This Dave in History - May 12

1982: Little-known comic Jerry Seinfeld is bumped from tonight's show
and appears the following night.

1983: Limited Perspective: Self-defense expert Bill Canegata reviews
"Ghandi."

1986: This week's Museum of Natural History artifact to be displayed
on the set is a Neanderthal Skull. Tonight, water drips out of its
mouth.

1987: Paul guests on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
performing "A Taste of Honey" with the Tonight Show Orchestra.

1989: The cast from "Cheers" films a cold open for Late Night, and
Anthony Newley performs the Viewer Mail Theme. For the second time in
Late Night's history, Jerry Seinfeld and Wayne Gretsky appear on the
same show (the first: February 5, 1986).

1992: Top Ten Highlights of Our Upcoming Season Finale - 4. Marv
Albert brings on reel of hilarious Mike Tyson prison bloopers.

1992: Top Ten Highlights of Our Upcoming Season Finale - 6. Paul gets
pregnant.

1993: Top Ten Signs the World Is Becoming Overpopulated - 9. Nobody is
rooting for Maury Povich and Connie Chung anymore.

1994: Day 4 in L.A. features Los Angeles Souvenirs: a Fabio Lawn
Gnome, Record Industry Weasel Magazine, and a Honk-If-You've-Slept-
with-Madonna bumper sticker.

1994: Top Ten Things L.A. Dumb Guys Say (brought by Calvert posing as
Madonna.) - 5. It's the Big One! It's the Big One! Oh, wait a
second, I'm sittin' on the washing machine.

1995: "E.R."'s Julianna Margulies gives Dave a little front hair
piece, so Dave sticks it on his chin. Later Julianna sticks a beard on
hers.

1997: “Things That Have Never Before Been Seen on Television” include
Marv Albert dancing with a squirrel and Rupert Jee T-shirts for $14.

1997: Top Ten Ways The Computer Deep Blue is Celebrating Its Victory -
6. Got drunk and beat the crap out of a Nintendo.

1998: Christopher Reeve shares tonight's show with Hanson, as fans of
both celebrities scream outside, with one sign reading "I Love Paul
Shaffer."

1998: Top Ten Least Useful College Majors - 2. The
Ethnobiosocioanthropsycho-pharmacolinguistics of fudge.

1998: Yet another contestant fails at "Please Stop Calling Me Chief."
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