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Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 82586 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Season 5 (Feb. 3, 1986, midnight)

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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Season 5 (Feb. 3, 1986, midnight)

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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S5E3 - 861111

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S5E4 - 860804

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S5E47 - 861016

Recapping the Mets/Astros bet with Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire; ""Viewer Mail"" features eight letters (#6 twice); Paulina Porizkova; director John Waters; Bonnie Raitt sings.
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""Viewer Mail"" features Dave proving he does have a ""romantic bone"" in his body; Rodney Dangerfield ""drops by,"" complete with a Top Ten list and a clip from Back To School; Rosanne Cash; ""Grant Tinker"" with the history of Studio 8H; Dennis Miller; Rosanne performs ""Second To No One.""
Feb. 3, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E80 - Show #0659

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S5E81 - Show #0660

Feb. 5, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E82 - Show #0661

Dave does a mini-rant on the all-nude, NYC cable access show, ""Interludes After Midnight;"" ""People Who Won't Be On The Show"" goes awry because it's ""dog night"" in the control room; Dave crashes the set of ""Live At Five,"" and Marv Albert's interview with Wayne Gretzky (anchors Jack Cafferty and Sue Simmons and weatherman Al Roker are briefly seen); Connie Chung disappoints the audience by refusing to do impersonations; another look at the Mayfair House hotel in Coconut Grove, Fl.; Wayne Gretzky brings his Pro Stars breakfast cereal.
Feb. 6, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E83 - Show #0662

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S5E84 - Show #0663

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S5E85 - Show #0664

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S5E86 - Show #0665

A bullhorn-toting Larry ""Bud"" -- outside the Soviet mission to the United Nations -- tries to get Russians to defect; Lee Marvin promotes Delta Force; kid inventors; comedian Bill Hicks.
Feb. 13, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E87 - Show #0666

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S5E88 - Show #0667

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S5E89 - Show #0668

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S5E90 - Show #0669

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S5E91 - Show #0670

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S5E92 - Show #0671

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S5E93 - Show #0672

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S5E94 - Show #0673

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S5E95 - Show #0674

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S5E96 - Show #0675

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S5E97 - Show #0676

March 12, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E98 - Show #0677

Test video from the failed first attempt at the ""Late Night Monkey Cam;"" ""Supermarket Finds;"" Michael Keaton plugs Gung Ho; another ""Regulator Guy"" promo; a call to Arnie Barnes; Mariel Hemingway; Roseanne (Barr) does stand-up.
March 13, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E99 - Show #0678

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S5E100 - Show #0679

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S5E101 - Show #0680

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S5E102 - Show #0681

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S5E103 - Show #0682

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S5E104 - Show #0683

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S5E105 - Show #0684

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S5E106 - Show #0685

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S5E107 - Show #0686

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S5E108 - Show #0687

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S5E109 - Show #0688

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S5E110 - Show #0689

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S5E111 - Show #0690

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S5E112 - Show #0691

With the baseball season underway, Dave chats with all-time Home Run king Hank Aaron, then meets George Brett of the '85 World Series Champs, the Kansas City Royals.
April 8, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E113 - Show #0692

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S5E114 - Show #0693

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S5E115 - Show #0694

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S5E116 - Show #0695

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S5E117 - Show #0696

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S5E118 - Show #0697

April 24, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E119 - Show #0698

Lincoln BurnhamGoodbye to the Rough-tailed Jellyfish; ""Viewer Mail"" kills another actor/singer; Jonathan Winters gets a surprise visit from worshiper Robin Williams; Judy Mowatt sings; New Hampshire farmer Lincoln Burnham tells why he refuses to acknowledge Daylight Saving Time.
April 28, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E120 - Show #0699

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S5E121 - Show #0700

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S5E122 - Show #0701

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S5E123 - Show #0702

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S5E124 - Show #0703

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S5E125 - Show #0704

May 7, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E126 - Show #0705

Cybill ShepherdThe Giant Topaz; in response to Dave's cajoling about her dress that had arrived at NBC one week prior to her appearance, Cybill Shepherd appears, clad only in a towel; golfer Mac O'Grady; 80-year-old rock singer Gert Mulvin.
May 8, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E127 - Show #0706

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S5E128 - Show #0707

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S5E129 - Show #0708

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S5E130 - Show #0709

May 14, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E131 - Show #0710

More with the remote-controlled Neanderthal skull; after ""Small Town News,"" Dave has to rescue one of the Stupid Pet Tricks dogs from a burning green room; video: making a frequent stop at the same New York State Thruway booth; Marv Albert; actor Ron Silver.
May 15, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E132 - Show #0711

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S5E133 - Show #0712

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S5E134 - Show #0713

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S5E135 - Show #0714

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S5E136 - Show #0715

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S5E137 - Show #0716

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S5E138 - Show #0717

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S5E139 - Show #0718

May 29, 1986, midnight 0.0

S5E140 - Show #0719

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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