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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Connie Chung on last night's show
Organization: Utopia Planitia Starfleet Yards, Mars
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 14:29:44 GMT


MIXTERHP@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (H. Perry Mixter) writes:
 >Actually, I thought Dave and Connie really didn't hit it off this time.

Perhaps you didn't notice how long they were HUGGING, eh?

 >Dave made light of "Maury", and the audience even grew restless 
 >to the point of booing during parts of the interview.

Are you nuts??   They were booing whenever Dave mentioned the NAME "Maury".
That is because the audience are all Dave FANS, and they know how much he
used to have a crush on Connie... so naturally you boo when her HUSBAND's
name is mentioned.

 >The whole thing got off to a wrong start when Connie went overboard 
 >on hugging Dave when she came out, 

DAVE was hugging her right back!  (who wouldn't? :)

 >and he whined about his "neck injury."

Oh, please...  In case you didn't know, IT WAS A JOKE!!!!


<< Connie is married to Murray, the guy with the problem feet >>

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From: cc@netcom.com (CC)
Subject: Re: home offices
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:41:06 GMT

In article <1dq9gsINNh2u@uwm.edu> sarty@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Jay A. DeSart) writes:
>In article <1992Nov11.013625.16953@ultb.isc.rit.edu> eaw3593a@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>>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?  
>
>You know, that's a good question.  Another one would be what was the first
>home office.  I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was Milwaukee.
>
>I'm fairly certain it was Milwaukee.  And then it made the fateful
>move to Scottsdale, AZ to go along with the trend of everything moving to
>the Sunbelt.  After that it has moved around quite a bit and my memories
>are a bit foggy about that.  I seem to recall it being in Oklahoma and maybe
>even Nebraska at one point, as well as Lebanon, PA.

Hmm...I seem to recall the first Home Office as Lincoln, Nebraska, but it's
hard to know if I caught the first episode in which he referenced the
"Home Office".

Craig
-- 
Craig Cochran <cc@netcom.com>
From: slouie@ocf.berkeley.edu (Shelley Louie)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Top Ten 11/11/92
Date: 13 Nov 1992 06:53:09 GMT
Organization: They Be SF Giants
NNTP-Posting-Host: earthquake.berkeley.edu

Top Ten Signs You're In Love with Oprah;

10. You were the only person who really cared when she put the weight back on.
 9. Your pet name for Chicago: "The Winfrey City"
 8. You find yourself saying to her, "No, I don't think you've run out of 
      topics."
 7. You hardly ever think about Nell Carter any more.
 6. There's an electronic tote board in your living room continuously tallying
      her net worth.
 5. You're in her audience, she calls on you, you can't stand up.
 4. When she doesn't have a guest, you agree to cross-dress and marry a goat.
 3. Whenever anyones says "Oh," you immediately add "prah"!
 2. You have every Oprah show on tape and keep them in a lead-lined, 
      earthquake-proof vault in the Mojave Desert.
And number one...
 1. The wind cries "Oprah!"

PS: Who knows how often I'll put these things up. Just don't rely on me for
    them....

-Shelley
From: pkemp@byron.u.washington.edu (Paul Kemp)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Letterman and the Tonight show
Date: 8 Nov 92 00:17:16 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <1992Nov7.200356.16658@samba.oit.unc.edu> Edgar.Estrada@launchpad.unc.edu (Edgar Estrada) writes:
>I understand that if Leno's ratings don't improve then NBC will give the
>job to letterman.
>Has anybody heard about this?
>I like Leno but I wish he would get a new band. I can't seem to get into
>it. To me, it looks like x number of friends getting together for a jam but
>not like a band that fits together.
>
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 or the numerous Jazz
Messangers.  Definitly the best band on TV.
PK

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From: lllowen@netcom.com (lllowen)
Subject: Re: Sam Donaldson is a scream
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 19:07:53 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??
>

Yes.  :)   I meant if Letterman was an anchor (or whatever they call those
guys) like Rather, Brokaw. 

Comedy and news all in one!
-- 

Lon Lowen Jr.                        |  Wayne State University
Netcom Online Communications         |  Detroit, Michigan
lllowen@netcom.com                   |  (lllowen@mts.cc.wayne.edu)
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From: MIXTERHP@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (H. Perry Mixter)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Connie Chung on last night's show
Date: 12 Nov 1992 12:54:12 GMT
Organization: Appalachian State University
Distribution: world
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In <1drneoINNokt@eagle.natinst.com> davoli@natinst.com writes:

-- 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
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.

Perry Mixter 
Internet Address: MIXTERHP@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU
Bitnet Address:   MIXTERHP@APPSTATE.BITNET
Appalachian State U., Director, Cultural Affairs
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From: kojohnso@garfield.javelin (Kory Johnson)
Subject: Re: home offices
Organization: A 12 letter word.
	<1992Nov11.174106.4526@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:36:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.174106.4526@netcom.com> cc@netcom.com (CC) writes:

>   In article <1dq9gsINNh2u@uwm.edu> sarty@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Jay A. DeSart) writes:
>   >In article <1992Nov11.013625.16953@ultb.isc.rit.edu> eaw3593a@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
>   >>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?  
>   >
>   >You know, that's a good question.  Another one would be what was the first
>   >home office.  I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was Milwaukee.
>   >
>   >I'm fairly certain it was Milwaukee.  And then it made the fateful
>   >move to Scottsdale, AZ to go along with the trend of everything moving to
>   >the Sunbelt.  After that it has moved around quite a bit and my memories
>   >are a bit foggy about that.  I seem to recall it being in Oklahoma and maybe
>   >even Nebraska at one point, as well as Lebanon, PA.
>
>   Hmm...I seem to recall the first Home Office as Lincoln, Nebraska, but it's
>   hard to know if I caught the first episode in which he referenced the
>   "Home Office".
>
  From the FAQ:

======================================================================
Section 4:  Questions about the Top Ten Lists.
======================================================================

Q.	What are the different cities where Dave's "home office" has
	been located?
A.	The former homes of the home office are:

	o   Lebanon, Pennsylvania
	o   Lincoln, Nebraska
	o   Milwaukee, Wisconsin
	o   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
	o   Omaha, Nebraska
	o   Scottsdale, Arizona
	o   Tempe, Arizona
	o   Torrance, California

	The home office is presently located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

This article is Copyright (c) 1992 by Keith Rice.
It may be freely redistributed so long as the author's name, and this
notice, remain intact.

>   Craig
>   -- 
>   Craig Cochran <cc@netcom.com>

--
"...it's true that if we keep going  |  kory johnson
in the direction we're going, we'll  |
wind up where we're headed..."       |  kojohnso@libman.sim.es.com
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From: tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thor Iverson)
Subject: Re: Letterman and the Tonight show
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 01:20:29 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.001716.29646@u.washington.edu> pkemp@byron.u.washington.edu (Paul Kemp) writes:

>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
	       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[...]

Nope, uh-uh, wrong, BZZZZZZZT!  It's a good band, but come on...

Getting back to WMDB or TWMDB, whichever you prefer, I _have_ noticed
that they, even with their extensive studio experience, can get
disoriented when asked to improvise (check out performances with
older blues artists, or the impromptu jams with Gary Busey and
Woody Harrelson, for instance).  In this case I would bet that the
Tonight Show band would be a bit stronger, in that they're schooled
in the art of improvisation.  Granted, I-IV-V stuff is a bit below
their usualy fare, but still...

					Thor Iverson

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From: bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott)
Subject: Re: Sam Donaldson is a scream
Summary: Surprising 
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 16:23:34 GMT

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.  I wonder how

I'd have to agree here - Brokaw has done some VERY funny stuff for Dave, as
has Phil Donahue (remember the classic running-down-the-stairs scene?  "Is
the caller there?!" to empty space...).  

I remember one time in particular, when Donaldson was on the air, that was
good.  He was telling a long story about an experience with then-president
Reagan (too long to type here but basically dealt with some scatterbrained
stunt he pulled).  After everyone had  agood laugh over this, Dave, in one
of his rare attempts at getting serious, said something along the lines of
"But all jokes aside, isn't Reagan really the guy in charge?  I mean, he's
alert and all that, isn't he?"  to which Sam replies, flat out, "No."  

Yes, it's true, and yes, Donaldson isn't exactly a GOP fundraiser so the
comment is understandable from that viewpoint as well, but the point is that
he said it so straight out and so abruptly that it was SO funny...

I remember someone asking Brokaw about all the funny things he's done on
Letterman, and how far he would go, and he said something about how Dave once
wanted him to read fake news on the air, which he wouldn't do, but in
general he didn't think it was a breach of his journalistic integrity to get
a few laughs... 

.                            <<<<Infinite K>>>>

--
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|Internet bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu, or call the Arvada 68K BBS at (303)424-6208.| 
|"Don't tug on that - you never know what ][The Raster Image IS responsible |
|it might be attached to." Buckaroo Banzai][for everything I say! | *Amiga* |
From: aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu (Joshua Henry Geurink)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: World's Most Dangerous Band (Was Re: Letterman & Tonight Show)
Date: 12 Nov 92 19:56:33 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Nope, he wasn't serious.  Just watched last night...

"...With Paul Schafer, and THE World's Most Dangerous Band..."
		  	   ^^^

Pretty much says it all...

=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
King Rat                     |  "You got the power, (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
aka Josh Geurink             |   You got the might, (No Way!)
aodn307@bongo.cc.utexas.edu  |   Get ready for battle, (Give me your money!)
                  Defeat the Black Knight!"
`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`



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From: jpurlia@qualcomm.com (John Purlia)
Subject: Re: Letterman ... working????
Followup-To: alt.fan.letterman
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:55:02 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.104113.19961@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>, you wrote:
> 
> bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) writes:
> | The estimate I've read for Letterman's income is around $6.5 million per
> | year.
> | 
> | This puts him above even the highest paid newscasters (I think Brokaw, or
> | Jennings, or one of them, makes over $4 million).
> 
>   I think I heard once that Oprah made over $40 million.  Did I hear
>   right??
> 

Wednesday's LA Times Business section estimated Dave's annual salary at
between 3 and 5 million per year (Gee, wish I had a plus/minus range like
that!) which places him far below many other talk show hosts.  The article
claims that Dave's shooting for a deal giving him total artistic control
and a salary of $30 million per year.  Based on advertising rates, they
claim that a show such as his can easily gross $66 million a year and that
Fox has already offered to "give him a check for $25 million". 
...........................................................................
John Purlia          : My brain; not my company's brain.  My brain says...
jpurlia@qualcomm.com : "The Toolbox giveth, and the Tech Notes taketh away"
...........................................................................
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: jpurlia@qualcomm.com (John Purlia)
Subject: Re: Letterman and the Tonight show
Followup-To: alt.fan.letterman
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:40:24 GMT


(dumb guy voice...)

Uh... who's Jay Leno?
...........................................................................
John Purlia          : My brain; not my company's brain.  My brain says...
jpurlia@qualcomm.com : "The Toolbox giveth, and the Tech Notes taketh away"
...........................................................................
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: knauer@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase)
Subject: Re: Dave at 11:30 - Why?
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:41:05 GMT

In <1992Nov12.013621.8803@ac.dal.ca> nvats@ac.dal.ca writes:
>Recently there has been a lot of talk, in this newsgroup and elsewhere, of
>Dave's desire to find an 11:30 time slot (Eastern, for us out here in
>Atlantic Canada, that's 12:30 AM).  My question is why would he wnt to move
>to 11:30?  Ok, it is the prestige time slot, and he would probably make a
>lot more cash if he suceeds (but at 6 mil, come on, even I'd settle for
>that!), but I wonder if it would feel right watching Dave at 11:30.  

No, it doesn't feel right at all.  Those of us stuck in the Central Time
Zone get to see him at 11:30.  Going on three years now, and it still isn't
the same.

Rob
--
Rob Knauerhase           University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
knauer@cs.uiuc.edu       Dept. of Computer Science, Gigabit Study Group
   "Eat, drink, and be merry; for tomorrow, ye will be taxed."  America, I
    hope 'change' was worth it...
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 11:32:50 MST
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: $garyf@SASB.BYU.EDU (Gary B. Fitzgerald)
Subject: Interesting Article
Organization: Brigham Young University

Heres a little Dave tidbit I found on:

	usa-post@AmeriCast.Com
    
NETWORKS WOO LETTERMAN:
   When Connie Chung visited "Late Night With David Letterman" 
this week, she begged him to join her at CBS. Letterman's contract 
with NBC expires June 30, and CBS has launched a public campaign 
to woo him over. Letterman has received three videotape 
presentations starring the likes of Chung and Charles Kuralt, who 
tried to sell the virtues of CBS.
(For more, see special Dave package below.)
    
    
SPECIAL PACKAGE ON DAVE:
    
LETTERMAN WANTS EARLIER HOUR:
   David Letterman was upset when he didn't get the job as host of 
"The Tonight Show," because he felt he had earned it himself, 
waiting his turn, patiently, for 10 years. Now he is said to feel 
that enough is enough and it's time to broaden his audience at an 
earlier hour. CBS and ABC are convinced Letterman's loyal young 
fans would move with him.
    
AD SALES BOOM LATE AT NIGHT:
   And they're desperate to get him because in this recessionary 
economy, he represents a potential gold mine. Letterman's show 
costs only about $15 million a year to produce (including 
Letterman's $6 million salary), but it reaps $50 million in annual 
advertising sales - and that's in the later 12:30 time slot.
    
DECISION SHOULD COME SOON:
   A show like "Cheers," by comparison, costs $52 million a year 
to produce, and only sells $54 million in ads, says Madison Avenue 
time-buyer Paul Schulman, "which is statistically a break-even 
proposition." Letterman is expected to make his decision by the 
end of the year. The process will begin with assessing the offers; 
then NBC has the right to try and match whatever is his best 
offer.
(End of package.)
    
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From: cmrtcv@rosie.uh.edu (92F09797)
Subject: Top Ten List 11-4-92
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 07:25:00 GMT

Here it is:
       Top 10 Signs That Bill Clinton Has Gone Mad with Power
         10.  Ruled that Hawaii isn't really a state.
          9.  Has been asking staff members: "Do I get to be on
               the dollar bills and stuff?"
          8.  Has promised that Amtrak will run on time.
          7.  Faxed photos of his head to Mt. Rushmore.
          6.  First Cabinet appointment: Elle McPherson.
          5.  In front of cheering crowd in Little Rock, bit off
              3 of his own fingers.
          4.  Ripped down Dan Quayle's drawings from the White House
              refrigerator.
          3.  Banished Ross Perot to a Mexican zoo.
          2.  Announced that on special days, he will serve as First
              Lady.
          1.  Keeps calling this country "Clintonia"!



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, 13 Nov 1992 02:58:44 GMT

jpurlia@qualcomm.com (John Purlia) writes:

>In article <1992Nov11.104113.19961@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>, you wrote:
>> 
>> bscott@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) writes:
>> | The estimate I've read for Letterman's income is around $6.5 million per
>> | year.
>> | 
>> | This puts him above even the highest paid newscasters (I think Brokaw, or
>> | Jennings, or one of them, makes over $4 million).
>> 
>>   I think I heard once that Oprah made over $40 million.  Did I hear
>>   right??
>> 

>Wednesday's LA Times Business section estimated Dave's annual salary at
>between 3 and 5 million per year (Gee, wish I had a plus/minus range like
>that!) which places him far below many other talk show hosts.  The article
>claims that Dave's shooting for a deal giving him total artistic control
>and a salary of $30 million per year.  Based on advertising rates, they
>claim that a show such as his can easily gross $66 million a year and that
>Fox has already offered to "give him a check for $25 million". 
>...........................................................................
>John Purlia          : My brain; not my company's brain.  My brain says...
>jpurlia@qualcomm.com : "The Toolbox giveth, and the Tech Notes taketh away"
>...........................................................................


A few nights ago, there were two or three jokes about Dave's "feeling like
a million bucks."  I assumed these referred to his 3-month contract
extension paying him one million dollars.  That would amount to a yearly
salary of 4 million dollars, which would be in line with the above
description.

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Kathie Lee Giffords Top 10 List
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 12:53:50 GMT

bilan@netcom.com (Steve Bilan) writes:
 >For those who weren't watching last night, Dave made a joke
 >which had to be one of his all-time vulgar jokes:

Ugh... don't be ridiculous!

 >        Penthouse magazine has announce that their next issue
 >        will a spread of Gennifer Flowers.  This is great. It
 >        will be the first time that we have actually gotten
 >        to see something that a presidental candidate has done!

Damn funny stuff...

About the only thing truly *vulgar* is the sort of mentality
that blindly labels such a simple innocent joke as "vulgar".

Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dglow@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Low)
Subject: Top Ten - 11-11-92
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:58:55 GMT

Top Ten Secret Agent Pet Peeves....

10. Guys wih three names that seem too interested in the president's
itinerary.
 9. Barbara all hands
 8. You risk your life for fifty years and all you get is a lousy Timex
 7. When wife says "Is chicken all right for dinner or is that a secret"
 6. Bathing Ronald Reagan
 5. When some kid with a walkie talkie keeps saying "One adam tweleve"
 4. Just because you are guarding Quayle, people assume that you are not
very bright either
 3. When guy that you are protecting asks you to do a bomb sweep of his pants
 2. Having to jog slower than Clinton
 1. Beeper Rash


And if you are going to ask if I want to do this all of the time the answer
is No! I enjoy watching Letterman but I don't have time to tape and watch 
him all of the time. Sorry!

					Dave Low


Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: Pause for station identification? or commercial break?
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:46:48 GMT

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.

On U.S. TV, there are station IDs at the top of every hour.  They are
about twice as long as commercials and the station does identify itself.
I think it's some FCC regulation.

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


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