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From: jkung@acs.ucalgary.ca (Jimmy Kung)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Whom has Dave called?
Date: 14 Dec 1992 03:21:09 -0600
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
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In article <cf__4zy00Vo9Qjwldj@andrew.cmu.edu> you write:

[...]

>Um... No. You better find someone south of the equator and ask them, cuz
>it does.... flows down the drain either clockwise here and counter there
>or the otehr way around, I can never remember which.

No, this is false.  I saw a show on 20/20 (or 60 Minutes, I don't
remember, it was about 4 years ago) in which they went to a area
in Central America which is "on the equator".  People there had a
gimmick where they showed people the water trick using a
toothpick on a bucket on draining water. (for money of course)

The reality was is that the force isn't strong enough to go one
way or another, unless you had very large volume and draining
speed.  The way they scamed people was by designing the drain to
go in a particular direction.

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: jonathan@cae.wisc.edu (Jonathan Klein)
Subject: Larry ending the show in the 80's
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin--Madison
Distribution: usa
Date: 15 Dec 92 17:46:35 CST

>I remember seeing a Late Night show that must have aired in the early
>1980's, the ending of which was like no other I've ever seen.
>
>The show ended about five minutes early, and after the credits rolled,
>Dave climbed up the spiral staircase at the rear of the studio.  The
>scene then changed to what was doubtlessly a pre-recorded segment that
>took place in the "loft" that the spiral staircase led to.  Paul and
>Larry "Bud" were already there.  One of them might have been lying in
>a hammock.  There was some dialogue that took place, very serious, that
>gave the impression that they were on a ship at sea with no land in
>sight, like they were stuck in a doldrums.  No studio audience laughter
>could be heard; it was a very somber mood.  The segment finished and
>that was the end of the show.
>
>Does anyone else remember this show or am I suffering from delusions?
>Please post a followup if you can remember more about this than I can.

I seem to remember the first several months of LN shows ending with 
Larry Bud announcing that the show was sponsored by "Mel's Bus Service"
or "Bud's Bus Service" or something like this.  In any event, Larry Bud
was at the end of every show.  It got kind of annoying.  I think they
periodically changed what Larry did at the end of the show and the
description above is one of those variations.

klein@bob.ece.wisc.edu
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Date: Monday, 14 Dec 1992 09:14:08 CST
From: The Magnet <U28310@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject:    New show name/Etc

How about "Dave Letterman's Nightthing".... NOT!

And like a lot of people, I'd like some more details about
the rest of the Late Night crew, if they're going or not to
the new show.

Here in Chicago, LNWDL runs at 11:30 and the CBS affliates here
run the Arsenio Hall show at the time slot also.  So if Dave
gets moved to an earlier time(10:30) hopefully they will drop
Arsenio so that I don't have the risk of seeing his face while
flipping thru the channels.

Also, does anyone remember the Arneio parody that In Living Color
did in its first year?  That was funny and even funnier that the
entire parody is still very much true even till today.


Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 11:42:16 -0500 
From: Jason Paul Togyer <jt3y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: CBS vs. NBC
	<1992Dec14.172832.6947@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>

Subject: Re: CBS vs. NBC
From: nils@gile (Nils Nieuwejaar)

>knauer@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase) writes:
>
>>After all, there have only been two presidential
>>elections in the past eight years and his show has 
>>remained constant throughout them.
>
>>Rob
>
>Huh?  I'm fairly certain that his radio show hadn't gone 
>national in 1988.  His TV show is only a few months 
>old since september?).
>I'm not sure I see what you mean by 'his 
>show has remained constant'.

I know exactly what he means.  Constantly AWFUL!  8-)

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 18:06:19 -0500 
From: Andrea Elizabeth Neill <an0q+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Whom has Dave called?

also called Revelon!  asked cosmetique crisis questions

sidney
Organization: Sophomore, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 09:10:07 -0500 
From: "Derrick J. Brashear" <db74+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Whom has Dave called?
 <1g3ponINNct9@coral.bucknell.edu> <10DEC199200582043@zeus.tamu.edu>
	<1992Dec10.174927.5094@gallant.apple.com>

Excerpts from netnews.alt.fan.letterman: 10-Dec-92 Re: Whom has Dave
called? Matt Ackeret@apple.com (530)

> >37.A Southern Hemisphere plumber. Dave didn't believe the physics that water 
> >   swirls the opposite direction in below the equator!

> Uhh, not trying to get onto this whole topic, but water DOESN'T swirl
> the opposite direction on opposite sides of the equator.

> The Coriolis force is far too puny to have any effect on a swimming pool,
> much less a sink of water.

> see alt.folklore.urban for frequent discussions on this and many other
> interesting topics.
Um... No. You better find someone south of the equator and ask them, cuz
it does.... flows down the drain either clockwise here and counter there
or the otehr way around, I can never remember which.

-D


Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: bo@horus.cem.msu.edu (Bo Peng)
Subject: Re: What about Paul?
Reply-To: bo@horus.cem.msu.edu
Organization: Michigan State University
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 16:16:07 GMT


I think Paul is a drag! And I couldn't care less about Dave's band.

Sorry guys, nothing personal.
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 10 Dec 1992 13:28:35 CST
From: <U30633@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Was I dreaming?
 <1992Dec9.075504.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>

In article <1992Dec9.075504.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>,
amconn01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu says:
>
>In article <1g2ruiINNgfo@stephen.cs.ubc.ca>, goldberg@cs.ubc.ca (Murray W.
>Goldberg) writes:
>> Someone tell me if I actually remember this, or if it was some strange dream
>> I had...
>>
>> One of the most original and innovative things I've ever seen on t.v. (or
>> at least I think I've seen this) was when Dave ran the tape of the show
>> at faster then the usual speed to accomodate a lack of time (was it a 10
>> minute something-or-other that cut into show time??). The speach was high
>> pitched and movement was fast. Can anyone shed some light one this memory
>> and remind me of what the situation was? Or was it all just a bad (good)
>> dream?
>>
I also seem to remember one show where everything was dubbed into Spanish.
I was uh, "chemically altered" at the time so I definitely remember it but     g
not in a lucid state of mind.  I DO remember laughing hysterically and also
thinking that this was one of the most innovative things I had seen on tv,
especially since I am a fluent Spanish speaker.  I wonder what all the people
who ONLY speak Spanish thought of it?

Joel Sanchez
University of Illinois at Chicago

Speaking of high speed or dubbed material, did anyone catch the Steve Martin
film that was speeded up the other night?  Hilarious.














Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: miles@ms.uky.edu (Stephen D. Grant)
Subject: Re: Dave on CBS!!
    <1992Dec14.025222.13365@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> 
    <Bz8Czu.M9q@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 07:04:15 GMT
Organization: University of Kentucky, USA. -5 GMT

v070r6vw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David C Valenzuela) writes:

>		Actually, rumor has it that the Rush Limbaugh show is
>		#1 in the ratings at that time slot (Rush runs from
>		12-12:30). He has astounding ratings, and actually
>		beats Leno and Arsenio. For a synicated program like
>		that to beat Leno is a shame. If Dave went to 11:30
>		Rush would have to crawl back under his rock, but I
>		can't say I would like Dave as much at 11:30.

   actually, the Rush Limbaugh show is shown at different times all over the
   country. here in Lexington Ky, he is on at 12:30 pm the next day. which
   happens to conflict with his national radio show.
   if dave goes to CBS/11:30, i think jays days are numbered.

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From: mshankar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Mark Shankar)
Subject: dave live!
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 17:38:07 GMT

I would like to know how I can see Dave's Show I am going to New York on 
December 26-30 and would be interested in knowing how to get tickets, where to 
go and any other information a Late Night fan may need to know so please post 
the FAQ List (?) or leave a message on the newsgroup.

    Thanks,    M. Shakey
From: jamesc@bassclar.Eng.Sun.COM (James Langdell)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Theme Shows
Date: 14 Dec 92 20:38:17 GMT
Reply-To: jamesc@bassclar.Eng.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems
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In article 9932@doug.cae.wisc.edu, jonathan@cae.wisc.edu (Jonathan Klein) writes:
>There are several messages on DL "Theme Shows" (i.e. 360 degree and the
>speed up show).  I am wondering if anyone remembers the week of reruns
>where every show was a re-editted rerun of some sort.  The only one
>I really remember is the show where they changed the voices of everyone,
>like a really bad Japanese movie.  I also believe that week they had the
>show which the voice track was a little faster.  I think they aired others
>but I cannot recall at this point.

Some other theme shows I recall

--Show staged as if it were being broadcast from Tokyo.  Japanese looking
  designs on stage.  Guests made up lame explanations about why they were
  in Japan.  Oriental audience members seated visibly in front rows.

--Show staged as a morning show.  Pastel sets.  Perky light band music.
  Everyone drinking coffee throughout the show.  Done for the benefit
  of viewers who tape the show and watch it over breakfast.

--Pair of smarmy color commentators interrupting the show to comment
  on how well the show was going, and to interview participants in
  the show.

--"Christmas with the Lettermans"  A family holiday special with
  Dave's wife and kids and other relatives (straight from the casting
  department) do all their family traditions on camera.  Brother 
  Theodore [and whatever happened to him?] was one of the guests because
  Dave's kids wanted him more than anyone else.

It's been quite a while since any shows like these have happened.
Too bad.


--James Langdell       jamesc@eng.sun.com
  Sun Microsystems     Mountain View, Calif.
From: wesley@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Wesley HRJ Gaus)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: just a thought
Date: 13 Dec 92 10:50:32 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

In article <1992Dec13.050316.6335@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dallen@nyx.cs.du.edu (deanna allen) writes:
>
> Just a thought to all you fans out there.....
>Homey the Clown and Flunky the Clown
>twin sons of different mothers or is the fact they have
>never been seen together just coincidence?
>Inquiring minds want to know...
>
>Deanna


Ummmm. You forgot about Krusty the Clown.
   "Don't blame me... I didn't do it!"

  By the way, Flunky died of lung cancer in 1989 from too many cigarettes.

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From: acid+@cs.cmu.edu (Christopher Colby)
Subject: Re: Dave on CBS!!
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:14:35 GMT

In article <knauer.724319955@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu> knauer@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase) writes:
>    It is for this reason that I hope Dave remains at 12:30 where his
>audience is fairly secure.  If he moved to 11:30, he'd have to dramatically
>alter his style to appeal to a very different audience, and I enjoy his style
>exactly as it is now.

I'd be surprised if this weren't Dave's long-term plan, to change his style
to appeal to a very different -- LARGER -- audience.  The 11:30 slot would
be one part of this plan.

-chris
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: knauer@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase)
Subject: Re: Ratings & Rush (was Re: What about Paul?)
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 02:46:56 GMT

In <1992Dec16.133847.19077@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) writes:
[yet more drivel, unsubstantiated claims, and denials of fact.  Plus a lot
of mindless fanboyism for Howard Stern]

*plonk* (Welcome to the killfile.)

I advise others to do the same.  This fellow has written nothing worth reading
either in this group or in E-mail.

(Or, what might be fun, is to crosspost one of his articles to
alt.fan.rush_limbaugh and let him argue with them for a while...)

Rob
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From: drosera@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Donald Burden)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Theme Shows
Date: 12 Dec 1992 01:18:47 GMT
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Distribution: usa
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In article <1g728pINNrbf@agate.berkeley.edu> slouie@ocf.berkeley.edu (Shelley Louie) writes:
>I've hear that there was a show in which everyone was dubbed by a single
>person in Spanish with English subtitles. Boy I'm sorry I missed this one!
>
This particular one was seen on A&E when they were rebroadcasting old Late Nite
shows. There were no English subtitles.  Back at the beginning of the show, they
used to introduce repeats using a minute or two of new material.  This was
changed after a few years to just a funny subtitle that came up during the
opening sequence.  After that, it was changed to what it is now: just the 
date when the original show aired.  At the beginning, instead of the new
introduction, they would instead do things like showing the repeat dubbed
in Spanish, or having Dave comment on the show from his home, or speeding up
the tape and putting new material at the end.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: ted@telematics.com (Ted Goldblatt)
Subject: Re: What about Paul?
Keywords: Late Night, Musical Director, TWMDB
Organization: Telematics Intl., Inc.; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 06:32:37 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.022344.12604@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thor Iverson) writes:
>
>I don't know about CBS, though--if CBS the record company and CBS the
>TV organization are viewed as being linked, the musicians will have to
>be "contracted" to Dave to give them freedom to record for whoever they
>want to.

No connection anymore - Columbia sold the record division to
Sony last year.

ted
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From: marty@Shiva.COM (Marty Del Vecchio)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: A New F.A.Q. Listing : People Dave has Called!
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:05:50 GMT
Followup-To: alt.fan.letterman
Organization: Shiva Corporation, Cambridge, Ma, USA

In article <1992Dec10.195201.12331@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com> broyles@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com writes:
>In <10DEC199200582043@zeus.tamu.edu> jim@zeus.tamu.edu writes:
><long list deleted>
>
>Before the Barcelona Olympics started, Dave called Bob Costas at his
>hotel room (did he wake him up?) to chat about the upcoming games.  They
>also had a bet about how many event categories Bob could name in one
>minute (or something like that).  The Costas call I distinctly remember;
>for some reason I think he called Marv Albert in Barcelona as well to
>talk about Team Dream.
>
He called Tim McCarver and caught him in bed with a special friend (possibly
his wife).


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From: wjw@panix.com (William Weisser)
Subject: E-Mail me if you want to reach Meg
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:08:45 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

I work at Pocket Books in New York in the same department as the
woman Letterman refers to as "the lovely Meg".  She knows she has 
many fans out in netland and has said she will read any message 
sent to her through my account.

Please bear in mind that I CANNOT PROMISE a response -- in fact I'm 
almost certain there WON'T be any responses.  Nor can I 
volunteer any info on Meg's private life and the like.  But I CAN 
promise you that any messages you send me will definitely get to her.

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: mikesch@wam.umd.edu (-      SHINY      -)
Subject: Late Night: 12/16/1992
Summary:  GREAT show!
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:20:44 GMT

	Well, they're finally out of the rerun rut... And with a pretty good
show, too!  The Meg thing was funny, as usual.  ("So how's your boyfriend
Larry?"  "My boyfriend TONY is doing okay, Dave...")  I thought it was
hillarious when Dave asked about the Cathy Lee Gifford book to see if she
had read it, and he already had that wrapped up as the gift even though she
had!  IS it just me, or did Regis look like he was DYING for some attention?

Also, the interview with Cronkite was GREAT!  I liked when Dave was complimen-
ting Mr. Cronkite, and he said "are you offering me a job?"  Dave quickly said
"Well, this space may be available!"  Has Dave been so incredibly enthusiastic
about any other guests lately as he was about Walter Cronkite? I mean, he was
telling us all about how he flubbed up in front of him and how embarrassing that
was for him!  All in all, great show.  
	Somebody want to post the top ten list?
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From: mbrockma@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (Matt Brockman)
Subject: Re: Dave on CBS!!
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 00:08:40 GMT

In article <knauer.723963618@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu> knauer@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Rob Knauerhase) writes:
>In <101397@netnews.upenn.edu> varhus@be.seas.upenn.edu (Kristofor A Varhus) writes:
>>Haha!  Just read in the New York Times that Dave is moving to CBS at 11:30!!!
>>Hooray!! (although I guess Jay won't be too happy that he'll be cancelled for
>>low ratings in a couple months)
>
>Had you actually read the article, you'd have seen that NBC has the right to
>either match the offer in cash (doubtful) or propose another alternative.  At
>any rate, it is by no means definite.

This is what I don't exactly understand. Why does Dave have to let
NBC do anything once his contract is up? He should sue for free-agency. :-)


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From: rrichman@access.digex.com (Ray Richman)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: OFFICIAL NEWS!!!
Date: 14 Dec 1992 18:55:49 GMT
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97994779@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu writes:
: In article <1992Dec10.060751.3363@news.acns.nwu.edu>
: mgoldbrg@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mark Goldberg) writes:
:  
: >
: >
: >I hope that Dave doesn't move to LA, i think that the show would lose alot of
: >the City flavor.....also, what do you think the show would be called?  Doesn't
: >NBC own the rights to the name "Late Night?"
: >
: >Curious, a new netter,
: >Mark Goldberg
: >
: >mgoldbrg@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
: >
: >"Ham, Ham, Ham."
:  
: How 'bout Earlier With David Letterman, or Goodbye Jay with David Letterman?
OR what about THE DAVID LETTERMAN SHOW (ok So I admit I like ^ better Or
even Earlier, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT... --
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From: wilson4450@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Dave, Connie, & Paul!!!
Date: 15 Dec 92 12:13:04 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa


  I also meant to mention that Paul was also there, but he was really toasted
and just kept walking around to all the woman say, "I'm packing heat baby, and
I aint talkin 'bout no gun!!"

Truely embarassing

Chris