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Tonight on the 'Late Show' (Weeknights, 11:35PM on CBS), David Letterman channeled his inner Gallagher, taking a giant gavel and smashing fruit on his desk. But when that proved not to be impressive enough, he moved on to statuary.

Guest Seth Rogen was hoping for a finale with Letterman smashing the big mic. Not one to leave a guest disappointed, Letterman brought out the big mic and gave Rogen the gavel, so that he could do the honors.

The piece of equipment proved more durable than perhaps either of them realized, but Rogen kept at it with a childlike glee until he finally managed to start breaking it down into its component pieces.

Who needs intellectual conversation, or even verbal shilling of Rogen's 'Green Hornet' project, when you can just have your guests come out and break stuff? Hey, it's been working for Jerry Springer all these years.

The annals of the Game Show Hall of Fame has very few names inscribed on its walls: Press Your Luck's Michael Larson, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire's John Carpenter, Jeopardy's Ken Jennings. Now you can add Frank Zappa to that list. Yes, THAT Frank Zappa.

The man, the myth, the musical legend made a special celebrity appearance on the very short-lived '70s game show Make Me Laugh, a show that rewarded people for not laughing at comedians like Gallagher the way God intended. He never even cracked a smile, but you will when you watch it.