Friday February 26th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Real time: Olivia Wilde is on the panel. Chris Rock comes out as a surprise. Bill does joke translations for the president of Toyota. Adam Carolla joins the panel. New Rules: funnel for women to pee standing up is stupid, no black athletes in the winter Olympics, don’t bring wine to a dinner party, Scott Brown wearing pink leather shorts on a date with his wife is stupid, and sex addiction is overrated. Then Bill talks about sex addiction being fake and Tiger Woods being Buddhist.

Ferguson: The show begins with Craig showing Quentin Tarantino a movie backstage, but it was a porno with Craig. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Quentin Tarantino. Mumford & Sons perform.

Thursday February 25th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Democrats and republicans debate at the health care summit. John Oliver talks about it. Congressman James Clyburn is the guest via satellite because Martin Scorsese couldn’t make it due to the snow.

Ferguson: The Morgan Freeman voice over impersonator says he likes bears playing hockey and we see a clip of it. Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day. Eddie Izzard comes out to read tweets and emails with Craig. Seann William Scott. Author Jackie Collins.

Wednesday February 24th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: More health care reform debate. There are problems for the Winter Olympics and John Hodgeman talks about how they are boring so he creates his own games. Tracy Morgan is the guest.

Ferguson: The show starts backstage with Don Cheadle telling Craig he is sick and Tim Meadows saying he can fill in. Don Cheadle. Author Jeannette Walls. Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day at the end of the show.

Tuesday February 24th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: New regulations for credit cards. Wyatt Cenac talks to a woman who got fired from Bank of America for trying to help their customers and a former loan collector for the mob. New information about the Toyota braking problem. Jeff Garlin is the guest.

Ferguson: Craig says it will be a special episode tonight without an audience and he explains that he will be just talking to a person like Tom Snyder used to do. Stephen Fry is the only guest for the night, who chats with Craig in a chair and coffee table setup.

Monday February 22nd Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Conservatives at a conservative meeting say crazy and stupid things. Glenn Beck was also there doing one of his usual rants. Samantha Bee talks from an alternate universe that followed what Glenn Beck said to do and things are bad there. Ricky Gervais is the guest.

Ferguson: Craig brings in the intern and the woman who are now dressed in honeymoon clothes. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. A new graphic for Check the Tweets. Parker Posey. Tom Everett Scott.

Friday February 19th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Real Time: Elliot Spitzer and Seth McFarlane are on the panel. Bill shows an ad by a politician that has people with messages written on their hand like Palin did. So Bill shows a bunch of celebrities and politicians who have messages on their hand including Bush’s hand saying “hand” and Trig Palin’s hand say “F-U Seth McFarlane.” Then Bill shows the clip from Family Guy mentioning Trig and Palin’s reaction to it. Seth talks about it. Wanda Sykes joins the panel. New Rules: salad ingredients must be mixed, big deal the pregnant man is having a third baby, Ash Wednesday is creepy, some disgusting Scottish food isn’t really food, we don’t miss Bush, and tea baggers are a cult, not a movement. Then Bill goes on a rant to prove that.

Letterman: Dave and Jay comparison showed Jay driving in classic cars and Dave driving that cupcake mobile. Olympic disqualifications include murder with a clip of a skier shooting another skier. WolfMandel is coming soon. Rupert from the Hello Deli and the staffer who plays Mike Singletary compete to dial Dave’s phone number the fastest. Late Show Fun Facts. Rupert is at the building’s reception desk. Top 10 signs you’re not going to win an Olympic gold medal. The Mike Singletary guy is at the Hello Deli. Nicole Richie. Dave prank calls Rupert. Tom Papa does standup and then sits down to chat.

Ferguson: The show opens with an intern and the woman who Craig said went to the bathroom dressed in French outfits while Craig tries to hook them up. A clip of show dogs’ butts being checked along with goofy sound effects. Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day. Topher Grace. Author Peter Sagal. The woman and the intern are in bride and groom outfits to end the show.

Thursday February 18th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: A 2-man bobsled team is in the audience and one is sitting on the other’s lap. Then two other guys say they are the bobsled team. A car sliding into a tree is Tiger. George Bush got stuck under the garage door. Two staff members on the building’s roof drop a curling puck onto a car and then another one that falls through the sunroof. Then they drop a bowling ball through the windshield. Scarlett Johansson talks about being in a play. Keith Olbermann. Daniel Merriweather performs.

Ferguson: Wavy the Crocodile opens the show. Clip of a guy being attacked by a giant spider while skiing. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. A Spanish woman in a Spanish outfit repeats the word to Craig. The Morgan Freeman voice over impersonator makes fun of ice skating. Craig talks about the skull that is dressed up to look like Ghost Rider. Jennifer Tilly. Jimmie Johnson. The show ends with the skull talking about the Spanish girl.

Wednesday February 17th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Jay driving an old snow plower. Alan Kalter in an ice skating outfit waiting for his ice skating scores. Kim Jong Il in a theater watching Avatar with 3D glasses on. Late Show Winter Olympics Highlight is again just one second. America’s Favorite Fake Presidents included actors and George W. Bush. A senator resigns and his state now must choose which naked male model will replace him. Coverage of the murder of a terrorist in a Dubai hotel includes footage of Dave stuck in an elevator. Top 10 surprising facts about curling. Ewan McGregor. Abby Elliot talks about working on SNL and her father Chris Elliott. They cut to Chris in the green room giving orders to Abby and getting mad at Ewan when he bothers him. Mumford & Sons perform.

Ferguson: To begin the show Craig gets some advice from Jerry Springer backstage on how to deal with a bad audience. Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day. Helena Bonham Carter takes up two segments. There was no time left for Ben McKenzie. To end the show Craig has some girl dressed in tradition Holland clothes say good night in her language.

Tuesday February 16th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Kim Jong Il in ladies sunglasses. Late Show Winter Olympics Highlight is just one second. News anchors create puns with the word snow. Stupid Pet Tricks with a dog that blows bubbles in water, a dog that says I love you, and a dog that jumps rope. Ben Kingsley. Mary J. Blige performs and then sits down to talk.

Ferguson: Craig talks about some woman in the audience leaving to go to the bathroom and then when she returns they show her walking to her seat. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Bob Saget comes out to read emails and tweets with Craig. Matt Lucas. Your Lips Your Lips perform. Craig has the girl who went to the bathroom say good night to end the show.

Monday February 15th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: A dog turns into a wolf at the dog show. Biden keeps coughing. Dave talks about the death of the Olympic luger. Two staff members race elevators up to the top floor and the winner gets a medal. Dave says Biff needed surgery for his fall on the show and will be out for 6 weeks. Top 10 things George Washington would say if he were alive today. Tracy Morgan. Daytona 500 winner Jamie McMurray. Fanfarlo performs.

Ferguson: Wavy the Crocodile opens the show. A video of two monkeys in sweaters ice skating together. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Colin Firth takes up two segments. There was no time left for Amanda Righetti.

Friday February 12th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Candy hearts to Obama say You Lie and Not True. Trump’s hair growls. An ad for Doritos and Cialis. A letter from the Toyota sign on their building falls off and blows up a car. Dave talks about the Fun Facts book. Olympic Fun Facts. Top 10 money saving Valentine’s Day tips. Jeff Bridges. A young guy comes out asking Dave how much longer he’s going to keep doing this shit. Comic Joe Wong does standup, but it was nowhere as good as his first time on the show. The Soft Pack performs.

Fallon: Jimmy’s weekly thank you letters. A shorter sneak peak of Late. The premiere of Late had the elevator crash and then Jimmy, Higgins, a woman and writer Anthony Jeselnik trying to find the stairs. Benicio Del Toro talks and then he and Jimmy inhale helium from balloons and talk in high pitched voices. All the other guests throughout the night did it as well. Selena Gomez. Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush. Selena Gomez performs.

Ferguson: The show begins with Craig talking to Carey Mulligan backstage about an Oscar speech. Some hairy guy is the wolfman. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day is werewolf. Carey Mulligan. David Nail performs.

Thursday February 11th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Republicans think an Obama health care debate is a trap so the show has an animation with an attacking tiger. John Oliver again reports from the Republican summit in Hawaii about health care interviewing the politicians and Hawaiian people who have universal health care. Iran is sending small animals to space and becoming nuclear. Director Lee Daniels is the guest. Jon checks in with Stephen about him reporting from the Olympics next week.

Letterman: A guy comes out with a salt spreader. Cheney has the head of the guy he shot as a mantelpiece. Palin’s hand notes for her birthday say blow out candles, eat cake, and clean rifle. Iran has a new liquid cleaner called Nu-Clear. Toyota cars will now have square wheels. Dave talks about the snow and Regis. A guy comes out asking if the show has been cancelled, not because of the snow but because it blows. Top 10 surprises in The Wolfman presented by Benicio Del Toro. Regis and Joy Philbin talk about meeting each other and their lives together. Elizabeth Banks talks about being on 30 Rock and some old roles. Regis and Joy Philbin perform.

Fallon: Jimmy gets mad at NBC and he is censored with a Winter Olympics ad. Jimmy as Robert Pattinson is bothered about Valenties Day. Jimmy as a country singer sings about cougars. John Lithgow. Jessica Szohr. Kings of Convenience perform.

Ferguson: Kunal Nayyar from CBS's The Big Bang Theory is in a robot costume mimicking what Craig is saying. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Craig reads the tweets. Don Rickles takes up three segments. There was no time left for Sonya Walger.

Wednesday February 10th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Big snowstorm in the east and the news networks have crazy names for it. One network talks with Cal Ripken’s wife about the storm. Fox News thinks this disproves global warming. Aasif Mandvi is outside the studio in the snow talking about it and then Samantha Bee and Jason Jones talk about it in the studio. Jon talks about children being kidnapped in Haiti. Former baseball player Willie Mays is the guest. Jon checks in with Stephen who talks about them being in HD now.

Letterman: The opening video has snow falling down. Video of the stage manager running through the snow outside. Trump’s hair shakes snow off of itself. Notes on Palin’s mitten say hitch dogsled, buy chapstick, and clean rifle. A running tally of news networks calling the snowstorm snowmaggedon and snowpocalypse. Snow is falling in the background behind Dave. Top 10 things you didn’t know about Survivor presented by 10 survivors from the new season. Dave throws snowballs at the background behind him. Jessica Biel talks and snow falls on top of them. Christoph Waltz. Josh Turner performs.

Fallon: Late Night Recognize the Olympics has audience members doing ice skating tricks with their fingers. Jimmy’s pastor again sings about Subway. Dick Cavett is interviewed on a replica of his old set. Christian Siriano. Yeasayer performs.

Ferguson: Craig introduces a Greek chorus who will be commenting on the show throughout the night. The Greek chorus sings about some being straight and some being not, while the bondage boy dances with Greek flags. Then they sing that Craig is not funny. Then about Tiger Woods. Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day is chorus. Craig gets mad that the audience applauds every time he mentions the Greek chorus. Then they sing that he looks like Liza Minelli. Craig reads the tweets again. Gabourey Sidibe. Ok Go performs. Comic Jeff Stilson does standup.

Tuesday February 9th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: A senator puts a hold on a senate nominee and Aasif Mandvi talks about it. John Oliver talks to politicians at a Republican convention in Hawaii about how they are wasting money by going there. Newt Gingrich is the guest.

Letterman: The notes on Sarah Palin’s hand say lenscrafters, clean rifle and look at Russia. Lincoln memorial statute is gone. Trump’s hair howling at the moon. Winter Olympics moving to DC. Republicans paid Palin $100,000 to give a speech and she said “if you can’t ride two horses you shouldn’t be in the circus.” Dave talks about Biff’s fall last night and says he is fine. Andy Kindler comes out to talk with Dave and then shows his video from the Super Bowl. Jennifer Garner. Brooklyn Decker. Sade performs.

Fallon: Jimmy shows an internet video of two kids break dancing in Superman and Spiderman outfits and then brings them out to dance on the show. Late Night recognizes the Olympics had audience members racing around the backstage area in ski boots. Jeff Musial brings animals. Bill Paxton talks and plays a card game with Jimmy. James Van Der Beek. Regina Spektor performs.

Ferguson: Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Craig reads twitter messages and they have a new video opener for it. Carrie Fisher. Donald Glover. Craig has 4 ladies from the audience sitting on his couch and he talks to them a little bit to end the show.

Monday February 8th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Coverage of the Republican Tea Party speeches and that Palin had notes written on her hand. Wyatt Cenac talks about it and tries to defend Palin. Lewis Black talks about Palin and others who are upset over Rahm Emanuel using the word retard to mean stupid. Jenny Sanford, wife of Gov. Mark Sanford, is the guest.

Letterman: Biff asks Dave if Leno is still here because he wanted to give him a headline. Gov. Mark Brown is on the 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover. Then the real cover is revealed and it has Brooklyn Decker. Dave talks about the Super Bowl. Then he talks very little about his Super Bowl commercial with Jay. He throws a football around and Sandra Bullock comes out to catch one. Top 10 Colts excuses. Dave throws the football around some more and we see footage from during the commercial break of Biff falling down while trying to catch the football and then being taken into an ambulance on a stretcher. Saints quarterback Drew Brees talks about the Super Bowl and his career. Then Drew and Dave pass around the football. Sandra Bullock. There was no time left for Josh Turner.

Fallon: Joe Satriani is sitting in with The Roots. Jimmy shows a preview of their new Late Night series, Late, which is a parody of Lost, awesome. Late Night Recognizes the Olympics had audience members compete to bob for medals in a pool of water and snowballs. Audience members sing karaoke to politicians’ speeches from the Tea Party. Stephen Colbert talks and then he and Jimmy ride the elevator down to the ground floor of 30 Rock so Jimmy can see Stephen off as he rides away in a horse drawn carriage. Willie Garson. Chef Eric Ripert cooks with Jimmy and Willie.

Ferguson: Craig says he joined Twitter. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Craig writes his twitter name on a card instead of them making a graphic. Pierce Brosnan takes up two segments. Patty Griffin performs

Friday February 5th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Osama Bin Laden says Jay is back where they want him and death to Zucker. Chemical Ali will be killed three more times. There are many steps required to be counted in the census. Dave talks about the Super Bowl. He talks about the Fun Facts book again saying he actually read it now. Top 10 things you don’t want to hear from your coach before the Super Bowl. Dave tries to match his pose on the book. Jack Hanna with animals takes up three segments. The Swell Season performs.

Fallon: Slowjamming the news with Brian Williams about the budget. Jimmy’s weekly thank you letters. Miles and Michael Showalter are graduate students in the audience who try to talk about football. Brian Williams. Amanda Seyfried. Comic Sean Patton does standup.

Ferguson: Craig plays with the skull on a stick with a moving mouth to start the show. An old clip of Craig in a playboy bunny outfit. Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day. Craig talks to Tim Meadows about the Super Bowl. Claire Danes. Jill Scott.

Thursday February 4th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Jon talks about his interview with Bill O’Reilly and then brings out a fake therapist, who is actually Wallace Shawn, to talk to about it. Jon goes through a bunch of titles on blog articles that say Jon destroyed Fox News last week. Then he goes through other blog article titles that use violent verbs when describing what one person said about another. A guy who asks Obama a question is named Dick Sweat. Congressman Anthony Weiner is the guest.

Letterman: Chrysler will be removing the brakes from all their cars. A guy comes out asking Dave if he wants to join the office’s super bowl pool, but doesn’t know Dave’s name. The speaker during a senate vote tells senators to put their pants back on because Scott Brown is there. New Orleans Saints name actually came from a real saint who invented a defensive play. An animated Dave walks across the screen, tells a joke and then Dave squashes him with the big mic. Top 10 things overheard during Scott Brown’s first day in the senate. Jamie Foxx. Amanda Seyfried. Robin Thicke performs.

Fallon: TV shows combined to make new shows. Freestylin’ with The Roots. Channing Tatum talks and then he and Jimmy try to get random objects into a basketball hoop. Aubrey Plaza talks about working on Parks and Recreation, tells some funny stories and does an impression of Joy Behar. Hot Chip performs.

Ferguson: More cut versions of Morgan Freeman announcing the CBS Evening News. A graphic for the first day of sweeps. Inside the World of Acting with Craig as a British guy edited into a conversation with Dwayne Johnson. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Craig has that skull now on a stick with a collar, flame coming from its head and a lever to move the mouth. Chris Kattan. Columnist Tina Brown. Chris Kattan is back with Craig at the end of the show.

Wednesday February 3rd Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Senate debates over gays in the military. John Oliver talks about it and says old people shouldn't be in senate. A video package of Samantha Bee reporting on women overtaking men in the workforce. Author Atul Gawande.

Letterman: Wardrobe lady Sue comes out to pour ash around Dave so the smoke monster won’t get him, this was a reference to Lost. Biff comes in dressed as a Viking talking about the Superbowl. Obama’s budget cut included millions saved by not turning Mt. Rushmore into a singing quartet and then they sing a Backstreet Boys song. James Cameron invented the vibrating movie seat, they’ve shown this before. A guy painted blue is standing behind Dave and then runs away. Paris Hilton presents Top 10 reasons I’m not on the show tonight. A clip of Paris, Sue with the ash, Biff as the Viking and the guy painted blue all in the green room. Sarah Silverman. Jeremy Renner. Tales of Old Hollywood. Nneka performs.

Fallon: Questions with Questlove. Dance your hats and gloves off. Jessica Alba talks about Twitter and her new movie. Then she and Jimmy play beer pong. Michael Strahan. Harper Simon performs.

Tuesday February 2nd Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Toyota cars recalled due to sticking accelerator pedals. Jason Jones is driving a Toyota that he can’t stop and Samantha Bee is in the car with him. Jon’s Story Hole was him with his hand through a hole in a bathroom wall and a bagel puppet on his hand. The bagel shows violent and racist Hamas cartoons. Brian Williams is the guest.

Letterman: An ad for Lost scrolls through a lot of questions really fast. February 3^rd is illegal groundhog fighting day. A stage hand interrupts Dave to talk about the Oscar nominations. The camera falls down and we later see that the cameraman pushed the camera forward which made it pan down quickly upon impact. Top 10 reasons your film wasn’t nominated for an Academy Award. John Travolta. Snowboarder Shaun White. Ben Harper and Relentless7 perform.

Fallon: Jimmy talks about the Oscar nominations. A Roots band member sings a song about making sweet love to your woman on Groundhog’s Day. Competitive spit takes. Meredith Vieira talks and is asked trivia questions Millionaire style. Then Jimmy and Meredith try to hit targets with snowballs. Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Motion City Soundtrack performs.

Monday February 1st Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: An article says Obama lost the support of Jon Stewart. Obama talks confidently about the budget. Fox News was the only news network to cut it off early. George Bush is the special guest at a Supermarket convention, while Tony Blair is being questioned by Britain. Economist Austan Goolsbee is the guest.

Letterman: Girls scream when Dave says Ben Bernanke. Scott Brown on the beach with his wife is footage of that naked couple again. George Bush walks out to interrupt Obama’s speech. Dave talks about some woman in the audience. A microwave is tonight’s gift the audience will not be receiving. Top 10 surprises in the $3.8 trillion federal budget. Bruce Willis comes out in Jets gear dancing around the set. Confetti falls down on them and Bruce shows a clip of him as a skier with a gun. Then he shows Exploding Underpants and the pair he has on explodes popping holes in his pants. He talks about his new movie. Then Bruce does an exit interview with Biff. Ne-Yo performs.

Fallon: 6bee is a spoof of Glee with Jimmy trying to get money for cue cards so he and the staff form a glee club. It featured Abby Elliot as a member of the glee club and Fred Armisen as an executive. Jimmy and the glee club sing Livin’ on a Prayer. Cell Phone Shootout and the audience gets oudoveirs. Rosario Dawson talks and then jump ropes with Jimmy. Former NFL player Tony Siragusa. New Kids on the Block perform.