Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Week 14: September 22-26

Monday September 22, 1980
The Crew: Paul Raley, Wil Shriner, Rich Hall 
Announcer: Bill Wendell
Set: #3

And Now: "...a man who stays awake at the wheel by driving in reverse"

Bad Phone Call: Mary Garland selected to call Tina to tell her she can't play tennis today.  Mary, as winner, receives a year's supply of Winky's Cow Paste. 
Dave: You know, we have a real princess on the show today.
Tina: Who, Mary?

Diane von Furstenberg interview (2 segments)
 

 
Coffee Cup Theater segment - 11th

New International Signs segment

Jon Alpert interview (2 segments)

Edwin Newman NBC News Update

Dave announces "Why the David Letterman Show should come to my home" Contest

Later that day, Dave appears on The Tomorrow Show




Tuesday September 23, 1980 
Small Town News segment.  Call to Mrs. Don Saville in Carthage, IN, to discuss clothing made with pig skin.   

Merv Griffin interview (3 segments)

Items from the back of magazines

Arthur Ashe interview



Rich Hall - how a home viewer could be a guest on the show

Edwin Newman NBC News Update

Dave announces "Why the David Letterman Show should come to my home" Contest 


Wednesday September 24, 1980  

And Now: "...a regular pied piper of Hamelin"

As Dave walks out, he leads Biff Henderson out first.

New wake-up devices (alarm clocks)

Dr. Wayne Dyer interview (2 segments)

Video - tour of 11th floor Rooftop Garden

Wil Shriner panel

Judy Blume interview (2 segments)

Edwin Newman NBC News Update

Dave announces "Why the David Letterman Show should come to my home" Contest 


Thursday September 25, 1980

And Now: "...a veritable one-man fun fest"

Guests who won't be on the show segment.  Includes one person listed as "Emil Melman"

Chevy Chase interview (2 segments)

Musical Guest: Chevy Chase performs "Waltz for Debby"

Items that didn't make it

Dave in audience, asking someone to make a Bad Phone Call for him to get out of speeding ticket he received in Mooresville, IN.  Selects Phil Vinson, who calls Judge Knight in Mooresville to say Dave "needs to go to Norway for surgery" and will miss court date.
Phil: He needs to have his gall bladder removed, and I don't believe we can postpone it because he keeps having these attacks.
Judge: You know, one thing about it, we've got television in Mooresville, too.

Yousuf Karsh interview (2 segments)

Edwin Newman NBC News Update  


Friday September 26, 1980

Cold Open: Dave gets off elevator on 14th Floor to give tour of show's offices.  Includes Kim Carney, Wil Shriner, Rich Hall, staff production assistants, Merrill Markoe, and Barry Sand.

And Now: "...a man who will have just about anything sanforized"

Note: parts of this episode, and multiple episodes in the future are detailed in a profile on Dave from Esquire magazine by Peter W. Kaplan.

Louise Lasser interview (2 segments)

Stupid Pet Tricks - Louise Lasser's dog is the 1st participant. Louise stays out during the entire segment.  

Viewer Mail Segment

Douglas Casey interview (2 segments)

Jane Pauley NBC News Update

(After this episode, NBC cancels The David Letterman Show, with its final episode scheduled on October 24th.)

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