Lifeguard.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 150
Show #0369
1995-04-28Dave and Paul leave the show early to go over to Madison Square Garden for the circus, where they run into an acrobat bearing a strong resemblance to Calvert; the flying rat attacks Dan Rather, and is later seen as a guest on Nightline; Dave and Felecia waltz.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 151
Show #0370
1995-05-01All of tonight's guests (Marilu Henner, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Mario Van Peebles) are at Rupert's playing spin the bottle. Also, the flying rat demonstrates its supremacy of the New York skyline by swallowing a giant bird whole.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 152
Show #0371
1995-05-02The Giant Flying Rat is introduced via lasers and special effects just after being interviewed by Tom Snyder.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 153
Show #0372
1995-05-03(Supposed) Audience requests are fulfilled in tonight's ""Who Asked For It?"" while Harry Connick Jr. promotes his new album.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 154
Show #0373
1995-05-04Pete Fatovich attempts to kiss Paul again; the giant flying rat delivers the Top Ten list; Jake Johanssen discusses a recent trip to the supermarket.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 155
Show #0374
1995-05-05The giant flying rat dons a sombrero; Dave leaves the show early to marry Drew Barrymore; a man gets kicked in the face by a racehorse; Dave and Paul go supermarket shopping.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 156
Show #0375
1995-05-08Dave sends audience members Nico and Ingrid Van Eenennaan to London (to promote the show's visit next week) with a camcorder, root beer, and the Giant Flying Rat. Neither are seen or heard from again.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 157
Show #0376
1995-05-09Jimmy Smits, a guest the night before, is seen in his hotel room naked, doing push-ups and watching TV in bed. Also, Paul quits to become a professional boxer, but he gives up and comes back to the show.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 158
Show #0377
1995-05-10The Dutch husband and wife from last night resurface for a brief moment; Paul wears a top hat and a tuxedo; Bruce Willis gets his head scrubbed.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 159
Show #0378
1995-05-11Paul decides to have plastic surgery, then wakes up from the procedure with a conehead; Dave shows a clip of Pakistan's #1 sitcom, ""Seinjibur""; Hugh Grant promotes Nine Months.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 160
Show #0379
1995-05-12Calvert mimics the Giant Flying Rat; Dave comments on preparations for next week's trip to London; Julianna Marguiles promotes the much-hyped season finale of ER.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 161
Show #0380
1995-05-15The Late Show starts its week broadcasting from London. Ten London Guards bring Dave out onstage; Dave and Paul wreck havoc in the city; Elton John reacts to William Shatner's videotaped rendition of ""Rocket Man,"" then performs ""Made in England.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 162
Show #0381
1995-05-16London, Day 2: The new James Bond, Remington Steele star Pierce Brosnan, enters backstage with models and martinis; Little Richard and Chuck Berry sit in; Dave's mom reports from a pub. (correct synopsis)
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 163
Show #0382
1995-05-17London, Day 3: ""London Souvenirs"" include a Prince Charles Ketchup Dispenser, a Bobby Helmet Bra, and a Tea Cannon, brought out by fake London guards. Also, Peter O'Toole enters riding a camel, and Van Morrison barely remembers the words to his own song ""Have I Told You Lately"" in a performance with Sinead O'Connor and the Chieftains. (correct synopsis)
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 164
Show #0383
1995-05-18London, Day 4: Dave and Paul play soccer (or should I say football?) at Wembley Stadium; live via satellite from New York, Tony Randall trashes the theater; John Cleese presents the Top Ten. (correct synopsis)
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 165
Show #0384
1995-05-19London, Day 5: Dave repeats a monologue joke in a British accent; Salman Rushdie hands the Top Ten to Dave, and is presented by ten bobbies; Dorothy drops by to comment on her week of sightseeing.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 166
Show #0385
1995-05-22Cold opening: Dave belatedly thanks Drew Barrymore for her birthday ""gift"" last month. Also, Dave pays Mujibur and Sirajul to pummel Paul.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 167
Show #0386
1995-05-23It's the debut of ""May We Turn Your Pants Into Shorts?"" Dave cuts up his own slacks before shredding the pants of Paul and Mel Gibson.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 168
Show #0387
1995-05-24Episode overview is not available yet.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 169
Show #0388
1995-05-25Clint Black sits in; candy is thrown at the audience; the Top Ten Office is relocated to an audience member's hometown of Glenn's Falls, New York; in honor of Ringo Starr, Paul, Dave, and the audience try to recreate Beatlemania.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 170
Show #0389
1995-05-26Dave takes a bunch of sailors to a local watering hole; Mujibur and Sirajul visit Dorothy in Indianapolis; Dave bids farewell to longtime director Hal Gurnee by placing a plaque on the control room door.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 171
Show #0390
1995-06-05Cold Opening: Nicole Kidman asks Dave if he's drunk. Also, displayed by the window of an advertising agency across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater is a giant toothbrush and tooth; Dave invites the workers from that window to bring the items into the theater and then presents them with the Crest Pledge.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 172
Show #0391
1995-06-06Indianapolis 500 champion Jacque Vileneuve races a NYC cab around the theater block in competition with NYC cabbie Buke Kadikiran; Dave shows (doctored) footage of Dan Rather replacing his CBS Evening News co-host Connie Chung with… Dan Rather.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 173
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1995-06-07Biff delivers Dave in a golf cart; Dave and an audience member named Hal help choose the network's new slogan; a pyrotechnic exhibition is held in the backdrop.
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1995-06-08It's time for a studio audience talent show, with friends and relatives of the performers swamping the backdrop. Shortly after his interview, Mike Myers joins the crowd.
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1995-06-09Dave tells Rupert to bother people at a local bistro with his hidden mic; Dave chats with a woman that recently won $87,000,000 in the state lottery; head CBS executives ""Les Moonves"" and ""Peter Lund"" sing Bob Seger's ""Like a Rock.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 176
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1995-06-12Dave chooses a person off the street to tell their life story; the Top Ten Home Office moves to Grand Rapids, Michigan; Chris O'Donnell plugs Batman Forever.
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1995-06-13Stephen Stills sits in; Dave ""attends"" a recent President Clinton press conference; basketball star/party animal Dennis Rodman comments on his recent antics.
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1995-06-14Travis, a five-year-old golden retriever, has the ""Dog Cam"" attached to his head; John Turturro dresses up as Batman, then hands Dave the Top Ten list; Dan Rather talks about Connie Chung's departure from CBS, then promotes his workout video ""Old Train Songs to Sweat By.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 179
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1995-06-15Dave arrives at the theater in a police car; throughout the night, spelling bee winner Justin Carroll comes out to spell various ten-cent words; Dave chats with Robert Horry of the NBA Champion Houston Rockets.
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1995-06-16Travis and the Dog Cam return; Englebert Humperdinck serenades Rupert; ten kindergarteners write and present the Top Ten.
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1995-06-19Dave announces that this is show number 4000, but later admits he's off by a zero; John Denver performs the theme song to ""Supermarket Finds""; Alan King gloats over his grandkids.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 182
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1995-06-20Dave invites both a cabbie and an audience member to jump into a rooftop swimming pool. They're later joined by two NYC cops and Bob Saget.
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1995-06-21Shortly after a ""What's New for Summer"" segment, Dave hands hamsicles (or, if you will, cold ham on a stick) to the audience. Also, ""Batman"" (Calvert) hands Dave the Top Ten list, while Tony Bennett performs ""My Love Went to London.""
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 184
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1995-06-22Cold Opening: ""ER"" star Anthony Edwards refuses to give Dave a physical. Also, Jonathan Katz does standup and promotes Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 185
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1995-06-23Dave celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the debut of The David Letterman Show by showing clips of the first broadcast; Biff interrupts Dave so that Corey Pavin (winner of the 1995 U. S. Open) can drop by; various staffers take their moms to the Russian Tea Room.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 186
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1995-06-26Bernie Kopell storms out of the theater after ""The Love Boat"" is somehow mentioned twice in a Top Ten List about Hockey. Later, Dave chats with ""Coach"" star Jerry Van Dyke, while Warren Zevon performs ""Mutineer,"" a song he would later perform in his last TV appearance in 2002.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 187
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1995-06-27Dave invites a standby audience member to play ""Will You Eat the Meatloaf?"" Later in the show, Dave chats with Pete, the dishwasher at Hello Deli.
Watch progress · Not trackedEpisode 188
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1995-06-28In an experimental comedy bit called ""Letters to the Editor,"" Dave reads a (bogus) note from Al Gore telling The New Yorker that he loves their cartoons.
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1995-06-29Dave shows the audience an old photo of Morty with an afro, and then later shows a doctored photo of himself with a head-bush. Also, Dave helps Tom Hanks shave a beard he grew on vacation.
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1995-06-30In a remote, Dave asks apartment dwellers, ""What's the Coolest Thing In Your Apartment?""
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1995-07-10Jim Carrey, Andre Agassi, and Tom and Roseanne Arnold miraculously appear in the audience, Tom being both on stage and in the audience simultaneously. Also, Dave orders pancakes from the Fashion Cafe for Christy Turlington and a heavyset audience member.
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1995-07-11Dave says hello to viewers in France and Italy in their respective native tongues; during ""May We See Your Photos, Please?"" Dave demands to see photos of meat or nudity; Penn and Teller perform one of their trademark dangerous stunts.
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1995-07-12Charles Grodin promotes his new cable talk show.
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1995-07-13A small army of cyclists rush across the stage, while Dave and Pete Sampras play a pickup round of tennis out on 53rd Street.
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1995-07-14After an admittedly lame remote on a ""Day In The Life"" of producer Robert Morton, he jumps into a giant bowl of pudding, followed by Dave. Later in the show, Paul, Laurie Diamond, and the members of White Zombie join in.
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1995-07-17Dave flashes back to how he stayed cool over the weekend by stuffing popsicles in his pants; a woman who picks up one of the pay phones at the kiosk outside the theater is chosen as an honorary guest host; Alicia Silverstone promotes Clueless; Dave and Pam the phone lady switch jackets.
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1995-07-18Dan Rather presents the Top Ten; Chevy Chase plugs Man of the House and talks tennis.
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1995-07-19Ed Sullivan Theater Building Engineer George Clarke begins his ""Quest for Corn"" throughout the Midwest. He's off to Illinois.
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1995-07-20Dave demonstrates a triple pencil flip; Rupert finds one of Dave's blue cards attached to Mary Tyler Moore's backside; Dave shows old footage of Andy Kaufman dancing with a giant snake.
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1995-07-21Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band sits in; Dave offers an audience guy with an unruly beard $300 to shave it; Talent Assistant Zoe Friedham gets a tattoo; Dave gives the newly-shaven man $400.
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1995-07-24A ""Dumb Ads"" segment introduces Canadian filling station attendent Dick Assman. The entire North American audience immediately catches ""Dick Assmania."" Later, a monkey in the green room throws fruit, while The Quest for Corn hits Omaha, Nebraska.
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1995-07-25Dave calls up Dick Assman; Ray Liotta arrives onstage riding a baby elephant, and later he makes a (bogus) appearance with Paul in the controversial new movie Kids.
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1995-07-26Dave and Tony switch places for a few minutes; David Schwimmer is reunited with the monkey who played Marcel on Friends; Dave announces that ""Dick Assmania"" has officially swept the eastern seaboard.
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1995-07-27During a segment called ""Ask the Mayor,"" someone from the audience asks Rudy Guiliani, ""Is that a real hair piece?"" Also, a half-awake audience member opens himself to the feminine wiles of Sandra Bullock.
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1995-07-28George Clarke's ""Quest for Corn"" finds him in Indianapolis with Dave's mom: 5 ears. Later, Nick Turturro and Dennis Franz stand in the green room with their pants down, while Paul and Bruce Hornsby play ""Chopsticks"" on the keyboard.
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1995-07-31Dave gives $100 to an audience member after a monologue joke bombs; the show is interrupted for a ""Dick Assman Update""; father and son audience members Jim and JJ McMichael wave from the top of the Empire State Building.
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1995-08-01Dave announces that CBS has just been bought by Westinghouse, then spends the rest of the show joking about it.
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1995-08-02Dave chats with Mary Ann Dennis, whose dog stopped a man that tried to mug her.
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1995-08-03During ""Stupid Pet Tricks,"" a small fish eats a worm whole. Meanwhile, Dave goes into a Westinghouse washer in spin cycle.
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1995-08-04The final installment of ""George Clarke's Quest for Corn"" finds our hero at Hello Deli (five ears). Afterwards, George distributes an ear of corn to everyone in the audience.
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1995-08-07Dave announces it's ""Christmas in August,"" with Glen Campbell singing a medley of holiday standards at Hello Deli.
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1995-08-08Junior Brown sits in with the band; baseball star John Kruk talks about his recent retirement; Dave hectors a man on the street in a game called ""May I Taste Your Dinner, Please?""
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1995-08-09The ""Dick Assman Update"" reveals that his popularity has hit fever pitch. Later, Christopher Walken promotes three new movies that are coming out within a month of each other.
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1995-08-10Dave shows a ""highlight"" of last night's show: Dan Rather fondling Dave's butt.
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1995-08-11In honor of an incident that resulted in a forfeit in the previous night's Dodgers-Cardinals game, audience members throw baseballs at Dave.
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1995-08-14All night long, Rupert touches meat and is joined later by Kelsey Grammer, his then-fiancee, and a priest from the audience.
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1995-08-15Dave claims that the chairman of Westinghouse has agreed to fight him. Later, Sonny Bono signs to Calvert's upstart record company.
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1995-08-16During an interview with Isabella Rosselini, a guy on fire runs around the stage. Later, Bjork and the CBS Orchestra performs ""It's Oh So Quiet.""
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1995-08-17Paul is introduced as ""Johnny Lavaggi;"" Dave shows a (doctored) clip of Monica Seles grunting; David Brenner does stand up.
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1995-08-18Dave bids a fond farewell to his announcer, while Dick Assman also makes one last appearance.
Watch progress · Not trackedCast
David Letterman
Self - Host
Paul Shaffer
Self - Musical Director
Alan Kalter
Self - Announcer
