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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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).
#4 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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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#9 - Jessica Chastain, Lenny Marcus, Foo Fighters
Season 22 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/17/2014
#11 - Howard Stern, Don Rickles
Season 22 - Episode 131 - Aired 5/11/2015
#12 - 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.
#13 - Julia Roberts, Paul Shaffer, Ryan Adams
Season 22 - Episode 133 - Aired 5/13/2015
#14 - Al Pacino, George Clooney, Tom Waits
Season 22 - Episode 134 - Aired 5/14/2015
#15 - Tom Hanks, Eddie Vedder
Season 22 - Episode 136 - Aired 5/18/2015
#16 - Luke Wilson, Julie Chen, Lee Brice
Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2014
#19 - Ray Romano, Brian Regan, Dave Matthews Band
Season 22 - Episode 130 - Aired 5/8/2015
#20 - Tina Fey, First Aid Kit
Season 22 - Episode 129 - Aired 5/7/2015
#21 - President Barack Obama, Will Ferrell, the Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile
Season 22 - Episode 126 - Aired 5/4/2015
#22 - Julianna Margulies, Eric Ripert, Glass Animals
Season 22 - Episode 94 - Aired 2/25/2015
#23 - Adam Sandler, Jerry Douglas
Season 19 - Episode 86 - Aired 6/13/2012
Adam remembers the first time he heard his father curse. Adam gives his 3-year old daughter an adult chore. Adam admits that he and the other SNL guys used to follow Dave around at NBC.
#24 - Jack Hanna, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Season 22 - Episode 77 - Aired 2/2/2015
