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.