1. Show #0001  

First aired: 2/1/1982

The show opens with a haunting intro by NYC-based character actor Calvert Deforest; the NBC Peacock girls introduce Dave; throughout the night, a welding demonstration is held backstage; a seemingly drunk Bill Murray dances to Olivia Newton-John's hit "Physical"; Dave and Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert experiment with air compression; Steve Fessler recites lines from the movie "Bowery at Midnight."

2. Show #0002  

First aired: 2/2/1982

Dave selects an audience member named Sally to operate one of the show's cameras. Later, in the first installment of "Limited Perspecitve," Manhattan-based dentist Norman Hoffman reviews "Reds."

3. Show #0003  

First aired: 2/3/1982

After baseball great Hank Aaron is interviewed on the show, he leaves the set and is interviewed again by WNBC-TV's Al "Marv's Brother" Albert, asking him how the earlier interview went.

4. Show #0004  

First aired: 2/4/1982

A woman named Rita Stipo shows her home movies from New Year's Eve, 1954-55; in the first installment of "Stupid Pet Tricks," a dog hugs her owner, another sneezes and answers the phone, and a rabbit rides a skateboard; Joe Flaherty and John Candy plug "SCTV."

5. Show #0005  

First aired: 2/8/1982

As Walter Fairservis, a professor of Anthropology, drones on about his academic interests, a split-screen exposes Dave's hidden thoughts on how this interview is going. Also, a "man on the street"-type segment finds that the populace of New York City couldn't care less if the Empire State Building were demolished.

6. Show #0006  

First aired: 2/9/1982

7. Show #0007  

First aired: 2/10/1982

While being interviewed with Rick Moranis to plug their McKenzie Brothers film "Strange Brew," Dave Thomas falls asleep. Moranis closes the show by singing the national anthem.

8. Show #0008  

First aired: 2/11/1982

Paul introduces the members of his as-yet-named house band; as a Valentine's Day tribute, Harve Mann sings a medley of television theme songs.

9. Show #0009  

First aired: 2/15/1982

The Dave-Cam is introduced, which lets the home viewer see what Dave sees as he enters the studio from backstage, offers his opening remarks, and interviews "Bert the Human Caboose" (Calvert).

10. Show #0010  

First aired: 2/16/1982

When Dave goes backstage to put his tooth in, he invites an audience member named Rosemary to take over for him, and she interviews Dick Cavett.

11. Show #0011  

First aired: 2/17/1982

Tonight on "Small Town News": Dave calls The Dugger Study Club in Dugger, Indiana, and every member there sings "Winter Wonderland" over the phone.

12. Show #0012  

First aired: 2/18/1982

Tony Clifton (thought to be Andy Kaufman but is actually Andy's friend Bob Zmuda) botches a medley of tunes to a mystified audience; Dr. Ruth quizzes the audience on finding a woman's "G-spot."

13. Show #0013  

First aired: 2/22/1982

Students from P.S. 84 present "Little Acorns," a playlet about George Washington.

14. Show #0014  

First aired: 2/23/1982

Tonight on "Audience Point-of-View," Pete Fatovich portrays a disgruntled audience member who talks to himself, annoying the folks around him.

15. Show #0015  

First aired: 2/24/1982

Octogenerian vaudeville comedian Chaz Chase spends his segment with Dave eating a lit cigar, a cigarette, matches, rose stems, and a tiny harmonica before suddenly leaving the set, only to return and eat a paper towel, a cardboard vest, and the show's script. What he won't eat: ham and bacon.

16. Show #0016  

First aired: 2/25/1982

Remote: "Celebrities and their Dry-Cleaning."

17. Show #0017  

First aired: 3/1/1982

Tonight on "Limited Perspective," Dr. Norman Hoffman comes back to review "One From the Heart."

18. Show #0018  

First aired: 3/2/1982

19. Show #0019  

First aired: 3/3/1982

20. Show #0020  

First aired: 3/4/1982

The midway point of the show is highlighted by a high school marching band (complete with cheerleaders and baton twirlers) marching through the studio. Robert Klein calmly waits for them to leave before he continues his chat with Dave.

21. Show #0021  

First aired: 3/8/1982

Tonight's comedy bit is a report on sarcasm. Quoth Dave: "Right, sure, I'm sarcastic."

22. Show #0022  

First aired: 3/9/1982

Dave asks audience member Vonceil Hopper to prepare herself for a Barbara Walters-type interview about herself later in the show. Dave asks, "Ever iron a grilled cheese sandwich?"

23. Show #0023  

First aired: 3/10/1982

Tonight on "Small Town News": Dave calls Agnes and Clifford Woolbright in Weewoka, OK and asks them to describe their extensive Avon bottle collection. Also, filmmakers Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty promote their documentary The Atomic Cafe.

24. Show #0024  

First aired: 3/11/1982

Brothers/heavyweight boxers Leon and Michael Spinks discuss their "rivalry."

25. Show #0025  

First aired: 3/15/1982

To Dave's surprise and embarassment, the producers of "Airplane!" air Dave's 1979 screen test for the role that's eventually given to Robert Hayes.

26. Show #0026  

First aired: 3/16/1982

Chris Elliott makes his East Coast network debut appearance, reprising his portrayal of "Garbage" in a comedy bit called "Urban Paranoia" that was mysteriously blocked from East Coast viewing the night before due to a satellite screw-up.

27. Show #0027  

First aired: 3/17/1982

It's the Great Pizza Race, as three members from the audience order pizzas with everything on them from three different pizza places, Original Ray's, Joe G's, and Old Fashioned Pizza. Old Fashioned arrives first during Dave's interview with Ted Turner, followed later by Original Ray's and Joe G's.

28. Show #0028  

First aired: 3/18/1982

"Mork & Mindy" star Robin Williams makes a surprise walk-on when Norman Lear promotes his television special "I Love Liberty".

29. Show #0029  

First aired: 3/22/1982

In a remote called "A Man Called 'Jimmy'," Dave tracks down Jimmy's Bar and Restaurant, Jimmy's Body and Fender Repair, Jimmy's Coffee Shop, and Jimbi's Unisex Hair Salon.

30. Show #0030  

First aired: 3/23/1982

Dave selects audience members to paint a nude model with art instructor Joan Eby.

31. Show #0031  

First aired: 3/24/1982

Tonight's "New Video Games" includes "Who Packed the Parachutes?" "Video Migrant Worker," and "Sink the Love Boat."

32. Show #0032  

First aired: 3/25/1982

33. Show #0033  

First aired: 3/29/1982

34. Show #0034  

First aired: 3/30/1982

Andy Kaufman plugs his upcoming wrestling match with Jerry Lawler on April 5th, instigating a staged blood feud for the ages.

35. Show #0035  

First aired: 3/31/1982

Dave selects two audience members to spend the hour writing funny captions to photographs. James Slusher and Doris Roehrs come through in their segment "How Mr. and Mrs. America Occupy Their Time When They Have Nothing Contructive to Do."

36. Show #0036  

First aired: 4/1/1982

Comedianne Carol Leifer makes her network television debut on Late Night.

37. Show #0037  

First aired: 4/5/1982

A "Dial-It-Services" comedy bit ends with "Dial-a-Sixties-Burnout" as Paul Shaffer answers the line. Also, 60 Minutes' Morley Safer drops by and shows his paintings of hotel rooms.

38. Show #0038  

First aired: 4/6/1982

Dave risks his very first guest walkout by asking Don King, "Everytime I see you, whomever I'm with, asks, 'What do you suppose is the deal with Don's hair?'" Instead, Don laughs.

39. Show #0039  

First aired: 4/7/1982

Dave invites audience member Rick Buckner to report on the NBC Commissary.

40. Show #0040  

First aired: 4/8/1982

During his monologue, Dave asks the folks in the audience to please remove their snow tires. One soon rolls down the aisle.

41. Show #0041  

First aired: 4/12/1982

Dave celebrates his 35th birthday by welcoming 10-year-old Girl Scout Markita Andrews, who sold 3,240 cookies this year.

42. Show #0042  

First aired: 4/13/1982

Before the show, Dave teaches Jerry Garcia how to play "Proud Mary" on the guitar.

43. Show #0043  

First aired: 4/14/1982

Tonight's remote is "My New York: The Wonderful World of Plastics and the World's Largest Humidor."

44. Show #0044  

First aired: 4/15/1982

Jay Leno makes his first of 40 appearances on Late Night, while audience member Clara McAllister wins the show's first Elevator Race, crossing the finish line and interruping an interview with Livingston Taylor.

45. Show #0045  

First aired: 4/19/1982

"Who Asked For It?" makes its debut as actual audience members ask fake questions to Dave. (On later shows, staffers will eventually replace the audience and ask the questions.) Tonight, Ann Ivin wants to see talk show host Virginia Graham fire off an automatic weapon. But because of permit restrictions, Graham shoots at a target with a cross-bow.

46. Show #0046  

First aired: 4/20/1982

47. Show #0047  

First aired: 4/21/1982

"Elevator Etiquette" features Dave's assistant Marie O'Donnell and (in a rare on-screen appearance) then-Late Night writer Tom Gammill.

48. Show #0048  

First aired: 4/22/1982

Tonight on "Viewer Mail": Brian David Sterry asks why Paul always points to the ceiling right before Dave begins his monologue. Paul explains that he's been trying to tell Dave for weeks that stuck in the rafters is Joey Bishop, who acknowledges the studio audience.

49. Show #0049  

First aired: 4/27/1982

Dave chats with Mr. Bill (voiced by Walter Williams). Says Dave: "I'm talking to a wad of clay, folks."

50. Show #0050  

First aired: 4/28/1982

Since drummer Steve Jordan is leaving for three weeks for a tour in Japan, Dave recruits an audience member, Mary Lou Gajdosik, to sit in for him while he's gone. She and the band play "Wipe Out."

51. Show #0051  

First aired: 4/29/1982

Cosmic visionary Ruth "Uriel" Norman claims to have moved to Mars.

Special. Show #0052 (90 Minute Special)  

First aired: 4/30/1982

It's Late Night's first Friday night 90-minute special, which features the second installment of Stupid Pet Tricks and sex tips from Dr. Ruth.

53. Show #0053  

First aired: 5/3/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

54. Show #0054  

First aired: 5/4/1982

Tonight on "Who Asked For It?": Alex Linsky wants Yankees shortstop Willie Randolph to explain the bunt. Willie isn't available, so instead Peggy Cass explains and demonstrates.

55. Show #0055  

First aired: 5/5/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

56. Show #0056  

First aired: 5/6/1982

Tonight on "Viewer Mail": Kirk Hancock asks if the backdrop behind Dave consists of real glass. A decades-old tradition is thus born as Dave throws a pencil through the window to the sound of breaking glass.

57. Show #0057  

First aired: 5/10/1982

Dave asks an audience member, Betsy Houlihan, to order stuff for the show's "Dial-a-Delivery" project. By the end of the show, fresh fish, dry ice, a rug, popcorn, three sheep, 100 chairs, flowers, and a typewriter arrive.

58. Show #0058  

First aired: 5/11/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

59. Show #0059  

First aired: 5/12/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

60. Show #0060  

First aired: 5/13/1982

Tonight on "Viewer Mail": Paul Fromberg asks for another Bill Murray appearance. Bill calls on the phone and invites Dave to a party, so Dave calls in sick and leaves the set. A "Please Stand By" sign shows up on the TV screen and NBC then broadcasts footage from the 1975 World Series.

61. Show #0061  

First aired: 5/17/1982

Dave throws a pencil to the backdrop to the sound of the "Jaws" theme. Suddenly, a giant pencil appears and tries to poke Dave in the face. Guest Ed Asner, referring to the giant pencil, later tells Dave, "I've seen a lot of those things; I worked with Ted Knight."

62. Show #0062  

First aired: 5/18/1982

Instead of giving his usual nightly monologue, Dave introduces "The Happy Clown" and asks Hal Gurnee to speak. From the control room are the melancholy sounds of "Ho ho ho; ha ha ha."

63. Show #0063  

First aired: 5/19/1982

The "Baseball Hall of Fame" exhibit includes the First Hot Dog (from 1882), Abner Doubleday's original notebook (with drawings of horses and swordplay), and the first blimp shot inside the Astrodome.

64. Show #0064  

First aired: 5/20/1982

Paul Simon appears throughout the entire show as Dave's sole guest, performing "The Late Great Johnny Ace." History repeats itself as circumstances beyond Paul's control (i.e. a rowdy fan) force him to stop the song at the identical place when first performed at Central Park eight months earlier.

65. Show #0065  

First aired: 5/24/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

66. Show #0066  

First aired: 5/25/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

67. Show #0067  

First aired: 5/26/1982

The classic rabid-dog shaving dispenser makes its debut on Dave's "New Gift Items."

68. Show #0068  

First aired: 5/27/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

69. Show #0069  

First aired: 6/1/1982

Special Effects artist John Dykstra demonstrates how he prepared a composite film of a space dogfight in "Star Wars."

70. Show #0070  

First aired: 6/2/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

71. Show #0071 (820603)  

First aired: 6/3/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

72. Show #0072 (90 Minute Special)  

First aired: 6/4/1982

It's the second 90-minute Friday special, called, appropriately, "Dave." Featured is a return visit of the Rainbow Grill Peacock Girls as well as a musical introduction to each guest by Harve Mann. The show is in many ways a tribute to the last morning show aired 20 months earlier.

73. Show #0073  

First aired: 6/7/1982

Grade-schoolers from P.S. 35 perform "The Revolt of the Foolish Molar."

74. Show #0074  

First aired: 6/8/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

75. Show #0075  

First aired: 6/9/1982

Dave visits the 1982 World's Fair, which has somehow centralized itself in the green room; Hank Williams, Jr. is interviewed and sings "A Country Boy Can Survive;" another remote on celebrity hangouts called "Celebrities and Their Auto Repairs;" Elayne Boosler does stand-up; director John Carpenter plugs The Thing.

76. Show #0076  

First aired: 6/10/1982

Allen Ginsberg makes a rare television appearance and performs "Capitol Air."

77. Show #0077  

First aired: 6/21/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

78. Show #0078  

First aired: 6/22/1982

Harrison Ford makes his first guest appearance on Dave, describing his film "Blade Runner": "It's no musical comedy, Dave."

79. Show #0079  

First aired: 6/23/1982

Synopsis to be added later.

80. Show #0080  

First aired: 6/24/1982

Ted Nugent jams with Paul's band from homebase; Graham Chapman and Terry Gilliam promote "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl," then discuss British current events.

81. Show #0081  

First aired: 6/28/1982

It's "Haircut Day," as throughout the show three student barbers cut the hair of audience participants.

82. Show #0082  

First aired: 6/29/1982

For the first time on his show, Dave walks off the set after guest Ruth Westheimer recommends sexual satisfaction with a cucumber.

83. Show #0083  

First aired: 6/30/1982

Tonight is "Elevator Races, Part 2," as former champion Clara McAllister again beats her competitors downstairs and up again.

84. Show #0084  

First aired: 7/6/1982

In a segment called "Dave's Hobby Shop," five volunteers from the studio audience spend the show carving Dave's face from ham, ice, Styrofoam, balsa wood, and wax.

85. Show #0085  

First aired: 7/7/1982

A segment producer's dream pairing: Mr. T and Ron Howard, TV's "Opie," guest on the show. Mr. T stays for three full segments, while Howard is almost bumped.

86. Show #0086  

First aired: 7/8/1982

It's "Win a Date With Former Monkee Peter Tork Night." Also, Dave impersonator and SNL star Joe Piscopo makes his only appearance on Late Night.

87. Show #0087 (90 Minute Special)  

First aired: 7/9/1982

Larry Bud sweats through an immortal reading of "The Night Before Christmas" on the