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			Thursday, December 13, 2001 Show #1724
			By Michael Z. McIntee	Change Text Color: Black \| White


	Kid Scientists; Liv Tyler; and Cake. PLUS: The Oprah Log; and Late Show Newsmakers. Dave apologizes to Cake who have been bumped from the show TWICE before. The temptation was too great to resist: Dave says they will definitely be on tonight, since "what's a show without Cake?" Paul joins in with, "you don't want to cut the cake a third time." QUEST TO GUEST OPRAH LOG: DAY 36 - "Did not hear from Oprah - not yet!" When Oprah was asked if she would have Dave on her show, People magazine reported she snapped, "No," but then added, "not yet." It was the opening Dave was looking for. Oprah blinked. This shot of optimism came just in the nick of time. Paul's singing of the Oprah song even seemed more lively and hopeful than usual. The Oprah Song: "O from our hearts, We thank you Oprah. You've responded to Dave's shameless groveling mantra. Uber-Oprah, Deepak Chopra, only smarter. And I'll be on installment 2 of Dave's 2 parter. O from our hearts, God bless you, Oprah." LATE SHOW NEWSMAKERS: What's in the news? We cull some photographs off the AP and couple them with hilarious captions. I was prepared to type up some of my favorites but soon realized that the jokes are visual in nature and would not seem funny when read. You'll have to trust me when I say a lot of these were funny. We had 12 ready to go but to insure that Cake would have time to perform, Dave cut some on the fly. KID SCIENTISTS: Brought to you by science teacher Lee Marek of Naperville, Illinois. I hate to tell you this but I missed most of the kids. I was busy putting something together for the Friday show. I'll try my best to make it look like I was paying attention to the experiments. #1. Nadia Viswanath - Dry Ice Resonance - Something to do with dry ice, a spoon, and a hammer. I looked up once and saw Dave and Nadia making funny noise with a spoon on the dry ice. #2. Taylor Woolf - Air pressure - Dave is placed in a big plastic bag and all the air is then sucked out, creating a vacuum-sealed container. The result is Dave feeling the 14.7 pounds per square inch of pressure impacting on his body by the air around him. #3. Justin McGetrich - Chemiluminescence - you knew it was going to be good as soon at the safety goggles came out. Somehow, Justin got to wear Dave's jacket. There are a few beakers of chemicals along side a graduated cylinder. When the chemicals are combined, a foaming, glow-in-the-dark, serpentining snake of foam snakes up the graduated cylinder. It looked cool. How did I do? I think it was pretty obvious I missed this whole thing. LIV TYLER: She's in the big *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* movie. Us kids simply call it The Rings. Liv has one of those action figures of her from the movie. It's all part of the game these days - merchandising, merchandising, merchandising. And how do the movie companies make money on the merchandising? Volume volume volume. OK, OK. So I didn't see much of this interview either. I'm sorry. I'm doing the best I can. Back for another segment, Liv enjoys a tasty beverage of water from the Late Show mug. Liv recoils from the ugly tasting agua and spits it back into the cup. A concerned Dave wants to know what's wrong. Liv says there is something wrong with the water. Stagehand Pat Farmer quickly rushes in with a new mug of water. Liv takes another sip. Same reaction. Dave then takes the mug and takes a sip himself. Dave too spits the awful water back into the cup. Pat runs out again with a new mug and a fresh bottle of Poland Spring. Liv tastes and is happy with this bottle. Dave demands to know what happened? Pat quickly gives up friend Kenny Sheehan. Dave: "Pat! What's going on?" Pat: "Uhh, Kenny Sheehan in the back." It's the first time I've heard of water going bad. CAKE: From their new CD, *Comfort Eagle, Cake sang "Short Skirt Long Jacket." Great sound. You can't help but think of Lou Reed when you hear it. Just from this one song, the Comfort Eagle* CD deserves a listen. Yes, this was a poor Wahoo Gazette but it wasn't due to lack of effort. And that was our show for Thursday December 13, 2001. The Shnook/Chinook I'm finding it frustrating trying to follow the TV reporting of the war in Afghanistan. Whenever they show video of Afghanistan, I can't tell it the area has just been bombed or if the area hasn't been bombed yet. More on the Shnook/Chinook. The other day, Mariah Carey said while in Kosovo she took a ride on a shnook. Dave made the joke, "That's what I call my agent." I typed "shnook" since that's the way Mariah pronounced it. I knew the correct spelling was Chinook. I probably should have said so at the time. To learn more about the Chinook, I received this from fellow Wahoo readers. From John Grimes of North Carolina - "The Boeing CH-47D Chinook is a twin-turbine, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift transport helicopter. Boeing in Philadelphia manufactures the CH-47D for military customers around the world. More than 600 are currently in service internationally. The word 'Chinook' is originally from the Northwestern Indians, referring to a particular type of wind, and is also the name of a salmon from that region, as well as the nickname for that helicopter." And from Brian Stifora, a meteorologist from the Calgary Weather Office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Chinook is a native Canadian word meaning 'snow-eater'. It is the name given to the mild westerly winds that flow down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains giving southern Alberta mild temperatures in the winter months .. also ridding the area of snow cover. (hence..'snow-eater) These winds have the same physical aspect as the easterly Santa Ana winds of Southern CA., that clear out the smog in the LA basin. Same winds different name. Cheers." Check Out Steppin' Out Looking for something to do this Saturday night? Stay home and at midnight turn your radio dial to ESPN 1050 AM (New York metro area) and listen to *Steppin' Out, the first 12-step program on the radio. It airs a little after midnight and is filled with fascinating stories of addiction, weakness, recovery, and empowerment. To find out more, check out the Steppin' Out* website at www.powerfulradio.com. You can also listen to one of the many shows that have already aired. Not only that, you can find out more about my wife, the co-producer and creator of Steppin' Out, Denise McIntee. Heads-Up To Mailbag Letter Writers FRIDAY'S CBS MAILBAG LETTER #1: From Fatsyl Hastings of Columbia, Illinois "Dear Dave, Can you ask Bill Cosby to bring back Jell-O Pudding Pops?" LETTER #2: From Jerry Smith of Coos Bay, Oregon "Dear Dave, If it's so cold in the Ed Sullivan Theater, why is Tony Mendz always wearing shorts?" LETTER #3: From Mike Barlow of Provo, Utah "Dear Dave, What is your favorite movie?" LETTER #4: From Scott Davis of Billings, Montana "Dear Dave, Why don't people like me?" Fatsyl, Jerry, Mike, Scott - if you miss Friday's show don't come crying to me for a copy. If you read the Wahoo Gazette each and every day like you're supposed to, you would have known your letter was going to be read during Mailbag. I don't mean to sound harsh but I get paid by the hit. Kid Scientists; Liv Tyler; and Cake. PLUS: The Oprah Log; and Late Show Newsmakers. Dave apologizes to Cake who have been bumped from the show TWICE before. The temptation was too great to resist: Dave says they will definitely be on tonight, since "what's a show without Cake?" Paul joins in with, "you don't want to cut the cake a third time." QUEST TO GUEST OPRAH LOG: DAY 36 - "Did not hear from Oprah - not yet!" When Oprah was asked if she would have Dave on her show, People magazine reported she snapped, "No," but then added, "not yet." It was the opening Dave was looking for. Oprah blinked. This shot of optimism came just in the nick of time. Paul's singing of the Oprah song even seemed more lively and hopeful than usual. The Oprah Song: "O from our hearts, We thank you Oprah. You've responded to Dave's shameless groveling mantra. Uber-Oprah, Deepak Chopra, only smarter. And I'll be on installment 2 of Dave's 2 parter. O from our hearts, God bless you, Oprah." LATE SHOW NEWSMAKERS: What's in the news? We cull some photographs off the AP and couple them with hilarious captions. I was prepared to type up some of my favorites but soon realized that the jokes are visual in nature and would not seem funny when read. You'll have to trust me when I say a lot of these were funny. We had 12 ready to go but to insure that Cake would have time to perform, Dave cut some on the fly. KID SCIENTISTS: Brought to you by science teacher Lee Marek of Naperville, Illinois. I hate to tell you this but I missed most of the kids. I was busy putting something together for the Friday show. I'll try my best to make it look like I was paying attention to the experiments. #1. Nadia Viswanath - Dry Ice Resonance - Something to do with dry ice, a spoon, and a hammer. I looked up once and saw Dave and Nadia making funny noise with a spoon on the dry ice. #2. Taylor Woolf - Air pressure - Dave is placed in a big plastic bag and all the air is then sucked out, creating a vacuum-sealed container. The result is Dave feeling the 14.7 pounds per square inch of pressure impacting on his body by the air around him. #3. Justin McGetrich - Chemiluminescence - you knew it was going to be good as soon at the safety goggles came out. Somehow, Justin got to wear Dave's jacket. There are a few beakers of chemicals along side a graduated cylinder. When the chemicals are combined, a foaming, glow-in-the-dark, serpentining snake of foam snakes up the graduated cylinder. It looked cool. How did I do? I think it was pretty obvious I missed this whole thing. LIV TYLER: She's in the big *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* movie. Us kids simply call it The Rings. Liv has one of those action figures of her from the movie. It's all part of the game these days - merchandising, merchandising, merchandising. And how do the movie companies make money on the merchandising? Volume volume volume. OK, OK. So I didn't see much of this interview either. I'm sorry. I'm doing the best I can. Back for another segment, Liv enjoys a tasty beverage of water from the Late Show mug. Liv recoils from the ugly tasting agua and spits it back into the cup. A concerned Dave wants to know what's wrong. Liv says there is something wrong with the water. Stagehand Pat Farmer quickly rushes in with a new mug of water. Liv takes another sip. Same reaction. Dave then takes the mug and takes a sip himself. Dave too spits the awful water back into the cup. Pat runs out again with a new mug and a fresh bottle of Poland Spring. Liv tastes and is happy with this bottle. Dave demands to know what happened? Pat quickly gives up friend Kenny Sheehan. Dave: "Pat! What's going on?" Pat: "Uhh, Kenny Sheehan in the back." It's the first time I've heard of water going bad. CAKE: From their new CD, *Comfort Eagle, Cake sang "Short Skirt Long Jacket." Great sound. You can't help but think of Lou Reed when you hear it. Just from this one song, the Comfort Eagle* CD deserves a listen. Yes, this was a poor Wahoo Gazette but it wasn't due to lack of effort. And that was our show for Thursday December 13, 2001. The Shnook/Chinook I'm finding it frustrating trying to follow the TV reporting of the war in Afghanistan. Whenever they show video of Afghanistan, I can't tell it the area has just been bombed or if the area hasn't been bombed yet. More on the Shnook/Chinook. The other day, Mariah Carey said while in Kosovo she took a ride on a shnook. Dave made the joke, "That's what I call my agent." I typed "shnook" since that's the way Mariah pronounced it. I knew the correct spelling was Chinook. I probably should have said so at the time. To learn more about the Chinook, I received this from fellow Wahoo readers. From John Grimes of North Carolina - "The Boeing CH-47D Chinook is a twin-turbine, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift transport helicopter. Boeing in Philadelphia manufactures the CH-47D for military customers around the world. More than 600 are currently in service internationally. The word 'Chinook' is originally from the Northwestern Indians, referring to a particular type of wind, and is also the name of a salmon from that region, as well as the nickname for that helicopter." And from Brian Stifora, a meteorologist from the Calgary Weather Office in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: "Chinook is a native Canadian word meaning 'snow-eater'. It is the name given to the mild westerly winds that flow down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains giving southern Alberta mild temperatures in the winter months .. also ridding the area of snow cover. (hence..'snow-eater) These winds have the same physical aspect as the easterly Santa Ana winds of Southern CA., that clear out the smog in the LA basin. Same winds different name. Cheers." Check Out Steppin' Out Looking for something to do this Saturday night? Stay home and at midnight turn your radio dial to ESPN 1050 AM (New York metro area) and listen to *Steppin' Out, the first 12-step program on the radio. It airs a little after midnight and is filled with fascinating stories of addiction, weakness, recovery, and empowerment. To find out more, check out the Steppin' Out* website at www.powerfulradio.com. You can also listen to one of the many shows that have already aired. Not only that, you can find out more about my wife, the co-producer and creator of Steppin' Out, Denise McIntee. Heads-Up To Mailbag Letter Writers FRIDAY'S CBS MAILBAG LETTER #1: From Fatsyl Hastings of Columbia, Illinois "Dear Dave, Can you ask Bill Cosby to bring back Jell-O Pudding Pops?" LETTER #2: From Jerry Smith of Coos Bay, Oregon "Dear Dave, If it's so cold in the Ed Sullivan Theater, why is Tony Mendz always wearing shorts?" LETTER #3: From Mike Barlow of Provo, Utah "Dear Dave, What is your favorite movie?" LETTER #4: From Scott Davis of Billings, Montana "Dear Dave, Why don't people like me?" Fatsyl, Jerry, Mike, Scott - if you miss Friday's show don't come crying to me for a copy. If you read the Wahoo Gazette each and every day like you're supposed to, you would have known your letter was going to be read during Mailbag. I don't mean to sound harsh but I get paid by the hit.


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