Late Night with David Letterman — Season 2
About this season
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.
Episodes (39)
1. 830224
Aired 24 February 1983 • 60 min
2. 830201
Aired 1 February 1983 • 60 min
3. 831116
Aired 16 November 1983 • 60 min
4. 830524
Aired 24 May 1983 • 60 min
5. 830215
Aired 15 February 1983 • 60 min
6. 831103
Aired 3 November 1983 • 60 min
7. 830301
Aired 1 March 1983 • 60 min
8. 830818
Aired 18 August 1983 • 60 min
9. 831031
Aired 31 October 1983 • 60 min
10. 830505
Aired 5 May 1983 • 60 min
11. 830509
Aired 9 May 1983 • 60 min
12. 831117
Aired 17 November 1983 • 60 min
13. 831102
Aired 2 November 1983 • 60 min
""New Dial-It Services;"" Bill Cosby; comedian-juggler Michael Davis.
14. 831220
Aired 20 December 1983 • 60 min
15. 840111
Aired 11 January 1984 • 60 min
16. 830223
Aired 23 February 1983 • 60 min
Dave invites poorly-seated audience member Cathy Renault to sit onstage; Andy Kaufman & Freddie Blassie visit; Alba Ballard and her assistant show off costumed birds.
17. 830208
Aired 8 February 1983 • 60 min
18. 831123
Aired 23 November 1983 • 60 min
19. 830214
Aired 14 February 1983 • 60 min
""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.
20. 830427
Aired 27 April 1983 • 60 min
21. 830531
Aired 31 May 1983 • 60 min
22. 830523
Aired 23 May 1983 • 60 min
23. Show #0285
Aired 21 September 1983 • 60 min
24. Show #0286
Aired 22 September 1983 • 60 min
25. Show #0287
Aired 26 September 1983 • 60 min
26. Show #0288
Aired 27 September 1983 • 60 min
27. Show #0290
Aired 29 September 1983 • 60 min
28. Show #0291
Aired 3 October 1983 • 60 min
Dave 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.""
29. Show #0292
Aired 4 October 1983 • 60 min
30. Show #0293
Aired 5 October 1983 • 60 min
31. Show #0294
Aired 6 October 1983 • 60 min
R.E.M. performs ""Radio Free Europe.""
32. Show #0295
Aired 10 October 1983 • 60 min
33. Show #0296
Aired 11 October 1983 • 60 min
34. Show #0297
Aired 12 October 1983 • 60 min
35. Show #0298
Aired 13 October 1983 • 60 min
36. Show #0299
Aired 17 October 1983 • 60 min
37. Show #0300
Aired 18 October 1983 • 60 min
38. Show #0301
Aired 19 October 1983 • 60 min
39. Show #0302
Aired 20 October 1983 • 60 min