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Season 1

1. Show #0001  

Community Score

8.9 Great
First aired: 8/30/1993    Production Code: PA-684-085

Tom Brokaw shows up to take back some NBC "intellectual property;" Dave shows off the renovated Ed Sullivan Theater; Bill Murray spray-paints Dave's name onto the front of his desk; Billy Joel performs "No Man's Land."

2. Show #0002  

Community Score

6.8 Fair
First aired: 8/31/1993    Production Code: PA-684-086

Dave's worst moment on last night's debut: his fake tooth fell out (the video is repeated several times in slow motion); a four-year-old geography expert and cheese lover named Jon Estrada names states on a U.S. map.

3. Show #0003  

Community Score

4.0 Poor
First aired: 9/1/1993    Production Code: PA-684-087

A very pregnant Demi Moore is given the honor of throwing the first pencil through the backdrop windows of the Late Show. Also, Bev Tanner bakes a housewarming cake for Dave.

4. Show #0004  

Community Score

7.5 Good
First aired: 9/2/1993    Production Code: PA-684-088

The ghost of Ed Sullivan (who haunts Dave throughout the first week) introduces a plate spinner; Andy Dick makes his first appearance as "Donnie, the CBS Page Who Likes To Suck Up."

5. Show #0005  

Community Score

9.0 Superb
First aired: 9/3/1993    Production Code: PA-684-089

Dave has fun with a car phone, calling in bogus traffic reports to 1010 WINS radio; Casey Kasem presents "Top Ten Favorite Numbers Between 1 and 10;" after showing a clip from an old "Wonder Woman" episode, Debra Winger strips to her old Wonder Girl outfit.

6. Show #0006  

First aired: 9/6/1993    Production Code: PA-684-090

Dave continues pestering locals with the new hands-free car phone: WINS radio, a car wash, Dial-a-Mattress and Jackson Hole Restaurant, where he orders pancakes. Also, child baseball prodigy (and future big leaguer) Sean Burroughs discusses his performance in the 1993 Little League World Series.

7. Show #0007  

First aired: 9/7/1993    Production Code: PA-684-091

Throughout the night, various members of the New York Giants kick field goals on 53rd Street; Michael J. Fox introduces Dave to his friend, pro bowler Johnny Petraglia.

8. Show #0008  

Community Score

9.2 Superb
First aired: 9/8/1993    Production Code: PA-684-092

Vice President Al Gore breaks ashtrays with Dave and presents the Top Ten.

9. Show #0009  

First aired: 9/9/1993    Production Code: PA-684-093

Dave takes a cab to help out at Yankee Stadium and later makes fun of Tony Randall; Lenny Kravitz performs "Are You Gonna Go My Way."

10. Show #0010  

First aired: 9/10/1993    Production Code: PA-684-094

David Sanborn sits in with the band; Siskel & Ebert do an impression of Beavis & Butthead; Bob Denver interrupts the Top Ten; Robert Plant performs "Great Spirit."

11. Show #0011  

First aired: 9/13/1993    Production Code: PA-661-474

John Popper of Blues Traveler sits in with the band; Dave meets several of his neighbors, including Joe G and Mujibur and Sirajul; Steven Wright does stand-up.

12. Show #0012  

First aired: 9/14/1993    Production Code: PA-661-475

The Mars Observer crashes into the studio; Mike Ditka promotes "NFL on NBC;" John Hiatt performs "Perfectly Good Guitar."

13. Show #0013  

First aired: 9/15/1993    Production Code: PA-661-476

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman sits in with the band; Dave makes several jokes at the expense of Yassir Arafat; the roof-cam catches Regis cheating on his wife.

14. Show #0014  

First aired: 9/16/1993    Production Code: PA-661-477

During CBS Mailbag, a GE executive lauches a rocket at Dave; Dave meets "Ben, the guy who really likes milk," who turns out to be an alienating weirdo; former Scandal lead singer Patty Smyth performed "No Mistakes."

15. Show #0015  

First aired: 9/17/1993    Production Code: PA-661-478

A group of Bill Clinton lookalikes walk into an Indian restaurant two blocks from the theater; Stone Temple Pilots performed "Vasoline."

16. Show #0016  

First aired: 9/20/1993    Production Code: PA-661-479

Tonight on "Let's Meet The Neighbors": copy-shop manager Fern Chapnick photocopies her face, while mild-mannered deli owner Rupert Jee comes on stage for a standing ovation. Also, Sarah Jessica Parker sings "Tomorrow" and later photocopies her face as well.

17. Show #0017  

First aired: 9/21/1993    Production Code: PA-661-480

David Sanborn sits in with the band; Dave does part of the show from his "house" in Connecticut, during which he argues with his roommate.

18. Show #0018  

First aired: 9/22/1993    Production Code: PA-661-481

Dave helps put the tarp on the field at Yankee Stadium; Calvert and Tony Randall are caught walking into FlashDancers.

19. Show #0019  

First aired: 9/23/1993    Production Code: PA-661-483

Don Knotts pops up in the audience during the Top Ten; a scene from the soap opera "As The World Turns" is inexplicably performed onstage.

20. Show #0020  

First aired: 9/24/1993    Production Code: PA-661-482

During "Mailbag," Dave wanders onto the set of the CBS Evening News; Glenn Close sits on the lap of an audience member; James Taylor performed "Sweet Baby James."

21. Show #0021  

First aired: 9/27/1993    Production Code: PA-661-098

Dave stands in line for tickets to "Miss Saigon"; jockey Julie Krone discusses her recently broken leg; Neil Diamond performs the Righteous Brothers classic "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling."

22. Show #0022  

First aired: 9/28/1993    Production Code: PA-661-113

Eight years after he tells Dave, "Being President isn't much; being on David Letterman is a big deal," Jimmy Carter finally appears as a guest on the show; Brett Butler does stand-up; Dave and Daniel Boulud make a chicken entree.

23. Show #0023  

Community Score

9.0 Superb
First aired: 9/29/1993    Production Code: PA-661-114

Ed Sullivan's ghost introduces juggler "Andy Head"; Paul & the CBSO play Jerry Lewis out with the coda from Count Basie's "April In Paris" (a Lewis signature tune); Dave gives Jerry his take on "Beavis and Butt-head," then Jerry runs around the set and gooses a cameraman; preteen sports reporter Sparky Mortimer makes his first appearance; Rod Stewart performs a cover of Tom Waits "Tom Traubert's Blues."

24. Show #0024  

First aired: 9/30/1993    Production Code: PA-661-115

Adam Sandler performs "My Little Chicken."

25. Show #0025  

First aired: 10/1/1993    Production Code: PA-661-484

Dave and Paul hang out in the park; Graham Parker performed "Lunatic Fringe."

26. Show #0026  

Community Score

7.6 Good
First aired: 10/4/1993    Production Code: PA-661-485

Dave's high-rise buddy Meg Parsont (at a different building) makes her first and only appearance on CBS -- giving a description of her boyfriend Tony to a police sketch artist.

27. Show #0027  

First aired: 10/5/1993    Production Code: PA-661-486

Dave calls a CBS operator to ask about Andy Rooney's favorite foods; Johnny Cash sings "Don't Take Your Guns to Town."

28. Show #0028  

First aired: 10/6/1993    Production Code: PA-661-487

During a segment previewing the new books for fall, Dave contends with an acerbic old woman who looks a lot like the NBC Bookmobile lady; Andy Dick returns as "Donnie... the CBS Page Who Likes to Suck Up"; John Mendoza performs standup and plugs his new sitcom.

29. Show #0029  

Community Score

6.0 Fair
First aired: 10/7/1993    Production Code: PA-661-488

Dave fixes his desk by placing a soft pretzel under a gimpy leg; Don Rickles promotes his new sitcom.

30. Show #0030  

First aired: 10/8/1993    Production Code: PA-661-121

"Celebrities in the Audience" makes its first appearance on the new show, as guests from previous shows are introduced in the crowd -- Glenn Close, Sylvester Stallone, Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Carter, Siskel & Ebert and Bob Borden.

31. Show #0031  

First aired: 10/11/1993    Production Code: PA-661-490

Dave orders a pizza for FlashDancers; Kathie Lee Gifford sings a Christmas song.

32. Show #0032  

First aired: 10/12/1993    Production Code: PA-661-491

Tonight on "Stupid Pet Tricks," a dog goes down a slide with a live monkey on its back.

33. Show #0033  

First aired: 10/13/1993    Production Code: PA-661-492

Live via telephone, James Earl Jones lists various types of baseball injuries; Mark Hamill is seen outside the theater attempting to parallel-park; Dave chats with Jeff Colton, BBC's "Brain of Britain."

34. Show #0034  

First aired: 10/14/1993    Production Code: PA-661-493

Dave shows (faux) footage of Madonna bicycling naked in Central Park; Dave stops the show to pause and reflect; Gloria Estefan performs "¡Sí Señor!"

35. Show #0035  

First aired: 10/15/1993    Production Code: PA-661-494

Dave and Dan Rather swap ties; live on 53rd Street, human cannonball Jon Weiss is shot into the air; during his interview, Tom Arnold asks Dave to make friendly with his wife Roseanne, resulting in the sitcom star to suddenly appear onstage and ask Dave to interview her.

36. Show #0036  

First aired: 10/18/1993    Production Code: PA-661-495

Tonight on "Let's Meet The Neighbors": Dave buy bagels for the balcony from Alexandra Mitsakis; they later throw bagels to the balcony.

37. Show #0037  

First aired: 10/19/1993    Production Code: PA-661-116

Paul visits the CBS nurse, claiming he's fatigued from watching too much baseball. Later, Dave reads his Summer predictions from before he switched networks.

38. Show #0038  

First aired: 10/20/1993    Production Code: PA-661-117

Throughout the night, the fire alarm keeps going off in the theater; Dan Rather asks Dave for his opinion on Hillary Clinton.

39. Show #0039  

First aired: 10/21/1993    Production Code: PA-661-118

Dave shows a tape of CBS' World Series announcers poking fun at him; Gavin MacLeod interrupts the Top Ten; Guru (featuring N'Deh Davenport) performed "When You're Near."

40. Show #0040  

First aired: 10/22/1993    Production Code: PA-661-119

David Sanborn sits in for the first time with the CBS Orchestra; Kent Graham and Bart Oates of the New York Giants teach Martin Mull how to kick a field goal; 1993 NYC chef of the year Jean-Louis Palladin makes large clam bisque, which Dave passes onto the audience.

41. Show #0041  

First aired: 10/25/1993    Production Code: PA-661-120

Sean Connery arrives to his interview via jetpack; Fran Drescher promotes The Nanny.

42. Show #0042  

First aired: 10/26/1993    Production Code: PA-661-121

Cast members from "Cats" are frisked by the NYPD; Dave walks around the theater with a microphone to let the audience ask Phil Donahue some questions; World Series MVP Paul Molitor butts in on Dave's chat with Lenny Dykstra.

43. Show #0043  

First aired: 10/27/1993    Production Code: PA-661-122

A female audience member plays "Regis Roulette"; Marv Albert brags about being able to sneeze on cue, but doesn't deliver; Chris Elliott stars in "Housewives! The Making of the Cast Album."

44. Show #0044  

First aired: 10/28/1993    Production Code: PA-661-123

Dave, Paul, and Anton star in the new sitcom "Jimmy Cubed." Also, INXS and Ray Charles perform "Please (You Got That)."

45. Show #0045  

First aired: 10/29/1993    Production Code: PA-661-496

Dave and Paul temporarily depart the show to go golfing upstate.

46. Show #0046  

First aired: 11/1/1993    Production Code: PA-661-497

Dave leaves the studio to hail a cab, and throughout the night, people ride around the block in said taxi. Later, during a cooking segment with Martha Stewart, Jay Thomas throws food at Dave's face.

47. Show #0047  

First aired: 11/2/1993    Production Code: PA-661-498

Dave explains voting booth instructions; Paul Simon (featuring The Mighty Clouds of Joy) performs "Gone At Last."

48. Show #0048  

First aired: 11/3/1993    Production Code: PA-661-499

Beginning with this episode, Paul plays music as Dave walks to his desk rather than simply say "hello"; throughout the night, families are reunited onstage, including Tony Randall and his "twin brother" Calvert; Jimmy Cliff performs the reggae standard "I Can See Clearly Now."

49. Show #0049  

First aired: 11/4/1993    Production Code: PA-661-500

Throughout the night, Dave goofs around with the survey board from "Family Feud"; Rupert Jee brings over some coffee; Natalie Merchant performs a cover of Patti Smith's "Because the Night."

50. Show #0050  

First aired: 11/5/1993    Production Code: PA-661-501

Dave reads his secret diary in front of Congress a la Bob Packwood; author Calvin Trillin discusses his old friend Denny Hansen (the inspiration for his book Remembering Denny).

51. Show #0051  

First aired: 11/8/1993    Production Code: PA-661-502

In commemoration of fifty broadcasts of the Late Show, Dave and an audience woman walk over to K&L Rock America to buy souvenirs.

52. Show #0052  

First aired: 11/9/1993    Production Code: PA-661-503

The Late Show Prize Wonderland begins a 4-day tour on stage, as "Price Is Right's Dian Parkinson displays a recliner and videophone.

53. Show #0053  

First aired: 11/10/1993    Production Code: PA-661-504

Mary Tyler Moore treats Late Show viewers to a video clip of Dave from her 1978 variety show, "Mary," in which she smashes a grapefruit in Dave's face. Also, Dave, Biff, Gaines, Anton and Laurie Diamond get their teeth cleaned.

54. Show #0054  

First aired: 11/11/1993    Production Code: PA-661-505

Dave calls up Johnny Carson to ask for permission to play the old Tonight Show segment "Stump The Band"; Pete Townshend performs "Don't Try To Make It Real."

55. Show #0055  

First aired: 11/12/1993    Production Code: PA-661-506

A man parachutes into the theater; Dian Parkinson attempts to give away Carol Kane; Dave chats with 1993 NL MVP Barry Bonds and points out his (alleged) trainer in the audience.

56. Show #0056  

First aired: 11/15/1993    Production Code: PA-661-507

In tonight's Phone Challenge, a female passerby is invited into the theater to watch the show from the catwalk. Later in the show, she brings in a few galpals to watch with her.

57. Show #0057  

First aired: 11/16/1993    Production Code: PA-661-508

Dave shows the sweatshirt that the Connecticut State Police gave him; throughout the night, famed boxing announcer Michael Buffer introduces each of tonight's guests and also reads the Top Ten; after showing a clip of himself hitting his head and bleeding on the show several weeks ago, Dave finally gets his the stitches taken out of his head.

58. Show #0058  

First aired: 11/17/1993    Production Code: PA-661-509

Throughout the night, bowling legend Dick Weber struts his stuff on 53rd Street, and Dave is so impressed that he kisses his forehead; tonight's "Stupid Human Tricks" includes a guy that balances a canoe on his chin; George Thorogood & The Destroyers perform "Get a Haircut."

59. Show #0059  

First aired: 11/18/1993    Production Code: PA-661-510

Rupert makes a hoagie for Dave; the legendary Bob Dylan performed "Forever Young."

60. Show #0060  

First aired: 11/19/1993    Production Code: PA-661-511

Dave ends the show early, and after a detour at FlashDancers, Paul finds him applying makeup for a performance of "Cats." Also, Meat Loaf performs "Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back."

61. Show #0061  

First aired: 11/22/1993    Production Code: PA-661-512

"Meet the Neighbors," conclusion: The outside cam goes to K & L's Rock America to see Mujibur Rahman and Sirajul Islam, and Dave has them round up Bart Dadon, Fern Chapnick, Rupert Jee, Alexandra Mitsakis and Charlie Levy from the nearby stores and businesses for a group photo.

62. Show #0062  

First aired: 11/23/1993    Production Code: PA-661-513

Throughout the night (live via satellite), legendary baseball manager Tommy Lasorda swims laps in a California swimming pool.

63. Show #0063  

Community Score

7.5 Good
First aired: 11/24/1993    Production Code: PA-661-514

Dave glosses over a pamphlet for NAFTA; Bryant Gumbel makes his favorite Thanksgiving dessert, Louisiana bread pudding; comedian/SNL writer Dave Attell makes his network television debut.

64. Show #0064  

Community Score

7.0 Good
First aired: 11/25/1993    Production Code: PA-661-515

Throughout the night, Calvert reports from the parade, even though it ended ten hours beforehand. Also, in a new Late Show tradition, Dave guesses what pies his mother made this Thanksgiving; one of them turns out to be a orange pumpkin pie with whipped cream and hickory nuts, which Dave later assumes was store-bought.

65. Show #0065  

Community Score

8.0 Great
First aired: 11/26/1993    Production Code: PA-682-406

In a classic Late Show moment, tonight's remote finds Dave harassing customers in the drive-thru of a New Jersey McDonald's.

66. Show #0066  

First aired: 11/29/1993    Production Code: PA-682-405

In "Bad Phone Call," Dave calls the father of Michelle Polikas to tell him she's living with Bob Howard. Also, Dave takes two lollipops away from Angel the camera man, and he gives them to Bob and Michelle.

67. Show #0067  

First aired: 11/30/1993    Production Code: PA-682-404

Mandy Patinkin drops by (along with Tony Randall), and asks for rehearsal time. Before Dave gets a chance to say no, Mandy and the CBS Orchestra perform a fully-arranged "Rockabye Your Baby."

68. Show #0068  

First aired: 12/1/1993    Production Code: PA-682-409

Throughout the night, the show is interrupted by "shocking" plot twists, including "Mrs. Doub