Late Show with David Letterman
Season 2
1994220 episodes
Episode 1
Show #0220
Aug 29, 1994
Episode 2
Show #0221
Aug 30, 1994
Episode 3
Show #0222
Aug 31, 1994
Episode 4
Show #0223
Sep 1, 1994
Episode 5
Show #0224
Sep 2, 1994
Episode 6
Show #0225
Sep 5, 1994
Episode 7
Show #0226
Sep 6, 1994
Throughout the night, an audience woman from Brooklyn kicks footballs.
Episode 8
Show #0227
Sep 7, 1994
Episode 9
Show #0228
Sep 8, 1994
Episode 10
Show #0229
Sep 9, 1994
Episode 11
Show #0230
Sep 12, 1994
Episode 12
Show #0231
Sep 13, 1994
Episode 13
Show #0232
Sep 14, 1994
Episode 14
Show #0233
Sep 15, 1994
""Dropping Stuff Off the 8th Floor Window"" includes: champagne bottles, confetti, a TV monitor, presidential plates, fluorescent tubes, and bowling balls into a bathtub of pudding. The first two miss their mark; the third makes it but destroys the tub.
Episode 15
Show #0234
Sep 16, 1994
Dave comments on Robbie Kondor; a car alarm goes off outside the theater, so Dave goes outside and bombs the offending car; Chuck Berry sings ""Johnny B. Goode""; Zsa Zsa Gabor laments and spews profanities after discovering her car has been destroyed.
Episode 16
Show #0235
Sep 19, 1994
Hal Gurnee harasses taxi drivers by posting their images on the Times Square jumbotron.
Episode 17
Show #0236
Sep 20, 1994
Episode 18
Show #0237
Sep 21, 1994
An audience member gives Dave a tiny pair of pants; Gavin MacLeod pops in several times, interrupting the monologue and presenting the Top Ten.
Episode 19
Show #0238
Sep 22, 1994
John Popper sits in with the band; Bill Murray tours Broadway; Macaulay Culkin promotes ""Richie Rich.""
Episode 20
Show #0239
Sep 23, 1994
Episode 21
Show #0240
Sep 26, 1994
Episode 22
Show #0241
Sep 27, 1994
Episode 23
Show #0242
Sep 28, 1994
Episode 24
Show #0243
Sep 29, 1994
Episode 25
Show #0244
Sep 30, 1994
Episode 26
Show #0245
Oct 3, 1994
Episode 27
Show #0246
Oct 4, 1994
Episode 28
Show #0247
Oct 5, 1994
Episode 29
Show #0248
Oct 6, 1994
Episode 30
Show #0249
Oct 7, 1994
Tim Allen promotes his bestselling book, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man.
Episode 31
Show #0250
Oct 10, 1994
Episode 32
Show #0251
Oct 11, 1994
Episode 33
Show #0252
Oct 12, 1994
Episode 34
Show #0253
Oct 13, 1994
Episode 35
Show #0254
Oct 14, 1994
Episode 36
Show #0255
Oct 24, 1994
Episode 37
Show #0256
Oct 25, 1994
Episode 38
Show #0257
Oct 26, 1994
Two standby audience folks named Jenya and Gary are sent to take food to Dan Rather, courtesy of Rupert. Later, Mike Judge discusses his hit MTV show ""Beavis & Butt-head.""
Episode 39
Show #0258
Oct 27, 1994
Episode 40
Show #0259
Oct 28, 1994
Episode 41
Show #0260
Oct 31, 1994
Calvert goes trick-or-treating in Nutley, New Jersey (Martha Stewart's hometown); Lauren Bacall plugs ""Pret-a-Porter"" (Ready to Wear).
Episode 42
Show #0261
Nov 1, 1994
John Popper sits in; throughout the night, Mujibur and Sirajul appear as correspondents on Court TV; Elijah Wood plugs North.
Episode 43
Show #0262
Nov 2, 1994
Episode 44
Show #0263
Nov 3, 1994
Dave gets freshened up by a street sweeper; Rupert serves ""Bill Clinton Soup.""
Episode 45
Show #0264
Nov 4, 1994
Episode 46
Show #0265
Nov 7, 1994
Episode 47
Show #0266
Nov 9, 1994
Episode 48
Show #0267
Nov 10, 1994
Episode 49
Show #0268
Nov 11, 1994
Live via telephone, Jerry Lewis pronounces the new governor's name ""Puh-tack-ee;"" ""Picket Fences"" star Fyvush Finkel sings ""If I Were a Rich Man;"" The Cranberries perform ""Zombie.""
Episode 50
Show #0269
Nov 14, 1994
Dave selects a woman from outside named Laurie Byrd to be his co-host tonight; Biff and George Clarke recreate a scene from the hit CBS miniseries ""Scarlett.""
Episode 51
Show #0270
Nov 15, 1994
Episode 52
Show #0271
Nov 16, 1994
Episode 53
Show #0272
Nov 17, 1994
Episode 54
Show #0273
Nov 18, 1994
Episode 55
Show #0274
Nov 21, 1994
Episode 56
Show #0275
Nov 22, 1994
Episode 57
Show #0276
Nov 23, 1994
Episode 58
Show #0277
Nov 24, 1994
Episode 59
Show #0278
Nov 25, 1994
Episode 60
Show #0279
Nov 28, 1994
The outside cam reveals that Dave's picture in the window of Joe G's Pizza. Dave calls and distracts Joe while Paul steals the unflattering portrait; Jon Lovitz plugs North.
Episode 61
Show #0280
Nov 29, 1994
Roseanne makes a rare political statement; Dave's accountant Fred Nigro takes a bow.
Episode 62
Show #0281
Nov 30, 1994
Mujibur, Sirajul and Tony Randall take a photo together; tonight's celebrities in the audience: Mia Farrow, Eddie Murphy and Sharon Stone.
Episode 63
Show #0282
Dec 1, 1994
Episode 64
Show #0283
Dec 2, 1994
One of tonight's cue cards goes to a garbage truck outside; in the latest edition of ""Rupert and Me,"" Dave radios strange comments to Rupert, which are then repeated out loud to annoyed passers-by; Nicholas Turturro sings ""My Way;"" Michael Keaton gets arrested for shoplifting at Hello Deli.
Episode 65
Show #0284
Dec 12, 1994
Cold Opening: Jim Carrey and an unshaven Dave goof around. Later in the show, Mickey, the barber at the Wellington Hotel, shaves off Dave's beard.
Episode 66
Show #0285
Dec 13, 1994
Episode 67
Show #0286
Dec 14, 1994
Episode 68
Show #0287
Dec 15, 1994
Siskel and Ebert throw snowballs; Michael J. Fox walks onstage with a cow.
Episode 69
Show #0288
Dec 16, 1994
Episode 70
Show #0289
Dec 19, 1994
Episode 71
Show #0290
Dec 20, 1994
Episode 72
Show #0291
Dec 21, 1994
Episode 73
Show #0292
Dec 22, 1994
Episode 74
Show #0293
Dec 23, 1994
Episode 75
Show #0294
Dec 26, 1994
Bad Religion performed ""Infected""
Episode 76
Show #0295
Dec 27, 1994
Episode 77
Show #0296
Dec 28, 1994
During ""Charts and Graphs,"" Dave sends an audience member down the street for copies of a chart. Also, Dave calls the mother of a different audience member, but he ends up leaving a message on her machine.
Episode 78
Show #0297
Dec 29, 1994
A customer at Hello Deli shows Dave her holiday photos. Later, Dave checks his temperature (99.5 F).
Episode 79
Show #0298
Dec 30, 1994
Dave ends the show early yet again, and Paul finds him sobbing on the Ricki Lake show; Biff has champagne coming out of his ears; Dick Clark presents the Top Ten; Dave and Richard Simmons go harassing people door-to-door in New Jersey.
Episode 80
Show #0299
Jan 2, 1995
Episode 81
Show #0300
Jan 3, 1995
Episode 82
Show #0301
Jan 4, 1995
Michael Buffer announces Phil Hartman's entry onstage; a comely postal carrier distracts Dave.
Episode 83
Show #0302
Jan 5, 1995
Episode 84
Show #0303
Jan 6, 1995
Dave autographs a ham; Calvert (dressed as Newt Gingrich's mother) presents the Top Ten.
Episode 85
Show #0304
Jan 9, 1995
Episode 86
Show #0305
Jan 10, 1995
Episode 87
Show #0306
Jan 11, 1995
Episode 88
Show #0307
Jan 12, 1995
An audience member hangs out in the band section; Mujibur and Sirajul become the latest witnesses to testify for O.J. Simpson.
Episode 89
Show #0308
Jan 13, 1995
Al Green performs ""Let's Stay Together.""
Episode 90
Show #0309
Jan 16, 1995
Episode 91
Show #0310
Jan 17, 1995
Episode 92
Show #0311
Jan 18, 1995
Episode 93
Show #0312
Jan 19, 1995
Episode 94
Show #0313
Jan 20, 1995
Episode 95
Show #0314
Jan 30, 1995
Episode 96
Show #0315
Jan 31, 1995
Dave shows a (bogus) Super Bowl ad starring himself; Gerard presents ""Top Ten Signs You're Not the Sexiest Man Alive.""
Episode 97
Show #0316
Feb 1, 1995
Episode 98
Show #0317
Feb 2, 1995
Episode 99
Show #0318
Feb 3, 1995
Episode 100
Show #0319
Feb 6, 1995
Rosanne Cash performs ""I Count the Tears.""
Episode 101
Show #0320
Feb 7, 1995
Episode 102
Show #0321
Feb 8, 1995
Episode 103
Show #0322
Feb 9, 1995
Episode 104
Show #0323
Feb 10, 1995
Episode 105
Show #0324
Feb 13, 1995
Episode 106
Show #0325
Feb 14, 1995
Episode 107
Show #0326
Feb 15, 1995
Episode 108
Show #0327
Feb 16, 1995
Dave introduces the brand new ""Late Show Dancers,"" who prance around throughout the show. Also, 83-year-old Empire State Building employee Chico Chimone plays the piano.
Episode 109
Show #0328
Feb 17, 1995
Episode 110
Show #0329
Feb 20, 1995
Dave sends three members from the audience to go to a nearby movie theater to videotape some clips from Pulp Fiction. They return in time to show the footage during John Travolta's guest appearance to promote the film. Also, Mujibur and Sirajul report from yesterday's Daytona 500.
Episode 111
Show #0330
Feb 21, 1995
Episode 112
Show #0331
Feb 22, 1995
Cybill Shepherd promotes her new sitcom; Gary Sinise brags about the perks of being an Academy Award Nominee.
Episode 113
Show #0332
Feb 23, 1995
Wayne Newton (live via satellite) presents the Top Ten; Michael McKean comments on the recent troubles on the set of ""Saturday Night Live;"" David Byrne and the CBS Orchestra perform ""You & Eye.""
Episode 114
Show #0333
Feb 24, 1995
Episode 115
Show #0334
Feb 27, 1995
Episode 116
Show #0335
Feb 28, 1995
Episode 117
Show #0336
Mar 1, 1995
Episode 118
Show #0337
Mar 2, 1995
Bernie Worrell sits in; Al Roker does a weather forecast; Dave retrieves a blue card from ""Forrest Gump"" (Calvert); Jeff Goldblum tap dances.
Episode 119
Show #0338
Mar 3, 1995
Episode 120
Show #0339
Mar 6, 1995
Dave sends the standby audience to The Gap to purchase and wear matching outfits before they're allowed to return to the theater. By the end of the show, they are all wearing identical sweaters and khakis. (correct synopsis)
Episode 121
Show #0340
Mar 7, 1995
On the first Letterman show ever aired on this date, Bill Cosby, Tito Puente, and Dave climb a ladder up to the balcony, and Luke Perry does a science experiment in place of bumped guest Lee Marek.
Episode 122
Show #0341
Mar 8, 1995
Episode 123
Show #0342
Mar 9, 1995
Episode 124
Show #0343
Mar 10, 1995
Dave sends the standby audience to The Gap to purchase and wear matching outfits before they're allowed to return to the theater. By the end of the show, they are all wearing identical sweaters and khakis.
Episode 125
Show #0344
Mar 13, 1995
Episode 126
Show #0345
Mar 14, 1995
Episode 127
Show #0346
Mar 15, 1995
Episode 128
Show #0347
Mar 20, 1995
Dave gives a girl in the audience named Amy money to buy spring flowers, and later her boyfriend (also in the audience) sings karaoke with Will Smith.
Episode 129
Show #0348
Mar 21, 1995
A woman in the audience bakes cookies for everyone; Conan O'Brien appears in Dave's latest Oscar-related dream; Dave gets his toupee dry-cleaned.
Episode 130
Show #0349
Mar 22, 1995
Throughout the night, Dave practices giving out Oscars, awarding achievements by Tony Randall, Doc Severinson (who's sitting in), Tony Mendez, a hi-ho girl, and Sirajul Islam (Mujibur was sick). Also, Dave chats with a man whose dog ran away, then found his pet on the opposite side of the country.
Episode 131
Show #0350
Apr 3, 1995
John Mayall sits in; Dave comments on his much-scrutinized performance as host of last week's Academy Awards.
Episode 132
Show #0351
Apr 4, 1995
Throughout the night, the legendary Ashton Family acrobats perform their greatest stunts outside on 53rd Street.
Episode 133
Show #0352
Apr 5, 1995
Dave spells Uma and Oprah with hot dog wieners, while Creepy Dave lurks in the backdrop during his interview with Bryant Gumbel.
Episode 134
Show #0353
Apr 6, 1995
At the end of tonight's ""New Books"" segment, Dave gives one of the phony manuscripts to a girl in the audience. Also, for no apparent reason, Gerard dances around onstage in a sun dress.
Episode 135
Show #0354
Apr 7, 1995
Two babes in the audience are observed with ""Marry Us Dave"" T-shirts; Dave, Calvert, and Biff sit around and do nothing for three minutes; Dave asks cab drivers what they thought of his performance at the Oscars.
Episode 136
Show #0355
Apr 10, 1995
Dave invites the stand-by audience to his office and watch the show from there. Later, they're joined by Faye Dunaway and chef Wolfgang Puck.
Episode 137
Show #0356
Apr 11, 1995
Throughout the night, various staffers walk onstage to give Dave ""dramatic tension,"" while Robert Pastorelli explains his departure from the hit comedy Murphy Brown.
Episode 138
Show #0357
Apr 12, 1995
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Mayor Guiliani and Dave agree to disagree on the new slogan for the New York Tourism Board; Drew Barrymore gives Dave a birthday surprise.
Episode 139
Show #0358
Apr 13, 1995
The New York Daily News, having headlined their paper with last night's Guiliani-chosen slogan, distributes miniature buttons to the audience reading ""We Can Kick Your City's Ass"" commemorating the headline. Also, Bela Fleck sits in with the band on banjo.
Episode 140
Show #0359
Apr 14, 1995
Two days after NYC's new slogan, ""We Can Kick Your City's Ass,"" reaches beyond the Hudson, Dave hears from mayors of other cities; Slash of Guns n' Roses fame sits in; a skit involving jelly beans bursting out of Biff's ears is botched when the wiring doesn't work properly.
Episode 141
Show #0360
Apr 17, 1995
Live Remote: Dave annoys both an H&R Block tax accountant and his mortified customer, who prefers to hide her face.
Episode 142
Show #0361
Apr 18, 1995
Dave selects five guys from the audience to compete in a basketball match outside on 53rd Street with five (alleged) New York Knicks. By the end of the show, the final score is Audience 108, Knicks 107.
Episode 143
Show #0362
Apr 19, 1995
Dave complains that the cue-card Tony is holding is too small, so Inky replaces it with a giant banner; ten mayors of other cities present the Top Ten; a blue card is missing and soon found taped to Sandra Bullock's backside.
Episode 144
Show #0363
Apr 20, 1995
An audience talent show is interrupted by Helen Reddy, who pops up several times throughout the show; later, she teams up with Blues Traveler to perform ""Hook.""
Episode 145
Show #0364
Apr 21, 1995
Tony Randall drops by to announce who tomorrow's guests will be, and Dave squirts him with a fire extinguisher. Later, Biff Henderson and Pat Farmer carry Tony outside and into a taxi. Also, Dolly Parton presents the Top Ten.
Episode 146
Show #0365
Apr 24, 1995
After word spreads to the media that he's losing his ratings edge over Leno, Dave wants to find out if people are still watching the show, so he displays his desk phone number on the Times Square Jumbotron. The only people who call are CBS employees who have access to a live feed in their offices. Frustrated, Dave dips the receiver into his coffee.
Episode 147
Show #0366
Apr 25, 1995
In tonight's live remote, Dave annoys customers down the street at the Sam Ash music store and invites Marcia to sit in with the band on alto sax.
Episode 148
Show #0367
Apr 26, 1995
David Sanborn sits in yet again; various New York Yankees present the Top Ten; Dave loses a blue card, then finds it at McDonald's.
Episode 149
Show #0368
Apr 27, 1995
The Flying Rat is introduced on the show during a segment called ""What's New for Spring""; in the same segment a small army of clowns attack Mujibur and Sirajul, then storm the Late Show stage; Dave chats with ""Buddy, the Sleepy Lifeguard.""
Episode 150
Show #0369
Apr 28, 1995
Dave and Paul leave the show early to go over to Madison Square Garden for the circus, where they run into an acrobat bearing a strong resemblance to Calvert; the flying rat attacks Dan Rather, and is later seen as a guest on Nightline; Dave and Felecia waltz.
Episode 151
Show #0370
May 1, 1995
All of tonight's guests (Marilu Henner, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and Mario Van Peebles) are at Rupert's playing spin the bottle. Also, the flying rat demonstrates its supremacy of the New York skyline by swallowing a giant bird whole.
Episode 152
Show #0371
May 2, 1995
The Giant Flying Rat is introduced via lasers and special effects just after being interviewed by Tom Snyder.
Episode 153
Show #0372
May 3, 1995
(Supposed) Audience requests are fulfilled in tonight's ""Who Asked For It?"" while Harry Connick Jr. promotes his new album.
Episode 154
Show #0373
May 4, 1995
Pete Fatovich attempts to kiss Paul again; the giant flying rat delivers the Top Ten list; Jake Johanssen discusses a recent trip to the supermarket.
Episode 155
Show #0374
May 5, 1995
The giant flying rat dons a sombrero; Dave leaves the show early to marry Drew Barrymore; a man gets kicked in the face by a racehorse; Dave and Paul go supermarket shopping.
Episode 156
Show #0375
May 8, 1995
Dave sends audience members Nico and Ingrid Van Eenennaan to London (to promote the show's visit next week) with a camcorder, root beer, and the Giant Flying Rat. Neither are seen or heard from again.
Episode 157
Show #0376
May 9, 1995
Jimmy Smits, a guest the night before, is seen in his hotel room naked, doing push-ups and watching TV in bed. Also, Paul quits to become a professional boxer, but he gives up and comes back to the show.
Episode 158
Show #0377
May 10, 1995
The Dutch husband and wife from last night resurface for a brief moment; Paul wears a top hat and a tuxedo; Bruce Willis gets his head scrubbed.
Episode 159
Show #0378
May 11, 1995
Paul decides to have plastic surgery, then wakes up from the procedure with a conehead; Dave shows a clip of Pakistan's #1 sitcom, ""Seinjibur""; Hugh Grant promotes Nine Months.
Episode 160
Show #0379
May 12, 1995
Calvert mimics the Giant Flying Rat; Dave comments on preparations for next week's trip to London; Julianna Marguiles promotes the much-hyped season finale of ER.
Episode 161
Show #0380
May 15, 1995
The Late Show starts its week broadcasting from London. Ten London Guards bring Dave out onstage; Dave and Paul wreck havoc in the city; Elton John reacts to William Shatner's videotaped rendition of ""Rocket Man,"" then performs ""Made in England.""
Episode 162
Show #0381
May 16, 1995
London, Day 2: The new James Bond, Remington Steele star Pierce Brosnan, enters backstage with models and martinis; Little Richard and Chuck Berry sit in; Dave's mom reports from a pub. (correct synopsis)
Episode 163
Show #0382
May 17, 1995
London, Day 3: ""London Souvenirs"" include a Prince Charles Ketchup Dispenser, a Bobby Helmet Bra, and a Tea Cannon, brought out by fake London guards. Also, Peter O'Toole enters riding a camel, and Van Morrison barely remembers the words to his own song ""Have I Told You Lately"" in a performance with Sinead O'Connor and the Chieftains. (correct synopsis)
Episode 164
Show #0383
May 18, 1995
London, Day 4: Dave and Paul play soccer (or should I say football?) at Wembley Stadium; live via satellite from New York, Tony Randall trashes the theater; John Cleese presents the Top Ten. (correct synopsis)
Episode 165
Show #0384
May 19, 1995
London, Day 5: Dave repeats a monologue joke in a British accent; Salman Rushdie hands the Top Ten to Dave, and is presented by ten bobbies; Dorothy drops by to comment on her week of sightseeing.
Episode 166
Show #0385
May 22, 1995
Cold opening: Dave belatedly thanks Drew Barrymore for her birthday ""gift"" last month. Also, Dave pays Mujibur and Sirajul to pummel Paul.
Episode 167
Show #0386
May 23, 1995
It's the debut of ""May We Turn Your Pants Into Shorts?"" Dave cuts up his own slacks before shredding the pants of Paul and Mel Gibson.
Episode 168
Show #0387
May 24, 1995
Episode 169
Show #0388
May 25, 1995
Clint Black sits in; candy is thrown at the audience; the Top Ten Office is relocated to an audience member's hometown of Glenn's Falls, New York; in honor of Ringo Starr, Paul, Dave, and the audience try to recreate Beatlemania.
Episode 170
Show #0389
May 26, 1995
Dave takes a bunch of sailors to a local watering hole; Mujibur and Sirajul visit Dorothy in Indianapolis; Dave bids farewell to longtime director Hal Gurnee by placing a plaque on the control room door.
Episode 171
Show #0390
Jun 5, 1995
Cold Opening: Nicole Kidman asks Dave if he's drunk. Also, displayed by the window of an advertising agency across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater is a giant toothbrush and tooth; Dave invites the workers from that window to bring the items into the theater and then presents them with the Crest Pledge.
Episode 172
Show #0391
Jun 6, 1995
Indianapolis 500 champion Jacque Vileneuve races a NYC cab around the theater block in competition with NYC cabbie Buke Kadikiran; Dave shows (doctored) footage of Dan Rather replacing his CBS Evening News co-host Connie Chung with… Dan Rather.
Episode 173
Show #0392
Jun 7, 1995
Biff delivers Dave in a golf cart; Dave and an audience member named Hal help choose the network's new slogan; a pyrotechnic exhibition is held in the backdrop.
Episode 174
Show #0393
Jun 8, 1995
It's time for a studio audience talent show, with friends and relatives of the performers swamping the backdrop. Shortly after his interview, Mike Myers joins the crowd.
Episode 175
Show #0394
Jun 9, 1995
Dave tells Rupert to bother people at a local bistro with his hidden mic; Dave chats with a woman that recently won $87,000,000 in the state lottery; head CBS executives ""Les Moonves"" and ""Peter Lund"" sing Bob Seger's ""Like a Rock.""
Episode 176
Show #0395
Jun 12, 1995
Dave chooses a person off the street to tell their life story; the Top Ten Home Office moves to Grand Rapids, Michigan; Chris O'Donnell plugs Batman Forever.
Episode 177
Show #0396
Jun 13, 1995
Stephen Stills sits in; Dave ""attends"" a recent President Clinton press conference; basketball star/party animal Dennis Rodman comments on his recent antics.
Episode 178
Show #0397
Jun 14, 1995
Travis, a five-year-old golden retriever, has the ""Dog Cam"" attached to his head; John Turturro dresses up as Batman, then hands Dave the Top Ten list; Dan Rather talks about Connie Chung's departure from CBS, then promotes his workout video ""Old Train Songs to Sweat By.""
Episode 179
Show #0398
Jun 15, 1995
Dave arrives at the theater in a police car; throughout the night, spelling bee winner Justin Carroll comes out to spell various ten-cent words; Dave chats with Robert Horry of the NBA Champion Houston Rockets.
Episode 180
Show #0399
Jun 16, 1995
Travis and the Dog Cam return; Englebert Humperdinck serenades Rupert; ten kindergarteners write and present the Top Ten.
Episode 181
Show #0400
Jun 19, 1995
Dave announces that this is show number 4000, but later admits he's off by a zero; John Denver performs the theme song to ""Supermarket Finds""; Alan King gloats over his grandkids.
Episode 182
Show #0401
Jun 20, 1995
Dave invites both a cabbie and an audience member to jump into a rooftop swimming pool. They're later joined by two NYC cops and Bob Saget.
Episode 183
Show #0402
Jun 21, 1995
Shortly after a ""What's New for Summer"" segment, Dave hands hamsicles (or, if you will, cold ham on a stick) to the audience. Also, ""Batman"" (Calvert) hands Dave the Top Ten list, while Tony Bennett performs ""My Love Went to London.""
Episode 184
Show #0403
Jun 22, 1995
Cold Opening: ""ER"" star Anthony Edwards refuses to give Dave a physical. Also, Jonathan Katz does standup and promotes Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
Episode 185
Show #0404
Jun 23, 1995
Dave celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the debut of The David Letterman Show by showing clips of the first broadcast; Biff interrupts Dave so that Corey Pavin (winner of the 1995 U. S. Open) can drop by; various staffers take their moms to the Russian Tea Room.
Episode 186
Show #0405
Jun 26, 1995
Bernie Kopell storms out of the theater after ""The Love Boat"" is somehow mentioned twice in a Top Ten List about Hockey. Later, Dave chats with ""Coach"" star Jerry Van Dyke, while Warren Zevon performs ""Mutineer,"" a song he would later perform in his last TV appearance in 2002.
Episode 187
Show #0406
Jun 27, 1995
Dave invites a standby audience member to play ""Will You Eat the Meatloaf?"" Later in the show, Dave chats with Pete, the dishwasher at Hello Deli.
Episode 188
Show #0407
Jun 28, 1995
In an experimental comedy bit called ""Letters to the Editor,"" Dave reads a (bogus) note from Al Gore telling The New Yorker that he loves their cartoons.
Episode 189
Show #0408
Jun 29, 1995
Dave shows the audience an old photo of Morty with an afro, and then later shows a doctored photo of himself with a head-bush. Also, Dave helps Tom Hanks shave a beard he grew on vacation.
Episode 190
Show #0409
Jun 30, 1995
In a remote, Dave asks apartment dwellers, ""What's the Coolest Thing In Your Apartment?""
Episode 191
Show #0410
Jul 10, 1995
Jim Carrey, Andre Agassi, and Tom and Roseanne Arnold miraculously appear in the audience, Tom being both on stage and in the audience simultaneously. Also, Dave orders pancakes from the Fashion Cafe for Christy Turlington and a heavyset audience member.
Episode 192
Show #0411
Jul 11, 1995
Dave says hello to viewers in France and Italy in their respective native tongues; during ""May We See Your Photos, Please?"" Dave demands to see photos of meat or nudity; Penn and Teller perform one of their trademark dangerous stunts.
Episode 193
Show #0412
Jul 12, 1995
Charles Grodin promotes his new cable talk show.
Episode 194
Show #0413
Jul 13, 1995
A small army of cyclists rush across the stage, while Dave and Pete Sampras play a pickup round of tennis out on 53rd Street.
Episode 195
Show #0414
Jul 14, 1995
After an admittedly lame remote on a ""Day In The Life"" of producer Robert Morton, he jumps into a giant bowl of pudding, followed by Dave. Later in the show, Paul, Laurie Diamond, and the members of White Zombie join in.
Episode 196
Show #0415
Jul 17, 1995
Dave flashes back to how he stayed cool over the weekend by stuffing popsicles in his pants; a woman who picks up one of the pay phones at the kiosk outside the theater is chosen as an honorary guest host; Alicia Silverstone promotes Clueless; Dave and Pam the phone lady switch jackets.
Episode 197
Show #0416
Jul 18, 1995
Dan Rather presents the Top Ten; Chevy Chase plugs Man of the House and talks tennis.
Episode 198
Show #0417
Jul 19, 1995
Ed Sullivan Theater Building Engineer George Clarke begins his ""Quest for Corn"" throughout the Midwest. He's off to Illinois.
Episode 199
Show #0418
Jul 20, 1995
Dave demonstrates a triple pencil flip; Rupert finds one of Dave's blue cards attached to Mary Tyler Moore's backside; Dave shows old footage of Andy Kaufman dancing with a giant snake.
Episode 200
Show #0419
Jul 21, 1995
Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band sits in; Dave offers an audience guy with an unruly beard $300 to shave it; Talent Assistant Zoe Friedham gets a tattoo; Dave gives the newly-shaven man $400.
Episode 201
Show #0420
Jul 24, 1995
A ""Dumb Ads"" segment introduces Canadian filling station attendent Dick Assman. The entire North American audience immediately catches ""Dick Assmania."" Later, a monkey in the green room throws fruit, while The Quest for Corn hits Omaha, Nebraska.
Episode 202
Show #0421
Jul 25, 1995
Dave calls up Dick Assman; Ray Liotta arrives onstage riding a baby elephant, and later he makes a (bogus) appearance with Paul in the controversial new movie Kids.
Episode 203
Show #0422
Jul 26, 1995
Dave and Tony switch places for a few minutes; David Schwimmer is reunited with the monkey who played Marcel on Friends; Dave announces that ""Dick Assmania"" has officially swept the eastern seaboard.
Episode 204
Show #0423
Jul 27, 1995
During a segment called ""Ask the Mayor,"" someone from the audience asks Rudy Guiliani, ""Is that a real hair piece?"" Also, a half-awake audience member opens himself to the feminine wiles of Sandra Bullock.
Episode 205
Show #0424
Jul 28, 1995
George Clarke's ""Quest for Corn"" finds him in Indianapolis with Dave's mom: 5 ears. Later, Nick Turturro and Dennis Franz stand in the green room with their pants down, while Paul and Bruce Hornsby play ""Chopsticks"" on the keyboard.
Episode 206
Show #0425
Jul 31, 1995
Dave gives $100 to an audience member after a monologue joke bombs; the show is interrupted for a ""Dick Assman Update""; father and son audience members Jim and JJ McMichael wave from the top of the Empire State Building.
Episode 207
Show #0426
Aug 1, 1995
Dave announces that CBS has just been bought by Westinghouse, then spends the rest of the show joking about it.
Episode 208
Show #0427
Aug 2, 1995
Dave chats with Mary Ann Dennis, whose dog stopped a man that tried to mug her.
Episode 209
Show #0428
Aug 3, 1995
During ""Stupid Pet Tricks,"" a small fish eats a worm whole. Meanwhile, Dave goes into a Westinghouse washer in spin cycle.
Episode 210
Show #0429
Aug 4, 1995
The final installment of ""George Clarke's Quest for Corn"" finds our hero at Hello Deli (five ears). Afterwards, George distributes an ear of corn to everyone in the audience.
Episode 211
Show #0430
Aug 7, 1995
Dave announces it's ""Christmas in August,"" with Glen Campbell singing a medley of holiday standards at Hello Deli.
Episode 212
Show #0431
Aug 8, 1995
Junior Brown sits in with the band; baseball star John Kruk talks about his recent retirement; Dave hectors a man on the street in a game called ""May I Taste Your Dinner, Please?""
Episode 213
Show #0432
Aug 9, 1995
The ""Dick Assman Update"" reveals that his popularity has hit fever pitch. Later, Christopher Walken promotes three new movies that are coming out within a month of each other.
Episode 214
Show #0433
Aug 10, 1995
Dave shows a ""highlight"" of last night's show: Dan Rather fondling Dave's butt.
Episode 215
Show #0434
Aug 11, 1995
In honor of an incident that resulted in a forfeit in the previous night's Dodgers-Cardinals game, audience members throw baseballs at Dave.
Episode 216
Show #0435
Aug 14, 1995
All night long, Rupert touches meat and is joined later by Kelsey Grammer, his then-fiancee, and a priest from the audience.
Episode 217
Show #0436
Aug 15, 1995
Dave claims that the chairman of Westinghouse has agreed to fight him. Later, Sonny Bono signs to Calvert's upstart record company.
Episode 218
Show #0437
Aug 16, 1995
During an interview with Isabella Rosselini, a guy on fire runs around the stage. Later, Bjork and the CBS Orchestra performs ""It's Oh So Quiet.""
Episode 219
Show #0438
Aug 17, 1995
Paul is introduced as ""Johnny Lavaggi;"" Dave shows a (doctored) clip of Monica Seles grunting; David Brenner does stand up.
Episode 220
Show #0439
Aug 18, 1995
Dave bids a fond farewell to his announcer, while Dick Assman also makes one last appearance.