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 7 Episodes
Dave rants about the CBS/Viacom merger; Kevin James promotes a new comedy special.
Dave tries to call Sumner Redstone's office, then persuades Ricki Lake to make a crank call to Oprah.
Craig Kilborn promotes some talk show that comes on after Dave's.
John Popper sits in with the band, while Alan punches Sumner Redstone during CBS Mailbag.
George Clarke dances in a diaper; Dave shows a ""highlight"" from last night's Emmy win: a clip of Rob Burnett kissing h…
Andrea Sande and Nadine Hennelly help Joe G's with a Y2K Inspection. They pass, of course.
Throughout the night, staffer Brian Donahue falls down staircases. Later, Meatloaf promotes ""Crazy in Alabama.""
With the possibility of a rare hurricane hitting New York City, Paul checks for ""talk show closings"" and Dave comes on…
During CBS Mailbag, Alan threatens to beat up Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers, but he goes to his anger manag…
Joe Haden fills in for Alan; Warren Zevon fills in for Paul; Rupert walks over to the CBS Store and reviews the new fall…
Paul and a local high schooler try their best to learn how to parallel park, while Robin Williams promotes ""Bicentennia…
Alan, Regis, Bill Delace, and Mike McIntee portray members of the audience during ""Who Asked For It?""; Ashley Judd pro…
Dave announces that next year, the show will be rechristened ""Late Show 2000,"" while Roger Ebert promotes his revamped…
During CBS Mailbag, Harold Larkin comments on body piercing, while Dave ""appears"" in a Gap commercial.
Biff gives a blanket to a cold audience girl; Chewy the Dog looks for truffles; Tom Waits sings with a bullhorn.
Nadine, Andrea, Sirajul (but not Mujibur) and Joe G. play ""Who Wants to Win a Giant Phony Check for $1,000,000?"" Late…
Dave tells another dentist-related horror story; in ""New for Fall,"" Mujibur and Sirajul star in the Bollywood musical …
Kevin Spacey promotes ""American Beauty,"" then gives Dave a bag of Presidential M&M's. Later, Harold Larkin tells one …
Alan's angry because he's not allowed to punch anybody; Dave goes berzerk adjusting his tie; Alan beats up writer Joe To…
""Biff Henderson's America"" spends four days in Turkey, Texas; David Bowie performs ""Thursday's Child.""
Mujibur and Sirajul sample food at Hello Deli; an ad for ""Late Show on Tour,"" with Jackie Mason playing Dave; In honor…
Tonight's edition of ""True Stories of the Late Show Stagehands"" finds Pat and Kenny in a plane crash over the Andes, w…
A 100-year-old man presents the Top Ten; Biff waits on the fire escape by 53rd street and yells to President Clinton's m…
1999: During CBS Mailbag, Pat Farmer presents ""Great Pats throughout History."" Later, Sting performs ""Brand New Day.…
Carole King sits in with Paul, then sings a duet with Bruce Willis.
Joe G. joins Mujibur and Sirajul to play ""Where Can I Get a Decent Meal in This Town?"" Later, Billy Blanks does a Tae…
The outside cam presents Paul Fiore's driver's test in New Jersey, with commentary by Biff and pictures from the WCBS-TV…
Warren Zevon fills in for Paul yet again; Dave wants to say the s-word ""because they did on ‘Chicago Hope,'"" tries i…
During CBS Mailbag, Alan Kalter promotes his Millenium Party, which looks like a disaster in the making. Later, Dave pr…
Paul and Dave talk about the band's weekend gig at the White House; for his latest World Series report, Biff interviews,…
Dave shows a clip from the recently cancelled CBS sitcom Work With Me. Later, David Diaz of WCBS-TV beats up a punk dur…
Martha Stewart makes Halloween treats; Jets QB Vinny Testaverde helps with the annual ""Halloween Costumes"" segment.
Security boss Bill DeLace disrupts last night's Gore-Bradley debate; your 1999 World Champion New York Yankees present t…
Dave shows a dumb picture of him outside, then gets marksman Armando Aiello to shoot paint balls at it; Dave disses Harm…
Dave tells a lengthy Halloween candy story, then incorporates his voice into the talking dog from those ""Taco Bell"" co…
Dave says hello to all the folks in King's Height Rest Home in New York; Rage Against the Machine performs ""War Within …
14-year-old music prodigy Shannon Kerman sits in; Paul's most vivid memory of this year's World Series is reinterpreted …
A cannon called the Alludium 2000 Pumpkin Modulator, along with its operator Max Teasdale, wait to launch a giant pumpki…
Live via satellite, a lone microphone stands in the sun for an open mike night in the Mojave Desert. Also, Dr. Lou Arro…
NYC Marathon winners Joseph Chebet (of Kenya) and Adrianna Fernandez (of Mexico) run across the stage; Dave mentions tha…
Dave mentions that he's #64 on Entertainment Weekly's list of 100 Greatest Entertainers (inbetween Joni Mitchell and Jim…
Dave announces the premiere of ""Good Old-Fashioned Fun,"" which includes Harold Larkin making a snow angel in mayonnais…
Dave shows a tape of stunt biker/scheduled guest Travis Pastrana's mishap that afternoon, and the injured daredevil late…
Jay Johnson gives a tour of the set of ""The Early Show with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Clayson."" Also, Dr. Lou Arrone does…
Dave shows a clip that shows that even though he's only been on the network for two weeks, but there's already trouble o…
Dave looks over the 2000 Places Rated Almanac, and then calls Donald Green, the mayor of Kankakee, Illinois, the city wh…
During a segment called ""What They're Doing to Boost Their Ratings,"" magician John Bundy makes a cue card disappear.
Ted Danson plugs ""Becker,"" while Dave demands that #5 in the Top Ten be rewritten at the last minute.
Gabriel Bryne plugs ""End of Days,"" while Dave says hi to Mark Borchardt's friend Mike.
Dave, Bill DeLace, Pat Farmer, Biff, intern Laura McCloud, Mike McIntee, Harold Larkin, Paul, Tommy Gordon, and George C…
Tony Mendez and Bill DeLace star in the new CBS midseason replacement series ""Next Time Bring Your Sister, You Hump."" …
""Biff Henderson's America"" visits the ranching community of Meeteetse, WY.
Live via satellite from Indianapolis, Mrs. Dorothy Letterman stands in her kitchen while Dave guesses what pies she bake…
A dog that fetches beer appears on ""Stupid Human Tricks""; Dave rants that all the other talk shows are copying the afo…
During the segment ""The Best and Worst of the Millennium,"" an image of Sam Donaldson's eyebrows suddenly comes to life…
Dave announces Monica Lewinsky is dating a former LSDL writer; a customer at Joe G's becomes the subject of his own ""E!…
Glen Campbell sits in; Dave discusses the list of good and bad cities that he mentioned on the show last month, then che…
For the umpteenth time this year, Dave orders Inky to spit out his gum; in honor of the Pokemon craze, Dave and the audi…
Throughout the night, various members of the Philadelphia Flyers shoot pucks at a cardboard cutout of Dave. Also, the T…
Feeling a little warm, Dave takes off his coat and does most of the show in just his shirt and tie; in ""Who Asked For I…
Dave thanks Rob Burnett for landing Hillary Clinton on the show; Art Donovan plays ping pong with the disgusting Turkish…
Regis comes out for his interview with the disgusting Turkish guy, and later Dave tells him he's scheduled for an angiog…
It's the debut of Late Show Backstage, a clip show hosted tonight by Charles Grodin while Dave recovers from his quintup…
""Backstage,"" Day 2: Regis is now sitting in a whole new ""hot seat"" as the clip show's second host in as many nights.…
Backstage #3: Paul appears on the Late Show for the first time since Dave's surgery, sitting on a movie set with Bruce W…
Backstage, Day 4: Regis hosts again, chatting with Bill Cosby, Sarah Jessica Parker, and ""the great"" Pat Farmer. Amon…
Backstage, Day 5: Paul hosts again, this time with Dave's buddies Steve Martin and Billy Crystal. Amongst the clips: Ste…
Backstage, Day 6: In the cold opening, Paul tries to hit on Drew Barrymore. Amongst the clips: Drew flashing Dave on hi…
Backstage, Day 7: Comedian David Brenner interrogates Kathie Lee Gifford and Alec Baldwin. Tonight's clips: Dave hijack…
Backstage, Day 8: Former ""Tomorrow"" and ""Late Late Show"" host Tom Snyder trades a bon mot or two with Norm MacDonald…
Backstage, Day 9: Tom Snyder's still here, and this time he hosts Mike Myers, Roseanne Barr, and Bonnie Hunt. Tonight's…
""Backstage,"" Day 10: After chatting with Robin Williams, Tom Arnold openly comments that he's disappointed that Jack …
Dave introduces the surgeons that saved his life and welcomes (for the third time in two months) Regis.
Bill Cosby opens up a box of basketball cards with Vince Carter.
In his first post-surgery rant, Dave hollers about having to be driven to work for a while, and then really fumes about …
Kathie Lee Gifford becomes the latest guest host to alternate with Dave while he continues to recuperate from heart surg…
Mailbag: George Clarke addresses the comments made about his weight problem, and Dave flashes back to when he woke up fr…
""Biff Henderson's America"" wrecks havoc in Badger, Minnesota, while Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull performs from his new …
David Brenner fills in for Dave and does about ten minutes of stand-up. Later, he chats with Aida Turturro of The Sopra…
Dave continues to rant about decaffeinated coffee; George W. Bush is interrogated live via satellite; Fiona Apple perfor…
Nathan Lane is the latest fill-in host, and he introduces a short film about the many perks of taking over for Dave. La…
Steely Dan promotes its first album in two decades, ""Two Against Nature.""
Paul is wearing a white tailored suit tonight, prompting Dave to point out that the bandleader is the musical director o…
Janeane Garofalo becomes the latest guest host; ""slide whistle legend"" Bazeel sits in; Janeane does tonight's intervie…
During ""Campaign 2000,"" Maria fills in for Rob, who's too busy working on the NBC pilot Ed; Biff presents the winning …
Guest host Dana Carvey chats with former ""SNL"" cronies Jon Lovitz and Al Franken.
In a remarkably lengthy edition of ""Campaign 2000,"" Dave decides not to perform a piece comparing Bush and Gore, and t…
Biff devours the first robin of spring; the disgusting Turkish guy disappears; Pat and Kenny toss Matthew Broderick's bi…
Out on 53rd Street, Biff has a hand counter to help with the ongoing US Census; Dave shows a clip of Barbara Walters mak…
Rob Burnett returns to his desk on the corner of the stage; during ""Campaign 2000,"" Dave comments on CBS' new slogan (…
Cold opening: Dr. Henry Kissinger announces that he's Dave's latest guest host, only to learn rather abruptly that Dave …
Paul is introduced as Gaston Mazacani; Rob tells a funny story about an incident he had with a cab driver; during a segm…
Dave demonstrates the ""magic"" of decaffeinated coffee by mixing food coloring in water.
During Campaign 2000, nobody can muster up any interesting topics, so Dave discusses Daylight Savings Time. Later, Dave…
Campaign 2000: Dave finds a tick on his suit, panics, calls Dr. Lou Aronne, then shows three ticks close-up using a spec…
Dave announces that the show is adopting (and thus protecting) Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez; Rupert makes a Biff Henders…
Actor Stephen Tobolowsky sits in; during Mailbag, we learn that Tony is Fidel Castro's estranged son; Jon Stewart tries …
Dave shows a clip of the recent live television remake of Fail Safe to demonstrate how lax CBS is at preventing profanit…
Dave announces he's 41 today because he's not counting his 12 years at NBC; during a segment called ""Job Hunting Tips,"…
Campaign 2000: Dave honors a bald audience member. Later, Biff hands out Broadway tickets to two couples in the audienc…
Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones sits in; with nothing to discuss, ""Campaign 2000"" lasts exactly six seconds; during …
Paul says his 86-year-old father, Bernard Shaffer, had a quintuple bypass yesterday and later Bruce Kapler admits that h…
After discussing Oprah's magazine on and off for the last few weeks, Dave announces that the first issue of ""D,"" the D…
The INS captures and seizes Tony (twice); Purdue University basketball coach Gene Keady presents the Top Ten; The Smashi…
The INS harasses Tony again; Rob Burnett appears live via satellite from LA for ""Campaign 2000""; Alan and his fat, gen…
During Mailbag, Alan admits to doing the deed with Janet Reno; production assistant Jeremy Weiner is subjected to Paul's…
Jimmy Webb and Glen Campbell sit in; Dave announces the blood test following last week's tick incident came out negative…
Live via satellite, we go to Preston Luggage in Dallas for another lengthy chat with Al Cordova and his assistant Kathy.…
Dave honors ""Great Bald Men throughout History"" (him, Paul, and Dwight D. Eisenhower), while we watch the latest round…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus sings a song from West Side Story, and Jerry Seinfeld shows up to ""sing"" with her. Also, Dave sho…
Dave announces he was pulled over for speeding again, then kisses up to the New York State police; during ""Campaign 200…
Apparently, Michelle O'Calaghan had another baby over the weekend; Dave says he's been called to jury duty, prompting a …
Dave continues to comment on the jury duty situation; the outside cam heads for Joe G's to play ""Would You Like To Win …
Dave shows a CNN clip and a newspaper article pertaining to the jury duty controversy; during ""Campaign 2000,"" Paul ad…
Kathie Lee Gifford discusses her pending departure from her talk show, then ""sings"" ""Love Never Fails.""
Rob and Dave go over the ground rules for Richard Simmons' latest visit tonight, including permission to use a fire exti…
Peter Frampton fills in for Felicia Collins, who had a gig; Paul mentions that Anton is getting married over this coming…
Dave mangles the song ""Memory,"" while Rupert and Tony Randall are invited to ""Campaign 2000"" but have absolutely not…
Campaign 2000: Dave mentions the final episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, which proceeds into another one of Alan's crying…
A man pretending to be Les Moonves delivers a Murder, She Wrote to Dave; the retirement of longtime White House press co…
Dave announces that this is the season finale; Dave and Maria bid farewell to Rob Burnett, who will now be busy at work …
Dave has problems adjusting the lumbar of his chair; Maria Pope brags about sleeping 21 hours straight; Michael J. Fox d…
Buzz Aldrin interviews this year's nominees for the Daytime Emmys in a spacesuit; Mujibur and Sirajul make a basketball …
James Earl Jones reads excerpts from Richard Simmons' new autobiography; ""Biff Henderson's America"" spends a couple of…
""Biff's Fun with a Stopwatch"" goes to a Pacers playoff game, during which he shoplifts, then harasses a fat guy.
Dave drops his flipped pencil; during Mailbag, ""Bob Knight"" (Gerard) cannibalizes one of his players; Dave discusses h…
Dave makes his first-ever comments on the CBS' latest hit Survivor, and then brings up jury duty again, exclaiming ""Som…
Dave says Campaign 2000 is ""largely void of content, (and) just a big waste of time."" During tonight's segment, howev…
Dave introduces Paul as Wayne ""Fat Boy"" Ewing; in honor of Survivor, George Clarke locks himself in the boiler room wi…
Paul hosts a game called ""Staffer / Not a Staffer,"" in which Dave must guess if the person onstage is one of his under…
Dave announces that he's fulfilled his jury duty up in Connecticut (he didn't make the cut); George Clarke continues to …
Pat Farmer fixes Dave's chair; during an outside cam bit involving the CBS Store and a new electronics shop next door, T…
Dave announces the birth of Kathy Mavrikakis' daughter; George Clarke is now trapped in the boiler room with two prostit…
An old man (not Calvert) shuffles his feet onstage at the end of the monologue, then walks away; for Campaign 2000, Mari…
Laurie Diamond brings Dave a new cup of coffee after someone steals his mug; during Mailbag, Gerard comments on Survivor…
Paul Rodgers of Bad Company sits in on vocals; after Dave worries about possible civil disobedience in downtown LA after…
Dave shows a (phony) tape of Tiger Woods disintegrating opponents' balls with his laser eyes; during Campaign 2000, ""Ri…
George continues to hold on to dear life in the boiler room; ""non-surviving Survivor"" Ramona Gray interrupts ""Campaig…
Dave demonstrates troubles with newscasters who look at the wrong camera by moving his head every five seconds; during M…
Dave repeats the footage of the dog bite from last week, now claiming that a ""wild dingo"" gave him rabies; Dave says G…
Dave confesses that he has a slight crush on British news anchor Daljit Dhaliwal. Later, Alan interrupts Dave to congra…
Ted Nugent sits in; Dave rants about the ""wild island sex"" on Survivor; Martha Stewart arrives onstage on a red, white…
Maria tells Dave that newscaster/hottie Daljit Dhaliwal has been booked for next week, while Dave announces that he's do…
Dave brags that he's going to a gin n' tonic party after the show to look for some babes; during Mailbag, Biff blows Dan…
Dave plays the tapes of the dog bite and the deer attack yet again; during Campaign 2000, Maria introduces Dave to a Fir…
Dave introduces the ""Late Show Liberty Dancers""; live via telephone, the owner of a nearby fireworks shop shoots explo…
The ""Liberty Dancers"" are rechristened ""The 5th of July Dancers""; an audience guy with a very distinctive goatee is …
Dave finally meets Daljit Dhaliwal, who seems more interested in discussing world affairs then responding to Dave's thin…
Pat and Kenny replace Dave's chair; Dave welcomes Sgt. John Best of the Marshall (Texas) Police Department as the new co…
Dave asks the viewers at home to have a nice, tasty beverage while they watch the show; Survivor tenth-place finisher Gr…
Live from the theater basement, it's ""Let's Look for Rats."" The piece gets off to a slow start, until Alan runs downs…
Dave continues to refer to Paul as Wayne ""Fat Boy"" Ewing; Alan shows Dave photos from his recent vacation; Maria confi…
Continuing with a running gag that started the previous week, Dave shows a ""Anna Kournikova Play of the Day"" (footage …
Dave trims off half of his tie; Alan has a crying jag over Kathie Lee Gifford's departure from her daytime talk show; Da…
Pat and Kenny play Frisbee on the roof; the latest roll call introduces us to such people behind-the-scenes as Tony Mend…
Dave suggests that someone on the staff is messing around with his chair; during ""Campaign 2000,"" Maria Pope tells Dav…
A new controversy brews as Dave claims he's going to dust his chair for ""ass prints""; Harold Larkin is attacked by a g…
An audience member names all ten of her grandkids; the entire theater is filled with mosquito spray; Kathie Lee returns …
Dave hits Alan with a baseball bat; a blonde woman pretending to be Kathie Lee says goodbye forever to Dave; David Gray …
Dave shows (bogus) footage of a guy with defibrillator paddles standing near Dick Cheney during a television interview. …
During ""Campaign 2000,"" Tony Randall botches a comedy piece. Later, Nathan Lane talks about his dog and sings.
Alan goes berzerk and chases a man outside. Later, Dave chats with President Clinton's press secretary Joe Lockhart.
Maria introduces Dave to ""Survivor"" contestant Gervase Peterson. Later, NBC weatherman Al Roker promotes his new book…
During CBS Mailbag, Mujibur and Sirajul debate ""Do you like monkeys?"", which results in a lengthy fistfight. Later, a…
For no apparent reason, the CEO of Qualcomm presents Dave with a check for $25,000. Later, Dave chats with Jean Jordan,…
""The Late Show Iron Chef"" pits Rupert Jee against Joe G. Rupert wins decisively with his chicken rollatini.
Biff goes outside to count sweaty people; during ""Campaign 2000,"" Alan interrupts Maria with a soulful rendition of ""…
Paul joins Dave for ""Know Your Jewish U.S. Senators."" During ""Campaign 2000,"" Maria introduces Dave to ""Survivor I…
Vince Vaughn promotes ""The Cell,"" while Maria expresses her optimism in a possible debate between George W. Bush and A…
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