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From: ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Dave's Faves (guests)
Date: 7 Sep 1992 04:34:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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Of course one obvious measure of whether Letterman considers a female
guest a favorite (or potential favorite) is after she leaves, he announces
his engagement to her or next time introduces her as his wife.

Another is the length of the embrace when she comes on.  I believe
the record is the last time Goldie Hawn was on, but he mentioned his
intentions before she stepped out, so that may've just been a joke.
Connie Chung's farewell appearance before going from NBC back to CBS
also featured a very long hug.
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From: bryanh@dseg.ti.com (Bryan Hazel)
Subject: Re: WHATS WRONG WITH THE SHOW
Reply-To: bryanh@dseg.ti.com
Organization: Just Me
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 23:11:20 GMT

In article 48045@neat.cs.toronto.edu, veatch@cs.toronto.edu ("Timothy R. Veatch") writes:
>ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202) writes:
>>This isn't to say Letterman succeeds everytime.  The hallmark of the
>>show, and what really separates it from virtually everything else on TV,
>>is it's inventiveness and innovation.  The staff and show seem to
>>thrive on trying virtually anything and it's a testament to their
>>brilliance that it works so often.  Sticking cameras anywhere, calling
>>payphones, flying falcons across office buildings, setting off
>>fireworks in the studio, doing skits with stage and production staff
>>and news and sports people, doing shows from their production offices.
>>What other show attempts so much?  Carson was so formulaic and
>>predictable that it seemed that if it wasn't for it being past their
>>bedtimes, his prime audience would be the rest home crowd, since it
>>wouldn't excite them too much while they were spoon fed their strained
>>vegetables and drooling into their bibs.
>
>Besides, who else puts their writers, producers, directors, cameramen,
>stage hands, ..., and even pages on the screen almost making them
>household names?  This, along with the ongoing gags/expressions
>raises the level of *intimacy* with the TV audience.  The audience
>feels close to the show and ultimately to its guests.
>

My favorite thing is that he always reminds us - IT'S JUST A TV SHOW - not to be taken
too seriously. Did anyone catch the bit where Paul is selling a book or video tape
about Dave like he is some religious figure? The dramatic pause before each time
he said . . . Dave . . . was hysterical.
From: ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: alt.fan.letterman FAQ #1
Date: 15 Sep 1992 05:54:38 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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Keywords: FAQ

In article <drice.716502124@ponder> drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice) writes:
>Q.	What are the different cities where Dave's "home office" has
>	been located?
>A.	The former homes of the home office are:
>		Omaha, Nebraska
>		Lebanon, Pennsylvania
>	The home office is presently located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
>	(I know this list is incomplete so send more info to me -- KR)

Fairly Complete List of
Home Offices In Chronological Order:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Scottsdale, Arizona
Lincoln, Nebraska
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Re: Letterman FAQ
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 19:11:26 GMT

In <1992Sep9.163831.25604@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman) writes:

>anyone want to start one? We'll have the Address for Rock Center,
>Daves home address <grin>...and misc. FACTS about the man.

Don't forget his car phone number!

>(i.e. a way to get more letterman viewers, so we can send jay leno to hell!)

>BTW..did anyone see that SNL where it was supposed to be Carsons last show,
>and they had they one guy playing leno..hah..it waspretty real.

What about Phil Hartman as a drunken Ed.  ("You are correct, O out of focus
one!")

>I KNOW..I have a question, did dave ever say the name of that airline
>where they got to go below the flight deck?? Dave is always bitchin' about
>TWA...but I ask.."If you hate them..why do you always fly with em'"

I think I heard Dave mention American on the show when Robert Wuhl(?)
was a guest about 2 weeks ago or so.

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From: darse@cs.UAlberta.CA (Darse Billings)
Subject: Re: Gifts to audience members
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:15:19 GMT

drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice) writes:

>What are the different types of gifts that Dave has given to audience
>members in the past?  I have a few listed here:

>	Fajitas
>	Composters
>	Edible plunger
>	Gallon jars of mayonnaise

>What else?

Going *way* back:

	Pounds of Hair
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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Gifts to audience members
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:31:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of North Texas

I am compiling a list of gifts that Dave has given to audience members
through the decades.  Please post the ones you know of or send them to
me via email.  That way, whenever someone starts compiling FAQ info we
will have some available.

By the way, is anyone working on one yet?  If not, start sending me info,
I'll start it.  Send questions (w/ answers), trivia bits, quotes, anything
that would go well in a FAQ list.

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From: rgm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Rob Menke)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Favorite things...
Date: 7 Sep 92 01:22:54 GMT
Organization: TEAM CS -- Making Tomorrow's Mistakes Today!
In-reply-to: horn@oliver.shsu.edu's message of 4 Sep 92 10:09:30 GMT

One "special" episode had me confused for a long time, until I saw the
repeat.

It was the first episode of the *stereo* Late Night?  There's this big
hoopla, Robert C. Wright comes on, the whole spiel.  Then, when they
flip the swich, *nothing happens*.

Actually, the screen went to black & white.  But I was using a
portable B&W the first time, and couldn't figure out for the life of
me what the audience thought was so funny.
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"You put extra sugar on your            |  Robert Menke
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From: kevin@netcom.com (Kevin Fong)
Subject: Re: Dave's fraternity
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 16:40:34 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: na

veatch@cs.toronto.edu ("Timothy R. Veatch") writes:

>Rumor has it that Dave is a Sigma Chi.
>Any truth in this?
>Supposedly he makes a Sigma Chi gesture at the beginning
>of each program.  Anyone know what it is?

I have a book on fraternities that confirms that Dave is a
Sigma Chi. I don't know anything about their secret gestures,
though.

-- 
Kevin Y. Fong              kevin@netcom.com
Los Angeles, CA         

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From: kachun@spot.Colorado.EDU (Ka Chun Yu)
Subject: Dave on Mork and Mindy?
Summary: Seen this?
Keywords: Mork and Mindy
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 01:40:51 GMT

Anyone see the episode of Mork and Mindy with David Letterman as a guest
star--or I'm pretty sure it was him.  I saw this last spring (I think) as
a re-run on one cable station or another.  Dave plays this slick dealer in
holistic medicine, or meditation.  He wore a 70s type suit with a big 
shiny medallion from his neck.  Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Anyone?


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From: ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Dave's trips out.
Date: 6 Sep 1992 21:12:37 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <1992Sep6.180057.10411@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
mbrockma@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (Matt Brockman) writes:
>How about the time when Dave takes Paul for a drive, then walks him out
>into the woods and shoots him.

Maybe with Paul.  But he definitely did it with Bill Wendel(sp?).  The
whole time Wendel goes on about how great it is to go out with Dave and
Letterman has this annoyed look on his face.  He turns on the radio and
it's playing REM's "Losing My Religion".  At one time they stop for fast
food and Wendel goes, "Gee Dave, these burritos sure taste great, ... have
you ever been in love with a man?" [this may have also happened in
another skit with Wendel].  They continue driving and then pull off to
some lonely stretch.  Letterman gives Wendel a shovel and tells him to
dig.  Wendel says something like, "Gee Dave, I love digging for burried
treasure."  When the hole's deep enough, Wendel stops digging and Letterman
pulls out a revolver and says, "I'm going to shine some daylight through
you.", and then shoots him.  In the next scene, Letterman's tamping down a
shallow grave and then drives back, alone.
From: v222p9ns@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (A PFC, AND DAMNED PROUD TO BE)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re:  Stupid pet tricks
Date: 7 Sep 92 06:45:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <9209070409.AA20847@bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, cclaydon@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (C Robert Claydon) writes...
>My personal favorite has got to be the one where the humongous dog with the 
>owner who's even taller than dave perches on top of a stick like a bird... just
>incredibly silly.

	Hi! Fantastic newsgroup. Was wondering when it would come about.

	My favorite stupid pet trick (or was it a stupid human trick?) was the
guy who would pour milk in his mouth, and the dog would drink the milk out of
his mouth. Hysterical.

>Rob

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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller on the Emmys
Date: 13 Sep 1992 10:28:52 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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In article <72259@apple.Apple.COM> tclark@Apple.COM (Tom Clark) writes:
}In article <1992Sep2.035947.27735@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (barbara bush on crack) writes:
}>And wasn't David Letterman great at hosting the Emmies?  And wasn't he
}>great at hosting the Mtv Movie awards?  
}Dave isn't a hollywood weasel who would suck anyone's dick in order to be 
}seen by the kind of morons who watch those events.

	I hate to tell you, but Dave hosted the Emmys a while ago.. he did a
great job too. The maturity abounds in your eloquent choice of words, too.
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From: gjnelson@ee.umn.edu (Grad student Greg Nelson)
Subject: Re: Kelly Robin Wilcoxin (sp?)
Organization: Electrical Engineering, U of MN, Mpls.
 Usually Dave is pretty funny, but I had a gripe with
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 06:57:02 GMT


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From: bryanh@dseg.ti.com (Bryan Hazel)
Subject: Re: Gifts to audience members
Reply-To: bryanh@dseg.ti.com
Organization: Just Me
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:06:16 GMT

In article 3sp@acsu.buffalo.edu, hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu (Mathew A. Hennessy) writes:
>
>	While the home office was still in PA, he would give out pounds of
>kielbasa or bacon.. also beef I think
>
>
>-- 
>   /I\          Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
>  /(*)\         hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu                 
> /IIIII\        
>/IIIIIII\       Give me SLACK or give me food (or kill me).

Let's not forget the assortment of GE light bulbs.


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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Re: Favorite Bits
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 23:36:54 GMT

Several weeks ago I saw a stupid human trick where a guy snorted a raw oyster
up his nose and spit it out his mouth.  Classic!

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From: lllowen@netcom.com (lllowen)
Subject: Re: Dave's trips out.
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 15:44:05 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Distribution: usa

In article <7996@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> ccmei@turing.seas.ucla.edu 
(Carl C. Mei) writes:
>One of my favorite parts of the show, other than Viewer Mail, is when
>Dave would pretend to leave to studio to go on these little trips.
>One of my favorite was when Dave and a whole bunch of the staff went
>to International House of Pancakes.  Al Mahr used syrup to comb his
>hair, Dave carved out a world map of pancakes, and he played catch
>with Paul where Paul was catching the pancakes with his mouth.
>Hilarious.  Anyone with your favorites?

Sure...how about the one where Dave stops by the modeling school...picks up
three babes ("leggy supermodels"!), and drives out to the beach.  They run
over the NO PARKING sign, play catch with a hatchet, and best of all, on the
way back, they pass Paul and his family changing a flat tire on the side
of the road.  Dave and the models just laugh, point and wave and continue on
their journey!
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From: steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman)
Subject: Re: Hal (& bonus top ten list)
Organization: UofT Mechanical Engineering
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 17:26:49 GMT

brennan@hal.com (Dave Brennan) writes:

>>>>>> On Sat, 5 Sep 1992 05:05:39 GMT, steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman) said:

>> As for your misspelling of Hal *Gurnee* and Al *Maher*, for shame...

>Isn't that "Gurtner"? :-)

How about Grunee, Grunwald, ...
--
Dave!
From: ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Favorite Bits
Date: 8 Sep 1992 21:10:35 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu

What I miss is how Letterman used to slap the camera on the side of
the lens like he was throwing a punch at it.  The shaking effect
was perfect; it looked just like you were being hit.  But I'm
guessing Ed "head room" Bazel (sp?,definitely!) didn't enjoy being
on the receiving end, to say nothing of the effect on the camera.
From: ajay@miro.Berkeley.EDU (Ajay Sreekanth)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: If Dave moves, all the band comes with, right?
Date: 8 Sep 1992 07:05:08 GMT
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Reply-To: ajay@miro.Berkeley.EDU (Ajay Sreekanth)
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In article <18h6abINNa07@agate.berkeley.edu> ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202) writes:
>In article <1992Sep8.011517.24582@colorado.edu> rpb@noaacrd.colorado.edu
>(Robert Baptist) writes:
>>   Does anyone remember when Dave introduced Paul and he started talking
>>about his mother and called her an expletive?  Later in the show, 
>>Dave called her up and told her to watch.. Does anyone recall exactly
>>what Paul said?
>
>Paul was speaking of eating dinner with his parents and said something
>like, "You bitch, you ruined my life, I mean please pass the salt."
>When Letterman calls up Paul's mother to repeat this, he makes some
>grammatical error when he first starts talking to her.  Paul's mother,
>a retired teacher, corrects him, Letterman starts banging the receiver
>on his desk as he is wont, Paul says something like "That's my mother"
>and Letterman says something like "I see what you mean."
>
>Someone who has this on tape or remembers it better may want to correct this.

Well, you basically remember it all.  (I don't have it on tape, but
this incident has stuck in my mind.)   Just to fill in the few
missing details ...

Shortly after the monologue, Paul piped up and said that he made a very
embarrassing Freudian slip - he was eating dinner with his family and
instead of asking his mother to pass the salt, he said "You <bleep>ing
bitch, you ruined my life".  Later in the show, when Dave called Paul's
mother, the expression on Paul's face was fantastic :-)  Paul's mom
initially said something like "How do I know that you are actually
David Letterman?", and when Dave started shouting "It's me!  It's me!",
she replied, "Well Dave, that should be `It is I.'".  Paul and the
audience were in splits, and when the laughter subsided, Dave turned
to Paul and said "Now I see what you mean!".


-Ajay
(ajay@cs.berkeley.edu)

"I don't sing, I don't dance, and I don't like people who do."
                                          - David Letterman
From: dcha@flex.com (Doug Cha)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Stupid HUMAN Tricks
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 92 15:32:28 HST
Organization: Flex Information Network [Hawaii] 808.531.3539

presto@chopin.udel.edu (Jason Y Nocks) writes:

> Sorry, but THE best Stupid Human Trick is "The Velcro Suit". Need I say more?
> I haven't seen that one in ages, and only saw it on a tiny B&W screen with 
> horrible reception :(
> If you don't know what I'm talking about, it was Dave wearing a velcro suit a
> jumping and sticking to a fuzzy wall (or was Dave wearing the fuzz?).
> later,

I remember that episode, but forget if Dave had fuzz, or if the wall had 
fuzz..  I think the wall probably did though (no reason why).

My favorite "Dave does stupid human tricks" was that one when he was 
ALKASELZTER MAN!  He had tons of Alka-Seltzer attached to a special suit, 
and he was lifted and dipped into a large beaker full of water!  Awesome!

(I remember he had to wear a gas-mask in this stunt).

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From: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Subject: Re: Let's let Dave know we exist....
Reply-To: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Date: 8 Sep 92 04:03:09 GMT

Hmmm, viewer email...what a concept.

-- Jon

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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Keep those cards and FAQs coming!
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 04:21:50 GMT

I have had a good response from people with info for the FAQ.  Just
today I have increased the length of the FAQ from 144 lines to 258.
Granted, some of this was formatting but it's still almost twice
what it was.  Please keep info coming.  We want this FAQ to be the
definitive source of info on Dave and Late Night.

Thanks!

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From: rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez)
Subject: Re: Feeling sorry for Dave..
Keywords: eat more moose
Organization: The Hosequarium South
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:44:53 GMT

In article <BuCDDB.IyF@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v089l3s3@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeremy B Horwitz) writes:
|>
|> Fact: the only time Dave seems "out of touch" is when he's
|> finished seeing a popular band perform. He always follows with
|> a "that was neat stuff, kids" type comment -- seems a little
|> too much like Carson. I think that Paul should be doing the
|> band intros -- Dave won't show his wear..
|> 
|> -> J

I dunno about that...last night (9/9/92) Paul played a few seconds
of a song (I think at the end of the top 10) and Dave nailed it
as being kd lang.  Pretty sharp; impressed Paul.

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From: sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Stupid pet tricks
Date: 7 Sep 92 06:09:28 GMT
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore


My favorite was when this guy with a heavy NY accent (more specifically 
from Brooklyn....I'm from LI) with a dog Shan-tay (phoenetic spelling)
who would take money from a person if it was sticking out of the
person's pocket.  The guy had the guts to ask Dave for money.  Afterwards,
the dog ran off with Dave's money to only be called back by its owner
who then had it jump through his arms.

Gerald Sylvester
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From: rodney@magritte.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II)
Subject: Meg and the Fat Guys
Keywords: top ten, vans, Meg, pedestrian races
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 15:53:53 GMT

In article <drice.716024645@ponder> drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice) writes:
>I love it when Dave calls Meg on the phone and gives her a hard time.
>One of the best times was when he sent a bunch of fat guys in t-shirts
>to her office.

You left out the important part.  They were wearing the text to the
top ten list.  One top ten item per fat guy.  At the end, there were ten
really big guys in Meg's office.

The other cool top ten was the one where the text was on signs on the
roof of some courier vans driving down the street outside the building
(West 57th?).

And of course, the pedestrian races are always a lot of fun.