This Dave in History - August 19



1985: Dave takes his bullhorn to a seventh-floor window and disrupts a
prime-time edition of the "Today Show, taping outside: "Attention,
this is Lawrence Grossman, President of NBC News, and I'm not wearing
pants." Bryant Gumbel is not amused, as his co-host Jane Pauley is
distracted trying to conduct a very important interview via satellite
with "Miami Vice" stars Don Johnson and that other guy.

1992: Top Ten Reasons Wayne Newton Went Bankrupt: #8. On a whim
decided to see how much cash he could eat.

1992: Top Ten Reasons Wayne Newton Went Bankrupt - 4. Briefly dated
Marla Maples.

1993: Paul Shaffer guests on "Later with Bob Costas," promoting his
new CD "The World's Most Dangerous Party."

1994: All night long: Howard Safer from the NYC Fire Department blasts
stuff with a high-pressure fire hose. Items include 200 decks of
cards, a toy village, a wedding cake, a pyramid of beer cans, and,
finally, Dave.

1994: Tony Randall is awarded a bike honoring his week's worth of mud-
covered Woodstock-themed appearances on the Late Show.

1994: Whoopi Goldberg reveals her Woodstock tattoo; and later helps
blast stuff on 53rd street with a fire hose.

1994: Marv Albert rolls a tape of wacky sports bloopers

1996: Gerry Mulligan demonstrates how the Macarena is supposed to be
done.

1996: Dave works out with Olympic tough guy Dan O'Brian.

1996: Top Ten Chapter Titles in President Clinton's Book - 6. My
Favorite Positions -- On Issues That Is.

1997: Top Ten Rejected Slogans for the Rolling Stones' Tour - 10.
Honky-tonk Women and Grumpy Old Men.
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