Late Show with David Letterman — Season 18

E01 Brian Williams, Paula Abdul 03 Jan 2011 E02 Tim McGraw, Shaquille O'Neal, Keri Hilson 04 Jan 2011 E03 Jennifer Connelly, Dr. Oz, Justin Townes Earle 05 Jan 2011 E04 Seth Rogen, Beau Garrett, the Walkmen 06 Jan 2011 E05 Regis Philbin, Hannibal Buress, No Age 07 Jan 2011 E06 Bill Cosby, a Top Ten List presented by Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, the Black Keys 10 Jan 2011 E07 Vince Vaughn, Mike Wolfe & Frank Fritz, Cage the Elephant 11 Jan 2011 E08 Kevin James, Olivia Munn, The Low Anthem 12 Jan 2011 E09 Kelsey Grammer, Amar'e Stoudemire, Gregg Allman 13 Jan 2011 E10 Joan Rivers, Jeff Caldwell, Wintersleep 14 Jan 2011 E11 Jack Hanna, Steven Tyler 17 Jan 2011 E12 Betty White, Kim & Kourtney Kardashian, the Script 18 Jan 2011 E13 Martin Short, Greta Gerwig, Darius Rucker 19 Jan 2011 E14 Kaley Cuoco, Piers Morgan, Wanda Jackson, Miss Arkansas, Alyse Eady 20 Jan 2011 E15 Nathan Lane, Mike Palascak, Esperanza Spalding 21 Jan 2011 E16 Justin Bieber, Pauley Perrette, Best Coast 31 Jan 2011 E17 Matthew Perry, Chris Elliott, Top Ten with Mitt Romney, the National 01 Feb 2011 E18 Kate Walsh, Jim Gaffigan, Boxer Rebellion 02 Feb 2011 E19 Howard Stern, Naughty By Nature 03 Feb 2011 E20 Martha Stewart, Top Ten with Justin Bieber, Robert Plant 04 Feb 2011 E21 Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, Martin Lawrence, Steel Magnolia 07 Feb 2011 E22 Adam Sandler, Chris Colfer, Gang of Four 08 Feb 2011 E23 Anderson Cooper, Elton John 09 Feb 2011 E24 Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Judah Friedlander, Bryan Ferry 10 Feb 2011 E25 Ed Helms, Ted Alexandro, Steel Magnolia 11 Feb 2011 E26 S.I. Swimsuit Cover Reveal & Top 10, Tom Brokaw, Theophilus London 14 Feb 2011 E27 Forest Whitaker, S.I. Swimsuit Cover Model Irina, Josh Groban, Top Ten with Joy Philbin 15 Feb 2011 E28 Bill Hader, Grocery Bagging Champ Krystal, Amos Lee 16 Feb 2011 E29 Paris Hilton, Nathan Fillion, Scissor Sisters 17 Feb 2011 E30 David Spade, Andy Kindler, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real 18 Feb 2011 E31 Donald Rumsfeld, Cobie Smulders 21 Feb 2011 E32 Amy Poehler, Jean Chu and Dusty the Cat, Deerhunter 22 Feb 2011 E33 Rainn Wilson, Hank Aaron 23 Feb 2011 E34 Senator Rand Paul, Bright Eyes 24 Feb 2011 E35 Matthew Morrison, Jeff Altman, Jessica Lea Mayfield 25 Feb 2011 E36 Brian Williams, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Zac Brown Band 28 Feb 2011 E37 Amanda Seyfried, B.J. Novak 01 Mar 2011 E38 Donald Trump, Vanessa Hudgens, Oh Land 02 Mar 2011 E39 Robin Williams, Judy Greer 03 Mar 2011 E40 Charles Barkley, Sarah Vowell, Cold War Kids 14 Mar 2011 E41 Bradley Cooper, Mindy Kaling, Bob Geldof 15 Mar 2011 E42 Steve Martin, Selena Gomez 16 Mar 2011 E43 Dana Carvey, Dr. Michio Kaku, British Sea Power 21 Mar 2011 E44 Katie Couric, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 22 Mar 2011 E45 Ben Stiller, Dario Franchitti, The Strokes 23 Mar 2011 E46 “Jungle” Jack Hanna, Danny McBride 28 Mar 2011 E47 Regis Philbin, Snoop Dogg 29 Mar 2011 E48 Norm Macdonald, CC Sabathia, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones and Wynton Marsalis 30 Mar 2011 E49 Chris Rock, Ellen Page, Funeral Party 31 Mar 2011 E50 James Franco, Royal Bangs 01 Apr 2011 E51 Jennifer Garner, Jamie Oliver, Robbie Robertson 05 Apr 2011 E52 Don Rickles, Eva Longoria 06 Apr 2011 E53 Alec Baldwin, Wiz Khalifa 11 Apr 2011 E54 Ricky Gervais, Top Ten with Katie Holmes, Foo Fighters 12 Apr 2011 E55 Courteney Cox, Aziz Ansari, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas 13 Apr 2011 E56 Seth Meyers, Carmelo Anthony, TV on the Radio 14 Apr 2011 E57 Tina Fey, Tommy Johnagin, The Gaslight Anthem 15 Apr 2011 E58 Bill Maher, Cote de Pablo, Lupe Fiasco 25 Apr 2011 E59 Will Ferrell, The Twilight Singers 26 Apr 2011 E60 Kate Hudson, Rich Eisen, Emmylou Harris 27 Apr 2011 E61 Dr. Phil McGraw, Chris Hemsworth, Broadway musical “Catch Me If You Can” 28 Apr 2011 E62 John Krasinski, Brian Kiley, Steve Earle 29 Apr 2011 E63 Brian Williams, Rex Ryan 02 May 2011 E64 Caroline Kennedy, Ty Burrell 03 May 2011 E65 Betty White, Rick Harrison, Morning Teleportation 04 May 2011 E66 Jodie Foster, Tom Dreesen, Neon Trees 05 May 2011 E67 Bill Murray, ''The Human Fuse'' Brian Miser, Brother 06 May 2011 E68 Albert Brooks, Kristen Wiig 09 May 2011 E69 Mark Harmon, Chris Morgan, Hugo 10 May 2011 E71 Stupid human tricks, Jim Parsons, Manchester Orchestra 12 May 2011 E72 Joan Rivers, Nick Griffin, Okkervil River 13 May 2011 E73 Julianna Margulies, Andy Cohen, a Top Ten List presented by Christina Aguilera, White Lies 16 May 2011 E74 Martin Short, Melissa McCarthy, Tinie Tempah 17 May 2011 E75 Keith Olbermann, Julie Bowen, Ben Harper 18 May 2011 E76 Kelly Ripa, Jennifer Lawrence, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 19 May 2011 E77 Tracy Morgan, Jake Johannsen, The Airborne Toxic Event 20 May 2011 E78 Lady Gaga, Eric Stonestreet, The Vaccines 23 May 2011 E79 Ewan McGregor, Scott Pelley, Brad Paisley 24 May 2011 E80 Piedmont Bird Callers, Kevin Bacon, Augustana 25 May 2011 E81 Ray Romano, Reese Waters, Arctic Monkeys 26 May 2011 E82 Meredith Vieira, Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, Drum Solo Week kicks off with Anton Fig 06 Jun 2011 E83 Kyle Chandler, Kathy Griffin, Sheila E. 07 Jun 2011 E84 Jon Cryer, Rachel Maddow, Roy Haynes 08 Jun 2011 E85 Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Birbiglia, Neil Peart 09 Jun 2011 E86 Adm. Michael Mullen, Top Ten by Betty White, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears 13 Jun 2011 E87 Ryan Reynolds, chef Eric Ripert and the cast of the Broadway musical Anything Goes 14 Jun 2011 E88 Jim Carrey, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Todd Rundgren 15 Jun 2011 E89 Samuel L. Jackson, Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton, Jennifer Hudson 16 Jun 2011 E90 Cameron Diaz, Eddie Vedder 20 Jun 2011 E91 Jason Bateman, Amy Sedaris, Top Ten by Keith Olbermann, Drive-By Truckers 21 Jun 2011 E92 Kevin James, pet fashion designer Ada Nieves, Beady Eye 22 Jun 2011 E93 Jason Segel, horse whisperer Buck Brannaman, Noah and the Whale 23 Jun 2011 E94 Shia LaBeouf, Bert Kreischer, Dawes 27 Jun 2011 E95 Tom Hanks, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys 28 Jun 2011 E96 Patrick Dempsey, Erica Hill, Marty Stuart 29 Jun 2011 E97 Julia Roberts, Cake 30 Jun 2011 E98 Emma Watson, George Lopez, Incubus 11 Jul 2011 E99 Roseanne Barr, Tom Felton, Blake Shelton 12 Jul 2011 E100 Ryan Gosling, Gomez 13 Jul 2011 E101 Kyra Sedgwick, Tim Harmston, Nikki Jean 14 Jul 2011 E102 Bono & the Edge, a performance from Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 18 Jul 2011 E103 Steve Carell, Hope Solo and Abby Wambach, The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Band 19 Jul 2011 E104 Jeremy Piven, Captain Luis Montalvan, Cee-Lo Green 20 Jul 2011 E105 Harrison Ford, Porcelain Black 21 Jul 2011 E106 Brian Williams, Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band 25 Jul 2011 E107 Julianne Moore, Johnny Galecki, Tanner Foust, Eels 26 Jul 2011 E108 Craig Ferguson, Connie Britton, Anna Calvi 27 Jul 2011 E109 Kirstie Alley, Louis C.K., Fountains of Wayne 28 Jul 2011 E110 James Franco, Dianna Agron, Christina Perri 01 Aug 2011 E111 Ricky Gervais, Cat Deeley, Explosions in the Sky 02 Aug 2011 E112 Emma Stone, Alan Mulally, Sallie Ford 03 Aug 2011 E113 Colin Farrell, Christopher Ferguson, Typhoon 04 Aug 2011 E114 Denis Leary, Elizabeth Cook, Drum Solo Week II kicks off with Tony Royster Jr. 22 Aug 2011 E115 Rachel Maddow, Rose Byrne, Gavin Harrison 23 Aug 2011 E116 Ashton Kutcher, Rafael Nadal, Stewart Copeland 24 Aug 2011 E117 Paul Rudd, Bill Burr, Dennis Chambers 25 Aug 2011 E118 Jason Sudeikis, Bettina Luescher, St. Vincent 29 Aug 2011 E119 Alec Baldwin, Joe Namath, Lenny Kravitz 30 Aug 2011 E120 David Arquette, Aubrey Plaza, Thurston Moore 31 Aug 2011 E121 Julianna Margulies, Joe Wong, Lady Antebellum 01 Sep 2011 E122 Kim, Kourtney & Khloe Kardashian, Michael Emerson, The Jim Jones Revue 06 Sep 2011 E123 Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, Sarah Jessica Parker 07 Sep 2011 E124 Michael J. Fox, Top Ten by the cast of Two and a Half Men, Jim McDonald, John Doe 08 Sep 2011 E125 Dr. Jill Biden, Ted Danson 19 Sep 2011 E126 Jonah Hill, Paula Abdul, Coldplay 20 Sep 2011 E127 Taylor Lautner, Minka Kelly, Wilco 21 Sep 2011 E128 Sergeant Dakota Meyer, Sofia Vergara, Chris Cornell 22 Sep 2011 E129 Nathan Fillion, Larry Miller, The Jayhawks 23 Sep 2011 E130 Seth Rogen, Poppy Montgomery, Fleet Foxes 26 Sep 2011 E131 Jack Hanna, Anna Faris 27 Sep 2011 E132 Anderson Cooper, Nick Offerman, The Knux 28 Sep 2011 E133 Kaley Cuoco, Skipper Bivins & Trent Jackson, Death Cab for Cutie 29 Sep 2011 E134 Samuel L. Jackson, Karen Rontowski, Anne-Sophie Mutter 30 Sep 2011 E135 Brian Williams, Sting 03 Oct 2011 E136 Hugh Jackman, Sean Young, Feist 04 Oct 2011 E137 George Clooney, Mastodon 05 Oct 2011 E138 Caroline Kennedy, dock diving dogs, The Joy Formidable 06 Oct 2011 E139 Bryan Cranston, Jeff Altman, Garland Jeffreys 07 Oct 2011 E140 Tracy Morgan, Mike Golic & Mike Greenburg, Mates of State 10 Oct 2011 E141 Matthew Broderick, horse wrangler Erin Bolster and her horse Tonk, Hunter Hayes 11 Oct 2011 E142 Bill Clinton, Deer Tick 12 Oct 2011 E143 Bill O'Reilly, Martina McBride 13 Oct 2011 E144 Artie Lange, Eddie Brill, Beirut 14 Oct 2011 E145 Salma Hayek, Keith Olbermann, Jane's Addiction 24 Oct 2011 E146 Eddie Murphy, Jane Levy, Mayer Hawthorne 25 Oct 2011 E147 Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Esposito, The Civil Wars 26 Oct 2011 E148 Johnny Depp, Foster the People 27 Oct 2011 E149 Tom Brokaw, Myq Kaplan, The Head & The Heart 28 Oct 2011 E150 Tony La Russa, Jesse Eisenberg, Puscifer 31 Oct 2011 E151 Ben Stiller, Whitney Cummings 01 Nov 2011 E152 Condoleezza Rice 02 Nov 2011 E153 Mark Harmon, Mike Judge, Top Ten by Matt Lauer, Eli Young Band 03 Nov 2011 E154 Bill Cosby, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit 04 Nov 2011 E155 Melissa McCarthy, Anthony Bourdain, Joan Baez & Kris Kristofferson 07 Nov 2011 E156 Robert Pattinson, Annie Leibovitz, David Crosby and Graham Nash 08 Nov 2011 E157 Adam Sandler, Peter Gabriel 09 Nov 2011 E158 Stupid Humans Tricks, Katie Holmes, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 10 Nov 2011 E159 Steve Martin, Felicity Jones, Lonesome River Band feat. Steve Martin 11 Nov 2011 E160 Jason Segel, Jamie Oliver, The Kooks 14 Nov 2011 E161 Bill Maher, Nikki Reed, Foo Fighters feat. Joan Jet 15 Nov 2011 E162 Jerry Seinfeld, Lykke Li 16 Nov 2011 E163 Regis Philbin, John Fogerty 17 Nov 2011 E164 Herman Cain, Grouplove 18 Nov 2011 E165 Andy Kindler, Ty Burrell, Gayle King, Needtobreathe 21 Nov 2011 E166 Amy Sedaris, Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo, Sondre Lerche 22 Nov 2011 E167 Justin Bieber, Brian Regan, FreeSol 23 Nov 2011 E168 Jonah Hill, Kristen Johnston, Ryan Adams 05 Dec 2011 E169 Matt Damon, Shelby Lynne 06 Dec 2011 E170 Jessica Biel, Tom Dreesen, The Black Keys 07 Dec 2011 E171 Charlize Theron, Kevin Nealon, Blitzen Trapper 08 Dec 2011 E172 David Duchovny, Comedian Hugh Fink, Young Jeezy 09 Dec 2011 E173 Scarlett Johansson, Julie Chen, Top Ten by the 2011 Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III 12 Dec 2011 E174 Barbara Walters, Bill Hader, Wild Flag 13 Dec 2011 E175 Robert Downey Jr., Rooney Mara 14 Dec 2011 E176 Tom Hanks, My Morning Jacket 15 Dec 2011 E177 Jude Law, Bob Sarlatte, Gary Clark Jr. 16 Dec 2011 E178 Tom Cruise, Anthony Hamilton, Top Ten by Mitt Romney 19 Dec 2011 E179 Harry Connick Jr., Scott Van Pelt, Mariachi El Bronx 20 Dec 2011 E180 Jon Huntsman, J. Cole 21 Dec 2011 E181 Anderson Cooper, Lindsey Vonn, Childish Gambino 22 Dec 2011 E182 Jay Thomas, David Hyde Pierce, Darlene Love 23 Dec 2011