2x38 - Show #0257

October 26, 1994

Two standby audience folks named Jenya and Gary are sent to take food to Dan Rather, courtesy of Rupert. Later, Mike Judge discusses his hit MTV show ""Beavis & Butt-head.""

2x39 - Show #0258

October 27, 1994

2x40 - Show #0259

October 28, 1994

2x41 - Show #0260

October 31, 1994

Calvert goes trick-or-treating in Nutley, New Jersey (Martha Stewart's hometown); Lauren Bacall plugs ""Pret-a-Porter"" (Ready to Wear).

2x42 - Show #0261

November 1, 1994

John Popper sits in; throughout the night, Mujibur and Sirajul appear as correspondents on Court TV; Elijah Wood plugs North.

2x43 - Show #0262

November 2, 1994

2x44 - Show #0263

November 3, 1994

Dave gets freshened up by a street sweeper; Rupert serves ""Bill Clinton Soup.""

2x45 - Show #0264

November 4, 1994

2x46 - Show #0265

November 7, 1994

2x47 - Show #0266

November 9, 1994

2x48 - Show #0267

November 10, 1994

2x49 - Show #0268

November 11, 1994

Live via telephone, Jerry Lewis pronounces the new governor's name ""Puh-tack-ee;"" ""Picket Fences"" star Fyvush Finkel sings ""If I Were a Rich Man;"" The Cranberries perform ""Zombie.""

2x50 - Show #0269

November 14, 1994

Dave selects a woman from outside named Laurie Byrd to be his co-host tonight; Biff and George Clarke recreate a scene from the hit CBS miniseries ""Scarlett.""

2x51 - Show #0270

November 15, 1994

2x52 - Show #0271

November 16, 1994

2x53 - Show #0272

November 17, 1994

2x54 - Show #0273

November 18, 1994

2x55 - Show #0274

November 21, 1994

2x56 - Show #0275

November 22, 1994

2x57 - Show #0276

November 23, 1994

2x58 - Show #0277

November 24, 1994

2x59 - Show #0278

November 25, 1994

2x60 - Show #0279

November 28, 1994

The outside cam reveals that Dave's picture in the window of Joe G's Pizza. Dave calls and distracts Joe while Paul steals the unflattering portrait; Jon Lovitz plugs North.

2x61 - Show #0280

November 29, 1994

Roseanne makes a rare political statement; Dave's accountant Fred Nigro takes a bow.

2x62 - Show #0281

November 30, 1994

Mujibur, Sirajul and Tony Randall take a photo together; tonight's celebrities in the audience: Mia Farrow, Eddie Murphy and Sharon Stone.

2x63 - Show #0282

December 1, 1994

2x64 - Show #0283

December 2, 1994

One of tonight's cue cards goes to a garbage truck outside; in the latest edition of ""Rupert and Me,"" Dave radios strange comments to Rupert, which are then repeated out loud to annoyed passers-by; Nicholas Turturro sings ""My Way;"" Michael Keaton gets arrested for shoplifting at Hello Deli.

2x65 - Show #0284

December 12, 1994

Cold Opening: Jim Carrey and an unshaven Dave goof around. Later in the show, Mickey, the barber at the Wellington Hotel, shaves off Dave's beard.

2x66 - Show #0285

December 13, 1994

2x67 - Show #0286

December 14, 1994

2x68 - Show #0287

December 15, 1994

Siskel and Ebert throw snowballs; Michael J. Fox walks onstage with a cow.

2x69 - Show #0288

December 16, 1994

2x70 - Show #0289

December 19, 1994

2x71 - Show #0290

December 20, 1994

2x72 - Show #0291

December 21, 1994

2x73 - Show #0292

December 22, 1994

2x74 - Show #0293

December 23, 1994

2x75 - Show #0294

December 26, 1994

Bad Religion performed ""Infected""

2x76 - Show #0295

December 27, 1994

2x77 - Show #0296

December 28, 1994

During ""Charts and Graphs,"" Dave sends an audience member down the street for copies of a chart. Also, Dave calls the mother of a different audience member, but he ends up leaving a message on her machine.

2x78 - Show #0297

December 29, 1994

A customer at Hello Deli shows Dave her holiday photos. Later, Dave checks his temperature (99.5 F).

2x79 - Show #0298

December 30, 1994

Dave ends the show early yet again, and Paul finds him sobbing on the Ricki Lake show; Biff has champagne coming out of his ears; Dick Clark presents the Top Ten; Dave and Richard Simmons go harassing people door-to-door in New Jersey.

2x80 - Show #0299

January 2, 1995

2x81 - Show #0300

January 3, 1995

2x82 - Show #0301

January 4, 1995

Michael Buffer announces Phil Hartman's entry onstage; a comely postal carrier distracts Dave.

2x83 - Show #0302

January 5, 1995

2x84 - Show #0303

January 6, 1995

Dave autographs a ham; Calvert (dressed as Newt Gingrich's mother) presents the Top Ten.

2x85 - Show #0304

January 9, 1995

2x86 - Show #0305

January 10, 1995

2x87 - Show #0306

January 11, 1995

2x89 - Show #0308

January 13, 1995

Al Green performs ""Let's Stay Together.""

2x90 - Show #0309

January 16, 1995

2x91 - Show #0310

January 17, 1995

2x92 - Show #0311

January 18, 1995

2x93 - Show #0312

January 19, 1995

2x94 - Show #0313

January 20, 1995

2x95 - Show #0314

January 30, 1995

2x96 - Show #0315

January 31, 1995

Dave shows a (bogus) Super Bowl ad starring himself; Gerard presents ""Top Ten Signs You're Not the Sexiest Man Alive.""

2x97 - Show #0316

February 1, 1995

2x98 - Show #0317

February 2, 1995

2x99 - Show #0318

February 3, 1995

2x100 - Show #0319

February 6, 1995

Rosanne Cash performs ""I Count the Tears.""

2x101 - Show #0320

February 7, 1995

2x102 - Show #0321

February 8, 1995

2x103 - Show #0322

February 9, 1995

2x104 - Show #0323

February 10, 1995

2x105 - Show #0324

February 13, 1995

2x106 - Show #0325

February 14, 1995

2x107 - Show #0326

February 15, 1995

2x108 - Show #0327

February 16, 1995

Dave introduces the brand new ""Late Show Dancers,"" who prance around throughout the show. Also, 83-year-old Empire State Building employee Chico Chimone plays the piano.

2x109 - Show #0328

February 17, 1995

2x110 - Show #0329

February 20, 1995

Dave sends three members from the audience to go to a nearby movie theater to videotape some clips from Pulp Fiction. They return in time to show the footage during John Travolta's guest appearance to promote the film. Also, Mujibur and Sirajul report from yesterday's Daytona 500.

2x111 - Show #0330

February 21, 1995

2x112 - Show #0331

February 22, 1995

Cybill Shepherd promotes her new sitcom; Gary Sinise brags about the perks of being an Academy Award Nominee.

2x113 - Show #0332

February 23, 1995

Wayne Newton (live via satellite) presents the Top Ten; Michael McKean comments on the recent troubles on the set of ""Saturday Night Live;"" David Byrne and the CBS Orchestra perform ""You & Eye.""

2x114 - Show #0333

February 24, 1995

2x115 - Show #0334

February 27, 1995

2x116 - Show #0335

February 28, 1995

2x117 - Show #0336

March 1, 1995

2x118 - Show #0337

March 2, 1995

Bernie Worrell sits in; Al Roker does a weather forecast; Dave retrieves a blue card from ""Forrest Gump"" (Calvert); Jeff Goldblum tap dances.

2x119 - Show #0338

March 3, 1995

2x120 - Show #0339

March 6, 1995

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)

2x121 - Show #0340

March 7, 1995

On the first Letterman show ever aired on this date, Bill Cosby, Tito Puente, and Dave climb a ladder up to the balcony, and Luke Perry does a science experiment in place of bumped guest Lee Marek.

2x122 - Show #0341

March 8, 1995

2x123 - Show #0342

March 9, 1995

2x124 - Show #0343

March 10, 1995

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.

2x125 - Show #0344

March 13, 1995

2x126 - Show #0345

March 14, 1995

2x127 - Show #0346

March 15, 1995

2x128 - Show #0347

March 20, 1995

Dave gives a girl in the audience named Amy money to buy spring flowers, and later her boyfriend (also in the audience) sings karaoke with Will Smith.

2x129 - Show #0348

March 21, 1995

A woman in the audience bakes cookies for everyone; Conan O'Brien appears in Dave's latest Oscar-related dream; Dave gets his toupee dry-cleaned.

2x130 - Show #0349

March 22, 1995

Throughout the night, Dave practices giving out Oscars, awarding achievements by Tony Randall, Doc Severinson (who's sitting in), Tony Mendez, a hi-ho girl, and Sirajul Islam (Mujibur was sick). Also, Dave chats with a man whose dog ran away, then found his pet on the opposite side of the country.

2x131 - Show #0350

April 3, 1995

John Mayall sits in; Dave comments on his much-scrutinized performance as host of last week's Academy Awards.

2x132 - Show #0351

April 4, 1995

Throughout the night, the legendary Ashton Family acrobats perform their greatest stunts outside on 53rd Street.

2x133 - Show #0352

April 5, 1995

Dave spells Uma and Oprah with hot dog wieners, while Creepy Dave lurks in the backdrop during his interview with Bryant Gumbel.

2x134 - Show #0353

April 6, 1995

At the end of tonight's ""New Books"" segment, Dave gives one of the phony manuscripts to a girl in the audience. Also, for no apparent reason, Gerard dances around onstage in a sun dress.

2x135 - Show #0354

April 7, 1995

Two babes in the audience are observed with ""Marry Us Dave"" T-shirts; Dave, Calvert, and Biff sit around and do nothing for three minutes; Dave asks cab drivers what they thought of his performance at the Oscars.

2x136 - Show #0355

April 10, 1995

Dave invites the stand-by audience to his office and watch the show from there. Later, they're joined by Faye Dunaway and chef Wolfgang Puck.

2x137 - Show #0356

April 11, 1995

Throughout the night, various staffers walk onstage to give Dave ""dramatic tension,"" while Robert Pastorelli explains his departure from the hit comedy Murphy Brown.

2x138 - Show #0357

April 12, 1995

Mayor Guiliani and Dave agree to disagree on the new slogan for the New York Tourism Board; Drew Barrymore gives Dave a birthday surprise.