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Dan Rather; and Poppy Montgomery. PLUS:
Stump the Band.
STUMP THE
BAND: #1. Steve Wilson of
Greenfield, California. Where’s
that? In the Salinas Valley. Dooohhhh! After much
research, OK, not that much, I found that the millionaire who
flew around the world solo non-stop took off and landed in
Salina, Kansas, and Salina is pronounced
suh-LINE-uh. I thought it was Saleena. Dave
pronounced as Saleena last night. My guess is Dave and I, and
many others, were thinking of Salinas, California, pronounced
Saleenus. I was somewhat amused when right at the top of the
show we got Salinas, California.
What song does Steve
have for us? “The Penny Nip Nap Song.” Will
and Bruce in the band both seem to know it.
To the tune
of the Beatles’ “Penny Lane.”
"In Stump the Band, a fan requests
the Penny Nip Nap Song But the Band is stumped they
couldn’t play along. And they didn’t
want to get it wrong, So they played this song,
Though it wrong, Penny Nip and Penny Nap The Nip
Nap Song Penny Nip Nap Song.”
Great job by Will and Bruce and the
band. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the song Steve had in
mind. Steve sings his song, a song that was quickly
forgettable.
#2. Meredith Croft of
New York City. She’s a legal
product specialist. Studying for the Bar? Not yet.
She’s studying for the LSATs.
Her song:
“Tom The Toad.” Felicia says she knows it.
To the tune to a song I should know but dang it, I
can’t think of it right now.
“Fran the Frog and Tom the Toad Tried to Cross
the road to reach the other side, Just their luck, Mac
the Truck’s full load Squished Fran and Tom the
Toad.”
Wrong song. Meredith
sings her song which Dave says sounds surprising like
Felicia’s. Nevertheless, Meredith gets her Late Show
stuff.
#3. Bob Culver of Pinkney,
Michigan. Dave wants to take a break on this one
and has Monty take over. Monty is less than enthusiastic to
the idea and so quickly goes right to “Do you have a
song for us?” Dave jumps in and has her ask some
warm-up questions, such as where are you from and what do you
do? It’s to make them feel at home. From Michigan?
Is that the Wolverines? Yes, it is. Oooh, the Wolverine.
The fiercest critter pound for pound known to man. What song
does Bob have for us? “Hamburg Zoo.” Paul
thinks he knows it.
To the tune of
“Katmandu”
“Nobody’s home at the Hamburg Zoo They
made Hamburgers out of Kangaroo They made their
Bratwursts out of Cockatoo Got no more Critters at the
Hamburg Zoo.”
That’s
not the song. Bob sings something I only half listened to.
The song “Katmandu” has a nice place in
my heart. When I went to Cortland State in upstate New York
during the last century, there was a house called
“Katmandu” that housed some of the better
parties. There’s not a time that I hear Katmandu that
I don’t think of that house in Cortland.
DAN RATHER: Paul plays him on with the
Monkee’s “Last Train to Clarksville.”
Dan once sang a slew of train songs on the show. I wonder if
Paul played a Monkee song on the show before.
Dan’s last newscast on the CBS Evening News is
Wednesday March 9th. Following that at 8:00 PM on Wednesday is
a CBS News Special, “Dan Rather: A Reporter
Remembers.” Dave takes us back to the 1968 Democratic
Convention when Dan got roughed up by a couple of security
thugs. Dan explains what happened, how a delegate was being
escorted and hustled out of the convention. Dan wanted to find
out what was happening but security wanted the delegate out
before he could speak to anyone. Dan got bopped in the process.
Was it intentional? Oh, yeah, it was intentional. The next
day Secret Service learned who the “security”
was and asked Dan if he wanted to pursue it. Dan decided to
drop the whole thing. There was news to report.
Dan
talks about Iraq, having been there 12 times since 9/11. And
he discusses at length the CBS report and the questionable
documents that indicated that George W. Bush got preferential
treatment to get into the National Guard. A fact-finding
committee determined two things based on their investigation:
CBS and Dan Rather were not motivated by a political bias.
The committee could not prove the documents to be real or false.
Why were people fired or let go? Three were asked to
resign. 1 was let go. Dan says Les Moonves had some very
difficult decision to make and it was in his judgment that he
needed to do this for the good of the news division. Though
the committee made the above two determinations, it was also
critical of some things and based on this, Mr. Moonves made his
choice of action. This being a very public case,
shouldn’t the President of CBS News have stepped down
following the investigation? Dan says, “When he
returns from vacation, you can ask him.”
Taking over for Dan at the CBS desk will be Bob Schieffer,
a long-time CBS soldier. Will there be a radical change to how
CBS reports the news, such as with a multi-anchor team? Dan
says whatever decision is made as to the direction of how CBS
covers the news, he is sure it will be a quality newscast with
integrity.
And that was our visit with Dan Rather. I
probably left a lot out and what I left in I hope I got right.
ACT 5: “This is a Late Show
Reminder. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one
hour before you go to bed tonight of Daylight Savings
Time! This has been a Late Show Reminder. Tell your
friends.
Before introducing the next guest, Dave
praises Dan Rather and says now that he’s no longer the
anchorman for CBS, he’s considering doing some
consultant work for Johns Manville.
POPPY
MONTGOMERY: From the CBS series, Without A
Trace, Thursdays at 10:00 PM. Dave asks about the name
Poppy. She says her parents named all the children after
flowers. There’s: Rosie Thorn, Marigold Sun,
Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle, and a brother named Jethro Tull. Oh,
Jethro Tull. OK, I think I understand now. Dave asks if she
ever considered changing her name to Johns Manville.
About the show Without a Trace, Dave asks how
many people who disappear on the show never show up again?
Poppy places it at around 50%. Sadly, many who suddenly
disappear end up being dead. It’s more fun when they
disappear and aren’t dead, and then maybe at a later
show . . . knock knock knock . . . guess who? It’s
me! Remember from three weeks ago?
And that was our
show for Thursday March 3, 2005. Wahoo
EXTRA! Wednesday Dave
told the following monologue joke:
“Martha Stewart’s getting out of prison
Sunday. Her first order of business: Pick up her take at the
High Hat Club.”
It
didn’t receive much of a reaction from the audience
probably because nobody got the reference, including me. I
enjoyed the joke anyway, appreciating its flavor and sort of
understanding the reference even if I never heard of it before.
My take: I pictured an old movie where a gangster was put in
prison for not revealing what he knew about a heist. He does
his time and upon his release from the slammer, heads over to
the High Hat Club to meet the guys and get his share of the
loot. I asked for help from the Wahoo readers if
they knew of the exact reference.
From Mike
Coltrin of Tucson
“Dave might have been referring to a scene in the
Coen Brothers movie ‘Millers
Crossing’.”
Mike
Mike Mike, you’re making me work too hard here. OK,
I’ll Google it and see what I come up with.
Equal punishment under the law. Let’s say I
committed the same crime and was sentenced the same punishment
as Martha Stewart. We each spend 5 months in a federal prison
similar to Alderson. We now must serve 5 months house arrest.
She gets to spend it in her $15 million mansion while I have to
spend it in a studio apartment. Hey! That’s not
fair! That’s not equal!
I just checked Coen
High Hat Club Crossing. Nothing much comes up. I
don’t the reference can be found there, Coltrin.
But wait, I just received this e-mail from Rick
Macke of Kettering, Ohio:
“High Hat. I'm sure you are
getting lots of help on this so here is some more. There is a
reference to ‘giving the high hat’ in the Coen
Brothers movie ‘Miller's Crossing’, very
underrated by the way, I'm pretty sure it meant looking down on
people.”
Thanks for that,
Rick. It solidifies my belief that Dave’s reference
has nothing to do with Coen’s Miller’s
Crossing.
I received this from
Wahoo reader John Christensen of
Spring Green, Wisconsin:
“I can't be the first to notice this, but isn't
"Ron" on the current Amazing Race the same Ronald
Young who appeared on the show in about April 2003 and told his
gripping tale to Dave?”
Not
knowing what John was talking about but living up to my credo of
giving my all to each and every e-mail I receive, I did a quick
check of my files for a Ron or Ronald Young. DING!
Something from May 13, 2003. I checked further and found out
Ronald Young, Jr. was a guest on our show with
David Williams, both former POWs in Iraq who were
rescued by American forces. They were on our show to tell the
tale. I then checked The Amazing Race website to
see what they had on their Ronald Young. He’s
described as a former POW in the war in Iraq who was rescued by
American forces. DING! It looks like we have a match! Nice
going, John from Spring Green.
You can see Ronald
Young on The Amazing Race on CBS. Don’t
be afraid by the name of the show. It has nothing to do with
Nazi Germany. The Amazing Race –
featuring Ron and his gal pal, Kelly.
To read about
Ron’s appearance on the LATE SHOW, archive the
Wahoo for May 13, 2003.
Dan
Rather’s final newscast on the CBS Evening News is
Wednesday, March 9th. Following the program at 8:00 PM is a
special highlighting Dan’s career entitled, “A
Reporter Remembers.” I went to the CBS website this
morning to find a bit more background information on the
special. I clicked on Movies and Special and up came:
CBS at 75 – it aired
November 2, 2003. Grammy Awards –
it aired February 13, 2005 People’s
Choice Awards – it aired January 9, 2005. Saving Milly – HEY! Something useful!
It will air March 13th.
Dan
Rather’s special? I can’t find it on the CBS
website. It may be there somewhere but if it is,
they’ve made it hard to find. I guess I’ll
have to Google.
I’m back. If you want to read
about the CBS special, “Dan Rather: A Reporter
Remembers,” check out this from CNN: CNN
Dan Rather Tribute
So what was
Gilligan’s first name? From yesterday’s
Wahoo Gazette Useless Facts:
Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island
had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired
pilot show. His first name was . . . . Willy. The
Skipper’s real name . . . . Jonas Gumby. It was
mentioned once in the first episode on their radios newscast
about the wreck. The Professor’s real name . .
. Roy Hinkley. Mary Ann’s last name . . .
Summers. Mrs. Howell’s maiden name . . .
Wentworth.
THIS
DATE IN NHL HOCKEY HISTORY March 3,
1909 – The Ottawa Senators defeat the Montreal
Wanderers 8-3 to win the Stanley Cup
Dan Rather; and Poppy Montgomery. PLUS:
Stump the Band.
STUMP THE
BAND: #1. Steve Wilson of
Greenfield, California. Where’s
that? In the Salinas Valley. Dooohhhh! After much
research, OK, not that much, I found that the millionaire who
flew around the world solo non-stop took off and landed in
Salina, Kansas, and Salina is pronounced
suh-LINE-uh. I thought it was Saleena. Dave
pronounced as Saleena last night. My guess is Dave and I, and
many others, were thinking of Salinas, California, pronounced
Saleenus. I was somewhat amused when right at the top of the
show we got Salinas, California.
What song does Steve
have for us? “The Penny Nip Nap Song.” Will
and Bruce in the band both seem to know it.
To the tune
of the Beatles’ “Penny Lane.”
"In Stump the Band, a fan requests
the Penny Nip Nap Song But the Band is stumped they
couldn’t play along. And they didn’t
want to get it wrong, So they played this song,
Though it wrong, Penny Nip and Penny Nap The Nip
Nap Song Penny Nip Nap Song.”
Great job by Will and Bruce and the
band. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the song Steve had in
mind. Steve sings his song, a song that was quickly
forgettable.
#2. Meredith Croft of
New York City. She’s a legal
product specialist. Studying for the Bar? Not yet.
She’s studying for the LSATs.
Her song:
“Tom The Toad.” Felicia says she knows it.
To the tune to a song I should know but dang it, I
can’t think of it right now.
“Fran the Frog and Tom the Toad Tried to Cross
the road to reach the other side, Just their luck, Mac
the Truck’s full load Squished Fran and Tom the
Toad.”
Wrong song. Meredith
sings her song which Dave says sounds surprising like
Felicia’s. Nevertheless, Meredith gets her Late Show
stuff.
#3. Bob Culver of Pinkney,
Michigan. Dave wants to take a break on this one
and has Monty take over. Monty is less than enthusiastic to
the idea and so quickly goes right to “Do you have a
song for us?” Dave jumps in and has her ask some
warm-up questions, such as where are you from and what do you
do? It’s to make them feel at home. From Michigan?
Is that the Wolverines? Yes, it is. Oooh, the Wolverine.
The fiercest critter pound for pound known to man. What song
does Bob have for us? “Hamburg Zoo.” Paul
thinks he knows it.
To the tune of
“Katmandu”
“Nobody’s home at the Hamburg Zoo They
made Hamburgers out of Kangaroo They made their
Bratwursts out of Cockatoo Got no more Critters at the
Hamburg Zoo.”
That’s
not the song. Bob sings something I only half listened to.
The song “Katmandu” has a nice place in
my heart. When I went to Cortland State in upstate New York
during the last century, there was a house called
“Katmandu” that housed some of the better
parties. There’s not a time that I hear Katmandu that
I don’t think of that house in Cortland.
DAN RATHER: Paul plays him on with the
Monkee’s “Last Train to Clarksville.”
Dan once sang a slew of train songs on the show. I wonder if
Paul played a Monkee song on the show before.
Dan’s last newscast on the CBS Evening News is
Wednesday March 9th. Following that at 8:00 PM on Wednesday is
a CBS News Special, “Dan Rather: A Reporter
Remembers.” Dave takes us back to the 1968 Democratic
Convention when Dan got roughed up by a couple of security
thugs. Dan explains what happened, how a delegate was being
escorted and hustled out of the convention. Dan wanted to find
out what was happening but security wanted the delegate out
before he could speak to anyone. Dan got bopped in the process.
Was it intentional? Oh, yeah, it was intentional. The next
day Secret Service learned who the “security”
was and asked Dan if he wanted to pursue it. Dan decided to
drop the whole thing. There was news to report.
Dan
talks about Iraq, having been there 12 times since 9/11. And
he discusses at length the CBS report and the questionable
documents that indicated that George W. Bush got preferential
treatment to get into the National Guard. A fact-finding
committee determined two things based on their investigation:
CBS and Dan Rather were not motivated by a political bias.
The committee could not prove the documents to be real or false.
Why were people fired or let go? Three were asked to
resign. 1 was let go. Dan says Les Moonves had some very
difficult decision to make and it was in his judgment that he
needed to do this for the good of the news division. Though
the committee made the above two determinations, it was also
critical of some things and based on this, Mr. Moonves made his
choice of action. This being a very public case,
shouldn’t the President of CBS News have stepped down
following the investigation? Dan says, “When he
returns from vacation, you can ask him.”
Taking over for Dan at the CBS desk will be Bob Schieffer,
a long-time CBS soldier. Will there be a radical change to how
CBS reports the news, such as with a multi-anchor team? Dan
says whatever decision is made as to the direction of how CBS
covers the news, he is sure it will be a quality newscast with
integrity.
And that was our visit with Dan Rather. I
probably left a lot out and what I left in I hope I got right.
ACT 5: “This is a Late Show
Reminder. Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead one
hour before you go to bed tonight of Daylight Savings
Time! This has been a Late Show Reminder. Tell your
friends.
Before introducing the next guest, Dave
praises Dan Rather and says now that he’s no longer the
anchorman for CBS, he’s considering doing some
consultant work for Johns Manville.
POPPY
MONTGOMERY: From the CBS series, Without A
Trace, Thursdays at 10:00 PM. Dave asks about the name
Poppy. She says her parents named all the children after
flowers. There’s: Rosie Thorn, Marigold Sun,
Daisy Yellow, Lily Belle, and a brother named Jethro Tull. Oh,
Jethro Tull. OK, I think I understand now. Dave asks if she
ever considered changing her name to Johns Manville.
About the show Without a Trace, Dave asks how
many people who disappear on the show never show up again?
Poppy places it at around 50%. Sadly, many who suddenly
disappear end up being dead. It’s more fun when they
disappear and aren’t dead, and then maybe at a later
show . . . knock knock knock . . . guess who? It’s
me! Remember from three weeks ago?
And that was our
show for Thursday March 3, 2005. Wahoo
EXTRA! Wednesday Dave
told the following monologue joke:
“Martha Stewart’s getting out of prison
Sunday. Her first order of business: Pick up her take at the
High Hat Club.”
It
didn’t receive much of a reaction from the audience
probably because nobody got the reference, including me. I
enjoyed the joke anyway, appreciating its flavor and sort of
understanding the reference even if I never heard of it before.
My take: I pictured an old movie where a gangster was put in
prison for not revealing what he knew about a heist. He does
his time and upon his release from the slammer, heads over to
the High Hat Club to meet the guys and get his share of the
loot. I asked for help from the Wahoo readers if
they knew of the exact reference.
From Mike
Coltrin of Tucson
“Dave might have been referring to a scene in the
Coen Brothers movie ‘Millers
Crossing’.”
Mike
Mike Mike, you’re making me work too hard here. OK,
I’ll Google it and see what I come up with.
Equal punishment under the law. Let’s say I
committed the same crime and was sentenced the same punishment
as Martha Stewart. We each spend 5 months in a federal prison
similar to Alderson. We now must serve 5 months house arrest.
She gets to spend it in her $15 million mansion while I have to
spend it in a studio apartment. Hey! That’s not
fair! That’s not equal!
I just checked Coen
High Hat Club Crossing. Nothing much comes up. I
don’t the reference can be found there, Coltrin.
But wait, I just received this e-mail from Rick
Macke of Kettering, Ohio:
“High Hat. I'm sure you are
getting lots of help on this so here is some more. There is a
reference to ‘giving the high hat’ in the Coen
Brothers movie ‘Miller's Crossing’, very
underrated by the way, I'm pretty sure it meant looking down on
people.”
Thanks for that,
Rick. It solidifies my belief that Dave’s reference
has nothing to do with Coen’s Miller’s
Crossing.
I received this from
Wahoo reader John Christensen of
Spring Green, Wisconsin:
“I can't be the first to notice this, but isn't
"Ron" on the current Amazing Race the same Ronald
Young who appeared on the show in about April 2003 and told his
gripping tale to Dave?”
Not
knowing what John was talking about but living up to my credo of
giving my all to each and every e-mail I receive, I did a quick
check of my files for a Ron or Ronald Young. DING!
Something from May 13, 2003. I checked further and found out
Ronald Young, Jr. was a guest on our show with
David Williams, both former POWs in Iraq who were
rescued by American forces. They were on our show to tell the
tale. I then checked The Amazing Race website to
see what they had on their Ronald Young. He’s
described as a former POW in the war in Iraq who was rescued by
American forces. DING! It looks like we have a match! Nice
going, John from Spring Green.
You can see Ronald
Young on The Amazing Race on CBS. Don’t
be afraid by the name of the show. It has nothing to do with
Nazi Germany. The Amazing Race –
featuring Ron and his gal pal, Kelly.
To read about
Ron’s appearance on the LATE SHOW, archive the
Wahoo for May 13, 2003.
Dan
Rather’s final newscast on the CBS Evening News is
Wednesday, March 9th. Following the program at 8:00 PM is a
special highlighting Dan’s career entitled, “A
Reporter Remembers.” I went to the CBS website this
morning to find a bit more background information on the
special. I clicked on Movies and Special and up came:
CBS at 75 – it aired
November 2, 2003. Grammy Awards –
it aired February 13, 2005 People’s
Choice Awards – it aired January 9, 2005. Saving Milly – HEY! Something useful!
It will air March 13th.
Dan
Rather’s special? I can’t find it on the CBS
website. It may be there somewhere but if it is,
they’ve made it hard to find. I guess I’ll
have to Google.
I’m back. If you want to read
about the CBS special, “Dan Rather: A Reporter
Remembers,” check out this from CNN: CNN
Dan Rather Tribute
So what was
Gilligan’s first name? From yesterday’s
Wahoo Gazette Useless Facts:
Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island
had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired
pilot show. His first name was . . . . Willy. The
Skipper’s real name . . . . Jonas Gumby. It was
mentioned once in the first episode on their radios newscast
about the wreck. The Professor’s real name . .
. Roy Hinkley. Mary Ann’s last name . . .
Summers. Mrs. Howell’s maiden name . . .
Wentworth.
THIS
DATE IN NHL HOCKEY HISTORY March 3,
1909 – The Ottawa Senators defeat the Montreal
Wanderers 8-3 to win the Stanley Cup
