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S3·E47 Show #0486

Aired November 14, 1995

Synopsis

Dave uses the speaker phone to get someone to bring him pizza. Later, thirty folks show up with boxes, and slices are handed out to the audience. Also, the United States is in the middle of a government shutdown, so Dave calls the Pentagon, misdials, finally gets an answering machine, and hangs up. A stagehand gives him an ax, cuts the phone cord, and hands the phone to an audience member.

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Episode recap

During season three, episode forty-seven of Late Show with David Letterman, also identified as show number zero four eight six, host David Letterman uses a speaker phone to get someone to bring him pizza. Later in the episode, thirty people show up with boxes of pizza, and slices are handed out to the audience. Also during the show, because the United States is in the middle of a government shutdown, David Letterman calls the Pentagon, misdials, finally gets an answering machine, and hangs up. Following this, a stagehand gives him an ax, he cuts the phone cord, and then hands the phone to an audience member.

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