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Episode number: 7

Overview: Throughout the night, an audience woman from Brooklyn kicks footballs.

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Episode number: 14

Overview: ""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.

Show #0234

Show #0234

Episode number: 15

Overview: 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.

Show #0235

Show #0235

Episode number: 16

Overview: Hal Gurnee harasses taxi drivers by posting their images on the Times Square jumbotron.

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Show #0236

Episode number: 17
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Show #0237

Episode number: 18

Overview: An audience member gives Dave a tiny pair of pants; Gavin MacLeod pops in several times, interrupting the monologue and presenting the Top Ten.

Show #0238

Show #0238

Episode number: 19

Overview: John Popper sits in with the band; Bill Murray tours Broadway; Macaulay Culkin promotes ""Richie Rich.""

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Show #0239

Episode number: 20
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Episode number: 28
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Episode number: 29
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Episode number: 30

Overview: Tim Allen promotes his bestselling book, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man.

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Episode number: 31
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Episode number: 32
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Episode number: 34
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Episode number: 35
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Episode number: 36
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Show #0256

Episode number: 37
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Show #0257

Episode number: 38

Overview: 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.""

Show #0258

Show #0258

Episode number: 39
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Episode number: 40
Show #0260

Show #0260

Episode number: 41

Overview: Calvert goes trick-or-treating in Nutley, New Jersey (Martha Stewart's hometown); Lauren Bacall plugs ""Pret-a-Porter"" (Ready to Wear).

Show #0261

Show #0261

Episode number: 42

Overview: John Popper sits in; throughout the night, Mujibur and Sirajul appear as correspondents on Court TV; Elijah Wood plugs North.

Show #0262

Show #0262

Episode number: 43
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Episode number: 44

Overview: Dave gets freshened up by a street sweeper; Rupert serves ""Bill Clinton Soup.""

Show #0264

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Episode number: 45
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Episode number: 46
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Episode number: 47
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Episode number: 48
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Show #0268

Episode number: 49

Overview: 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.""

Show #0269

Show #0269

Episode number: 50

Overview: 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.""

Show #0270

Show #0270

Episode number: 51
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Episode number: 52
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Episode number: 53
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Episode number: 54
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Episode number: 55
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Episode number: 56
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Episode number: 57
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Episode number: 58
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Episode number: 59
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Episode number: 60

Overview: 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.

Show #0280

Show #0280

Episode number: 61

Overview: Roseanne makes a rare political statement; Dave's accountant Fred Nigro takes a bow.

Show #0281

Show #0281

Episode number: 62

Overview: Mujibur, Sirajul and Tony Randall take a photo together; tonight's celebrities in the audience: Mia Farrow, Eddie Murphy and Sharon Stone.

Show #0282

Show #0282

Episode number: 63
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Show #0283

Episode number: 64

Overview: 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.

Show #0284

Show #0284

Episode number: 65

Overview: 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.

Show #0285

Show #0285

Episode number: 66
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Episode number: 67
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Show #0287

Episode number: 68

Overview: Siskel and Ebert throw snowballs; Michael J. Fox walks onstage with a cow.

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Show #0288

Episode number: 69
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Episode number: 70
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Episode number: 71
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Episode number: 72
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Episode number: 73
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Episode number: 74
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Episode number: 75

Overview: Bad Religion performed ""Infected""

Show #0295

Show #0295

Episode number: 76
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Show #0296

Episode number: 77

Overview: 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.

Show #0297

Show #0297

Episode number: 78

Overview: A customer at Hello Deli shows Dave her holiday photos. Later, Dave checks his temperature (99.5 F).

Show #0298

Show #0298

Episode number: 79

Overview: 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.

Show #0299

Show #0299

Episode number: 80
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Show #0300

Episode number: 81
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Show #0301

Episode number: 82

Overview: Michael Buffer announces Phil Hartman's entry onstage; a comely postal carrier distracts Dave.

Show #0302

Show #0302

Episode number: 83
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Episode number: 84

Overview: Dave autographs a ham; Calvert (dressed as Newt Gingrich's mother) presents the Top Ten.

Show #0304

Show #0304

Episode number: 85
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Episode number: 86
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Episode number: 87
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Show #0307

Episode number: 88

Overview: An audience member hangs out in the band section; Mujibur and Sirajul become the latest witnesses to testify for O.J. Simpson.

Show #0308

Show #0308

Episode number: 89

Overview: Al Green performs ""Let's Stay Together.""

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Episode number: 90
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Episode number: 91
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Episode number: 92
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Episode number: 93
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Episode number: 94
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Episode number: 95
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Show #0315

Episode number: 96

Overview: Dave shows a (bogus) Super Bowl ad starring himself; Gerard presents ""Top Ten Signs You're Not the Sexiest Man Alive.""

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Show #0316

Episode number: 97
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Episode number: 98
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Episode number: 99
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Show #0319

Episode number: 100

Overview: Rosanne Cash performs ""I Count the Tears.""

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Show #0320

Episode number: 101
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Show #0321

Episode number: 102
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Episode number: 103
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Episode number: 104
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Episode number: 105
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Show #0325

Episode number: 106
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Show #0326

Episode number: 107
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Show #0327

Episode number: 108

Overview: 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.

Show #0328

Show #0328

Episode number: 109
Show #0329

Show #0329

Episode number: 110

Overview: 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.

Show #0330

Show #0330

Episode number: 111
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Show #0331

Episode number: 112

Overview: Cybill Shepherd promotes her new sitcom; Gary Sinise brags about the perks of being an Academy Award Nominee.

Show #0332

Show #0332

Episode number: 113

Overview: 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.""

Show #0333

Show #0333

Episode number: 114
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Show #0334

Episode number: 115
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Show #0335

Episode number: 116
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Show #0336

Episode number: 117
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Show #0337

Episode number: 118

Overview: Bernie Worrell sits in; Al Roker does a weather forecast; Dave retrieves a blue card from ""Forrest Gump"" (Calvert); Jeff Goldblum tap dances.

Show #0338

Show #0338

Episode number: 119
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Show #0339

Episode number: 120

Overview: 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)

Show #0340

Show #0340

Episode number: 121

Overview: 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.

Show #0341

Show #0341

Episode number: 122
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Show #0342

Episode number: 123
Show #0343

Show #0343

Episode number: 124

Overview: 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.

Show #0344

Show #0344

Episode number: 125
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Show #0345

Episode number: 126
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Show #0346

Episode number: 127
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Show #0347

Episode number: 128

Overview: 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.

Show #0348

Show #0348

Episode number: 129

Overview: 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.

Show #0349

Show #0349

Episode number: 130

Overview: 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.

Show #0350

Show #0350

Episode number: 131

Overview: John Mayall sits in; Dave comments on his much-scrutinized performance as host of last week's Academy Awards.

Show #0351

Show #0351

Episode number: 132

Overview: Throughout the night, the legendary Ashton Family acrobats perform their greatest stunts outside on 53rd Street.

Show #0352

Show #0352

Episode number: 133

Overview: Dave spells Uma and Oprah with hot dog wieners, while Creepy Dave lurks in the backdrop during his interview with Bryant Gumbel.

Show #0353

Show #0353

Episode number: 134

Overview: 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.

Show #0354

Show #0354

Episode number: 135

Overview: 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.

Show #0355

Show #0355

Episode number: 136

Overview: 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.

Show #0356

Show #0356

Episode number: 137

Overview: Throughout the night, various staffers walk onstage to give Dave ""dramatic tension,"" while Robert Pastorelli explains his departure from the hit comedy Murphy Brown.

Show #0357

Show #0357

Episode number: 138

Overview: Mayor Guiliani and Dave agree to disagree on the new slogan for the New York Tourism Board; Drew Barrymore gives Dave a birthday surprise.

Show #0358

Show #0358

Episode number: 139

Overview: 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.

Show #0359

Show #0359

Episode number: 140

Overview: 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.

Show #0360

Show #0360

Episode number: 141

Overview: Live Remote: Dave annoys both an H&R Block tax accountant and his mortified customer, who prefers to hide her face.

Show #0361

Show #0361

Episode number: 142

Overview: 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.

Show #0362

Show #0362

Episode number: 143

Overview: 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.

Show #0363

Show #0363

Episode number: 144

Overview: 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.""

Show #0364

Show #0364

Episode number: 145

Overview: 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.

Show #0365

Show #0365

Episode number: 146

Overview: 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.

Show #0366

Show #0366

Episode number: 147

Overview: 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.

Show #0367

Show #0367

Episode number: 148

Overview: 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.

Show #0368

Show #0368

Episode number: 149

Overview: 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.""

Show #0369

Show #0369

Episode number: 150

Overview: 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.

Show #0370

Show #0370

Episode number: 151

Overview: 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.

Show #0371

Show #0371

Episode number: 152

Overview: The Giant Flying Rat is introduced via lasers and special effects just after being interviewed by Tom Snyder.

Show #0372

Show #0372

Episode number: 153

Overview: (Supposed) Audience requests are fulfilled in tonight's ""Who Asked For It?"" while Harry Connick Jr. promotes his new album.

Show #0373

Show #0373

Episode number: 154

Overview: 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.

Show #0374

Show #0374

Episode number: 155

Overview: 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.

Show #0375

Show #0375

Episode number: 156

Overview: 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.

Show #0376

Show #0376

Episode number: 157

Overview: 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.

Show #0377

Show #0377

Episode number: 158

Overview: 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.

Show #0378

Show #0378

Episode number: 159

Overview: 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.

Show #0379

Show #0379

Episode number: 160

Overview: 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.

Show #0380

Show #0380

Episode number: 161

Overview: 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.""

Show #0381

Show #0381

Episode number: 162

Overview: 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)

Show #0382

Show #0382

Episode number: 163

Overview: 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)

Show #0383

Show #0383

Episode number: 164

Overview: 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)

Show #0384

Show #0384

Episode number: 165

Overview: 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.

Show #0385

Show #0385

Episode number: 166

Overview: Cold opening: Dave belatedly thanks Drew Barrymore for her birthday ""gift"" last month. Also, Dave pays Mujibur and Sirajul to pummel Paul.

Show #0386

Show #0386

Episode number: 167

Overview: 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.

Show #0387

Show #0387

Episode number: 168
Show #0388

Show #0388

Episode number: 169

Overview: 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.

Show #0389

Show #0389

Episode number: 170

Overview: 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.

Show #0390

Show #0390

Episode number: 171

Overview: 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.

Show #0391

Show #0391

Episode number: 172

Overview: 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.

Show #0392

Show #0392

Episode number: 173

Overview: 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.

Show #0393

Show #0393

Episode number: 174

Overview: 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.

Show #0394

Show #0394

Episode number: 175

Overview: 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.""

Show #0395

Show #0395

Episode number: 176

Overview: 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.

Show #0396

Show #0396

Episode number: 177

Overview: Stephen Stills sits in; Dave ""attends"" a recent President Clinton press conference; basketball star/party animal Dennis Rodman comments on his recent antics.

Show #0397

Show #0397

Episode number: 178

Overview: 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.""

Show #0398

Show #0398

Episode number: 179

Overview: 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.

Show #0399

Show #0399

Episode number: 180

Overview: Travis and the Dog Cam return; Englebert Humperdinck serenades Rupert; ten kindergarteners write and present the Top Ten.

Show #0400

Show #0400

Episode number: 181

Overview: 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.

Show #0401

Show #0401

Episode number: 182

Overview: 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.

Show #0402

Show #0402

Episode number: 183

Overview: 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.""

Show #0403

Show #0403

Episode number: 184

Overview: Cold Opening: ""ER"" star Anthony Edwards refuses to give Dave a physical. Also, Jonathan Katz does standup and promotes Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.

Show #0404

Show #0404

Episode number: 185

Overview: 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.

Show #0405

Show #0405

Episode number: 186

Overview: 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.

Show #0406

Show #0406

Episode number: 187

Overview: 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.

Show #0407

Show #0407

Episode number: 188

Overview: 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.

Show #0408

Show #0408

Episode number: 189

Overview: 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.

Show #0409

Show #0409

Episode number: 190

Overview: In a remote, Dave asks apartment dwellers, ""What's the Coolest Thing In Your Apartment?""

Show #0410

Show #0410

Episode number: 191

Overview: 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.

Show #0411

Show #0411

Episode number: 192

Overview: 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.

Show #0412

Show #0412

Episode number: 193

Overview: Charles Grodin promotes his new cable talk show.

Show #0413

Show #0413

Episode number: 194

Overview: A small army of cyclists rush across the stage, while Dave and Pete Sampras play a pickup round of tennis out on 53rd Street.

Show #0414

Show #0414

Episode number: 195

Overview: 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.

Show #0415

Show #0415

Episode number: 196

Overview: 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.

Show #0416

Show #0416

Episode number: 197

Overview: Dan Rather presents the Top Ten; Chevy Chase plugs Man of the House and talks tennis.

Show #0417

Show #0417

Episode number: 198

Overview: Ed Sullivan Theater Building Engineer George Clarke begins his ""Quest for Corn"" throughout the Midwest. He's off to Illinois.

Show #0418

Show #0418

Episode number: 199

Overview: 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.

Show #0419

Show #0419

Episode number: 200

Overview: 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.

Show #0420

Show #0420

Episode number: 201

Overview: 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.

Show #0421

Show #0421

Episode number: 202

Overview: 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.

Show #0422

Show #0422

Episode number: 203

Overview: 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.

Show #0423

Show #0423

Episode number: 204

Overview: 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.

Show #0424

Show #0424

Episode number: 205

Overview: 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.

Show #0425

Show #0425

Episode number: 206

Overview: 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.

Show #0426

Show #0426

Episode number: 207

Overview: Dave announces that CBS has just been bought by Westinghouse, then spends the rest of the show joking about it.

Show #0427

Show #0427

Episode number: 208

Overview: Dave chats with Mary Ann Dennis, whose dog stopped a man that tried to mug her.

Show #0428

Show #0428

Episode number: 209

Overview: During ""Stupid Pet Tricks,"" a small fish eats a worm whole. Meanwhile, Dave goes into a Westinghouse washer in spin cycle.

Show #0429

Show #0429

Episode number: 210

Overview: 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.

Show #0430

Show #0430

Episode number: 211

Overview: Dave announces it's ""Christmas in August,"" with Glen Campbell singing a medley of holiday standards at Hello Deli.

Show #0431

Show #0431

Episode number: 212

Overview: 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?""

Show #0432

Show #0432

Episode number: 213

Overview: 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.

Show #0433

Show #0433

Episode number: 214

Overview: Dave shows a ""highlight"" of last night's show: Dan Rather fondling Dave's butt.

Show #0434

Show #0434

Episode number: 215

Overview: In honor of an incident that resulted in a forfeit in the previous night's Dodgers-Cardinals game, audience members throw baseballs at Dave.

Show #0435

Show #0435

Episode number: 216

Overview: All night long, Rupert touches meat and is joined later by Kelsey Grammer, his then-fiancee, and a priest from the audience.

Show #0436

Show #0436

Episode number: 217

Overview: Dave claims that the chairman of Westinghouse has agreed to fight him. Later, Sonny Bono signs to Calvert's upstart record company.

Show #0437

Show #0437

Episode number: 218

Overview: 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.""

Show #0438

Show #0438

Episode number: 219

Overview: Paul is introduced as ""Johnny Lavaggi;"" Dave shows a (doctored) clip of Monica Seles grunting; David Brenner does stand up.

Show #0439

Show #0439

Episode number: 220

Overview: Dave bids a fond farewell to his announcer, while Dick Assman also makes one last appearance.