From: v133kdq8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Amy L Levine)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Live sucks!
Date: 7 Sep 92 21:29:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Good day good people!
For those of you who don't live in the vicinity of New York City and are 
thinking of making a little trip to the big apple solely for the purpose of
seeing the show live and in person, the following is a warning.  Keep in mind
however, that I'm not the biggest fan of Dave's (Actually, I'm still pissed off
that the Dennis Miller Show was canceled.  It's a travesty!  Ya hear me?  A
travesty!).  The first thing you do when you get to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in 
beautiful midtown Manhattan (a hint of sarcasm) is wait (assuming, of course,
that you are there at 3:00 in time for the 5:35 taping - hey, you want good 
seats, don't you?).  After waiting for what seems like three weeks, you are
finally allowed in.  Actually, you get shoved in an elevator with twenty-five
other people who it seems forgot to shower for the past few days.  When you get
to the eighth floor, you must then wait even longer against the wall of the 
corridor.  Finally, at about 5:20, you are allowed into the studio, which is
about 6 degrees (thats Farenheight, mind you).  When you watch the show in the
comfort of your own living room, the studio looks to be very roomy, but its
actually about the size of a double college dorm room (thats a room for two
people).  The first thing you hear is the sound of Paul and the band warming
up.  All you really hear though, is some loud banging because they have the 
speakers turned up so damn loud that you can't hear yourself think.  When
they stop, the announcer guy (I can't think of his name at the moment - I told
you I wasn't a big fan) comes out and does his schtick.  Then, after all the
waiting you get to see Dave.  He walks out, says about two things to the 
audience, and then the show starts.  Again, when you're in the comfort of your
own living room, it looks like Dave is talking directly to you in the 
monologue, so you expect it to be the same when you're sitting five feet from
him.  Wrong!  He stands about two inches from the camera, not even looking at 
the audience.  I also suspect that the laughter that you hear is on a tape
(gasp!).  Once the monologue is over and the commercials are put in, Dave 
moseys on over to his desk and you think that now you'll be able to see
something.  Wrong again!  About four cameras move right in on him and all you
can see are the fat asses of the camera crew.  You wind up watching the whole
show on the tiny monitors, which gives you a nasty neck cramp!
  Now, I guess the show could be ok if you get good guests.  This was not the
case when I went.  Dave's guests were, in order of appearance, Pat Cooper (a
sixty-or-seventy-something washed up comedian), Garland Jefferys (a pretty bad
R & B artist that nobody's heard of), and some guy who graduated last in his
class at Annapolis Naval Academy (stangely enough, he was the best part of the
show).  Did anyone actually watch this show?  And if you did, why?
  Well, thats my story.  I guess I would go again, only because there's always
that slim chance of getting a guest that I actually like.  Let's just say that
I'm glad the tickets are free (just send a postcard to NBC, 30 Rockefeller 
Plaza, NY, NY, 10021).  Anyone else got a story?  I hope you had a better time
than I did!
Later!
Amy
                                "Guess what folks, thats the news and
                                 I am outta here!"
                                      -Dennis Miller