David Letterman's Record Collection (24 March 1987)

Opens with a monologue and a Top 10 list about L.A. Law star Larry Hamlin (then People magazine's ''Sexiest Man Alive''); we recommend you play the video from 8:40 and onward.

The records are:
- Background Music For Home Movies, on Folkways Records. Notice the distinct lack of pets - or pretzels - on the track played in the clip.
- The Astrology Album, on Columbia Records. Why this thing was put out on such a major label is beyond me. So much so that - I'd like a copy of this!
- Kenneth Spencer's Stars, Hits, Evergreens, on Crystal Records. This is a German record, and all of the tracks on it are German-language recordings. Black Germans are hard to come by, are they not?
- The Land Where Dreams Are Made starring the Carradine brothers Keith and John and Loretta Swit from M*A*S*H, on Open Sky Records. My reaction to this is Mr. Letterman's, and it is priceless!
- From My Heart by Tony Perkins (Norman Bates from Psycho, not the Family Research Council stalwart) on RCA Victor. Fits because RCA once owned NBC, and, guess where this was taped off of?
- Throughout its short life span, in addition to having Anita Bryant (!) to record for them from the beginning, Carlton Records put out a strange set of how-to LPs. Needless to say, two of them left Mr. Letterman, well, speechless.
- What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?, by Ed McMahon, was released in 1966 on the RCA Camden label, which was RCA Victor's budget label. It's fitting because RCA owned NBC at the time, and NBC had Mr. McMahon's most famous gig: as announcer for the Tonight Show under Johnny Carson's tenure.
- Uri Geller has got to be one of the most, um, unique artists we've ever heard from, as shown by his self-titled Columbia LP.
- Ringing Clear: The Art Of Hand-Bell Ringing, on an unknown label. We're living in an alternate universe as shown by this album's recognition of a ''ragtime dance.''