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Monday, March 26, 2007
Show #2723
By Michael Z. McIntee Change Text Color:
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Will Ferrell; Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith; and Kings of Leon.
PLUS: Dave’s illness; How’s Regis?; a Message from Al Gore; Sleep Driving; Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; Small Town News; and It’s A Fact with George Clarke.

“ . . . and now, the most trusted name in handicrafted gazebos………. David Letterman!
ACT 1:
Oooh, good, lots of “Odd Dave” for my database. “Odd Dave” is when Dave performs an odd visual which we may want to use in the future in a short comedy piece. Tonight we had Dave miming pumping a ketchup pump; smoking a cigarette at the desk; and leaning over and crying out like the guy caught in the web in “The Fly,” “Help me, somebody help me.”

And it was one week ago that Dave woke one morning with the stomach flu. Back during the holidays, everyone around him ended up with the stomach flu. Dave was able to escape its grip and admits to being a little smug about not getting it. But then last week, whamo! Not good. He got hit with the stomach virus real hard. He says about vomiting, “Every vomit does not prepare you for the next one. Each vomit is a special treat all in itself.” Dave thanks Adam Sandler for filling in and credits him with doing a fine job. Dave is feeling better now we’re glad to have him back.

Did you see that Regis called in to Kelly Lee on “Live with Regis and Kelly” last Friday. Regis recently went in for a heart bypass surgery --- Regis had a triple bypass; Dave five --- and Dave thinks Regis, the master of the talk show world, tried to come back too soon. We have video tape of Regis’ phone call and it looked kind of strained.
We see Kelly Lee with Doogie Howser on the show and with great anticipation say hello to Regis over the phone. Regis answers, “Uhhhh, hel . . . . hello . . . . uhhhh, groan.” Kelly: “Oh, my gosh! How are you feeling, my big man?”
Regis: “Ahhhhh (cough) ohhhhh, my chest . …… uhhh ohhhh, groan.”
Kelly: “Love you, Reege. Feel better. Bye.”

And now it’s time for a Message from Al Gore.
Al: “I’ve got / the largest / butt / that we’ve ever seen in this nation.”

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning that prescription sleeping pills may cause people to drive in their sleep, and it looks like sleep driving is just the tip of the iceberg. We take a look.
Announcer: “After conducting extensive research, the FDA has found that users of prescription sleeping pills may unwittingly get out of bed and go for a drive in their sleep. And while sleep driving is the most overtly dangerous behavior we’ve observed, we have also seen people eating in their sleep, making phone calls in their sleep, and even one man who has spent the past 25 years sleepwalking through his own show. (clip of Dave)
The FDA: It’s all inside.”

The above had a basic clip of Dave at the monologue mark. There was nothing odd about it. There are times I’m asked for an “odd” clip of Dave and that’s when I go to my “Odd Dave” file in my data base.

GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES – We see FDR. We see JFK. We see George W. Bush: “He says, quote, ‘These programs . . . .’ He says, ‘These programs don’t . . .’ . . . . The program, quote . . . . the program, quote . . . .”

We received some sad news last week. Our good friend Calvert DeForest passed away last Monday at the age of 85. He appeared over 250 times on Late Night as Larry “Bud” Melman and over 100 times on the LATE SHOW. We watch a short tribute piece to Calvert of some of his memorable appearances. We see his welcoming tourists with hot towels at the Port Authority Bus Station from the LATE NIGHT days; and we see him promoting a new product, “Hot Toast on a Stick.” We then see a montage of shots of some of his appearances on the programs.
We’ll miss you, Calvert. You brought me many many laughs.

ACT 2:
SMALL TOWN NEWS
The Buffalo News (Buffalo, New York): “Casket, metal, split top, slightly used, very comfortable, never buried.”

The Belleaire Beach Bee (Largo, Florida): “City manager Steve Stanton was place on paid administrative leave February 27th after announcing he planned to become a woman.” Dave wishes he had a nickel every time he’s heard that.

The Oakes Times (Oakes, North Dakota): “Oakes Veterinary Service, where caring people take care for your animals. Enjoy a safe and rewarding hunt!”

Following this news item, we see a young girl crying in adoration in the audience. Huh?
Dave feels the little girl is taking it kind of hard.

The Mini-Nickel Marketplace (Butte, Montana): Here’s an eye-catching ad: “Whore house salvage, Butte, Doors, sinks, woodwork, hardware.”

The Town Common (Rowley, Massachusetts): “Car flies through house, turkeys upset. Amazingly, nobody was severely hurt. Turkeys that reside at the house were visibly upset because of this incident.”

The Roundup Record Tribune (Roundup, Montana): This is romantic: “Homestead Veterinary Service and Hardware is now offering his and her rakes.”

The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland): Here’s an exciting advertisement: “Parsons Cemetery. New section open. Water view spaces available.”

The Leader-News (Greenville, Kentucky): “Muhlenberg County second-graders are asked what does love mean?” Amber H. said, “Love is when I see my dog licking my other dog’s butt.”

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Bozeman, Montana): “A Billings man accused of driving drunk and crashing into a light pole here gave police at the scene an unusual explanation: A unicorn was driving.”

The Courier-Standard Enterprise (Fort Plain, New York): Trouble at a school board meeting: “Woods exploded into another outburst of nearly indecipherable mumblings, which reached a disturbing crescendo when he removed his prosthetic eye from its socket.”

More crying from the little girl in the audience. She looked familiar to me. I think she’s the girl from “American Idol.”

The Roscommon County Herald-News (Roscommon, Michigan): “The complainant showed troopers a card he received which he believes came from the man blowing snow in his driveway. The unsigned card reportedly said, ‘Jesus Loves You’ on the cover, but inside said ‘But everybody else things you’re an asshole.’”

TOP TEN – Things I Can Say Now That I’m Miss USA – and here to present tonight’s Top Ten list, from Tennessee, Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith.
The newly crowned Miss USA enters.
#7. “Look for me at a boat show near you.”
#4. “Miss New York taught me how to hotwire a Honda Civic.”

To read and enjoy the rest of the top ten list, click on Top Ten under “Last Night on the Late Show.”

ACT 3/4:
WILL FARRELL: Has Will ever had the stomach flu? Yes, he’s “taken the train to Barf City.” And nothing prepares you for it. Will tells a story of having the stomach flu the first time he met his future in-laws. Being served that night was a fish dinner. Will was not feeling too good but ventured forth. After his second oyster, he knew the evening was not going to go well. And it didn’t. His father-in-law still jokes about it.
“How about some oysters, Will? . . . . Only kidding!”
Will’s hair is very 70-ish, permed with curly curls. It looked . . . familiar. Will is excited to be able to grow out his own hair and he is always surprised what he finds in his “permanent” . . . or realistically, his “temporary.” Will reaches just above his nape and finds a crayon, and then another. In college, I once found a live yellow-jacket in my hair. True story.
Will’s hair reminds Dave of someone. We see a split screen. It’s Barbra Streisand in her curls, some time in the 70s or 80s. Her ‘doo is very much like Will’s.
Will Farrell’s new film, Blades of Glory opens on Friday. It’s about the first two-male pair figure skating team. He had to learn how to skate at the age of 30 . . . . and it’s not too hard! In fact, it’s quite easy. Will shows us some of the stunts and jumps he had to perform on ice. He does a pose, and then a toe point, and then a spin. The spin was fabulous. The guy’s a quick learn.

ACT 5:
IT’S A FACT WITH GEORGE CLARKE: We see a bloodied and bruised George Clarke: “Construction workers don’t like it when you give them a friendly pat on the ass. . . . That’s A Fact!”

ACT 6:
It’s our usual ACT 5: Alan announce: “Are you ready to feel good, America? Well then, log on to the Late Show website and check out the Tony Mendez Show! Join Tony and friends this week as Tony celebrates his birthday! The Tony Mendez Show. Just go to www.CBS.com/Lateshow. You’ll be glad you did! We’ll be right back."

CLOSE
KINGS OF LEON: From their soon-to-be released CD, “Because of the Times,” Kings of Leon performed “On Call.” The CD will be in stores next Tuesday.

And that was our show for Monday March 26, 2007.




We’re testing out a new format. Some of you may be confused by it but all we’ve done is shorten up some of the ACTS and lengthened the final Closing Act. And in the Closing ACT tonight we had our musical guest. I read someone in the newsgroup thinking we eliminated one of the commercial breaks. Oh no no no no no, we didn’t touch the commercial breaks. We never touch the commercial breaks. Commercials are why we are here. They are sacred. We can do whatever we want BETWEEN the commercial breaks, but the commercial breaks always remain the same.

ACT 1: Show Open; Monologue; Extras; Comedy Pieces.
1st commercial break: Always 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
ACT 2: More Comedy; Top Ten.
2nd commercial break: Always 2 minutes, 45 seconds.
ACT 3: Guest.
3rd commercial break: Always 3 minutes, 45 seconds.
ACT 4: Guest or Comedy
4th commercial break: Always 2 minutes, 55 seconds.
ACT 5: Audience Shot; or Comedy.
5th commercial break: Always 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
ACT 6: Music; or Guest; or Comedy, or Audience Shot (new format)
6th commercial break: Always 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
CLOSE: Good Night; and/or Guest or Music
And that’s how we put together a show.
We never monkey around with the commercials.

New rule for St. Patrick’s Day: Before you take one drink, you must know something about St. Patrick.

There are times I curse myself for spending all those hours growing up playing baseball and football and basketball and softball and baseball. I should have been learning to play the guitar. I went to my favorite place for music the other day, Kelly’s Pub in Tappan, New York. It was a Saturday afternoon and on the TV was a DVD of great guitarists. I was enthralled within minutes. It featured Clapton, Santana, John Mayer; Robert Cray; Robert Randolph and the Family Band; and lots more. Great great stuff. And then last week while flipping through the channels, I came across the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus on the PBS. Lots of young Jagger, lots of Stones. And there was Clapton and John Lennon as well. “Yer Blues” by Lennon, Clapton, and Keith Richards was way cool! Man, I should have learned to play the guitar when I had the time. Instead I played the sports. Do kids still play the guitar today or are they more into scratching and skipping records? Or are they into rap and making funny sounds with their mouth like that guy on Hee Haw who performed with that other guy who slapped a beat on his thigh?
Oh, well, I hope it’s not too late to learn something about music. My nephew learned the bagpipes at the age of 20. His dad at the half-century mark is now learning the drums. I’m thinking of taking up the tin whistle, but I hate it when my face turns all red when playing a wind instrument. I was thinking of a squeeze box but they cost too much to start. Is a mandolin hard to learn?

Well, I guess that explains Tony LaRussa’s sunglasses.

Horse race fans, Letterman’s Humor ran at Gulfstream Park on Saturday as the #1 horse in the 4th race. How did Letterman’s Humor do?
“NAKAYAMA KUN chased the pace three wide, moved up to vie for the lead around the turn, then took over at the top of the stretch and drew clear. SIR JACKIE rated off the pace, advanced four wide around the turn, then closed to be up for the place while no match for the winner. CARROTS ONLY showed speed off the rail, vied for the lead between horses around the turn, then gave way in the drive. BIG BOOSTER was caught in tight at the start, chased the pace along the rail, moved up to vie for the lead around the turn, then tired. ITSAWONDERFULIFE showed early foot, raced three wide on the turn and tired. LETTERMAN'S HUMOR chased the pace into the turn and faded.”
The above means Letterman’s Humor came in last.

Congratulations to those of you who bet “Knicks” in the Wahoo Gazette annual, “Who Will Win More Games This Year, Duke or the Knicks?”
Duke win total for 2006-2007: 22
New York Knicks total thus far: 30.

And so ends another issue of the Wahoo Gazette, the world’s longest continuous-running blog on the internet . . . . I think.

CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
From White Plains, New York, it’s Margaret Orosz
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
ACT 1
• Show Open
• Dave's Monologue
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• Regis Calls Kelly Ripa on "Live"
• A Message From Al Gore
• FDA Warning: Sleep Driving
• Great Moments in Presidential Speeches
• Calvert DeForest Tribute
ACT 2
• Top Ten Things I Can Say Now That I'm Miss USA
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• Small Town News
ACT 3
• Will Ferrell
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ACT 4
• Will Ferrell
ACT 5
• It's a Fact with George Clarke
ACT 6
• Plug for "The Tony Mendez Show"
ACT 7
• Kings of Leon perform "On Call"

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