Late Show with David Letterman (1993 – 2015)

1993 • 22 seasons • Comedy, Talk • TV-PG

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Late Show with David Letterman · S9E39 — John McCain, Brittany Murphy, Macy Gray

Season 9 episodes

1. Will Ferrell, Tom DreesenAug 20, 2001 2. Bob Newhart, MaxwellAug 21, 2001 3. National Hollerin' Champions, Julia Stiles, Habib Koite & BamadaAug 22, 2001 4. Brooke Shields, John McEnroe, Joe HenryAug 23, 2001 5. Eric Kraff, Goran IvanisevicAug 24, 2001 6. Connie ChungAug 27, 2001 7. Jason Biggs, Daniel Tosh, Etta JamesAug 28, 2001 8. Charles Grodin, Michael Franti & SpearheadAug 29, 2001 9. Sarah Jessica Parker, John WitherspoonAug 30, 2001 10. Helen Fielding, Al LubelAug 31, 2001 11. Tom Arnold, Brandi Chastain, Ralph Stanley & The WhitesSep 3, 2001 12. David Schwimmer, BjorkSep 4, 2001 13. Carson Daly, US Marine CorpsSep 5, 2001 14. Tim Robbins, Amy Sedaris, Jimmy Eat WorldSep 6, 2001 15. Eugene Levy, Rich HallSep 7, 2001 16. Dan Rather, Regis PhilbinSep 17, 2001 17. Bryant Gumbel, Denis Leary, Tori AmosSep 18, 2001 18. Matthew Broderick, John Miller, Odetta & The Boys Choir of HarlemSep 19, 2001 19. Walter Cronkite, Will Ferrell, JewelSep 20, 2001 20. Merideth Viera, Stephen Ambrose, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, and Gillian WelchSep 21, 2001 21. Rudolph Giuliani, Katie HarmonSep 24, 2001 22. Marcia Gay Harden, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pete YornSep 25, 2001 23. Thomas Von Essen, Ben Stiller, Tenacious DSep 26, 2001 24. Hillary Clinton, Cast of '42nd Street'Sep 27, 2001 25. Jason Alexander, Don Zimmer, Wyclef JeanSep 28, 2001 26. Elton John, Steve ZahnOct 1, 2001 27. Kate Beckinsale, Chris Kattan, Sarah HarmerOct 2, 2001 28. John Cusack, Grant Paulsen, Joe StrummerOct 3, 2001 29. Owen Wilson, Lisa Ling, Ryan AdamsOct 4, 2001 30. Joshua Jackson, Tiki Barber, Emo PhillipsOct 5, 2001 31. Farrah Fawcett, Tina Fey, GarbageOct 8, 2001 32. Tom Cavanagh, Steve Hartman, Leona NaessOct 9, 2001 33. Nathan Lane, Cokie RobertsOct 10, 2001 34. Bruce Willis, Cody Arens, Alicia KeysOct 11, 2001 35. Rose McGowen, Sarah Vowell, Jim GaffiganOct 12, 2001 36. Steve Kroft, Bruce McCall, John MellencampOct 15, 2001 37. Jack Hannah, Justin Long, Daniel RodriguezOct 16, 2001 38. Ethan Hawke, Judith Miller, Quincy JonesOct 17, 2001 39. John McCain, Brittany Murphy, Macy GrayOct 18, 2001 40. Kevin Kline, Richard Holbrooke, Caroline RheaOct 19, 2001 41. David Hyde Pierce, U2Oct 29, 2001 42. David Spade, Marv Albert, Laurie AndersonOct 30, 2001 43. Kevin Spacey, Amy SedarisOct 31, 2001 44. Tom Brokaw, Gene CatronNov 1, 2001 45. John Travolta, Harland WilliamsNov 2, 2001 46. Jack Black, Tony BennettNov 5, 2001 47. Billy Crystal, Brittany SpearsNov 6, 2001 48. Marge Helgenberger, Gil de Ferran, Lyle LovettNov 7, 2001 49. Stupid Pet Tricks, Vince Vaughn, Faith EvansNov 8, 2001 50. Richard Dreyfus, Brett ButlerNov 9, 2001 51. Martin Lawrence, Natalie MerchantNov 12, 2001 52. Barbara Walters, David Radcliffe, Natalie MerchantNov 13, 2001 53. Harry Connick Jr., Bernie MacNov 14, 2001 54. Steve Martin, Earl ScruggsNov 15, 2001 55. Richard Harris, George CarlinNov 16, 2001 56. Kevin James, Deion SandersNov 19, 2001 57. Julia Roberts, Shelby LynneNov 20, 2001 58. Jenna Elfman, Kid RockNov 21, 2001 59. David Sedaris, Five for FightingNov 22, 2001 60. Ray Romano, Mitch HedbergNov 23, 2001 61. Kelly Ripa, Mort SahlNov 26, 2001 62. George Clooney, Martha StewartNov 27, 2001 63. Noah Wyle, George Miller, Carole KingNov 28, 2001 64. Julia Stiles, Jeff GordonNov 29, 2001 65. Jada Pinkett Smith, Thomas FriedmanNov 30, 2001 66. Ellen DeGeneres, Dave Gorman, Kelly GoldsmithDec 10, 2001 67. Mariah Carey, Elijah Wood, StereophonicsDec 11, 2001 68. Andy Garcia, Chris MatthewsDec 12, 2001 69. Kid Scientists, Liv Tyler, CakeDec 13, 2001 70. Michelle Pfeiffer, Dennis ReganDec 14, 2001 71. Meg Ryan, Diana KrallDec 17, 2001 72. Kevin Spacey, Jerome Bettis, Jane MonheitDec 18, 2001 73. Jamie Foxx, Rhys Ifans, Darlene LoveDec 19, 2001 74. Marisa Tomei, Lenny KravitzDec 20, 2001 75. Peter Jennings, Tom RyanDec 21, 2001 76. Ian McKellan, Phil SimmsDec 26, 2001 77. Rudolph Giuliani, P.O.D.Dec 27, 2001 78. Lauren Graham, Eddie BrillDec 28, 2001 79. Gwyneth Paltrow, StarsailorJan 7, 2002 80. Cate Blanchett, Timothy TreadwellJan 8, 2002 81. Jennifer Connelly, Colin SolowayJan 9, 2002 82. Jack Black, Foo FightersJan 10, 2002 83. Tom Cruise, Tom PapaJan 11, 2002 84. Ethan Zohn, Josh Hartnett, Remy ZeroJan 14, 2002 85. Cuba Gooding Jr., JewelJan 15, 2002 86. David Brenner, Howie Long, JewelJan 16, 2002 87. Cynthia Nixon, Mario Andretti, Willie Nelson & Rob ThomasJan 17, 2002 88. Darrell Hammond, Elayne Boosler, Willie Nelson & Lyle LovettJan 18, 2002 89. Jimmy Kimmell, Julie Bowen, CrackerJan 28, 2002 90. Bruce Willis, Ivan NevilleJan 29, 2002 91. Tim Russert, Jason SchwartzmanJan 30, 2002 92. Merv Griffin, Phantom PlanetJan 31, 2002 93. Regis Philbin, Steven WrightFeb 1, 2002 94. LL Cool J, John McEnroeFeb 4, 2002 95. Amy Brenneman, Martin Rees, ShakiraFeb 5, 2002 96. Adam Vinatieri, Chris MatthewsFeb 6, 2002 97. Mariska Harkitay, George Divoky, Alan JacksonFeb 7, 2002 98. Andy Richter, Jake JohannsenFeb 8, 2002 99. Janet Jackson, Enrique IglesiasFeb 11, 2002 100. Denis Leary, India.ArieFeb 12, 2002 101. Kelly Clark, Jeri RyanFeb 13, 2002 102. Calista Flockhart, IncubusFeb 14, 2002 103. Colin Farrell, Colin QuinnFeb 15, 2002 104. Ross Powers, Mila KunisFeb 18, 2002 105. Casey FitzRandolph, Ashleigh BanfieldFeb 19, 2002 106. Simon Ammann, Kevin BaconFeb 20, 2002 107. Halle Berry, Jonny MoseleyFeb 21, 2002 108. Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff FoxworthyFeb 22, 2002 109. Jill Bakken and Vonnetta Flowers, Kelsey Grammer, Alanis MorissetteFeb 25, 2002 110. Martin Short, Jack HannaFeb 26, 2002 111. Stupid Human Tricks, CherFeb 27, 2002 112. Tom Arnold, Nappy RootsFeb 28, 2002 113. Cokie Roberts, Al LubelMar 1, 2002 114. Ray Romano, Jason KiddMar 11, 2002 115. Regis Philbin, Andie MacDowell, Evelyn GlennieMar 12, 2002 116. Rene Russo, Bob Sarlatte, The ChieftainsMar 13, 2002 117. John McCain, The White StripesMar 18, 2002 118. Jon Stewart, Kit ArmstrongMar 19, 2002 119. Bonnie Hunt, N.E.R.D.Mar 20, 2002 120. Adam Arkin, Amy Sedaris, Midnight OilMar 25, 2002 121. Barbara Walters, Shannon McNallyMar 26, 2002 122. Peter Krause, Doris Kearns GoodwinMar 27, 2002 123. Robin Williams, SevendustMar 28, 2002 124. Andy Dick, Mike BrittMar 29, 2002 125. Marv Albert, Charlotte RossApr 1, 2002 126. Tim Robbins, Jimmie Walker, Cast of OklahomaApr 2, 2002 127. Michael J. Fox, Patti SmithApr 3, 2002 128. Selma Blair, Dick EnbergApr 4, 2002 129. Bob Newhart, Demetri MartinApr 5, 2002 130. Rosie Perez, George MillerApr 8, 2002 131. John AshcroftApr 9, 2002 132. Sandra Bullock, Billy Norris, Sheryl CrowApr 10, 2002 133. Dee Dee Davis, Cameron Diaz, The StrokesApr 11, 2002 134. Matthew Conaughey, John WitherspoonApr 12, 2002 135. Ashton Kutcher, Oliver AtukudziApr 22, 2002 136. Landon Shuffett, Seth Green, Elvis CostelloApr 23, 2002 137. Tiffani Thiessen, Bill Walton, Bonnie RaittApr 24, 2002 138. Charlie Sheen, Paul WesterbergApr 25, 2002 139. The Rock, Dwayne KennedyApr 26, 2002 140. Charlie Sheen, Paul WesterbergApr 29, 2002 141. Incredible Dog Challenge, Debra Messing, WilcoApr 30, 2002 142. Kirsten Dunst, Steve Nash, Angie Stone & The O'JaysMay 1, 2002 143. Tobey Maquire, Trey AnastasioMay 2, 2002 144. Jennifer Garner, Jim GaffiganMay 3, 2002 145. Mary Tyler Moore, Norah JonesMay 6, 2002 146. Richard Gere, Reggie MillerMay 7, 2002 147. Will Ferrell, Tom WaitsMay 8, 2002 148. Hugh Grant, Tony HawkMay 9, 2002 149. Gillian Andersen, Jonathan KatzMay 10, 2002 150. Liza MinnelliMay 13, 2002 151. Kid Scientists, Allison Janney, Al GreenMay 14, 2002 152. Alec Baldwin, Ted NugentMay 15, 2002 153. Stupid Human Tricks, Natalie Portman, X-ecutioners, Xzhibit, BiohazardMay 16, 2002 154. Kathie Lee Gifford, Brian ReganMay 17, 2002 155. Vecepia Towerey, Hilary Swank, The FirecrackersMay 20, 2002 156. Diane Sawyer, Jesse MartinMay 21, 2002 157. Jennifer Lopez, April Kleinschmidt, Patty LovelessMay 22, 2002 158. Jon Favreau, David Rakoff, Anton FiggMay 23, 2002 159. Charles Grodin, Wendy LiebmanMay 24, 2002 160. Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Dreesen, Goo Goo DollsJun 3, 2002 161. Celine Dion, Helio CastronevesJun 4, 2002 162. Chris Rock, Jack JohnsonJun 5, 2002 163. Nicolas Cage, Abi Thomas, Jimmy Eat WorldJun 6, 2002 164. Zach Braff, Kathleen MadiganJun 7, 2002 165. Christian Slater, David BowieJun 10, 2002 166. Sarah Michelle Gellar, John McEnroeJun 11, 2002 167. Freddie Prinze, Jr., Alicia KeysJun 12, 2002 168. Jodie Foster, Jack HannaJun 13, 2002 169. Matt Damon, Marc MaronJun 14, 2002 170. Stupid Human Tricks, Tom Cruise, The FlatlandersJun 17, 2002 171. Ellen DeGeneres, Al FrankenJun 18, 2002 172. Piedmont Birdcallers, Lauren Ambrose, MobyJun 19, 2002 173. Harrison Ford, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of DeadJun 20, 2002 174. Connie Chung, Gary Mule DeerJun 21, 2002 175. Will Smith, Landon Donovan, Yo Yo Ma & The Silk Road ProjectJun 24, 2002 176. National Hollering Champions, Adam Sandler, Trik TurnerJun 25, 2002 177. Tom Brokaw, Bow WowJun 26, 2002 178. Michelle Williams, Barry SonnenfeldJun 27, 2002 179. Christina Ricci, Daniel Tosh, Ben KwellerJun 28, 2002 180. Tom Hanks, Dolly PartonJul 8, 2002 181. Stupid Pet Tricks, Jude Law, rubyhorseJul 9, 2002 182. Robin Williams, Pat GreenJul 10, 2002 183. Paul Newman, Counting CrowsJul 11, 2002 184. Nathan Lane, Hugh FinkJul 12, 2002 185. Serena Williams, Tom Arnold, Dave Matthews BandJul 15, 2002 186. Catherine Keener, Mario Batali, Solomon BurkeJul 16, 2002 187. Sarah Jessica Parker, Etta JamesJul 17, 2002 188. Geena Davis, Robert PlantJul 18, 2002 189. Ted Koppel, Wendy LiebmanJul 19, 2002 190. Haley Joel Osment, Bill Scheft, Dashboard ConfessionalJul 22, 2002 191. Kristen Johnson, KinkyJul 23, 2002 192. Dana Carvey, Ben KilhamJul 24, 2002 193. Amy Sedaris, Chazz Palminteri, WeezerJul 25, 2002 194. Bill Cosby, Tift MerrittJul 26, 2002 195. Julia Stiles, Mike Daisey, Wyclef JeanJul 29, 2002 196. Joan Rivers, Zooey DeschanelJul 30, 2002 197. Blaine Mayhugh, Joaquin Phoenix, Little RichardJul 31, 2002 198. Mike Myers, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandAug 1, 2002 199. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Mitch HedbergAug 2, 2002 200. Matthew Perry, The VinesAug 19, 2002 201. Robin Williams, James TaylorAug 20, 2002 202. Al Pacino, Roger ClemensAug 21, 2002 203. Elizabeth Hurley, Tom RyanAug 23, 2002 204. Stupid Human Tricks, Jimmy Fallon, Dirty VegasAug 26, 2002 205. Chris Elliot, Eliza Dushku, Dixie ChicksAug 27, 2002 206. John Travolta, NellyAug 28, 2002 207. Caroline Rhea, Jake GyllenhallAug 29, 2002 208. Martin Short, Lewis BlackAug 30, 2002