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	Tracy Morgan; Gabrielle Union; and Ventriloquist Brad Cummings and Rex. PLUS: A “Ghost Rider” Promo; a Do-It-Yourself Kit; The President’s View of February; Will It Float?; a Top Ten List; and the Late Show Fun Facts. ACT 1: Ventriloquist Week concludes tonight and what a week it’s been. So many highlights; so many memories. It inspired us to put together this “Ventriloquist Week: A Look Back.” Graphics; music . . . . and that’s all we have so far. Hey, you listen to your favorite song over and over again, don’t you? If your interest has been piqued by the return of our immensely popular Ventriloquist Week, this special kit is available at fine retailers everywhere. Dave holds up a “Late Show Make-Your-Own Ventriloquist Dummy Kit.” Inside includes a 4X4 chunk of wood, whittling tools, a tiny outfit, and two plastic eyeballs. Get it and get going. Can’t you picture yourself sitting on the front porch in a rocker with a piece of straw in your mouth while whittling a block of wood? The new film *Ghost Rider* opened today. It’s based on the popular supernatural comic book character. It looks pretty intense. We take a look at the promo. Announcer: (Ghost Rider footage) “Years ago, he made a deal to save someone he loved. What he didn’t know was the price he’d have to pay. By day, he appears normal. At dusk, however, he becomes the horrific embodiment of death itself.” (Cut to shot of Dave riding chopper down Broadway) “’Ghost Rider’ – now playing.” LATE SHOW FUN FACTS - A blue whale’s heart is the size of a Volkswagen - Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game - Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream - Until 1948, “America the Beautiful” had an additional verse about harassing foreigners - In Utah, it is illegal to have sex of any kind - For Christmas, the Pope gave all his co-workers a DVD of “Artie Lange’s Beer League” - When Mr. Ed died, he was ground up and fed to his friend Lassie - Michael Bloomberg made his first million dollars mowing lawns - Shaquille O’Neal and Ryan O’Neal are first cousins - Instead of “Selling like hotcakes”, Iraqis say “Selling like braised goat shanks” - In the 1960s, Fidel and Raul Castro often double-dated Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor - Researchers at Chrysler are developing side-view mirrors in which objects may be farther than they appear - One out of five Good Humor men admits occasionally squatting in the truck’s freezer - Regis Philbin has seen Gelman naked - Moses wandered the desert for 40 years because he wouldn’t ask for directions . . . . am I right, ladies?! - Dinosaurs roamed the earth as recently as 1946 - Milton Berle’s mother’s sister’s children knew him as “Cousin Miltie” - Though they’ve been married for 49 years, Joanne Woodward has never seen a Paul Newman movie - By 2025, the average American will be too fat to fit through a revolving door - In 1626, the Indians sold Manhattan Island to the Dutch for $24, which in today’s dollars would be 790 trillion - The bagpipes were brought to the British Isles by the Romans who were trying to get rid of them - There are 132 rooms in the White House, of which 50 are rented out to European backpackers - “You’re not fully clean unless you’re zestfully clean” is an old Arapaho proverb - Because there is no word for “Boss” in China, crowds at Bruce Springsteen concerts shout, “Supervisor” And before going to commercial: The government has put out an interesting message concerning February. We take a look. Announcer: “February is the shortest month with only 28 or 29 days. It’s also the month with Presidents Day. So, how well does this President know February?” - Cut to shot of Bush: “These are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.” BUZZZ! “George W. Bush – Don’t blame me, I voted for Kerry.” We first showed this clip back on October 25, 2006. I loved it then and hoped we would see it again. I laughed again at the clip, but this time it also made me scared. ACT 2 TOP TEN: Signs Your City is Too Fat #7. All streets named after cakes; all Avenues named after pies. Fattest City: Las Vegas San Antonio Miami Mesa, Arizona Los Angeles 16. Indianapolis 18. New York BRAD CUMMINGS AND REX - Brad enters with a huge egg. Rex, a small dinosaur, soon breaks through. - Rex: about the egg -- “My crack is showing” - How’s it living in an egg? Rex: “It sucks at Easter” - Rex: “Where am I?” Look around; what’s it look like? Rex: “An AA Meeting?” - Brad: “You’re an endangered species.” Rex: “Look who’s talking. . . you’re a ventriloquist.” - Brad puts Rex away and selects someone from the audience. Brad makes the audience member the “ventriloquist dummy.” When Brad squeezes the guy’s neck, the guy opens his mouth. Clever. Find out more about Brad and Rex, check out their website: www.bradcummings.org ACT 3 TRACY MORGAN: From NBC’s hit show, 30 Rock. Tracy is thrilled to be on the show. Tracy feels if he’s on Letterman, it’s possible to have a black President. Anything is possible. Tracy is a dad to three boys, ages 21, 19, and 15. With young males in the house, you have to be careful . . you have to watch them close. Tracy says he was rubbing his knee the other day and noticed his 19-year-old son eyeballing him. Tracy knew what his son was thinking: “I could take the old man.” Tracy says when your son thinks he can take you in a fight, it’s time for your son to move out. You got to remain the King of the Jungle. Tracy had some trouble with the law recently, having been arrested for DUI. Tracy is not proud of this, and admits that when he breathed into the machine, the machine caught fire. Ouch. You don’t want that to happen, unless you can claim the machine was faulty. 30 Rock looks to be a big success for NBC. Alec Baldwin is very intense on the show, or as Tracy calls him, “A heavy duty dude.” In the show, Tracy plays a popular but crazy movie star who is added to the cast of the show. In the first show, Tracy’s character runs down the street in his underwear. Some think Tracy is playing Martin Lawrence. Tracy takes exception to this; “Martin Lawrence didn’t corner the market on breakdowns! My cousin Craig rand down the street in his underwear 7 times; twice without!” And his cousin Mike once broke up a fight in the Projects while holding a baby. It earned cousin Mike the nickname, “Cousin Mike Who Once Broke Up A Fight In The Projects While Holding a Baby.” Tracy likens his character more after them than Martin Lawrence. It’s Ventriloquist Week here at the Late Show. Is Tracy a fan of ventriloquism? He says he is. He was at the Montreal Comedy Festival and Willie Tyler and Lester were performing. Afterwards, Tracy went down to the bar . . . and there was Willie Tyler . . . WITH LESTER! And Willie was talking to Lester. Lester is a dummy, and Willie was talking to him! People were getting angry. Tracy was angry. Lester, a dummy, was taking up the last seat and Tracy wanted that seat! 30 Rock – Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC. ACT 4 WILL IT FLOAT? – a 5-pound plastic container of plumber’s putty. Hmmm. Dave isn’t quite sure what plumber’s putty is and asks Alan for some clarification. Says Alan, “It’s just like silly putty, but it’s serious.” Big laugh from me. Nice job, Alan. Paul says it will sink. Dave says it will float. The Late Show models drop the plumber’s putty into the Will It Float tank and it . . . . SINKS! ACT 5: “For more information about famous ventriloquists throughout history, visit your local library. We’ll be right back.” ACT 6 GABRIELLE UNION: in the film, Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls. Dave is interested in her last name and Gabrielle says that following the Emancipation, the family took the name “Union.” Gabrielle proudly says she is originally from Omaha, Nebraska and comes from the largest black family in the state. This year she went to their 90th annual family reunion, which they call the “Dozens of Cousins.” The family extends into the thousands, which is nice, but there have been times where couples dating find each other at the reunion. Oops! “You mean we’re cousins?” It’s happened more than once. Gabrielle was a tomboy growing up. She blames/credits her father for that. She was one of three daughters and he really wanted a boy. She remembers at 5 years old her father tried to teach her how to catch a ball. It was a quick lesson. He told her to keep her eye on the ball . . .and she soon had a bloody nose. It was the last time she ever missed a catch. Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls – it’s in theaters now. And that was our show for Friday, February 16, 2007. I’m watching Grey’s Anatomy the other night. It’s a good show, except for the doctors. Every time I watch I yell at them on the TV, “Shut up about your relationships! There’s somebody dying on the operating table!” In many instances the doctors are very detached from the patient. I guess that’s a defense mechanism doctors have to help keep their sanity. So last night, Dr. Meredith Grey is near death and all the doctors are all worried sick. Unfortunately, I’ve adapted their detachment and couldn’t get emotionally involved. So why do I bring this up? When Dr. Grey was in the ambulance, she was given CPR by Dr. McDreamy I think he’s called. I haven’t practiced the CPR in years and maybe it’s changed, but McDreamy gave 5 chest compressions and then gave the mouth-to-mouth, 5 chest compressions followed by mouth-to-mouth, 5 chest compressions followed by mouth-to-mouth. Is this right? I think I was taught if you are doing CPR by yourself, as was McDreamy, it’s 15 chest compressions followed by mouth-to-mouth. If you are doing CPR with someone else, then it’s 5 chest compressions followed mouth-to-mouth by the partner. Am I wrong, or did I catch a goof on the Grey’s Anatomy? I got my twin girls each a Webkinz the other day for Valentine’s Day. Webkinz are the latest craze. They’re little stuffed animals that come with a secret computer code. You type the code into the Webkinz website and then you get to play games with other Webkinz owners and things like that. I think I’ve told you before that my twin girls Danielle and Dominique have similar interests but are very different. Anyway, the night before Valentine’s Day, I put the Webkinz animals in their pajama drawer they share. It was going to snow on Valentine’s Day and I was afraid they would have a snow day from school and I wouldn’t see them in the morning. I wanted to give them their present the night before so I could get my hugs and kisses. So it’s Tuesday night and I tell the girls it’s time to get into their pajamas. We go upstairs and I wait for them to get their jammies out of the drawer. Dominique walks over the pajama drawer and opens it. She then quickly slams the drawer shut. She had seen the Webkinz but thought she saw something she shouldn’t. She knew it was a Valentine’s Day present for tomorrow and was afraid the surprise was ruined. She was going to pretend she hadn’t seen the Webkinz. But Danielle got a glimpse of the Webkinz, too. She couldn’t wait. She ran from across the room shouting, “WHAT WAS THAT?!!” She yanked open the drawer and grabbed the Webkinz. “WEBKINZ!!!” she shouted, holding them high over her head. They were both ecstatic with their Webkinz, but each had a very different reaction at first sight. I can’t figure it out. They have the same parents; raised in the same house; born on the same day, but they are so different. In the Nature vs. Nurture debate, I’m voting Nature. Wednesday’s show of Otto and George; Martha Stewart at a demo table; and Norah Jones at the piano was the first I could remember of Dave not having a guest segment at the desk. A fellow by the name of Don Giller of the CD “Red Horizon”; www.cdbaby.com/cd/lathropgiller notes the show below may have been the first time Dave went an entire show without a guest at the desk: February 2, 1984, may have been the first: Second Anniversary Special: - Stupid Pet Tricks, - Live remotes to Essex House with Larry Bud and guests - Stupid Human tricks - Larry Bud Highlights - After School Special: "They Took My Show Away" - Giant Steamroller Highlights - Special Events in the Studio Thank you, Mr. Donz. Could you play “Love is Easy” for me one day? And now it’s time for, “Another One of My Ideas That Will Never Get On The Show”. The LATE SHOW sponsors a kid in a local Soap Box Derby. Updates on the building of the go-cart; with Biff on the scene during for the race. The Soap Box would be designed in a lively Late Show logo. This concludes another episode of “Another One of My Ideas That Will Never Get On The Show.” 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 Hey, Grandma! If she were alive today, Kitty Frankolino would be 101 today . . . I think. Not sure how old she’d be . . . and maybe her birthday was the 18th, not the 16th. I forget. This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER. Tracy Morgan; Gabrielle Union; and Ventriloquist Brad Cummings and Rex. PLUS: A “Ghost Rider” Promo; a Do-It-Yourself Kit; The President’s View of February; Will It Float?; a Top Ten List; and the Late Show Fun Facts. ACT 1: Ventriloquist Week concludes tonight and what a week it’s been. So many highlights; so many memories. It inspired us to put together this “Ventriloquist Week: A Look Back.” Graphics; music . . . . and that’s all we have so far. Hey, you listen to your favorite song over and over again, don’t you? If your interest has been piqued by the return of our immensely popular Ventriloquist Week, this special kit is available at fine retailers everywhere. Dave holds up a “Late Show Make-Your-Own Ventriloquist Dummy Kit.” Inside includes a 4X4 chunk of wood, whittling tools, a tiny outfit, and two plastic eyeballs. Get it and get going. Can’t you picture yourself sitting on the front porch in a rocker with a piece of straw in your mouth while whittling a block of wood? The new film *Ghost Rider* opened today. It’s based on the popular supernatural comic book character. It looks pretty intense. We take a look at the promo. Announcer: (Ghost Rider footage) “Years ago, he made a deal to save someone he loved. What he didn’t know was the price he’d have to pay. By day, he appears normal. At dusk, however, he becomes the horrific embodiment of death itself.” (Cut to shot of Dave riding chopper down Broadway) “’Ghost Rider’ – now playing.” LATE SHOW FUN FACTS - A blue whale’s heart is the size of a Volkswagen - Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game - Baskin Robbins once made ketchup ice cream - Until 1948, “America the Beautiful” had an additional verse about harassing foreigners - In Utah, it is illegal to have sex of any kind - For Christmas, the Pope gave all his co-workers a DVD of “Artie Lange’s Beer League” - When Mr. Ed died, he was ground up and fed to his friend Lassie - Michael Bloomberg made his first million dollars mowing lawns - Shaquille O’Neal and Ryan O’Neal are first cousins - Instead of “Selling like hotcakes”, Iraqis say “Selling like braised goat shanks” - In the 1960s, Fidel and Raul Castro often double-dated Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor - Researchers at Chrysler are developing side-view mirrors in which objects may be farther than they appear - One out of five Good Humor men admits occasionally squatting in the truck’s freezer - Regis Philbin has seen Gelman naked - Moses wandered the desert for 40 years because he wouldn’t ask for directions . . . . am I right, ladies?! - Dinosaurs roamed the earth as recently as 1946 - Milton Berle’s mother’s sister’s children knew him as “Cousin Miltie” - Though they’ve been married for 49 years, Joanne Woodward has never seen a Paul Newman movie - By 2025, the average American will be too fat to fit through a revolving door - In 1626, the Indians sold Manhattan Island to the Dutch for $24, which in today’s dollars would be 790 trillion - The bagpipes were brought to the British Isles by the Romans who were trying to get rid of them - There are 132 rooms in the White House, of which 50 are rented out to European backpackers - “You’re not fully clean unless you’re zestfully clean” is an old Arapaho proverb - Because there is no word for “Boss” in China, crowds at Bruce Springsteen concerts shout, “Supervisor” And before going to commercial: The government has put out an interesting message concerning February. We take a look. Announcer: “February is the shortest month with only 28 or 29 days. It’s also the month with Presidents Day. So, how well does this President know February?” - Cut to shot of Bush: “These are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.” BUZZZ! “George W. Bush – Don’t blame me, I voted for Kerry.” We first showed this clip back on October 25, 2006. I loved it then and hoped we would see it again. I laughed again at the clip, but this time it also made me scared. ACT 2 TOP TEN: Signs Your City is Too Fat #7. All streets named after cakes; all Avenues named after pies. Fattest City: Las Vegas San Antonio Miami Mesa, Arizona Los Angeles 16. Indianapolis 18. New York BRAD CUMMINGS AND REX - Brad enters with a huge egg. Rex, a small dinosaur, soon breaks through. - Rex: about the egg -- “My crack is showing” - How’s it living in an egg? Rex: “It sucks at Easter” - Rex: “Where am I?” Look around; what’s it look like? Rex: “An AA Meeting?” - Brad: “You’re an endangered species.” Rex: “Look who’s talking. . . you’re a ventriloquist.” - Brad puts Rex away and selects someone from the audience. Brad makes the audience member the “ventriloquist dummy.” When Brad squeezes the guy’s neck, the guy opens his mouth. Clever. Find out more about Brad and Rex, check out their website: www.bradcummings.org ACT 3 TRACY MORGAN: From NBC’s hit show, 30 Rock. Tracy is thrilled to be on the show. Tracy feels if he’s on Letterman, it’s possible to have a black President. Anything is possible. Tracy is a dad to three boys, ages 21, 19, and 15. With young males in the house, you have to be careful . . you have to watch them close. Tracy says he was rubbing his knee the other day and noticed his 19-year-old son eyeballing him. Tracy knew what his son was thinking: “I could take the old man.” Tracy says when your son thinks he can take you in a fight, it’s time for your son to move out. You got to remain the King of the Jungle. Tracy had some trouble with the law recently, having been arrested for DUI. Tracy is not proud of this, and admits that when he breathed into the machine, the machine caught fire. Ouch. You don’t want that to happen, unless you can claim the machine was faulty. 30 Rock looks to be a big success for NBC. Alec Baldwin is very intense on the show, or as Tracy calls him, “A heavy duty dude.” In the show, Tracy plays a popular but crazy movie star who is added to the cast of the show. In the first show, Tracy’s character runs down the street in his underwear. Some think Tracy is playing Martin Lawrence. Tracy takes exception to this; “Martin Lawrence didn’t corner the market on breakdowns! My cousin Craig rand down the street in his underwear 7 times; twice without!” And his cousin Mike once broke up a fight in the Projects while holding a baby. It earned cousin Mike the nickname, “Cousin Mike Who Once Broke Up A Fight In The Projects While Holding a Baby.” Tracy likens his character more after them than Martin Lawrence. It’s Ventriloquist Week here at the Late Show. Is Tracy a fan of ventriloquism? He says he is. He was at the Montreal Comedy Festival and Willie Tyler and Lester were performing. Afterwards, Tracy went down to the bar . . . and there was Willie Tyler . . . WITH LESTER! And Willie was talking to Lester. Lester is a dummy, and Willie was talking to him! People were getting angry. Tracy was angry. Lester, a dummy, was taking up the last seat and Tracy wanted that seat! 30 Rock – Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC. ACT 4 WILL IT FLOAT? – a 5-pound plastic container of plumber’s putty. Hmmm. Dave isn’t quite sure what plumber’s putty is and asks Alan for some clarification. Says Alan, “It’s just like silly putty, but it’s serious.” Big laugh from me. Nice job, Alan. Paul says it will sink. Dave says it will float. The Late Show models drop the plumber’s putty into the Will It Float tank and it . . . . SINKS! ACT 5: “For more information about famous ventriloquists throughout history, visit your local library. We’ll be right back.” ACT 6 GABRIELLE UNION: in the film, Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls. Dave is interested in her last name and Gabrielle says that following the Emancipation, the family took the name “Union.” Gabrielle proudly says she is originally from Omaha, Nebraska and comes from the largest black family in the state. This year she went to their 90th annual family reunion, which they call the “Dozens of Cousins.” The family extends into the thousands, which is nice, but there have been times where couples dating find each other at the reunion. Oops! “You mean we’re cousins?” It’s happened more than once. Gabrielle was a tomboy growing up. She blames/credits her father for that. She was one of three daughters and he really wanted a boy. She remembers at 5 years old her father tried to teach her how to catch a ball. It was a quick lesson. He told her to keep her eye on the ball . . .and she soon had a bloody nose. It was the last time she ever missed a catch. Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls – it’s in theaters now. And that was our show for Friday, February 16, 2007. I’m watching Grey’s Anatomy the other night. It’s a good show, except for the doctors. Every time I watch I yell at them on the TV, “Shut up about your relationships! There’s somebody dying on the operating table!” In many instances the doctors are very detached from the patient. I guess that’s a defense mechanism doctors have to help keep their sanity. So last night, Dr. Meredith Grey is near death and all the doctors are all worried sick. Unfortunately, I’ve adapted their detachment and couldn’t get emotionally involved. So why do I bring this up? When Dr. Grey was in the ambulance, she was given CPR by Dr. McDreamy I think he’s called. I haven’t practiced the CPR in years and maybe it’s changed, but McDreamy gave 5 chest compressions and then gave the mouth-to-mouth, 5 chest compressions followed by mouth-to-mouth, 5 chest compressions followed by mouth-to-mouth. Is this right? I think I was taught if you are doing CPR by yourself, as was McDreamy, it’s 15 chest compressions followed by mouth-to-mouth. If you are doing CPR with someone else, then it’s 5 chest compressions followed mouth-to-mouth by the partner. Am I wrong, or did I catch a goof on the Grey’s Anatomy? I got my twin girls each a Webkinz the other day for Valentine’s Day. Webkinz are the latest craze. They’re little stuffed animals that come with a secret computer code. You type the code into the Webkinz website and then you get to play games with other Webkinz owners and things like that. I think I’ve told you before that my twin girls Danielle and Dominique have similar interests but are very different. Anyway, the night before Valentine’s Day, I put the Webkinz animals in their pajama drawer they share. It was going to snow on Valentine’s Day and I was afraid they would have a snow day from school and I wouldn’t see them in the morning. I wanted to give them their present the night before so I could get my hugs and kisses. So it’s Tuesday night and I tell the girls it’s time to get into their pajamas. We go upstairs and I wait for them to get their jammies out of the drawer. Dominique walks over the pajama drawer and opens it. She then quickly slams the drawer shut. She had seen the Webkinz but thought she saw something she shouldn’t. She knew it was a Valentine’s Day present for tomorrow and was afraid the surprise was ruined. She was going to pretend she hadn’t seen the Webkinz. But Danielle got a glimpse of the Webkinz, too. She couldn’t wait. She ran from across the room shouting, “WHAT WAS THAT?!!” She yanked open the drawer and grabbed the Webkinz. “WEBKINZ!!!” she shouted, holding them high over her head. They were both ecstatic with their Webkinz, but each had a very different reaction at first sight. I can’t figure it out. They have the same parents; raised in the same house; born on the same day, but they are so different. In the Nature vs. Nurture debate, I’m voting Nature. Wednesday’s show of Otto and George; Martha Stewart at a demo table; and Norah Jones at the piano was the first I could remember of Dave not having a guest segment at the desk. A fellow by the name of Don Giller of the CD “Red Horizon”; www.cdbaby.com/cd/lathropgiller notes the show below may have been the first time Dave went an entire show without a guest at the desk: February 2, 1984, may have been the first: Second Anniversary Special: - Stupid Pet Tricks, - Live remotes to Essex House with Larry Bud and guests - Stupid Human tricks - Larry Bud Highlights - After School Special: "They Took My Show Away" - Giant Steamroller Highlights - Special Events in the Studio Thank you, Mr. Donz. Could you play “Love is Easy” for me one day? And now it’s time for, “Another One of My Ideas That Will Never Get On The Show”. The LATE SHOW sponsors a kid in a local Soap Box Derby. Updates on the building of the go-cart; with Biff on the scene during for the race. The Soap Box would be designed in a lively Late Show logo. This concludes another episode of “Another One of My Ideas That Will Never Get On The Show.” 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 Hey, Grandma! If she were alive today, Kitty Frankolino would be 101 today . . . I think. Not sure how old she’d be . . . and maybe her birthday was the 18th, not the 16th. I forget. This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER.


	ACT 1 • Show Open • Dave's Monologue Watch now • Make Your Own Ventriloquist Dummy Kit • "Ghost Rider" Promo • Bush February Ad • Fun Facts • Great Moments In Presidential Speeches

	ACT 2 • Top Ten Signs Your City Is Too Fat Read now • Ventriloquist, Brad Cummings & Rex Watch now

	ACT 3 • Tracy Morgan Watch now

	ACT 4 • Will It Float?

	ACT 5 • Audience Shot

	ACT 6 • Gabrielle Union

	ACT 7 • Show Close


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