From: jim@zeus.tamu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: People Dave Has Called on the Show
Date: 11 Dec 1992 23:19 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Distribution: world
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Keywords: Dave, Phone, Mom, Quiz, Weather, F.A.Q.

***** People Whom Dave Has Called on the Show *****

1. His mom in Indiana ("Hello, David.")
2. The NBC pages ("Bring 'em in, let 'em wave at the audience, blow a 
   kiss and he's out...")
3. The guy who sang "O Canada" for visiting hockey teams.
4. Ross Perot ("Question 1: What's the 'H' for?")
5. The Swift's Butterball turkey hotline.
6. Countless participants in "How's the Weather?" ("I'll riffle, you point.")
7. "Guess My Weight" (the man worked in NM copper smelter - within 5 lbs!).
8. Pay phones on the corner of 6th Avenue (talks to random passersby).
9. 3 local NYC Pizza delivery places for "Pizza Races"!
10.Burbank Studios of NBC for programming help.
11.New Jersey, New York and Connecticut Visitors help lines. (A trivia quiz
   contest -- Finish this quote "The New York Yankees ________"!)
12.Bush Campaign manager. (Republican Campaign Slogan night).
13.Bill Clinton (on bus tour in Houston w/ Democratic Campaign Slogan).
14.Sly Stallone (after 5 years, he agreed to do the show. The day of his 
   appearance, Sly got ill from seafood. Dave didn't buy it. He called him!)
15.MEG at Simon and Schuster Pocket Books Division (the russet haired
   lady through the window of Daves office! ** my personal favorite! **).
16.Donald Trump (Trump got called when Dave was mad at NBC for not getting
   to the interior designing of his office that they offered to him!).
17.Gilda Radner's auntie. (the one Gilda based "Emily Latella" on!)
18.Larry Bud Mellman (on his "...Goodwill Tour..).
19.Arnie "Don't Let Your Meat Loaf" Barnes -- a meat shaper, called at random
   to be a Late Night 'man on the street' correspondant. A NYC police sketch
   artist was brught in to do a sketch of Arnie over the phone!
20.James the Drifter (Dave tried to buy a car for him, later sending him 
   to a football game and calling James at the hotel).
21.Golf course in the deep south to make a "tee time" for a young audience
   member who could not otherwise get on the course.
22.Father of an audience member living on Long Island, to inform him that
   his daughter (the audience member) had wrecked the car that day!
23.Gary Kasparov - World Chess Champion, was called to play chess by phone!
24.Smokin'Joe Frazier - Former Heavyweight Champion, was called regularly
   to check "How Full is Joe's Tank?" (the amount of gas in his pink Caddy).
25.Maitre'd at the restaraunt in 30 Rockefeller Center (GE Building), who
   Dave asked to go stand in the fountain in Rockerfeller Plaza - he did!
26.Larry King -- was asked for suggestions for a Perot Campaign Slogan.
27.People in Rockerfeller Plaza and 6th Avenue (on a Mega-phone) by Dave
   out of his office window. He claimed to be the guy who mugged Ted
   Koppel, and later claimed "I'm not wearing any pants"!
28.Patrons in line at Radio City Music Hall (on a Mega-phone from his
   office window) whom he told "tonight's show has been sold out"!
29.Called random New Englanders trying to "find fall". He asked the final
   person to describe the fall colors. Dave used a carpet sample book to
   point out to viewers the colors mentioned by the participant.
30.L. L. Bean. (presumably to place an order???)
31.G. E. Answer Center @ Louisville, KY.  45 second "quiz".
32.Grand Canyon National Park ranger station. Tried to get the ranger to
   say the word "breathtaking" in a brief interview.
33.New York Yankee manager Stump Merril in spring training. Tried to get
   him to say "take them one game at a time", "Perez", and ?
34.Manager of the Arkansas State House cafeteria (45 second quiz). "Does
   Governor Clinton take the whole stack of napkins when one is enough?".
35.Soviet News Agency TASS (for what ?). Spoke to OLAF. Called back when
   he was cut off. Got Olaf again. "There are 2 Olaf's??".
36.Venezuelan resident, asking about Julio Iglesias ("He's sold more rec-
   ords than the Beatles, and I've never HEARD of him! Have you Paul?" -
   This was before Julio first played Radio City Music Hall in NYC). The 
   person raved how great Julio was, and played a record at Dave's urging!
37.A Southern Hemisphere plumber. Dave didn't believe that the Coriolis 
   Effect worked and wanted to test it. (The effect where water swirls 
   the opposite direction in below the equator!
38.NBC Studios in Burbank, CA on Thanksgiving day 1991. Dave was doing his
   show live, but the rest of the NBC lineup was taped. He called NBC in
   Burbank to see if they could tell him if he was a live or taped show!
39.3 local NYC Chineese restaurants. Asked for simple meals to be delivered   
   to the studio as a food delivery race.
40.Random Swedish homeowners. Dave heard the 50% of Swedes had a Richard
   Clyderman record, so he called to see. The man didn't, but a guest did!
41.Bob Costas in his hotel in Barcelona. Chatted then gave a 45 second
   "quiz" on how many Olympic events Bob could name.
42.Homeowner on Long Island who was given a cellular phone. Dave told him 
   to keep it handy all day. Was called randomly, usually unsuccessfully.
43.Marv Albert in Barcelona. Chatted about the "Dream Team".
44.Dave and George Steinbrenner called Billy Martin in the Yankee dugout
   to "fire" him. This was following one of the many incidents in real life!
45.Dave and Jeri Hall called Mick Jagger at home.
46.Dave called an Australian hotel and perswaded the desk clerk to allow
   him to make a "wakeup" call. He did, than asked the person to turn on
   their hair drier!

HELP on these is needed:
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?? Librarian in Bangor Maine?
?? Australia during the America's Cup?
?? Auto repair shop across the street?
?? Hurleys Pub to prepare oysters for the audience??