This Dave in History - September 16

1985: Brush with Stupidity: Danny Schiavo had a run-in with a biker;
Matt Blimline built his own hang glider, and Barbara Stone had her
luggage stolen by a bum.

1986: It's NBC Head Grant Tinker's last day at the network, and Dave
wants a camera at the Farewell Reception in Studio 8-H. He's
unsuccessful, so viewers are greeted with a live remote to the NBC
Commissary and a chat with diners.

1987: What's Hal Wearing, final installment: As a tribute to yet
another concept that went on way too long, Hal is given flowers, cake,
golf clubs, and a plaque.

1987: Top Ten Names for Robert Bork's Beard - 7. My Very First Beard
(from Kenner).

1988: Top Ten Ways to Make a G.E. Executive Very Angry - 8. Use plenty
of two-syllable words in conversation.

1988: Top Ten Ways To Make a G.E. Executive Very Angry - 2. Ask him
what the letters G.E. stand for.

1993: "Viewer Mail" becomes the "CBS Mailbag" as Dave reads the first
of one letter on his new Late Show. After which A GE executive
launches a rocket at Dave. Andy Dick appears as "The Man Who Really
Loves Milk."

1993: Top Ten Ways To Make Arafat Angry - 7. If he's chasing you,
paint a tunnel entrance onto a big rock, then hide and watch as he
runs straight into it.

1994: Dave is distracted by the annoying whine of a car alarm, so he
leaves the theater and blows up the car.

1996: It's Big Comedy Monday, and during News in Review: Dave's "What
About That Guy?" is interrupted by Biff Henderson's "Check Out That
Dude."

1996: Top Ten Shocking Revelations from Sherry Rowlands' Diaries - 6.
Dick Morris used to brag that he actually wrote most of Bill Clinton's
letters to Penthouse.

1997: Top Ten Ways New York City Cops Are Being More Courteous - 5.
After kicking in door, they say, "Did we come at a bad time?"
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