Late Show with David Letterman
Season 1 • Episode 33• Kirstie Alley, Rick Ocasek, Jeff Colton• ★ 6.4
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.
1
Bill Murray, Tom Brokaw, Paul Newman, Billy Joel
8/30/1993
2
Robin Williams, John Mellencamp, Jonathan Estrata
8/31/1993
3
Demi Moore, Bev Tanner, Spin Doctors
9/1/1993
4
Martin Short, Cyndi Lauper
9/2/1993
5
Debra Winger, Soul Asylum
9/3/1993
6
Richard Lewis, Shawn Bouroughs, Midnight Oil
9/6/1993
7
Michael J. Fox, Rosie Perez
9/7/1993
8
Al Gore, Kim Basinger, Chris Isaak
9/8/1993
9
Ellen Barkin, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Lenny Kravitz
9/9/1993
10
Siskel & Ebert, Robert Plant
9/10/1993
11
Bruce Willis, Steven Wright
9/13/1993
12
Paul Reiser, Mike Ditka, John Hiatt
9/14/1993
13
Jeff Goldblum, Louie Anderson, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
9/15/1993
14
Bonnie Hunt, Latrisha Baldrick, Patti Smyth
9/16/1993
15
Super Dave Osborne, Laura Dern, Stone Temple Pilots
9/17/1993
16
Sarah Jessica Parker, Jim Abbot, Patty Scialfa
9/20/1993
17
Robert Urich, Ellen Degeneres, Tim Tomasic
9/21/1993
18
Tony Randall, Elizabeth Perkins, Aaron Neville
9/22/1993
19
Mike Myers, John Kruk, Belinda Carlisle
9/23/1993
20
Glenn Close, James Taylor
9/24/1993
21
Matthew Broderick, Julie Krone, Neil Diamond
9/27/1993
22
Jimmy Carter, Brett Butler, Daniel Boulud
9/28/1993
23
Jerry Lewis, Sparky Mortimer, Rod Stewart
9/29/1993
24
Lily Tomlin, Adam Sandler, Mike Lupica
9/30/1993
25
Andie MacDowell, Graham Parker, Bill Scheft
10/1/1993
26
Sylvester Stallone, Melissa Etheridge, Janeane Garofalo
10/4/1993
27
Isabella Rossellini, Bob Saget, Johnny Cash
10/5/1993
28
Candice Bergen, John Mendoza
10/6/1993
29
Don Rickles, Tracey Ullman, Johnny Cash
10/7/1993
30
Connie Chung, Mary Chapin Carpenter
10/8/1993
31
Kathie Lee Gifford, Matt Dillon
10/11/1993
32
Stupid Pet Tricks, Howard Stern, Rosanne Cash
10/12/1993
33
Kirstie Alley, Rick Ocasek, Jeff Colton
10/13/1993
34
David Brenner, Gloria Estefan, Sean Young
10/14/1993
35
Tom Arnold, Rich Hall, Jon Weiss
10/15/1993
36
Dennis Miller, Tony Bennett, Sandra Bullock
10/18/1993
37
David Steinberg, Emmylou Harris, Bo Jackson
10/19/1993
38
Dan Rather, Penelope Ann Miller, Gin Blossoms
10/20/1993
39
Bob Newhart, Guru, Chloe Disker
10/21/1993
40
Martin Mull, The Pogues, Jean Louie
10/22/1993
41
Sean Connery, Jake Johannsen, Fran Drescher
10/25/1993
42
Phil Donahue, Art Garfunkel, Lenny Dykstra, Paul Molitor
10/26/1993
43
Marv Albert, Cindy Crawford, Natalie Cole
10/27/1993
44
George Foreman, INXS & Ray Charles
10/28/1993
45
Martin Lawrence, Phil Collins
10/29/1993
46
Jay Thomas, Squeeze, Martha Stewart
11/1/1993
47
Terry Garr, Paul Simon
11/2/1993
48
Mike Wallace, Jimmy Cliff, Faith Ford
11/3/1993
49
Annie Potts, Natalie Merchant, Dorothy Nash
11/4/1993
50
Tony Curtis, The Breeders, Calvin Trillian
11/5/1993
51
Michael Keaton, Barbara Walters
11/8/1993
52
Evander Holyfield, Phil Hartman, The BoDeans
11/9/1993
53
Mary Tyler Moore, Jackson Browne, Rita Rudner
11/10/1993
54
Tom Selleck, Pete Townsend
11/11/1993
55
Barry Bonds, Carol Kane, Living Colour
11/12/1993
56
Sinbad, Trisha Yearwood, Charlie Sheen
11/15/1993
57
Billy Crystal, Los Lobos
11/16/1993
58
Stupid Human Tricks, Jon Lovitz, George Thoroughgood
11/17/1993
59
Billy Connolly, Bob Dylan, Charles Kuralt
11/18/1993
60
Dana Carvey, Meatloaf, Joan Cusak
11/19/1993
61
Marilu Henner, Heart, Father Guido Sarducci
11/22/1993
62
Robert Klein, Cowboy Junkies, Bobby Knight
11/23/1993
63
Bryant Gumbel, Taylor Dayne, Dave Attel
11/24/1993
64
Penn & Teller, Dwight Yoakam, Gabriel Byrne
11/25/1993
65
Kelsey Grammar, Patrick Ewing, Warren Zevon
11/26/1993
66
James Belushi, Carlene Carter, Lauren Holley
11/29/1993
67
Robin Williams, Larry Johnson
11/30/1993
68
Sam Donaldson, Mike Myers, Nanci Griffith
12/1/1993
69
Jeremy Irons, Bruce Hornsby
12/2/1993
70
Charles Grodin, Bryan Adams, Jack Hannah
12/3/1993
71
Sally Field, Carly Simon, Robert Duvall
12/13/1993
72
Larry King, The Band, Kevin Pollack
12/14/1993
73
Luciano Pavarotti, Marisa Tomei, Wayne Cotter
12/15/1993
74
Tom Hanks, Gipsy Kings, Joan Plowright
12/16/1993
75
Rush Limbaugh, Harry Connick Jr.
12/17/1993
76
Whoopi Goldberg, Clint Black, John Witherspoon
12/20/1993
77
Will Smith, The Lemonheads, Emmit Smith
12/21/1993
78
Bob Costas, Toni Braxton, Debi Mazar
12/22/1993
79
Dennis Franz, Mike Judge, Andy Williams
12/23/1993
80
Joan Lunden, Ian Moore, Wendy Wasserstein
12/27/1993
81
Jason Priestly, Terry Bradshaw, Norm MacDonald
12/28/1993
82
Bonnie Hunt, Tony Toni Tone, Dennis Rogers
12/29/1993
83
Julia Roberts, Cracker, Wolfgang Puck
12/30/1993
84
Rosanne and Tom Arnold, Jon Bon Jovi
12/31/1993
85
Jane Pauley, Art Donavan
1/3/1994
86
Beau Bridges, Sandra Bernhard, 4 Non Blondes
1/4/1994
87
Rosie O'Donnell, Lou Reed, Neil Patrick Harris
1/5/1994
88
Chris Elliot, Itzhak Perlman, Cokie Roberts
1/6/1994
89
Martin Mull, Drew Carey, Dana Delany
1/7/1994
90
Rudolph Giuliani, Faith Hill, Ricki Lake
1/10/1994
91
Troy Aikman, Marilyn Horne, Jon Stewart
1/11/1994
92
Smothers Brothers, Indigo Girls, Sara McClendan
1/12/1994
93
George Carlin, Urge Overkill, Jan Hooks
1/13/1994
94
Chevy Chase, George Miller, Halle Berry
1/14/1994
95
Richard Harris, Taj Mahal & Etta James, David Spade
1/17/1994
96
David Brenner, Travis Tritt, Madeline Stowe
1/18/1994
97
Kathie Lee Gifford, Aaron Neville, Bruno Kirby
1/19/1994
98
Demi Moore, Willie Nelson & Shelby Lynne, Al Franken
1/20/1994
99
Dan Rather, Dave Pirner & Victoria Williams, Brett Hull
1/21/1994
100
Jimmy Johnson, Martin Lawrence, Concrete Blonde
1/31/1994
101
Tom Brokaw, Julie Cavner, Joshua Catheson
2/1/1994
102
Aidan Quinn, Crowded House, Michael Lamonaco
2/2/1994
103
Sarah Jessica Parker, Jerry Van Dyke
2/3/1994
104
Ellen Barkin, Peter Frampton, Amanda Archaleta
2/4/1994
105
Walter Cronkite, Natalie Merchant
2/7/1994
106
Alec Baldwin, Blues Traveler, Norman Vaughn
2/8/1994
107
Dan Aykroyd, Anna Klempsey, Peter Arnette
2/9/1994
108
Siskel & Ebert, Daryl Hall, Muggsy Bogues
2/10/1994
109
Steven Seagal, Salt N Peppa, Johnathan Soloman
2/11/1994
110
Super Dave Osborne, Brad Privott
2/14/1994
111
Richard Simmons
2/15/1994
112
Regis Philbin, Richard Thompson, Ben Stiller
2/16/1994
113
Phil Hartman, George Benson, Michael Madsen
2/17/1994
114
Bebe Neuwirth, Jackson Browne
2/18/1994
115
Sinbad, UB40, Luke Perry
2/21/1994
116
Marv Albert, Sinead O'Connor, Ricky Jay
2/22/1994
117
Stupid Human Tricks, Wynonna Judd, Laurence Fishburne
2/23/1994
118
Brett Butler, Linda Rondstat, Don Imus
2/24/1994
119
Michael J. Fox, Spin Doctors & Roger Daltrey
2/25/1994
120
Gary Shandling, Sting, Nigel Mansell
2/28/1994
121
Dan Jansen, Dennis Miller, Meatloaf
3/1/1994
122
John Larroquette, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Butler, & Ben E. King, Jennifer Jason Leigh
3/2/1994
123
Geena Davis, Aerosmith
3/3/1994
124
Anthony Hopkins, ZZ Top, Dennis Leary
3/4/1994
125
Alan King, Aretha Franklin
3/14/1994
126
Jay Thomas, Crash Test Dummies, Kevin Spacey
3/15/1994
127
Richard Harris, Carol King, Ron Howard
3/16/1994
128
Bill Cosby, Sheryl Crow
3/21/1994
129
Diane Sawyer, John Michael Montgomery, Elle MacPherson
3/22/1994
130
Kevin Kline, Placido Domingo
3/23/1994
131
Bob Saget, Tori Amos, John Waters
3/28/1994
132
Thea Vidal, Stomp, Buck Henry
3/29/1994
133
Martin Short, Sammy Hagar, Mary Stuart Masterson
3/30/1994
134
Madonna, Counting Crows
3/31/1994
135
Charles Grodin, Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/1/1994
136
Bob Uecker, Cheap Trick, Michael McKean
4/4/1994
137
Ted Koppel, Wynton Marsalis, Carrie Fisher
4/5/1994
138
Andie MacDowell, Rich Hall, Matt Kramer
4/6/1994
139
Kirstie Alley, Boz Scaggs, Calvin Trillian
4/7/1994
140
Tom Brokaw, Blind Melon, Julie Brown
4/8/1994
141
Don Rickles, Jeff Stearns, Liz Phair
4/18/1994
142
Jack Lemmon, Lyle Lovett & Al Green
4/19/1994
143
Dennis Hopper, Jessye Norman, Uta Pippig
4/20/1994
144
Ellen DeGeneres, Raquel Welch, Candlebox
4/21/1994
145
Tom Snyder, Ray Liotta
4/22/1994
146
Father Guido Sarducci, Reba McEntire, Pierre Frene
4/25/1994
147
Joan Lunden, Gin Blossoms, Michael Moore
4/26/1994
148
Jerry Seinfeld, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Norm Abram
4/27/1994
149
Sissy Spacek, Bonnie Raitt, Daniel Low
4/28/1994
150
Joe Pesci, Randy Travis, Dan Wilkinson
4/29/1994
151
Jerry Van Dyke, The Neville Brothers
5/2/1994
152
Robin Williams, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Mark Leyner
5/3/1994
153
Mia Farrow, Tim McGraw, Jimmie Walker
5/4/1994
154
Brett Butler, Rob Lowe, Sarah McLachlan
5/5/1994
155
Sharon Stone, Chris Farley
5/6/1994
156
Billy Crystal, Ray Charles
5/9/1994
157
Michael Keaton, Angela Lansbury
5/10/1994
158
James Cahn, David Copperfield, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
5/11/1994
159
Candice Bergen, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Magic Johnson
5/12/1994
160
Bette Midler, Traffic
5/13/1994
161
Heather Locklear, Travis Tritt, Harvey Pekar
5/16/1994
162
Jeff Goldblum, Sonic Youth, James Carville
5/17/1994
163
Stupid Pet Tricks, Carol Burnett, Emmylou Harris
5/18/1994
164
Barbara Walters, Mariah Carey
5/19/1994
165
Eddie Murphy, Tony Bennett, Wayne Cotter
5/20/1994
166
Rick Moranis, Jimmy Buffett, Stefan Seville
5/23/1994
167
Woody Harrelson, Louie Anderson, Isaiah Thomas
5/24/1994
168
Kevin Pollak, Chris Isaak, Jacques Pepin
5/25/1994
169
Rosie O'Donnell, Laurie Morgan, Bronson Pinchot
5/26/1994
170
The Pretenders, Daniel Stern
5/27/1994
171
Reggie Miller, Spike Lee, Tony Randall, Tony Toni Tone
6/6/1994
172
Craig T. Nelson, David Sanborn, Al Unser Jr.
6/7/1994
173
Mariel Hemmingway, George Miller, Mandy Patinkin
6/8/1994
174
Macaulay Culkin, Randy Newman, Mona Frey
6/9/1994
175
David Brenner, Johnny Cash, Keanu Reeves
6/10/1994
176
Jeremy Irons, Chris Rock, Hakeem Olajuwon
6/13/1994
177
Ted Danson, David Byrne, Carl Reiner
6/14/1994
178
Show #0178
6/15/1994
179
Jon Lovitz, Sandra Bullock, Spin Doctors
6/16/1994
180
Teri Garr, Yes
6/23/1994
181
Fran Drescher, Jack Palance, Seal
6/20/1994
182
Dan Rather, Nicholas Turturro, Al Jarreau, Kathleen Battle
6/21/1994
183
Julia Roberts, Stone Temple Pilots, Jake Johannsen
6/22/1994
184
Howard Stern, Kate Nelligan, John Mellencamp
6/24/1994
185
Siskel & Ebert, Tom Jones, Sam Cassell, Trisha Yearwood
6/27/1994
186
Penelope Ann Miller, Barbara Streisand, Mary Matalin, Tori Amos
6/28/1994
187
Daniel Boulud, Helen Hunt, Green Day
6/29/1994
188
Siskel & Ebert, Andrea Martin, Indigo Girls
6/30/1994
189
Connie Chung, Phil Collins
7/1/1994
190
Neil Diamond, Richard Simmons
7/4/1994
191
Patrick Stewart, Ryan Cobb, Melissa Etheridge
7/5/1994
192
Show #0192
7/6/1994
193
Tom Hanks, Toad the Wet Sprocket
7/7/1994
194
Harry Connick, Jr., Michael Lomonaco, Pete Sampras, Catherine O'Hara
7/8/1994
195
Buzz Aldrin, Susan Sarandon, Midnight Oil
7/18/1994
196
Gary Sinise, Ricki Lake, Julio Iglesias
7/19/1994
197
Show #0197
7/20/1994
198
Show #0198
7/21/1994
199
Show #0199
7/22/1994
200
Show #0200
7/25/1994
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Show #0201
7/26/1994
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Show #0202
7/27/1994
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Show #0203
7/28/1994
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Show #0204
7/29/1994
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Show #0205
8/1/1994
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Show #0206
8/2/1994
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Show #0207
8/3/1994
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Show #0208
8/4/1994
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Show #0209
8/5/1994
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Show #0210
8/8/1994
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Show #0211
8/9/1994
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Show #0212
8/10/1994
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Show #0213
8/11/1994
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Show #0214
8/12/1994
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Show #0215
8/15/1994
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Show #0216
8/16/1994
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Show #0217
8/17/1994
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Show #0218
8/18/1994
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Show #0219
8/19/1994
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