For your strike news: www.Wga.org - the writers union, west
www.wgaeast.org - the writers union, east
www.amptp.org - the "other" side of the writers - the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com - Nikki Finke of L.A. Weekly - this is the website EVERYONE goes to for strike news . . . right after going to the Wahoo Gazette.
www.millerandgreen.blogspot.com - a blog written by former writers of the Late Show sharing their views on the strike

Well that was disappointing. The recent talks between the WGA and the AMPTP broke off. That's not good.

This week's Picket Information - NYC
Tuesday, December 11
9:00 AM -2:00 PM
ABC Daytime
320 W. 66th St. (West of West End Ave.)
They'll be outside locations of ABC shows The View and All My Children.

Thursday, December 13
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Viacom
44th and Broadway
Students and future members of the Writers Guild will join us to march with us, learn about the issues of our strike and show their support.

Show your support. They like candy.
Check out www.wga.org for picketing sites in California.

And on Tuesday night:
The WGAE and COMIX present:
WRITE-AID: A Comedy Benefit for (Striking) Writers
Tuesday, Dec. 11th, 9PM
@Comix, 353 W. 14th St.
Late Show writer Bill Scheft will be one of many performers. www.comixny.com

Last Thursday and Friday I mistakenly sent Walter and Jay the Wahoos before I had a chance to fine-tune it. The writing may have appeared sloppy and choppy. I apologize.
What? You mean you didn't notice any difference?

I spent all day Saturday, December 8th, looking for John Lennon music on the radio. Maybe I was looking in the wrong places but I couldn't find any. How soon everyone forgets.

This week's sports question:
Who will lose by more; The Jets vs. the Patriots this Sunday or the Knicks vs. the Dallas Mavericks tonight? I think it's a safe bet that the Jets will lose by more. OK, just to make it interesting . . .
Who will score more points this week: The Patriots vs. the Jets on Sunday or the Dallas Mavericks vs. the Knicks tonight?

MSNBC contributor Wendell Wittler wrote a column about the writers strike and how it is affecting late-night viewers. The headline reads:

Late-night reruns impacting more than viewers
Movie studios, record labels, show employees are feeling the pinch

"At CBS, where not the network but David Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company owns both "Late Show With David Letterman and "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson," Dave is keeping everyone on payroll at least until the end of December. That includes the guy who has done 'The Wahoo Gazette' on the Late Show Web site since 2001, where he is now recapping the reruns, doing a kind of alternate universe monologue without punchlines and linking to the strike news Web sites, including the writers' blog."

Two things: The Late Show website only includes the Wahoo Gazette back to 2001, but the Wahoo has actually been alive since November of 1996. And later in the article, Mr. Wittler writes:

"So, for the moment at least, late-night show staffs are actually being paid to not come to work — except for Carson Daly's staff, which is actually working."

To read the entire MSNBC article, click on the following: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22150085/

Monday's Previously Viewed Program:
From December 17, 1998; #1134: Jeff Goldblum; Angelina Jolie; and Third Eye Blind. Hey, kids, this is one of the lost Wahoos! You can't find it on the Late Show website.

A new feature . . . .Famous Wahoos! From wikipedia:

"The Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) is a dark blue scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Some say that the name 'Wahoo' is a derivation of the name of the Hawaiian Island Oahu, while others say the name derives from the exclamation of some fishermen, 'Wahoo!' who have hooked into the extremely fast running fish. The fish is also known as Ono, after the Hawaiian word for 'delicious.'"

CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
From MSNBC, it's Wendell Wittler.
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER

Michael Z. McIntee - also known as "The Guy"

Here now is the Wahoo Gazette for Monday's previously viewed program. It is one of the best Wahoo's ever!

(Original Air Date: 12/17/1998)

Jeff Goldblum; Angelina Jolie; and Third Eye Blind.
PLUS: Know Your Current Events; and Casey Kasem's Countdown to Dick Clark's Countdown to December 18th!

KNOW YOUR CURRENT EVENTS MAYHEM BEHIND THE SCENES!!! Was it my fault? We're not here to place blame on anyone. No, it's not why we're here. We're here for good, not evil. We're here to talk about the pleasant. Blame is bad. Praise is good. Anyway, during rehearsal we have up to 12 Know Your Current Events questions. From this, we bring out for the show between 6-8. After rehearsal, I was handed two groups of blue cards, being told "this one is the good ones, these are out." There were 6 questions in each group. Anyway, I somehow typed up and distributed the "bad" ones thinking they were the approved jokes, and putting the other ones in my folder, thinking they were bad. Ten minutes before the show, we find out the mistake. We had to type up and distribute the 6 correct ones, have the Chiron operator type up the correct ones, have our graphics researcher find the photos to go along with the jokes, get them to Dave, get them to the director, and get them to the SFX guy (for dings and buzzes). We had to do this on top of all the other last second things we needed to get done. Somehow we did it. And at home the show seemed so seamless, no one realizing the craziness behind the scenes seconds before the show. What am I saying, "Before the show"? We were running around seconds before he stepped into the audience. We made it by the skin of our teeth. Again, it would be stupid and unproductive to point fingers at anyone. It would not accomplish anything positive. Blaming and singling someone out for this mess would not be wise. There is simply no good reason to do so. Let's just drop it and move on. That's my motto. We had four KYCE questions ready for Dave by the time he stepped in to the audience. He ended up doing three.

From what I saw, the Casey Kasem countdown to Dick Clark's Rocking' Countdown to December 18th went pretty well. Can't believe Dick Clark is 69. My father is 69. Dick Clark has met everyone from Elvis Presley to the Beatles to Pearl Jam. My father listens to Mitch Miller.

JEFF GOLDBLUM: told a story about watching "Hugh Hefner's After Hours Party" on his TV many, many years ago. Said he had to fine tune the UHF channel, slowly like a safe-cracker finding just the right spot on channel 58. I used to do the same to watch "Lucha Libra" on channel 47, which was professional wrestling on the Spanish station. Another time we sent my father onto the roof to adjust the antenna, pointing it towards Connecticut, to watch a New York Giant home game against the Los Angeles Rams on channel 3. Jeff gave a hand motion indicating how one would change the TV channel years ago before the remote control. Dave laughed at the universal sign.

MY CHANGING THE TV CHANNEL STORY: It was about 10 years ago. I'm visiting a friend who was staying at his parents for the weekend. When I arrive he's in the shower and his mom and I exchange pleasantries, then invites me to sit in the den to watch the TV while I wait for my friend. I thank her and scurry off to the den, realizing I can catch the last quarter of some football game. I can't find the channel changer. I look all over. I look in the cushions. I look behind the TV, under the sofa, behind the door, all the usual places. No luck. I resign myself to watching "Flipper", or whatever was on at the time. Twenty minutes later, my friend comes down the steps. I tell him I want to watch the end of the football game. He says "Sure", and walks over to the TV set and turns the channel by hand.

Half way through that story I realized it was not much of a story. Sorry.

It's obvious that Jeff Goldblum and anyone else in "The Prince Of Egypt" was instructed not to call the movie a "cartoon." It's an animated feature. Because of this, Dave makes a point of calling it a cartoon.
I'm watching the two segments with Jeff Goldblum and can't figure out what Jeff is holding in his hand. It looks like a piece of paper. I then realize I've forgotten about the big December 18th celebration.

ANGELINA JOLIE: dressed in all black. I can see a lot of Jon Voigt in her, especially the profile. Enjoyed Dave's response when Angelina said she was not a real woman because she doesn't know how to cook (I think). Dave - "That's not quite exactly the ultimate test." Later on in the interview, Angelina said something correctly which resulted in Sound Effects Guy Gary Kiffel to give a "ding". I must say, the "ding" was almost immediate. It got a huge response. It's strange how a small little "ding" can get such a big laugh.

THIRD EYE BLIND: not my cup of tea. I'm more of a Mitch Miller fan. Listening to "Third Eye Blind", I was wishing I was temporarily "Two Ears Deaf".

I must have missed the Clinton memo. Since when is Ramadan more important than Christmas and Chanukah?

WAHOO GAZETTE FREE PLUG
It's WWW.TRANSALT.ORG, a website consisting of a group of folks working to ban cars from driving the loop in Central Park, New York City. Ask for Judy Ross.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR ON FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOW
CBS Mailbag.
Letter #1 - Get a look at Dave's Christmas card.
Letter #2 - The Late Show Choir - it is beautiful.
Letter #3 - Alan's Egg Nog recipe
Letter #4 - Paul gives the history of Hanukkah

How good are you at playing "DAVE"? Watch Friday night's show and guess Dave's next line to this.....
Dave is interviewing Julia Roberts. She has her hand on his knee. Dave looks down at her hand, smiles and says to her, "there's only one other guest who does this." Who will Dave say? Julia Roberts, hand on Dave's knee, Dave says there's only one other guest who does this. Who is it?

I got it right. I said it just before he did.

Find out once and for all: Julia Roberts - "Boxers or briefs?"

Stick around for Dave Kelly. When he makes his entrance, he looks like Leon Redbone's older brother.

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This concludes another episode of CAMO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER

Gotta go. I have Christmas shopping to start and finish.