A DESK DRIVE THROUGH FIVE YEARS OF LATE NIGHT By Robin Banks
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN IN 1995
January 6, show #305: The premiere of Andy's side project, a new all-gay soap opera, "Lakewood." Guests were Laurence Fishbourne, Lynn Snowden, and Jack Logan.
February 27, show #341: In a moment straight out of a daytime talk show, Daniel Baldwin proposed to his girlfriend Isabella Hofmann in his "Late Night" dressing room. Other guests were Robert Stack, and Henriette Mantel.
March 3, Show #345: Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa, jam with John Tesh, performing a classic Black Sabbath tune, "Wizard." Little Milton also appeared.
March 4: Late Night With Conan O'Brien is first shown on NBC Europe. It's broadcast once a week on Saturday nights at 0100 CET.
April 29: Conan appears at the White House Correspondents Dinner, interviewing the President live via satellite as the "real" President Clinton looks on.
May 2, Show #382: David Copperfield makes his first appearance on the show, magically creating the illusion of a Coke can come out of a vending machine! Later it is discovered that he's just a Copperfield look-a-like. Show's guests on that evening were Corbin Bernsen, Fyvush Finkel, and Popa Chubby.
June 23, Show #414 THE BOAT SHOW: Late Night broadcasts an entire episode shot on the deck of a Circle Line boat touring around Manhattan. Nautical humor is featured throughout the show, including an attack on New Jersey. Conan and Andy are dressed casually although the band are done up in tuxedos. David Copperfield performs another one of his amazing illusions, former NYC Mayor Ed Koch performs his rendition of "Old Man River." Guests were Janeane Garofolo and Buster Poindexter.
August 4, show #439: Andy, a die-hard Kiss fan, attends the Kiss convention, in full Kiss make up, in a remote before Kiss performs live on the show.
September 7, Show #457: Conan reports from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Among the highlights is an interview with a plastic bear filled with honey. Guests were Louis Anderson, Famke Janssen, and Ken Follet.
November 8, Show #496: Andy reveals his day job as a daytime talk show host, Andi. Guests were Reggie Miller, Ivana Trump, and music from Cheap Trick.
November 17, Show #503: Conan and Andy take the show to Hawaii (actually Rockaway Beach in NY), they meet their heroes TC and Horare from Magnum PI. Corbin Bernsen, Stan Lee, Alicia Witt are the guests.
December 11: Late Night first begins to show repeats on Mondays… The very first "Monday rerun show" was a rerun of show #477, first shown on October 5 1995, with guests Chevy Chase, Veronica Webb, and Roma Downey.
December 14: Late Night's first book "If They Mated" hits the bookstores. Featured inside are classic "If They Mated" pictures and quips from Conan and Andy, including Hillary Clinton and Newt Gingrich, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley and much more...
December 31: Andy ushers in the New Year for NBC.
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