Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman (1993 – 2015)

1993 • 22 seasons • Talk, Comedy • TV-PG

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Episode 161 — Dan Rather, Elvis Costello & Anne Sofie von Otter

Season 8 • Late Show with David Letterman

Released: 2001-06-07 • Talk/Comedy

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Dave drones on and on about a buzzkill staffer who declined Dave's offer of a free apple; in honor of this unknown staffer, Paul reprises his hit song "Lumpy Colon"; Dave repeats Rupert's very first "bothering people" bit from 1994.

Episodes

Episode 1
Wesley Snipes, Dido
2000-08-21

Episode 2
Jon Favreau, Stone Temple Pilots
2000-08-22

Episode 3
Jack Hanna, Wyclef Jean, Survivor Castaways
2000-08-23

Episode 4
Richard Hatch, Shaquille O'Neal
2000-08-24

Episode 5
Charles Grodin, Donal Logue
2000-08-25

Episode 6
Mary Tyler Moore, Papa Roach
2000-08-28

Episode 7
Ricki Lake, Adam Ferrara
2000-08-29

Episode 8
Rudy Giuliani, Laetitia Casta
2000-08-30

Episode 9
D.L. Hughley, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall
2000-08-31

Episode 10
Tim Robbins, Andy Kindler
2000-09-01

Episode 11
Carson Daly, Dwight Yoakam
2000-09-04

Episode 12
Renee Zellweger, Bonnie Raitt
2000-09-05

Episode 13
Jamie Foxx, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
2000-09-06

Episode 14
Jesse Ventura, Spinal Tap
2000-09-07

Episode 15
Greg Kinnear, Jake Johannsen
2000-09-08

Episode 16
Marat Safin, Sting
2000-09-11

Episode 17
Chris Rock, Emmylou Harris
2000-09-12

Episode 18
Sally Field, Eddie Irvine
2000-09-13

Episode 19
Al Gore, Crosby Stills & Nash
2000-09-14

Episode 20
Kate Hudson, Supergrass
2000-09-15

Episode 21
Sylvester Stallone, Rocco DiSpirito
2000-09-25

Episode 22
Gabriel Byrne, Kevin James
2000-09-26

Episode 23
Denzel Washington, Mark Knopfler
2000-09-27

Episode 24
Ray Romano, Ralph Nader
2000-09-28

Episode 25
Jada Pinkett Smith, LL Cool J
2000-09-29

Episode 26
Geena Davis, Tom Cavanagh
2000-10-02

Episode 27
Christine Baranski, Green Day
2000-10-03

Episode 28
Farrah Fawcett, Loretta Lynn
2000-10-04

Episode 29
Kevin Spacey, Lenny Krayzelberg
2000-10-05

Episode 30
Magic Johnson, Jewel
2000-10-09

Episode 31
Ben Stiller, Merle Haggard
2000-10-06

Episode 32
Regis Philbin, Jim Gaffigan
2000-10-10

Episode 33
Jason Alexander, Anthony Boudain, Foo Fighters
2000-10-11

Episode 34
Martha Stewart, Spike Lee
2000-10-12

Episode 35
Mark Wahlberg, Incubus
2000-10-13

Episode 36
James Caan, Angela Perez Baraquio
2000-10-16

Episode 37
Helen Hunt, Willie Nelson
2000-10-17

Episode 38
Joaquin Phoenix, Allison Moorer
2000-10-18

Episode 39
George W. Bush
2000-10-19

Episode 40
Lawrence Fishburne, Lenny Kravitz
2000-10-20

Episode 41
Will Smith, Derek Jeter
2000-10-30

Episode 42
Show #1500
2000-10-31

Episode 43
Alec Baldwin, Gil de Ferran
2000-11-01

Episode 44
Kathie Lee Gifford, Mark Borchardt
2000-11-02

Episode 45
Madonna
2000-11-03

Episode 46
Don Rickles, Moby & Gwen Stefani
2000-11-06

Episode 47
Adam Sandler, Outkast
2000-11-08

Episode 48
Cokie Roberts, Patricia Arquette
2000-11-09

Episode 49
Lucy Liu, Aaron Neville
2000-11-10

Episode 50
Kid Scientists, Samuel L. Jackson
2000-11-13

Episode 51
Bruce Willis, Charles Barkley
2000-11-14

Episode 52
Mike Myers, Ricky Martin
2000-11-15

Episode 53
Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Elliot
2000-11-16

Episode 54
Val Kilmer, Everclear
2000-11-17

Episode 55
Susan Sarandon, Kasey Chambers
2000-11-20

Episode 56
Brian Williams, Faith Hill
2000-11-21

Episode 57
Richard Simmons, Giselle Bundchen
2000-11-22

Episode 58
Stupid Human Tricks, Keri Russell
2000-11-23

Episode 59
Matthew Broderick, David Gray
2000-11-24

Episode 60
Bette Midler, Jack Hanna
2000-11-27

Episode 61
Martha Stewart, Christina Aquilera
2000-11-28

Episode 62
Jon Stewart, Everlast
2000-11-29

Episode 63
Mel Gibson, Todd Barry
2000-12-11

Episode 64
Charles Grodin, Bobby LaBonte
2000-12-12

Episode 65
Jay Thomas, Orny Adams
2000-12-13

Episode 66
Helen Hunt, Robert Klein
2000-12-14

Episode 67
CBS Mailbag, At the Drive-In
2000-12-15

Episode 68
Sean Connery, Barenaked Ladies
2000-12-18

Episode 69
Tom Hanks, Darlene Love
2000-12-19

Episode 70
George Clooney, Sade
2000-12-20

Episode 71
Juliette Binoche, Jonathan Witherspoon
2000-12-21

Episode 72
Uma Thurman, Brian Regan
2000-12-22

Episode 73
Lily Tomlin, Anthony Clark
2000-12-26

Episode 74
Jay Mohr, Snoop Dogg
2000-12-27

Episode 75
Benjamin Bratt, Jimmie Walker
2000-12-28

Episode 76
Matt Damon, Fuel
2000-12-29

Episode 77
Sarah Jessica Parker, Jamie Bell
2001-01-08

Episode 78
Tim Robbins, Julie Bowen
2001-01-09

Episode 79
Dennis Quaid, Jason Seahorn
2001-01-10

Episode 80
Kim Cattrall, Bob Sarlatte
2001-01-11

Episode 81
Christine Baranski, Seal
2001-01-12

Episode 82
Dan Rather, Vinnie Jones
2001-01-15

Episode 83
Sean Penn, Lauren Kessler
2001-01-16

Episode 84
Matthew McConaughey, Elle Macpherson
2001-01-17

Episode 85
Neve Campbell, George Miller
2001-01-18

Episode 86
Tom Selleck, Richard Ashcroft
2001-01-19

Episode 87
John Goodman, 3 Doors Down
2001-01-29

Episode 88
Dolly Parton, William Peterson
2001-01-30

Episode 89
Patricia Heaton, Jeff Pobst
2001-01-31

Episode 90
Keanu Reeves, Tony Siragusa
2001-02-01

Episode 91
Jack Black, Aimee Mann
2001-02-02

Episode 92
Anthony Hopkins, Erykah Badu
2001-02-05

Episode 93
Jennifer Lopez, matchbox twenty
2001-02-06

Episode 94
Marv Albert, Katie Holmes
2001-02-07

Episode 95
Regis Philbin, Rod Stewart
2001-02-08

Episode 96
David Boreanaz, Mitch Hedberg
2001-02-09

Episode 97
Kelly Ripa, Jamie Oliver
2001-02-12

Episode 98
Stupid Pet Tricks, Tom Cavanagh
2001-02-13

Episode 99
Chris Rock, Spacehog
2001-02-14

Episode 100
Stephanie Seymour, Nelly
2001-02-15

Episode 101
Megan Mullally, Eddie Brill
2001-02-16

Episode 102
Julia Roberts
2001-02-19

Episode 103
Samuel L. Jackson, Timothy Treadwell
2001-02-20

Episode 104
James Caan, Nelly Furtado
2001-02-21

Episode 105
Benicio Del Toro, Shaggy
2001-02-22

Episode 106
Bill O'Reilly, Jim Gaffigan
2001-02-23

Episode 107
Kevin Pollack, Dave Matthews Band
2001-02-26

Episode 108
Heather Locklear, Allison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, The Soggy Bottom Boys
2001-02-27

Episode 109
Tom Brokaw, Leslie Bibb
2001-02-28

Episode 110
Martin Short, Jake Johannsen
2001-03-01

Episode 111
Michael Imperiloli, Josh Joplin Group
2001-03-02

Episode 112
Janet Jackson, Jill Scott
2001-03-12

Episode 113
Denis Leary, Anne Bancroft & Liv Arnesen
2001-03-13

Episode 114
Cokie Roberts, Uncle Kracker
2001-03-14

Episode 115
Antonio Banderas, Nick Cave
2001-03-19

Episode 116
Kristin Davis, Grant Paulsen
2001-03-20

Episode 117
Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Simon
2001-03-21

Episode 118
George Carlin, Powderfinger
2001-03-26

Episode 119
Nathan Lane, Shannon Elizabeth, Cast of The Producers
2001-03-27

Episode 120
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Train
2001-03-28

Episode 121
Johnny Knoxville, The Go-Go's
2001-03-29

Episode 122
Isabella Rossellini, Wendy Lieberman
2001-03-30

Episode 123
Craig Kilborn, Warren Zevon
2001-04-02

Episode 124
Hugh Grant, Sade
2001-04-03

Episode 125
Paul Reubens, Run DMC & Stephan Jenkins
2001-04-04

Episode 126
David Spade, Amanda & Jonny Schwebel
2001-04-05

Episode 127
Carson Daley, Jann Karem, The CBS Giant Orchestra
2001-04-06

Episode 128
Mike Krzyzewski, Semisonic
2001-04-09

Episode 129
Renee Zellweger, Stephen Malkmus
2001-04-10

Episode 130
Holly Hunter, Idlewild
2001-04-11

Episode 131
Tom Green, Dr. Geoffrey Marcy
2001-04-12

Episode 132
LL Cool J, The Living End
2001-04-13

Episode 133
Liv Tyler, Billy Idol
2001-04-23

Episode 134
Billy Crystal, The Bee-Gees
2001-04-24

Episode 135
Don Rickles, Jayson Williams
2001-04-25

Episode 136
Sylvester Stallone, Green Day
2001-04-26

Episode 137
John Goodman, Jeff Stilson
2001-04-27

Episode 138
Kirsten Dunst, Cirque de Soleil
2001-04-30

Episode 139
Matthew Broderick, Brandi Chastain
2001-05-01

Episode 140
Regis Philbin, David Gray
2001-05-02

Episode 141
Bill Murray, Stevie Nicks
2001-05-03

Episode 142
Joan Cusack, Andy Kindler
2001-05-04

Episode 143
Tina Wesson, Kate Hudson, The Blind Boys of Alabama
2001-05-07

Episode 144
Uma Thurman, Blues Traveler
2001-05-08

Episode 145
Kid Scientists, Juliette Lewis
2001-05-09

Episode 146
Jenna Elfman, Destiny's Child
2001-05-10

Episode 147
Heath Ledger, Lewis Black
2001-05-11

Episode 148
Charlie Sheen, Missy Elliot
2001-05-14

Episode 149
John Travolta, R.E.M.
2001-05-15

Episode 150
Mike Myers, David Byrne
2001-05-16

Episode 151
Andrea Noceti, Jack Hannah, Ricky Martin
2001-05-17

Episode 152
Kelsey Grammar, Smothers Brothers
2001-05-18

Episode 153
Ray Romano, Dennis Tito
2001-05-21

Episode 154
Stupid Human Tricks, Ellen DeGeneres
2001-05-22

Episode 155
Alec Baldwin, Yogi Berra
2001-05-23

Episode 156
Tom Brokaw, Badly Drawn Boy
2001-05-24

Episode 157
Danny DeVito, Larry Miller
2001-05-25

Episode 158
Helio Castroneves, Tom Dreesen, Lucinda Williams
2001-06-04

Episode 159
David Duchovny, Trisha Yearwood
2001-06-05

Episode 160
Jimmy Fallon, The Black Crowes
2001-06-06

Episode 161
Dan Rather, Elvis Costello & Anne Sofie von Otter
2001-06-07

Episode 162
Andy Dick, Brian Regan
2001-06-08

Episode 163
Marv Albert, Sugar Ray
2001-06-11

Episode 164
Luke Perry, Jim White
2001-06-12

Episode 165
Kim Cattrell, Mary Chapin Carpenter
2001-06-13

Episode 166
Star Jones, blink-182
2001-06-14

Episode 167
Jon Stewart, David Brenner
2001-06-15

Episode 168
Dikenbe Mutombo, David Bowley, Cesaria Evora
2001-06-18

Episode 169
Tom Arnold, David Sedaris
2001-06-19

Episode 170
Jimmy Kimmel, PJ Harvey
2001-06-20

Episode 171
Ewan McGregor, Moby
2001-06-21

Episode 172
Chris Elliot, Harry Hill
2001-06-22

Episode 173
John McCain, Shawn Wayans
2001-06-25

Episode 174
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Depeche Mode
2001-06-26

Episode 175
Marlon Wayans, Alan Webb, Coldplay
2001-06-27

Episode 176
Sean Hayes, Brian Wilson, Darrius Rucker, Matthew Sweet
2001-06-28

Episode 177
Tony Danza, Nick DiPaolo
2001-06-29

Episode 178
Reese Witherspoon, Jonatha Brooke
2001-07-09

Episode 179
Julia Roberts, Travis
2001-07-10

Episode 180
Edward Norton, Dido
2001-07-11

Episode 181
Juliana Marguiles, George Miller
2001-07-12

Episode 182
Vince Vaughn, Elayne Boosler
2001-07-13

Episode 183
Piedmont Bird Callers, Hank Azaria, Maria McKee
2001-07-16

Episode 184
Kelly Ripa, Bob Sarlotte
2001-07-17

Episode 185
John McEnroe, Youssou N'Dour
2001-07-18

Episode 186
Jon Favreau, The Holmes Brothers
2001-07-19

Episode 187
Billy Crystal, Al Lubel
2001-07-20

Episode 188
Jeff Meyer, Christopher Walken, Widespread Panic
2001-07-23

Episode 189
Tom Selleck, David Rakoff
2001-07-24

Episode 190
Mark Wahlberg, Michael Lomonaco, Tegan & Sara
2001-07-25

Episode 191
Greg Kinnear, Afro Celt Sound System & Peter Gabriel
2001-07-26

Episode 192
Marilu Henner, Hugh Fink
2001-07-27

Episode 193
Kristin Davis, Nanci Griffith, Mark Borschardt
2001-07-30

Episode 194
Sean Combs
2001-07-31

Episode 195
Lance Armstrong, Thora Birch, Jamie O'Neal
2001-08-01

Episode 196
Nicole Kidman, Iggy Pop
2001-08-02

Episode 197
Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Ross
2001-08-03

Information

Episode air date	07.06.2001
Episode runtime	—
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Talk / Comedy
TMDB series rating	6.4
IMDb series rating	7.0
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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Cast

David Letterman

David Letterman
Self - Host

Paul Shaffer
Self -Musical Director

Alan Kalter
Self - Announcer (voice)

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