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Monday, July 02, 2007
Show #2756
By Michael Z. McIntee Change Text Color:
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Original Air Date: 5/17/07

Kid Scientists; Luke Wilson; Rufus Wainwright; and a Special Top Ten with Homer Simpson.
PLUS: Shrek; an Apple Computer Commercial; and Know Your Current Events;

“ . . . and now, a man who’s addicted to salad dressing. . . . . . David Letterman!”

ACT 1:
It’s America’s fastest growing quiz sensation, Know Your Current Events.

CONTESTANT #1: Dawn from Minnesota. The show has just begun but Dave is already pooped. He would like to take a seat and kicks Dawn’s husband out of his seat. Take plops himself down between two lovely ladies. He looks at them both and says, “Hey, let’s get out of here and let’s see Conan.” Dawn is a nurse from Minnesota. To Dave’s left is a young lady celebrating her anniversary with her husband. Dave makes the small talk with the two ladies while Dawn’s husband sits on the edge of the stage. Dave gives the category card to Dawn. Tonight’s topics:
Know Your Current Events
Know Your Cuts of Meat
Know Your Cancelled Television Programs
Know Your Minor League Baseball Mascots
Know Your Democratic Presidential Candidates
Know Your Bob Barker


Dawn studies the card and chooses, “Know Your Bob Barker.”
Question #1: “Since joining ‘The Price is Right,’ Bob Barker has uttered what phrase thousands of times?” Dawn answers: “Have your pets spayed or neutered.”
Nope. The answer we were looking for was, “Who wants to win some cheap crap?”

Question #2: “How did Bob Barker commemorate his final show on ‘The Price is Right’?
Dawn says, “He had his pet spayed.”
Nope. The correct answer: “He had himself neutered.”

Sue Hum, our costume designer walks the aisle with Stephanie who has the dinner-for-two. Stephanie hands over the certificate and leaves but Sue remains. Dave greets Sue, and Sue replies, “I would like to play Know Your Current Events.”
Dave knows everyone would like to play but it’s reserved for audience members only.
CONTESTANT #2: Kyle, from Andover, Minnesota. Sue is still there. She says, “I really would like to play.” Dave tells her again, no, it’s not possible and it is not going to happen. A scorned Sue warns, “We have gone over this a hundred times before . . Believe me, Letterman . . . . you’ll never get away with this!” She finally exits.
Kyle grew up in Minnesota but now lives in New York City after having attended music school here. Here’s his chance! What would he like to sing? Dave offers him the opportunity to sing with Paul and the CBS Orchestra. Kyle says he would like to sing, “You Raise Me Up.” Paul asks, “What key?”
Kyle: “E flat.”
The audience let’s out an “oooooo.” Dave laughs, as did I, over the audience reaction. Why does “E flat” produce an “oooooo”? No answer. Possibly simply for knowing what key.
Kyle sings, “You Raise Me Up,” accompanied by Paul. Very nice. And Kyle gets a dinner without even having to play the game . . . he got a dinner for singing.

And that’s how we play Know Your Current Events.

ACT 2:
Are you excited for the Shrek the Third? It opens Friday and features even more celebrity voices than the last film. We see a promo for the film.
Announce: “This summer, Dreamworks proudly presents a whole new chapter of the greatest fairytales ever told, featuring the returning voice talents of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz. (she shots of each doing voice overs.)
Plus, all-new characters voiced by Justin Timberlake (see and hear Timberlake), Regis Philbin (see and hear Regis), and a drunk David Hasselhoff (see and hear a drunk Hasselhoff say something in a drunken slur, something like “I love you, Elaine.”)
‘Shrek the Third’ --- in theaters everywhere tomorrow.

Dave: “And we’ll be right back after this message from Apple Computers.”
We cut to an Apple Computer commercial. It’s Chris Elliott in a black wig as the Mac. It’s Gerry Mulligan as the PC. The two get into a fight. “It’s ON!”

TOP TEN: Reasons Why I, Homer Simpson, Should Be The Next President
And here to present tonight’s Top Ten list, Homer Simpson.
We find Homer Simpson standing on stage with a list in this hand. Our cue card was relieved when he learned that Homer would be reading from his own list.
10. “I’m smarter than the last guy.”
6. “I have enormous experience apologizing for failed decisions.”

- This Sunday, “The Simpsons” celebrates its 400th episode.
- “The Simpsons” is the longest-running primetime comedy in television history.
- “The Simpsons” series debut: December 1989.

ACT 3:
KID SCIENTISTS
JACK TOLCHIN – Age 11; 5th grade. From Highland Elementary School. Married? No, of course not. This summer, Jack will be attending a sports camp. How long has Jack been interested in science? “My whole life!”
Experiment/Demonstration: Yard stick karate. Jack places a yard stick on the demo table with about 12 inches hanging over the edge. Dave karate chops the stick and the stick. The stick flips and flies. The yard stick is placed back on the demo table but this time it is covered with a single sheet of newspaper. The weight of the air pressure pressing down on the newspaper will prevent the stick from lifting off the table. This time when Dave karate chops the stick, the stick breaks.

KEVIN SUH – Age 11; 5th grade. From Highland Elementary School
Kevin has one older brother and no pets. . . . but if he had a pet, it would be a dog.
Experiment/Demonstration: Van de Graff generator.
Kevin has a cool looking silver orb on the demo table. Attached to it is a magic wand that Dave can’t help but play with. Kevin tells him that’s for later. On top of the silver Van de Graff generator, Kevin place 6 silver tin/aluminum foil bowls. When the Van de Graff generator is turned on, a negative charge is created and absorbed by the aluminum foil bowls. Dave wants to know if it’s time to use the wand. No, not yet. And since like charges repel . . . . well, we watch and see. The Van de Graff generator is turned on and the bowls repel each other, the top one floating off and away from the others. And then the next bowl floats and levitates and drops away. And then the third lifts and floats away. Very cool. But what about the magic wand? Kevin takes the wand and lightly touches the Van de Graff generator, negating the charge. Dave laughs at the highly interesting wand being such a let down.

MEDHAVI BHASIN – Age 13; 8th grade. From Kennedy Junior High. She has a younger brother. Plans for the summer? Medhavi will be visiting India.
Experiment/Demonstration: Methane Can
There is a paint can on the demo table filled with methane gas. There is a hole on top taped shut. There is a hole on the side at the bottom taped shut. Removing the tape on the bottom hole allows air to enter. Removing the tape on top allows the methane to escape. Medhavi gives Dave the bic lighter to light to top hole. Dave has a bit of trouble lighting the lighter so Medhavi does it for him. I “Played the Dave” and thought he would react as if that was the successful experiment; getting fire from a plastic stick. Dave delicately places the flame above the top hole and a flame shoots out. Dave jumps back in fright.
Dave’s problem with lighting the lighter lost valuable time, important time, in the demonstration. Too much gas escaped, I think. If the experiment was done in a timely fashion, the paint can would have jumped from the mini-explosion.

And that was Lee Marek’s Kid Scientists from Naperville, Illinois.

ACT 4/6
LUKE WILSON: The writer, co-director, and star of the film, The Wendell Baker Story, opening tomorrow in select cities.
We just had some of the kids here. What was Luke like as a kid? He admits to not being much of a student. He remembers being in the 7th grade and attempting to pass 6th grade math for the second time. He also recalls lobbying to be classified as dyslexic, but some psychologists proved that he wasn’t . . . this left Luke heartbroken. Instead he was labeled lazy and not interested in learning.
There was one science teacher or math teacher who called everybody ‘Bob.’ The teacher thought it too difficult to learn new names every year. After 40 years of teaching, he couldn’t be bothered any more. The teacher saw Luke one day with a gift for his track coach. The science/math teacher says, “Bob, you know, I’d like a gift.” Luke reminded the teacher, “Sir, you gave me a D minus.” The teacher replied, “THAT was a gift, Bob.”
What does Luke do to keep fit these days? What does he do for recreation? Try the golf? Luke says he plays a lot of golf but thinks he is getting worse with age. He and tennis great Pete Sampras are golf buddies. Pete is always accusing Luke of being out of it and not all there. One day while driving back from a Pro-Am golf tournament, Luke says to Pete, “Geez, I can’t believe the pressure out there. I mean, can you imagine being a professional golfer and having to deliver in front of the crowds, having that be your livelihood, every move you make determining whether you’re a champion or a wash-out?” Pete Sampras, a guy who made his living on the tennis court, looks at Luke and says, “Are you ‘givl’ing kidding me?” Luke realizes his foolish statement and says maybe he is out of it.
So how did Luke come around to writing and co-directing a film like The Wendell Baker Story? He says he was complaining to his brother Owen about not getting any good parts and having a hard time finding work. Owen, more out of wanting Luke to go away, told him write his own movie. And so, Luke did. How was co-directing with his brother Andrew? Luke says the divvied up the duties. If Owen needed advice or wanted to try something, Luke would tell him to take it up with Andrew. If Eva Mendes, the female lead, had an idea, Luke would take care of that.
The Wendell Baker Story – it opens Friday in select cities. I hear New York City is one of the cities selected.

ACT 5: Announce: “This is how the methane demonstration went in rehearsal!”
We see a replay of the mini-explosion, sending the paint can into the air.
Announce: “That’s amazing! We’ll be right back.

ACT 7:
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: From his new CD, “Release the Stars,” the lederhosen-wearing Mr. Wainwright performed the song by the same name, “Release the Stars.”

And that was our show for Thursday May 17, 2007.




Hey, horse racing fans, Letterman’s Humor is running in the 4th race on Saturday at Delaware Park. Letterman’s Humor will be running as the #9 horse and is going off at 8/1. Open your wallets and bet over your head.

I rarely watch The Simpsons and I’m kinda glad because I’ll be able to watch all of them for the first time during my retirement. By the time I call it quits, TV will really be awful. Thank goodness I’ll have The Simpsons to watch.
Why don’t I watch The Simpsons? I really don’t know since every time I do watch it I find myself laughing out loud. I still laugh at the gun store shown in one episode called “Bloodbath and Beyond.” Oddly, I would call The Simpsons one of my favorite shows even though I hardly ever watch it. I hope to watch “The Simpsons” in reruns in my later years, but the way it is going they’ll still be churning out first-runs when that time comes.

Some of the Longest Running Television Comedies
By number of seasons:
18 The Simpsons (Spring 2007)
14 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie And Harriet
12 My Three Sons
11 M*A*S*H, Cheers, The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy, Happy Days, The Jeffersons, Married ... With Children, Frasier, King Of The Hill (Spring 2007), South Park (Spring 2007)
10 Murphy Brown, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Friends
9 The Beverly Hillbillies, The Love Boat, Alice, Roseanne, Family Matters, Coach, All In The Family, Night Court, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens

By number of episodes:
435 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie & Harriet
400 The Simpsons (Spring 2007)
380 My Three Sons
336 The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy
275 The Donna Reed Show, Cheers
274 The Beverly Hillbillies
264 Frasier
259 Married ... With Children
256 M*A*S*H
255 Happy Days
253 The Jeffersons
252 Bewitched
249 The Andy Griffith Show
247 Murphy Brown
245 The Love Boat
238 Friends
234 Leave It To Beaver
233 The Drew Carey Show
222 Roseanne
214 Family Matters
213 King Of The Hill (Spring 2007)
210 All In The Family
209 The Facts Of Life, Everybody Loves Raymond
207 The King Of Queens
204 Home Improvement
202 Alice
201 The Cosby Show
200 Coach
193 Night Court, Will & Grace

A fellow that goes by the moniker, BostonBill, puts up a site each day featuring photos of the prior night’s LATE SHOW. He’s been doing it for a few years now. Legal? I have no idea, but if it’s not, you didn’t hear about this from me. Anyway, his visitor counter is at around 29,000. Will you be Number 30,000? Click on and find out. The counter does not advance until AFTER you have clicked off so if you visit and the counter reads 29,999, then you are #30,000! And what do you win? Nuttin’. . . . just bragging rights. Personally, I would rather be visitor #30,001 just to see 30,000 on the counter. Click on BostonBill’s still shots found here:
http://community.webtv.net/bostonbill41/TuesdayStillShots515

And now more useless information from “The Book of Useless Information.”
- The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids
- An octopus will eat its own arms if it gets really hungry
- Dolphins jump out of the water to conserve energy. It is easier to move through the air than through the water
- Sea otters have the world’s densest fur --- a million hairs per square inch
- The hippopotamus has the world’s shortest sperm

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

“Six two and even, over and out.”

CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
Andy Duvall
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
ACT 1
• Show Open
• Dave's Monologue
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• Know Your Current Events
ACT 2
• "Shrek The Third" Promo
• Chris Elliott's Mac vs. PC Commercial
• Top Ten Reasons Why I, Homer Simpson, Should Be The Next President
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ACT 3
• Kid Scientists
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ACT 4
• Luke Wilson
ACT 5
• Audience Shot: This Is What the Methane Experiment Looked Like in Rehearsal
ACT 6
• More Luke Wilson
ACT 7
• Rufus Wainwright performs "Release The Stars"
• Show Close

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