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Late Night with David Letterman Season 2

Ended 1982–1993 61 Audience

Season 2 Episodes

39 episodes
1
830224
Feb 24, 1983
2
830201
Feb 1, 1983
3
831116
Nov 16, 1983
4
830524
May 24, 1983
5
830215
Feb 15, 1983
6
831103
Nov 3, 1983
7
830301
Mar 1, 1983
8
830818
Aug 18, 1983
9
831031
Oct 31, 1983
10
830505
May 5, 1983
11
830509
May 9, 1983
12
831117
Nov 17, 1983
13
831102
Nov 2, 1983
""New Dial-It Services;"" Bill Cosby; comedian-juggler Michael Davis.
14
831220
Dec 20, 1983
15
840111
Jan 11, 1984
16
830223
Feb 23, 1983
Dave invites poorly-seated audience member Cathy Renault to sit onstage; Andy Kaufman & Freddie Blassie visit; Alba Ballard and her assistant show off costumed birds.
17
830208
Feb 8, 1983
18
831123
Nov 23, 1983
19
830214
Feb 14, 1983
""Bad Phone Call"" to TV's Larry Hovis; Dr. Ruth Westheimer answers audience questions; Tommy Casabona drills a hole in Dave's desk to accomodate the desktop microphone cord (the legendary RCA 77DX); former ""Saturday Night Live"" creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels visits.
20
830427
Apr 27, 1983
21
830531
May 31, 1983
22
830523
May 23, 1983
23
Show #0285
Sep 21, 1983
24
Show #0286
Sep 22, 1983
25
Show #0287
Sep 26, 1983
26
Show #0288
Sep 27, 1983
27
Show #0290
Sep 29, 1983
28
Show #0291
Oct 3, 1983
Dave introduces his Columbus Day gift collection and fronts an Afterschool Special called ""They Took My Show Away;"" Gilda Radner promotes Roseanne Roseannadanna's ""Hey, Get Back to Work!"" book, which has an unusually long forward. Later she and Dave call Mrs. Elizabeth Gilles, the prototype for Gilda's Emily Litella character on ""Saturday Night Live.""
29
Show #0292
Oct 4, 1983
30
Show #0293
Oct 5, 1983
31
Show #0294
Oct 6, 1983
R.E.M. performs ""Radio Free Europe.""
32
Show #0295
Oct 10, 1983
33
Show #0296
Oct 11, 1983
34
Show #0297
Oct 12, 1983
35
Show #0298
Oct 13, 1983
36
Show #0299
Oct 17, 1983
37
Show #0300
Oct 18, 1983
38
Show #0301
Oct 19, 1983
39
Show #0302
Oct 20, 1983