Walter Cronkite, Harry Hill, Spin Doctors
During Mailbag, Tony sits in for Dave while Dave sits in for Alan saying ""letter number two,"" which leads into a question about lawn care; comedian Harry Hill tells jokes about Cher, The A-Team, and his grandmother's funeral; Spin Doctors…
Episodes
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Show #0480
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Show #0481
Television City Studios, Day 2: Danny DeVito and Dave get into the stage pool and have a water fight. Meanwhile, Tony Mendez continues his cameo appearances on TV shows; tonight he’s seen in clips from “”Friends”” and “”Grace Under Fire.””
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Show #0482
From Los Angeles: Alka Seltzer® is inserted into the backdrop pool; Demi Moore presents “”The Top Ten Least Popular Stripper Names;”” Green Day performs “”86.””
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Show #0483
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “”My Friends””
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Show #0484
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Show #0485
Biff interrupts Dave’s opening remarks and asks for water. Out runs NYC marathon winner German Silva with his drink. Later, Bill Murray cooks toast, and Silver runs by again to pick it up.
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Show #0486
Dave uses the speaker phone to get someone to bring him pizza. Later, thirty folks show up with boxes, and slices are handed out to the audience. Also, the United States is in the middle of a government shutdown, so Dave calls the Pentagon, misdials, finally gets an answering machine, and hangs up. A stagehand […]
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Show #0487
Elton John promotes and sings two songs from his latest album, “”Made In England.””
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Show #0488
An audience guy holds cue cards in place of Tony (he’s sick), while Sean Penn promotes “”Dead Man Walking.””
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Show #0489
The Presidents of the United States of America perform their breakthrough hit, “”Toad.””
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Show #0490
Dave sends mailroom dude/budding diva Bob Borden to Washington as a White House correspondent.
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Show #0491
Dave asks folks on the street (including a poorly disguised Michael J. Fox) what they think of the federal budget crisis; Bob Borden makes his first report from DC.
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Show #0492
Amongst what’s “”New for the Holidays””: Gingerbread Rats, Howard Stern’s book “”Miss America”” read by James Earl Jones, and Kreskin guessing the weight of turkeys. Also, Bob Borden interrogates Larry King.
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Show #0493
Dave gives a turkey to a lady in the audience, then takes a turkey to the balcony with the help of a ladder; throughout the night, celebrities mention what they’re thankful for; trapeze artists Helen Turkett and Luke Martin perform.
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Show #0494
“”Soup Nazi”” Ali “”Al”” Yeganeh passes out turkey chili to the audience.
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Show #0495
In a sign of future legal trouble, Microsoft owner and multibillionaire Bill Gates tries to fix the Late Show Quiz Machine after it gets stuck displaying the answer “”Windows ’95″” in all three boxes. Also, Bob Borden tries with little success to deliver a turkey to President Clinton.
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Show #0496
Dave has Paul sit down on the guest chair because it’s his birthday. Soon afterwards, the outside cam reveals Dave buying Paul a birthday present from a girl on the street.
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Show #0497
Cold Opening: Dave and Creepy Dave go mano a mano in the green room. Also, Dave demonstrates one of the “”Top Ten Changes Westinghouse is Planning for CBS Tonight”” — he doodles the CBS logo on blank coffee mugs for tonight’s guests.
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Show #0498
Steve Martin shows up a day early, and Dave can’t get him offstage.
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Show #0499
After showing a clip from his new movie Father of the Bride, Part 2 on a 16mm film projector, Steve Martin and Dave appear in “”The Making of Steve Martin’s Appearance Documentary.””
