The BEST episodes of Late Show with David Letterman season 16
Every episode of Late Show with David Letterman season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Late Show with David Letterman season 16!
“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 - Will Ferrell, Cursive
Season 16 - Episode 106 - Aired 3/13/2009
#2 - Tom Brokaw, An Horse
Season 16 - Episode 104 - Aired 3/11/2009
#3 - Salma Hayek, Jimmie Walker
Season 16 - Episode 73 - Aired 1/13/2009
Salma Hayek; and Jimmie Walker. PLUS: Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; phone call for David Letterman; little known things about the Bush Administration; Dave's Cocoa Guy; a message from Late Show writer Bill Scheft; and a special Top Ten from baseball's newest Hall of Fame inductees, Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson.
#4 - Bill Cosby, Helio Castroneves, Melody Gardot
Season 16 - Episode 148 - Aired 6/1/2009
#5 - Kevin Spacey, Jesse James, the Flatlanders
Season 16 - Episode 179 - Aired 7/21/2009
#6 - Norm MacDonald, a Top Ten List presented by Leonard Nimoy, Animal Collective
Season 16 - Episode 136 - Aired 5/7/2009
#7 - Beyonce, Jim Parsons
Season 16 - Episode 125 - Aired 4/22/2009
#8 - Bruce Willis, Ben Harper & Relentless7
Season 16 - Episode 135 - Aired 5/6/2009
#9 - Liev Schreiber, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Franz Ferdinand
Season 16 - Episode 134 - Aired 5/5/2009
#10 - Gordon Ramsay, Chris Pine, Keri Hilson with Kanye West
Season 16 - Episode 133 - Aired 5/4/2009
#11 - Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Norton, Bat for Lashes
Season 16 - Episode 132 - Aired 5/1/2009
#12 - Regis Philbin, a performance by the Broadway cast of
Season 16 - Episode 131 - Aired 4/30/2009
#13 - Jennifer Garner, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, Manchester Orchestra
Season 16 - Episode 130 - Aired 4/29/2009
#14 - Dolly Parton, Zachary Quinto
Season 16 - Episode 129 - Aired 4/28/2009
#15 - Matthew Fox, Carol Leifer, the All-American Rejects, a Top Ten List presented by Matthew Stafford
Season 16 - Episode 128 - Aired 4/27/2009
#16 - Michael Keaton, Lily Allen
Season 16 - Episode 127 - Aired 4/24/2009
#17 - Jamie Foxx, Lauren Conrad, the Dead
Season 16 - Episode 126 - Aired 4/23/2009
#18 - Jack Hanna, John Krasinski
Season 16 - Episode 149 - Aired 6/2/2009
#19 - Matthew Broderick, Brian Regan, Chris Cornell
Season 16 - Episode 137 - Aired 5/8/2009
#20 - Tom Hanks, the Killers
Season 16 - Episode 138 - Aired 5/11/2009
#21 - Alec Baldwin, Maya Rudolph, Chrisette Michele
Season 16 - Episode 139 - Aired 5/12/2009
#22 - Robin Williams, Wynton Marsalis
Season 16 - Episode 140 - Aired 5/13/2009
#23 - Kid Scientists, Teri Hatcher, Rick Ross with Magazeen, a Top Ten List presented by Ron Howard
Season 16 - Episode 141 - Aired 5/14/2009
#24 - John Goodman, Tommy Tiernan, Mastodon
Season 16 - Episode 142 - Aired 5/15/2009