Paul Shaffer on hosting Comedy Central Presents: The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase (2002)

Paul Shaffer on being music director on The Concert for New York City (airdate: October 20, 2001)

Music Director Paul Shaffer on watching The Ed Sullivan Show with his parents growing up, and their knowledgeability of the acts

Paul Shaffer on Bruce Springsteen's performance on the last Late Night with David Letterman Show

Paul Shaffer on Sonny and Cher's reunion (November 13, 1987) on Late Night with David Letterman

Paul Shaffer on David Letterman and working on his shows

Paul Shaffer on joining Late Night with David Letterman and their approach to the show

Paul Shaffer on how David Letterman's health issues affected Late Show with David Letterman

On his favorite musical performances on Late Show with David Letterman (Iggy Pop, Fat Boy Slim, Warren Zevon)

Paul Shaffer on David Letterman's move from NBC to CBS and the changes made to the new show, Late Show with David Letterman

Paul Shaffer on David Letterman and working on his shows

Music Director Paul Shaffer on playing music by ear with the band on The Late Show with David Letterman

Music Director Paul Shaffer on how well he thought SCTV parodied Canada's CBC (and show Front Page Challenge ), having regularly watched the CBC growing up

Music Director Paul Shaffer on being friends with Brian Doyle-Murray and Bill Murray when he first came to New York, and collaborating with Bill on his nightclub club singer bit (which he later used on SNL)

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on being hired for Saturday Night Live by music director Howard Shore

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on his experiences during the early days of Saturday Night Live and the Wednesday brainstorming sessions of that era

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on John Belushi's Joe Cocker musical parodies

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on the problem encountered by musical guest John Sebastian while performing the Welcome Back, Kotter theme song on Saturday Night Live (and producer Lorne Michaels stepping in live on the air to ask him to start over)

Paul Shaffer on working with Bill Murray on "the lounge singer" sketches on Saturday Night Live

Paul Shaffer on the development of "The Blues Brothers" on Saturday Night Live

Paul Shaffer on Garrett Morris and his Tina Turner sketches; which led to his Don Kirshner impressions on Saturday Night Live

Paul Shaffer on the "prison follies" sketches on Saturday Night Live

Paul Shaffer on working with Saturday Night Live's Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on the bee costumes from the early days of Saturday Night Live

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on writer Marilyn Suzanne Miller's Shirley Temple Black sketch and how it led to an on-screen credit for him

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on his early duties on Saturday Night Live and how they changed

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on how Lorne Michaels geared the schedule of Saturday Night Live to the evening hours

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on how Lorne Michaels gave the creators of sketches full producing powers

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on the "Chevy's Girls" girl group sketch

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on Chevy Chase's penchant for pratfalls and the injury he sustained once (doing a Gerald Ford sketch)

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on Elvis Costello's appearance on Saturday Night Live when he changed songs mid-set

Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on Patti Smith's musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live

Paul Shaffer on Saturday Night Live's "Video Vixens" musical sketches

Paul Shaffer on Chevy Chase

Paul Shaffer on Bill Murray

Paul Shaffer on becoming a castmember on Saturday Night Live and accidentally swearing during a live broadcast