The BEST episodes of Late Show with David Letterman
Every episode of Late Show with David Letterman ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Late Show with David Letterman!
“Late Show with David Letterman” is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City and is produced and hosted by David Letterman. The show's music director and bandleader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is Paul Shaffer. The head writers are brothers Justin Stangel and Eric Stangel. The announcer is Alan Kalter, who replaced Bill Wendell as announcer in 1995. The show airs at night, but is recorded the afternoon of the broadcast.
#1 - Gordon Ramsay, Adam Devine, St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Season 22 - Episode 67 - Aired 1/12/2015
#2 - Alec Baldwin, Jay Thomas, Darlene Love
Season 17 - Episode 65 - Aired 12/23/2009
Alec Baldwin gets intimidated by an acting legend. Also: Jay Thomas returns and Darlene Love sings "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).
#3 - Jason Sudeikis, Allison Janney, Damien Rice
Season 22 - Episode 44 - Aired 11/17/2014
#5 - Lena Dunham, Bobby Cannavale, Andy Kim with Kevin Drew
Season 22 - Episode 98 - Aired 3/12/2015
#6 - Show #0002
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/31/1993
Dave's worst moment on last night's debut: his fake tooth fell out (the video is repeated several times in slow motion); a four-year-old geography expert and cheese lover names states on a U.S. map.
#7 - Reese Witherspoon, Nathan Lane, Mumford & Sons
Season 22 - Episode 127 - Aired 5/5/2015
#8 - Bill O'Reilly, Aubrey Plaza
Season 22 - Episode 104 - Aired 3/24/2015
#9 - Kevin Bacon, Jimmie Walker, Airborne Toxic Event
Season 22 - Episode 99 - Aired 3/13/2015
#10 - Jamie Foxx, Robert Klein, Dan Penn
Season 22 - Episode 56 - Aired 12/12/2014
#12 - Ben Stiller, Olivia Munn, LaLa Brooks
Season 22 - Episode 53 - Aired 12/9/2014
#13 - Jessica Chastain, Lenny Marcus, Foo Fighters
Season 22 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/17/2014
#15 - President Barack Obama
Season 19 - Episode 124 - Aired 9/18/2012
President Barack Obama discusses the comments made by Mitt Romney in a recently released video. Dave wants to keep the vacant chair vacant . . . . just in case the President wants to speak to it. Dave and the President talked about the Conventions, the deficit, jobs, the divisiveness in politics, beer in the White House, the Romney tape, and the troubles in Libya, Egypt, and the Middle East.
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Season 18 - Episode 115 - Aired 8/23/2011
Dave welcomes talk show host Rachel Maddow and actress Rose Byrne also a drum solo by Gavin Harrison.
#17 - Paul Rudd, Bill Burr, Interpol
Season 17 - Episode 178 - Aired 7/29/2010
Actor Paul Rudd; comic Bill Burr; Interpol performs.
#18 - Howard Stern, Don Rickles
Season 22 - Episode 131 - Aired 5/11/2015
#20 - Meryl Streep, Rebel Wilson, J. Cole
Season 22 - Episode 54 - Aired 12/10/2014
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods (2014)); actress Rebel Wilson (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)). Also: J. Cole performs, 'Be Free'.