- July 29th - Lawler and Kaufman go late night.
On July 29th, 1982 comedian Andy Kaufman and Memphis mainstay Jerry Lawler appear on the Late Night With David Letterman show. Kaufman, wearing a neck brace due to an injury sustained in a match against “The King,” gets into an obscenity-laced shouting match with Lawler, then throws Letterman’s coffee in Lawler’s face. The confrontation makes headlines on the entertainment pages of newspapers nationwide.