
Late Night with David Letterman — Season 7
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 (110)
2. Show #0976
Aired 2 February 1988 • 60 min
3. Show #0977
Aired 3 February 1988 • 60 min
4. 6th Anniversary
Aired 4 February 1988 • 60 min
5. Show #0980
Aired 5 February 1988 • 60 min
""Viewer Mail;"" Pat Sajak; Dave goes to NYC fortune tellers; Buster Poindexter sings; NFL player Timmy Smith.
6. Show #0981
Aired 9 February 1988 • 60 min
7. Show #0982
Aired 10 February 1988 • 60 min
8. Show #0983
Aired 11 February 1988 • 60 min
9. Show #0984
Aired 12 February 1988 • 60 min
10. Show #0985
Aired 16 February 1988 • 60 min
11. Show #0986
Aired 17 February 1988 • 60 min
12. Show #0987
Aired 18 February 1988 • 60 min
13. Show #0988
Aired 19 February 1988 • 60 min
14. Show #0989
Aired 23 February 1988 • 60 min
15. Show #0990
Aired 24 February 1988 • 60 min
16. Show #0991
Aired 25 February 1988 • 60 min
17. Show #0992
Aired 26 February 1988 • 60 min
18. Show #0993
Aired 1 March 1988 • 60 min
19. Show #0994
Aired 2 March 1988 • 60 min
20. Show #0995
Aired 3 March 1988 • 60 min
21. Show #0996
Aired 4 March 1988 • 60 min
22. Show #0997
Aired 28 June 1988 • 60 min
23. Show #0998
Aired 29 June 1988 • 60 min
24. Show #0999
Aired 1 July 1988 • 60 min
25. Show #1000
Aired 5 July 1988 • 60 min
26. Show #1001
Aired 6 July 1988 • 60 min
Paul congratulates Dave in the wake of Late Night's 1,000th broadcast. As a present, NBC head (and G.E. crony) Robert C. Wright gave the show a four-slice toaster. Thus Dave breaks out a whole loaf of bread and makes toast for everybody who attends this strike-breaking show. Hal Gurnee calls on two acrobats for a Network Time-Killer.
27. Show #1002
Aired 7 July 1988 • 60 min
28. Show #1003
Aired 8 July 1988 • 60 min
29. Show #1004
Aired 12 July 1988 • 60 min
30. Show #1005
Aired 13 July 1988 • 60 min
31. Show #1006
Aired 14 July 1988 • 60 min
32. Show #1007
Aired 15 July 1988 • 60 min
33. Show #1008
Aired 19 July 1988 • 60 min
34. Show #1009
Aired 20 July 1988 • 60 min
35. Show #1010
Aired 21 July 1988 • 60 min
A visit to a NYC laundromat via satellite; Jackie Mason; Dave's suit fitting continues; Iggy Pop.
36. Show #1011
Aired 22 July 1988 • 60 min
37. Show #1012
Aired 1 August 1988 • 60 min
38. Show #1013
Aired 2 August 1988 • 60 min
39. Show #1014
Aired 3 August 1988 • 60 min
40. Show #1015
Aired 4 August 1988 • 60 min
41. Show #1016
Aired 5 August 1988 • 60 min
42. Show #1017
Aired 9 August 1988 • 60 min
43. Show #1018
Aired 10 August 1988 • 60 min
44. Show #1019
Aired 11 August 1988 • 60 min
45. Show #1020
Aired 12 August 1988 • 60 min
46. Show #1021
Aired 23 August 1988 • 60 min
47. Show #1022
Aired 24 August 1988 • 60 min
48. Show #1023
Aired 25 August 1988 • 60 min
49. Show #1024
Aired 26 August 1988 • 60 min
50. Show #1025
Aired 30 August 1988 • 60 min
51. Show #1026
Aired 31 August 1988 • 60 min
52. Show #1027
Aired 1 September 1988 • 60 min
53. Show #1028
Aired 2 September 1988 • 60 min
54. Show #1029
Aired 6 September 1988 • 60 min
55. Show #1030
Aired 7 September 1988 • 60 min
56. Show #1031
Aired 8 September 1988 • 60 min
57. Show #1032
Aired 9 September 1988 • 60 min
58. Show #1033
Aired 13 September 1988 • 60 min
59. Show #1034
Aired 14 September 1988 • 60 min
60. Show #1035
Aired 15 September 1988 • 60 min
61. Show #1036
Aired 16 September 1988 • 60 min
62. Show #1037
Aired 4 October 1988 • 60 min
63. Show #1038
Aired 5 October 1988 • 60 min
64. Show #1039
Aired 6 October 1988 • 60 min
Cold open: Dave & Paul send up the Quayle/Bentsen debate; a crowd at Shea Stadium's parking lot watches the show on Diamond Vision; a Super SloMo camera demonstration; Sid's birthday; Tom Hanks with vacation photos; Mike Wallace visits; Eddie Money sings.
65. Show #1040
Aired 7 October 1988 • 60 min
66. Show #1041
Aired 11 October 1988 • 60 min
67. Show #1042
Aired 12 October 1988 • 60 min
68. Show #1043
Aired 13 October 1988 • 60 min
69. Show #1044
Aired 14 October 1988 • 60 min
70. Show #1045
Aired 18 October 1988 • 60 min
71. Show #1046
Aired 19 October 1988 • 60 min
72. Show #1047
Aired 20 October 1988 • 60 min
73. Show #1048
Aired 21 October 1988 • 60 min
74. Show #1049
Aired 1 November 1988 • 60 min
75. Show #1050
Aired 2 November 1988 • 60 min
76. Show #1051
Aired 3 November 1988 • 60 min
77. Show #1052
Aired 4 November 1988 • 60 min
78. Show #1053
Aired 9 November 1988 • 60 min
79. Show #1054
Aired 10 November 1988 • 60 min
80. Show #1055
Aired 11 November 1988 • 60 min
81. Show #1056
Aired 15 November 1988 • 60 min
82. Show #1057
Aired 16 November 1988 • 60 min
83. Show #1058
Aired 17 November 1988 • 60 min
84. Show #1059
Aired 18 November 1988 • 60 min
85. Show #1060
Aired 22 November 1988 • 60 min
86. Show #1061
Aired 23 November 1988 • 60 min
""Who Asked For It?"" Candice Bergen calls Dave a ""poodle;"" another plea from Calvert to come home from the Goodwill Tour; Jon Lovitz gets in a plug; Boz Scaggs sings.
87. Show #1062
Aired 25 November 1988 • 60 min
88. Show #1063
Aired 29 November 1988 • 60 min
89. Show #1064
Aired 30 November 1988 • 60 min
90. Show #1065
Aired 1 December 1988 • 60 min
91. Show #1066
Aired 2 December 1988 • 60 min
92. Show #1067
Aired 13 December 1988 • 60 min
The annual (bogus) lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Plaza; another call from Calvert's Goodwill Tour.
93. Show #1068
Aired 14 December 1988 • 60 min
94. Show #1069
Aired 15 December 1988 • 60 min
95. Show #1070
Aired 16 December 1988 • 60 min
96. Show #1071
Aired 20 December 1988 • 60 min
97. Show #1072
Aired 21 December 1988 • 60 min
98. Show #1073
Aired 22 December 1988 • 60 min
""Elf Night;"" A NYC Christmas tree vendor shocks Dave by charging $75 for trees; Art Donovan talks about drinking beer and promotes the paperback edition of his autobiography Fatso; a look at Paul's new Christmas movie; Geena Davis.
99. Show #1074
Aired 23 December 1988 • 60 min
100. Show #1075
Aired 3 January 1989 • 60 min
101. Show #1076
Aired 4 January 1989 • 60 min
102. Show #1077
Aired 5 January 1989 • 60 min
103. Show #1078
Aired 6 January 1989 • 60 min
104. Show #1079
Aired 10 January 1989 • 60 min
105. Show #1080
Aired 11 January 1989 • 60 min
106. Show #1081
Aired 12 January 1989 • 60 min
107. Show #1082
Aired 13 January 1989 • 60 min
108. Show #1083
Aired 17 January 1989 • 60 min
109. Show #1084
Aired 18 January 1989 • 60 min
110. Show #1085
Aired 19 January 1989 • 60 min
111. Show #1086
Aired 20 January 1989 • 60 min