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From: drsres00@ucs.usl.edu (Schwartz Donald R)
Subject: Re: Letterman's plans
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern La., Lafayette
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:38:22 GMT

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

yes, but what will happen to nightline?  and what about when nightline
runs overtime (which is does A LOT)?  there will be lots of disappointed
lettermanites who get only part of the show when they tape it!


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


--donald

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From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Re: Fave Dave Quotes
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 18:28:24 GMT

myboy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Lewis Murtaugh) writes:

>Just thought I'd start another thread on the World's Fastest Growing
>Newsgroup:

>Does anybody out there have favorite quotes from Dave?  My favorites include:

>	The immortal beverage quote (if you have to ask, you ain't a fan)

>	"Them bats is smart."  Paul: "How's that?"   Well, uh, they use
>	radar."

Or when Dave turned on that "BAT SIGNAL", and he would say:
"No No Paul..Batman knows it is just a test...he won't come"
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From: sylve_ge@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Gerald Sylvester)
Subject: Re: dave's love life
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 05:46:13 GMT


>>Are you sure you're not thinking about Paul?  :-)  (He's married...)

I saw a concert in NYC in a small club last year in which Will Lee was 
playing.  Some guy noticed Paul.  When I asked where he was he said
at the table with the 4 hot babes and boy where they good looking. ;-)

Gerald Sylvester

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From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
Subject: Re: "Latka freaking out"...
Keywords: latka, who else
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 02:47:05 GMT

christ@cie.uoregon.edu (Christian G. Smith) writes:

> Ah, I just remembered his name: Andy Kaufman (sp?)...He play-
>ed 'Latka' on the television show Taxi.  I think it was on    
>Dave's ninth or tenth annaversary show that they showed a bunch
>of clips from previous seasons...One of them having Dave talking
>to Andy Kaufman and some BIG burly pirate-looking dude.
>  I forget most of what happened, just that Mr. Kaufman freaked
>out and started insulting the guy, who then chased the weasel
>around Dave's desk.  Dave, of course, is smiling into the camera
>as this mayhem unfolds around him.
>  I'm sure if anyone saw his show, they'd remember this clip, it's
>pretty cool.

>  MY QUESTION to those skilled enough to answer it:
>  
>  Why was he so upset at the guy?  It looks real because Andy, who
>is wearing a neck brace, calls the guy a motherfucker or somesuch 
>then throws Dave's coffee at him.  I'd really love to see the episode,
>but if anyone who has seen it can shed light on it, I'd just crap
>in happiness.

>-christian

I believe this happend during Andy Kaufman's "wrestling" period.  Kaufman
started out with an open challenge to all women that he could beat
any woman in a wrestling match.  He wrestled and defeated at least one
challenger on SNL.  He then became extremely cocky, and arranged a match
with a big-time professional wrestler.  I believe the wrestler was Jerry
Lawler, who operated out of Memphis, my home town.  During the match, the 
wrestler injured Kaufman's neck.  Many people thought that Kaufman was 
expecting a fake match and was not prepared for a real match.  Anyway, I 
think this pirate-looking dude was the wrestler Jerry Lawler and that 
Kaufman was mad at him because he had put Kaufman in the neck brace.

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From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Re: The Crispin Affair
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 23:56:06 GMT

billm@thor.fsrg.bear.com (Bill Moss) writes:


>AND I attended the second night's show (the night after Bill Murray).  Dave
>had one of the audience running the camera that night (this made the 10th
>anniversary clips).

Remember the Thrill Cam..the Monkey Cam...what else?

O well..see you later:::

Hal Gurnee..Legendary Race Car Driver!
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From: scasburn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven M Casburn)
Subject: Dave 'n' Cher
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:00:21 GMT

     I know that Dave and Cher haven't gotten along in a few years. (Is that an
understatement? :) ) What exactly set them off at each other?
-- 
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From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: dave's love life
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:25:57 GMT

dslee@netcom.com (Donna S. Lee) writes:

>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.

Weeelll...  He *is* divorced, used to date Meril Marco (former writer
and washed-up comic), and said on Babara Walters that he wants to marry
again and have kids.

Are you sure you're not thinking about Paul?  :-)  (He's married...)

-- 
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From: chris@sundude.JPL.NASA.GOV (Chris Demke)
Subject: Re: Cams
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - JPL on-site Hardware Support
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:48:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.231920.7362@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> kachun@spot.Colorado.EDU (Ka Chun Yu) writes:
>Has anyone compiled a list of all of the special "cams" that have appeared on
>the show?  There was of course the famous Monkey-Cam, the Thrill-Cam, and the
>short-lived Tiger-Cam (which immediatley proceeded to maul Paul).  Wasn't there
>an Anton-Cam too?
>-- 

	I think there were 2 monkey cams.  The first one failed 
	because they used a squirrel monkey.  the monkey was too
	small to carry the camera and kept falling over.  Then
	they put the camera on a chimp, which worked quite well.



					Chris Demke


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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: In Living Color ripoffs of Dave...
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 06:42:37 GMT

christo@bcarh803.BNR.CA (Mark Christopher) writes:
 >And what was the deal with the spanish speaking dentist skits?

The deal?   Well, they were INCREDIBLY FUNNY!!  :-)

And, as with most of Dave's stuff it was totally ORIGINAL.

  " I *am* Dr. Suarez "  Ha!

Those bits always left me practically rolling on the floor!

 >Can anyone who understands spanish who saw the skits tell us if
 >Dave was actually saying anything??

Yes, he was.  Just not very well.

 >Ten points for the person who can name when/where Dave said:
 >	Vo est der laudner struben?

Well, I *do* at least remember him saying it (several times)...

" Hey, kids!  Lets go find us some weasels!! "

-{ DA }-

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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: Late Night in April?
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 12:40:35 GMT


<IK20001@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
 >Dave, who in `Real Life' was cheesed about NBC selling rerun rights
 >of his old shows 
Yep.

 >(he thought *nothing* was as lame as watching a six year old Talk Show),

That isn't exactly right (and obviously could not be more wrong an idea).
Dave wanted to *edit* the shows before releasing them, and put together
some sort of "best of" type package...

 > finally convinced NBC to not renew the A&E contract.
I think they just killed it themselves, since Dave was getting so pissed.

 >As of September, there will be no mid-day Late Night.

"September"??  Those A&E shows have been history for over a MONTH already.

 >Personally, I liked it.  Old, untopical shows allowed the viewer a
 >chance to see how unimportant (in the long run) the average entertainer 
 >is, and Dave's humor held up pretty good.  

Phew, rather verbose...  *I* would just say: THEY WERE GREAT!!!

 >if I were the centerpiece of a show, I wouldn't want other people 
 >to make decisions about who saw my old routines either.
Right.

-{ DA }-
From: crittend@currituck.cs.unc.edu (bac)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: the Weasel chant
Keywords: eat more moose
Date: 3 Sep 92 22:00:37 GMT
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1992Sep3.185234.14249@tamsun.tamu.edu> rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez) writes:
>ok, I didn't get to watch much letterman in the Spring of '91
>(might have been '90).  Point is, when I returned to watching it,
>the audience was really big into chanting "Weasel! Weasel! Weasel!".
>
>I never did find out what that was about...can someone help me?

that's why i'm here, tico.

the weasel chant is aimed at morty, the director who mainly stands
around scratching a lot.  i'm not sure what the incipient weasel
incident was but it doesn't matter.  he's always doing something that
is, well, weasel-ly.

but that's the man's job.  i would sure as hell hate to have to try to
keep dave on time 

>My favorite Letterman quote came during some joke about a guy with
>a little head.  Will mumbles something, and Dave hears him.
>He stops the monologue, turns around, and asks, "What?"  More mumbling.
>Dave grins, turns to the audience, and deadpans:
>
>"Well, it's the consensus of the band that we could all use a 
> little head."
>
>For network television, circa 1986, this was pretty damn funny.

it's just this kind of moral decay that we (bush, quayle, and me) are
hell-bent on stopping!  wouldn't you love to see dan turn his guns on
dave?  (hmmm, i wonder how much overlap there is between a.f.dave and
a.f.dan?) 

______________________________crittend@cs.unc.edu____________________________

I tried to stand up and fly straight, but it wasn't easy with that
sumbitch Reagan in the White House.  I dunno.  They say he's a decent
man, so maybe his advisors are confused.
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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Subject: Re: In the beginning..
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 04:13:06 GMT


shutt@husc9.harvard.edu (John Shutt) writes:
 >I've heard(I think it was in Spy magazine) that once Letterman 
 >leaves NBC, Dana Carvey will take his place. 

Yea, that talk has been around for a while now.

 >Sounds like a pretty half-assed move on NBC's part.

It sounds TOTALLY lame to me.  Carvey does a great Bush, Church Lady,
and "Garth", but that in NO way shape or form is anything even REMOTELY
close to the talent and wit of Dave Letterman!!

 >P.S.  Is this really the first fan group devoted to Dave? 
I think so...

 >It seems kind of late, 

DAMN late!  I have been looking for one for a LONG time!

 >considering that Letterman peaked about 6 or 7 years ago

Ha!  That is bullshit!   Dave is still #1!  

He has the ONLY "talk show" on the air that is AT ALL worth 
watching for *anything* other than the *guests*.

All the rest are no-talent boors, with Assenio being about the worst.
The only one to come anywhere close was Dennis Miller, but the main
part that was good was the "news" segments.  Not much to compare.

-{ DA }-

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From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Dave's Behavior With Interesting Guests
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:53:56 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.001635.27408@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman) writes:

>Member when dave and that science guy got in a fire extinguisher fight?

Definitely one of "Late Night's" finest moments IMHO...the look on Dave's
face was just wonderful....hehehehe.

>--
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From: tgreen@sw.stratus.com (Tom Green)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Letterman Qoutes
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:53:30 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.



walrus@bessel.umd.edu (Grig Larson) says:

>> What are some of the dumb things he has repeated?  One I remember went on
>> for weeks, and they even made a skit about it.
>>
>> (Dumb voice) "Them bats is smart, they use radar..."
 

One of my favorites in this vein was a joke that bombed and
then was repeated ad nauseum and finally turned into a skit:

"Paul, I went to that new Prudhomme restaurant last night."

"Oh, really?  Paul Prudhomme?"

"No, Don(?) Prudhomme.  I had the nitro-burning crayfish and
the funny car etouffe(?)"



I've been an infrequent viewer lately.  Is Dave still phoning 
Meg over at Pocket Books?  The last one I saw was the time they
had the falcon flying back and forth and it crashed into the
building on the return trip.


What is the net-consensus on the best use of Larry "Bud" Melman?
My favorite was the ill-fated trip to Tierra del Fuego.  Listening
to Larry whining from Mexico begging to let him come home was
priceless.  I'm laughing now just thinking about it.

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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Last night's show (9/1/92): Sarah Jessica Parker
Date: 2 Sep 1992 20:07:09 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu


In article <182sqbINN54s@agate.berkeley.edu> wft@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Tell) writes:
}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.

	she was really a goofball when she complained at that kid for 
chewing gum, and it was *obviously* going to be part of his invention!
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Date: Wednesday, 2 Sep 1992 09:03:52 EDT
From: Society for Creative Solipsism <IK20001@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Late Night in April?
 <1992Sep2.001309.7151@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
 <1992Sep2.014353.22736@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>


RE:  A&E.

Dave, who in `Real Life' was cheesed about NBC selling rerun rights
of his old shows (he thought *nothing* was as lame as watching a
six year old Talk Show), finally convinced NBC to not renew the
A&E contract.  As of September, there will be no mid-day Late Night.

Personally, I liked it.  Old, untopical shows allowed the viewer a
chance to see how unimportant (in the long run) the average
entertainer is, and Dave's humor held up pretty good.  But, if I were
the centerpiece of a show, I wouldn't want other people to make decisions
about who saw my old routines either.
--
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From: drice@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Keith Rice)
Subject: Re: >>>> MY NEWSGROUP <<<<
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:37:24 GMT

In <1992Sep2.073811.3736@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) writes:

>In article <la8pkrINNt28@aludra.usc.edu> cokin@aludra.usc.edu (Darren Cokin) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep2.013702.22281@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman) writes:
>>>HEY..it was my idea..and I don't even get the FIRST message?
>>>
>>>Some clearly insane person TOOK IT..I WANT REVENGE! <or a steak>
>>
>>YOU LYING RAT BASTARD!!!
>>
>>I suggested this newsgroup on alt.config about 6 months ago.  It was MY idea.
>>
>HEY!  "me too" !!   I remember some pathetic losers over there not
>thinking it was a good idea, WELL...  I have seen more activity on
>this new group TODAY, than on any other new group I can remember!

NO!!!!!!!!
It was MY idea.  It's been my idea for _40_ years!!!  ;-)

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Subject: Re: Late Night in April?
From: mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin)
Date: 2 Sep 92 20:58:52 GMT

jmwojtal@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Wojo) writes:

>I believe Dave thought he would get the 11:30 slot after Carson Retired.

He was being considered for the Tonight Show job before "Late Night" even
came on the air, during one of many false Carson-retirement alarms.
I think that for the last year or two it was fairly obvious that Jay Leno
was Carson's heir apparent.
-- 
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From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: Dave's Behavior With Interesting Guests
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:21:25 GMT

lenny@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Len Goodman) writes:

>One thing that burns me about Dave is that when he has an interesting guest
>on (like the guy from the Columbus Zoo or the lady from the science center
>in Ontario Canada), Dave screws around so much that we don't get to see the
>person do their thing.  I think Dave needs to learn that there is a time to
>be funny and a tie to shut up and listen.

Oh, come on!  The best thing about that guy from the zoo is that Dave
makes him look like a fool (and he keeps coming back).  As for the other
demonstrations (physics, chemistry, rocks, cooking, etc..), if they
aren't blowing something up or scaring the shit out of Dave, they suck.

If you want serious, watch Regis.

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


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From: fuller@enigma.bgsu.edu (A.J. Fuller)
Subject: Worldwide Pants...
Originator: fuller@enigma
Reply-To: alt.fan.letterman
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 05:01:48 GMT

All this talk about Dave's displeasure with the A&E contract has recalled
from the depths of my mind a question that has been lurking for several
years...

What exactly is the story on "Worldwide Pants"?

I figured that it must be Dave's production company (a'la Carson Tongight
Productions) or somesuch.  However, if all the "Worldwide Pants presents"
fanfare before every A&E airing of a show is any indication, it would
seem unlikely that if Dave were torqued off about it that so much hoopla
by his own production company would be in order.

Soooooooooo, anybody know any details on Worldwide Pants?

Inquiring minds...

A.J.
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From: bonacci@ecf.toronto.edu (BONACCI John)
Subject: Re: THE CREATION OF ALT.FAN.LETTERMAN
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:58:26 GMT

In article <_2jnqy#.rdc@netcom.com> rdc@netcom.com (Rachel Dafni Christy) writes:
>This newsgroup is intended for fans of the David Letterman Show.
>Articles include:
>	interesting upcoming guests
>	typing in the daily top 10 list and other jokes
>	dave's address and how to break into his house.
Surely more than just this:
Are you like me?  Do you think this list is just a wee-bit too specific?
Maybe this will *become* a good newsgroup, but ot by the fault of its 
creator.
JB
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From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Re: the Weasel chant
Keywords: eat more moose
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 00:00:37 GMT

rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez) writes:

>ok, I didn't get to watch much letterman in the Spring of '91
>(might have been '90).  Point is, when I returned to watching it,
>the audience was really big into chanting "Weasel! Weasel! Weasel!".

bOB mORTON IS A weasel!
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