Late Show with David Letterman (1993 – 2015)

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Late Show with David Letterman · S8E39 — George W. Bush

Season 8 episodes

1. Wesley Snipes, DidoAug 21, 2000 2. Jon Favreau, Stone Temple PilotsAug 22, 2000 3. Jack Hanna, Wyclef Jean, Survivor CastawaysAug 23, 2000 4. Richard Hatch, Shaquille O'NealAug 24, 2000 5. Charles Grodin, Donal LogueAug 25, 2000 6. Mary Tyler Moore, Papa RoachAug 28, 2000 7. Ricki Lake, Adam FerraraAug 29, 2000 8. Rudy Giuliani, Laetitia CastaAug 30, 2000 9. D.L. Hughley, Tony Bennett & Diana KrallAug 31, 2000 10. Tim Robbins, Andy KindlerSep 1, 2000 11. Carson Daly, Dwight YoakamSep 4, 2000 12. Renee Zellweger, Bonnie RaittSep 5, 2000 13. Jamie Foxx, Ben Harper and the Innocent CriminalsSep 6, 2000 14. Jesse Ventura, Spinal TapSep 7, 2000 15. Greg Kinnear, Jake JohannsenSep 8, 2000 16. Marat Safin, StingSep 11, 2000 17. Chris Rock, Emmylou HarrisSep 12, 2000 18. Sally Field, Eddie IrvineSep 13, 2000 19. Al Gore, Crosby Stills & NashSep 14, 2000 20. Kate Hudson, SupergrassSep 15, 2000 21. Sylvester Stallone, Rocco DiSpiritoSep 25, 2000 22. Gabriel Byrne, Kevin JamesSep 26, 2000 23. Denzel Washington, Mark KnopflerSep 27, 2000 24. Ray Romano, Ralph NaderSep 28, 2000 25. Jada Pinkett Smith, LL Cool JSep 29, 2000 26. Geena Davis, Tom CavanaghOct 2, 2000 27. Christine Baranski, Green DayOct 3, 2000 28. Farrah Fawcett, Loretta LynnOct 4, 2000 29. Kevin Spacey, Lenny KrayzelbergOct 5, 2000 30. Magic Johnson, JewelOct 9, 2000 31. Ben Stiller, Merle HaggardOct 6, 2000 32. Regis Philbin, Jim GaffiganOct 10, 2000 33. Jason Alexander, Anthony Boudain, Foo FightersOct 11, 2000 34. Martha Stewart, Spike LeeOct 12, 2000 35. Mark Wahlberg, IncubusOct 13, 2000 36. James Caan, Angela Perez BaraquioOct 16, 2000 37. Helen Hunt, Willie NelsonOct 17, 2000 38. Joaquin Phoenix, Allison MoorerOct 18, 2000 39. George W. BushOct 19, 2000 40. Lawrence Fishburne, Lenny KravitzOct 20, 2000 41. Will Smith, Derek JeterOct 30, 2000 42. Show #1500Oct 31, 2000 43. Alec Baldwin, Gil de FerranNov 1, 2000 44. Kathie Lee Gifford, Mark BorchardtNov 2, 2000 45. MadonnaNov 3, 2000 46. Don Rickles, Moby & Gwen StefaniNov 6, 2000 47. Adam Sandler, OutkastNov 8, 2000 48. Cokie Roberts, Patricia ArquetteNov 9, 2000 49. Lucy Liu, Aaron NevilleNov 10, 2000 50. Kid Scientists, Samuel L. JacksonNov 13, 2000 51. Bruce Willis, Charles BarkleyNov 14, 2000 52. Mike Myers, Ricky MartinNov 15, 2000 53. Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris ElliotNov 16, 2000 54. Val Kilmer, EverclearNov 17, 2000 55. Susan Sarandon, Kasey ChambersNov 20, 2000 56. Brian Williams, Faith HillNov 21, 2000 57. Richard Simmons, Giselle BundchenNov 22, 2000 58. Stupid Human Tricks, Keri RussellNov 23, 2000 59. Matthew Broderick, David GrayNov 24, 2000 60. Bette Midler, Jack HannaNov 27, 2000 61. Martha Stewart, Christina AquileraNov 28, 2000 62. Jon Stewart, EverlastNov 29, 2000 63. Mel Gibson, Todd BarryDec 11, 2000 64. Charles Grodin, Bobby LaBonteDec 12, 2000 65. Jay Thomas, Orny AdamsDec 13, 2000 66. Helen Hunt, Robert KleinDec 14, 2000 67. CBS Mailbag, At the Drive-InDec 15, 2000 68. Sean Connery, Barenaked LadiesDec 18, 2000 69. Tom Hanks, Darlene LoveDec 19, 2000 70. George Clooney, SadeDec 20, 2000 71. Juliette Binoche, Jonathan WitherspoonDec 21, 2000 72. Uma Thurman, Brian ReganDec 22, 2000 73. Lily Tomlin, Anthony ClarkDec 26, 2000 74. Jay Mohr, Snoop DoggDec 27, 2000 75. Benjamin Bratt, Jimmie WalkerDec 28, 2000 76. Matt Damon, FuelDec 29, 2000 77. Sarah Jessica Parker, Jamie BellJan 8, 2001 78. Tim Robbins, Julie BowenJan 9, 2001 79. Dennis Quaid, Jason SeahornJan 10, 2001 80. Kim Cattrall, Bob SarlatteJan 11, 2001 81. Christine Baranski, SealJan 12, 2001 82. Dan Rather, Vinnie JonesJan 15, 2001 83. Sean Penn, Lauren KesslerJan 16, 2001 84. Matthew McConaughey, Elle MacphersonJan 17, 2001 85. Neve Campbell, George MillerJan 18, 2001 86. Tom Selleck, Richard AshcroftJan 19, 2001 87. John Goodman, 3 Doors DownJan 29, 2001 88. Dolly Parton, William PetersonJan 30, 2001 89. Patricia Heaton, Jeff PobstJan 31, 2001 90. Keanu Reeves, Tony SiragusaFeb 1, 2001 91. Jack Black, Aimee MannFeb 2, 2001 92. Anthony Hopkins, Erykah BaduFeb 5, 2001 93. Jennifer Lopez, matchbox twentyFeb 6, 2001 94. Marv Albert, Katie HolmesFeb 7, 2001 95. Regis Philbin, Rod StewartFeb 8, 2001 96. David Boreanaz, Mitch HedbergFeb 9, 2001 97. Kelly Ripa, Jamie OliverFeb 12, 2001 98. Stupid Pet Tricks, Tom CavanaghFeb 13, 2001 99. Chris Rock, SpacehogFeb 14, 2001 100. Stephanie Seymour, NellyFeb 15, 2001 101. Megan Mullally, Eddie BrillFeb 16, 2001 102. Julia RobertsFeb 19, 2001 103. Samuel L. Jackson, Timothy TreadwellFeb 20, 2001 104. James Caan, Nelly FurtadoFeb 21, 2001 105. Benicio Del Toro, ShaggyFeb 22, 2001 106. Bill O'Reilly, Jim GaffiganFeb 23, 2001 107. Kevin Pollack, Dave Matthews BandFeb 26, 2001 108. Heather Locklear, Allison Krauss, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, The Soggy Bottom BoysFeb 27, 2001 109. Tom Brokaw, Leslie BibbFeb 28, 2001 110. Martin Short, Jake JohannsenMar 1, 2001 111. Michael Imperiloli, Josh Joplin GroupMar 2, 2001 112. Janet Jackson, Jill ScottMar 12, 2001 113. Denis Leary, Anne Bancroft & Liv ArnesenMar 13, 2001 114. Cokie Roberts, Uncle KrackerMar 14, 2001 115. Antonio Banderas, Nick CaveMar 19, 2001 116. Kristin Davis, Grant PaulsenMar 20, 2001 117. Jerry Seinfeld, Paul SimonMar 21, 2001 118. George Carlin, PowderfingerMar 26, 2001 119. Nathan Lane, Shannon Elizabeth, Cast of The ProducersMar 27, 2001 120. Jennifer Love Hewitt, TrainMar 28, 2001 121. Johnny Knoxville, The Go-Go'sMar 29, 2001 122. Isabella Rossellini, Wendy LiebermanMar 30, 2001 123. Craig Kilborn, Warren ZevonApr 2, 2001 124. Hugh Grant, SadeApr 3, 2001 125. Paul Reubens, Run DMC & Stephan JenkinsApr 4, 2001 126. David Spade, Amanda & Jonny SchwebelApr 5, 2001 127. Carson Daley, Jann Karem, The CBS Giant OrchestraApr 6, 2001 128. Mike Krzyzewski, SemisonicApr 9, 2001 129. Renee Zellweger, Stephen MalkmusApr 10, 2001 130. Holly Hunter, IdlewildApr 11, 2001 131. Tom Green, Dr. Geoffrey MarcyApr 12, 2001 132. LL Cool J, The Living EndApr 13, 2001 133. Liv Tyler, Billy IdolApr 23, 2001 134. Billy Crystal, The Bee-GeesApr 24, 2001 135. Don Rickles, Jayson WilliamsApr 25, 2001 136. Sylvester Stallone, Green DayApr 26, 2001 137. John Goodman, Jeff StilsonApr 27, 2001 138. Kirsten Dunst, Cirque de SoleilApr 30, 2001 139. Matthew Broderick, Brandi ChastainMay 1, 2001 140. Regis Philbin, David GrayMay 2, 2001 141. Bill Murray, Stevie NicksMay 3, 2001 142. Joan Cusack, Andy KindlerMay 4, 2001 143. Tina Wesson, Kate Hudson, The Blind Boys of AlabamaMay 7, 2001 144. Uma Thurman, Blues TravelerMay 8, 2001 145. Kid Scientists, Juliette LewisMay 9, 2001 146. Jenna Elfman, Destiny's ChildMay 10, 2001 147. Heath Ledger, Lewis BlackMay 11, 2001 148. Charlie Sheen, Missy ElliotMay 14, 2001 149. John Travolta, R.E.M.May 15, 2001 150. Mike Myers, David ByrneMay 16, 2001 151. Andrea Noceti, Jack Hannah, Ricky MartinMay 17, 2001 152. Kelsey Grammar, Smothers BrothersMay 18, 2001 153. Ray Romano, Dennis TitoMay 21, 2001 154. Stupid Human Tricks, Ellen DeGeneresMay 22, 2001 155. Alec Baldwin, Yogi BerraMay 23, 2001 156. Tom Brokaw, Badly Drawn BoyMay 24, 2001 157. Danny DeVito, Larry MillerMay 25, 2001 158. Helio Castroneves, Tom Dreesen, Lucinda WilliamsJun 4, 2001 159. David Duchovny, Trisha YearwoodJun 5, 2001 160. Jimmy Fallon, The Black CrowesJun 6, 2001 161. Dan Rather, Elvis Costello & Anne Sofie von OtterJun 7, 2001 162. Andy Dick, Brian ReganJun 8, 2001 163. Marv Albert, Sugar RayJun 11, 2001 164. Luke Perry, Jim WhiteJun 12, 2001 165. Kim Cattrell, Mary Chapin CarpenterJun 13, 2001 166. Star Jones, blink-182Jun 14, 2001 167. Jon Stewart, David BrennerJun 15, 2001 168. Dikenbe Mutombo, David Bowley, Cesaria EvoraJun 18, 2001 169. Tom Arnold, David SedarisJun 19, 2001 170. Jimmy Kimmel, PJ HarveyJun 20, 2001 171. Ewan McGregor, MobyJun 21, 2001 172. Chris Elliot, Harry HillJun 22, 2001 173. John McCain, Shawn WayansJun 25, 2001 174. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Depeche ModeJun 26, 2001 175. Marlon Wayans, Alan Webb, ColdplayJun 27, 2001 176. Sean Hayes, Brian Wilson, Darrius Rucker, Matthew SweetJun 28, 2001 177. Tony Danza, Nick DiPaoloJun 29, 2001 178. Reese Witherspoon, Jonatha BrookeJul 9, 2001 179. Julia Roberts, TravisJul 10, 2001 180. Edward Norton, DidoJul 11, 2001 181. Juliana Marguiles, George MillerJul 12, 2001 182. Vince Vaughn, Elayne BooslerJul 13, 2001 183. Piedmont Bird Callers, Hank Azaria, Maria McKeeJul 16, 2001 184. Kelly Ripa, Bob SarlotteJul 17, 2001 185. John McEnroe, Youssou N'DourJul 18, 2001 186. Jon Favreau, The Holmes BrothersJul 19, 2001 187. Billy Crystal, Al LubelJul 20, 2001 188. Jeff Meyer, Christopher Walken, Widespread PanicJul 23, 2001 189. Tom Selleck, David RakoffJul 24, 2001 190. Mark Wahlberg, Michael Lomonaco, Tegan & SaraJul 25, 2001 191. Greg Kinnear, Afro Celt Sound System & Peter GabrielJul 26, 2001 192. Marilu Henner, Hugh FinkJul 27, 2001 193. Kristin Davis, Nanci Griffith, Mark BorschardtJul 30, 2001 194. Sean CombsJul 31, 2001 195. Lance Armstrong, Thora Birch, Jamie O'NealAug 1, 2001 196. Nicole Kidman, Iggy PopAug 2, 2001 197. Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey RossAug 3, 2001

Synopsis

Following weeks of persistent effort, Dave secured an interview with Republican presidential hopeful George Walker Bush. Throughout the conversation, Dave pressed the candidate on pressing issues, but Bush consistently evaded direct responses.