HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: First meeting with Meg
Keywords: Meg, Arnie Barnes
Organization: Utopia Planitia Starfleet Yards, Mars
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 15:21:59 GMT


mrb@bugs.aero.org (Mike Bacigalupi) writes:
 >> Visits with Meg are true high points of the show.

Well...  They are often high points of those particular shows,
if there are no great guests or good "half time" segments.

 >Am I the *only* one who is tired of Meg?  
I'm not tired of her...!

 >I think the stuff he does with her is sometimes funny, 
 >but they'd be funny with someone else, too.  

But Meg is a lot better than just the usual "guy off the street" they find.
The other *major* difference is that you can SEE Meg, unlike most of the
people Dave has called.  That's a pretty important difference...

 >Is everyone crazy about Meg because of her personality (what there is of it) 
 >Now Arnie Barnes -- THAT guy was funny!  

Speaking of which, Meg has a GREAT personality, A.B. had *NO* personality!!
None whatsoever as far as I remember. :->   He basically just said "yea..."
most of the time.  I got pretty tired of him very quickly.

 >And the things Dave did on the phone with him were at 
 >least as funny as with Meg.  

DAVE is always funny, but at least with Meg he has something a little
closer to an "intellectual equal".  Someone that he can actually TALK to.

 >But the stuff that was funny with him came from his situation and 
 >what Dave did with it.  
Exactly.  100%.

 >I prefer that kind of call.  Same with James the Drifter.

Dave makes it funny, but neither of those two were even close to being 
as articulate as Dave's Dumb Guy!  JtD was especially vacuous.  On video
it was kind of amusing, but over the phone it really died fast.  They are
not nearly as interesting, or have the "staying power" of Meg (plus they 
ain't fabulous babes!)  'nuff said.  :->

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Ratings & Rush
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 14:06:02 GMT


norris@athena.mit.edu (Richard A Chonak) writes:
 >Rush's show is intended to be an entertaining, funny program.

Hmmm... I always thought the intent was to spout right-wing conservative
fundamentalist dogma, and to attack/ridicule anyone who opposed it?  :->

 >Like LNWDL, it's based on the personality of the host,

That much at least is almost certainly true.

 > a funny guy who does wacky stuff.  

Yup, that's DAVE all right, but... i've never really thought of right-wing
conservatives as generally being comedyphiles.  Just look at how the Bush
administration reacted to comedy like Murphy Brown and Howard Stern, etc.
Perhaps "insane" might be a better description than "funny and wacky". :-)

As for Dave fans liking this other guy, I suppose "some" is a good word.
I doubt very much it is a significant number though.  Dave is probably
just too "far out" for most right-wing fundies.  Also, the typical VERY
enthusiastic reaction among the studio audience to Dave's many (great)
bush/quayle jokes tend to reinforce that idea.

"Dave... DAVE!!"  <chanting>

(WHY can't the ever-leggy Elle Macpherson co-host EVERY night!! :)

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: christo@bcarh803.BNR.CA (Mark Christopher)
Subject: Re: The Lost Top Ten Lists
Reply-To: christo@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:31:59 GMT

In article <1h53biINN3cb@gossip.pyramid.com>, danjones@pyramid.COM (Dan
Jones) writes:
|>amconn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu writes:
|>|> Yesterday (Saturday) after the NFL game on NBC, the boys on the
postgame show
|>|> did a "tribute" to the departing Bob Costas. One of the bits was
Dave doing a
|>|> top ten list entitled "Why Bob Costas is Leaving NFL Live." This
reminded of
|>|> two other original (i.e., not done on the regular show) top ten
lists Dave has
|>|> done. One was last summer during ESPN's broadcast of the Belgian
GP, and the
|>|> other was during an ESPN anniversary celebration. Does anyone
recall anymore of
|>|> these "lost" top ten lists, or better yet, have copies of them?
|>
|>Top ten enjoyable things about EPSN's Formula One coverage (from Belgian GP)
|>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
...top 10 list deleted

I saw the Belgium GP and it looked like the top10 list was from a regular
show.  Now, it may have been that Letterman just taped an extra top 10
during one of his shows and that bit never aired.  However, it did not
seem like it.


As to the original vintage of this top 10 list...

I think this probably aired sometime in 1991, and certainly no earlier
than 1990.  This is because the '92 Portugese GP (Sep 27/92) was Mika
Hakkinen's 30th race, and there are 16 races in a season.  Therefore,
the young Finn could not have been racing before 1990.

So my guess is that the "Top ten enjoyable things about EPSN's Formula One
coverage" aired in the first week of October 91.

-- 
Mark Christopher        Bell-Northern Research          christo@bnr.ca
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: Distributing Top Ten Lists
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:15:48 GMT

In <1h9a8kINNb5l@agate.berkeley.edu> slouie@ocf.berkeley.edu (Shelley Louie) writes:

>Well, I get the SF Examiner and they are kind enough to print the previous
>night's Top Ten List. There appears to be no copyright to it. Instead at the
>bottom it says "Courtesy of NBC'. Sounds like there's no copyright, so the
>distribution is legal... I think.... 

If it says "Courtesy of NBC" then it sounds like the Examiner has
permission to reprint the lists. This shareware package had no such
disclaimer.

What is NBC's address anyway...?

Michael
From: cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: The CBS thing
Date: 24 Dec 1992 02:55:34 -0600
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth
NNTP-Posting-Host: ub.d.umn.edu


   Someone earlier metioned refering to the rescheduling of late shows
that having the news at 10:00 is too early, and having late shows start
at 10:30 is too early.  Actually in the midwest, news is at 10:00 with
late shoes starting at 10:30.  In addition I have heard of TV stations
out west starting their news at 10:30 to boost ratings.
   The idea of Dave taking over he Tonight is ridiculus.  The Tonight
Show and Late Night are completely different shows appealing to
different types of people.  They are apples and oranges! They fill
different niches.  Actually Late Night on CBS will be better for the
viewers in my opinion, the viewer can pick the show that best fits him/her.
   On Entertainment tonight I heard that Jay Leno makes only $3 million
compared to Letterman making 3-4 times that amount.

--
Chris Busch   CBUSCH@ub.d.umn.edu
"C++ is the language of choice."
"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore,
    be reguarded as a criminal offense." - E. W. Dijkista 
"Don't ask 'why would you do that?' instead ask 'why wouldn't you do that?'"
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Who owns the rights to Late Night?
Organization: Utopia Planitia Starfleet Yards, Mars
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 11:23:48 GMT


selent@fraser.sfu.ca (Frank S.) writes:
 >Is it Dave or NBC?  

I'm pretty sure NBC owns the rights to the vast majority of the shows.
Maybe in the last year or two Worldwide Pants may have been given more
control...

 >The reason I ask, is if Dave moves then A&E might start re-running
 >old Dave episodes if NBC owns it.  

YES!!  I was thinking the *exact* same thing!   That would be incredible!!

Dave on CBS with a "new" show and bigger budget, and the older shows back 
on A&E so we could get another chance to tape all those great moments...

 >The reason I think NBC told A&E to stop the old shows was because 
 >Dave didn't like it.  
Yep... you are correct sir.  Boy was it a sad day when they pulled the plug.

 >BTW Does Dave own Worldwide Pants Inc?  
Of course!

 >That opening they had on the A&e reruns was so strange,
I thought it was GREAT!

 >world wide pants bringing you the best in pants and entertainment 
 >and pants.  

Make that the *FINEST* in Pants and Entertainment... and Pants!  <yes!>

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: bezenek@plains.NoDak.edu (Todd M. Bezenek KO0N)
Subject: Re: correction
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:05:28 GMT
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Keywords: correction

dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung) writes:
>marks@neuro.usc.edu (Mark Seidenberg) writes:
>>Sorry: that was supposed to be "NBC will argue that CBS can't guarantee
>>that all their affiliates will carry a Letterman show."
>>
>>CBS' affiliates run lots of different things at 11.30 because the
>>official network programming is so weak.  Some affiliates may not
>>want to give the slot back to the network for the Letterman show.

>Are you kidding?

A few months ago, the NBC affiliate here in Fargo removed Dave and
replaced him with "Studs".  Viewer complaints caused them to return
Dave after about 2 weeks.

-Todd
--
Todd M. Bezenek, KO0N
bezenek@plains.nodak.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.kevin-darcy
From: martin@world.std.com (Martin J Hannigan)
Subject: KEVIN DARCY - DALL'AGATTA RELATIVE?? OR LOVER
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:28:01 GMT


I have been reading your posts for a few days now and I'm not impressed.
I see better flameage on a BBS that I supervise than from you and I quote:

[BBS QUOTE INCLUDED]

CD>I'd rather be flamed here than on alt.flame. Those losers keep wasting my
CD>bandwith talking about fetus control. If I could meet a few of them, I'd
CD> dump a fetus or two at their fet. (pun intended). Why last time I was
CD>on a guy from Australia continued to spout superfulous bullshit all over
CD>the place.

I must assume YOU are the Lager Breath. I must also assume that after
reading (and flaming) Michele Dall'Agatta at fnala.fnal.finally.finished
(rest in peace) that you are somehow attached or related.

Take a side on this will ya? Or are you gutless? Take a side.
From: chad@quality.ta.ford.com (Chad Childers)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.kevin-darcy
Subject: wow!
Date: 23 Dec 1992 00:55:21 GMT
Organization: Technical Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Distribution: mi
Reply-To: Chad Childers <chad@quality.ta.ford.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: pms035.pms.ford.com
X-Disclaimer: Not an official spokesman for Ford Tech Affairs
Originator: chad@pms035

Incredible, this group still exists!  Congrats, Kevin, you're just as famous
as Douglas Adams and Ren-and-Stimpy.
-- 
Chad Childers                            Work: chad@quality.ta.ford.com
FMEAplus Project Leader                  Home: chad@deep.mi.org
From: dweddin@uoft02.utoledo.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.chris-elliott
Subject: chris elliot into wanted
Date: 26 Dec 92 18:50:53 EST
Organization: University of Toledo, Computer Services

does anybody know of any future plans of chris elliot???

will Fox ever revive "Get A Life"?
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: YEAR IN REVIEW
From: jmarold@netlink.cts.com (Jeff Marold)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 20:53:31 PST
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

I found it in the 12/31 edition of the San Diego Union Tribune. I loved 
the Ross Perot comments.

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Dave copies from old material in DB Does Japan
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:08:47 GMT

I got DB Does Japan for Christmas. Read it in a day and a half. Not
bad. Not as funny as his other stuff, IMO, but still good.

Then I went and re-read Bad Habits. I was quite surprised to find that
a section  of Dave's first chapter in Japan on television violence,
and specifically on Tobor is lifted quite generously from one of his
old columns.

Check out the column entitled Bring Back Captain Video (page 65,
softcover, the appropriate section is on page 67) and compare it with 
page 5 of DB Does Japan.

Other notes on DB Does Japan...

I think my biggest complaint with this book is that it appears to have
been written in about 25 minutes. It lacks the classic DB jibes that
mark his other books and columns. It's like he decided the second best
joke would work instead of putting in the extra effort to go for the
best joke.

There are also times when he says, "I could go to my notes and
find it, but..." NO! Go to your notes and look it up! Again, it made
me feel the book was really rushed. Even though Dave plays quite
liberally with traditional journalistic methods like, you know,
structure and accuracy, DB Does Japan reads more like a single,
convoluted stream of consciousness than any organized attempt to put
his trip into a book. Almost like he sat down at his word processor
and whatever came out, got published without any re-writing. 

Does anyone know when Dave went to Japan and when the book went to
press? It would give an indication of how much time Dave really did
have to write the book.

Anyway, he's still my favorite writer, and a welcome oasis of humor in
a world that takes itself way to seriously.

Any truth to the rumor that the geisha on the right is actually his
wife? :)

Michael
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: cstrickl@fenix.encore.com (Craig Strickland)
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:40:40 GMT

The Year-in-Review was in this past Sunday's Miami Herald, for those interested
in the propagation delays between on-line and print (at least at the "origin"
of Dave's hilarity).
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Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: lmbabik@rocdec.roc.wayne.edu (Lisamarie Gemma Babik)
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:55:18 GMT

adric@access.digex.com (William Johnson) writes:
: New question:  How do I tell if the version I read was the short or the
: long version of the Year in Review?  I assume long, since it was about 5
: pages long, but I might be mistaken.  Anyone care to help on this?
: 
: Will.
: -- 
: Copyright (C) 1993 by William Johnson  All rights wronged, all lefts made
: adric@access.digex.com                     without benefit of turn signal.
: Will Johnson, 307 S. Reynolds St Box P-216, Alexandria, VA  22304
: "Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have included a quote in your .sig file."

Well, considering that the version my newspaper printed was only a page
long, I feel it's safe to assume that you got the long version....

My paper must have further edited the "short" version...I didn't think
it was very funny, but my guess is that the very un-funny Detroit News
edited out the fun stuff....
From: adric@access.digex.com (William Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Date: 3 Jan 1993 17:33:25 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <1hvh52INNprg@mirror.digex.com> I wrote:
>In article <3044@tymix.Tymnet.COM> filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM writes:
>>
>>Washington Post: YIR will be in next Sunday's paper (3 jan); probably the
>>magazine; don't know which version.
>>
>
>BTW, how faithful is the Washington Post in their printings?  Will we
>ultimately miss one due to their vacation this past sunday?  Or will
>they print two one week?  And what is this Daves Ultimate Christmas List
>column?  I never saw it.  Was it in the Post?

Well, the answer to the first part is that we got two today.  I still never
saw the Christmas List thing, but....

New question:  How do I tell if the version I read was the short or the
long version of the Year in Review?  I assume long, since it was about 5
pages long, but I might be mistaken.  Anyone care to help on this?

Will.
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adric@access.digex.com                     without benefit of turn signal.
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"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have included a quote in your .sig file."
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 11:46:20 GMT

In <725607985snx@sgmlinc.com> brian@sgmlinc.com (Brian E. Travis) writes:

>I just got Dave's Year-end-Review off Clarinet (yes, legally). I 
>don't know if it has appeared in the papers yet.

>BTW, the long version is available on Clarinet. I assume not all 
>papers will print it (a shorter version is also sent to 
>subscribing papers). Look for the long version.

Comic Relief prints the long version. Last year the Winnipeg Free
Press printed the short version, and they even edited that.

I'll get mine in C.R. in about a month. Hope I can wait that long!

Michael
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: monitn@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Nicholas Monitto)
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:31:16 GMT

adric@access.digex.com (William Johnson) writes:

>In article <1hvh52INNprg@mirror.digex.com> I wrote:
>>In article <3044@tymix.Tymnet.COM> filfeit@rael.Tymnet.COM writes:
>>>
>>>Washington Post: YIR will be in next Sunday's paper (3 jan); probably the
>>>magazine; don't know which version.
>>>
>>
>>BTW, how faithful is the Washington Post in their printings?  Will we
>>ultimately miss one due to their vacation this past sunday?  Or will
>>they print two one week?  And what is this Daves Ultimate Christmas List
>>column?  I never saw it.  Was it in the Post?

>Well, the answer to the first part is that we got two today.  I still never
>saw the Christmas List thing, but....

>New question:  How do I tell if the version I read was the short or the
>long version of the Year in Review?  I assume long, since it was about 5
>pages long, but I might be mistaken.  Anyone care to help on this?

I pulled the 2 versions of the Year in Review from the clari.feature.dave-barry
group. The short version measured 8240 bytes, while the long version measured
48686 bytes. The short version had only a few entries for each month (as few as
2 or 3 in some) while the long had many more (at least 16 in January alone).

Of course, depending on the editing style of local newspapers, your mileage
may vary...

Nick
monitn@rpi.edu

>Will.
>-- 
>Copyright (C) 1993 by William Johnson  All rights wronged, all lefts made
>adric@access.digex.com                     without benefit of turn signal.
>Will Johnson, 307 S. Reynolds St Box P-216, Alexandria, VA  22304
>"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have included a quote in your .sig file."
From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: Re: Dave Barry Does Japan--Subtitles
Date: 31 Dec 1992 06:12:49 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu
Keywords: subtitle, japanese

In article <1992Dec30.211739.1838@wam.umd.edu> msteele@wam.umd.edu (Mike Steele) writes:
>I just got _Dave Barry Does Japan_ for Christmas (a very funny book...) and 
>had a question about the subtitles that appear beneath the title on the cover.
>On the back of the book, it says, "Translation of Japaneses subtitles on front
>of book jacket:  Under 'Dave Barry,' means, approximately, 'Dave Barry.'
>Under 'Does Japan...' don't ask."  It kinda gives me the feeling that that 
>second subtitle doesn't say "Does Japan".  Any ideas what it does say?  My 
>guess is that it's something like "Ha-Ha!  You stupid Yankees can't read this!"

I liked the book, too (I got an autographed copy :-).  However, I thought
the cover was somewhat boring, including the "subtitle". The subtitle is a
very literal translation of "DB Does Japan" into Japanese, which really 
doesn't make much sense in actual Japanese.  For those of you who might 
know some Japanese, it says "Deebu Barii ga Nihon o Suru" (pronounced approx.
"Day-bu Bah-ree gah Ni-hon wo Su-ru").  "Deebu" and "Barii" are Japanized 
spelling for Dave and Barry. "Nihon" is what Japanese call Japan. "Suru" is 
"does", "ga" indicates that Dave is the subject, and "o" indicates that Japan 
is the object.  Hey, you've now learned more Japanese than Dave did on his 
flight over! :-)
From: adric@access.digex.com (William Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Date: 31 Dec 1992 11:30:33 GMT
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <C03CLF.M7D@csisun.uucp> jburnes@csisun.uucp (Jim Burnes) writes:
>Could someone please test the copyright laws by posting the long version?
>
>J. Burnes
>

No.
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"Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have included a quote in your .sig file."
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: msteele@wam.umd.edu (Mike Steele)
Subject: Dave Barry Does Japan--Subtitles
Followup-To: msteele@eng.umd.edu
Summary: Subtitles on cover of _Dave Barry Does Japan_
Keywords: subtitle, japanese
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:17:39 GMT


I just got _Dave Barry Does Japan_ for Christmas (a very funny book...) and 
had a question about the subtitles that appear beneath the title on the cover.
On the back of the book, it says, "Translation of Japaneses subtitles on front
of book jacket:  Under 'Dave Barry,' means, approximately, 'Dave Barry.'
Under 'Does Japan...' don't ask."  It kinda gives me the feeling that that 
second subtitle doesn't say "Does Japan".  Any ideas what it does say?  My 
guess is that it's something like "Ha-Ha!  You stupid Yankees can't read this!"


                                               --Mike Steele

 
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Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: jburnes@csisun.uucp (Jim Burnes)
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Organization: CompuSci, Inc
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:20:02 GMT

Could someone please test the copyright laws by posting the long version?

J. Burnes
From: sshankar@td2cad.intel.com (Sadasivan Shankar)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
Subject: Re: Dave's Year-in-Review
Date: 29 Dec 92 17:54:43 GMT
Reply-To: sshankar@td2cad.intel.com (Sadasivan Shankar)
Organization: Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA USA

Sam Jose Mercury News Sunday version (WEST) had the long version. It was truly hilarious.
The cover page had a caption like "Larry King Alive, 1992 Dead". Comic indeed !

S.Shankar
Newsgroups: alt.fan.dave_barry
From: "A.J. Janschewitz" <p00258@psilink.com>
Subject: Re: YEAR IN REVIEW
Organization: Performance Systems Int'l
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 13:17:24 GMT
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)

I hope it would not be a violation of copyright (or too much chutzpah) 
to ask that someone with a copy of the "long version" fax it to me at 
(203) 292-6601?

I am an alert reader, and would have seen the long version of YIR had 
one of the papers in this netherworld between Boston and Noo York seen 
fit to carry it.

The short version broadcast on the Clarinet internet connection was only 
enough to whet the appetite ... rather like just the *smell* of coffee 
on Noo Year's Morning (a useless holiday on which to waste a perfectly 
good hangover, for those so inclined - I slept through midnight and 
trust the new year arrived by the clock/calendars on my equipment).

Thanks in advance to some kind soul, and cheers ...

==a.j.==
alert reader