4x163 - Farrah Fawcett, John Fogerty

June 6, 1997

Promoting an upcoming TV special, Farrah Fawcett walks out in a boozy daze, complimenting Dave for the view of the skyline when it's really a backdrop, then crawls around and makes animal noises. At the end of the show, Dave thanks Farrah for ""almost being here tonight.""

4x164 - Harrison Ford, Steven Wright, Dave Matthews Band

June 9, 1997

Biff reports from the NBA Finals in Salt Lake City; Dave makes his usual joke about buying his first car at Harrison Ford in Indiana; Dave Matthews Band performs ""Too Much.""

4x165 - Isabella Rossellini, Dave Chapelle, Bono & Larry Mullen

June 10, 1997

Dave shows an altered clip of President Clinton admitting his dislike for cloning, and later Dave is once again visited by ""the lovely Is-a-bella Ros-sell-ini.""

4x166 - Jon Stewart, Susan Molinari, Seven Mary Three

June 11, 1997

Dave turns the hose on pedestrians outside the theater; Jaleel ""Urkel"" White helps ""Les Moonves"" promote CBS' fall lineup; Seven Mary Three performs ""Lucky.""

4x167 - Tom Brokaw, Janeane Garafolo, Sheryl Crow

June 12, 1997

Tom Brokaw explains why he turned down an offer to leave NBC for CNN: ""Same as you with CBS: more money, smaller audience."" Also, Sheryl Crow performs ""A Change (Will Do You Good).""

4x168 - John Travolta, Grant Hill, Sinead O'Connor

June 13, 1997

Mailbag: ""Farrah Fawcett"" (Calvert) explains her behavior from last week. Also, Kenny ""The Quick-Witted Stagehand"" Sheehan makes his 1000th TV appearance, which is followed by footage of his (bogus) television debut on Ed Sullivan in 1964.

4x169 - George Carlin, Nick Chinlund, James Taylor

June 16, 1997

Paul is introduced as ""Radu,"" then shows Dave a Happy Meal toy that looks just like him. Also, Dave hides in an apartment, harassing delivery people as they come and go.

4x170 - Kathy Ireland, Jeremy Holz, Michael Story

June 17, 1997

A new challenge: ""Who Can Hail a Cab First""- a pantsless Mets fan or a pantless Yankees fan? For once, the Mets win the big one.

4x171 - Matt Lauer, Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, Mighty Mighty Bosstones

June 18, 1997

Dave gives an audience woman a ham just for being Polish; several members of the cast of Cats go inside FlashDancers; Alan Kalter promotes ""Late Show: The Game""; The Mighty Mighty Bosstones perform ""The Impression That I Get.""

4x172 - Julia Roberts, Jon Bon Jovi

June 19, 1997

Julia Roberts is treated to a clip of her first appearance on Letterman from 1990, only to watch the clip blackened out by NBC. Also, Jon Bon Jovi performs ""Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town.""

4x173 - Siskel & Ebert, Dermot Mulroney, King Charles Troupe

June 20, 1997

""Riverdancers"" Gerry Mulligan, Mike McIntee, Eric Kaplan, and Jim Peterson amaze and delight the studio audience and the home viewers in response to a letter in the CBS Mailbag.

4x174 - Marilu Henner, Doug E. Doug, Johnny Lang

June 23, 1997

Anton is introduced as ""Anton Zip""; Dave shows the audience a chart of who's permitted to be on the show and who isn't; in tonight's remote, Dave goes to a private school in Manhattan to chat with child prodigies.

4x175 - Nick Turturro, Daisy Fuentes, Motley Crue

June 24, 1997

The outside cam heads to Joe G's looking for a guy to write a theme song for, where they stumble across Brian and his girlfriend. Also, Dave takes the audience outside to watch Motley Crue perform on the sidewalk.

4x176 - Peter Fonda, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Ricki Lee Jones

June 25, 1997

It's 91 degrees outside, so Biff decides to watch ice melt on the street.

4x177 - Brian Williams, Diane Cannon, Gil Shaham

June 26, 1997

A flying saucer heckles Dave from the backdrop, while Dyan Cannon promotes Out to Sea and makes friendly with Dave.

4x178 - Martin Lawrence, Robert Zemeckis, Sarah McLachlan

June 27, 1997

Dave declares a guy named Jeff as ""Captain of the Audience,"" helping the host out with menial tasks such as helping present the Top Ten and keeping the audience awake. Also, film director Robert Zemeckis makes a rare television appearance, promoting his new movie Contact.

4x179 - Will Smith, Heidi Klum, Brad Byers

June 30, 1997

Bowling great Dick Weber sits in with the band; Calvert kicks someone in the nether regions for the shear fun of it; Dave and Paul trade faces.

4x180 - Jason Priestly, Patricia Richardson, The Cicadas

July 1, 1997

Dave gets two girls at a nearby cafe to help celebrate Canada Day with Canada Dry®, which gets delivered by a Mountie; to continue a running gag started the previous night, bowler Johnny Petraglia sits in; various staffers describe clips from America's Funniest Home Videos.

4x181 - Tom Arnold, Mitchell Libonati, Blur

July 2, 1997

During the ""Supermarket Finds"" segment, Dave takes a sample of something called ""White Fungus"" and spits it out; another bowling great (Marshall Holman) sits in with the band on tambourine; Dave chats with Mitchell Libonati, the man who found the piece of Evander Holyfield's ear that was chewed off in the infamous boxing match that previous weekend; Blur performs ""Song 2.""

4x182 - Evander Holyfield, Lee Marek, Sarah Silverman

July 3, 1997

Dave talks about the a new unauthorized autobiography of Martha Stewart; tonight's guest bowler is Hall of Famer Carmen Salvino; Dave appears in a 50's-style cigarette ad; Evander Holyfield gives Dave his account of the incident that occurred in his fight last weekend with Mike Tyson.

4x183 - Martin Short, Manny the Hippie, Fang Fang

July 4, 1997

Pro bowler Nelson Burton, Jr. sits in; during Mailbag, Tom Arnold bits his own ear off; Manny the Hippie resurfaces; for the second year in a row, Dave sends audience members from San Francisco to the Empire State Building to display the US flag.

4x184 - Don Rickles, Brendan Fraser, En Vogue

July 14, 1997

Dave shows off his new, shorter haircut; an audience member sings the theme song from Grease; Tim Allen presents the Top Ten.

4x185 - Tim Robbins, Jackie Chan, Shawn Colvin

July 15, 1997

It's a balmy 97 degrees outside, so Biff fries an egg on the sidewalk, later adding bacon and toast.

4x186 - Mary Tyler Moore, Querbe Tirmizi, Matchbox 20

July 16, 1997

Dave interviews NYC taxi driver Querbe Tirmizi, who returned ,000 he found in his cab.

4x187 - Nathan Lane, Robey Morgan, Third Eye Blind

July 17, 1997

Dave begins a month-long campaign to run into the ground his current favorite phrase: ""Something from the meat case, Linda?"" Also, Dave, Tony Randall, and a dozen or so triple-named child actors star in CBS' hot new situation comedy ""The Letterman Family.""

4x188 - Robert Pastorelli, Craig Kilborn, Live

July 18, 1997

4x189 - Pauly Shore, Leslie Mann, Puff Daddy

July 21, 1997

Dave congratulates Paul on being #6 on the Forbes 500; Biff and Eric Kaplan explain how they make Dave's coffee mug levitate; Sean ""Puff Daddy"" Combs, Faith Evans, and 112 perform ""It's All About the Benjamins.""

4x190 - Kids Tell Jokes, Mario Andretti, John Hiatt

July 22, 1997

It's time once again for ""King of the Meats,"" the mano-a-mano kosher competition between Rupert of Hello Deli and Amando Vasquez of the nearby Stage Deli. Amando sweeps the three rounds, but Rupert goes home with the ladies.

4x191 - John Turturro, Kathy Kinney, Radish

July 23, 1997

Harrison Ford reports from Hawaii; in the debut edition of ""Pointless Celebrity Cameo Theater,"" Calvert, Regis, and Tony Randall stand around like goons while the audience cheers them on; Radish (a band fronted by an early Ben Kweller) perform ""Little Pink Stars.""

4x192 - Dan Rather, Kathy Griffin, k.d. Lang

July 24, 1997

The Harrison Ford World Tour (in which he's promoting The Devil's Own) makes a stop in Paris, France; Dave suggests the Paul legally change his name to ""Radu""; CBS anchorman/folkie at heart Dan Rather sings ""The Wabash Cannonball.""

4x193 - Samuel L. Jackson, Barry Sonnenfeld

July 25, 1997

During ""CBS Mailbag,"" we look into a day in the life of a ""Accident-Prone Blood-Gorged Tick"" (Leonard Tepper).

4x194 - Jennifer Anniston, Brian Regan, William H. Macy

July 28, 1997

It's so hot outside that Biff tries to start a fire on the sidewalk with a magnifying glass and a bundle of sticks, as members from New York's Fire Department stand by; Rupert and Leonard bother people per Dave's requests; Jennifer Aniston promotes Picture Perfect.

4x195 - Norm MacDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Jamiroquai

July 29, 1997

Dave gets four galpals from West Virginia to go on a tour of the city with Biff; Physilla Rashad promotes her sitcom Cosby; Jamiroquai performs the #1 hit ""Virtual Insanity.""

4x196 - Charles Grodin, Billy Connolly, David Byrne

July 30, 1997

Dave congratulates Rob Burnett upon the birth of his daughter; a ""What's On Other Channels"" bit is interrupted by a car honking, courtesy of Creepy Dave; David Byrne performs ""Daddy Go Down.""

4x197 - Julia Roberts, Blues Traveler

July 31, 1997

John Popper sits in with the band; Dave asks a paramedic about a piece of carrot he ""horked"" into his left lung during lunch today; Julia Roberts promotes Conspiracy Theory.

4x198 - Tony Danza, Michael Rapaport

August 1, 1997

Dave shows some ""Surprising Facts About Celebrities."" Later, Tony Danza promotes his new sitcom.

4x199 - Bob Dole, Bill Bellamy, Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

August 4, 1997

Dave presents a Wall Street quiz; Bob Dole talks about retirement.

4x200 - Ray Liotta, David Brenner, Natalie Desselle

August 5, 1997

Deliberately-obvious stunt doubles pose as Dave and Paul showing off their bike skills, while Dave carves a sculpture of Paul made from butter; a man claiming to be Garth Brooks is interrogated on ""The Biff Henderson Celebrity Telephone Interview.""

4x201 - Jay Thomas, Annabella Sciorra, Tonic

August 6, 1997

Jay Thomas shows Dave a tape of himself spitting out something during a recent television appearance. The footage is repeated several times.

4x202 - Sylvester Stallone, Tommy LaSorda

August 7, 1997

Joe Perry of Aerosmith sits in with the band; Biff reports from the Garth Brooks concert in Central Park and meets ""Garth"" himself (Leonard Tepper).

4x203 - Demi Moore, Jay Mohr, Aerosmith

August 8, 1997

The new sitcom ""The Letterman Family"" is promoted, starring Dave, Tony Randall, and Nadine Hennally. Later, Demi Moore shaves an audience member's head.

4x204 - Tom Selleck, Billy Joel

August 18, 1997

Dave feeds Tom Selleck some avocados. Later, they make a crank phone call to Al Roker.

4x205 - Barbara Walters, Charles Dutton, Morrissey

August 19, 1997

Barbara Walters promotes her new talk show, ""The View.""

4x206 - Mira Sorvino, Jeff Altman, Coolio

August 20, 1997

Dave compares President Clinton's 51st birthday to meatloaf. Later, he chats with his old friend Jeff Altman.

4x207 - Donald Trump, Janine Turner, Ruth Brown & Bonnie Raitt

August 21, 1997

""The Donald"" talks about a recent boat trip. Later, Janine Turner promotes ""Leave It To Beaver.""

4x208 - Alicia Silverstone, Bev Tanner, George Miller

August 22, 1997

Alicia Silverstone promotes her new movie Excess Baggage.

4x209 - Vanessa Williams, Joe Montana

August 25, 1997

Dave announces that he is starring in the ""Late Show of Passion,"" which is just like the Late Show, except that it's dubbed so it looks like a telenovela. Later, Dave and Joe Montana throw footballs at a garbage truck.

4x210 - Paul Reiser, Tia Carrera, Echo & the Bunnymen

August 26, 1997

4x211 - Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Katz, Paula Cole

August 27, 1997

Tonight's Top Ten is interrupted by a phone call from the home office in Wahoo, Nebraska: ""It's not all that funny anymore."" Meanwhile, Biff wreaks havoc in Martha's Vineyard.

4x212 - Tom Arnold, Mehgan Heany-Grear, Dane Cook

August 28, 1997

Dave complains about the dog days of summer.