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.
Season 4 Episodes
Dave gives a ham to an audience member named Bud Perchinski, who later assumes control of one of the cameras. Later, Fl…
Adam Sandler promotes Happy Gilmore; Yankees pitcher David Cone demonstrates ball-handling techniques.
It's the unofficial Three-Year Anniversary. (The count is 90 morning shows, 1810 Late Nights, and 654 Late Shows.) Dav…
Dave scrambles to find something to fill the extra 16 minutes of his commerical-free show.
Sanborn's still sitting in; Paul appears in a Bob Dole campaign ad; Tom Hanks promotes ""That Thing You Do!""
It's Biff's 50th birthday, so Dave promotes his new PBS political roundtable chatfest, ""The Henderson Group."" Tonight…
Calvert plays Bob Dole's go-between; The Dave Matthews Band performs ""Crash Into Me.""
Referring to a current TV Guide that pays tribute to Dave's Suit of Alka Seltzer from his NBC days, Rupert Jee stands in…
1996: Dave shows a tape of Bob Dole blinking in the first presidential debate; Michael J. Fox gets a car for high school…
Clint Black sits in; the roof cam reveals campaign workers scuffling outside.
Dave searches for a new anchor for CBS-2 New York, and decides on a girl named Donna Hill. She makes several (bogus) ne…
1996: Three audience girls are given hams; Dave shows a (supposed) clip from tonight's Vice Presidential debate; Dave an…
During CBS Mailbag, Calvert appears as ""Derek the Cantankerous Wallaby""; guest George Foreman pulls a truck.
Cindy Crawford walks onstage with heavy eye makeup, and Dave asks where she got her black eyes.
Dave shows a poster that proves that Bob Dole's presidential campaign is doomed: ""For The Love of God, Don't Vote for T…
Dave says goodnight halfway through the show and then leaves. Paul goes to search for Dave but gets distracted playing …
Dave salutes the 1996 World Champion New York Yankees and welcomes manager Joe Torre.
Dave chats with redeemed Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, while Rupert launches the ""Deli of Terror.""
Bill Murray serves as the show's roving reporter, asking pedestrians outside about the upcoming national election. Also…
In honor of Halloween, Dave presents ""Biff the Headless Stage Manager""; the problem, though, is that Biff is dressed a…
""Friday Night on the Road"" begins in Beantown, as Michael Hirsch, aka ""The Bar,"" makes his stunning transformation f…
NYC Marathon winner Giacomo Leone runs through the set, while Mel Gibson presents ""Top Ten Lines You'll Never Hear Me, …
It's the day after Election '96, so Dave tells his last ""Bob Dole is old"" joke. Also, Dave fidgets with his unusually…
During Mailbag, a viewer pleads for no more Dole jokes, so ""Bob Dole"" (Calvert) appears on stage and sings Lionel Rich…
Ten noteworthy anchormen appear in the top ten list while Dave chats with recently denied presidential candidate Bob Dol…
It's the official 3rd Anniversary special, with clips and highlights from the past three seasons.
Biff interrupts Dave's monologue ""just to be on TV;"" Kristen Scott Thomas plugs ‘The English Patient.""
Saxaphonist Joshua Redman sits in; Gene Catron performs a trick involving dominoes and a pool ball; Dave gives out candy…
Dave's artificial tooth comes loose, while Ed McMahon imitates Leonard Tepper's impression of the former ""Tonight Show"…
From Chicago: Paul meets his long-lost brother Matt Shaffer on ""Jerry Springer"" just as Dave was going to admit to bei…
Throughout the night, audience members walk onstage to tell jokes.
Dave calls a desk jockey from across the street named Samantha Giafoni, asking for her opinion about Michael Jackson. A…
Glenn Close promotes the live-action remake of ""101 Dalmations.""
When Dave gives a ham to an audience guy, he gives him five more when he says it's going to a senior citizens' group. S…
Friday Night on the Road finishes in Miami, Florida. It's so hot in the Coconut Grove Playhouse that Dave strips off his…
A ""News in Review"" segment is translated into Chinese, while Dave accidentally cuts himself while crawling under his d…
John Popper of Blues Traveler sits in, and later he performs with Dolly Parton.
Thanksgiving and the holidays are the topics du jour in the latest edition of ""Dave Talks to Kids.""
Gerard makes a cameo in the annual ""Thanksgiving Day Quiz,"" while Dorothy bakes cherry and hickory nut pies.
After Dave offers a million dollars claiming that there's no such person named Sivareddy Gotike, whose letter was read o…
Biff gives out hams to the audience during the second-ever appearance of ""Know Your Current Events,"" while Martha Stew…
Dave announces he's #45 on TV Guide's greatest stars list; after interviewing Nicole Kidman, Dave is dyspeptic and deman…
Dave calls the corner pay phones, but no one answers. He finally steps outside and tells anyone to pick up the phone. Af…
1996: Two merchant marines do push-ups onstage; Dave and Paul reprise the roles of their alter egos, Gator and Skunk; Le…
Skunk and Gator hang out in the green room; Beavis and Butthead plug their upcoming movie; Paul performs an original hol…
Somebody named Matias Paluka is interviewed by Dave, then does a weather forecast.
Tony sits in the audience, while Rupert shows Dave a ""Tickle Me Giuliani"" doll.
Mayor Giuliani shows up to put an apple on the Christmas tree, then gets in on a few pictures with Dave, Paul, and two a…
During a ""New for Christmas"" segment, Biff is nearly injured by a motorized hula hoop; Neve Campbell promotes ""Scream…
Dave hugs a male audience member; fake snow falls on the backdrop, then on the audience; Darlene Love (featuring Bette S…
Midway through Dave's interview with ""Michael"" star John Travolta, the buxom president of John's fan club gets a hug a…
John Popper of Blues Traveler sits in, while Biff gives dating tips.
Calvert DeForest is live at Times Square as the show is taped hours earlier. Tom Arnold appears again on New Year's Eve…
Calvert DeForest is live at Times Square as the show is taped hours earlier; Tom Arnold appears again on New Year's Eve,…
Dave introduces an audience member named Tara to Alec Baldwin; Dave shows a drawing of him in a 70's-era leisure suit; f…
During CBS Mailbag, a viewer asks what Dave did for New Year's. Dave flashes back to a wild night with a bunch of fabul…
BB King sits in; Dave accidentally tears up the Top Ten blue card, so he reads the list via teleprompter; Tracey Ullman …
Dave swipes Tony's gum, which he had tried to hide on top of one of the cameras. Also, Rupert of Hello Deli is pitted a…
Dave fondly looks back at the one-year anniversary of ""El Blizzardo,"" then does a spit take with Windex®. Also, Woody…
Dave sends an audience babe out to get some snow, and throughout the night the show is interrupted by a three-way snowba…
An audience member celebrating her birthday dances onstage; Inky threatens to throw a rock at Dave; Dave chats with a ni…
Dave deems the show to be such a success that he announces the production of four spin-offs, ""Rupert Touches Meat,"" ""…
It's time for another Late Show experiment: ""Who Will Get Kicked Out of TGIF's Sooner, a Shirtless Guy or a Guy with Te…
Dave shows QVC footage of a Cabbage Patch Bill Clinton doll eating French fries; Actor Chris O'Donnell does a Stupid Hum…
Paul shows a clip of his new home video ""The Late Show Made Easy,"" while ""Know Your Cuts of Meat"" makes its debut on…
It's an ""All Kevin Spectacular"" as Kevin Kline, Kevin Sorbo, and Kevin Brennan guest on the show. The closing credits …
Alan interrupts the monologue to comment on yesterday's Packers-Patriots Super Bowl; an audience member receives Dave's …
Biff presides over another segment of ""What They Would Have Had for Lunch If They Were Still Alive."" Tonight, Lorne Gr…
Dave calls up an audience guy to meet Tori Amos, but he has to frisk him first.
Dave shows a promo of ""Rupert Jee's Private Parts,"" a spoof of the upcoming Howard Stern movie. Amongst those who par…
Dave celebrates a decade and a half in late night television by introducing some of his favorite Stupid Human Tricks. L…
In honor of the re-release of the entire Star Wars trilogy, Dave moves his coffee mug with a little help from ""the forc…
Flugelhorn great Al Chez sits in with the band, while Leonard appears in a educational film about the First Thanksgiving…
Know Your Current Events: Dave promises an audience participant named Brian (who Dave keeps calling ""Larry"") that if h…
Mailbag: Paul appears in a commercial for ""Uncle Dave's Non-Alcoholic Gin."" Also, Dave and Green Bay Packers QB Brett…
In a remote featuring Dave talking to various fan club presidents, a swordfight breaks out between the ""Cats"" and ""St…
Dave ponders another one of his deep thoughts: ""How Long Can a Guy Spin a Revolving Door Before Somebody Stops Him?"" I…
Throughout the night, Biff, Pat and Kenny recreate scenes from Academy Award-nominated films, including ""The English Pa…
Dave brags that he had an incredible Valentine's Day last year, until Paul persuades him to admit that he spent it watch…
Marv Albert is credited with six seperate appearances tonight, thus raising his total on the show to an even one hundred…
Two weeks before, NBC denied Dave permission to use clips from his old show. So tonight, Tom Brokaw arrives and offers D…
The outside cam goes to Joe G's to launch production of the quickie movie ""Space Volcano""; Bruce Willis murders Mujibu…
Throughout the night, various civilians tell jokes about their jobs, while Dave admits that he has fallen in love with t…
The latest edition of ""Leonard Tepper's Hidden Video"" takes place entirely at Hello Deli, while ""Cosby"" star Doug E.…
Frequent CBS Mailbag contributor Jerry Scales appears in the audience and is given a roast chicken made of Nyquil. Also…
On the three-year anniversary of his memorable first appearance on the Late Show, super-bowler Dick Weber rolls one stri…
James Cotton sits in; while pedestrians footrace against each other over on 54th and Broadway.
Leonard Tepper is live at Madison Square Garden, annoying participants at this year's Grammy Awards. He closes the segm…
Dave shows outtakes of Leonard's Grammy report, and then gets thrown out of a taping of ""Wheel of Fortune"" by a securi…
Trumpeter Al Chez sits in; the ""First Annual Biff Henderson Award"" goes to a much-serving Biff; Randy Newman and Lyle …
Dave comments on ""El Blizzardo Diablo,"" a raining snowstorm that practically has New York City in a standstill. Also,…
Dave points out that the wet snow of yesterday's ""El Blizzardo Diablo"" has already melted and/or evaporated. Also, Ad…
During ""Rejected Commercial Characters,"" jokes are translated for a select audience onstage from English to Japanese.
Bluesman Keb' Mo sits in; Dave and Paul shill a new sleeping enhancer called EclipseQuil; ""pyrotechnic madman"" Ray Wol…
CBS Mailbag: Jerry Scales asks, ""What do viewers miss?"" Gerard Mulligan comes out in costume as ""A 50-year-old guy dr…
Sean Pelton sits in for Anton, while Howard Stern promotes his new movie.
The camera fixates on a guy in the audience with a gigantic gut with DAVE written on it. Also, Martin Short does anothe…
The Late Show Current Events Singers take on Clinton's recent leg injury, then performs some sort of a cappella apology …
Today's burning question: ""How Many Guys in Bunny Suits Can Get into a Coffee Shop?"" All 23 guys that volunteered get …
In honor of his birthday, former president Thomas Jefferson is seen skydiving over the city, followed shortly by William…
Dave announces that today is Tony Mendez' 60th birthday, even though he's only 52; Dave orders Anton to fetch him some c…
Mailbag: Alan has an announcer sitting in with him, only to realize he's not his intern but his willing replacement. Me…
Songwriter Jimmy Webb sits in, and throughout the night the band plays his songs; Dave shows a tape of Rob Burnett's dau…
Dave calls a pay phone on Broadway, and then calls in a guy from Jersey named Rocky to tell the first ""Mets suck"" joke…
A man claiming to be Paul's brother Kenny sits in the audience, while amateur dentist David Kriuthoff fidgets with a spe…
""Colin Dunner"" (Gerard), the lead dancer in the Broadway hit ""Riverdance"" promotes his new videotape ""Riverdancin' …
Mailbag: a man on the street is decapitated by a giant, renegade blue card. Also, Pat Farmer introduces his new segment …
Dave says he's discovered he's been combing his hair wrong, so he fidgets with it throughout the show. Also, Zahshu, th…
""How Many Guys in a Bunny Suit Can Get Into H&R Block?"" Only two, until both are kicked out. Right after the first co…
In a running gag that was started two nights before (in homage to something that appeared occasionally on Late Night), Z…
Champion weightlifter Magnus Vermagnusson lifts various objects, including Mujibur and Sirajul; Dave comments on his upc…
Marv Albert interviews accountants, then shows a blooper real along side it; Dave notices that Tony is holding cue cards…
Dave finds a patron named Bob Reedy, in Joe G's Pizza to star in another fake film epic, the Anaconda spoof ""Snakequest…
Allen Toussant sits in; Dave announces that in honor of the recent media hoopla over Ellen DeGeneres, the Late Show will…
Biff announces that if Lyndon Johnson were alive today, he would've had a roast beef sandwich for lunch. Also, The Verv…
On a special Indianapolis-themed night on the Late Show, Dorothy interrupts a comedy bit to give Dave a hug, while Reggi…
Rupert Jee drops by to make an important announcement: ""America, I am a lesbian."" This inspires Regis to walk over an…
Dave shows a clip from the latest Charlie Brown Special: Charlie Brown declares, ""I think I'm a lesbian."" Also, two d…
It's ""Awards Night"" on the Late Show, as throughout the night Biff presents Gordie Howe with the Stanley Cup, Walter P…
Wendy Liebman discusses mammograms, while Luke Perry rappels off the side of the theater.
In honor of tonight's audience (all residents of St. Louis and its suburbs), the backdrop is altered to show the city's …
Dave dumps the show early yet again, and after searching high and low in Manhattan, Biff finally finds him demonstrating…
""How Many Guys in Bunny Suits Can Get into a Fountain?"" Only about six, as the men in costume are thrown out of Centra…
Tony Mendez does the Watusi; Biff announces that if Burt Lancaster were alive today, he would've had cream of mushroom s…
Rupert stars in a parody of those financial-success tapes that they sell in infomercials, while Kirsten Johnston promote…
With tonight's audience being from the Twin Cities, Dave makes them feel at home by having a faux snow fall in the theat…
Tonight, Dave promises to show things that have never been on television before, including Marv Albert dancing with a gi…
Dancers from Riverdance make a return appearance on the show. Actually, they're staff writers Gerard Mulligan and Eric K…
In honor of Late Show's 800th episode, Dave introduces ""Where Are They Now?"" pieces describing the whereabouts of Bern…
Late Show airs its second and last installment of Peanuts, as Lucy once again foils Charlie Brown's attempt to kick a fo…
With tonight's audience representing Denver, Colorado, Dave interrupts the monologue to introduce an audience guy who en…
Biff brings out a Billy goat that supposedly won the Kentucky Derby last weekend; Dave leaves the show to play for the N…
After showing past clips of disastrous attempts at stuffing guys in rabbit outfits inside various locales, Dave announce…
It's time yet again for ""What They Would Have for Lunch if They Were Alive Today"" with Biff Henderson. The celebrity:…
""Steven Spielberg"" (Gerard) brags out his new movie The Lost World, while Savion Glover performs a tap dance solo from…
Mailbag: a horrific freak accident turns Rupert into the mysterious ""Dr. Meat."" Also, Jason Alexander promotes Love! …
Remote on the 14th Floor: Late Show staffers Eric Stangel, Matt Roberts, Bob Borden, Rodney Munoz, Christian Breheney, a…
Customer Bob Barrett from Joe's Pizza is invited into the theater to act in the monster movie spectacular ""Ghost Dinosa…
The squash family is represented tonight by a visit from Elaine Cunningham, ""The Zucchini Lady""; Bill Cosby talks abou…
Promoting an upcoming TV special, Farrah Fawcett walks out in a boozy daze, complimenting Dave for the view of the skyli…
Biff reports from the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City; Dave makes his usual joke about buying his first car at Harrison For…
Dave shows an altered clip of President Clinton admitting his dislike for cloning, and later Dave is once again visited …
Dave turns the hose on pedestrians outside the theater; Jaleel ""Urkel"" White helps ""Les Moonves"" promote CBS' fall l…
Tom Brokaw explains why he turned down an offer to leave NBC for CNN: ""Same as you with CBS: more money, smaller audien…
Mailbag: ""Farrah Fawcett"" (Calvert) explains her behavior from last week. Also, Kenny ""The Quick-Witted Stagehand"" …
Paul is introduced as ""Radu,"" then shows Dave a Happy Meal toy that looks just like him. Also, Dave hides in an apartm…
A new challenge: ""Who Can Hail a Cab First""- a pantsless Mets fan or a pantless Yankees fan? For once, the Mets win t…
Dave gives an audience woman a ham just for being Polish; several members of the cast of Cats go inside FlashDancers; Al…
Julia Roberts is treated to a clip of her first appearance on Letterman from 1990, only to watch the clip blackened out …
""Riverdancers"" Gerry Mulligan, Mike McIntee, Eric Kaplan, and Jim Peterson amaze and delight the studio audience and t…
Anton is introduced as ""Anton Zip""; Dave shows the audience a chart of who's permitted to be on the show and who isn't…
The outside cam heads to Joe G's looking for a guy to write a theme song for, where they stumble across Brian and his gi…
It's 91 degrees outside, so Biff decides to watch ice melt on the street.
A flying saucer heckles Dave from the backdrop, while Dyan Cannon promotes Out to Sea and makes friendly with Dave.
Dave declares a guy named Jeff as ""Captain of the Audience,"" helping the host out with menial tasks such as helping pr…
Bowling great Dick Weber sits in with the band; Calvert kicks someone in the nether regions for the shear fun of it; Dav…
Dave gets two girls at a nearby cafe to help celebrate Canada Day with Canada Dry®, which gets delivered by a Mountie; t…
During the ""Supermarket Finds"" segment, Dave takes a sample of something called ""White Fungus"" and spits it out; ano…
Dave talks about the a new unauthorized autobiography of Martha Stewart; tonight's guest bowler is Hall of Famer Carmen …
Pro bowler Nelson Burton, Jr. sits in; during Mailbag, Tom Arnold bits his own ear off; Manny the Hippie resurfaces; for…
Dave shows off his new, shorter haircut; an audience member sings the theme song from Grease; Tim Allen presents the Top…
It's a balmy 97 degrees outside, so Biff fries an egg on the sidewalk, later adding bacon and toast.
Dave interviews NYC taxi driver Querbe Tirmizi, who returned $30,000 he found in his cab.
Dave begins a month-long campaign to run into the ground his current favorite phrase: ""Something from the meat case, Li…
Dave congratulates Paul on being #6 on the Forbes 500; Biff and Eric Kaplan explain how they make Dave's coffee mug levi…
It's time once again for ""King of the Meats,"" the mano-a-mano kosher competition between Rupert of Hello Deli and Aman…
Harrison Ford reports from Hawaii; in the debut edition of ""Pointless Celebrity Cameo Theater,"" Calvert, Regis, and To…
The Harrison Ford World Tour (in which he's promoting The Devil's Own) makes a stop in Paris, France; Dave suggests the …
During ""CBS Mailbag,"" we look into a day in the life of a ""Accident-Prone Blood-Gorged Tick"" (Leonard Tepper).
It's so hot outside that Biff tries to start a fire on the sidewalk with a magnifying glass and a bundle of sticks, as m…
Dave gets four galpals from West Virginia to go on a tour of the city with Biff; Physilla Rashad promotes her sitcom Cos…
Dave congratulates Rob Burnett upon the birth of his daughter; a ""What's On Other Channels"" bit is interrupted by a ca…
John Popper sits in with the band; Dave asks a paramedic about a piece of carrot he ""horked"" into his left lung during…
Dave shows some ""Surprising Facts About Celebrities."" Later, Tony Danza promotes his new sitcom.
Dave presents a Wall Street quiz; Bob Dole talks about retirement.
Deliberately-obvious stunt doubles pose as Dave and Paul showing off their bike skills, while Dave carves a sculpture of…
Jay Thomas shows Dave a tape of himself spitting out something during a recent television appearance. The footage is re…
Joe Perry of Aerosmith sits in with the band; Biff reports from the Garth Brooks concert in Central Park and meets ""Gar…
The new sitcom ""The Letterman Family"" is promoted, starring Dave, Tony Randall, and Nadine Hennally. Later, Demi Moor…
Dave feeds Tom Selleck some avocados. Later, they make a crank phone call to Al Roker.
Barbara Walters promotes her new talk show, ""The View.""
Dave compares President Clinton's 51st birthday to meatloaf. Later, he chats with his old friend Jeff Altman.
""The Donald"" talks about a recent boat trip. Later, Janine Turner promotes ""Leave It To Beaver.""
Alicia Silverstone promotes her new movie Excess Baggage.
Dave announces that he is starring in the ""Late Show of Passion,"" which is just like the Late Show, except that it's d…
Tonight's Top Ten is interrupted by a phone call from the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska: ""It's not all that funny anym…
Dave complains about the dog days of summer.
Warren is run over by a car; during ""Stupid Human Tricks,"" Douglas Pierce plays the ""Jeopardy"" theme on his hands; D…
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