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.

Genres: Comedy, Music, Talk, Talk Show

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Late Night With David Letterman (1982)

Season 4 (Feb. 26, 1985, midnight)

Genres: Comedy, Music, Talk, Talk Show

Network: NBC

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb

7.5

/5131/

Trakt

/38/

TMDb

/50/

Tomatoes

100

/16/

Popcorn

Lorne Michaels
Director

David Letterman

Jay Leno

Darlene Love

Joel Hodgson

Timothy Busfield

Shelley Winters

Penelope Ann Miller

Bill Cosby

July 30, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E2 - 850730

April 22, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E3 - 850422

Oct. 17, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E4 - 851017

Cold open: Dave rips Arnold Schwarzenegger's sport coat; ""Viewer Mail;"" Dave talks with Arnold and tries to coax fiancee Maria Shriver from the green room; a confused Chris Elliott is under the seats for ""The Fugitive Guy;"" Julia Child makes an omelet; a surprise walk-on from George Burns.

April 2, 1985, midnight 0.0

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S4E7 - 851016

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S4E8 - 850731

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S4E11 - 850819

Included: ""Brush with Greatness,"" now with writer's embellishments.

Aug. 20, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E12 - 850820

Tom Hanks plugs Volunteers; Chris Elliott is ""The Fugitive Guy;"" Mickey Mantle visits.

Sept. 17, 1985, midnight 0.0

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S4E19 - 850410

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S4E20 - 850827

Aug. 22, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E21 - 850822

Returning NBC affiliate WSAV in Savannah, GA., is brought up to date throughout the show with ""Al Frisch's NBC Theatre;"" ""Viewer Mail;"" Ohio State Fair blue ribbon prize winner Seth Miranda displays giant fruits and vegetables; Chris Elliott with a look at ""The Fugitive Guy;"" a tour of 46th St.; fashion designer Dianne Brill visits.

Sept. 30, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E22 - 850930

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S4E25 - Show #0520

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S4E27 - Show #0546

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S4E28 - Show #0547

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S4E31 - Show #0550

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S4E33 - Show #0552

It's the 552nd ""Late Night"" program, and the fourth to originate in L.A. County. The Hollywood sign behind Dave reads ""El Monte."" Within that backdrop, Mayor Tom Bradley throws things behind Dave's desk, with the obligatory crashing noises. Johnny Carson drops by with a quick-to-assemble ""Tonight Show"" desk.

May 20, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E34 - Show #0553

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S4E35 - Show #0554

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S4E40 - Show #0559

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S4E50 - Show #0569

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S4E54 - Show #0622

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S4E55 - Show #0623

""Top 10 Complaints About Brent Musberger;"" ""Dumb Ads;"" Lily Tomlin; Dave answers the NBC complaint line; Sting and Branford Marsalis perform ""Roxanne,"" and talk about Bring On The Night.

Nov. 6, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E56 - Show #0624

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S4E57 - Show #0625

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S4E66 - Show #0634

Cold opening: ""Grant Tinker"" comments on sending ""Tom and the gang"" to Tokyo for the Late Night ""Japanese Show;"" Dave and interpreter Mako Hatori look at New Gift Items; Kenny Rogers visits; Larry ""Bud"" with ""Ask Mr. Melmansan""; Randy Bass on being an American playing professional baseball in Japan; Japanese game show producer Masahiro Takahashi is interviewed by Dave and Mako.

Nov. 27, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E67 - Show #0635

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S4E72 - Show #0640

General Electric has responded to the show's first batch of jokes. As such, Letterman has his own pushbutton and a brochure on pushbuttons, courtesy of G.E.'s General Purpose Control Department in Bloomington, Illinois. Before getting to the guests, Letterman shows off actual Christmas items.

Dec. 17, 1985, midnight 0.0

S4E73 - Show #0641

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S4E74 - Show #0642

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S4E84 - Show #0652

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S4E85 - Show #0653

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S4E86 - Show #0654

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S4E87 - Show #0655

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S4E90 - Show #0658

Network: NBC

Episode Runtime: 45 min.

Season Runtime: 82586 min.

Released: Feb. 1, 1982

Last Air Date: June 25, 1993, midnight

Status: Ended

Certification: NR

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