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Matt Damon; Jeff Altman; and Angelique Kidjo. PLUS:Photos of the Earth; an Alert from the National Weather Service; The View’s New Hiring; Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; a Top Ten List; and Who Asked For It?
“ . . . and now, fulfilling his court-ordered community service . . . . David Letterman!
COLD OPEN: We see Jude backstage holding a microphone. Dave comes bursting through and notices the microphone. Dave: “Why do you have a microphone?” Jude: “I’m going to go say a few words to the audience.” Dave: “Why?” Jude: “Before every show I apologize for your behavior.”
ACT 1
Thanks to technological advances, there’s a new set of satellite photos that show the earth in unprecedented detail, and it’s astonishing how much more you can see than in previous photos. We take a look. Announcer: “After years of viewing our planet through outdated cameras, scientists have released the most detailed satellite photos of earth ever taken. These stunning images reveal such subtle details as the planet’s intricate cloud patterns, its clusters of sea ice, and its previously unnoticed hat.” (we see a photo of earth wearing a hat)
Earth: lookin’ sharp!”
After that, we are interrupted by a National Weather Service Heat Alert: “This is a National Weather Service Heat Alert. Due to the high temperatures across the region, I’m not wearing pants. This has been a National Weather Service Heat Alert. We now return you to ‘Wolf Lake’ already in progress.”
Dave throws a blue card through the window. We hear the glass shattering, followed by a rendition of “Old Turkey Buzzard” by Jose Feliciano. We listen to all 13 seconds of the audio clip we have.
After months of searching, The View is finally filling Rosie O’Donnell’s spot. The show put out this announcement. Announcer: “’The View’ is excited to announce that comedienne Whoopi Goldberg will be joining the show in September! Then in November, Whoopi will be leaving the show due to personality conflicts and bitter feuding. ‘The View’ – Next!”
GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES
We see FDR.
We see JFK.
We see George W. Bush: “I can’t imagine, well, you know, but I just . . . .”
ACT 2
During the pre-show Q&A, Dave was talking to a woman in the audience who is also suffering from a summertime cold. Dave asked what was her first symptom. She correctly responded, “Sore throat.” Dave says it feels like young people are building a campfire in there. And what did the woman do following the 1st symptom? She had herself a cigarette.
And during the break, Dave decided it would be a good idea to show video of an old turkey buzzard whenever we play the song, “Old Turkey Buzzard.” We will see how this works out on Thursday.
WHO ASKED FOR IT? – questions from the audience. It’s our way of giving back. #1.Lee Gunderson of Fargo, North Dakota. Lee runs a movie theater. New releases? No, a revival house. Has Lee ever been to South Dakota? Yes, but it doesn’t match up to North Dakota. Question: “Have any of you guys ever considered doing commercials?”
Dave says he hasn’t been asked in years. Has Paul done commercials? Paul did a commercial for Canada some years back but nothing lately. Alan? Nope. How about Biff? We cut to see Biff chugging down a bottle Budweiser. He goes at it with gusto. Dave is a bit surprised and says, “Oh, Biff, you have a deal with Budweiser?” Says Biff: “Deal? Hell, no. I’m just trying to get through this ‘djoy.’”
ed.note: The Wahoo Gazette does not print expletives. To decode “djoy”, simply look to the left of each letter in “djoy” on your keyboard.
And who is Lee Gunderson? He was played by one of our online producers, Jay Johnson. His title is much longer than that now but I don’t know it off hand. But who is Lee Gunderson? Jay tells me he’s a friend back home.
#2.Bill Watenobbi from Palo Alto, California. Bill works at an Apple store. I felt my age when I thought Bill meant an apple store, like an orchard selling McIntosh and Granny and Delicious and Cortland apples. Nope. Bill Watenobbi worked at an Apple computer store. Geek. Question: “I used to love when the back doors would fly open and a big celebrity like Regis would come through and run all around the theater.”
Dave remembers those moments and recaps how that would go down. And Bill wants to see that again? Dave’s got it for him. Let’s do it, boys! The big doors in the back open with a big spotlight in the background. We see a silhouette of the big name celebrity, Regis Philbin. He begins his run down the aisle and we soon see that it is not Regis at all. It’s Brian Teta, our talent coordinator. Brian runs to the microphone and, out of breath, explains, “Dave, Regis wasn’t available. Sorry.” Bill then runs back out at a full spring. Dave says he’d like to get a clock on that kid.
I “Played the Dave” – I thought Dave was going to say something sarcastic like, “Yeah, that’ll be the day when Regis wasn’t available.” Dave didn’t. I lost.
And who is Bill Watenobbi? He was our other online producer Walter Kim, who also has a much longer title that I don’t know off hand. But who is Bill Watenobbi? Walter says, “Oh, he’s a combination of people.” That’s the way to make it easy on yourself, Walter. Nice job.
#3.Kate DeMella of Rhode Island. “Ahh, Rhode Island, the most corrupt state in the country”, says Dave. But of course he’s kidding . . . he’s a comedian for heaven’s sake.
Kate works as a recruiter for a bank. She goes out to bring people to do business with her bank. Question: “I was just curious . . . who is your favorite actor?”
Dave considers the question and says his favorite actor is probably Tom Hanks. Kate thanks Dave and returns to her seat. We cut to find Matt Damon sitting in the audience not at all pleased with Dave’s answer.
And who is Kate DeMella? She’s our talent coordinator, Sarah Billington. But who is Kate DeMella? Oh, darn, I forgot to ask but I imagine it’s a friend of hers.
And that was Who Asked For It?
ACT 3 MATT DAMON
Dave apologizes for the Tom Hanks crack earlier in the show. This has been quite a summer for Matt, two big films: “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Ocean’s 13.” The Bourne Ultimatum is the third of the Bourne film and Matt says he had no idea the first “Bourne” film would so successful, let alone all three. In fact, he had every reason to believe the first film would be a disaster. The writer of the film actually lobbied to make sure he did NOT get sole credit for writing it. He wanted it to be co-written by him to spread the blame if it bombed. Plus, Matt just came off two movies that didn’t do too well, All The Pretty Horses and The Legend of Bagger Vance. Matt was happy with the two films, but neither did all that well at the box office, and there’s an informal rule that 3 strikes and you’re out . . . meaning, 3 bad movies in a row and you’re back to waiting tables or appearing in a reality TV show. Well, The Bourne Identity was a huge hit and film offers came pouring in.
And now he’s also involved in the “Ocean” films with big shots George Clooney and Brad Pitt. When Ocean’s 13 came out earlier this summer, Grauman’s Chinese Theater asked the three of them to put their feet in cement. Before the big event, George Clooney gave Matt a phone call. He told Matt, “Wear big shoes.” Matt didn’t know what he was talking about but George repeated, “Just wear big shoes.” George finally told him that the cement shrinks and the foot imprint will eventually look tiny. Matt remembers going to Grauman’s and being shocked by seeing that Robert Mitchum wore a size 5 shoe. So Matt went rummaging through his closet and found a pair of size 12s for his size 11 feet. George Clooney showed up wearing size 14 shoes.
Does Matt have a Matt McConaughey impersonation? When Matt was here last time he did a great McConaughey impression. Matt does another one tonight, finishing with “ . . . . . I may have to take off my shirt.” The Bourne Ultimatum – it opens this Friday and is sure to be a blockbuster.
ACT 4 TOP TEN: Signs Your Monkey is a Genius 5. Some monkeys make movies with Clint Eastwood; he once starred with Sir John Gielgud.
I’m always confused when my favorite in the list gets no response from the audience. ACT 5 Announce: “And now, the answer to last night’s ‘Late Show What Is It?’ It’s a container called a ‘bucket.’
We’ll be right back.”
ACT 6 JEFF ALTMAN: He’ll be performing this Saturday at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, California.
Jeff went to a summer blockbuster film recently; the sequel to “Brokeback Mountain.” It’s entitled “Dick Butkus.”
And earlier this year he was invited to a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC. All the big shots were there. Jeff, unfortunately, got some pastry on his hands and needed to wash up. While in the restroom, who walks in but Dick Cheney. Cheney goes into one of the stalls and Jeff soon hears, “Hey, there’s no toilet paper. You got any toilet paper out there?” Jeff performed his civic duty . . . he turned out the lights and tip-toed out.
Dave recalls that Jeff is a bit of a presidential historian. Anything he can share with us, something we may not know about one of our Presidents? Jeff: “President Nixon once worked as a sea bass at Sea World.” Jeff then does an impression: half Nixon, half sea bass.
Jeff’s the dad of a daughter who is about to enter college for her first year. That’s gotta be nerve-racking. Jeff went to college; 4 years at Johns Hopkins - - - 2 years as a patient. He had a college professor who had weird theories. One theory he had was Lincoln only had the wind knocked out of him.
Another theory: the stranger and creepier the country, the stranger and creepier their military march. Jeff demonstrates.
Jeff confesses: Women are the better sex . . . and braver. They will even go to each other’s house and try on each other’s clothes. You would never see a man do that. He then demonstrates one man asking to try on another mans pants and loafers.
Dating? “What do you look for in a woman,” asks Dave. Says Jeff, “breath.”
And Jeff usually has trouble with his flight. How was his flight in today? Not good. He dozed off and when he woke the plane was just about to land. Jeff panicked and grabbed the flight attendant and squealed, “We’re losing altitude! We’re losing altitude!” The flight attendant told him to sit down.
Speaking of college: My daughters went to sleep-away basketball camp at West Point last week. It was their first time going away for camp. We helped them unpack in their dorm room. They would be living with two other girls for the week. Once unpacked, we all stood there not knowing what to do next. And then I recognized a look they each game me that I probably gave my parents when they drove me to college. It was a look that said, “Thanks . . . now get the hell out of here.”
ACT 7 ANGELIQUE KIDJO: From her newest CD, “Djin Djin,” Angelique performed “Mama Golo Papa.” I liked this a lot.
I went home last night and watched the performance with the closed caption.
And that was our show for Wednesday August 1, 2007.
Angelique Kidjo – like "Keedjo."
The CD is “Djin Djin” – sounding like jin jin. “Djin Djin” refers to the sound of a bell in Africa that rings to greet each new day.
The song: “MAMA GOLO PAPA”
It was sung in the African language of Mina (meena). It is the language of Togo and Ghana
SONG TRANSLATION:
Mommy can’t deal with Daddy
Daddy can’t deal with Mommy
You don’t want to listen to anyone.
Why are you so angry at yourselves?
Compassion and peace,
That’s what life is asking for.
And that’s what a couple needs!
And that was Angelique Kidjo. Very nice.
I’m not surprised by the reports of drinking by NASA astronauts. It’s a well known secret. I first became aware of it watching a movie, The Reluctant Astronaut starring Don Knotts (1966). There was a scene of astronaut Knotts down boilermaker after boildermaker. They called them “Depth chargers.” The way I remember it, he would drop a shot into a glass of beer and then drink ‘em together. I’m surprised I haven’t seen that anywhere since the news came out. It’s right there for everyone to see. I’ve known about the drinking culture in NASA for years, based solely on that movie.
Alex Rodriguez went 0-4 last night as the Yankees banged out 5 more home runs. Alex is stuck at 499 homers and hasn’t had a hit in a week. The pressure seems to be getting to him . . . . pressure like one might feel in the playoffs? I don’t really care that he hasn’t hit a homer in a week, it’s the lack of hits that isn’t good. He’s hitless in his last 20 at bats or so, and most of his outs I’ve seen have been fly balls. Go for singles, A-Rod, go for line drives. The home runs will come.
That’s coming from someone who hasn’t played hardball since the 8th grade.
Tom Glavine of the New York Mets went for his 300th win Tuesday night against Milwaukee but ended up with a no decision. He left after 6 innings having given up one run and only two hits. And there’s the problem with today’s game . . . a starting pitcher is taken out after 6 innings having given up only 2 hits.
Baseball player Bill Robinson died this week. I will always remember Bill Robinson because he was involved in the first baseball trade I ever remember. In 1966, Bill Robinson, a member of the Atlanta Braves, was traded to the Yankees for 3rd baseman Clete Boyer (November 29, 1966). I remember thinking the Yankees got robbed; a New York Yankee for an unproven rookie. The next trade I remember was Yankee Roger Maris to the Cardinals for unknown Charley Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals (December 8, 1966). That one was even worse. And it was just a week later! I was 8 years old.
And now, even more useless information from “The Ultimate Book of Useless Information” by Neil Botham & The Useless Information Society.
- There are more psychoanalysts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, than in any other city in the world
- Because snow is relatively unknown on the continent of Africa, children there know the fairy-tale heroine as “Flower White” rather than Snow White.
- By law, every Swiss citizen is required to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter
- Violet Gibson Burns typed continuously at her typewriter for 264 hours --- a world record
- in the early days of Hollywood, Western sets were made to seven-eights scale to make the heroes seem larger
And so ends another issue of the Wahoo Gazette, the world’s longest continuous-running blog on the internet . . . . oops, no it isn’t.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER Kenny Mair with the frizzy hair.
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
Matt Damon; Jeff Altman; and Angelique Kidjo. PLUS:Photos of the Earth; an Alert from the National Weather Service; The View’s New Hiring; Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; a Top Ten List; and Who Asked For It?
“ . . . and now, fulfilling his court-ordered community service . . . . David Letterman!
COLD OPEN: We see Jude backstage holding a microphone. Dave comes bursting through and notices the microphone. Dave: “Why do you have a microphone?” Jude: “I’m going to go say a few words to the audience.” Dave: “Why?” Jude: “Before every show I apologize for your behavior.”
ACT 1
Thanks to technological advances, there’s a new set of satellite photos that show the earth in unprecedented detail, and it’s astonishing how much more you can see than in previous photos. We take a look. Announcer: “After years of viewing our planet through outdated cameras, scientists have released the most detailed satellite photos of earth ever taken. These stunning images reveal such subtle details as the planet’s intricate cloud patterns, its clusters of sea ice, and its previously unnoticed hat.” (we see a photo of earth wearing a hat)
Earth: lookin’ sharp!”
After that, we are interrupted by a National Weather Service Heat Alert: “This is a National Weather Service Heat Alert. Due to the high temperatures across the region, I’m not wearing pants. This has been a National Weather Service Heat Alert. We now return you to ‘Wolf Lake’ already in progress.”
Dave throws a blue card through the window. We hear the glass shattering, followed by a rendition of “Old Turkey Buzzard” by Jose Feliciano. We listen to all 13 seconds of the audio clip we have.
After months of searching, The View is finally filling Rosie O’Donnell’s spot. The show put out this announcement. Announcer: “’The View’ is excited to announce that comedienne Whoopi Goldberg will be joining the show in September! Then in November, Whoopi will be leaving the show due to personality conflicts and bitter feuding. ‘The View’ – Next!”
GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES
We see FDR.
We see JFK.
We see George W. Bush: “I can’t imagine, well, you know, but I just . . . .”
ACT 2
During the pre-show Q&A, Dave was talking to a woman in the audience who is also suffering from a summertime cold. Dave asked what was her first symptom. She correctly responded, “Sore throat.” Dave says it feels like young people are building a campfire in there. And what did the woman do following the 1st symptom? She had herself a cigarette.
And during the break, Dave decided it would be a good idea to show video of an old turkey buzzard whenever we play the song, “Old Turkey Buzzard.” We will see how this works out on Thursday.
WHO ASKED FOR IT? – questions from the audience. It’s our way of giving back. #1.Lee Gunderson of Fargo, North Dakota. Lee runs a movie theater. New releases? No, a revival house. Has Lee ever been to South Dakota? Yes, but it doesn’t match up to North Dakota. Question: “Have any of you guys ever considered doing commercials?”
Dave says he hasn’t been asked in years. Has Paul done commercials? Paul did a commercial for Canada some years back but nothing lately. Alan? Nope. How about Biff? We cut to see Biff chugging down a bottle Budweiser. He goes at it with gusto. Dave is a bit surprised and says, “Oh, Biff, you have a deal with Budweiser?” Says Biff: “Deal? Hell, no. I’m just trying to get through this ‘djoy.’”
ed.note: The Wahoo Gazette does not print expletives. To decode “djoy”, simply look to the left of each letter in “djoy” on your keyboard.
And who is Lee Gunderson? He was played by one of our online producers, Jay Johnson. His title is much longer than that now but I don’t know it off hand. But who is Lee Gunderson? Jay tells me he’s a friend back home.
#2.Bill Watenobbi from Palo Alto, California. Bill works at an Apple store. I felt my age when I thought Bill meant an apple store, like an orchard selling McIntosh and Granny and Delicious and Cortland apples. Nope. Bill Watenobbi worked at an Apple computer store. Geek. Question: “I used to love when the back doors would fly open and a big celebrity like Regis would come through and run all around the theater.”
Dave remembers those moments and recaps how that would go down. And Bill wants to see that again? Dave’s got it for him. Let’s do it, boys! The big doors in the back open with a big spotlight in the background. We see a silhouette of the big name celebrity, Regis Philbin. He begins his run down the aisle and we soon see that it is not Regis at all. It’s Brian Teta, our talent coordinator. Brian runs to the microphone and, out of breath, explains, “Dave, Regis wasn’t available. Sorry.” Bill then runs back out at a full spring. Dave says he’d like to get a clock on that kid.
I “Played the Dave” – I thought Dave was going to say something sarcastic like, “Yeah, that’ll be the day when Regis wasn’t available.” Dave didn’t. I lost.
And who is Bill Watenobbi? He was our other online producer Walter Kim, who also has a much longer title that I don’t know off hand. But who is Bill Watenobbi? Walter says, “Oh, he’s a combination of people.” That’s the way to make it easy on yourself, Walter. Nice job.
#3.Kate DeMella of Rhode Island. “Ahh, Rhode Island, the most corrupt state in the country”, says Dave. But of course he’s kidding . . . he’s a comedian for heaven’s sake.
Kate works as a recruiter for a bank. She goes out to bring people to do business with her bank. Question: “I was just curious . . . who is your favorite actor?”
Dave considers the question and says his favorite actor is probably Tom Hanks. Kate thanks Dave and returns to her seat. We cut to find Matt Damon sitting in the audience not at all pleased with Dave’s answer.
And who is Kate DeMella? She’s our talent coordinator, Sarah Billington. But who is Kate DeMella? Oh, darn, I forgot to ask but I imagine it’s a friend of hers.
And that was Who Asked For It?
ACT 3 MATT DAMON
Dave apologizes for the Tom Hanks crack earlier in the show. This has been quite a summer for Matt, two big films: “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Ocean’s 13.” The Bourne Ultimatum is the third of the Bourne film and Matt says he had no idea the first “Bourne” film would so successful, let alone all three. In fact, he had every reason to believe the first film would be a disaster. The writer of the film actually lobbied to make sure he did NOT get sole credit for writing it. He wanted it to be co-written by him to spread the blame if it bombed. Plus, Matt just came off two movies that didn’t do too well, All The Pretty Horses and The Legend of Bagger Vance. Matt was happy with the two films, but neither did all that well at the box office, and there’s an informal rule that 3 strikes and you’re out . . . meaning, 3 bad movies in a row and you’re back to waiting tables or appearing in a reality TV show. Well, The Bourne Identity was a huge hit and film offers came pouring in.
And now he’s also involved in the “Ocean” films with big shots George Clooney and Brad Pitt. When Ocean’s 13 came out earlier this summer, Grauman’s Chinese Theater asked the three of them to put their feet in cement. Before the big event, George Clooney gave Matt a phone call. He told Matt, “Wear big shoes.” Matt didn’t know what he was talking about but George repeated, “Just wear big shoes.” George finally told him that the cement shrinks and the foot imprint will eventually look tiny. Matt remembers going to Grauman’s and being shocked by seeing that Robert Mitchum wore a size 5 shoe. So Matt went rummaging through his closet and found a pair of size 12s for his size 11 feet. George Clooney showed up wearing size 14 shoes.
Does Matt have a Matt McConaughey impersonation? When Matt was here last time he did a great McConaughey impression. Matt does another one tonight, finishing with “ . . . . . I may have to take off my shirt.” The Bourne Ultimatum – it opens this Friday and is sure to be a blockbuster.
ACT 4 TOP TEN: Signs Your Monkey is a Genius 5. Some monkeys make movies with Clint Eastwood; he once starred with Sir John Gielgud.
I’m always confused when my favorite in the list gets no response from the audience. ACT 5 Announce: “And now, the answer to last night’s ‘Late Show What Is It?’ It’s a container called a ‘bucket.’
We’ll be right back.”
ACT 6 JEFF ALTMAN: He’ll be performing this Saturday at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood, California.
Jeff went to a summer blockbuster film recently; the sequel to “Brokeback Mountain.” It’s entitled “Dick Butkus.”
And earlier this year he was invited to a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC. All the big shots were there. Jeff, unfortunately, got some pastry on his hands and needed to wash up. While in the restroom, who walks in but Dick Cheney. Cheney goes into one of the stalls and Jeff soon hears, “Hey, there’s no toilet paper. You got any toilet paper out there?” Jeff performed his civic duty . . . he turned out the lights and tip-toed out.
Dave recalls that Jeff is a bit of a presidential historian. Anything he can share with us, something we may not know about one of our Presidents? Jeff: “President Nixon once worked as a sea bass at Sea World.” Jeff then does an impression: half Nixon, half sea bass.
Jeff’s the dad of a daughter who is about to enter college for her first year. That’s gotta be nerve-racking. Jeff went to college; 4 years at Johns Hopkins - - - 2 years as a patient. He had a college professor who had weird theories. One theory he had was Lincoln only had the wind knocked out of him.
Another theory: the stranger and creepier the country, the stranger and creepier their military march. Jeff demonstrates.
Jeff confesses: Women are the better sex . . . and braver. They will even go to each other’s house and try on each other’s clothes. You would never see a man do that. He then demonstrates one man asking to try on another mans pants and loafers.
Dating? “What do you look for in a woman,” asks Dave. Says Jeff, “breath.”
And Jeff usually has trouble with his flight. How was his flight in today? Not good. He dozed off and when he woke the plane was just about to land. Jeff panicked and grabbed the flight attendant and squealed, “We’re losing altitude! We’re losing altitude!” The flight attendant told him to sit down.
Speaking of college: My daughters went to sleep-away basketball camp at West Point last week. It was their first time going away for camp. We helped them unpack in their dorm room. They would be living with two other girls for the week. Once unpacked, we all stood there not knowing what to do next. And then I recognized a look they each game me that I probably gave my parents when they drove me to college. It was a look that said, “Thanks . . . now get the hell out of here.”
ACT 7 ANGELIQUE KIDJO: From her newest CD, “Djin Djin,” Angelique performed “Mama Golo Papa.” I liked this a lot.
I went home last night and watched the performance with the closed caption.
And that was our show for Wednesday August 1, 2007.
Angelique Kidjo – like "Keedjo."
The CD is “Djin Djin” – sounding like jin jin. “Djin Djin” refers to the sound of a bell in Africa that rings to greet each new day.
The song: “MAMA GOLO PAPA”
It was sung in the African language of Mina (meena). It is the language of Togo and Ghana
SONG TRANSLATION:
Mommy can’t deal with Daddy
Daddy can’t deal with Mommy
You don’t want to listen to anyone.
Why are you so angry at yourselves?
Compassion and peace,
That’s what life is asking for.
And that’s what a couple needs!
And that was Angelique Kidjo. Very nice.
I’m not surprised by the reports of drinking by NASA astronauts. It’s a well known secret. I first became aware of it watching a movie, The Reluctant Astronaut starring Don Knotts (1966). There was a scene of astronaut Knotts down boilermaker after boildermaker. They called them “Depth chargers.” The way I remember it, he would drop a shot into a glass of beer and then drink ‘em together. I’m surprised I haven’t seen that anywhere since the news came out. It’s right there for everyone to see. I’ve known about the drinking culture in NASA for years, based solely on that movie.
Alex Rodriguez went 0-4 last night as the Yankees banged out 5 more home runs. Alex is stuck at 499 homers and hasn’t had a hit in a week. The pressure seems to be getting to him . . . . pressure like one might feel in the playoffs? I don’t really care that he hasn’t hit a homer in a week, it’s the lack of hits that isn’t good. He’s hitless in his last 20 at bats or so, and most of his outs I’ve seen have been fly balls. Go for singles, A-Rod, go for line drives. The home runs will come.
That’s coming from someone who hasn’t played hardball since the 8th grade.
Tom Glavine of the New York Mets went for his 300th win Tuesday night against Milwaukee but ended up with a no decision. He left after 6 innings having given up one run and only two hits. And there’s the problem with today’s game . . . a starting pitcher is taken out after 6 innings having given up only 2 hits.
Baseball player Bill Robinson died this week. I will always remember Bill Robinson because he was involved in the first baseball trade I ever remember. In 1966, Bill Robinson, a member of the Atlanta Braves, was traded to the Yankees for 3rd baseman Clete Boyer (November 29, 1966). I remember thinking the Yankees got robbed; a New York Yankee for an unproven rookie. The next trade I remember was Yankee Roger Maris to the Cardinals for unknown Charley Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals (December 8, 1966). That one was even worse. And it was just a week later! I was 8 years old.
And now, even more useless information from “The Ultimate Book of Useless Information” by Neil Botham & The Useless Information Society.
- There are more psychoanalysts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, than in any other city in the world
- Because snow is relatively unknown on the continent of Africa, children there know the fairy-tale heroine as “Flower White” rather than Snow White.
- By law, every Swiss citizen is required to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter
- Violet Gibson Burns typed continuously at her typewriter for 264 hours --- a world record
- in the early days of Hollywood, Western sets were made to seven-eights scale to make the heroes seem larger
And so ends another issue of the Wahoo Gazette, the world’s longest continuous-running blog on the internet . . . . oops, no it isn’t.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER Kenny Mair with the frizzy hair.
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
ACT 1 • Cold Open with Dave and Jude • Show Open • Dave's Monologue Watch now • Earth Photos • National Weather Service Interrupt • CNN: Most Trusted Name in News • Whoopi Goldberg Joining "The View" • Great Moments in Presidential Speeches
