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)
Aired: Aug 29, 1994Aired: Aug 30, 1994Aired: Aug 31, 1994Aired: Sep 1, 1994Aired: Sep 2, 1994Aired: Sep 5, 1994Aired: Sep 6, 1994Throughout the night, an audience woman from Brooklyn kicks footballs.
Aired: Sep 7, 1994Aired: Sep 8, 1994Aired: Sep 9, 1994Aired: Sep 12, 1994Aired: Sep 13, 1994Aired: Sep 14, 1994Aired: Sep 15, 1994""Dropping Stuff Off the 8th Floor Window"" includes: champagne bottles, conf...
Aired: Sep 16, 1994Dave comments on Robbie Kondor; a car alarm goes off outside the theater, so ...
Aired: Sep 19, 1994Hal Gurnee harasses taxi drivers by posting their images on the Times Square ...
Aired: Sep 20, 1994Aired: Sep 21, 1994An audience member gives Dave a tiny pair of pants; Gavin MacLeod pops in sev...
Aired: Sep 22, 1994John Popper sits in with the band; Bill Murray tours Broadway; Macaulay Culki...
Aired: Sep 23, 1994Aired: Sep 26, 1994Aired: Sep 27, 1994Aired: Sep 28, 1994Aired: Sep 29, 1994Aired: Sep 30, 1994Aired: Oct 3, 1994Aired: Oct 4, 1994Aired: Oct 5, 1994Aired: Oct 6, 1994Aired: Oct 7, 1994Tim Allen promotes his bestselling book, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man.
Aired: Oct 10, 1994Aired: Oct 11, 1994Aired: Oct 12, 1994Aired: Oct 13, 1994Aired: Oct 14, 1994Aired: Oct 24, 1994Aired: Oct 25, 1994Aired: Oct 26, 1994Two standby audience folks named Jenya and Gary are sent to take food to Dan ...
Aired: Oct 27, 1994Aired: Oct 28, 1994Aired: Oct 31, 1994Calvert goes trick-or-treating in Nutley, New Jersey (Martha Stewart's hometo...
Aired: Nov 1, 1994John Popper sits in; throughout the night, Mujibur and Sirajul appear as corr...
Aired: Nov 2, 1994Aired: Nov 3, 1994Dave gets freshened up by a street sweeper; Rupert serves ""Bill Clinton Soup.""
Aired: Nov 4, 1994Aired: Nov 7, 1994Aired: Nov 9, 1994Aired: Nov 10, 1994Aired: Nov 11, 1994Live via telephone, Jerry Lewis pronounces the new governor's name ""Puh-tack...
Aired: Nov 14, 1994Dave selects a woman from outside named Laurie Byrd to be his co-host tonight...
Aired: Nov 15, 1994Aired: Nov 16, 1994Aired: Nov 17, 1994Aired: Nov 18, 1994Aired: Nov 21, 1994Aired: Nov 22, 1994Aired: Nov 23, 1994Aired: Nov 24, 1994Aired: Nov 25, 1994Aired: Nov 28, 1994The outside cam reveals that Dave's picture in the window of Joe G's Pizza. ...
Aired: Nov 29, 1994Roseanne makes a rare political statement; Dave's accountant Fred Nigro takes...
Aired: Nov 30, 1994Mujibur, Sirajul and Tony Randall take a photo together; tonight's celebritie...
Aired: Dec 1, 1994Aired: Dec 2, 1994One of tonight's cue cards goes to a garbage truck outside; in the latest edi...
Aired: Dec 12, 1994Cold Opening: Jim Carrey and an unshaven Dave goof around. Later in the show...
Aired: Dec 13, 1994Aired: Dec 14, 1994Aired: Dec 15, 1994Siskel and Ebert throw snowballs; Michael J. Fox walks onstage with a cow.
Aired: Dec 16, 1994Aired: Dec 19, 1994Aired: Dec 20, 1994Aired: Dec 21, 1994Aired: Dec 22, 1994Aired: Dec 23, 1994Aired: Dec 26, 1994Bad Religion performed ""Infected""
Aired: Dec 27, 1994Aired: Dec 28, 1994During ""Charts and Graphs,"" Dave sends an audience member down the street f...
Aired: Dec 29, 1994A customer at Hello Deli shows Dave her holiday photos. Later, Dave checks h...
Aired: Dec 30, 1994Dave ends the show early yet again, and Paul finds him sobbing on the Ricki L...
Aired: Jan 2, 1995Aired: Jan 3, 1995Aired: Jan 4, 1995Michael Buffer announces Phil Hartman's entry onstage; a comely postal carrie...
Aired: Jan 5, 1995Aired: Jan 6, 1995Dave autographs a ham; Calvert (dressed as Newt Gingrich's mother) presents t...
Aired: Jan 9, 1995Aired: Jan 10, 1995Aired: Jan 11, 1995Aired: Jan 12, 1995An audience member hangs out in the band section; Mujibur and Sirajul become ...
Aired: Jan 13, 1995Al Green performs ""Let's Stay Together.""
Aired: Jan 16, 1995Aired: Jan 17, 1995Aired: Jan 18, 1995Aired: Jan 19, 1995Aired: Jan 20, 1995Aired: Jan 30, 1995Aired: Jan 31, 1995Dave shows a (bogus) Super Bowl ad starring himself; Gerard presents ""Top Te...
Aired: Feb 1, 1995Aired: Feb 2, 1995Aired: Feb 3, 1995Aired: Feb 6, 1995Rosanne Cash performs ""I Count the Tears.""
Aired: Feb 7, 1995Aired: Feb 8, 1995Aired: Feb 9, 1995Aired: Feb 10, 1995Aired: Feb 13, 1995Aired: Feb 14, 1995Aired: Feb 15, 1995Aired: Feb 16, 1995Dave introduces the brand new ""Late Show Dancers,"" who prance around throug...
Aired: Feb 17, 1995Aired: Feb 20, 1995Dave sends three members from the audience to go to a nearby movie theater to...
Aired: Feb 21, 1995Aired: Feb 22, 1995Cybill Shepherd promotes her new sitcom; Gary Sinise brags about the perks of...
Aired: Feb 23, 1995Wayne Newton (live via satellite) presents the Top Ten; Michael McKean commen...
Aired: Feb 24, 1995Aired: Feb 27, 1995Aired: Feb 28, 1995Aired: Mar 1, 1995Aired: Mar 2, 1995Bernie Worrell sits in; Al Roker does a weather forecast; Dave retrieves a bl...
Aired: Mar 3, 1995Aired: Mar 6, 1995Dave sends the standby audience to The Gap to purchase and wear matching outf...
Aired: Mar 7, 1995On the first Letterman show ever aired on this date, Bill Cosby, Tito Puente,...
Aired: Mar 8, 1995Aired: Mar 9, 1995Aired: Mar 10, 1995Dave sends the standby audience to The Gap to purchase and wear matching outf...
Aired: Mar 13, 1995Aired: Mar 14, 1995Aired: Mar 15, 1995Aired: Mar 20, 1995Dave gives a girl in the audience named Amy money to buy spring flowers, and ...
Aired: Mar 21, 1995A woman in the audience bakes cookies for everyone; Conan O'Brien appears in ...
Aired: Mar 22, 1995Throughout the night, Dave practices giving out Oscars, awarding achievements...
Aired: Apr 3, 1995John Mayall sits in; Dave comments on his much-scrutinized performance as hos...
Aired: Apr 4, 1995Throughout the night, the legendary Ashton Family acrobats perform their grea...
Aired: Apr 5, 1995Dave spells Uma and Oprah with hot dog wieners, while Creepy Dave lurks in th...
Aired: Apr 6, 1995At the end of tonight's ""New Books"" segment, Dave gives one of the phony ma...
Aired: Apr 7, 1995Two babes in the audience are observed with ""Marry Us Dave"" T-shirts; Dave,...
Aired: Apr 10, 1995Dave invites the stand-by audience to his office and watch the show from ther...
Aired: Apr 11, 1995Throughout the night, various staffers walk onstage to give Dave ""dramatic t...
138. Episode dated 12 April 1995
Aired: Apr 12, 1995As a prank, actress Drew Barrymore infamously flashes Dave. His other guests ...
Aired: Apr 13, 1995The New York Daily News, having headlined their paper with last night's Guili...
Aired: Apr 14, 1995Two days after NYC's new slogan, ""We Can Kick Your City's Ass,"" reaches bey...
Aired: Apr 17, 1995Live Remote: Dave annoys both an H&R Block tax accountant and his mortified c...
Aired: Apr 18, 1995Dave selects five guys from the audience to compete in a basketball match out...
Aired: Apr 19, 1995Dave complains that the cue-card Tony is holding is too small, so Inky replac...
Aired: Apr 20, 1995An audience talent show is interrupted by Helen Reddy, who pops up several ti...
Aired: Apr 21, 1995Tony Randall drops by to announce who tomorrow's guests will be, and Dave squ...
Aired: Apr 24, 1995After word spreads to the media that he's losing his ratings edge over Leno, ...
Aired: Apr 25, 1995In tonight's live remote, Dave annoys customers down the street at the Sam As...
Aired: Apr 26, 1995David Sanborn sits in yet again; various New York Yankees present the Top Ten...
Aired: Apr 27, 1995The Flying Rat is introduced on the show during a segment called ""What's New...
Aired: Apr 28, 1995Dave and Paul leave the show early to go over to Madison Square Garden for th...
Aired: May 1, 1995All of tonight's guests (Marilu Henner, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Will...
Aired: May 2, 1995The Giant Flying Rat is introduced via lasers and special effects just after ...
Aired: May 3, 1995(Supposed) Audience requests are fulfilled in tonight's ""Who Asked For It?""...
Aired: May 4, 1995Pete Fatovich attempts to kiss Paul again; the giant flying rat delivers the ...
Aired: May 5, 1995The giant flying rat dons a sombrero; Dave leaves the show early to marry Dre...
Aired: May 8, 1995Dave sends audience members Nico and Ingrid Van Eenennaan to London (to promo...
Aired: May 9, 1995Jimmy Smits, a guest the night before, is seen in his hotel room naked, doing...
Aired: May 10, 1995The Dutch husband and wife from last night resurface for a brief moment; Paul...
Aired: May 11, 1995Paul decides to have plastic surgery, then wakes up from the procedure with a...
Aired: May 12, 1995Calvert mimics the Giant Flying Rat; Dave comments on preparations for next w...
Aired: May 15, 1995The Late Show starts its week broadcasting from London. Ten London Guards bri...
Aired: May 16, 1995London, Day 2: The new James Bond, Remington Steele star Pierce Brosnan, ente...
Aired: May 17, 1995London, Day 3: ""London Souvenirs"" include a Prince Charles Ketchup Dispense...
Aired: May 18, 1995London, Day 4: Dave and Paul play soccer (or should I say football?) at Wembl...
Aired: May 19, 1995London, Day 5: Dave repeats a monologue joke in a British accent; Salman Rush...
Aired: May 22, 1995Cold opening: Dave belatedly thanks Drew Barrymore for her birthday ""gift"" ...
Aired: May 23, 1995It's the debut of ""May We Turn Your Pants Into Shorts?"" Dave cuts up his o...
Aired: May 24, 1995Aired: May 25, 1995Clint Black sits in; candy is thrown at the audience; the Top Ten Office is r...
Aired: May 26, 1995Dave takes a bunch of sailors to a local watering hole; Mujibur and Sirajul v...
Aired: Jun 5, 1995Cold Opening: Nicole Kidman asks Dave if he's drunk. Also, displayed by the ...
Aired: Jun 6, 1995Indianapolis 500 champion Jacque Vileneuve races a NYC cab around the theater...
Aired: Jun 7, 1995Biff delivers Dave in a golf cart; Dave and an audience member named Hal help...
Aired: Jun 8, 1995It's time for a studio audience talent show, with friends and relatives of th...
Aired: Jun 9, 1995Dave tells Rupert to bother people at a local bistro with his hidden mic; Dav...
Aired: Jun 12, 1995Dave chooses a person off the street to tell their life story; the Top Ten Ho...
Aired: Jun 13, 1995Stephen Stills sits in; Dave ""attends"" a recent President Clinton press con...
Aired: Jun 14, 1995Travis, a five-year-old golden retriever, has the ""Dog Cam"" attached to his...
Aired: Jun 15, 1995Dave arrives at the theater in a police car; throughout the night, spelling b...
Aired: Jun 16, 1995Travis and the Dog Cam return; Englebert Humperdinck serenades Rupert; ten ki...
Aired: Jun 19, 1995Dave announces that this is show number 4000, but later admits he's off by a ...
Aired: Jun 20, 1995Dave invites both a cabbie and an audience member to jump into a rooftop swim...
Aired: Jun 21, 1995Shortly after a ""What's New for Summer"" segment, Dave hands hamsicles (or, ...
Aired: Jun 22, 1995Cold Opening: ""ER"" star Anthony Edwards refuses to give Dave a physical. A...
Aired: Jun 23, 1995Dave celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of the debut of The David Letterman...
Aired: Jun 26, 1995Bernie Kopell storms out of the theater after ""The Love Boat"" is somehow me...
Aired: Jun 27, 1995Dave invites a standby audience member to play ""Will You Eat the Meatloaf?""...
Aired: Jun 28, 1995In an experimental comedy bit called ""Letters to the Editor,"" Dave reads a ...
Aired: Jun 29, 1995Dave shows the audience an old photo of Morty with an afro, and then later sh...
Aired: Jun 30, 1995In a remote, Dave asks apartment dwellers, ""What's the Coolest Thing In Your...
Aired: Jul 10, 1995Jim Carrey, Andre Agassi, and Tom and Roseanne Arnold miraculously appear in ...
Aired: Jul 11, 1995Dave says hello to viewers in France and Italy in their respective native ton...
Aired: Jul 12, 1995Charles Grodin promotes his new cable talk show.
Aired: Jul 13, 1995A small army of cyclists rush across the stage, while Dave and Pete Sampras p...
Aired: Jul 14, 1995After an admittedly lame remote on a ""Day In The Life"" of producer Robert M...
Aired: Jul 17, 1995Dave flashes back to how he stayed cool over the weekend by stuffing popsicle...
Aired: Jul 18, 1995Dan Rather presents the Top Ten; Chevy Chase plugs Man of the House and talks...
Aired: Jul 19, 1995Ed Sullivan Theater Building Engineer George Clarke begins his ""Quest for Co...
Aired: Jul 20, 1995Dave demonstrates a triple pencil flip; Rupert finds one of Dave's blue cards...
Aired: Jul 21, 1995Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band sits in; Dave offers an audience guy wi...
Aired: Jul 24, 1995A ""Dumb Ads"" segment introduces Canadian filling station attendent Dick Ass...
Aired: Jul 25, 1995Dave calls up Dick Assman; Ray Liotta arrives onstage riding a baby elephant,...
Aired: Jul 26, 1995Dave and Tony switch places for a few minutes; David Schwimmer is reunited wi...
Aired: Jul 27, 1995During a segment called ""Ask the Mayor,"" someone from the audience asks Rud...
Aired: Jul 28, 1995George Clarke's ""Quest for Corn"" finds him in Indianapolis with Dave's mom:...
Aired: Jul 31, 1995Dave gives $100 to an audience member after a monologue joke bombs; the show ...
Aired: Aug 1, 1995Dave announces that CBS has just been bought by Westinghouse, then spends the...
Aired: Aug 2, 1995Dave chats with Mary Ann Dennis, whose dog stopped a man that tried to mug her.
Aired: Aug 3, 1995During ""Stupid Pet Tricks,"" a small fish eats a worm whole. Meanwhile, Dav...
Aired: Aug 4, 1995The final installment of ""George Clarke's Quest for Corn"" finds our hero at...
Aired: Aug 7, 1995Dave announces it's ""Christmas in August,"" with Glen Campbell singing a med...
Aired: Aug 8, 1995Junior Brown sits in with the band; baseball star John Kruk talks about his r...
Aired: Aug 9, 1995The ""Dick Assman Update"" reveals that his popularity has hit fever pitch. ...
Aired: Aug 10, 1995Dave shows a ""highlight"" of last night's show: Dan Rather fondling Dave's b...
Aired: Aug 11, 1995In honor of an incident that resulted in a forfeit in the previous night's Do...
Aired: Aug 14, 1995All night long, Rupert touches meat and is joined later by Kelsey Grammer, hi...
Aired: Aug 15, 1995Dave claims that the chairman of Westinghouse has agreed to fight him. Later...
Aired: Aug 16, 1995During an interview with Isabella Rosselini, a guy on fire runs around the st...
Aired: Aug 17, 1995Paul is introduced as ""Johnny Lavaggi;"" Dave shows a (doctored) clip of Mon...
Aired: Aug 18, 1995Dave bids a fond farewell to his announcer, while Dick Assman also makes one ...
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