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 - Show #1804
Season 9 - Episode 149 - Aired 5/10/2002
With Biff on vacation, Steph/Monty handles the pushpins live via telephone; during Mailbag, Paul demonstrates a hidden talent for cartwheels, and then mysteriously disappears; a Mother's Day tradition is started when the moms of ten celebrities present the Top Ten list; Dave and Gillian Anderson make out.
#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 - Seth Meyers; Demetri Martin; Dropkick Murphys
Season 20 - Episode 41 - Aired 3/15/2013
From "Saturday Night Live", comedian & writer Seth Meyers; comic Demetri Martin; musical guests Dropkick Murphys.
#4 - James Franco; Andrew Borracchini; Ed Sheeran
Season 20 - Episode 45 - Aired 3/25/2013
From "Oz the Great and Powerful" and "Spring Breakers", actor James Franco; national grocery bagging champion Andrew Borracchini; music by Ed Sheeran.
#5 - Michael J. Fox; Lorde
Season 20 - Episode 158 - Aired 11/12/2013
From "The Michael J. Fox Show", actor Michael J. Fox; musical guest Lorde.
#6 - Show #1531
Season 8 - Episode 73 - Aired 12/26/2000
Calvert comes out with his shiny new scooter; Dave asks Steph/Monty to tape "Jackass" for him; Paul discusses Hanukkah, then admits that he's in a drunken stupor; Dave claims that he's cold, so one of his assistants walks onstage to give him gloves to wear.
#8 - Show #0001 - Bill Murray, Tom Brokaw, Paul Newman, Billy Joel
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/1993
Tom Brokaw shows up to take back some NBC "intellectual property;" Dave shows off the renovated Ed Sullivan Theater and chats with Bill Murray.
#9 - Howard Stern, Don Rickles
Season 22 - Episode 131 - Aired 5/11/2015
#10 - Martin Short, Norah Jones
Season 22 - Episode 128 - Aired 5/6/2015
#11 - Reese Witherspoon, Nathan Lane, Mumford & Sons
Season 22 - Episode 127 - Aired 5/5/2015
#12 - Kevin Bacon, Jimmie Walker, Airborne Toxic Event
Season 22 - Episode 99 - Aired 3/13/2015
#13 - Jamie Foxx, Robert Klein, Dan Penn
Season 22 - Episode 56 - Aired 12/12/2014
#14 - Chris Rock, Sting
Season 22 - Episode 55 - Aired 12/11/2014
#15 - Jessica Chastain, Lenny Marcus, Foo Fighters
Season 22 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/17/2014
#16 - Martin Short, John Oliver, Spanish Gold
Season 21 - Episode 79 - Aired 6/3/2014
#17 - Howard Stern; Adrienne Iapalucci
Season 20 - Episode 166 - Aired 11/22/2013
Radio talk show host Howard Stern; stand-up comedy by Adrienne Iapalucci.
#18 - 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.
#19 - Rachel Maddow, Rose Byrne, Gavin Harrison
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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Ben Stiller, Olivia Munn, LaLa Brooks
Season 22 - Episode 53 - Aired 12/9/2014
#22 - 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'.
#23 - Julia Roberts, Paul Shaffer, Ryan Adams
Season 22 - Episode 133 - Aired 5/13/2015
#24 - Al Pacino, George Clooney, Tom Waits
Season 22 - Episode 134 - Aired 5/14/2015
#25 - Shailene Woodley, Dr. Cornel West, Matthew E. White
Season 22 - Episode 100 - Aired 3/16/2015
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