Late Show with David Letterman - Season 3
Late Show with David Letterman: Season 3 - 100 Episode s
3x1 - Show #0440
September 4, 1995
Dave grills his new announcer, making him do voiceovers throughout the show (including #1 on the top ten list).
3x2 - Show #0441
September 5, 1995
Tom Snyder wants everybody to know that he does not hold a grudge with Dave. Meanwhile, Alan Kalter continues to get used to his new surroundings.
3x3 - Show #0442
September 6, 1995
Charlton Heston plays ""Dave's Boss"" and bullies him mercilessly. Later, Kevin Pollak promotes ""The Usual Suspects.""
3x4 - Show #0443
September 7, 1995
Amongst the ""Items Included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:"" Stuff found in ZZ Top's beards, a guitar made of David Crosby's old liver, and Marv Albert's Rock & Roll Bloopers, with Hootie (as in Hootie and the Blowfish) getting hit on the head by a basketball. Meanwhile, in order to prepare for an Olympic diver that will be appearing later, Dave recruits Alan and an audience member to get in a tank.
3x5 - Show #0444
September 8, 1995
Wesley Snipes promotes ""Money Train,"" then strips to a dress.
3x6 - Show #0445
September 11, 1995
A day after the Emmy Awards, Dave tosses donuts into the audience with the new Donut-A-Pult. Quote Dave: ""Now it's really hard to believe we didn't win an Emmy."" Meanwhile, Biff Henderson recites a passage from the Packwood Diaries.
3x7 - Show #0446
September 12, 1995
The Donutapult returns, while Dave brings in a cabbie to write a Top Ten list.
3x8 - Show #0447
September 13, 1995
While promoting the movie ""Showgirls,"" star Elizabeth Berkeley gives Dave a lap dance.
3x9 - Show #0448
September 14, 1995
Gerard, Rupert, and others discuss what they like about Autumn, while Rush Limbaugh introduces a mini-Donutapult.
3x10 - Show #0449
September 15, 1995
During CBS Mailbag, Cyndi Lauper sings ""Lactose Intolerant."" Later, the Donutapult makes one last appearance.
3x11 - Show #0450
September 18, 1995
Throughout the show, winners of obscure beauty pageants (including ""Miss Peanut"" and ""Miss South Carolina Tobacco"") walk across the stage and escort tonight's guests.
3x12 - Show #0451
September 19, 1995
Dick Assman is still popular in Canada; Newt Gingrich presents the Top Ten list; Thomas Haden Church promotes ""Ned & Stacey""; Dave juggles peaches.
3x13 - Show #0452
September 20, 1995
Rudy Guiliani give Dave a key to the city, then takes it back.
3x14 - Show #0453
September 21, 1995
Dave gives a three pound ham to an audience member, while ""Friends"" star Courtney Cox launches the ""Donutapult 2000.""
3x15 - Show #0454
September 22, 1995
Eddie Jamison (the guy who said ""I Love You, Man!"" in those beer commercials) interrupts the monologue; Doc Severinsen sits in with the band; Mary Tyler Moore accuses Dave of being a brown-noser.
3x16 - Show #0455
September 25, 1995
Doc Severinsen is still sitting in; The Delaria Sisters, a group of women who hang by their hair on a pole, demonstrate their skills; Dave chats with a grade-schooler who ran off a burgler.
3x17 - Show #0456
September 26, 1995
Dave invites his neighbor Steve over for coffee; Ellen Cleghorne promotes her new sitcom.
3x18 - Show #0457
September 27, 1995
13 NYC cab drivers are invited to serve on a mock jury to determine the fate of OJ Simpson. Instead, they're serenaded by Mel Torme.
3x19 - Show #0458
September 28, 1995
1995: Uma Thurman joins Geraldo Rivera as the mock jury of cab drivers continues to deliberate, led by foreman Parminder Singh. Dave notes, ""Uma, Parminder; Parminder, Uma.""
3x20 - Show #0459
September 29, 1995
Dave introduces ""The Donutapult 2000+,"" which is so big it has to sit out on 53rd Street. Later in the show, it is converted into ""The Melonapult 2000+.""
3x21 - Show #0460
October 2, 1995
Amongst the latest ""Back-to-School Items:"" Oreo Cookies with Clearasil Pad Filling, Larry King Ex-Wife Trading Cards, and a Kate Moss Lunchbox. Later, Andy Dick promotes ""Newsradio.""
3x22 - Show #0461
October 3, 1995
The cast and crew explains why they're glad the O. J. Simpson trial is over; Julianne Moore promotes ""Safe.""
3x23 - Show #0462
October 4, 1995
Pete Fatovich, ""Creepy Dave,"" and Gerard comment on the OJ verdict, while Chazz Palminteri gives an audience member his coat.
3x24 - Show #0463
October 5, 1995
Dave's ""younger brother Carl"" sits in on violin; Dave thinks he's on a caffeine buzz.
3x25 - Show #0464
October 6, 1995
3x26 - Show #0465
October 16, 1995
Dave, Cybill Shepherd, and sports legend Joe Montana throw footballs into cabs on 53rd Street. After repeated attempts, all three find their target at once. Also, Dave announces that tonight's show is in ""actual size.""
3x27 - Show #0466
October 17, 1995
Via live remote, Dave asks a customer at a nearby laundromat to take a pair of pants out of the dryer and bring them into the theater for guest Richard Simmons to wear.
3x28 - Show #0467
October 18, 1995
Marilyn Horne of the Metropolitan Opera presents the Top Ten; the Rev. Jesse Jackson discusses current events and mentions his son's run for Congress.
3x29 - Show #0468
October 19, 1995
During CBS Mailbag, Dave goes sailing with Paul, the models and Bob Denver. Later, William Shatner is beamed out of his seat.
3x30 - Show #0469
October 20, 1995
Dave goes to New Jersey to find a date for mailroom employee/superstar extrordinaire Bob Borden. Meanwhile, Paul is missing, so Dave leaves the theater and finds him chatting at a party with Woody Allen.
3x31 - Show #0470
October 23, 1995
Dave starts reading the Miranda Rights before realizing he has the wrong index card. He leaves the studio to search for the correct card and finds ""NYPD Blue"" stars Jimmy Smits and Dennis Franz reading the Top Ten List to a captured thug.
3x32 - Show #0471
October 24, 1995
Throughout the show, The ""Jimmy Letterman Singers"" sing ""Jimmy."" Later in the show, Dave concedes: ""It sucks, it stinks, it blows; it ain't working.""
3x33 - Show #0472
October 25, 1995
Throughout this year's World Series, kid reporter Sparky Mortimer has been making reports from the stadiums in Cleveland and Atlanta. Tonight, he lands a quick interview with Braves owner Ted Turner.
3x34 - Show #0473
October 26, 1995
During CBS Mailbag, Paul does a Johnny Carson impression. Later, Dave and Michael Rappaport lather up in order to use the CBS spa.
3x35 - Show #0474
October 27, 1995
Dave and Paul recruit a guy named Moe from a delicatessen, and the CBS Orchestra puts together a music video about him. Later, Sparky Mortimer runs the bases at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.
3x36 - Show #0475
October 30, 1995
Upon returning to NYC, Dave gives Sparky a pat on the back for a job well done; Casey Kasem introduces Wayne Hazeltine and the Pants Across America Tour; Carol Burnett takes off her skirt.
3x37 - Show #0476
October 31, 1995
A pumpkin launcher is demonstrated on 53rd Street, while The Pants Across America tour stops at St. Louis.
3x38 - Show #0477
November 1, 1995
Casey Kasem and the Pants Across America tour reports from Mount Rushmore, while up and coming actress Claire Danes introduces one of her favorite bands, UB40.
3x39 - Show #0478
November 2, 1995
Carol Channing harasses Dave during CBS Mailbag; the tour hits the Grand Canyon.
3x40 - Show #0479
November 3, 1995
Tonight on the ""Pants Across America"" tour, Casey Kasem is in Las Vegas, listening to an Elvis impersonator perform ""Burning Love.""
3x41 - Show #0480
November 6, 1995
3x42 - Show #0481
November 7, 1995
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.""
3x43 - Show #0482
November 8, 1995
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.""
3x44 - Show #0483
November 9, 1995
Red Hot Chili Peppers – ""My Friends""
3x45 - Show #0484
November 10, 1995
3x46 - Show #0485
November 13, 1995
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.
3x47 - Show #0486
November 14, 1995
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 gives him an ax, cuts the phone cord, and hands the phone to an audience member.
3x48 - Show #0487
November 15, 1995
Elton John promotes and sings two songs from his latest album, ""Made In England.""
3x49 - Show #0488
November 16, 1995
An audience guy holds cue cards in place of Tony (he's sick), while Sean Penn promotes ""Dead Man Walking.""
3x50 - Show #0489
November 17, 1995
The Presidents of the United States of America perform their breakthrough hit, ""Toad.""
3x51 - Show #0490
November 20, 1995
Dave sends mailroom dude/budding diva Bob Borden to Washington as a White House correspondent.
3x52 - Show #0491
November 21, 1995
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.
3x53 - Show #0492
November 22, 1995
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.
3x54 - Show #0493
November 23, 1995
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.
3x55 - Show #0494
November 24, 1995
""Soup Nazi"" Ali ""Al"" Yeganeh passes out turkey chili to the audience.
3x56 - Show #0495
November 27, 1995
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.
3x57 - Show #0496
November 28, 1995
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.
3x58 - Show #0497
November 29, 1995
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.
3x59 - Show #0498
November 30, 1995
Steve Martin shows up a day early, and Dave can't get him offstage.
3x60 - Show #0499
December 1, 1995
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.""
3x61 - Bob Hoskins, Martha Stewart, Al Green
December 11, 1995
3x62 - Jean Claude Van Damme, Kirstin Dunst, Michael Bolton
December 12, 1995
3x63 - Martin Short, Bev Tanner, The Dave Matthews Band
December 13, 1995
As a tribute to such beloved recurring segments such as ""The Man Under the Seats"" and ""The Fugitive Guy,"" Chris Elliott stars in a short-lived skit ""Cable Pulling Guy;"" Martin Short helps ""baking madwoman"" Bev Tanner make a cake.
3x64 - Harrison Ford, Bonnie Hunt, Bruce Springsteen
December 14, 1995
3x65 - Greg Kinnear, Janeane Garofalo, White Zombie
December 15, 1995
3x66 - Kathie Lee Gifford, Aaron Neville
December 18, 1995
3x67 - Jack Lemmon, Natalie Merchant
December 19, 1995
3x68 - Howard Stern, Melissa Etheridge
December 20, 1995
3x69 - Geena Davis, Goo Goo Dolls
December 21, 1995
After a video montage of the annual eggnog drinking from increasingly larger bowls, Dave and a model hop into a gigantic bowl of the liquid, later joined by Biff and the Goo Goo Dolls.
3x70 - Rosie O'Donnell, Mike Judge, Darlene Love
December 22, 1995
3x71 - Stupid Human Tricks, Julianna Marguiles, Del Amitri
December 26, 1995
3x72 - Mandy Patinkin, Terry Gilliam
December 27, 1995
3x73 - Robin Williams, Lauren Hutton, Chris Isaak
December 28, 1995
3x74 - Susan Sarandon, Drew Carey
December 29, 1995
3x75 - Lisa Kudrow, Art Donovan, Blues Traveler
January 2, 1996
3x76 - Chevy Chase, Marv Albert, Bruce Hornsby
January 3, 1996
3x77 - Tom Brokaw, Greg Fitzsimmons, Faith Hill
January 4, 1996
3x78 - Denis Leary, Bridget Hall, Toad the Wet Sprocket
January 5, 1996
3x79 - Sam Neill, Itzhak Perlman
January 8, 1996
3x80 - Pauly Shore, Ashley Judd
January 9, 1996
3x81 - Sandra Bullock, Marlon Wayans, Laurence Tai
January 10, 1996
3x82 - Jason Alexander, Elisabeth Shue
January 11, 1996
3x83 - Tim Robbins, Justin Wilson, Martina McBride, Norm MacDonald
January 12, 1996
3x84 - David Brenner, B.B. King
January 22, 1996
3x85 - Mia Farrow, Martin Scorcese, Brandy
January 23, 1996
3x86 - Don Rickles, Mary Stuart Masterson, Joe Ely & Todd Snider
January 24, 1996
CBS President Les Moonves (bogus) takes a moment to comment on Clinton's State of the Union address by singing ""Holding Out for a Hero."" Also, pre-teen sports reporter Sparky Mortimer returns to the show and is given a new assignment- to cover Super Bowl XXX.
3x87 - Matt Dillon, Reggie Miller, Pam Tillis
January 25, 1996
Sparky Mortimer makes another amusing -- albeit clumsy -- Super Bowl report; Dave chats with basketball star Reggie Miller.
3x88 - Conan O'Brian, Mira Sorvino, Seven Mary Three
January 26, 1996
3x89 - Richard Simmons, Christine Lahti, Nanci Griffith & the Crickets
January 29, 1996
3x90 - Jay Thomas, Larry Miller
January 30, 1996
3x91 - Elle MacPherson, David Spade, D'Angelo
January 31, 1996
3x92 - Alec Baldwin, Dwight Yoakam, Natalie Portman
February 1, 1996
3x93 - Cybill Sheperd, Al Franken, Sati Achath
February 2, 1996
3x94 - Jack Hanna, Tammy Faye Messner, Aimee Mann
February 5, 1996
3x95 - Joan Collins, Robert Downey Jr., Jean Louisa Kelly
February 6, 1996
3x96 - Chuck Norris, Samantha Mathis
February 7, 1996
3x97 - Stupid Pet Tricks, Ray Liotta, Soul Asylum
February 8, 1996
3x98 - Uma Thurman, Norm MacDonald, Ramones
February 9, 1996
Dave offers Liz Taylor a riding mower if she'll come on the show; clips from the HBO movie The Late Shift, which Dave calls ""satire;"" The Ramones perform ""She Talks to Rainbows.""
3x99 - Chris Farley, Gin Blossoms, Joe & Mary Graziano
February 12, 1996
3x100 - Adam Sandler, Jackie Chan, Red Hot Chili Peppers
February 13, 1996
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