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Katie Couric; Dev Patel; and Mr. Brownstone. PLUS:Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; and Chris Elliott and Gerard Mulligan Promote Their New Show.
" . . . and now, fixture of the beltway party circuit . . . . . David Letterman!"
ACT 1: Monologue:
"It was so cold this morning, I was shaking like Sarah Palin taking a geography test"
"It looks like Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State. Not only that, she'll receive the home version of the Presidency."
"It's Larry King's birthday. They bought out the cake. The fire is now 30% contained."
Great Moments in Presidential Speeches: Bush: reading from his written speech: " . . . he says, quote, these programs . . . . . the programs quote . . . no . . . these quote programs . . . quote . . . . heh heh . . . ."
ACT 2:
Our first guests are the stars of a new series right here on CBS. Dave welcomes our good friends, Chris Elliott and Gerard Mulligan. Chris leads the way, wearing a loose-fitting woman's dress. Gerard follows wearing casual jeans and denim shirt. DAVE: "Great to see you guys. Now, Chris, I have to ask you, what exactly are you wearing?" CHRIS: "Well, Dave, this is called a Mumu, and it's a traditional garment worn primarily by women in the sugar fields and pineapple fields of Polynesia and Hawaii." DAVE: "Ahhh, and why exactly are you wearing it?" CHRIS: "I have no idea. I woke up in it. That's all I know. Last night, Gerry and I went out with our ‘generous' Late Show per diems and I don't remember anything after that club we hit. What was the name of it again, Gerry?" GERARD: "I'm not saying." CHRIS: "Oh, yeah, ‘The Tool Box.' It's not what you think, folks. It was basically like an Applebees, I just had too many Drambuies. But I'll tell you, Dave, this Mumu is the most comfortable thing I have ever had on. It really lets everything breathe . . . and I do mean everything, it you know what I mean."
(Chris fluffs up his Mumu, lifting it so everything can breathe. It wasn't a pretty sight.) CHRIS: "Dave you wanna try it on? I mean, honestly David, at this point in our careers, who gives a ‘djoy' what we look like, right? We couldn't get laid if we had a million bucks and a letter from the President." DAVE: "Has a letter from the President worked for you in the past?" CHRIS: "Yeah, but he's a lame duck now, so who knows what we're going to get. Maybe some hand relief, that's about it." DAVE: "I don't know what that is. So, speaking of careers . . . this is pretty exciting. You guys both have a brand new show, right? Tell us about it." GERARD: "It's an action-adventure series about a man who fights crime with the aid of his sophisticated, talking car named Kitt. And I do the voice of Kitt." DAVE: "I hate to be the one who points this out, but that sounds very similar to the NBC series, ‘Knight Rider.'" CHRIS: "Okay . . . . Dave, whatever . . . . wow. . . . . wacky tobacky take me away. Ah, David, our show is nothing like ‘Knight Rider.' For one thing, it's not called, ‘Knight Rider.'" DAVE: "Ah huh. What's it called?" CHRIS: "'Knight Car.' I think we have a clip." DAVE: "Do you want to set it up?" CHRIS: "I really don't know what it is. They just shot me up and pushed my out here. Where do I look . . . . . "
We see a dramatic clip of the upcoming CBS series, "Knight Car." My favorite part was seeing Chris running as his wig nearly falls off. It concludes with a battle of the bands; Chris siding with Seals & Crofts "Summer Breeze" and Kitt leaning towards Springsteen.
"Knight Car" . . . It looks like a winner. It'll premiere on CBS in December. Look for it. It'll be looking for you.
ACT 3: KATIE COURIC
She's the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. What does it mean to be the managing editor? Ms. Couric says it means if she doesn't like something, she can say it. And for me, the best part is people have to listen. It's one thing to say something but to have people actually listen . . . and then react . . . . wow, now that's something.
Dave asks if there has been a letdown following the election. Katie says she is suffering from a post-election hangover. And I feel just the opposite. I feel invigorated that it's all behind us.
Dave asks what she thought of the undecided voters leading up to the election. She laughs and wonders how people could still be undecided because they didn't know enough about the candidates after 2 years of campaigning and 24/7 media coverage. She was impressed, as were many of us, with the Barack Obama campaign. There were very few slip-ups, the entire staff seemed to be on message, and it was run very cool, very organized, very firm. Dave says what he likes best about Barack Obama is that he is smoker. He likes a cigarette-smoking President.
Things have turned around for Katie Couric and the CBS Evening News. She came out of the election with flying colors and glowing critique. She feels when she first got the job, it took awhile for the CBS audience to grow accustomed to a female anchor. Changes to the program were made, which only created more unfamiliarity. It was too much, too soon.
Dave has lots of questions about the Sarah Palin interviews. Katie Couric explains that she didn't ask "gotcha" questions, but were questions that require some thought and introspection. Sarah Palin may not have been prepared to go in that direction at that time. Dave can understand that but wonders why Palin couldn't answer a question about what newspapers and magazines she reads. Couric guesses that she was afraid to offend some people if she mentioned a liberal newspaper, such as the New York Times, as her source of information. When every breath out of a candidate's mouth is scrutinized, that is understandable for a newbie on the national scene.
What is the future for Sarah Palin? Nobody knows. Four years from now is a long time, but you cannot deny she energized the base and excited a lot of people. Her future appears bright.
My guess: She'll take a stab at being the new Oprah. That's MY guess, not Katie Couric's.
ACT 5: Announce: "Tomorrow on the Late Show, tune in for Stephen Colbert, stars of the new movie ‘Twilight,' Kristen Stewart, and music from Neil Diamond tribute band, Super Diamond. And if you like tribute bands, check out my ZZ Top tribute band, Redbeard." (Alan in a long red beard)
"Performing Sunday at the Monmouth County Crab Cake Festival in Long Branch, New Jersey.
We'll be right back."
ACT 6: DEV PATEL
He's just 18, born and bred in London, and starring in the highly acclaimed "Slumdog Millionaire." So how did he get here? How did he get into show business? It must have been a lifelong dream and climb to star in a motion picture at the age of 18. Uhhh, no.
When Dev was 16, his mom saw a small ad in a newspaper for an open audition for a new teen drama and signed him up. Dev had shown no interest in such a thing. Knowing her son would want no part of it, his mom kept the audition a secret from him. On the morning of the audition, she sprung it on him. Dev was more interested in his science test that day than auditioning from some TV show. His mother dragged him there kicking and screaming. And the audition was like what you see on "American Idol." Hundreds of drama students were in line doing their voice warm-ups and acting very actor-like. He did his audition, reciting a few lines, and noticed the panel of producers were smiling. He took this as a good sign. And he got the job. Take that, drama students!
The show was called, "Skins," and in no time Dev found himself running around naked on the set. Hmmmm, makes me wonder where his mom found this ad. He watched that episode on TV with his sister and she has never looked at him the same way again. In fact, he says she hasn't looked at him at all.
His new film, "Slumdog Millionaire," is about a penniless homeless orphan in Mumbai who happens to become a contestant on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." He is one question away from winning $20 million when the show breaks for the night. He is then arrested for suspicion of cheating since nobody believes this homeless street kid could possibly know so much. And there is a love angle in the story, too. Not sure if he has to run around naked.
This small film is getting a lot of good noise from those who've seen it. It's now playing in select cities.
ACT 7: MR. BROWNSTONE: the tribute band to Guns N' Roses performed "Welcome To The Jungle." If you're in the area next week, Mr. Brownstone will be performing at Irving Plaza right here in New York City on Friday, November 28th.
And that was our show for November 19, 2008.
After the show, I went up to the pretend Guns N' Roses band and pretended I wanted their autograph.
I never saw "Knight Rider" but I was aware of it back in the 80s. Really now . . . . a talking car? We're supposed to buy into that? And somehow, it lasted 4 seasons and 90 episodes. IT'S A TALKING CAR! I could almost understand "My Mother the Car" of the mid-60s as a last grab to hold on to the naďve and innocent 50s, but even that show only lasted one season. Of course we are too sophisticated and mature for a show like that today, right? Oh, no, of course not. I made the mistake of overestimating the intelligence of the American people. "Knight Rider" is coming back! And now I just read it's been back for two months and has been renewed for more episodes. Well, I don't get it. But then, I've never seen an episode of "Knight Rider," either the old one or the new one. Maybe there is something there.
But it's about a talking car!! C'mon, people, a talking car! But who am I to judge. I don't get it. I don't get a lot of things. The new "Knight Rider" has been renewed and has received good response. I guess it's me. My head hurts.
On Tuesday's program, we showed a clip of the LATE SHOW as it is seen in France. Actually, it was a generic clip of Dave at the desk but we included Dave wearing a French beret and a Frenchy-like mustache. Funny, right? I was told the clip was something we prepared 3-5 years ago and if I knew where it might be. I checked my show file and came up with nothing. I checked another file of everything that is prepared for the show, whether it is used on the show or not. In this "Segment Reel database," I log these clips from a hand-written log sheet from the tape room. Sometimes the clip-info isn't as descriptive as I would like. This clip, the Late Show in France, didn't ring a bell so I suspected it was prepared but not used. I found some possibilities in the Segment Reel database.
I went back to my show logs from the date in the Segment Reel database and didn't find a hit. I was concentrating on shows from 3 to 5 years ago, as it was told to me. I did some more searching and found something in the Segment Reel database called "French Dave" from the week of September 21, 1998. I laughed, and figured the person who thought we did this 3 to 5 years ago must be over 40. When someone over 40 says something happened 5 years ago, it probably happened 10 years ago. And if they say it happened 10 years ago, it happened 20 years ago. The clip you saw Tuesday night was from 10 years ago.
Did you read about the tool bag that drifted away in space while the astronaut was fixing something? Imagine if the astronaut was Paul Teutul, Jr. And picture the scene when his dad came out to see the bag floating away.
I woke up this morning with a pimple on my cheek, but I don't really mind. I think it makes me look young.
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From Long Beach, Long Island and 1980 SUNY Cortland grad, it's Katie O'Byrne.
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Katie Couric; Dev Patel; and Mr. Brownstone. PLUS:Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; and Chris Elliott and Gerard Mulligan Promote Their New Show.
" . . . and now, fixture of the beltway party circuit . . . . . David Letterman!"
ACT 1: Monologue:
"It was so cold this morning, I was shaking like Sarah Palin taking a geography test"
"It looks like Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State. Not only that, she'll receive the home version of the Presidency."
"It's Larry King's birthday. They bought out the cake. The fire is now 30% contained."
Great Moments in Presidential Speeches: Bush: reading from his written speech: " . . . he says, quote, these programs . . . . . the programs quote . . . no . . . these quote programs . . . quote . . . . heh heh . . . ."
ACT 2:
Our first guests are the stars of a new series right here on CBS. Dave welcomes our good friends, Chris Elliott and Gerard Mulligan. Chris leads the way, wearing a loose-fitting woman's dress. Gerard follows wearing casual jeans and denim shirt. DAVE: "Great to see you guys. Now, Chris, I have to ask you, what exactly are you wearing?" CHRIS: "Well, Dave, this is called a Mumu, and it's a traditional garment worn primarily by women in the sugar fields and pineapple fields of Polynesia and Hawaii." DAVE: "Ahhh, and why exactly are you wearing it?" CHRIS: "I have no idea. I woke up in it. That's all I know. Last night, Gerry and I went out with our ‘generous' Late Show per diems and I don't remember anything after that club we hit. What was the name of it again, Gerry?" GERARD: "I'm not saying." CHRIS: "Oh, yeah, ‘The Tool Box.' It's not what you think, folks. It was basically like an Applebees, I just had too many Drambuies. But I'll tell you, Dave, this Mumu is the most comfortable thing I have ever had on. It really lets everything breathe . . . and I do mean everything, it you know what I mean."
(Chris fluffs up his Mumu, lifting it so everything can breathe. It wasn't a pretty sight.) CHRIS: "Dave you wanna try it on? I mean, honestly David, at this point in our careers, who gives a ‘djoy' what we look like, right? We couldn't get laid if we had a million bucks and a letter from the President." DAVE: "Has a letter from the President worked for you in the past?" CHRIS: "Yeah, but he's a lame duck now, so who knows what we're going to get. Maybe some hand relief, that's about it." DAVE: "I don't know what that is. So, speaking of careers . . . this is pretty exciting. You guys both have a brand new show, right? Tell us about it." GERARD: "It's an action-adventure series about a man who fights crime with the aid of his sophisticated, talking car named Kitt. And I do the voice of Kitt." DAVE: "I hate to be the one who points this out, but that sounds very similar to the NBC series, ‘Knight Rider.'" CHRIS: "Okay . . . . Dave, whatever . . . . wow. . . . . wacky tobacky take me away. Ah, David, our show is nothing like ‘Knight Rider.' For one thing, it's not called, ‘Knight Rider.'" DAVE: "Ah huh. What's it called?" CHRIS: "'Knight Car.' I think we have a clip." DAVE: "Do you want to set it up?" CHRIS: "I really don't know what it is. They just shot me up and pushed my out here. Where do I look . . . . . "
We see a dramatic clip of the upcoming CBS series, "Knight Car." My favorite part was seeing Chris running as his wig nearly falls off. It concludes with a battle of the bands; Chris siding with Seals & Crofts "Summer Breeze" and Kitt leaning towards Springsteen.
"Knight Car" . . . It looks like a winner. It'll premiere on CBS in December. Look for it. It'll be looking for you.
ACT 3: KATIE COURIC
She's the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. What does it mean to be the managing editor? Ms. Couric says it means if she doesn't like something, she can say it. And for me, the best part is people have to listen. It's one thing to say something but to have people actually listen . . . and then react . . . . wow, now that's something.
Dave asks if there has been a letdown following the election. Katie says she is suffering from a post-election hangover. And I feel just the opposite. I feel invigorated that it's all behind us.
Dave asks what she thought of the undecided voters leading up to the election. She laughs and wonders how people could still be undecided because they didn't know enough about the candidates after 2 years of campaigning and 24/7 media coverage. She was impressed, as were many of us, with the Barack Obama campaign. There were very few slip-ups, the entire staff seemed to be on message, and it was run very cool, very organized, very firm. Dave says what he likes best about Barack Obama is that he is smoker. He likes a cigarette-smoking President.
Things have turned around for Katie Couric and the CBS Evening News. She came out of the election with flying colors and glowing critique. She feels when she first got the job, it took awhile for the CBS audience to grow accustomed to a female anchor. Changes to the program were made, which only created more unfamiliarity. It was too much, too soon.
Dave has lots of questions about the Sarah Palin interviews. Katie Couric explains that she didn't ask "gotcha" questions, but were questions that require some thought and introspection. Sarah Palin may not have been prepared to go in that direction at that time. Dave can understand that but wonders why Palin couldn't answer a question about what newspapers and magazines she reads. Couric guesses that she was afraid to offend some people if she mentioned a liberal newspaper, such as the New York Times, as her source of information. When every breath out of a candidate's mouth is scrutinized, that is understandable for a newbie on the national scene.
What is the future for Sarah Palin? Nobody knows. Four years from now is a long time, but you cannot deny she energized the base and excited a lot of people. Her future appears bright.
My guess: She'll take a stab at being the new Oprah. That's MY guess, not Katie Couric's.
ACT 5: Announce: "Tomorrow on the Late Show, tune in for Stephen Colbert, stars of the new movie ‘Twilight,' Kristen Stewart, and music from Neil Diamond tribute band, Super Diamond. And if you like tribute bands, check out my ZZ Top tribute band, Redbeard." (Alan in a long red beard)
"Performing Sunday at the Monmouth County Crab Cake Festival in Long Branch, New Jersey.
We'll be right back."
ACT 6: DEV PATEL
He's just 18, born and bred in London, and starring in the highly acclaimed "Slumdog Millionaire." So how did he get here? How did he get into show business? It must have been a lifelong dream and climb to star in a motion picture at the age of 18. Uhhh, no.
When Dev was 16, his mom saw a small ad in a newspaper for an open audition for a new teen drama and signed him up. Dev had shown no interest in such a thing. Knowing her son would want no part of it, his mom kept the audition a secret from him. On the morning of the audition, she sprung it on him. Dev was more interested in his science test that day than auditioning from some TV show. His mother dragged him there kicking and screaming. And the audition was like what you see on "American Idol." Hundreds of drama students were in line doing their voice warm-ups and acting very actor-like. He did his audition, reciting a few lines, and noticed the panel of producers were smiling. He took this as a good sign. And he got the job. Take that, drama students!
The show was called, "Skins," and in no time Dev found himself running around naked on the set. Hmmmm, makes me wonder where his mom found this ad. He watched that episode on TV with his sister and she has never looked at him the same way again. In fact, he says she hasn't looked at him at all.
His new film, "Slumdog Millionaire," is about a penniless homeless orphan in Mumbai who happens to become a contestant on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire." He is one question away from winning $20 million when the show breaks for the night. He is then arrested for suspicion of cheating since nobody believes this homeless street kid could possibly know so much. And there is a love angle in the story, too. Not sure if he has to run around naked.
This small film is getting a lot of good noise from those who've seen it. It's now playing in select cities.
ACT 7: MR. BROWNSTONE: the tribute band to Guns N' Roses performed "Welcome To The Jungle." If you're in the area next week, Mr. Brownstone will be performing at Irving Plaza right here in New York City on Friday, November 28th.
And that was our show for November 19, 2008.
After the show, I went up to the pretend Guns N' Roses band and pretended I wanted their autograph.
I never saw "Knight Rider" but I was aware of it back in the 80s. Really now . . . . a talking car? We're supposed to buy into that? And somehow, it lasted 4 seasons and 90 episodes. IT'S A TALKING CAR! I could almost understand "My Mother the Car" of the mid-60s as a last grab to hold on to the naďve and innocent 50s, but even that show only lasted one season. Of course we are too sophisticated and mature for a show like that today, right? Oh, no, of course not. I made the mistake of overestimating the intelligence of the American people. "Knight Rider" is coming back! And now I just read it's been back for two months and has been renewed for more episodes. Well, I don't get it. But then, I've never seen an episode of "Knight Rider," either the old one or the new one. Maybe there is something there.
But it's about a talking car!! C'mon, people, a talking car! But who am I to judge. I don't get it. I don't get a lot of things. The new "Knight Rider" has been renewed and has received good response. I guess it's me. My head hurts.
On Tuesday's program, we showed a clip of the LATE SHOW as it is seen in France. Actually, it was a generic clip of Dave at the desk but we included Dave wearing a French beret and a Frenchy-like mustache. Funny, right? I was told the clip was something we prepared 3-5 years ago and if I knew where it might be. I checked my show file and came up with nothing. I checked another file of everything that is prepared for the show, whether it is used on the show or not. In this "Segment Reel database," I log these clips from a hand-written log sheet from the tape room. Sometimes the clip-info isn't as descriptive as I would like. This clip, the Late Show in France, didn't ring a bell so I suspected it was prepared but not used. I found some possibilities in the Segment Reel database.
I went back to my show logs from the date in the Segment Reel database and didn't find a hit. I was concentrating on shows from 3 to 5 years ago, as it was told to me. I did some more searching and found something in the Segment Reel database called "French Dave" from the week of September 21, 1998. I laughed, and figured the person who thought we did this 3 to 5 years ago must be over 40. When someone over 40 says something happened 5 years ago, it probably happened 10 years ago. And if they say it happened 10 years ago, it happened 20 years ago. The clip you saw Tuesday night was from 10 years ago.
Did you read about the tool bag that drifted away in space while the astronaut was fixing something? Imagine if the astronaut was Paul Teutul, Jr. And picture the scene when his dad came out to see the bag floating away.
I woke up this morning with a pimple on my cheek, but I don't really mind. I think it makes me look young.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
From Long Beach, Long Island and 1980 SUNY Cortland grad, it's Katie O'Byrne.
This concludes another episode of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
