From: jbeer@lonestar.utsa.edu (Jason R. Beerhalter)
Subject: Re: Dave at 11:30 - Why?
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:59:10 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.130501.14491@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) writes:
>
>terra@reed.edu (Terra Goodnight) writes:
>
>I sure hope word doesn't get back to Dave that we are wasting all this
>bandwidth on HIS newsgroup talking about that awful loser arse-nio!! :->
>
> >>Yea, a lot of BOREDOM.  :->   Not to mention being TOTALLY unfunny,
> >>and doing the absolute most pathetic butt-kissing excuse for "interviews".
>
> >OK, Arsenio's a shitty interviewer and sucks up to guests,
> >but look at who he's brought to late-night:
> >In the past year, I've seen:
> >Magic Johnson
> >Charles Barkley
> >Dikembe Mutumbo
> >Chris Mullin
> >Clyde Drexler, etc...
> >Public Enemy
> >Black Sheep
> >Tribe Called Quest
> >Das EFX, etc...
>
>So... are you trying to make my point about the show being boring?  :->
>
> >Denzel Washington
> >Spike Lee
> >Jesse Jackson
> >Bill Clinton
>
>Those people don't need arse-nio to get on TV.  Also, that Lee guy is
>a complete ass!  He told people that they should stay home from work,
>skip school, and drop whatever they are doing, all just to go see HIS
>(overbudget) movie.  What a jerk... (assenio must *really* love him :)
>
> >You have to admit, whether you like rap, movies, sports, or whatever, these
> >people were largely ignored by mainstream talk-TV until ARsenio came along.
>Maybe because they were boring?  :-)
>
> >WE would have had to sit through more interviews with Bob Hope, Susanne
> >Summers,Don Rickels, the oldest living postman, spelling bee champions,
> >etc., etc., etc.on ol' Johnny's show,
>I certainly wouldn't!!
>
> >and as far as Leno goes, all we get is more of Billy Crystal,
> >Kevin Costner and Garth Brooks.
>
>No thanks.  Except for Jesse and Clinton, i'm not interested in ANY of
>the people you mentioned.  But, I would still never watch Jackson on
>arse-nio' show, since it would be nothing but boring MEGA brown nosing.
>If assenio wasn't black before, then he sure would be after doing that
>"interview" with all the butt kissing going on... :-)   Jackson is at
>his "hippest" on a show like Nightline.
>
> >So, as far as being "hip" is concernedArsenio blows Johnny and Jay away,
>
>He is totally dull, boring, and unfunny.  I do not consider that "hip".
>
> >as well as giving people like myself a reason to watch late-night TV
>
>What kind of a "reason" is that??  You like HORRIBLE "jokes" and "interviews"?
>
>DAVE is the *ONLY* reason for watching late-night TV!!
>
> >(except for Beasties on Letterman, I haven't seen a musical act on
> >there in a long time I actually cared for
>
>Who cares about the music acts??  I almost *never* watch them.  Last night
>with Joan Jett was the first time i've cared about the music act in ages.
>
> >Letterman himself is usually a blast to watch, his guests are
> >usually the standard-issue late night talk-show circuit types.
>
>Dave's guests usually are INFINITELY more interesting than any of the boring
>people that you listed...  Give me Dave and a leggy supermodel ANY day!!
>
>Besides, on Dave's show the guests are just a "bonus".  It's DAVE that
>makes it a great time.  On ALL the other talk shows, the guests are the
>ONLY reason to even consider watching...  And I *only* watch for the
>short time the guest I want to see is on.  That's not how it works with Dave.
>

Dave kills Arsenio! That is all there is to it.

I will admit that Arsenio WAS funny and that he HAD great guests back when
the show started, but his show just isn't funny anymore.

Dave, on the other hand, has been and always will be KING!

From: patm@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Pat Murphy)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:03:49 GMT
Subject: Re: Dave on the 25th. aniversary of Donahue show.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA