| Monday, September 1, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Advancing to the Third Round of the US Open |
| Dave | Just called up from AAA ball |
| PostMonologue | What Celebreties Did for Labor Day |
| 2nd Bit | Late Show's Labor Day Picnic - Clocking Sampras serves |
| Top Ten | Things You Don't Want to Hear on Your First Day of School |
| 1st Guest | Terry Bradshaw - honky tonk singing |
| 2nd Guest | Carmen Electra |
| StandUp | Eddie Brill |
| Other | Tony Randall's stand-in |
| Get off the couch | |
| Tuesday, September 2, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| Dave | A man who is surprisingly lucid |
| PostMonologue | Supermarket Finds |
| 2nd Bit | Warren Zevon watching tennis |
| Top Ten | Signs You Won't be Winning the U.S. Open |
| 1st Guest | Steven Seagal |
| 2nd Guest | Brittany Starr - 6-year-old Hula Hoop expert |
| Music | Beck - Jackass |
| Give daddy a kiss | |
| Wednesday, September 3, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | The fake doctor will see you now |
| Dave | Father of cold fusion |
| PostMonologue | New Books |
| 2nd Bit | US Open Point of the Day |
| Top Ten | Reasons Boris Yeltsin is Not Seeking Re-election |
| 1st Guest | Joan Lunden |
| 2nd Guest | Chris Rock |
| Music | Fiona Apple - Criminal |
| Look Freddy, lobster | |
| Thursday, September 4, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Makes its own gravy |
| Dave | A man in love with love |
| PostMonologue | Know Your Current Events |
| Top Ten | Things Overheard at the MTV Video Music Awards |
| 1st Guest | Geena Davis (archery) |
| 2nd Guest | Martha Stewart |
| 3rd Guest | Robert Carlyle |
| Ah, taclets | |
| Friday, September 5, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Like you care where a TV show is taped |
| Dave | Convicted felon |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| 2nd Bit | Preview of the Late Show's fall season |
| Top Ten | Ways to Make School More Appealing to Teenagers |
| 1st Guest | Kevin Kline |
| 2nd Guest | Jamie Foxx |
| Music | Sugar Ray |
| Monday, September 8, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | A cheap knock-off of Old York |
| Dave | The new Chase Montana on All My Children |
| PostMonologue | Dave's Last Good Weekend of the Summer |
| 2nd Bit | Paul's clip from Blues Brothers 2000 - 48 Hours Promo |
| Top Ten | Rejected CBS Slogans for the Fall Season |
| 1st Guest | Danny DeVito |
| 2nd Guest | Patrick Rafter |
| Music | Tim McGraw |
| Adios Linda | |
| Tuesday, September 9, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| PostMonologue | Big Broadway entrance for man off the street |
| Top Ten | Complaints of Larry King's New Wife |
| 1st Guest | Salma Hayek |
| 2nd Guest | Joan Cusak |
| Standup | Louie Anderson |
| Look, free monkeys | |
| Wednesday, September 10, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Family-owned and operated since 1923 |
| Dave | Mayor of Rancho Santa Fe |
| PostMonologue | Stars of the New Television Season |
| 2nd Bit | Leonard Tepper's Hidden Video |
| Top Ten | Good Things About Rooming with the President's Daughter |
| 1st Guest | Noah Wylie |
| 2nd Guest | Damon Wayons |
| Music | Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot |
| Thursday, September 11, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Do you have an appointment? |
| Dave | The new Poet Laureate of the United States |
| PostMonologue | Know Your Current Events |
| Top Ten | Miss America Contestant Pet Peeves |
| 1st Guest | Andie MacDowell |
| 2nd Guest | Cynthia Cooper |
| Music | Nanci Griffith & Darius Rucker |
| Beat it | |
| Friday, September 12, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Don't go there girl |
| Dave | Two-time gold glove winning short stop |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| Top Ten | Least Popular College Football Team Nicknames |
| 1st Guest | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| 2nd Guest | Starr Jones |
| Music | Bee Gees |
| Goodnight tubby | |
| September 15 - 19, 1997 | |
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| Reruns | |
| Monday, September 22, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Now in technicolor for the new fall season |
| Dave | Straight from his tony-award winning performance as the King of Siam |
| PostMonologue | Dave Talks to Kids |
| Top Ten | Unread |
| 1st Guest | George Clooney |
| Standup | Bill Cosby |
| I can't breathe | |
| Tuesday, September 23, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Where the Wabash meets the Rhine |
| Dave | The Hoosier handyman |
| PostMonologue | Welcoming Hooters to the Neighborhood |
| 2nd Bit | Waiting for an overdue baby to arrive |
| Top Ten | New Allegations about Al Gore |
| 1st Guest | Nicole Kidman |
| 2nd Guest | Gregory Hines |
| Music | God's Property |
| Make daddy proud | |
| Wednesday, September 24, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Home of the Grand Old Opry |
| Dave | Country music's entertainer of the year |
| PostMonologue | Presidential Photo File |
| Top Ten | Things Overheard at the Country Music Awards |
| 1st Guest | Jennifer Lopez |
| Cooking | Michael Lamonico |
| Standup | Phil Engvall |
| Other | Dave...is...Dellaventura |
| More fudge | |
| Thursday, September 25, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Under construction since 1957 |
| Dave | Gentle giant |
| PostMonologue | Know Your Current Events (Richard Simmons) |
| 2nd Bit | Urban Cop Patrol |
| Top Ten | Signs You Work in a Bad Office (presented by Drew Carey) |
| 1st Guest | Alec Baldwin |
| 2nd Guest | Jonathan Lipnicki |
| Music | Deana Carter |
| I can't get up | |
| Friday, September 26, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | The NY in NYU |
| Dave | A man who looks great in a cap and gown |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| 2nd Bit | Watching water boil |
| Top Ten | Ways the US Would be Different if a College Student were President (presented by Candice Bergen) |
| 1st Guest | Kim Basinger |
| 2nd Guest | Ray Ramano |
| Music | Jackson Browne |
| Other | Audience of NYU freshmen |
| That's not coleslaw | |
| Monday, September 29, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | Nobody moves, nobody gets hurt |
| Dave | Captain of next year's Ryder cup team |
| PostMonologue | Bob Borden's Search for Urkel |
| 2nd Bit | Pastries that Look Like Celebrities |
| Top Ten | Bill Gates' Pickup Lines |
| 1st Guest | Fran Drescher |
| 2nd Guest | Ryan Tripp (lawnmower boy) |
| Music | Brooks & Dunn |
| Out of the lobster tank | |
| Tuesday, September 30, 1997 | |
|---|---|
| New York | America's dairyland |
| Dave | Opryland legend |
| PostMonologue | Giving New Yorker five seconds to say whatever |
| 2nd Bit | Late Show Special Effects |
| Top Ten | Signs Your Umpire is Nuts |
| 1st Guest | Michael J. Fox |
| 2nd Guest | Sarah O'Hare - wonderbra spokesmodel |
| Music | Patti Smith |