| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man who's winded from blowing out 20 candles |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag (pointless musical number) |
| Top Ten | Highlights of David Letterman's Career (presented by Walter Cronkite) |
| 1st Guest | Regis Philbin (favorite moments) |
| Standup | Steven Wright |
| Ahh... |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Dutch puppetmaster |
| PostMonologue | Grant Paulsen at the Super Bowl |
| 2nd Bit | Super Bowl instant poll clip |
| 1st Guest | LL Cool J |
| 2nd Guest | John McEnroe |
| Sitting In | Junior Brown |
| Other | Is this anything? (accordian) |
| Nice pants, Kenny |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man who looked fine only yesterday |
| PostMonologue | Celebrity Phone of Mystery (Sam Donaldson) |
| 2nd Bit | Martha Stewart's Super Bowl Show clip |
| Top Ten | Taliban Complaints About Camp X-Ray |
| 1st Guest | Amy Brenneman (and mom) |
| 2nd Guest | Martin Rees (Royal Astronomer) |
| Music | Shakira |
| Sitting In | Kenneth Lay |
| [kissing sounds] |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man who swam his way to slimness |
| PostMonologue | You Asked For It |
| 2nd Bit | Will it Float? (Velveeta) |
| 1st Guest | Adam Vinatieri (Late Show Place Kick Challenge) |
| 2nd Guest | Chris Matthews |
| Other | CBS Diagnosis Murder promo |
| I'm so fat |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Subpoena dodging fugitive |
| PostMonologue | Charts and Graphs |
| 2nd Bit | George Clarke's Late Show Place Kick Challenge |
| 1st Guest | Mariska Harkitay |
| 2nd Guest | George Divoky (ornithologist) |
| Music | Alan Jackson |
| Other | Will it Float? (Canatalope) |
| Stop calling me |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Misunderstood visionary |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag |
| Top Ten | Cool Things About Being in the Air Force (presented by air force members) |
| 1st Guest | Andy Richter |
| Standup | Jake Johannsen |
| Other | Sending off Stephanie to the Olympics, a hot meal |
| Hey, hey Brenda |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Iconoclastic billionaire |
| PostMonologue | Olympic Timeline |
| Olympic Update | Stephanie's first report |
| Top Ten | Signs Your Dog Isn't Going to Win the Westminster Dog Show |
| 1st Guest | Janet Jackson |
| Music | Enrique Iglesias |
| Brenda, where's Kenny? |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Winner of the 2002 Joe Garagio look-a-like contest |
| PostMonologue | Mardi Gras Quiz |
| Olympic Update | Half Pipe |
| Top Ten | Things Overheard in the Line for The Late Show |
| 1st Guest | Denis.Leary |
| Music | India.Arie |
| Other | Pirated NBC hockey, figure skating footage |
| Come on punk, try me |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Corrupt French judge |
| PostMonologue | Valentine's Day Cards |
| Olympic Update | Meatball sandwiches |
| Top Ten | Signs Your Olympic Event is Fixed |
| 1st Guest | Kelly Clark |
| 2nd Guest | Jeri Ryan |
| Other | Out-of-Focus Olympic Highlight, CBS Olympic promo, Ice Dancing |
| Give us a kiss, Kenny |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man with a scale model of the Olympic village in his basement |
| Olympic Update | Speed skaters |
| Top Ten | Reasons I Joined the Marines (presented by Marines) |
| 1st Guest | Calista Flockhart |
| Music | Incubus |
| Other | Out-of-Focus Olympic Highlight |
| Daddy wants a kiss |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A man who lights the fire within |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag (The Pi Song, Is Rupert Single?) |
| Olympic Update | Jonny Moseley |
| 1st Guest | Colin Farrell |
| Standup | Colin Quinn |
| Other | Out-of-Focus Olympic Highlight |
| I'm packed with gas |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| PostMonologue | Salt Lake City vs. New York City |
| 2nd Bit | Alan Kalter's Olympic Bloopers |
| Olympic Update | Today Show |
| Top Ten | Ways to Make Curling More Exciting |
| 1st Guest | Ross Powers |
| 2nd Guest | Mila Kunis |
| Other | Out-of-Focus Olympic Highlight |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Bad boy of the men's half pipe |
| PostMonologue | Olympic Beat the Clock |
| Olympic Update | Stephanie's Weekend |
| 1st Guest | Casey FitzRandolph |
| 2nd Guest | Ashleigh Banfield |
| Other | Out-of-Focus Olympic Highlight |
| I need a ride |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Subject of an inspirational NBC athelete profile |
| PostMonologue | Rejected FDA Products |
| Olympic Update | Cameroon |
| Top Ten | Ways I'll Improve New York City (presented by Mayor Bloomberg) |
| 1st Guest | Simon Ammann |
| 2nd Guest | Kevin Bacon |
| Other | Luge team in audience, more fireplaces |
| Give us a kiss, cowboy |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Do you believe in miracles? |
| PostMonologue | Papparazzi story |
| Olympic Update | Dave's Mom |
| Top Ten | Good Things About Being Stationed in Kandahar (presented by soldiers) |
| 1st Guest | Halle Berry |
| 2nd Guest | Jonny Moseley |
| Please touch me |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Crooked French skating judge |
| PostMonologue | CBS Mailbag (hot dog olympics) |
| Olympic Update | Stephanie's discomfort |
| 1st Guest | Richard Dreyfuss |
| Standup | Jeff Foxworthy |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | As seen on tv |
| PostMonologue | Olympics Quiz |
| Top Ten | Ways New York City Would be Different When This Guy (Deputy Mayor Mark Shaw) is in Charge |
| 1st Guests | Jill Bakken and Vonnetta Flowers |
| 2nd Guest | Kelsey Grammer |
| Music | Alanis Morissette |
| God, that's tasty |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | A force so strong, not even light can escape its pull |
| PostMonologue | Late Show Newsmakers |
| Top Ten | Leftover Top Ten Entries |
| 1st Guest | Martin Short |
| 2nd Guest | Jack Hanna |
| Other | Ashcroft singing |
| Is it gravy? |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | Recently subpoenad Enron executive |
| PostMonologue | Stump the Band |
| 2nd Bit | Afghanistan Grammys |
| Top Ten | Features of the New Elvis Theme Resort |
| 1st Slot | Stupid Human Tricks (nose music) |
| 2nd Guest | Cher |
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| New York | The greatest city in the world |
| Dave | The new face of Elizabeth Arden |
| PostMonologue | Stephanie's Weekend (Leftover Olympics photos) |
| 2nd Bit | Will It Float? (bowling pin) |
| Top Ten | Reasons I'm Proud to Be in the US Navy (presented by submariners) |
| 1st Guest | Tom Arnold |
| Music | Nappy Roots |
| Other | Survivor 4 promo |
| Beat it Winky |