January 18, Show #532 THE SEARCH FOR GRADY: Conan begins the search for Grady a.k.a actor Whitman Mayo, who played Grady Wilson on "Sanford and Son." When one of the show's writers tries to cast him in a sketch and several calls to his agent appear to be ignored, Conan fears something terrible has happened to him and turns to his viewers for help in locating him. Guests that night were Norm MacDonald, Harland Williams, and Loudon Wainwright.

January 25, Show #536: Conan announces that 22,958 calls have been logged on the toll-free "Find Grady" hotline as the Search For Grady continues…

February 6: NBC Europe begin to broadcast Late Night With Conan O'Brien SEVEN days a week, one day behind the United States.

February 8, Show # 544: The search for Grady is over!! After a month-long campaign that featured a special edition of Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack, Mayo's mother was tipped off that Late Night was searching for her son by an Atlanta cable repairman. The episode featured Whitman Mayo's motorcade trip to Studio 6A, a stunning pyrotechnic entrance, with dancers and an extended interview segment. Other guests were actress Samantha Mathis, and strongman Mark Henry.

February 20, Show #550 TIME TRAVEL WEEK:

The first day of Time Travel Week, Conan and Andy are seen in pyjamas playing hide & seek. They break into a props room and discover a big old spooky clown head, which they climb inside. Suddenly they're transported to Ancient Greece. Guests were critically acclaimed director Martin Scorsese, Richard Belzer, and music from Lisa Loeb.

February 21, Show #551 Time Travel Week: Day two sees Conan and Andy visit the Civil War. Carl "Oldy" Olson appears as the last living Confederate soldier. Guests were David Brenner, Kathy Najimy, and Pam Tillis.

February 22, Show #552 Time Travel Week: The third day finds Conan and Andy in the early 80's. At first they don't realize that they've been transported back in time as they're still @ NBC and everything looks the same… until they venture into the dressing room, and find David Letterman, who tells them where to go. Conan's makes his entrance to the show in a Yugo--well half a Yugo anyway, the back end is missing. The set is littered with paraphernalia such as Cabbage patch dolls, and a crappy computer. Guests were Sting, Kennedy, Dom Irrera.

February 23, Show #553 Time Travel Week: The last day of our journey through space and time finds Late Night in a post-apocalyptic future. The audience is filled with clones, celebrity tombstones are revealed and Conan and Andy are held captive on The Planet of the Telepathic Baby Chicks. Ann-Margret, Al Franken, and Darrell Hammond were guests.

March 22, show #569: The network premiere of the shocking, and frightening, but strangely compelling "Max on Max" sex video. Guests were Loni Anderson, Thomas Haden Church, and muso group Anthrax.

April 9, Show #574: The first ever "Conan's Claymation Passover" is shown. Guests were actors Leonard Nimoy and Nancy Travis, and comedian Lewis Black.

May 1, Show #587: The dentures of blues legend John Lee Hooker sit in with the Max Weinberg 7. Gary Sinise, Marlo Thomas, Love & Rockets were guests.

May 14-17 Shows 594 - 597. JOURNEY PAST MIDNIGHT: The first ever Late Night mini-series. This was a four-part soap-operaesque tale of Late Night, featuring a story line in which Andy is trying to take over as host, and a different actor playing Max each night.

July 9, Show #622: A pre-scandal Marv Albert appears on the show, other guests were Jean Reno, and Alejandro Escovedo.

August 15, Show #636: action star Jackie Chan shows Conan a few moves and he sings Karaoke version of Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love With You".

September 9: Conan appears on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno to promote the third anniversary show.

September 13, Show # 653 THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: Conan receives on-air congratulations from his competition, including Tom Snyder, infomercial star Tony Little, and a test pattern. Special guests, "You know him best as Norm on 'Cheers'" George Wendt, Scott Thompson, Janeane Garafalo, and Carl 'Oldy' Olson. David Letterman also appears when Conan finds a hairpiece under his desk. They take the desk on a drive to Burbank to see Leno. The show is filled with comedy highlights of the past few years...

September 19, Show #656: The Gaseous Wiener plays the part of "Biff" in a scene from Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman".

October 8, Show #666: Guests were Dr. Ruth Westheimer, comedian Lewis Black, and director Renny Harlin.

October 9: Late that night, a fire broke out in NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, forcing Late Night out of its home in Studio 6A.

October 10, Show #668 THE FIRE SHOW: The night after the fire. Conan and Andy take the show outside to Rockefeller Plaza because they cannot broadcast from inside Studio 6A. Foam Rubber Conan and Andy are shown inside the studio trying to rescue their things. Guests were Samuel L. Jackson, Saturday Night Live's Chris Kattan and Busch Garden's animal ambassador Julie Scardina

October 11, Show #669 THE "TODAY" SHOW: Conan and Andy broadcast the show from the set of NBC's "Today" show. Performing in front of a vacationing family, the Sauers. Conan and Andy wear matching sweater-vests (tank-tops), Andy does the weather, and they both sneak a peek into "Today" show hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lauer's lockers. Guests were Peter Gallagher, Eric Idle, and music from Los Lobos.

November 7, Show #679: Conan's Visit to London. He's there to promote the show on NBC Europe (he appeared on The Selina Scott Show). While he's there he decided to do a little touring, eventually ending up on the EuroChunnel Express to Paris… "I've got some facts on Big Ben... It's so loud it can be heard for three miles in either direction… it takes twelve men to wash it every day... and it weighs over five tons... Oh, I'm sorry, they're writing about Fergie!!"

November 13, Show #682: Andy files a report featuring the "shakin'" guy from Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video.

November 27, Show #690: Country music superstar Kenny Rogers appears on the show boasting that he could tell the taste of his own brand of chicken even if blindfolded. He fails the test, choosing NBC Commissary chicken over his own brand, Kenny Rogers' Roasters. Other guests were actress Sherry Stringfeld, and palaeontologist Michael Novacek.

December 31: Late Night has it's first annual Central Time Zone New Year's Eve extravaganza.

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