HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: christo@bcarh803.BNR.CA (Mark Christopher)
Subject: Re: Top Ten Lists
Reply-To: christo@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 01:15:02 GMT

In article <92Nov12.042000est.47981@neat.cs.toronto.edu>,
veatch@cs.toronto.edu (Top-Ten Policeman) writes:
|>mdward01@nx08.mik.uky.edu (michael d ward) writes:
...
|>>>Where are all the recent top ten lists???
...
|>Did Dave do the Top Tens on...
|>   Oct 30
|>   Nov 2, 3, 6
|>   Nov 9, 10 ...  ?

Yes.  New shows:

Oct 30/92 :: Top 10 ways dumb voters decide who to vote for
Nov 4/92  :: Top 10 signs Bill Clinton has gone mad with power
Nov 4/92  ** Sam Donaldson's top 5 reasons why David Letterman should
move to ABC
Nov 5/92  :: Top 10 mistakes in President Bush's campaign strategy
Nov 6/92  :: Top 10 things the Quayle's have to do before January 20th
Nov 10/92 :: Dave's presidential campaign comparison
Nov 10/92 :: Top 10 signs you're in love with Oprah
Nov 11/92 :: Top 10 Secret Service agent pet peeves


Old shows...  Nov 2nd-3rd were reruns and had no top 10 lists:

Nov 2nd -> Nov 14/91 :: Things we've learned about David Duke
Nov 3rd -> Nov 21/91  (no top 10)

...
|>Thanks to
|>   Tim Veatch          week of Oct 5-9
|>   Jon C Austin        week of Oct 12-16
|>   Wesley Aldridge     week of Oct 19-23
|>   Bob Maple           week of Oct 26-30
|>for their contribution so far.

-- 
Mark Christopher        Bell-Northern Research          christo@bnr.ca
From: davoli@natinst.com (Russell Davoli)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Connie Chung on last night's show
Date: 11 Nov 1992 13:38:00 -0600
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
Distribution: usa
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I missed Dave's show last night but I did notice that Connie Chung was on
last night.  Seems like its been a really long time since she was last on,
and she seemed to be one of Dave's favorite guests, judging from the way
he was always drooling over her and mangling her husband's name.  Was
Dave back to classic Connie form, and did anything great happen during her
interview?  Enquiring minds want to know.

--Russell Davoli
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: Letterman and the Tonight show
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:29:15 GMT

tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thor Iverson) writes:

>The problem, as I see it, is that this "niceness" comes off as
>incredibly phony.  He ends up being rude to guests as he tries to
>exhibit this spirit of bonhomie and quips himself right out of
>conversations.  Dave is often accused of being rude to guests (and
>sometimes he is--some deserve it, and some rely on it for humor
>[Charles Grodin, fr'instance]), but it's part of his shtick, and
>well established as his interviewing style.  Jay's false good
>humor just makes him seem shallow.

I agree completely.  I watch the show and wince about half the time.
Maybe it's because we've  seen Leno on Dave's show and we know what he
can really be like.  His Letterman appearances were likely an act and
the Tonight show is the way he really is but somehow the Real Leno
doesn't wear well.

It also strikes me that Leno isn't nearly as good as Dave when it comes
to thinking up a line real quick.  Leno needs cards and a gameplan in
order to get a laugh.  Without it, he relies on saying things in a funny
voice.  Take away the voice and it just ain't funny.

-- 
Dan Cogswell               Or as we say in Michigan:  "Dee-troit"


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From: umgyles0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Gyles)
Subject: Hidden editing
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Distribution: alt
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:31:49 GMT

Hello.  I noticed that on last nights show with Connie Chung that during
the part when Connie was trying to persuade David to come over to ABC
there was a noticeable edit at the end of the segment.  She starts 
making the case for him to come to ABC, then after a while the camera
cuts to Dave and he says 'We'll be right back', but there was a 
(slightly noticeable) edit between her talking and his introduction
of the commercials.  I've noticed thsi kind of thing before, however, I
though this one was particularily interesting because Connie was talking
about a sensitive topic.

I wonder if it was NBC or Dave that wanted to do the edit (Dave was
somewhat uncomfortable with the topic).

 
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: rolls@cis.umassd.edu (Frank Pinto)
Subject: Re: Letterman ... working????
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:28:37 GMT

Another question is :

In addition of not being on his show half of
the time (reruns, reruns......)
How much is "he" paid?

Frank
From: gs32+@andrew.cmu.edu (Geoffrey Spear)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: World's Most Dangerous Band (Was Re: Letterman & Tonight Show)
Date: 8 Nov 92 23:57:48 GMT
	<1992Nov8.111045.2625@bvc.edu>
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA


	I don't think he was serious :)
-----------------------------------
Geoff Spear
Carnegie Mellon University
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Class of '96 (I hope...)
-----------------------------------
"Love may be a matter of chemistry, but sex is all physics."
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: pkemp@byron.u.washington.edu (Paul Kemp)
Subject: Dave censored...Fri, Nov 6
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:42:08 GMT


During the interview with George Carlin last Fri, something Dave said was cut
out.  It was right after George was talking about the South and said "I go there
anytime I want a trip back to the 13th(?) century".  I've been watching the tape
but can't figure this one out.  Can anyone help?
pk

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From: sjsobol@wariat.org (Steven J. Sobol)
Subject: Re: Letterman tickets?
Organization: APK Public Access UNIX/Internet, Cleveland, OH, USA
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:25:10 GMT

jarvis1879@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>        I am asking for Letterman fans and Saturday Night Live fans alike,
>basically anybody in NYC that feels like calling up to see how one would go
>about obtaining tickets for these shows.  Does one write for them or call, how
>much do they cost or are they free if you write, and can you pick the date of
>show or is it left up to luck?  I'll try and check this newsgroup but if
>someone would like to e-mail, then if I had any questions I could have someone
>to contact.

Try Guest relations at NBC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza... New York, New York...
I think the zip is 10020. I noticed that sometimes they would show an envelope
with NBC's address at 30-Rock printed on it, after Viewer Mail.....

as for a phone number, I'm sure you could get that from directory information,
the area code is 212.

-- 
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President, The Tiny Software Co.  (IRC: RockNRoll)  ag510@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From: veatch@cs.toronto.edu (Timothy R Veatch)
Subject: Pause for station identification? or commercial break?
Organization: DL Enterprises
Distribution: na
Date: 11 Nov 92 00:00:38 GMT

Every other day Dave seems to say
	"Let's pause for station identification ...".
Then squint to see his producer or whoever and ask,
	"or is it a commerical? station identification? commercial?  Okay..."

Are there really station identification breaks?  Maybe in the old days.
I only see the Canadian commercials here.

				Tim
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From: lllowen@netcom.com (lllowen)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Sam Donaldson is a scream
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:45:29 GMT
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)

In article <Bx94r0.8u9@acsu.buffalo.edu> hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu 
(DOG BASEBALL!!!) writes:
>
>	Subject says it all.  Another interesting thing..  it seems that
>newscasters have an interesting sense of humor..  it's well documented in
>Monty Python with all their newsreaders getting into the show, and as we have
>seen Tom Brokaw is a comedic talent not to be taken lightly.
>

Actually, there was a column written by Dan Rather in a freshman textbook
here at Wayne State University and it was surprisingly funny!  I couldn't
believe it...he was mentioning Sam Houston Institute of Technology and he'd
walk around campus with a sweatshirt with the school's initials, etc.

I wonder about these 'ole newscasters.  I think Letterman would actually
be a great newscaster, dontchya' think?
-- 

Lon Lowen Jr.                        |  Wayne State University
Netcom Online Communications         |  Detroit, Michigan
lllowen@netcom.com                   |  (lllowen@mts.cc.wayne.edu)
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From: franl@centerline.com (Fran Litterio)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Larry Bud's Trip South
Date: 7 Nov 92 21:38:28
Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
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In-reply-to: atario@cats.ucsc.edu's message of 4 Nov 1992 09:50:34 GMT

atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller) writes:

> >Mine's "acient-er".  Also, "I been hymotized!"
> 
> Well nyah nyah nyah!  How about video subtitles in the course of
> interviews labelling guests with their own names?
> 
> >But let's go even further back, what about Dave's ill fated morning show.
> 
> How about further back, when he played an assertiveness-training con artist
> jerk on one episode of "Mork & Mindy"?

Even further back: he's doing the weather on some midwestern station
and anounces "hail stones the size of canned hams".  Or the time (also
as weatherman) that he notices the computer graphic boarder between
two midwest states missing and yells something about alerting the
authorities.

Beat that... :-)
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"It's not the thing you fling, it's the fling itself."  -- Chris Stevens
From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Letterman and the Tonight show
Date: 10 Nov 92 02:49:48 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

pkemp@byron.u.washington.edu (Paul Kemp) comments on the Tonight Show band:
| You've got to be kidding me!  This is one of the greatest jazz bands ever
| put together, ranks up there with many of Miles' bands

tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thor Iverson) responds:
| Nope, uh-uh, wrong, BZZZZZZZT!  It's a good band, but come on...

  I agree.  To say that the Tonight Show Band is the one of the greatest
  jazz bands ever is a gross exaggeration.

  But that is beside the point.  I don't think a pure jazz band is good
  for the late night talkshow format.  For example, they could have the
  best symphony orchestra ever, but it wouldn't be right for late night
  popular entertainment.  Most people don't want to listen to classical
  music or jazz (especially from the same band) night in and night out.
  At the end of a long day, people are looking for entertainment that
  is simple and wacky.

  Although the band is a problem, I think the primary reason the show
  is getting such awful ratings is the low quality of the writing and
  Jay Leno himself.  The show just isn't funny.  A Wall Street Journal
  reviewer commented on the lack of real laughter from the audience and
  and its replacement by "prompted applause," which gets really annoying 
  after a while.  I don't think Leno will last long.
  ==

  Bob
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: gsroka@leland.Stanford.EDU (Gregory Sroka)
Subject: Re: Connie Chung on last night's show
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 09:33:37 GMT

In article <BxM05L.6HF.1@cs.cmu.edu> acid+@cs.cmu.edu (Christopher Colby) writes:
>In article <1dtk5kINNhn5@lester.appstate.edu> MIXTERHP@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (H. Perry Mixter) writes:
>>Actually, I thought Dave and Connie really didn't hit it off this time.  She, 
>>like all the other guests of late, made a pitch for Dave to leave NBC.  He is 
>>clearly tiring of this when EVERY guest thinks this is funny.
>>
>>Dave made light of "Maury", and the audience even grew restless to the point of 
>>booing during parts of the interview.
>>
>>The whole thing got off to a wrong start when Connie went overboard on hugging 
>>Dave when she came out, and he whined about his "neck injury."
>>
>>Wierd.
>
>God, I'm tired of people blatantly misreading what's going on during the
>show.  Look, (1) Connie doesn't think it's *funny* to talk about Dave
>moving to CBS; (2) the audience was having fun, not getting *restless*; (3)
>there was nothing *wrong* with what happened at the beginning -- Dave's a
>professional and can handle such jovial displays (e.g., his neck injury
>comment was just a simple joke to establish superiority in the interview,
>the kind of thing that goes on in almost every interview on the show).
>
>There was nothing weird about the interview, and I'm sick of people
>condescending to place Dave and his guests in some kind of bizarre personal
>psychological fantasy world.
>
>Yeah, yeah, I know; I don't have to read the group.
>
>-chris

Keep reading! I totally agree with your counterpoints Chris.
As a long time Letterman fan and insomniac, I think you've accurately  
and astutely captured the essence of that show.
I do sometimes cringe when I read the articles that try to read
too much into Dave vs. guest psychology. 

But, sometimes people's perceptions are influenced by their own moods
or lack of sleep!  |-)

The lesson here: no one should be psycho-analyzing Dave (or anyone
else on TV), just sit back and enjoy a lovely beverage. 


- Greg Sroka
Menlo Park, CA
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: acid+@cs.cmu.edu (Christopher Colby)
Subject: Re: Letterman ... working????
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:16:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.073128.18648@u.washington.edu> tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu () writes:
>The basic pattern as I've noticed it is:
>
>1. All Mondays are reruns.
>2. For two weeks Tuesday thru Friday are new shows.
>3. For one week Tuesday thru Friday are reruns.
>4. Repeat.

And no shows Saturday and Sunday because of NBC's extended coverage of the
Summer Olympics.

-chris
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr)
Subject: Re: Sam Donaldson is a scream
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	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 07:34:28 GMT

In article <dlcogswe.721083280@vela> dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell) writes:
>lllowen@netcom.com (lllowen) writes:
>
>>I wonder about these 'ole newscasters.  I think Letterman would actually
>>be a great newscaster, dontchya' think?
>
>Ummm... You say this knowing he used to be a weatherman in Indianapolis,
>right??

he got fired for saying that it was hailing hailstones the size of canned
hams over indianapolis, among other things. 
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: mem@world.std.com (Jeff Lesser)
Subject: Re: Letterman ... working????
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:03:08 GMT

tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu () writes:

>In article <Bx79rs.sp@DMI.USherb.CA> paien00@DMI.USherb.CA (Nick) writes:
>>
>>	I hould like to know how many days is Letterman working?
>>        Because 1 show out of 2 is a rerun... 

>The basic pattern as I've noticed it is:

>1. All Mondays are reruns.
>2. For two weeks Tuesday thru Friday are new shows.
>3. For one week Tuesday thru Friday are reruns.
>4. Repeat.

>This mostly works but sometimes it seems that he's gone longer than
>two weeks. But I don't remember a new group of shows going more than
>two weeks straight. Right now he's into the first week of new shows,
>but Tuesday was also a rerun due to the election I presume.

>-- Tad Perry   Internet:    tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
>               CompuServe:  70402,3020


Letterman does not go on vacation every three weeks!  It's more like every
seven or eight weeks.  And one or two of these vacations per year lasts
two weeks; the others last one week.

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz)
Subject: Re: Julia Robert's birthday
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:37:00 GMT

In article <BxA9I2.Is9@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>,
stevenra@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Alex Stevens) writes:
> In article <1992Oct31.230302.14668@u.washington.edu>
> tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu () writes:
> >In article <1992Oct31.173555.29455@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
> ematias@csri.toronto.edu (Ummm... me!) writes:
> >>In article <Bx06Hn.9qE@math.uwaterloo.ca> alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca
> (Alex Lopez-Ortiz) writes:
> >>>
> >>>I caught a glimpse of the show hwere Dave Letterman gives a painting
> >>>to Julia Roberts. Was that a serious gift or did she returned it
> >>>later on ?
> >>
> >>   I should *hope* that she returned it, because the painting was
> >>purportedly worth US$120,000!  (Hence its given name, "Over Priced".)
> >>   It was funny that Dave was getting apprehensive after giving her
> the
> >>painting; an external camera showed her running to the elevator with
> it.
> >
>
> 	It was probably worth a whole $100 (including canvas) before Julia
> took it, now I'm sure it is up some dollars.....C'mon, we know Dave,
> even
> He wouldn't give away a $120,000 painting, even to a leggy supermodel,
> he'd keep at Paul's spot to throw footballs at it and say, 
> "Paul, three weeks and your shirt STILL doesn't match the painting!"


But there is always the possibility of somebody else footing the bill,
just
to please Julia (hell, if I were an NBC executive I would consider the
money
well spent if it makes it likelier for Julia to sign a contract with NBC).


> Alex

ditto


-- 
Alex Lopez-Ortiz                              alopez-o@maytag.UWaterloo.ca
Department of Computer Science                      University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario                                                   Canada
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: veatch@cs.toronto.edu (Top-Ten Policeman)
Subject: Re: Top Ten Lists
Reply-To: veatch@cs.toronto.edu
Organization: Top-Ten Police Incorported
Distribution: na
Date: 12 Nov 92 09:20:15 GMT

mdward01@nx08.mik.uky.edu (michael d ward) writes:

>>Where are all the recent top ten lists???

It seems like Bob Maple got the Top Ten for
October 26-29 out okay.  Then
   92F09797 got 11-4-92 (cmrtcv@rosie.uh.edu)
   Paul Kemp got 11-5-92

Did Dave do the Top Tens on...
   Oct 30
   Nov 2, 3, 6
   Nov 9, 10 ...  ?

If so, they don't seem to be posted.
If anyone still has tapes of these Top Tens, please post 'em.


>>Keep em coming if someone could please!!

It seems to me that the ball has stopped rollin'.  :(

I'll give a *brand* *new* *ball* to the first person who emails me
volunteering to post the remainder of this week's Top Ten lists.
(You will then have to past the ball to someone else.)

If you've enjoyed the Top Ten postings, please volunteer.
If each of us can pick up this task for a week at a time,
we will all continue to enjoy the benefits.

(Of course, I could be wrong.  Perhaps we didn't miss any Top Tens
and someone has assumed this responsibility.  In that case, please
accept my appology.)

Thanks to
   Tim Veatch          week of Oct 5-9
   Jon C Austin        week of Oct 12-16
   Wesley Aldridge     week of Oct 19-23
   Bob Maple           week of Oct 26-30
for their contribution so far.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:14:48 EST
From: <SFS101@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject:    Ball State

  I know that Dave went to Ball State and I once heard that there is an inscrip
tion on on of the buildings (I don't know the name) there that apparantly Dave
had help fund, or maybe it was just dedicated to him. (again I am not sure)

   Well my question is: What does it say exactly?  I seem to remember something
 like "This building dedicated to all the "C" students before and after me" or
something to that effect.


                              Just Curious,
                               Sean Stanek
From: eaw3593a@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: home offices
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:36:25 GMT
Reply-To: eaw3593a@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

I am from Lebanon, PA, one of the original home offices of the show and I was
wondering what it takes now to be a home office and how many have their been?  
Any clue???? anyone??? anyone??? 

Thanx

Bets



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Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: cs17530@gaia.ecs.csus.edu ()
Subject: Re: Pause for station identification? or commercial break?
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 07:17:03 GMT

In article <92Nov10.190025est.47887@neat.cs.toronto.edu> veatch@cs.toronto.edu (Timothy R Veatch) writes:
>Every other day Dave seems to say
>	"Let's pause for station identification ...".
>Then squint to see his producer or whoever and ask,
>	"or is it a commerical? station identification? commercial?  Okay..."
>
>Are there really station identification breaks?  Maybe in the old days.
>I only see the Canadian commercials here.
>
>				Tim
>
Yup, there really are station identification breaks, but I don't know
what the purpose is (besides identifying the station!).  What happens if
you don't identify your station?  FCC comes down hard on you? Any one
know??  Anyway, station id's are 5 minutes long and commercial breaks
are 2 minutes long.  Maybe Dave asks to see if he has enough time to see
Phil....or Marlo.  :)

C-ya,

francis
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