Wednesday December 23rd Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Mayor Bloomberg is a Christmas ornament. A song from Regis Philbin’s CD has him singing while on painkillers. A compilation of all the violent acts from Things more fun than reading the Palin memoir. Jay Thomas tells his yearly story about The Lone Ranger and wants to stop Dave from hitting the meatball off the Christmas tree with a football, but Dave gets it on the second shot before Jay can try. Alec Baldwin talks about working with actors he looks up to and his new movie. Darlene Love performs.

Conan: Bo Obama keeps barking and attacks Santa. A message from all of TV has edited clips of TV personalities saying La Bamba is stupid and happy holidays. New stamps included Jersey Shore Santa, Nancy Pelosi’s same facial expressions on Christmas and crappy gifts including an autographed picture of Conan, which he gave to Andy. Conan gave Max a holiday sweater that says Happy Birthday Jesus on the back. Conando was Christmas themed and had Conan being a mall cop. Elijah Wood talks about doing voices for animated movies, Up, Avatar and how he got the role in LOTR. Basketball player Derek Fisher. Comedian Dwayne Perkins does standup.

Fallon: Animal from the Muppets opens the show with The Roots. In the monologue Jimmy talks about a machine that turns thoughts into speech and then they play Jimmy’s recorded voice. The final Christmas sweater is given out including a montage of what they’ve gave out so far. Real Housewives of Late Night season finale has the women having a Christmas party in the studio. Joy Behar. Jonny Lee Miller talks and then plays foosball with Jimmy. The Muppets sing 12 days of Christmas with Jimmy.

Ferguson: Craig chats with Tim Meadows who talks about malls and then sings with Paul Shaffer. Paris Hilton talks about what she is up to. Chef Jose Andrés cooks deserts with Craig.

Tuesday December 22th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Salahi’s show up to Obama getting his swine flu shot. A clip of Charlie Brown Christmas with an animated version of Dave coming in and telling a bad joke. A montage of languages invented for movies includes the clip of David Hasselhoff speaking gibberish while eating a burger off the floor. Jesus’s second miracle was turning bread into toast using a toaster. Top 10 Christmas Carols presented by a caroling choir who sing lines of carols with funny lines added in to them. Susan Sarandon talks about her relationship with her adult kids, her dogs who she shows pictures of with celebrities and about her new movie. There was no time for chef Michael Symon. Biff comes out dressed as Richard Simmons and gets mad at Dave when he finds out he is doing a different skit. Colbie Caillat performs.

Conan: Drunk Dumbledore visits the stores on Rodeo Drive. Conan’s small dose of joy has the puppies come out dressed as characters in the nativity scene. Conan and Andy introduce edited clips of current movies. Lance Armstrong talks about his career and book, then shows a picture of him as Zoolander in a continuation of his fake feud with Ben Stiller. Carson Daly talks about his kid and his New Year’s Eve special. Kid Cudi performs and then on the couch holds up a sign that says I love Coco.

Fallon: Jimmy says let’s take a brief look at 2009 and it is just a picture of the numbers 2009. The next Christmas sweater is given out. Jimmy sings a Christmas song about getting drunk on Christmas. Bonus footage of Real Housewives of Late Night presented by Bravo’s Andy Cohen. Tom Arnold talks about his stand up. Snowboarder Hannah Teter talks about the upcoming Winter Olympics and they drink her maple syrup. Michael McDonald performs.

Ferguson: A Sean Connery Holiday Memory. Kathy Griffin. Harry Connick Jr. performs.

Monday December 21th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: 3d technology in Avatar is an old clip of a guy bouncing a ball at the screen. More fun than Palin memoir: getting beaten up by a guy in a Santa suit. Dave gives out gifts to some audience members and then throws snowballs at the camera. AvaTiger enters the body of 14 strange creatures. A stage hand wants to show Dave a story about Penelope Cruz. Top 10 things you don’t want to hear from your child presented by Stewie from Family Guy. Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her kid and her new movie. Dave tries to throw snowballs into the holes of the band members’ trumpets. John Witherspoon.

Conan: Andy and La Bamba try to guess what Obama will say next and La Bamba says “sorry about that guys” since he forgot his mark, then that is what Obama says since something fell over. The pointing finger of Conan’s wax statue interacts with the staff backstage. A staff member has Christmas tips including buying egg nog then pouring it into a bowl and buying cigarettes as a last minute gift. A holiday themed Twitter Tracker. Christina Applegate talks about a trip and doing the voices for Alvin and the Chipmunks. Conan does a chipmunk voice in slow motion and wants it sped up, but when the control room can’t do it so quickly and Conan threatens to fire them, they cut off his signal. But then they do play it in slow motion. David Gregory talks about current events. Silversun Pickups performs.

Fallon: Jimmy tells us that Julian Casablancas made a cover version of the Christmas song Jimmy and his fellow SNL castmembers did on SNL. The next Christmas sweater is given out. Freestylin’ with The Roots had them playing Christmas songs. Martha Stewart talks about her book and then makes deserts with Jimmy. Jeffrey Ross talks about doing roasts and then insults some audience members. Horatio Sanz is with Jimmy to play and sing that Christmas song they did on SNL, which leads directly into Julian Casablancas performing it and Jimmy and Horatio join him in the end.

Ferguson: A Sean Connery Holiday Memory. Betty White comes out as a Salvation Army Santa Clause. Another Sean Connery Holiday Memory. Renee Fleming performs. Craig as Sean Connery in Christmas pajamas introduces John McDonald who does standup.

Friday December 18th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Footage of special effects in Avatar is a station wagon in space shooting lazers at a monkey in a space suit. Dave tells a story about a staff member at an old holiday party. Tobey Maguire talks about his kids and his new movie. Comic Tom Dreesen tells old stories. Alicia Keys performs.

Conan: Gov. Arnold talks about the coast and they show old footage of Arnold flexing his muscles on a coast. Video of a criminal eating evidence off a cop car’s roof. Then it is edited with him eating money, an iPhone and a gun. The velcro tree is outside and launched into a pile of ornaments. Conan apologizes for the bad acts he did during the show’s holiday party, including playing a drunken voicemail he left. Nigel Marven brings out animals including some type of turtle that bites Conan’s finger. Sam Worthington talks about Avatar. Foreigner performs.

Fallon: Another Christmas sweater is given out. Jimmy’s weekly thank you notes. Jude Law talks about Sherlock Holmes. Then Jimmy and Jude act out fake Sherlock Holmes scenes. Abby Elliot does some impressions and talks about liking Jimmy when she was young. Tech expert Joshua Topolsky shows off the Nook e-book reader, a small tablet pc and the thinnest laptop. Ronnie Spector performs.

Ferguson: Avatar trailer turns into guys colored blue dancing around. Judi Dench talks and Craig wants to end the interview awkwardly with her. Michelle Rodriguez talks with Craig about plane flying and other manly or extreme sports.

Last Call: From a record store. A whole episode dedicated to Snoop Dogg. A history about him, a performance, an interview and two more performances.

Thursday December 17th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Picture of Bush burning his arm while lighting a menorah. The girls scream for Ben Bernanke again. That clip of a car sliding into a tree which is supposed to be Tiger is played again. McCain’s shirt has “Palin is a moron” X’ed out. Toy expert Shannon Eis shows Dave hot holiday toys including a cupcake mobile which Dave rams into things around the set and the Christmas tree. Top 10 things overheard in line to see Avatar. Jude Law admits to throwing oranges at people watching him on his balcony and talks about Sherlock Holmes, then Dave shows a clip of Jude in an old version of Sherlock Holmes instead of the new version. Tales from Old Hollywood with some staff member. Matisyahu performs.

Conan: Andy in a leotard edited into So You Think You Can Dance as a loser. A guy being interviewed on the news is surprised by the news. Conan visits Best Buy to learn how to be an employee and then tries to sell a Kodak picture frame. Conan’s tabloid moment has him being punched by Santa in a subway while holding alcoholic eggnog. John Krasinski does his marionette impression and talks about his new movie. Molecular mixologist Claire Smith mixes drinks with Conan and they work with fire. Robin Thicke performs.

Fallon: Jimmy shows Quest in an old Boyz II Men video. Another Christmas sweater is given out. The show’s pastor sings about Subway’s Philly Cheesesteak sandwich. Dance your hats and gloves off. Paul Shaffer talks about his career and is upset that Jimmy calls the Roots the best band in late night and that the keyboardists are on the upper deck. Then he plays with the Roots. Chris Jericho enters via the trapdoor in the audience with smoke and Jimmy announcing him. He talks about WWE’s show for the troops and his book. Tariq from the Roots introduces Boyz II Men who sing The Goo Goo Dolls song Iris.

Ferguson: Picture of Kim Jong Il with a Kate Gosselin wig. Sigourney Weaver. Writer Hank Stuever.

Last Call: From a toy shop. Director Jason Reitman. Rapper Kenna. Franz Ferdinand performs.

Wednesday December 16th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Another health care rally in Washington with dumb speakers. A recap of the year, focusing on health care, including the recent developments with Joe Lieberman. Samantha Bee in a video package reports on the White House sending Christmas ornaments to schools and how a stupid Fox anchor thinks it shows Obama is a socialist. Hugh Grant is the guest.

Letterman: Girls in audience scream when Dave says Ben Bernanke since he’s Time’s Person of the Year. Picture of the Salahi’s in a airplane cockpit. Joe Lieberman says he’s going to raise taxes so he can buy a sweet Camaro. This didn’t look edited, maybe he did it for the show a bunch of years ago. More fun than Palin memoir: having jumper cables shoved in your mouth. Dave talks with the fake Mike Singletary who has bad advice. Martin Short comes out as a surprise to promote his new special then sings a song urging people not to commit suicide during the holidays. Top 10 signs there’s something wrong with the secret service. Robert Downey Jr. talks about Sherlock Holmes and Dave has an Ironman toy which when he presses it’s button a fake voice plays saying goofy things. Kris Allen performs.

Conan: BBC presents Jersey Shore as if it was a serious documentary. They bring out catapults filled with ornaments which Conan and Andy launch at the Velcro tree and then ornaments fall from the ceiling on the tree. A fake ad for Gold 4 Sex. Wanda Sykes talks about current events and has a Palin popup book that she used on her own talk show. James Cameron talks about Avatar and Conan shows a picture of himself and Andy with Avatar skin. Comic Myq Kaplan does standup.

Fallon: Another Christmas sweater is given out. An old VHS style video of Jimmy teaching how to wrap gifts. Jeff Musial brings out animals including a reindeer. Sarah Jessica Parker. Deepak Chopra. Raekwon performs.

Ferguson: Craig talks about his appearance on Ellen’s show and how much better it is over there than on his show. Christmas specials with Craig playing Sarah Palin, Andy Rooney, Kate Gosselin, Simon Cowell, Willie Nelson, Paula Abdul and Tom Cruise. Bob Barker. Journalist Greta Van Susteren.

Last Call: From a marine base which is doing toys for tots. Joel David Moore. DJ David Guetta. Gossip performs.

Tuesday December 15th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Obama invites bank CEOs to the White House and some of them can’t make it. John Hodgman has advice on how to get the country out of debt. The Secretary of Transportation is the guest.

Letterman: Christmas lights in Donald Trump’s hair. Bush’s arm on fire while lighting Hanukah candles in a White House picture. Invictus also stars Nelson Mandela’s brother Howie Mandela. James Cameron’s technological innovations include the vibrating movie seat. Dave talks with Regis on the phone about his hip surgery and is jealous about Regis hanging out so much with Jimmy Kimmel. Top 10 ways Regis is passing the time while recovering from hip surgery presented by Regis. Sarah Jessica Parker talks about her kids and removing her mole. Leona Lewis performs. At the end of the performance Dave asked her where she’s going to be for Christmas. I remember he asked her the same thing last year, what a weirdo, haha.

Conan: Miracle on 34^th street edited with footage of the Hulk. La Bamba does an ad for Gatorade since he would never be involved in a sex scandal. Chris Brown is shutting down his twitter account so Conan shows some of his tweets. Conan and Andy throw Velcro decorations on a Velcro tree. Conan talks about the Jersey Shore guy’s nickname, “The Situation” and about wanting his own nickname. Andy does a stupid voice for the assassin in the Assassin’s Creed 2 video game. The black staff member talks about the main character in Princess and the Frog getting with a white guy and shows black female celebrities who are with white guys, including Tiger’s wife acting black. Megan Mullaly brought wigs for Conan and talks about making out with her husband on Parks and Recreation. The Situation and Snookie from Jersey Shore talk about their lives. Norah Jones performs.

Fallon: Higgins does a badly dubbed Japanese voiceover for Jimmy during a joke about Matsui in the monologue. Jimmy slowjams the news about bailout money. Brother Ali is sitting in with The Roots. The next Christmas sweater is given out. Andy Samberg comes out as “Jewy Fallon” doing a weird impersonation mix of a Jew and a really exaggerated impression of Jimmy to talk about Hanukah and then he and Jimmy do a Jewish dance. Marion Cotillard drinks some champagne with Jimmy to toast her Golden Globe nomination and talks about Nine. Director Jason Reitman also drinks champagne to toast his Globe nomination and talks about Up in the Air. Jimmy cooks with chef Anne Burrell.

Ferguson: It is the 1000^th episode and the puppets have taken over. Wavy the crocodile and the shark lip synch to Honky Tonk Badunkadunk with background dancers and bondage boy in the background. Wavy does a short monologue saying that Craig is missing and the puppets are hosting the show tonight. It also included a quick distant shot of Wavy being in a suit and tie. A shot of the camel and dog in the control room. Wavy shows a clip of The Fantasic Mr. Fox and then has an interview with Jason Schwartzman including ripping up the card in the beginning. A Sean Connery Holiday Memory with a horse puppet dressed up in clothes. Dear Aquaman with the shark in an Aquaman body. Wavy does a really short interview with Maria Bello. Another Dear Aquaman with the shark. Jason Segal as a Dracula puppet sings an original song including popping his head up halfway through. Another Sean Connery Holiday Memory. Wavy talks to Kristen Bell about wanting to date her. Wavy eats the kitten in the “What did we learn on the show tonight Craig?” graphic. To end the show Wavy lip synchs to You’ve Got a Friend and is joined by all of the puppets and the show’s characters including Craig as Prince Charles. Finally, credits play showing behind the scenes of Craig controlling the puppets, the crew setting it all up and Craig coming out from under the desk after the interviews.

Last Call: From a Christmas tree lot. Dita Von Teese. Ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto. Comic Ben Gleib does standup. Carson goes home with a tiny tree because he rode in on his motorcycle.

Monday December 14th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: News from the Copenhagen environmental summit and the people who think it’s all fake. Coverage of Christmas and Hanukah at the White House. John Oliver dressed as Santa Clause talks about it and ends up comparing Christmas and Hanukah. Sigourney Weaver talks about Avatar.

Letterman: Text from Arnold Palmer talks about bologna. Leaders dodging things included Gerald Ford falling down stairs after being hit with a chicken. More fun than Palin memoir: getting stabbed with an umbrella. Dave talks about a car ride with his son. Top 10 least popular mall stores. Hugh Grant talks about golf and working with a bear for his new movie. Zoe Saldana talks about her career and filming Avatar. Alicia Keys performs.

Conan: Jersey Shore with offensive material edited out is a few seconds long. Obama interview edited so that he has problems thinking about what he’s going to say. Tuning into late to the news was some lady misinterpreting some kid. Conan, Andy and Max take a picture for their holiday card with sweaters, antlers for Max, a Christmas background, a dog, a yarmulke and braids on the snowman for Hanukah and finally Mike Tyson. Conan shows the Christmas decorations. Max begins singing a song about Mormons, then Andy and Max join in as well as the Mormon Tapper Knackle Choir who tapdance. Tom Arnold. Cheryl Hines talks and Conan shows an old commercial she was in. Adam Lambert performs.

Fallon: Another Christmas sweater is given out. A timeline of the events during Oprah’s interview with Obama, including Biden interrupting them and acting like a kid talking about super soakers. The timeline is then interrupted by a message saying Biden apologizes for saying a certain super soaker was bad and then a Biden head on arms and legs dancing is sprayed by a super soaker. A staff member, Tariq of the Roots, Kate Hudson and Jimmy read their letters to Santa and Jimmy made his funny this time by really overdoing that voice he does. Kate Hudson talks about some old memories with Jimmy and her new movie. Then she and Jimmy play beer pong and Jimmy wins with two perfect shots. Giovanni Ribisi talks about Avatar. Chevelle performs.

Ferguson: Joshua Jackson talks and mid-interview gets a phone call from his girlfriend Diane Kruger and they both talk to her. Lake Bell. Rebe McEntire performs.

Friday December 11th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Tiger Woods Christmas Special is some car sliding into a tree. Santa Clause in the Rudolph special is holding a bottle of alcohol and drunk. More fun than Palin memoir: getting stabbed in the eye with a carrot. Late Show Fun Facts. Top 10 signs you’re having a bad holiday season. Kyra Sedgwick. Comic Brian Scott McFadden does standup. Joe Perry performs.

Conan: William Shatner reads some lines from Sarah Palin’s book. Then Palin herself comes out to read some lines from Shatner’s book. Since Conan never got around to filming a goodbye message for Diane Sawyer, he sings one to her. Zach Braff tells some stories and talks about the old rumor on the internet of him being dead. Bear Grylls talks about some of his adventures. Tony Bennett performs then sits down to chat with Conan quickly.

Fallon: Snoop Dogg is sitting in with the band. Another Christmas sweater is given out. Jimmy writes his weekly thank you letters. Think About It game where three audience members must think about mistletoe and two of them end up thinking about a drunk girl and guy. Snoop Dogg talks, then reads How the Grinch Stole Christmas in a holiday setting. Mary Steenburgen. Snoop Dogg performs.

Ferguson: Jim Parsons. They Might Be Giants perform with clips of John Hodgeman talking about the solar system.

Last Call: From a steak restaurant. David Duchovny. Boxer Tor Hamer. Anya Marina performs.

Thursday December 10th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize while trying to justify sending more troops. Glenn Beck reacts to and probably is the reason for the rise in price of gold. Jason Jones in a video package talking to a woman who created a new kind of tea party. Gwen Ifill is the guest. Jon checks in with Stephen who uses big words.

Letterman: Arnold Palmer’s text message says there’s a sale on rakes at Home Depot. The Salahi’s show up at Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech. Kelly Ripa hosts the show with Regis’s old hip. More fun than Palin memoir: having a tray of needles thrown in your face. “Late Show What?” was Dave and the cat lady hopping up and down singing about the cat for a few seconds. Top 10 texts sent by Tiger Woods. Kate Hudson tries to avoid talking about Alex Rodriguez and talks about her new movie. Author Dr. James Hansen talks about global warming. Tori Amos performs.

Conan: Victoria Secret’s ad where they shoot missiles out of their bras and a Transformer is wearing a bra. Barbara Walters interviews some random guy in her most fascinating people special. Conan describes a womanizer who uses his fame to sleep with women and the camera shows Max then La Bamba has his wingman. Andy corrects Conan’s pronunciation of a guest’s name and then Conan shows Andy’s script that has it spelled phonetically for him. Conan being Oprah recommends a Katie Lee Gifford Christmas special and shows a clip of it. Ben Stiller talks about attending the White House dinner, says he’s there to promote Avatar even though he’s not in it, talks about his StillerStrong headbands for charity and brings out Max in a StillerStrong speedo. Then Conan has Lance Armstrong live via satellite and he is mad about Stiller copying him. The winner of Top Chef first talks with Conan then they cook a desert. 30 Seconds to Mars performs.

Fallon: Another Christmas sweater is given out. Real Housewives of Late Night had the ladies walk around Rockefeller plaza and visit the Today show with Kathie Lee and Hoda. Julianne Moore. David Alan Grier. Blakroc performs.

Ferguson: A Sean Connery Holiday Moment with Craig as Connery. Howie Mandel talks about his OCD and his book. Paula Marshall.

Last Call: From a music equipment shop. Adam Scott. Skater Leticia Bufoni. XX performs.

Wednesday December 9th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Cash for Caulkers program has people on the news networks pronouncing caulk like cock. A guy on a White House webcast is really nervous. The TSA leaks documents about airline security. More problems in senate about health care. Palin gets a tomato thrown at her. Author Andrew Ross Sorkin is the guest.

Letterman: Picture of Mike Bloomberg in a stocking as a stocking stuffer. Footage looped of Cheney having difficulty breathing. New Tiger Woods video game recreates what happened. More fun than Palin memoir: using a malfunctioning hand dryer. Author Maryjean Ballner shows Dave how to massage a cat. Top 10 signs the Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Obama’s head. Rachel Weisz. A staff member does Tales from Old Hollywood telling a story about an old actor. Rob Thomas performs.

Conan: Cheney’s words edited having him say Obama is evil and plotted the Lincoln assassination. An ad that calls Americans racist for certain ridiculous things. The golf caddy picks out Tiger jokes for Conan. Bob Saget comes out with his own caddy and tells a joke. Video package of Drunk Dumbledore hanging out around the town. Snoop Dogg talks about his products and Conan shows a clip of him in a German commercial. Carl Reiner. Snoop Dogg performs.

Fallon: Jimmy gives out the next Christmas sweater. Jimmy gives Tiger advice in front of the locker room props. Rush Limbaugh karaoke. The entire band of Bon Jovi talks with Jimmy and then answers video viewer questions. Susie Essman. Bon Jovi performs.

Ferguson: Morgan Freeman. Then Morgan Freeman introduces the band Overtone since he met them while working on his new movie. Overtone performs.

Last Call: From an ice skating rink. Attack of the Show host Olivia Munn talks about why she likes her job, the geek fans, how she got her start, being in Playboy, working on Ironman and her new book. I’m a huge fan of AotS, been watching since the very first episode of their now 1000+ episodes. This was a great interview, really giving fans an inside look into Olivia’s life and her feelings about her job. It was so much better than the interview she did on Fallon where she acted unnecessarily dirty and had her interview train wrecked by Artie Lange. Professional surfer Jordy Smith. Paolo Nutini performs.

Tuesday December 8th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: An American who orchestrated the Mumbai attacks is arrested and Aasif Mandvi is upset about it, then says India will invade America. A Fox poll adds up to 120% and a female host says stupid things. Mike Huckabee is the guest.

Letterman: New movie The Lovely Bones includes bones of some old actor. More fun than reading the Palin memoir: ripping off your own head. Dave talks about twitter and does a tweet live. Barbara Walters talks about Tiger Woods, her new special and the people on it including Palin. Dave has a toaster and tweets about it. Blakroc performs.

Conan: The golf caddy picks Tiger jokes for Conan. Celebrity Survey: Heidi Montag says when she travels she always brings with her: a douchebag. Josh Brolin. A guy with a dog named Tillie who paints demonstrates it. Comic Chad Daniels does standup.

Fallon: The show will be doing 12 days of sweaters, giving out a Christmas themed sweater to one audience member for the next 12 shows. Jimmy gives out the first sweater. Jimmy in soldier gear with a gun does fake lines for Avatar. Rachel Maddow talks about current events. Then she and Jimmy make drinks. Director Tom Ford talks about his movie. Jawbox performs.

Ferguson: Craig shows pictures of the yellow bird from Charlie Brown and Bill Maher saying they look alike. Craig shows a newspaper cartoon with a Scottish joke. Michael Clarke Duncan. Gillian Jacobs talks about going to Gulliard, working with Joel McHale and Community. Rosanne Cash performs.

Last Call: From a classic car shop. Donald Glover from Community talks about his career and writing for 30 Rock then quitting. Professional snowboarder Ellery Hollingsworth. Pete Yorn performs, then again during the credits.

Monday December 7th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: More health care debate in senate. A discussion about some stimulus money and jobs. Dan Rather is the guest.

Letterman: Footage of violence at a basketball game edited into footage of the crooked NBA ref saying he should have realized that was a foul. More fun than reading the Palin memoir: falling off a moving train. Dave talks about Tiger. Announcer in golf channel ad doesn’t know the names of any other golfers. A fake Salahi family stands behind Dave. Top 10 ways Tiger can improve his image, with reactions from Tom Hanks backstage. Ray Romano talks about his family and his new tv show. Alan Kalter is teaching a lamaze class backstage. Anna Kendrick talks about working with George Clooney and their new movie.

Conan: It’s a Wonderful Life with the guy being eaten by a shark. The golf caddy again comes out to pick Tiger jokes for Conan. Stop motion animation Santa and Rudolph with swine flu masks. Cody and Wolfboy are joined by a football player from The Blind Side then Cody runs outside and melts. Stop this crap already! Conan as Oprah suggests Troll 2 and shows a clip. Howie Mandel talks about and jokes about his OCD. Deepak Chopra continues analyzing Conan’s problems as he once did in a segment on the old show. Michael McDonald performs.

Fallon: The set is decorated for Christmas. Monologue joke: James Cameron's Avatar comes out next week. A lot of people are saying it will be just as successful as titanic, not the movie, the ship. 50 Cent is sitting in with the band. Jimmy gives a shout out, then Roots band members and other members of the staff also want to give shout outs to crazy things. In a comedic video package Jimmy is taught by an Olympic luger how to luge. Jason Batemen. 50 Cent sits down to talk. The winners of the Amazing Race. 50 Cent performs.

Ferguson: In the beginning Craig talked about watching Harry Potter with his son and loving it even though he’s made so much fun of it in the past. Shirley Manson. Author Mitch Albom.

Friday December 4th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Conan: Obama lights a Christmas tree then it falls down and explodes. Avatar video game is actually an old primitive game. A golf caddy comes out to pick which Tiger jokes Conan should tell, while Andy does low golf-like commentary. Andy talks about the various Tonight Show packages that will exist under Comcast including multiple versions of the show with black, Hispanic and female hosts. Conan being Oprah recommends Leprechaun 4 in Space and shows a clip of the leprechaun using a lightsaber. Conan shows us that the Steven Segal CD and the chicken calendar are in the “frequently bought together” section on Amazon. Rachel McAdams. Mindy Kaling. Diane Birch performs.

Ferguson: Craig lights a tiny tree. Jared’s head on a really fat body. Emily Blunt. Author David Bianculli.

Thursday December 3rd Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Switzerland wants to ban the building of minarets because they think the Muslim religion will get out of hand. John Oliver interviewed a Switzerland leader who talks about the country’s neutrality. An old sitcom star came out that she was gay, while the NY gay marriage bill failed. Author Michael Specter is the guest.

Conan: More pictures of Biden with the party crashers drinking, rocking out and in a hot tub. Andy was waving in footage that played behind a weatherman. Conan and Andy have nice things to say about Comcast and sing a song, which then turns into a big musical number. Conan visits the neighboring shops. John Travolta talks and shows two commercials he did for a Japanese drink when he was young. Rod Stewart talks and at one point patted Conan on his leg then slid his hand up his leg, which freaked Conan out. Rod Stewart performs.

Ferguson: My DVR didn’t record this, I need to watch online!

Wednesday December 2nd Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Obama’s speech last night about sending more troops and the news networks’ comments on it. Then Jon shows what they wanted his speech to say using clips of famous lines from movies. Scientists have created artificial meats and Jon comments on it. Lance Armstrong is the guest.

Conan: During his speech, ABC makes Obama’s voice sound like Charlie Brown’s old people and the yellow bird pops up on screen. Pillsbury ad where Santa poking the dough boy deflates him. Conan and Andy again can’t come up with jokes abut Comcast and only say nice things, while wearing Comcast clothing. Then La Bamba says Pop Tarts come in so many flavors. Conan being Oprah suggests Leprechaun 2 Back in the Hood and shows a clip of it. Conan brings out his wax figure again and shows a clip of Andy bringing it around the Universal lot with him. Jenny McCarthy talks about being neighbors with Conan, shows some clips of violent women on reality shows, talks about her new fitness video game and brings out a big exercise ball which Conan bounces up and down on. Gabriel Iglesias does standup then talks with Conan. Switchfoot performs.

Ferguson: The show starts with Kristen Bell in the greenroom and she is joined by Paul Shaffer who tries to play bagpipes for her. Then Craig comes in and the bagpipes make him horny. Kristen Bell joins Craig to read the emails, then at the end switches seats with him to throw to commercial. Paul Shaffer. Shohreh Aghdashloo brought her Emmy.

Tuesday December 1st Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Emails leak that say that the government is hiding information against global warming, but it seems to be fake. Dubai is having financial problems. A compilation of clips from news networks talking about the Tiger Woods incident set to music then it cuts to Jon who also tries to sing. Author Thomas Friedman talks about the war.

Conan: Tiger Woods video game is now GTA with a woman beating up Tiger with a club. The party crashers edited in behind Obama during a speech. Conan and Andy try to do jokes about Comcast, but they only have good things to say about them, except La Bamba who says he likes pancakes. Conan being Oprah suggests the movie Leprechaun in the Hood and shows a clip of it. Pierre Bernard models a diamond jock strap then walks on a red carpet outside to the bus station. A fake prison representative tries to talk about what a spammer will experience in prison using internet lingo. Tobey Maguire talks about Spiderman and his new movie. Chris Colfer. Rickie Lee Jones performs.

Ferguson: A really fat woman bouncing around edited into a promo for the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. A Sean Connery Holiday Memory. Joel McHale. The Swell Season performs.

Monday November 30th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Jon talks about the husband and wife who crashed the white house dinner. Aasif Mandvi talks about only being invited to the lunch, then Jason Jones says he got into the dinner as a white guy in a tux with a hot blonde. Jim Gaffigan is there as a fake news reporter just trying to take a picture with Jon. Wyatt Cenac reports on Americans moving to Mexico for their health care and tries to make it sound bad when it is actually good. The guest is a reporter who was jailed in Iran for a piece he did on the Daily Show.

Conan: Chevy Volt’s voice says annoying things. Conan shows a clip of a Bolivian newscaster who wears an eyepatch. Conan brings out a wax Conan and then Andy has a weird looking wax Andy head on a doll body. In the Year 3000 with Andy, why not Shatner? William Shatner. AnnaLynne McCord talks about the paparazzi, liking Star Wars and what type of man she wants. The cast of Mary Poppins performs.

Ferguson: A Sean Connery Holiday Moment was Craig as Connery in pajamas telling an old story. Michael Sheen. Carl Bernstein.

Friday November 27th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Jimmy is the lone host with a new show tonight.

Fallon: Another plug for Robert DeNiro’s new movie. Freestyln’ with The Roots. Before the commercials Jimmy does an ad for Subway giving an audience member a Subway sandwich and another one a homemade sandwich. Fred Armisen talks about goofy things like usual and does impressions of drummers on a set of drums. Then Fred and Jimmy play charades with their surprise guest partners, Fred’s wife Elisabeth Moss and Amy Poehler. Carey Mulligan. Jimmy, Fred and Carey cook thanksgiving leftovers with Chef Daniel Boulud. Then to end the show all of tonight’s guests and surprise guests plus Higgins are sitting at a thanksgiving table, where they end up playing duck duck goose as the credits roll.

Thursday November 26th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Conan: Balloon boy’s balloon is part of the Macy’s parade. CBS blurred Adam Lambert’s gay kiss so Conan shows that they also blurred NFL footage of a QB behind the player waiting for the ball. A message from Conan’s father upset that Conan is working. Conan’s mini-dose of joy brought out those same puppies now dressed as Thanksgiving dishes. A video package of Conan sitting down with Jordan Schlansky, Pierre Bernard and Wing Pang for thanksgiving dinner. Pee Wee Herman shows off some weird toys to Conan, him and Conan ride human sized Roombas and then does a thanksgiving scene with Conan as a boat, Max as an Indian, Andy as his daughter and La Bamba as a turkey. Donald Faison talks about his life. Bon Jovi performs.

Fallon: Jimmy promotes Robert DeNiro’s new movie yet again, maybe his appearance wasn’t worth all this? Jimmy talks with The Roots about their thanksgiving parade appearance. Jimmy’s weekly thank you letters are thanksgiving themed and included him talking about the tofurkey with the joke “if I see a tofurkey anywhere near my thanksgiving table you can go tofurk yourself.” Robin Williams. Rashida Jones talks then sings a short song about liking stuffing. Jimmy, The Roots and Rashida Jones sing Holiday Road from National Lampoon’s Vacation.

Last Call: From the Grammy museum. Whole show dedicated to Weezer. A video package about them, a performance featuring Sara Barailles, a video about their fans, another performance, and a performance featuring Chamillionaire.

Wednesday November 25th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Pardoned Turkey’s: Where are they now? chronicled the life of a turkey. Things more fun than reading the Palin memoir: getting attacked by a guy in a turkey suit was an old clip of Dave shooting the fire extinguisher at Richard Simmons dressed as a turkey. Dave talks to his mother via satellite and tries to guess the pies she made, but only guesses one of the two right. Dave shows the betting pool that the office had for the pies. Then he checks in with the satellite and a crew member is eating a pie. Top 10 signs you’ve eaten too much thanksgiving. Natalie Portman talks about moving into a new home, thanksgiving and Dave loves her new movie. We see the satellite feed again and that crew member is passed out after eating the whole pie. Adam Lambert performs.

Conan: Conan being Oprah suggests the movie Cool as Ice with Vanilla Ice and shows a clip of it. Then a new wax Tom Cruise is lowered from the ceiling then pulled up and down to jump on a couch like he did on Oprah’s show. A thanksgiving themed Twitter Tracker. Norm MacDonald does his usual dry humor about current events and jokes about what he is thankful for. Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler. Comic Dan Cummins does standup.

Fallon: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are sitting in with The Roots. Jimmy talks to Talib about them sharing tents in Africa for a show, talks about himself and The Roots doing the parade tomorrow and again about Robert DeNiro’s new movie. Jimmy as Andy Rooney in a post apocalyptic world talks about life. Jimmy sings a few verses from two songs. A thanksgiving themed Lickin it for Ten including licking around a hand to make a hand turkey, licking the inside of a turkey which looked pretty sexual, and licking mashed potatoes away from a chute that then dropped down gravy. Seth Green. Padma Lakshmi talks about being pregnant and Top Chef. Mos Def and Talib Kweli perform.

Ferguson: Craig gets a phone call, which is a pre-taped message, from the real Morgan Freeman demanding crazy things for his appearance on the show next week. Robin Wright Penn. Craig cooks with Wolfgang Puck.

Last Call: From the Grammy museum. Whole show dedicated to David Gray. A video package about him, a performance, an interview and another performance, only one unlike the two the others have done this week.