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Late Show with David Letterman : Season 3
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Air date: 04 Sep '95 - 210 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 (210)
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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126. Mary Tyler Moore, Anna Paquin, Mark Knopfler
01 Apr '96Dave tricks young Oscar® winner Anna Paquin into getting in a magician's box, claiming he was going to show her a trick. Once he had her locked in, he took off her shoes and tickled her feet!Also, Dave challenges Millionaire Basketball Winner Tom Gates: if he makes his shot onstage, Dave will give him $10,000; if he doesn't, he has to host the show. He misses. So does a very un-athletic Mary Tyler Moore. But Paquin hits, and Dave gives her the $10,000 cash.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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127. Bill Cosby, Anfernee Hardaway, Ray Wold
02 Apr '96After Dave promises that the Quiz Machine will never be seen on the show again, he brings out the ""Flagstar 3000,"" a cheap cardboard facade.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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128. Elle MacPherson, Hank Azaria, Cassandra Wilson
03 Apr '96Anna Paquin returns to the show two days after the basketball challenge and donates her cash prize to charity. Also, Dave temporarily moves his show to public access, and Laurie Diamond persuades him to return to CBS.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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129. Bill Maher, Michael Lomanaco, Jackson Browne
04 Apr '96CBS Mailbag: the Quiz Machine is destroyed (at last!) by a cab, while Tony Randall hides under Dave's desk to protect himself from the government.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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130. David Hyde Pierce, Scott Thompson, Pulp
05 Apr '96Dave shows a clip of Marshall Sylver's infomercial, and throughout the night Dave attempts to hypnotize members of the staff. After Dave accidentally puts Biff in a daze, he calls up Sylver to figure out what to do with his entranced stage manager.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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131. Robert Duvall, Amy Brenneman, Tori Amos
08 Apr '96After miraculously surviving its attempted demise the previous week, the Quiz Machine is finally destroyed once and for all. Also, ten ballerinas present the Top Ten.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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132. Tony Danza, Lucy Lawless, R. Kelly
09 Apr '96Dave begins a new contest: The town that sends the most valuable gifts will be the new Top Ten Home Office. Two huge glass tanks are displayed onstage, each for the two towns in competition. Tonight, Wahoo, Nebraska (the challenger) sends enchiladas, while Grand Rapids (the incumbent) sends a fax from the Governor of Michigan. Not a good start for Grand Rapids. Also, the outside cam visits Sullivan's Bar & Grill next door, and their bartender comes in the theater to pose for a Polaroid picture.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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133. Dan Aykroyd, Louis C.K., Sting
10 Apr '96
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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134. Luciano Pavarotti & Michael Bolton, David Schwimmer, Cynthia Rowley
11 Apr '96The Home Office Competition continues: Added to Wahoo's tank is a pizza, a T-shirt, and a birdhouse, while Grand Rapids adds a garment bag; Dave shows another episode of Alan Kalter's mini-sitcom ""Weird Guy in an Elevator""; Luciano Pavarotti and Michael Bolton sing ""Nessun Dorma.""
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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135. Tom Brokaw, Blue, Rosanne Cash
12 Apr '96Dave appears on the Times Square Jumbotron demanding presents; Dave and Fred Nigro go to Jersey to help with taxes, during which Dave recruits a citizen to stand in for him during an audit; Dave plugs his mother's recently-published cookbook.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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136. Joan Lunden, Nick Faldo, Jewel
22 Apr '96An audience member assists in the debut of the Slatstar 2000, while Brett Butler presents the Top Ten.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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137. Mia Farrow, Janeane Garofalo, Hootie & the Blowfish
23 Apr '96Mia Farrow reveals that she's addicted to the internet. Carly Simon drops by in mid-interview, and later, both sit in with the CBS Orchestra, with Mia on tambourine and Carly on cowbell.
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138. Samuel Jackson, Jeff Altman, Los Lobos
24 Apr '96Dave holds an impromptu auction, while Marshall Sylver hypnotizes more Late Show staffers.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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139. Kids Telling Jokes, Chazz Palminteri, Celine Dion
25 Apr '96Wahoo vs. Grand Rapids, Day 9: Wahoo sends two kids, Jeff and Josh Price, to sit in their glass tank. Grand Rapids loses further ground by sending several non-living items. Also, Alan does various random things throughout the night, including reading his turkey pot pie recipe, speaking in a bad French accent, ripping his shirt open, and holding his breath through a commercial break.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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140. Dana Carvey, Robin Quivers, Afghan Wigs
26 Apr '96In honor of the recent Sotheby's Auction that featured items once owned by John F. Kennedy, Biff comes stage on Jackie O's (alleged) riding lawnmower; in a pre-taped segment, Dave interviews CBS job applicants, during which he pressures college sophomore Todd Stevens to sing; Nathan Lane appears to show Todd how it's done; Dave leaves the show to have some coffee with a guy named Kenny.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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141. Regis Philbin, Dave's Mom, Peter Berg
29 Apr '96Dorothy drops by to promote the cookbook that Dave's been plugging for the last two weeks, and she cooks him his favorite sandwich.
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142. Barbara Walters, Anthony Clark, Van Morrison
30 Apr '96At the end of the monologue, a guy dressed up as an Olympic runner bolts across the stage, and later he paces around the backdrop. Also, comedian Anthony Clark promotes his new sitcom Boston Common.
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143. Jeff Goldblum, James Carville, Brooks & Dunn
01 May '96Tonight's ""What's On Other Channels"" segment includes ""Condom Testing,"" ""The Mexican Navy's New Battleship,"" and ""Tommy Lee-Pamela Anderson Video.""
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144. John Malkovich, Jake Johannsen, Pete Townshend
02 May '96Pat Farmer interrupts the monologue by walking in front of the camera; Marv Albert provides color commentary on tonight's CBS Mailbag; two guys spray each other with fuel at a gas station in Queens.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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145. Rosie O'Donnell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Everclear
03 May '96The Home Office Contest is over: Wahoo is now the official home office of the Top Ten List, decimating Grand Rapids from the get-go. Also, Everclear performs ""Heartspark Dollarsign.""
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146. Tom Hanks, Steve Young
06 May '96The Late Show begins a week in San Francisco as Mayor Willie Brown interrupts the show throughout the hour by offering Dave the key to the city, a loaf of sourdough bread, and a stick he found in his yard. Also, Paul composes a music video for cable car operator Luis ""Guido"" Montano, with cameos by Los Lobos, Carly Simon, Hootie & the Blowfish and Celine Dion.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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147. Paul Reiser, Jane Seymour, Keanu Reeves & Dogstar
07 May '96Frisco, Day 2: Dave gives a bouquet to a 95-year-old lady in the audience; Dave and football great Joe Montana tour the city, where they end up getting ""friendly"" in Alcatraz; Dave checks on the theater in NYC, and finds Clint Eastwood imitating Dave at his desk.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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148. Stupid Pet Tricks, Dean Cain, Elvis Costello
08 May '96Frisco, Day 3: Sheila E. and Pete Escovido sit in; Dave shows off the 49ers shower curtain he has in the dressing room; Dave orders Rupert to harass people on the street; Dave invites a shaggy-looking guy in the audience (a professor at Stanford, no less) to take a shower during the show.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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149. Eddie Murphy, Paul Doherty, Green Day
09 May '96From San Francisco: Three audience members receive free hams and souvenir cue cards; Joe Satriani sits in; Dave tells the seals at Fisherman's Wharf to shut up; the San Francisco Giants present the Top Ten; basketballs and melons are rolled down Fillburn Street, the steepest in the city.
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Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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150. Don Johnson, Jeremiah Tower, Alice in Chains
10 May '96Frisco, Day 5: The Alcatraz mock-up in the backdrop is subject to a jailbreak; Dave hangs out with a local hippie, thus introducing the world (not to mention fleeting fame) to one Manny Papp; Dave loses a blue card, and then finds it inside a crab at Fisherman's Wharf; Manny meets his hero, John Popper of Blues Traveler.
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