The 4th Anniversary/Airplane Special on Letterman, February 1, 1986

A November 28, 2016, Facebook dialogue with Rick Scheckman and Merrill Markoe:

Rick: Merrill happened to be in the offices and walked into a November [1985] meeting looking for ideas about a fourth anniversary special. She suggested we do the show on a 747 jet flying to Miami with friends and family as passengers. Flash forward to late January [1986]. Mission accomplished.

Merrill: I have no memory of that. I had no idea that was my idea.

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Part 1. The anniversary show is taped in a TWA Boeing 747 enroute from New York City to Miami on Thursday, January 23, 1986. It airs in SNL's time-slot on Saturday, February 1.

Update: The segment that begins at 45:15 can be seen in full in this addendum:
https://youtu.be/FZQQLgzu06g

After landing, Paul and the band immediately board a charter plane back to NYC so that they can serve as the house band for that evening's first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies.

Part 2. In Miami for the weekend.
After the staff and crew settle into the Mayfair House hotel in Coconut Grove, they attend a party on the hotel's rooftop. Included here are, first, interviews with Dave, Producer Barry Sand, and Dave again for local NBC affiliate WSBN-TV. Then some stills from the rooftop party with Rob Burnett; Robert Morton and Merrill Markoe; Steve O'Donnell (in the back); the LN Heart ice display with Eric Anthony and Laurie Diamond walking by; and Barry Sand.

Some footage of the party later airs on February 6's Late Night.

Part 3. Late Night returns to New York City

January 27, 1986. The first show back from Miami, Dave and Paul discuss the trip, Dave's first mention of the Mayfair House hotel room chairs, and his cover profile in Newsweek.

January 29, 1986. More on the trip to Miami and the Mayfair House hotel.

January 30, 1986. One last plug for the anniversary show before its broadcast two days later.

The 4th Anniversary show airs February 1.

February 3, 1986. First show after the anniversary broadcast: Dave displays the Mayfair House hotel chair, then mentions Barbara Gaines' Miami bar tab.

February 4, 1986. Remote, Part 1: Dave gives a tour of his Mayfair House hotel room with his bodyguard Ronnie Roberts.

February 5, 1986. Dave shows Connie Chung video of the designs on the 747's fuselage and then invites her to wear his flight jacket. Also, Remote, Part 2: Dave and Ronnie on the Mayfair House roof.

February 6, 1986. Footage of the staff and crew's arrival in Miami and the party on the Mayfair House hotel roof. Includes a brief shot of Paul and the band getting into a van that that will take them to the chartered plane back to NYC for that evening's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies.

Coda. September 21, 1986. Emmy Award win for the 4th Anniversary Special.

Видео The 4th Anniversary/Airplane Special on Letterman, February 1, 1986 канала Don Giller