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From: dslee@netcom.com (Donna S. Lee)
Subject: Re: dave's love life
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 22:46:25 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:


>Okay, now what about Dave's private life?  Who is he dating?  Every time
>he gets arrested (for speeding or whatever) or gets in an automobile
>accident, there is always an "unidentified" female companion with him.
>Is he checking around (he DOES seem very friendly to many of the female
>guests on the show) or does he have a steady SO?

>Anyone have the scoop?

Gosh, around these parts there's been long speculation that
Dave's gay and his on-screen flirting with femmes is just a PR
game.

I just realized someone could take some sort of misplaced offense
and the above and start flaming. Please don't. I adore DAve and
just contributed the above because that's all I "know" about
DAve's private life. As a member of the female gender, I'd be
delighted to hear otherwise as to DAve's sexual prefs.
-- 
 Donna S. Lee // EC Technology // dslee@netcom.com
From: crittend@cs.unc.edu (bac)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Letterman's plans
Date: 2 Sep 92 02:02:13 GMT
Reply-To: crittend@cs.unc.edu
Organization: Worldwide Pants Incorporated

In article <-7jnj8c.genie@netcom.com>, genie@netcom.com (The Genie) writes:

|> Note: Did you know that NBC is owned by General Electric?

hey now that you mention it i seem to recall DAVE saying something to
that effect...

...about five kabillion times over the last six or seven years.

you were kidding, in some non-humorous way, weren't you?
-- 

______________________________crittend@cs.unc.edu____________________________

Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we
like and make up reasons for it afterwards.
		-- Soren F. Petersen
_____________________________________________________________________________
From: wft@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Tell)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Last night's show (9/1/92): Sarah Jessica Parker
Date: 2 Sep 1992 17:14:51 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

Hey did anyone notice how friendly Letterman and Sarah Jessica Parker
were to each other?  I think there's something there.  Heck, she even
stayed around to introduce the Neville Brothers.  And Dave started
referring to her as his "co-host."  I think he really enjoys her company.

I also noticed there was a certain "chemistry" between them when she was on
last year plugging L.A. Story.    Anyway, I guess we'll never know what
they were saying to each other when she came on and they hugged/whispered
for about 10 seconds during the applause. 

And how about that dress she was wearing?  :-)

William F. Tell
UC Berkeley

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: the Weasel chant
Keywords: eat more moose
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 23:59:27 GMT

As a follower of both alt.fan.letterman and alt.fan.dan-quayle, I can
assure you there is virtually no overlap.

Besides, alt.fan.dan-quayle is at best an ironic name. The poor man
has no fans...the newsgroup exists only to further ridicule him and
his family. Someone even posted Tucker Quayle's e-mail address once,
with the implicit suggestion he harass Tucker for his father's
mistakes.

Michael
From: ajay@miro.Berkeley.EDU (Ajay Sreekanth)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller on the Emmys
Date: 3 Sep 1992 08:15:37 GMT
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
Reply-To: ajay@miro.Berkeley.EDU (Ajay Sreekanth)
NNTP-Posting-Host: miro.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Sep2.160529.18585@doug.cae.wisc.edu> saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
>
>On the other hand, I think Miller is a kinder interviewer that Letterman
>is.  As somebody else said, sometimes Dave can be a real A-hole and not
>even let the guest talk.  Kreskin may deserve that, but other people,
>especially on their first show, don't.  I could not see Letterman as a
>Carson replacement because of that reason.

Which reminds me of something I read in one of the zillion magazine
articles that have been discussing the late night wars - it was
something like "While The Tonight Show is a talk show that contains
some elements of comedy, Late Night is an hour-long comedy show that
happens to feature guests".  It's absolutely true - as someone else
pointed out, Dave plays to the audience, not his guests.


-Ajay
(ajay@cs.berkeley.edu)

"If you think about it, we're living in an age of computers."
                                               - David Letterman

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: genie@netcom.com (The Genie)
Subject: Letterman's plans
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 23:32:44 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


As far as Letterman's future plans are concerned, I think it's still
up in the air, although I've heard that he'll probably work
out something with ABC.  The rumor is that ABC will air his
show at the same tim as the Tonight Show.  Should be an
interesting dual...

Note: Did you know that NBC is owned by General Electric?

Gene
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (jim morrisson's AA group)
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller on the Emmys
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 21:45:10 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.061807.1600@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman) writes:
|ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (barbara bush on crack) writes:
|
|
|>Now, gee, where was it I read that said "new users to the Internet
|>should not create new newsgroups".....I can't imagine
|>where....Everyone should read this guy's posts on nyx.misc, helluva
|>lot funnier than letterman....Example:
|
|Two words dork: BITE ME

It's fun.

|>Anyway, Dennis Miller was cancelled because he has a brain, he appeals
|>to an intelligent audience - people that think while waching tv, not
|>just eat twinkies.  Miller himself enjoys the fact the he and a guy
|>in Wisconson somewhere are the only two that get his deepest
|>sub-reference (which isn't true, but....)...And I'd also like to know
|>why Miller has gotten calls from all the major networks following his
|>untimely Nielson-stabbing since he just had a dumb tv thing and is
|>nothing but a newsboy...
|
|BITE AGAIN...if you aren't a "letterman.fan"...then UNSUBSCRIBE.

"BITE AGAIN"???  hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I am a Letterman fan, or at least I was until I found out who his
other fans are.  I bet you can't wait til Carvey gets the job...You'll
be on the phone, calling your friend(s): "Hey, have you seen Garth's
TV show?"

|Good day..

Bad night..

|NO NEED TO REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE

THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP.  I WASN'T SURE IF I HAD CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS OR NOT, BUT YOU CLEARED THAT UP FOR ME.  THEY ONLY APPLY TO
PEOPLE WITH WANNABE EGOTISTICAL NICKNAMES.

|--
|Generic Signature:
|Marshal Perlman - Huntington Beach - California - USA - Earth - Milky Way
|yaW ykliM - htraE - ASU - ainrofilaC - hcaeB notgnitnuH - namlreP lahsraM
|                                                        :erutangiS cireneG

^^^
no comment.  

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman)
Subject: Re: Dave's Behavior With Interesting Guests
Organization: UofT Mechanical Engineering
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:28:11 GMT

hatton@socrates.ucsf.edu (Tom Hatton) writes:

>P.S. - I think DL doesn't trust some things to be humorous enough on their
>       own, and "peps them up" to please the crowd. Maybe we should write
>       and convince him it isn't necessary. Or maybe he just doesn't like
>       being upstaged...

Dave is smart enough to know that *most* of his audience likes it when he
messes with the guests.  The best shows are when things go awry, something
Carson forgot about years ago.  Granted, he sometimes goes a little too
far, but that's his style -- to beat a joke absolutely to death.
--
Dave!
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: The Crispin Affair
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 05:14:51 GMT

ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu writes:
 >Ok...I *MUST* know this...Does anyone know the whole story behind the
 >most famous Letterman episode of all, the Crispin Glover affair?  

Yea, the guy was trying to make an image of being really weird.

 >What the fuck was he on, anyway?  Coke or PCP I assume, 

No, he's just a strange actor.

 >This 2 minutes of TV ranks among the greatest ever, 
 >right up there with the Beatles on Sullivan.....

It is certainly the one and only time Dave has actually
WALKED OFF his own show...

 >Why the hell would they let him go on if they knew he was 
 >seriously high?  

Heh...  He was not HIGH, he was ACTING.  If you didn't know it already, 
you could see that very clearly at the end, when he starts apologizing 
profusely to Dave.

 >Well, we all know Dennis Miller is heads and gap-teeth above Letterman
 >in every area (wit, cultural tastes, intellect, guests, and everything
 >else between here and the World's Most Lamerous Band)

Oh, please!  That isn't even a LITTLE bit funny, just purely PATHETIC.
Miller is OK, but he is NO Letterman.  Dave is absolutely the *very*
best EVER at putting on a show like that, and nobody knows that better
than Dennis.  He even openly admits this very simple FACT...

 >Anyway, Dennis Miller was cancelled because he has a brain, he appeals
 >to an intelligent audience 

Yes, BUT *Dave* has an even sharper brain when it comes to being funny,
and he appeals to an equally intelligent audience...

 >And wasn't David Letterman great at hosting the Emmies?
Yes, he was.  VERY funny!  He even did a great top-10 list.

 >And wasn't he great at hosting the Mtv Movie awards?  
Eh?  That I don't recall.  Maybe you should send me the tape...<heh>

 >I guess Allan Havey is worthless, too....
Who?  (Obviously he is...)

Miller certainly is not "worthless", but he is NO where near 
as talented as Dave...

DAVE!!!  <chanting>

-{ DA }-

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: jwasson@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Wasson)
Subject: Sears / Giggly Girl
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 05:54:16 GMT


One of the best long-form segments had to have been the time Dave read
the viewer mail, and got a letter from a girl that asked something to
the effect of:

"What's up with your sneakers?"

Well, Dave and crew "leave" the studio, drive out to here place somewhere in
the northeast, and go to her house to deliver her a bugzapper.  No one was
home and finially her brother showed up, and took them on a tour of the
house/her room.  Then they went to the local Sears store where she
worked, and she coudln't believe it was Dave, and could not stop giggling.
As Dave put it, "What's that annoying sound?".  They went on a shopping
spree of the shoe department for Dave.

It was great. :)
From: i34183289@VIOLET.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: In Living Color ripoffs of Dave...
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:32:43 GMT
Reply-To: i34183289@VIOLET.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona


  Something I thought was very weird was when In Living Color started doing
the bit with the guy who was cop but had no body (only a head).
  I remember Dave once did a sketch called Head of Homicide which precluded
ILC's by a few years.  Dave's was much funnier.
  And I won't begin to compare Homey the Clown and the original 
  Flunky the Clown.....
 
   BTW: I have at least 75-100 VHS tapes of Daves recorded about 4 or 5 
years ago; I recorded it every night and usually kept bits and pieces of
shows, or sometimes whole shows...
   I've always thought about cataloging them, but it'd take forever...
 
..
  ALSO:  I never saw this episode, but friends who saw the Sandra Bernhardt
episode from December/January(?) tell me that Dave got tired of Sandra always
teasing him and just laid a tongue kiss on her for a full minute. They say
they never seen Dave jump out of his character like that before, and it
was just stunning...
 
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: mconners@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael R Conners)
Subject: Here's the latest...
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 16:04:44 GMT


	Here's the latest on Dave & NBC. I got this from a friend @ an 
affilliate. It's informed speculation, which makes it just above the National
Enquirer and below People Magazine.

	The word is that Dave's going to leave NBC- unless something drastic
materializes. His contract expires at the end of March '93, and now it's a
question of where he's going to go.

	ABC appears to be in the best position so far, and word has it that 
Dave will be in the 11:30pm time slot- going head to head with Jay Leno. That's
what Dave wanted- the time slot after late news. Bob Costas would probably 
move up to the 1230-130am slot when Dave leaves anyway. ABC has been looking 
for something for that time period for a while, and Dave may fit their bill.

	Fox also wants him, but at this point wouldn't know where they would 
put him, or if they have the bucks to spend.

	CBS is in the hunt as well, but beyond that not much is known.

	To sum up: Dave's gonna be gone come March, and will resurface quickly.
The only issue is where.
-- 
:  Michael R. Conners              : Remember: The last time a Democrat was  :
:  THE Ohio State University       : in the White House we had double-digit  :
:  College of Business             : inflation and disco...                  :
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dp35@mc1adm.UWaterloo.ca (Greg Moore)
Subject: Re: Here's the latest...
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:31:25 GMT

prem@prem.lbl.gov (Shirdi R. Prem) writes:
> mconners@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Michael R Conners) writes:
>>
>>	Fox also wants him, but at this point wouldn't know where they would 
>>put him, or if they have the bucks to spend.
>                          ^^^^^^^^^
>	How much does he make anyway..........????

$8,000,000/season

OBLetterman:  So Sally said, "Why the depression?"


Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: The Crispin Affair
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 11:47:54 GMT

eodell@nyx.cs.du.edu (Eugene O'Dell) writes:

>     I missed the C.G. show...  What happened?

As I remember it, Glover was seriously messed up, and freaked out.  He
was screaming at Dave and babbling and I think he tried doing karate and
almost kicked Dave.  

Needless to say, they had about a segment and a half to fill after
Glover's was abruptly ended.


Okay, let's see who the REAL Dave fans are: who used to watch the
Morning show?  (I did!!)  Who saw the first Late Night with Bill Murray
doing aerobics when it was broadcast??  (I did -- but don't remember
much of it :-()


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


Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: ed@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ed Stastny)
Subject: Re: The Crispin Affair
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:56:16 GMT

ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (barbara bush on crack) writes:
>Ok...I *MUST* know this...Does anyone know the whole story behind the
>most famous Letterman episode of all, the Crispin Glover affair?  What
>the fuck was he on, anyway?  Coke or PCP I assume, but hell if I know
>the difference just by seeing someone for a minute or so....
>Why the hell would they let him go on if they knew he was seriously
>high?  At any rate, it gave the guy a career, so......

Naw, Crispin gave himself a career (and had it before that Letterman
appearance)...
 
Anyway...I read an interview with Crispin in a free magazine once and he
said that the reason he acted that way on Letterman was just to freak
him out and to practice a character.  Crisp's a fairly swell guy (so is
Dave).

...e
	
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From: cecchinr@hornsby.cs.rpi.edu (Ron Cecchini)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Lucky Ticketholders!
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:37:24 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

In article <1992Sep2.204217.7438@chpc.utexas.edu> aoek774@chpc.utexas.edu (David Letterman) writes:
>Hey!
>
>How many of you have been to see a taping of our Late Night Leader's esteemed
>show (Winner of the coveted Peabody Award)?  I've been to 3 of them in the  
>past 3 years and just had to give away 2 tickets for Sept. 8 and 2 tickets for
>Sept. 10.  Tell me that dosen't suck!
>
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>David R. Heim
>aoek774@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu
>The University of Texas at Austin
>Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
>
>                There's not a man, woman, or child alive today
>                    who dosen't enjoy a lovely beverage!
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

I've been to 2 of 'em.  The first time I was in the front row (aisle seat).
Me and my buddy were cheering so loud and stuff, that we had the camera
turned on us for a few seconds - and Dave did a joke about us.
Can you believe it? Ridiculed by the master!

The second time, I was again in the front row, aisle seat, and this time when
Dave came out to greet the audience, I stuck out my hand and he shook
it and said something like "Glad you could make it to the show sir!"
At the end of the show, my sister had Dave's assistant have Dave sign
her copy of the GQ magazine with him on the cover.

Pretty cool stuff!

Ron
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester)
Subject: Re: Lucky Ticketholders! 
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 05:43:35 GMT

>Well, I forget the exact address to write to, but I know that you
>can hang out in Rockefeller plaza and hope that they have extra seats
>available (they have a line for people who basically walk in off the
>street).

I am pretty sure it is 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NYC, NY.  I'll find out
the zip soon.  I ordered tickets about 3 years ago and the wait
then was about 4-5 months (roughly +/- 1 month).  I do not know
what it is now.  There was also a 2 ticket max.  If you are travelling
a quite a distance maybe they'll make it a max of 4 but I am just
guessing (I had my tickets sent to my permanent home in LI, NY).

Gerald Sylvester
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Dennis Miller on the Emmys
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 07:41:18 GMT

In article <181ot5INN10i@agate.berkeley.edu> wft@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Tell) writes:
>But I must say, I do NOT like the new opening montage with Dave as
>an Astronaut.
>

WHAT?!?!??!   Those new computer animated graphics for the opening
are totally FANTASTIC!!!!    Do you have a fear of space or something?

Everything about those openings are the BEST!!

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
Subject: Re: Opening computer graphics animation on LATE NIGHT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:06:15 GMT

klaes@verga.enet.dec.com (Larry Klaes) writes:


>        I am impressed with the accuracy of the space technology depicted 
>    on the new opening to LATE NIGHT.  The VOYAGER probe (complete with 
>    gold Interstellar Record) and Russian SOYUZ (T? TM?) which zip by are 
>    well-done.  Even the MMU Dave appears to be in is technically correct.
>    And for the astronomers, the Sun is nicely rendered, but what a lot of 
>    solar activity is going on!  Disrupted radio communications for sure!

Hmm, when the Earth, Moon, and Sun come close (zoom in), you can really notice
the straight lines...  That is, you can tell tehy are plyhedrons instead
of true spheres. Of course, they look fine excpet when you get really close...

keith
From: ph111-bx@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;7202)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Letterman Qoutes
Date: 4 Sep 1992 04:05:20 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu

In article <-hyybdn@rpi.edu> cecchinr@dimaggio.cs.rpi.edu (Ron Cecchini) writes:
>My earliest memory of Larry, which also coincides with my earliest memory of
>Dave, was Larry doing "Grandma's Toast on a Stick".

That reminds me of the time he spent most of the show at his desk making
toast and tossing it to the audience.
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Friday, 4 Sep 1992 16:10:35 EDT
From: Society for Creative Solipsism <IK20001@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Top Ten Lists
 <92246.091006IK20001@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
 <1992Sep4.064431.22491@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>

Dean Adams says:
>
>IK20001@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
> >I would think there'd be no problem at all, except that top ten
> >lists are published in book format too.  Thus, Carson Productions
> >would *not* want to see any of them pass into the public domain.
>
>"carson productions"???   Just who the hell's top ten lists are you
>talking about?  Who gives a rats ass about carson productions??  Nobody!
>
>WORLDWIDE PANTS, Inc. is the *only* company that matters.  Besides, that
>Carson is so damn old, he probably can't even count to 10 anymore!  :->

Um...Dean....  Did you ever...uh...*watch* the credits?

Carson Productions *owns* Late Night.  They produce it.  Worldwide Pants
may have a lot of leverage rights, but they don't own it.  This is why,
if Dave left, he could not take Late Night with David Letterman with
him.  He *and* Worldwide just don't have the rights.

Which wouldn't be a problem for Dave.  He'd probably enjoy building
his new show.
--
Eric Alfred Burns, Lord Sabre            "Faith is a fine invention
Society for Creative Solipsism            When Gentlemen can *see* --
"It's all in your mind"                   But *Microscopes* are prudent
IK20001@maine.maine.edu                   In an Emergency."
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