Late Night with David Letterman (1982)
Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.
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Episode 1 - 830224
Release Date: 1983-02-24 -
Episode 2 - 830201
Release Date: 1983-02-01 -
Episode 3 - 831116
Release Date: 1983-11-16 -
Episode 4 - 830524
Release Date: 1983-05-24 -
Episode 5 - 830215
Release Date: 1983-02-15 -
Episode 6 - 831103
Release Date: 1983-11-03 -
Episode 7 - 830301
Release Date: 1983-03-01 -
Episode 8 - 830818
Release Date: 1983-08-18 -
Episode 9 - 831031
Release Date: 1983-10-31 -
Episode 10 - 830505
Release Date: 1983-05-05 -
Episode 11 - 830509
Release Date: 1983-05-09 -
Episode 12 - 831117
Release Date: 1983-11-17 -
Episode 13 - 831102
Release Date: 1983-11-02""New Dial-It Services;"" Bill Cosby; comedian-juggler Michael Davis.
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Episode 14 - 831220
Release Date: 1983-12-20 -
Episode 15 - 840111
Release Date: 1984-01-11 -
Episode 16 - 830223
Release Date: 1983-02-23Dave invites poorly-seated audience member Cathy Renault to sit onstage; Andy Kaufman & Freddie Blassie visit; Alba Ballard and her assistant show off costumed birds.
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Episode 17 - 830208
Release Date: 1983-02-08 -
Episode 18 - 831123
Release Date: 1983-11-23 -
Episode 19 - 830214
Release Date: 1983-02-14""Bad Phone Call"" to TV's Larry Hovis; Dr. Ruth Westheimer answers audience questions; Tommy Casabona drills a hole in Dave's desk to accomodate the desktop microphone cord (the legendary RCA 77DX); former ""Saturday Night Live"" creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels visits.
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Episode 20 - 830427
Release Date: 1983-04-27 -
Episode 21 - 830531
Release Date: 1983-05-31 -
Episode 22 - 830523
Release Date: 1983-05-23 -
Episode 23 - Show #0285
Release Date: 1983-09-21 -
Episode 24 - Show #0286
Release Date: 1983-09-22 -
Episode 25 - Show #0287
Release Date: 1983-09-26 -
Episode 26 - Show #0288
Release Date: 1983-09-27 -
Episode 27 - Show #0290
Release Date: 1983-09-29 -
Episode 28 - Show #0291
Release Date: 1983-10-03Dave introduces his Columbus Day gift collection and fronts an Afterschool Special called ""They Took My Show Away;"" Gilda Radner promotes Roseanne Roseannadanna's ""Hey, Get Back to Work!"" book, which has an unusually long forward. Later she and Dave call Mrs. Elizabeth Gilles, the prototype for Gilda's Emily Litella character on ""Saturday Night Live.""
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Episode 29 - Show #0292
Release Date: 1983-10-04 -
Episode 30 - Show #0293
Release Date: 1983-10-05 -
Episode 31 - Show #0294
Release Date: 1983-10-06R.E.M. performs ""Radio Free Europe.""
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Episode 32 - Show #0295
Release Date: 1983-10-10 -
Episode 33 - Show #0296
Release Date: 1983-10-11 -
Episode 34 - Show #0297
Release Date: 1983-10-12 -
Episode 35 - Show #0298
Release Date: 1983-10-13 -
Episode 36 - Show #0299
Release Date: 1983-10-17 -
Episode 37 - Show #0300
Release Date: 1983-10-18 -
Episode 38 - Show #0301
Release Date: 1983-10-19 -
Episode 39 - Show #0302
Release Date: 1983-10-20