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Late Show with David Letterman
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Season 3, Episode 210 - Aired 08/23/1996
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Season 3, Episode 209 - Aired 08/22/1996
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Season 3, Episode 208 - Aired 08/21/1996
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Season 3, Episode 207 - Aired 08/20/1996
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Season 3, Episode 206 - Aired 08/19/1996
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Season 3, Episode 205 - Aired 08/16/1996
Dave gives a ham to a man in the audience who correctly guessed his weight (158 lbs).
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Season 3, Episode 204 - Aired 08/15/1996
Dave chats with Yankees pitcher Dwight ""Doc"" Gooden, who threw a no-hitter the night before.
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Season 3, Episode 203 - Aired 08/14/1996
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Season 3, Episode 202 - Aired 08/13/1996
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Season 3, Episode 201 - Aired 08/12/1996
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Season 3, Episode 200 - Aired 08/09/1996
Dave brings up three girls from the audience, confiscates their gum, and sends them out to goof off in a nearby fountain; the Sex Pistols perform ""Pretty Vacant.""
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Season 3, Episode 199 - Aired 08/08/1996
During ""CBS Mailbag,"" Secret Service Agents dance the Macarena; Dennis Miller promotes his new HBO talk show; Butthole Surfers perform ""Pepper.""
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Season 3, Episode 198 - Aired 08/07/1996
Dave announces that the Late Show has its own version of ""The Real World,"" with Paul, Anton and Pat Farmer whining about their personal problems.
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Season 3, Episode 197 - Aired 08/06/1996
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Season 3, Episode 196 - Aired 08/05/1996
Dave welcomes the Gold Medal-winning U.S. Olympic Girl's Gymnastics Team (minus the injured Kerri Strug); during a ""New Products"" segment, Pat Farmer models a t-shirt made from venetian blinds.
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Season 3, Episode 195 - Aired 07/19/1996
Leonard ""The Ronald McDonald Guy"" Tepper joins Rupert for another one of his hidden-mike remotes with Dave. Later, Jackie Joyner-Kersee promotes her new fitness book and upcoming appearance at the Atlanta Games.
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Season 3, Episode 194 - Aired 07/18/1996
Dave discusses in length the show's embarrassment of Emmy riches this year (four nominations); the ""CBS Mailbag"" presents Dave's 10,000th ""Bob Dole is old"" joke; Dave receives another discouraging visit from Fan Club president ""Cliff Sussman"" (Jay Johnson).
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Season 3, Episode 193 - Aired 07/17/1996
Country legend Marty Stuart sits in, while a disgruntled alien (Gerard) comments on inaccuracies in the movie Independence Day.
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Season 3, Episode 192 - Aired 07/16/1996
Dave continues to gloat over the Late Show's (alleged) title as Official Talk Show of the Summer Olympics, with abortive sports commentary by Anton; Laurence Fishburne promotes Fled.
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Season 3, Episode 191 - Aired 07/15/1996
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Season 3, Episode 190 - Aired 07/12/1996
Dave tries to find the owner of car whose license plates read ""SO HAPPY,"" and later he shows footage of a Wheel of Fortune contestant screwing up the answer to a puzzle: ""Paul Shatner!""
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Season 3, Episode 189 - Aired 07/11/1996
Dave shows a semi-embarrassing clip of Meg Ryan from her days on ""As The World Turns,"" featuring a ""young"" Paul Shaffer and Will Lee.
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Season 3, Episode 188 - Aired 07/10/1996
Manny the Hippie talks about his trip to Roswell, New Mexico, while The Charlie Watts Quintet (featuring Bernard Fowler) performs ""In a Sentimental Mood.""
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Season 3, Episode 187 - Aired 07/09/1996
Dave points out that Paul is the co-musical director for the Olympic closing ceremonies; Biff keeps interrupting Dave; Dave chats with Joanne Ussery, a woman who lives in a renovated Boeing 727.
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Season 3, Episode 186 - Aired 07/08/1996
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Season 3, Episode 185 - Aired 07/05/1996
Dave switches places with an audience woman, and later she sits in with the band; Elaine Stritch storms onstage and chews out Dave; Randy Quaid promotes Independence Day.
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Season 3, Episode 184 - Aired 07/04/1996
Mujibur and Sirajul stand on the roof, waiting for the fireworks in broad daylight; during Mailbag, ""Neil Diamond"" (Calvert) rouses the crowd with a smokin' rendition of ""America;"" two audience members take an American flag to the Empire State Building; The Brian Setzer Orchestra performs ""Town Without Pity.""
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Season 3, Episode 183 - Aired 07/03/1996
Dave airs his first new July 3rd show since his morning show in 1980. During the ""Rejected FDA Products"" segment, Dave introduces ""Sherwin-Williams Fettucine in Paint."" Later, Jeff Goldblum promotes ""Independence Day"" as Rupert searches the sky for UFOs.
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Season 3, Episode 182 - Aired 07/02/1996
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Season 3, Episode 181 - Aired 07/01/1996
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Season 3, Episode 180 - Aired 06/28/1996
Manny the Hippie reviews Striptease: ""Schwag."" Also, Creepy Dave drops by to ask Michael Keaton about human cloning.
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Season 3, Episode 179 - Aired 06/27/1996
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Season 3, Episode 178 - Aired 06/26/1996
Jerry Van Dyke rides onstage on a mule; Luke Perry gives Dave his sideburns; The Fugees perform ""Fu-Gee-La.""
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Season 3, Episode 177 - Aired 06/25/1996
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Season 3, Episode 176 - Aired 06/24/1996
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Season 3, Episode 175 - Aired 06/21/1996
Dave shows off a tick that has embedded itself into his suit, then shows more footage of him at Taco Bell. (correct synopsis)
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Season 3, Episode 174 - Aired 06/20/1996
In response to a CBS Mailbag letter that noticed a likeness between Inky Mendez and Steven Speilberg, Martin Scorsese is seen impersonating Anton Fig.
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Season 3, Episode 173 - Aired 06/19/1996
Biff recruits an audience member to get splashed in the face by a speeding taxi going over a puddle. Also, CBS head honcho ""Les Moonves"" discusses the CBS fall lineup, then sings Harry Chapin's ""Cat in the Cradle.""
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Season 3, Episode 172 - Aired 06/18/1996
Some guy carrying the Olympic torch comes through to interrupt the monologue. Also, Dave recalls a fake Father's Day memory when his son ""Jimmy"" gave him an ashtray. Paul doubts the story, forcing Dave to recall his ""real"" video memory: ""Jimmy"" arriving with pizza. (correct synopsis)
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Season 3, Episode 171 - Aired 06/17/1996
Remote: Dave works the drive-thru at a Taco Bell in Jersey. Later, he chats with Lucille Treganowan, 66-year-old grandmother/hot rod guru. (correct synopsis)
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Season 3, Episode 170 - Aired 06/14/1996
Dave bids farewell to one of his longtime staffers; Kelsey Grammer promotes ""Down Periscope""; Manny reviews The Cable Guy: ""Dank.""
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Season 3, Episode 169 - Aired 06/13/1996
Kenny Wayne Shepherd sits in; Dave points out that one of tonight's ""CBS Mailbag"" letter-writers is in the audience; during Mailbag, ""Ronald McDonald"" (Leonard) verbally abuses Dave.
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Season 3, Episode 168 - Aired 06/12/1996
Dave fools around with a hot glue gun, while up-and-coming actress Liv Tyler (daughter of Bebe Buell and Steven Tyler) promotes Stealing Beauty.
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Season 3, Episode 167 - Aired 06/11/1996
In a piece of videotape footage that ""will disturb and shock you,"" Dave introduces clips of Bill Clinton singing ""Mustang Sally"" and Boris Yeltsin dancing.
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Season 3, Episode 166 - Aired 06/10/1996
Biff attempts to learn how to fly; actor/soccer fanatic Andrew Shue introduces footage of him, Elizabeth Shue, and John Shue playing a pick-up game of his sport of choice.
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Season 3, Episode 165 - Aired 06/07/1996
The final day of celebrity ""She Loves Me"" performances takes place when Rosie O'Donnell sings, holds the last note, runs through the theater, grabs a soda at Hello Deli, gets a handbill for a free massage, receives the massage, and returns to the theater wearing a robe, still holding the same note. Dave follows this flawless presentation with a week-long retrospective.
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Season 3, Episode 164 - Aired 06/06/1996
Dave tells a mean fat joke about Roger Ebert, and shortly afterwards the film critic calls Dave a bastard; four singers present the First Annual Late Show Salute to the Word ""Ass""; on Day 4 of ""She Loves Me"" week, Matthew Broderick performs a certain 1950's pop standard, holds the last note, runs through the theater, grabs a soda at the Hello Deli, gets a handbill for a free massage, receives the massage, and returns to the theater wearing a robe, still holding the note.
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Season 3, Episode 163 - Aired 06/05/1996
Diana Ross performs a variation of the song ""She Loves Me"" called ""He Loves Me,"" and while holding the final note, buys a soda at Hello Deli, gets a massage at a nearby spa, and walks back inside the theater wearing a white robe.
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Season 3, Episode 162 - Aired 06/04/1996
Dave invites customers from the Roy Rogers restaurant across the street into the theater to be checked for ticks; Dr. Sam Merrick declares them tick-free. Also, Day 2 of ""She Loves Me,"" tonight performed by Nathan Lane. Like Martin Short the previous night, Nate holds the last note, goes out to Hello Deli for a soda, then to a massage, and back inside the theater with a robe.
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Season 3, Episode 161 - Aired 06/03/1996
Live via satellite in San Francisco, Manny the Hippie reviews the film ""Spy Hard"": ""It's schwiggity schwag!"" Also, ""She Loves Me"" week begins with Martin Short, who performs this song, hanging on to the last note while leaving the theater, grabbing a soda at the Hello Deli, getting a massage, and returning to the theater wearing a terrycloth robe.
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Season 3, Episode 160 - Aired 05/24/1996
Dave and Conan O'Brien get ""Bob Dole Is Old"" jokes from the joke storeroom in the basement of the Ed Sullivan Theater. Also, Dave invites several staffers (including then-intern Stephanie Birkett) to discuss their dreams at a local steakhouse.
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Season 3, Episode 159 - Aired 05/23/1996
Dave's jacket is stain by coffee, so he throws it into the balcony; an ""unknown guest"" crashes the show; Leslie Nielsen promotes Spy Hard.
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Season 3, Episode 158 - Aired 05/22/1996
Dave shows a clip of his favorite moment from last night's show: Biff doing a quadruple take upon seeing Dave's slacks getting cut at the knee; Dave's contact lens fall out, so he wears his glasses for half the show; Brett Butler performs a Stupid Human Trick.
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Season 3, Episode 157 - Aired 05/21/1996
It's time for a new game called ""May We Turn Your Pants into Shorts?"" Dave is the first to mutilate his slacks, and is followed by Paul, Biff, John Goodman, and Norm MacDonald, who was already wearing shorts.
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Season 3, Episode 156 - Aired 05/20/1996
Two audience guys go outside to monitor the temperature, and given their meteorological expertise, are ordered to stand next to a giant thermometer.
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Season 3, Episode 155 - Aired 05/17/1996
For no apparent reason, Dave orders Tony to take a taxi; Manny the Hippie presents the Top Ten; a dentist checks out a weird whistling noise coming out of Dave's mouth when he speaks.
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Season 3, Episode 154 - Aired 05/16/1996
During Mailbag, Tony sits in for Dave while Dave sits in for Alan saying ""letter number two,"" which leads into a question about lawn care; comedian Harry Hill tells jokes about Cher, The A-Team, and his grandmother's funeral; Spin Doctors perform ""She Used to Be Mine.""
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Season 3, Episode 153 - Aired 05/15/1996
Junior Brown sits in, and Dave tries on his very unique hat. Also, a guy dressed up as Ronald McDonald gives Dave the Top Ten, and later he is found lying dead in the street.
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Season 3, Episode 152 - Aired 05/14/1996
Manny the Hippie gives his first live remote from San Francisco, as Dave asks him to give periodic reviews on current movies. Tonight, he reviews Twister, which he personally didn't care for.
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Season 3, Episode 151 - Aired 05/13/1996
Dave quizzes the audience on his week in San Francisco, during which Gene Siskel runs onstage looking for Roger Ebert. Later in the show, he gives up on his search, then relaunches his film review program as ""Siskel and DeForest."" Also, Natalie Merchant sings ""Jealousy.""
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Season 3, Episode 150 - Aired 05/10/1996
Frisco, Day 5: The Alcatraz mock-up in the backdrop is subject to a jailbreak; Dave hangs out with a local hippie, thus introducing the world (not to mention fleeting fame) to one Manny Papp; Dave loses a blue card, and then finds it inside a crab at Fisherman's Wharf; Manny meets his hero, John Popper of Blues Traveler.
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Season 3, Episode 149 - Aired 05/09/1996
From San Francisco: Three audience members receive free hams and souvenir cue cards; Joe Satriani sits in; Dave tells the seals at Fisherman's Wharf to shut up; the San Francisco Giants present the Top Ten; basketballs and melons are rolled down Fillburn Street, the steepest in the city.
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Season 3, Episode 148 - Aired 05/08/1996
Frisco, Day 3: Sheila E. and Pete Escovido sit in; Dave shows off the 49ers shower curtain he has in the dressing room; Dave orders Rupert to harass people on the street; Dave invites a shaggy-looking guy in the audience (a professor at Stanford, no less) to take a shower during the show.
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Season 3, Episode 147 - Aired 05/07/1996
Frisco, Day 2: Dave gives a bouquet to a 95-year-old lady in the audience; Dave and football great Joe Montana tour the city, where they end up getting ""friendly"" in Alcatraz; Dave checks on the theater in NYC, and finds Clint Eastwood imitating Dave at his desk.
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Season 3, Episode 146 - Aired 05/06/1996
The Late Show begins a week in San Francisco as Mayor Willie Brown interrupts the show throughout the hour by offering Dave the key to the city, a loaf of sourdough bread, and a stick he found in his yard. Also, Paul composes a music video for cable car operator Luis ""Guido"" Montano, with cameos by Los Lobos, Carly Simon, Hootie & the Blowfish and Celine Dion.
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Season 3, Episode 145 - Aired 05/03/1996
The Home Office Contest is over: Wahoo is now the official home office of the Top Ten List, decimating Grand Rapids from the get-go. Also, Everclear performs ""Heartspark Dollarsign.""
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Season 3, Episode 144 - Aired 05/02/1996
Pat Farmer interrupts the monologue by walking in front of the camera; Marv Albert provides color commentary on tonight's CBS Mailbag; two guys spray each other with fuel at a gas station in Queens.
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Season 3, Episode 143 - Aired 05/01/1996
Tonight's ""What's On Other Channels"" segment includes ""Condom Testing,"" ""The Mexican Navy's New Battleship,"" and ""Tommy Lee-Pamela Anderson Video.""
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Season 3, Episode 142 - Aired 04/30/1996
At the end of the monologue, a guy dressed up as an Olympic runner bolts across the stage, and later he paces around the backdrop. Also, comedian Anthony Clark promotes his new sitcom Boston Common.
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Season 3, Episode 141 - Aired 04/29/1996
Dorothy drops by to promote the cookbook that Dave's been plugging for the last two weeks, and she cooks him his favorite sandwich.
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Season 3, Episode 140 - Aired 04/26/1996
In honor of the recent Sotheby's Auction that featured items once owned by John F. Kennedy, Biff comes stage on Jackie O's (alleged) riding lawnmower; in a pre-taped segment, Dave interviews CBS job applicants, during which he pressures college sophomore Todd Stevens to sing; Nathan Lane appears to show Todd how it's done; Dave leaves the show to have some coffee with a guy named Kenny.
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Season 3, Episode 139 - Aired 04/25/1996
Wahoo vs. Grand Rapids, Day 9: Wahoo sends two kids, Jeff and Josh Price, to sit in their glass tank. Grand Rapids loses further ground by sending several non-living items. Also, Alan does various random things throughout the night, including reading his turkey pot pie recipe, speaking in a bad French accent, ripping his shirt open, and holding his breath through a commercial break.
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Season 3, Episode 138 - Aired 04/24/1996
Dave holds an impromptu auction, while Marshall Sylver hypnotizes more Late Show staffers.
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Season 3, Episode 137 - Aired 04/23/1996
Mia Farrow reveals that she's addicted to the internet. Carly Simon drops by in mid-interview, and later, both sit in with the CBS Orchestra, with Mia on tambourine and Carly on cowbell.
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Season 3, Episode 136 - Aired 04/22/1996
An audience member assists in the debut of the Slatstar 2000, while Brett Butler presents the Top Ten.
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Season 3, Episode 135 - Aired 04/12/1996
Dave appears on the Times Square Jumbotron demanding presents; Dave and Fred Nigro go to Jersey to help with taxes, during which Dave recruits a citizen to stand in for him during an audit; Dave plugs his mother's recently-published cookbook.
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Season 3, Episode 134 - Aired 04/11/1996
The Home Office Competition continues: Added to Wahoo's tank is a pizza, a T-shirt, and a birdhouse, while Grand Rapids adds a garment bag; Dave shows another episode of Alan Kalter's mini-sitcom ""Weird Guy in an Elevator""; Luciano Pavarotti and Michael Bolton sing ""Nessun Dorma.""
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Season 3, Episode 133 - Aired 04/10/1996
It's the 90-minute Rock & Roll Special. Tonight's guests include are Boy George's mom Diana O'Dowd, music archivist Michael Ochs, and a rare on-air performance by Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band.
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Season 3, Episode 132 - Aired 04/09/1996
Dave begins a new contest: The town that sends the most valuable gifts will be the new Top Ten Home Office. Two huge glass tanks are displayed onstage, each for the two towns in competition. Tonight, Wahoo, Nebraska (the challenger) sends enchiladas, while Grand Rapids (the incumbent) sends a fax from the Governor of Michigan. Not a good start for Grand Rapids. Also, the outside cam visits Sullivan's Bar & Grill next door, and their bartender comes in the theater to pose for a Polaroid picture.
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Season 3, Episode 131 - Aired 04/08/1996
After miraculously surviving its attempted demise the previous week, the Quiz Machine is finally destroyed once and for all. Also, ten ballerinas present the Top Ten.
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Season 3, Episode 130 - Aired 04/05/1996
Dave shows a clip of Marshall Sylver's infomercial, and throughout the night Dave attempts to hypnotize members of the staff. After Dave accidentally puts Biff in a daze, he calls up Sylver to figure out what to do with his entranced stage manager.
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Season 3, Episode 129 - Aired 04/04/1996
CBS Mailbag: the Quiz Machine is destroyed (at last!) by a cab, while Tony Randall hides under Dave's desk to protect himself from the government.
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Season 3, Episode 128 - Aired 04/03/1996
Anna Paquin returns to the show two days after the basketball challenge and donates her cash prize to charity. Also, Dave temporarily moves his show to public access, and Laurie Diamond persuades him to return to CBS.
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Season 3, Episode 127 - Aired 04/02/1996
After Dave promises that the Quiz Machine will never be seen on the show again, he brings out the ""Flagstar 3000,"" a cheap cardboard facade.
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Season 3, Episode 126 - Aired 04/01/1996
Dave tricks young Oscar® winner Anna Paquin into getting in a magician's box, claiming he was going to show her a trick. Once he had her locked in, he took off her shoes and tickled her feet!Also, Dave challenges Millionaire Basketball Winner Tom Gates: if he makes his shot onstage, Dave will give him $10,000; if he doesn't, he has to host the show. He misses. So does a very un-athletic Mary Tyler Moore. But Paquin hits, and Dave gives her the $10,000 cash.
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Season 3, Episode 125 - Aired 03/29/1996
Dana Carvey drops by and receives a piece of the set; The Usual Suspects star Kevin Spacey presents the Top Ten live via satellite; Alan Kalter stars in the new midseason replacement sitcom ""Weird Guy in an Elevator.""
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Season 3, Episode 124 - Aired 03/28/1996
Mailbag: Dave goes over to Yankee Stadium and steals home plate. Also, Dave chats with ""Cliff Sussman"" (Jay Johnson), the president of the New Set Fan Club, and No Doubt performs ""Spiderwebs.""
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Season 3, Episode 123 - Aired 03/27/1996
Dave has an extra joke in the monologue, so he and Tony take it over to Conan O'Brien at NBC. Meanwhile, George Foreman breaks a pinata at Hello Deli, in celebration of the unveiling of Rupert's new ""set.""
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Season 3, Episode 122 - Aired 03/26/1996
After a week of construction, the show's new ""Bridge"" set is unveiled. Dave quickly mentions that he ordered it from a catalog. Martha Stewart honors the occasion by hammering in the last nail. Later, she's seen sanding backstage and, still later, operating a blowtorch.
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Season 3, Episode 121 - Aired 03/20/1996
As the Ed Sullivan Theater is being renovated, Dave hosts his show from the lobby with only 60 folding chairs set up for the audience. Fire Commissioner Howard Safir oversees the proceedings, while guests Barbara Walters and Halle Berry make their entrances through the theater debris. Dave tells Ray Charles, ""I don't know how to break it to you, but you're in the lobby."" Also, a man-on-the-street segment finds that most New Yorkers are apathetic towards the new set.
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Season 3, Episode 120 - Aired 03/19/1996
Dave stoically mentions that this will be the last night for the current set, and that it will be remodeled during the NCAA Tournament coverage. To commemorate this, at the end of the show, a couple dozen audience members file by the desk to touch Dave.
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Season 3, Episode 119 - Aired 03/18/1996
Dave mentions that in between show tapings, an audience guy named Anthony sang ""My Way"" from the balcony. During the taping of this episode, however, Dave invites him to sing it onstage. Also, Dave goes over to Black Rock Bar & Grill to swipe a beverage from Dan Rather.
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Season 3, Episode 118 - Aired 03/08/1996
Tonight's "Donahue Countdown Calendar Fun Fact": When Phil won election to his parish counsel, who did he replace? Paul Shaffer guesses Paul Prod'homme; the answer is Erma Bomback.
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Season 3, Episode 117 - Aired 03/07/1996
Dave calls Oslo, Norway, to find fans of "The World's Most Popular Pianist," Richard Clayderman. Richard performs a medley later in the show.
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Season 3, Episode 116 - Aired 03/06/1996
Dave hears someone hammering and drilling throughout the show. When going underneath the audience bleachers to investigate, he finds Chris Elliott moving in. The Guy Under the Seats is born.
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Season 3, Episode 115 - Aired 03/05/1996
Tonight's "Chris Elliott Comparison Test": Broiling vs. Frying. Chris puts his hand in a broiler, then a fryer, and can't tell the difference between the two.
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Season 3, Episode 114 - Aired 03/04/1996
In mock tribute to HBO's ""The Late Shift,"" Dave throws baseballs at an archery target.
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Season 3, Episode 113 - Aired 03/01/1996
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Season 3, Episode 112 - Aired 02/29/1996
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Season 3, Episode 111 - Aired 02/28/1996
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Season 3, Episode 110 - Aired 02/27/1996
Dave calls a resident in Farmington, Connecticut, a community that has initiated a "Turn-Off TV" campaign, and asks her to call off the black-out by offering her a new TV.
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Season 3, Episode 109 - Aired 02/26/1996
Tonight on "Brush with Greatness": audience members describe their meeting rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley, former President Gerald Ford, and Frank Purdue.
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Season 3, Episode 108 - Aired 02/23/1996
During his interview, Steve Martin feels sick, goes up to Dave's office to lie down, and is later seen having a party with about twenty others, including Brooke Shields and NBC's Science Correspondant Robert Bazell.
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Season 3, Episode 107 - Aired 02/22/1996
Detroit Tigers and Domino's Pizza owner Tom Monaghan makes a pizza in 47.2 seconds.
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Season 3, Episode 106 - Aired 02/21/1996
"Dave's Sentiment Shoppe" includes Collector Vermin Thimbles and a Strawberry Shortcake Shrunken Head.
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Season 3, Episode 105 - Aired 02/20/1996
After an hourlong live remote search on the street, Eric Watson is crowned Mr. September.
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Season 3, Episode 104 - Aired 02/19/1996
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Season 3, Episode 103 - Aired 02/16/1996
In a recreation of guest Karel Soucek's going over Niagara Falls in a barrel two months before, Dave rolls down a studio aisle in his own barrel.
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Season 3, Episode 102 - Aired 02/15/1996
Dave is instructed to go into the control room, where he finds cleaning-man Sam vacuuming the place and a note on the console: "We've gone bowling." Also, author Lisa Birnbach explains how to play the drinking game "Hi Bob," and Sharlene Wells from Utah appears on Late Night as 1985's Miss America.
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Season 3, Episode 101 - Aired 02/14/1996
A new Late Night Catch Phrase is selected: "I do and do and do for you kids, and this is the thanks I get!"
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Season 3, Episode 100 - Aired 02/13/1996
Tonight on "Brush With the Law," Wayne White was in a jeep full of naked guys, Barbara Capria scratched a car with her keys, and Mike Cosgrove stole a soda machine.
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Season 3, Episode 99 - Aired 02/12/1996
Tonight on Viewer Mail, Dave displays the Letterman Fan Club Jumbo Package: hangers, American Airlines house magazine, wash & dry moist towelettes, coupons, saltines, and ketchup.
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Season 3, Episode 98 - Aired 02/09/1996
Dave offers Liz Taylor a riding mower if she'll come on the show; clips from the HBO movie The Late Shift, which Dave calls ""satire;"" The Ramones perform ""She Talks to Rainbows.""
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Season 3, Episode 97 - Aired 02/08/1996
"Late Night Rejected Ideas" include tap-dance racing, a "Halloween III" ketchup dispenser coming out of an amputated arm, and, in its Late Night debut, the legendary "Dog Poetry" segment.
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Season 3, Episode 96 - Aired 02/07/1996
Tonight on "Brush with Stupidity," Mike Waskowiak wore a rabbit costume into a City Hall elevator, Kate Freeman went to the wrong house on Thanksgiving, and Sherry Fanion accidentally sucked her pet bird up in a vacuum cleaner.
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Season 3, Episode 95 - Aired 02/06/1996
Dave breathes through a small mouthpiece as he's placed into a 900-gallon tank, wearing a suit containing 3,400 tablets of Alka-Seltzer, then nearly passes out afterwards.
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Season 3, Episode 94 - Aired 02/05/1996
Dave marks the first day for the Phil Donahue Countdown Calendar, waiting the days until he moves his show to 30 Rock; tonight in the Museum of the Hard-to-Believe, Chris Elliott is the "Smile of Mystery"; the audience helps Dave select a catch phrase: "They pelted us with rocks and garbage."
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Season 3, Episode 93 - Aired 02/02/1996
Tonight on Stupid Human Tricks, Jeanne Yetman rolls a quarter off her nose; it then bounces off a table and lands inside a glass.
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Season 3, Episode 92 - Aired 02/01/1996
Morris Day (of the R&B band The Time) promotes Purple Rain.
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Season 3, Episode 91 - Aired 01/31/1996
Tonight on "Dave's Arts and Crafts:" a torpedoed ship-in-a-bottle, a lawn chair covered with bread rolls, and tobacco play hair.
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Season 3, Episode 90 - Aired 01/30/1996
Brian Knopick demonstrates why he's the bubble-gum blowing champion.
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Season 3, Episode 89 - Aired 01/29/1996
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Season 3, Episode 88 - Aired 01/26/1996
Tonight on "Ask Mr. Melman," audience member Susan Blair asks Larry "Bud" for advice on being an art student moving to NYC. Larry replies, "Be ready for a lot of suffering."
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Season 3, Episode 87 - Aired 01/25/1996
Sparky Mortimer makes another amusing -- albeit clumsy -- Super Bowl report; Dave chats with basketball star Reggie Miller.
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Season 3, Episode 86 - Aired 01/24/1996
CBS President Les Moonves (bogus) takes a moment to comment on Clinton's State of the Union address by singing ""Holding Out for a Hero."" Also, pre-teen sports reporter Sparky Mortimer returns to the show and is given a new assignment- to cover Super Bowl XXX.
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Season 3, Episode 85 - Aired 01/23/1996
Tonight on "Brush with Stupidity," audience member Doug Minear describes competing in a swim meet without his trunks.
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Season 3, Episode 84 - Aired 01/22/1996
In tonight's remote, Dave visits crew member Al Frisch at home, showing off his collection of over 25,000 postcards. Also, Chris Elliott demonstrates a comparison test by eating raw coffee beans.
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Season 3, Episode 83 - Aired 01/12/1996
Time for "Tic-Tac-Toe Internationale," as audience member Tom Wright goes head to beak with a chicken and loses. Also, Jim Carrey makes his first appearance on Dave, a year after his breakthrough performance on "Duck Factory."
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Season 3, Episode 82 - Aired 01/11/1996
The studio audience picks a new catch phrase: "They pelted us with rocks and garbage." The runners-up: "A dozen pizzas?! Oh, it's those damn kids." and "Boy, could I use a nap."
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Season 3, Episode 81 - Aired 01/10/1996
In a segment called "Brush with Regrets," one audience member admits to passing up a chance to manage a Jack-in-the-Box.
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Season 3, Episode 80 - Aired 01/09/1996
Tonight on Viewer Mail: Matt from Illinois asks where a guy can send his gal out and not spend much money. The answer: The Late Night Cigar Shack.
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Season 3, Episode 79 - Aired 01/08/1996
The NBC Bookmobile features books such as "Name Your Baby When You're Angry," "Hell on Stilts," and "Miss Manner's Guide to Mob Violence Do's and Don'ts."
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Season 3, Episode 78 - Aired 01/05/1996
Shows on Other Channels include "20/20: Cults That Worship Public Utilities" and "In Search Of... the Hidden Power of Kitchen Appliances."
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Season 3, Episode 77 - Aired 01/04/1996
Tonight on "Bad Phone Call," Larry and Andrea Eckerle call Andrea's mom to tell her they got married the day before. Also, Muhammed Ali makes his only appearance on Dave's show.
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Season 3, Episode 76 - Aired 01/03/1996
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Season 3, Episode 75 - Aired 01/02/1996
It's time for Late Night's fourth "Tower Drop." Items getting hurled out of a five-story window this time include peanut butter and jelly containers, omelet fixings (eggs, peppers, and tomatoes), coconuts, Christmas decorations, two stacks of pancakes, a watermelon, and a gumball machine. Also, Arnold Schwarzenegger invites Dave to be in his third "Conan" film.
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Season 3, Episode 74 - Aired 12/29/1995
The apparition of The Panicky Guy appears in the studio audience, then floats into the hallway. A frightened Gordon Cooper calls, screams, and hangs up.
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Season 3, Episode 73 - Aired 12/28/1995
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Season 3, Episode 72 - Aired 12/27/1995
During "Viewer Mail," Bill Wendell is discovered on the Sgt. Pepper LP cover, his hand raised above Paul McCartney. Also discovered: Paul Shaffer as John, Dave as George, and Larry "Bud" as Ringo.
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Season 3, Episode 71 - Aired 12/26/1995
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Season 3, Episode 70 - Aired 12/22/1995
Chris Elliott (as The Panicky Guy) dies and gets a call from Gordon Cooper; Howard Stern defends his controversial local radio show.
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Season 3, Episode 69 - Aired 12/21/1995
After a video montage of the annual eggnog drinking from increasingly larger bowls, Dave and a model hop into a gigantic bowl of the liquid, later joined by Biff and the Goo Goo Dolls.
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Season 3, Episode 68 - Aired 12/20/1995
A Stupid Pet Trick participant known simply as "Kizzy" rolls up as a bowling ball, is rolled across the stage, and knocks over bowling pins.
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Season 3, Episode 67 - Aired 12/19/1995
During "Ask Mr. Melman," audience member Bill Ant asks Larry if a rich and happily-married man can really love another woman. Larry insists that Bill has a right to have a good time.
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Season 3, Episode 66 - Aired 12/18/1995
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Season 3, Episode 65 - Aired 12/15/1995
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Season 3, Episode 64 - Aired 12/14/1995
Dave displays the Tuna Turner to Tina, and Bill Murray draws blood from Dave to become his "blood brother."
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Season 3, Episode 63 - Aired 12/13/1995
As a tribute to such beloved recurring segments such as ""The Man Under the Seats"" and ""The Fugitive Guy,"" Chris Elliott stars in a short-lived skit ""Cable Pulling Guy;"" Martin Short helps ""baking madwoman"" Bev Tanner make a cake.
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Season 3, Episode 62 - Aired 12/12/1995
In a "Who Asked For It" segment, audience member "Don Miller" (Late Night intern Dave Rygalski) asks to see a dangerous action sequence, so Dave mimics Indiana Jones navigating around a slippery mopped floor in the hallway.
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Season 3, Episode 61 - Aired 12/11/1995
Larry "Bud" Melman co-hosts the show and later tries on Grace Jones' hat.
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Season 3, Episode 60 - Aired 12/01/1995
After showing a clip from his new movie Father of the Bride, Part 2 on a 16mm film projector, Steve Martin and Dave appear in ""The Making of Steve Martin's Appearance Documentary.""
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Season 3, Episode 59 - Aired 11/30/1995
Steve Martin shows up a day early, and Dave can't get him offstage.
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Season 3, Episode 58 - Aired 11/29/1995
Cold Opening: Dave and Creepy Dave go mano a mano in the green room. Also, Dave demonstrates one of the ""Top Ten Changes Westinghouse is Planning for CBS Tonight"" -- he doodles the CBS logo on blank coffee mugs for tonight's guests.
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Season 3, Episode 57 - Aired 11/28/1995
Dave has Paul sit down on the guest chair because it's his birthday. Soon afterwards, the outside cam reveals Dave buying Paul a birthday present from a girl on the street.
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Season 3, Episode 56 - Aired 11/27/1995
In a sign of future legal trouble, Microsoft owner and multibillionaire Bill Gates tries to fix the Late Show Quiz Machine after it gets stuck displaying the answer ""Windows '95"" in all three boxes. Also, Bob Borden tries with little success to deliver a turkey to President Clinton.
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Season 3, Episode 55 - Aired 11/24/1995
""Soup Nazi"" Ali ""Al"" Yeganeh passes out turkey chili to the audience.
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Season 3, Episode 54 - Aired 11/23/1995
Dave gives a turkey to a lady in the audience, then takes a turkey to the balcony with the help of a ladder; throughout the night, celebrities mention what they're thankful for; trapeze artists Helen Turkett and Luke Martin perform.
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Season 3, Episode 53 - Aired 11/22/1995
Amongst what's ""New for the Holidays"": Gingerbread Rats, Howard Stern's book ""Miss America"" read by James Earl Jones, and Kreskin guessing the weight of turkeys. Also, Bob Borden interrogates Larry King.
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Season 3, Episode 52 - Aired 11/21/1995
Dave asks folks on the street (including a poorly disguised Michael J. Fox) what they think of the federal budget crisis; Bob Borden makes his first report from DC.
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Season 3, Episode 51 - Aired 11/20/1995
Dave sends mailroom dude/budding diva Bob Borden to Washington as a White House correspondent.
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Season 3, Episode 50 - Aired 11/17/1995
The Presidents of the United States of America perform their breakthrough hit, ""Toad.""
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Season 3, Episode 49 - Aired 11/16/1995
An audience guy holds cue cards in place of Tony (he's sick), while Sean Penn promotes ""Dead Man Walking.""
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Season 3, Episode 48 - Aired 11/15/1995
Elton John promotes and sings two songs from his latest album, ""Made In England.""
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Season 3, Episode 47 - Aired 11/14/1995
Dave uses the speaker phone to get someone to bring him pizza. Later, thirty folks show up with boxes, and slices are handed out to the audience. Also, the United States is in the middle of a government shutdown, so Dave calls the Pentagon, misdials, finally gets an answering machine, and hangs up. A stagehand gives him an ax, cuts the phone cord, and hands the phone to an audience member.
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Season 3, Episode 46 - Aired 11/13/1995
Biff interrupts Dave's opening remarks and asks for water. Out runs NYC marathon winner German Silva with his drink. Later, Bill Murray cooks toast, and Silver runs by again to pick it up.
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Season 3, Episode 45 - Aired 11/10/1995
Chef Patrick Terrail, the owner of the Ma Maison restaurant in Manhatten, "cooks" cheese and crackers.
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Season 3, Episode 44 - Aired 11/09/1995
Red Hot Chili Peppers – ""My Friends""
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Season 3, Episode 43 - Aired 11/08/1995
From Los Angeles: Alka Seltzer® is inserted into the backdrop pool; Demi Moore presents ""The Top Ten Least Popular Stripper Names;"" Green Day performs ""86.""
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Season 3, Episode 42 - Aired 11/07/1995
Television City Studios, Day 2: Danny DeVito and Dave get into the stage pool and have a water fight. Meanwhile, Tony Mendez continues his cameo appearances on TV shows; tonight he's seen in clips from ""Friends"" and ""Grace Under Fire.""
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Season 3, Episode 41 - Aired 11/06/1995
Chris Elliott is "The Panicky Guy," who interrupts the show from the audience but is bored and leaves the studio in a feigned panic. Concerned, Dave visits Chris in his dressing room. Chris is depressed due to bad reviews. Finally, a telegram from Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper persuades Chris to give it another try, and he does to a standing ovation.
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Season 3, Episode 40 - Aired 11/03/1995
Tonight on the ""Pants Across America"" tour, Casey Kasem is in Las Vegas, listening to an Elvis impersonator perform ""Burning Love.""
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Season 3, Episode 39 - Aired 11/02/1995
Carol Channing harasses Dave during CBS Mailbag; the tour hits the Grand Canyon.
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Season 3, Episode 38 - Aired 11/01/1995
Casey Kasem and the Pants Across America tour reports from Mount Rushmore, while up and coming actress Claire Danes introduces one of her favorite bands, UB40.
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Season 3, Episode 37 - Aired 10/31/1995
A pumpkin launcher is demonstrated on 53rd Street, while The Pants Across America tour stops at St. Louis.
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Season 3, Episode 36 - Aired 10/30/1995
Upon returning to NYC, Dave gives Sparky a pat on the back for a job well done; Casey Kasem introduces Wayne Hazeltine and the Pants Across America Tour; Carol Burnett takes off her skirt.
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Season 3, Episode 35 - Aired 10/27/1995
Dave and Paul recruit a guy named Moe from a delicatessen, and the CBS Orchestra puts together a music video about him. Later, Sparky Mortimer runs the bases at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.
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Season 3, Episode 34 - Aired 10/26/1995
During CBS Mailbag, Paul does a Johnny Carson impression. Later, Dave and Michael Rappaport lather up in order to use the CBS spa.
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Season 3, Episode 33 - Aired 10/25/1995
Throughout this year's World Series, kid reporter Sparky Mortimer has been making reports from the stadiums in Cleveland and Atlanta. Tonight, he lands a quick interview with Braves owner Ted Turner.
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Season 3, Episode 32 - Aired 10/24/1995
Throughout the show, The ""Jimmy Letterman Singers"" sing ""Jimmy."" Later in the show, Dave concedes: ""It sucks, it stinks, it blows; it ain't working.""
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Season 3, Episode 31 - Aired 10/23/1995
Dave starts reading the Miranda Rights before realizing he has the wrong index card. He leaves the studio to search for the correct card and finds ""NYPD Blue"" stars Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz reading the Top Ten List to a captured thug.
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Season 3, Episode 30 - Aired 10/20/1995
Dave goes to New Jersey to find a date for mailroom employee/superstar extrordinaire Bob Borden. Meanwhile, Paul is missing, so Dave leaves the theater and finds him chatting at a party with Woody Allen.
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Season 3, Episode 29 - Aired 10/19/1995
During CBS Mailbag, Dave goes sailing with Paul, the models and Bob Denver. Later, William Shatner is beamed out of his seat.
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Season 3, Episode 28 - Aired 10/18/1995
Marilyn Horne of the Metropolitan Opera presents the Top Ten; the Rev. Jesse Jackson discusses current events and mentions his son's run for Congress.
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Season 3, Episode 27 - Aired 10/17/1995
Via live remote, Dave asks a customer at a nearby laundromat to take a pair of pants out of the dryer and bring them into the theater for guest Richard Simmons to wear.
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Season 3, Episode 26 - Aired 10/16/1995
Dave, Cybill Shepherd, and sports legend Joe Montana throw footballs into cabs on 53rd Street. After repeated attempts, all three find their target at once. Also, Dave announces that tonight's show is in ""actual size.""
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Season 3, Episode 24 - Aired 10/05/1995
Dave's ""younger brother Carl"" sits in on violin; Dave thinks he's on a caffeine buzz.
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Season 3, Episode 23 - Aired 10/04/1995
Pete Fatovich, ""Creepy Dave,"" and Gerard comment on the OJ verdict, while Chazz Palminteri gives an audience member his coat.
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Season 3, Episode 22 - Aired 10/03/1995
The cast and crew explains why they're glad the O. J. Simpson trial is over; Julianne Moore promotes ""Safe.""
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Season 3, Episode 21 - Aired 10/02/1995
Amongst the latest ""Back-to-School Items:"" Oreo Cookies with Clearasil Pad Filling, Larry King Ex-Wife Trading Cards, and a Kate Moss Lunchbox. Later, Andy Dick promotes ""Newsradio.""
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Season 3, Episode 20 - Aired 09/29/1995
Dave introduces ""The Donutapult 2000+,"" which is so big it has to sit out on 53rd Street. Later in the show, it is converted into ""The Melonapult 2000+.""
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Season 3, Episode 19 - Aired 09/28/1995
1995: Uma Thurman joins Geraldo Rivera as the mock jury of cab drivers continues to deliberate, led by foreman Parminder Singh. Dave notes, ""Uma, Parminder; Parminder, Uma.""
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Season 3, Episode 18 - Aired 09/27/1995
13 NYC cab drivers are invited to serve on a mock jury to determine the fate of OJ Simpson. Instead, they're serenaded by Mel Torme.
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Season 3, Episode 17 - Aired 09/26/1995
Dave invites his neighbor Steve over for coffee; Ellen Cleghorne promotes her new sitcom.
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Season 3, Episode 16 - Aired 09/25/1995
Doc Severinsen is still sitting in; The Delaria Sisters, a group of women who hang by their hair on a pole, demonstrate their skills; Dave chats with a grade-schooler who ran off a burgler.
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Season 3, Episode 15 - Aired 09/22/1995
Eddie Jamison (the guy who said ""I Love You, Man!"" in those beer commercials) interrupts the monologue; Doc Severinsen sits in with the band; Mary Tyler Moore accuses Dave of being a brown-noser.
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Season 3, Episode 14 - Aired 09/21/1995
Dave gives a three pound ham to an audience member, while ""Friends"" star Courtney Cox launches the ""Donutapult 2000.""
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Season 3, Episode 13 - Aired 09/20/1995
Rudy Guiliani give Dave a key to the city, then takes it back.
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Season 3, Episode 12 - Aired 09/19/1995
Dick Assman is still popular in Canada; Newt Gingrich presents the Top Ten list; Thomas Haden Church promotes ""Ned & Stacey""; Dave juggles peaches.
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Season 3, Episode 11 - Aired 09/18/1995
Throughout the show, winners of obscure beauty pageants (including ""Miss Peanut"" and ""Miss South Carolina Tobacco"") walk across the stage and escort tonight's guests.
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Season 3, Episode 10 - Aired 09/15/1995
During CBS Mailbag, Cyndi Lauper sings ""Lactose Intolerant."" Later, the Donutapult makes one last appearance.
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Season 3, Episode 9 - Aired 09/14/1995
Gerard, Rupert, and others discuss what they like about Autumn, while Rush Limbaugh introduces a mini-Donutapult.
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Season 3, Episode 8 - Aired 09/13/1995
While promoting the movie ""Showgirls,"" star Elizabeth Berkeley gives Dave a lap dance.
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Season 3, Episode 7 - Aired 09/12/1995
The Donutapult returns, while Dave brings in a cabbie to write a Top Ten list.
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Season 3, Episode 6 - Aired 09/11/1995
A day after the Emmy Awards, Dave tosses donuts into the audience with the new Donut-A-Pult. Quote Dave: ""Now it's really hard to believe we didn't win an Emmy."" Meanwhile, Biff Henderson recites a passage from the Packwood Diaries.
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Season 3, Episode 5 - Aired 09/08/1995
Wesley Snipes promotes ""Money Train,"" then strips to a dress.
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Season 3, Episode 4 - Aired 09/07/1995
Amongst the ""Items Included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:"" Stuff found in ZZ Top's beards, a guitar made of David Crosby's old liver, and Marv Albert's Rock & Roll Bloopers, with Hootie (as in Hootie and the Blowfish) getting hit on the head by a basketball. Meanwhile, in order to prepare for an Olympic diver that will be appearing later, Dave recruits Alan and an audience member to get in a tank.
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Season 3, Episode 3 - Aired 09/06/1995
Charlton Heston plays ""Dave's Boss"" and bullies him mercilessly. Later, Kevin Pollak promotes ""The Usual Suspects.""
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Season 3, Episode 2 - Aired 09/05/1995
Tom Snyder wants everybody to know that he does not hold a grudge with Dave. Meanwhile, Alan Kalter continues to get used to his new surroundings.
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Season 3, Episode 1 - Aired 09/04/1995
Dave grills his new announcer, making him do voiceovers throughout the show (including #1 on the top ten list).