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Late Show with David Letterman : Season 2
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Air date: 29 Aug '94 - 220 episodesLate Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is Paul Shaffer. The head writer is Matt Roberts and the announcer is Alan Kalter. Of the major U.S. late-night programs, Late Show ranks second in cumulative average viewers over time and third in number of episodes over time. The show leads other late night shows in ad revenue with $271 million in 2009. In most U.S. markets the show airs at 11:35 p.m. Eastern/Pacific time, but is recorded Monday through Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m and 6:00 p.m. The second Thursday episode usually airs on Friday of that week. In 2002, Late Show with David Letterman was ranked No. 7 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. CBS has a contract with Worldwide Pants...
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List of Episodes (220)
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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176. Show #0395
12 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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177. Show #0396
13 Jun '95Stephen Stills sits in; Dave ""attends"" a recent President Clinton press conference; basketball star/party animal Dennis Rodman comments on his recent antics.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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178. Show #0397
14 Jun '95Travis, 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.""
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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179. Show #0398
15 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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180. Show #0399
16 Jun '95Travis and the Dog Cam return; Englebert Humperdinck serenades Rupert; ten kindergarteners write and present the Top Ten.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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181. Show #0400
19 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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182. Show #0401
20 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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183. Show #0402
21 Jun '95Shortly 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.""
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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184. Show #0403
22 Jun '95Cold Opening: ""ER"" star Anthony Edwards refuses to give Dave a physical. Also, Jonathan Katz does standup and promotes Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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185. Show #0404
23 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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186. Show #0405
26 Jun '95Bernie 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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187. Show #0406
27 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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188. Show #0407
28 Jun '95In 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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189. Show #0408
29 Jun '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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190. Show #0409
30 Jun '95In a remote, Dave asks apartment dwellers, ""What's the Coolest Thing In Your Apartment?""
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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191. Show #0410
10 Jul '95Jim 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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192. Show #0411
11 Jul '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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193. Show #0412
12 Jul '95Charles Grodin promotes his new cable talk show.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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194. Show #0413
13 Jul '95A small army of cyclists rush across the stage, while Dave and Pete Sampras play a pickup round of tennis out on 53rd Street.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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195. Show #0414
14 Jul '95After 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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196. Show #0415
17 Jul '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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197. Show #0416
18 Jul '95Dan Rather presents the Top Ten; Chevy Chase plugs Man of the House and talks tennis.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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198. Show #0417
19 Jul '95Ed Sullivan Theater Building Engineer George Clarke begins his ""Quest for Corn"" throughout the Midwest. He's off to Illinois.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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199. Show #0418
20 Jul '95Dave 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.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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200. Show #0419
21 Jul '95Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band sits in; Dave offers an audience guy with an unruly beard $300 to shave it; Talent Assistant Zoe Friedham gets a tattoo; Dave gives the newly-shaven man $400.
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