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Show #0438
Late Show with David Letterman - S2 - E219
Paul is introduced as ""Johnny Lavaggi;"" Dave shows a (doctored) clip of Monica Seles grunting; David Brenner does stand up.
Late Show with David Letterman: Season 2 - 52 Episode s
2x169 - Show #0388
May 25, 1995
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.
2x170 - Show #0389
May 26, 1995
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.
2x171 - Show #0390
June 5, 1995
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.
2x172 - Show #0391
June 6, 1995
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.
2x173 - Show #0392
June 7, 1995
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.
2x174 - Show #0393
June 8, 1995
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.
2x175 - Show #0394
June 9, 1995
Dave tells Rupert to bother people at a local bistro with his hidden mic; Dave chats with a woman that recently won ,000,000 in the state lottery; head CBS executives ""Les Moonves"" and ""Peter Lund"" sing Bob Seger's ""Like a Rock.""
2x176 - Show #0395
June 12, 1995
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.
2x177 - Show #0396
June 13, 1995
Stephen Stills sits in; Dave ""attends"" a recent President Clinton press conference; basketball star/party animal Dennis Rodman comments on his recent antics.
2x178 - Show #0397
June 14, 1995
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.""
2x179 - Show #0398
June 15, 1995
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.
2x180 - Show #0399
June 16, 1995
Travis and the Dog Cam return; Englebert Humperdinck serenades Rupert; ten kindergarteners write and present the Top Ten.
2x181 - Show #0400
June 19, 1995
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.
2x182 - Show #0401
June 20, 1995
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.
2x183 - Show #0402
June 21, 1995
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.""
2x184 - Show #0403
June 22, 1995
Cold Opening: ""ER"" star Anthony Edwards refuses to give Dave a physical. Also, Jonathan Katz does standup and promotes Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
2x185 - Show #0404
June 23, 1995
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.
2x186 - Show #0405
June 26, 1995
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.
2x187 - Show #0406
June 27, 1995
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.
2x188 - Show #0407
June 28, 1995
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.
2x189 - Show #0408
June 29, 1995
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.
2x190 - Show #0409
June 30, 1995
In a remote, Dave asks apartment dwellers, ""What's the Coolest Thing In Your Apartment?""
2x191 - Show #0410
July 10, 1995
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.
2x192 - Show #0411
July 11, 1995
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.
2x193 - Show #0412
July 12, 1995
Charles Grodin promotes his new cable talk show.
2x194 - Show #0413
July 13, 1995
A small army of cyclists rush across the stage, while Dave and Pete Sampras play a pickup round of tennis out on 53rd Street.
2x195 - Show #0414
July 14, 1995
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.
2x196 - Show #0415
July 17, 1995
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.
2x197 - Show #0416
July 18, 1995
Dan Rather presents the Top Ten; Chevy Chase plugs Man of the House and talks tennis.
2x198 - Show #0417
July 19, 1995
Ed Sullivan Theater Building Engineer George Clarke begins his ""Quest for Corn"" throughout the Midwest. He's off to Illinois.
2x199 - Show #0418
July 20, 1995
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.
2x200 - Show #0419
July 21, 1995
Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band sits in; Dave offers an audience guy with an unruly beard to shave it; Talent Assistant Zoe Friedham gets a tattoo; Dave gives the newly-shaven man .
2x201 - Show #0420
July 24, 1995
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.
2x202 - Show #0421
July 25, 1995
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.
2x203 - Show #0422
July 26, 1995
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.
2x204 - Show #0423
July 27, 1995
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.
2x205 - Show #0424
July 28, 1995
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.
2x206 - Show #0425
July 31, 1995
Dave gives 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.
2x207 - Show #0426
August 1, 1995
Dave announces that CBS has just been bought by Westinghouse, then spends the rest of the show joking about it.
2x208 - Show #0427
August 2, 1995
Dave chats with Mary Ann Dennis, whose dog stopped a man that tried to mug her.
2x209 - Show #0428
August 3, 1995
During ""Stupid Pet Tricks,"" a small fish eats a worm whole. Meanwhile, Dave goes into a Westinghouse washer in spin cycle.
2x210 - Show #0429
August 4, 1995
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.
2x211 - Show #0430
August 7, 1995
Dave announces it's ""Christmas in August,"" with Glen Campbell singing a medley of holiday standards at Hello Deli.
2x212 - Show #0431
August 8, 1995
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?""
2x213 - Show #0432
August 9, 1995
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.
2x214 - Show #0433
August 10, 1995
Dave shows a ""highlight"" of last night's show: Dan Rather fondling Dave's butt.
2x215 - Show #0434
August 11, 1995
In honor of an incident that resulted in a forfeit in the previous night's Dodgers-Cardinals game, audience members throw baseballs at Dave.
2x216 - Show #0435
August 14, 1995
All night long, Rupert touches meat and is joined later by Kelsey Grammer, his then-fiancee, and a priest from the audience.
2x217 - Show #0436
August 15, 1995
Dave claims that the chairman of Westinghouse has agreed to fight him. Later, Sonny Bono signs to Calvert's upstart record company.
2x218 - Show #0437
August 16, 1995
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.""
2x219 - Show #0438
August 17, 1995
Paul is introduced as ""Johnny Lavaggi;"" Dave shows a (doctored) clip of Monica Seles grunting; David Brenner does stand up.
2x220 - Show #0439
August 18, 1995
Dave bids a fond farewell to his announcer, while Dick Assman also makes one last appearance.
Late Show with David Letterman: All seasons
S1: Season 1
219 Episode s
S2: Season 2
220 Episode s
S3: Season 3
210 Episode s
S4: Season 4
213 Episode s
S5: Season 5
203 Episode s
S6: Season 6
213 Episode s
S7: Season 7
196 Episode s
S8: Season 8
197 Episode s
S9: Season 9
208 Episode s
S10: Season 10
187 Episode s
S11: Season 11
189 Episode s
S12: Season 12
193 Episode s
S13: Season 13
197 Episode s
S14: Season 14
199 Episode s
S15: Season 15
168 Episode s
S16: Season 16
200 Episode s
S17: Season 17
245 Episode s
S18: Season 18
181 Episode s
S19: Season 19
178 Episode s
S20: Season 20
179 Episode s
S21: Season 21
118 Episode s
S22: Season 22
139 Episode s