Dave and little Harry shared a teething ring this weekend while watching the ball game. Just the way it should be.

On our show tonight, from "CSI: NY" Melina Kanakaredes; music from Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama; and the co-hosts of Discovery Channel's hottest show "American Chopper," Paul and Paul Jr. Teutul (tuttle). Dave has said time and time again it's the best thing on television. He cannot watch enough of it. Even if he's seen an episode already, he'll watch it again. The ladies may have Oprah, but Dave has the Teutuls.

Martha Stewart went to the Alderson Federal Prison on Friday and we snuckily snuck in a camera to check on how she is doing in the Pen. We cut to a fight scene in the female prison. Ooooh, the broken nails and the hair pulling . . . .

All night long we'll be driving a taxi cab over stuff. First up: magnums of champagne. I wasn't expecting much from this, but the slow motion replays from the different angles really made it look pretty cool. It's one of those things that's probably better to be seen on TV rather than LIVE.

MORE WITH LES - He's the Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Viacom. According to Les, Viacom controls more things than any country in the world.
Does Viacom have the Discovery Channel? No. And Les is not pleased that Dave is so heavily promoting it.
How about the Infinity Broadcasting? Yes, Viacom owns the Infinity. So what about Howard Stern leaving Infinity for Sirius satellite radio? Les says it's quite a deal for Howard, making up to $100 million a year --- "that's almost what you make," Les says to Dave.
Dave believes Howard's leaving terrestrial radio for satellite will change the radio world forever. Les points out that you'll have to pay $12.95 a month to hear Howard on satellite as opposed to hearing Howard for free now. Dave asks, "Would you pay $12.95 a month to listen to Howard?" Les banters back, "I wouldn't pay $12.95 to hear you!"
Dave is a bit startled by the charge, wondering why he's being attacked by the high-level Viacom executive. Dave continues on the subject, saying how Howard's going to satellite will change the look of radio. Les says, "or maybe it'll be a terrible mistake" for him.
What do I think? The only thing that concerns me about Howard's moving to Sirius is that it bolsters up the stock price. Yes, I have the Sirius. I also have the XM. You may think I am a shrewd investor but that's not the case. When Denise and I decided to purchase XM sometime back, we tried to do it over the internet. It was our first stock purchase using the computer. 6 weeks after our buy, we find out we did something wrong. We never actually bought the stock. I don't know, maybe I forgot to click "Enter." This was a good thing, though, because XM was going so bad we were about to sell it. But we had nothing to sell. Instead, we bought the XM at the great new sale price. It continued to fall but eventually crawled back up to some semblance of profit-making.
Dave and Les continue their conversation about Howard, and then on to Leno. So happy is Les with Dave's work at CBS, he offers Mr. Letterman a contract through the year 2019, a 15-year deal!

For appearing on "More with Les," Les receives a $150 gift certificate to Men's Wearhouse - You'll Like How You Look.

More fun with the taxi.
We see the yellow cab break through fishbowls full of superballs. Estimates put the Superball count at somewhere between 120 and 240.

Back from commercial, we see the taxi cab smash 28 1-gallon cans of paint --- mulit-colored. Or was it 281 gallons of paint?

Following that, Dave says "We go "from can a' paint" to "Kanakaredes." I grimaced in anger. These are the type of jokes I like to think of first. I was no where near thinking of "a can 'a paint to a Kanakaredes." Dang.

MELINA KANAKAREDES: She's from "CSI: NY." When pronouncing her name, think of "can of wheaties", with an extra "kuh." Kanna-kuh-REEDeez. Her name has always been a problem for her and when she got married, it didn't help. Her husband's name is Constantinides. Next life she's marrying a 'Smith' or 'Jones.'
Her family has always been supportive in her career in acting, though she had a hard time telling her dad about her first commercial gig. He was so happy for her. "What's if for?" he exclaimed. "shampoo? Make-up?" No. It was for a contraceptive called "semicid." Dad wondered how she knew of such things. "But you're not married," he said.
"CSI:NY" - so it's not shot in New York? Nope. Most of the taping is done in Los Angeles. You can't believe anything on TV. "CSI: NY" - Wednesdays at 10:00 PM.

PAUL AND PAUL, JR. TEUTUL: co-stars of the Discovery Channel's mega-hit "American Chopper." Paul Sr. immediately takes exception to what Dave said about him the night Will Smith was on the show. Dave referred to him as "the old guy." Dave also describes the Senior as always screaming about something. It seems Paul Jr. does all the work and Paul Sr. does all the screaming. Paul Sr. says they film 150 hours of footage and use about 2 hours of it. The 2 hours they use are of him yelling and screaming. But does Paul Sr. do any work? He does, but the real works seems to be done by Paulie, Mikey, and Vinnie.
Back in the Green Room is Mikey. What does Mikey do on the show? Mikey says, "I make the laughs." And he does that tonight on the show. Funny stuff. Low key, deadpan, matter-of-factly, straight-forward. I like the Mikey. If you haven't seen "American Chopper," I recommend taking a look-see. It is entertaining and you could learn some things about bikes. And the Orange County where the show takes place is right above the county I'm from. It's nice to see the locals do well. And it's nice to see artists who look like they do and who can legitimately create something of beauty instead of reed-thin artists who smoke hand-rolled cigarettes while sitting at an outdoor cafe who create junk that is considered art simply because they give it a creative title.

ACT 5: Taxi cab driving through a bevy of fluorescent light bulbs

BEN HARPER AND THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA: From the CD, "There Will Be A Light," Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama performed "Take My Hand." I loved the performance. It was music the way it oughta be.

To finish up the show, we send the taxi cab careening over a Dave dummy sitting at a desk.

And that was our show for Monday, October 11, 2004. Wahoo EXTRA!

A friend called on Sunday telling me he had an extra ticket to the Springsteen/Fogerty "Vote For Change" concert at the Meadowlands for Wednesday night. Another friend called and said he had an extra ticket to go to the Boston Red Sox game on Tuesday. I'll be going to one of these. It's Monday morning right now and I haven't yet decided to which I'll go. Springsteen and Fogerty, or Yankees and Red Sox.

ARMY FOOTBALL! They ended their 19-game losing streak with a 48-29 victory Cincinnati! West Point Army tailgate parties have been ranked as one of the best sporting locales in the country, rated up there with the Kentucky Derby and the Indianapolis 500. West Point is situated high above the banks of the Hudson River, rich in American military history reaching back to the Revolutionary War. I haven't been there in years but it's on my very short list of, "Yeah, I gotta do that again."

WAHOO GAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE: Something bothering you or perhaps you want to give a shout out or kudos? Let me know.
From Rich Suwanski:

"I know I don't know anything about TV productions, still, this doesn't make any sense. I watched the Colts-Raiders game yesterday and one announcer said, 'Aerial photos are provided by the Snoopy Met Life Blimp,' or something close to that. They switched to an outside shot, and sure enough, we got a view from Snoopy, but it's of the RCA DOME. You can't see the field, the players, the game, nothing.... just the damn dome. It's a domed stadium so why on earth do you need a blimp for that. Did Snoopy go all the way to Indianapolis under the false pretense that he was going to see the game from above? Didn't those knuckleheads know that RCA does not have a retractable dome? Anyway, it was a very nice shot of the inflated dome. Rich

"I had a chuckle this weekend. The Yankees traded for hopefully a viable #5 starter in Tanyon Sturtze from the Los Angeles Dodgers Triple-A minor league team. Why did this amuse me? Back on June 13, 2002, one of our Know Your Current Events categories was 'Know Your 2002 Tampa Bay Devil Rays.' Question #1 was 'Devil Rays Opening Day starting pitcher Tanyon Sturtze was a record of what?' Answer: "0-7." The category was never used, but I always remembered Tanyon Sturtze and figured he must have been a decent pitcher on a very bad team since he was their Opening Day pitcher. And now he's a Yankee. And I have a feeling he'll be a pleasant surprise."

One of the things that I'll be rooting for the rest of the baseball season: "For Yankee pitcher Tanyon Sturtze to come up big in the playoffs."

Oh, and if the Red Sox don't win it this year, with free-agency awaiting some of their biggest stars, it may be a long time before they're sitting this pretty going into the American League Championship Series.

On the TCM network tonight, James Cagney's "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Now there's a good omen for the Yankees in the Bronx tonight.

Silly me. I mentioned my Yankee/Red Sox vs. Springsteen/Fogerty dilemma to a Late Show staffer. She said the obvious: "Go to both." I had been considering it but hearing it jolted me into reality. Of course, I'll go to both. Yankee game Tuesday; Springsteen/Fogerty on Wednesday; wedding on Saturday. It'll be a big bang to my fanny pack but why not? I'll just have to hold off in purchasing my new wardrobe.