LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN

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David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

PRINCIPAL CAST

DAVID LETTERMANSelf - Host

PAUL SHAFFERSelf - Musical Director

ALAN KALTERSelf - Announcer

SERIES GUIDE

SEASONS & EPISODES

SEASON

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S01 E01

1993-08-30

BILL MURRAY, TOM BROKAW, PAUL NEWMAN, BILLY JOEL

Tom Brokaw shows up to take back some NBC ""intellectual property;"" Dave shows off the renovated Ed Sullivan Theater and chats with Bill Murray.

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S01 E02

1993-08-31

ROBIN WILLIAMS, JOHN MELLENCAMP, JONATHAN ESTRATA

Dave's worst moment on last night's debut: his fake tooth fell out (the video is repeated several times in slow motion); a four-year-old geography expert and cheese lover names states on a U.S. map.

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S01 E03

1993-09-01

DEMI MOORE, BEV TANNER, SPIN DOCTORS

A very pregnant Demi Moore is given the honor of throwing the first pencil through the backdrop windows of the Late Show.

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S01 E04

1993-09-02

MARTIN SHORT, CYNDI LAUPER

The ghost of Ed Sullivan (who haunts Dave throughout the first week) introduces a plate spinner; Andy Dick makes his first appearance as ""Donnie, the CBS Page Who Likes To Suck Up.""

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S01 E05

1993-09-03

DEBRA WINGER, SOUL ASYLUM

Dave has fun with a car phone, calling in bogus traffic reports to 1010 WINS radio; Casey Kasem presents ""Top Ten Favorite Numbers Between 1 and 10;"" after showing a clip from an old ""Wonder Woman"" episode, Debra Winger strips to her old Wonder Girl outfit.

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S01 E06

1993-09-06

RICHARD LEWIS, SHAWN BOUROUGHS, MIDNIGHT OIL

Dave continues pestering locals with the new hands-free car phone: WINS radio, a car wash, Dial-a-Mattress and Jackson Hole Restaurant, where he orders pancakes.

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S01 E07

1993-09-07