Season 5
Late Night with David Letterman
138 EPISODES • 1986
Season 5 of Late Night with David Letterman was released on February 3 and consists of 138 episodes.
Season 4

Episodes

3: 861111
Nov 11, 1986
4: 860804
Aug 4, 1986
5: 860729
Jul 29, 1986
6: 860728
Jul 28, 1986
7: 860626
Jun 26, 1986
8: 860805
Aug 5, 1986
9: 861112
Nov 12, 1986
10: 860625
Jun 25, 1986
11: 860717
Jul 17, 1986
12: 860623
Jun 23, 1986
13: 860714
Jul 14, 1986
14: 860731
Jul 31, 1986
15: 860624
Jun 24, 1986
16: 860818
Aug 18, 1986
17: 861124
Nov 24, 1986
18: 860730
Jul 30, 1986
19: 860807
Aug 7, 1986
20: 860819
Aug 19, 1986
21: 861113
Nov 13, 1986
22: 860806
Aug 6, 1986
23: 860917
Sep 17, 1986
24: 860709
Jul 9, 1986
25: 860710
Jul 10, 1986
26: 860724
Jul 24, 1986
27: 860723
Jul 23, 1986
28: 860915
Sep 15, 1986
29: 860916
Sep 16, 1986
30: 860722
Jul 22, 1986
31: 860918
Sep 18, 1986
32: 860813
Aug 13, 1986
33: 860721
Jul 21, 1986
34: 860923
Sep 23, 1986
35: 860924
Sep 24, 1986
36: 860925
Sep 25, 1986
37: 860814
Aug 14, 1986
38: 860811
Aug 11, 1986
39: 870115
Jan 15, 1987
40: 860708
Jul 8, 1986
41: 860707
Jul 7, 1986
42: 861013
Oct 13, 1986
43: 861125
Nov 25, 1986
44: 861222
Dec 22, 1986
45: 861027
Oct 27, 1986
46: 861028
Oct 28, 1986
47: 861016
Oct 16, 1986
Recapping the Mets/Astros bet with Houston mayor Kathy Whitmire; ""Viewer Mail"" features eight letters (#6 twice); Paulina Porizkova; director John Waters; Bonnie Raitt sings.
48: 861015
Oct 15, 1986
49: 861014
Oct 14, 1986
50: 861126
Nov 26, 1986
51: 870112
Jan 12, 1987
52: 861029
Oct 29, 1986
53: 861030
Oct 30, 1986
54: 860908
Sep 8, 1986
55: 870113
Jan 13, 1987
56: 870114
Jan 14, 1987
57: 860812
Aug 12, 1986
58: 861008
Oct 8, 1986
59: 860909
Sep 9, 1986
60: 861006
Oct 6, 1986
61: 861106
Nov 6, 1986
62: 860716
Jul 16, 1986
63: 861007
Oct 7, 1986
64: 860715
Jul 15, 1986
65: 861105
Nov 5, 1986
66: 861103
Nov 3, 1986
67: 860820
Aug 20, 1986
68: 860911
Sep 11, 1986
69: 860910
Sep 10, 1986
70: 860929
Sep 29, 1986
71: 860930
Sep 30, 1986
72: 861001
Oct 1, 1986
73: 861002
Oct 2, 1986
74: 860821
Aug 21, 1986
75: 861009
Oct 9, 1986
76: 860617
Jun 17, 1986
77: 860618
Jun 18, 1986
78: 860616
Jun 16, 1986
79: 860619
Jun 19, 1986
""Viewer Mail"" features Dave proving he does have a ""romantic bone"" in his body; Rodney Dangerfield ""drops by,"" complete with a Top Ten list and a clip from Back To School; Rosanne Cash; ""Grant Tinker"" with the history of Studio 8H; Dennis Miller; Rosanne performs ""Second To No One.""
80: Show #0659
Feb 3, 1986
81: Show #0660
Feb 4, 1986
82: Show #0661
Feb 5, 1986
Dave does a mini-rant on the all-nude, NYC cable access show, ""Interludes After Midnight;"" ""People Who Won't Be On The Show"" goes awry because it's ""dog night"" in the control room; Dave crashes the set of ""Live At Five,"" and Marv Albert's interview with Wayne Gretzky (anchors Jack Cafferty and Sue Simmons and weatherman Al Roker are briefly seen); Connie Chung disappoints the audience by refusing to do impersonations; another look at the Mayfair House hotel in Coconut Grove, Fl.; Wayne Gretzky brings his Pro Stars breakfast cereal.
83: Show #0662
Feb 6, 1986
84: Show #0663
Feb 10, 1986
85: Show #0664
Feb 11, 1986
86: Show #0665
Feb 12, 1986
A bullhorn-toting Larry ""Bud"" -- outside the Soviet mission to the United Nations -- tries to get Russians to defect; Lee Marvin promotes Delta Force; kid inventors; comedian Bill Hicks.
87: Show #0666
Feb 13, 1986
88: Show #0667
Feb 17, 1986
89: Show #0668
Feb 18, 1986
90: Show #0669
Feb 19, 1986
91: Show #0670
Feb 20, 1986
92: Show #0671
Feb 24, 1986
93: Show #0672
Feb 25, 1986
94: Show #0673
Feb 26, 1986
95: Show #0674
Feb 27, 1986
96: Show #0675
Mar 10, 1986
97: Show #0676
Mar 11, 1986
98: Show #0677
Mar 12, 1986
Test video from the failed first attempt at the ""Late Night Monkey Cam;"" ""Supermarket Finds;"" Michael Keaton plugs Gung Ho; another ""Regulator Guy"" promo; a call to Arnie Barnes; Mariel Hemingway; Roseanne (Barr) does stand-up.
99: Show #0678
Mar 13, 1986
100: Show #0679
Mar 17, 1986
101: Show #0680
Mar 18, 1986
102: Show #0681
Mar 19, 1986
103: Show #0682
Mar 20, 1986
104: Show #0683
Mar 24, 1986
105: Show #0684
Mar 25, 1986
106: Show #0685
Mar 26, 1986
107: Show #0686
Mar 27, 1986
108: Show #0687
Mar 31, 1986
109: Show #0688
Apr 1, 1986
110: Show #0689
Apr 2, 1986
111: Show #0690
Apr 3, 1986
112: Show #0691
Apr 7, 1986
With the baseball season underway, Dave chats with all-time Home Run king Hank Aaron, then meets George Brett of the '85 World Series Champs, the Kansas City Royals.
113: Show #0692
Apr 8, 1986
114: Show #0693
Apr 9, 1986
115: Show #0694
Apr 10, 1986
116: Show #0695
Apr 21, 1986
117: Show #0696
Apr 22, 1986
118: Show #0697
Apr 23, 1986
119: Show #0698
Apr 24, 1986
Lincoln BurnhamGoodbye to the Rough-tailed Jellyfish; ""Viewer Mail"" kills another actor/singer; Jonathan Winters gets a surprise visit from worshiper Robin Williams; Judy Mowatt sings; New Hampshire farmer Lincoln Burnham tells why he refuses to acknowledge Daylight Saving Time.
120: Show #0699
Apr 28, 1986
121: Show #0700
Apr 29, 1986
122: Show #0701
Apr 30, 1986
123: Show #0702
May 1, 1986
124: Show #0703
May 5, 1986
125: Show #0704
May 6, 1986
126: Show #0705
May 7, 1986
Cybill ShepherdThe Giant Topaz; in response to Dave's cajoling about her dress that had arrived at NBC one week prior to her appearance, Cybill Shepherd appears, clad only in a towel; golfer Mac O'Grady; 80-year-old rock singer Gert Mulvin.
127: Show #0706
May 8, 1986
128: Show #0707
May 9, 1986
129: Show #0708
May 12, 1986
130: Show #0709
May 13, 1986
131: Show #0710
May 14, 1986
More with the remote-controlled Neanderthal skull; after ""Small Town News,"" Dave has to rescue one of the Stupid Pet Tricks dogs from a burning green room; video: making a frequent stop at the same New York State Thruway booth; Marv Albert; actor Ron Silver.
132: Show #0711
May 15, 1986
133: Show #0712
May 19, 1986
134: Show #0713
May 20, 1986
135: Show #0714
May 21, 1986
136: Show #0715
May 22, 1986
137: Show #0716
May 26, 1986
138: Show #0717
May 27, 1986
139: Show #0718
May 28, 1986
140: Show #0719
May 29, 1986
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