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			Monday, October 28, 2002 Show #1893
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	Bonnie Hunt; Christina Aguilera; non-surviving Survivor Robb Zbacnik; and a special Top Ten from World Series hero Scott Spiezio. PLUS: The Fox “Whoosh”; Dave’s weekend in Los Angeles; Dr. Phil’s Words of Wisdom; and Biff Henderson’s Fun with a Bullhorn. WHOOSH. Did you watch the World Series? Whoooosh! No matter what the graphic presented, FOX added the “Whoooosh” sound effect. The reason being if you tried to ignore the usually inane graphic, the “ WHOOSH” made it more difficult to do so. Whoosh! The FOX credo: More noise and clutter to get in the way of the simple game of baseball because the game is simply just not good enough. Dave spent part of last week in Los Angeles. Years ago when he lived in L.A., he spent all day surfing, skiing, and volleyball, volleyball, volleyball. Now when in L.A. he spends his time in traffic. Upon checking in to the hotel, the clerk excitedly asked, “Oh, are you here for the big party at the studio?” Dave, laughing on the outside but crying on the inside, said he would not be going to the “big party at the studio.” The people at CBS “forgot” to invite him. DR. PHIL’S WORDS OF WISDOM: - “You want a piece of me, lady?” - “You’re fat, stupid, and a pig.” We have a non-surviving Survivor on tonight, Robb Zbacnik. Dave phones Stephanie to have her ready with a question for the Survivor. Dave asks Stephanie, “What did you do this weekend?” Says Stephanie, “I went to a party.” Everyone’s going to parties but Dave. I’m getting old. I find the best thing about being invited to a party is sending my regrets. BIFF HENDERSON’S FUN WITH A BULLHORN: You know how it works – we send Biff Henderson out on the streets of New York City and bother people with a bullhorn. Highlights included: - Biff on a skateboard with a passerby. - Biff informs a woman that she has something on her face - Biff has two guys eat the entire contents of their lunch bag. - “I already checked. They don’t have Penthouse.” - How many times can I say ‘Hot Dog’ until the vendor gives a free one? - Milky Way - Hang up and save money by dialing 10-10-220. - “There she was just a walking down the street...” - Do you really need the French fries? - Free David Letterman tickets. - Break your cell phone for $100. - Biff gets a free hot dog. SURVIVOR ROBB ZBACNIK: I “Played the Dave” and won big tonight. I prepared for Dave a quick info card on Robb Zbacnik. Robb’s occupation is “Bartender.” Says Dave, “Aren’t they all bartenders?” Yes, it’s been my contention for months now. Every reality show has at least one bartender as a contestant. As soon as Rupert introduced the guy, one look at him and I said, ‘Hey, it’s Sean Kenniff.” Sean Kenniff is a former Survivor contestant. My point was they all seem to look alike. Says Dave, “It’s always this guy!” Dave, too, thinks all the Survivor guys look the same. I included on the blue card Robb’s favorite movie: Snatch. I thought it could come in handy. Robb was also named by “Cosmopolitan” magazine as one of Arizona’s Most Eligible Bachelors. What makes one bachelor more eligible than the next? Also on the blue card but Dave didn’t get to it: - Robb irritated tribe members by eating their bananas without first consulting the group. That’ll get you voted off every time. Stephanie’s question: - How was the weather? - Did you see or touch any monkeys? TOP TEN: THINGS OVERHEARD IN THE ANGELS LOCKER ROOM And to present tonight’s Top Ten List, the hero of the World Series from your Los Angeles Anaheim California Angels, Scott Spiezio. #10. “Mmmm, this Rally Monkey is delicious” #9. “Why is Bud Selig showering with us?” #6. “It sure was nice of the Mets to send over all this pot” #1. “The Victory Parade is Tuesday – start thawing Walt.” BONNIE HUNT: from the new ABC hit show, Life With Bonnie. Bonnie was wearing eyeglasses. Dave said he’s never seen her in eyeglasses before. Retorts Bonnie, “I don’t wear them to bed.” Bonnie watched one of the World Series games in the Disney Suite with Mike Eisner, Tim Allen, John Ritter, and John Travolta. Bonnie was rooting for the Cubs. Bonnie recently participated in Chicago’s Principal for A Day at one of their 1,300 high schools. Her morning announcement on the P.A.: “Tomorrow will be a snow day.” Her new program, Life With Bonnie is an ABC hit and much is improvised. She describes an episode (to be seen tonight – Tuesday) with Martin Mull that was truly funny and spontaneous. Dave compared it to the old Fernwood Tonight shows. Ah, yes, on my top ten TV shows of all time. Nearing the end of the segment, Dave complains that Bonnie has humiliated him. Bonnie explains, “You don’t need help from me.” ACT 5: A very special episode of “Dwight, the Troubled Teen.” Plans for Trick-or-Treating? Dwight responds angrily and storms off. But he quickly returns as Dwight and Alan wish all a Happy Halloween. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: from her new CD, Stripped, Christina sang “Beautiful.” I missed the Aguilera performance as I was checking to see how we announced the Survivor from past shows during the opening announce. Do we include “Survivor Castaway” in the graphic? Looking at a show from May 2002, I discovered that we do. During the taping of the show, we did not have “Survivor Castaway” in the opening announce. Fixing it afterwards, you should have seen it at home during the broadcast. And that was our show for Monday October 28, 2002. Wahoo World Series Wrap-Up Would you start to read a book if you knew the final 20 pages was missing? Neither would I. It’s for that reason many on the east coast did not watch the World Series. If you know you won’t be able to stay up for the end of the game, why watch at all? You can maybe stay up till 12:30 AM for one game, but for 3 consecutive nights? Nope. The New York Mets named Art Howe as their new manager and the fans are not happy. I haven’t seen such a backlash over the naming of a manager since the Yankees picked Joe Torre. SPRING VIRTUAL MANAGER: “Don’t you have anything better to do than waste time reading the Wahoo Gazette?” WORLD SERIES: I watched off and on. GAME 2: In Anaheim – First inning. Angels have already scored 5 runs. Adam Kennedy is up with two outs. The pitcher throws a ball behind Kennedy’s head. He starts to lean back then leans forward to avoid the pitch. The ball hits the bat behind Kennedy’s head and goes in fair territory. The ball is picked up and Kennedy it thrown out at first. The announcer says, “You can watch baseball everyday and you won’t see that in 10 years.” Well, it’ll probably be another 10 years before I see that again because they didn’t show a replay. FOX shows replays after just about every pitch, but on this play, nothing. It makes no sense. (They may have shown it innings later but I fell asleep.) GAME 3: Angels up, 3rd inning, man on first and third. Scott Spiezio gets a base hit up the right-center gap. If the ball gets by the right fielder it will go all the way to the wall and the guy on first will have a good chance to score. We see the rightfielder racing over to intercept the ball. He’s getting closer. It’s going to be close. Will he get to it? Does he get to it? We don’t know. The director decides at that very instant to cut to the guy who was on third base walking across home plate. He did this for those watching at home who don’t realize that a guy on third base will score on a base hit. The director cuts back to the rightfielder who is now chasing down the ball against the wall. The rightfielder did not get to the ball in time. We missed the most important part of the play. The guy on first base scores. Scott Spiezio gets a triple. I scored it this way: Base hit for Spiezio. Two RBIs. Error on the director. I didn’t watch Game 6 till the 7th inning. Good timing. The Angels score 3 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to win 6-5. And the Angels win game 7 to win the Series. I had a good feeling rooting for the Angels all week until they started showing Michael Eisner with his Mickey Mouse shirt. SPRINT VIRTUAL MANAGER RESULTS: “Don’t you have anything better to do than waste time reading the Wahoo Gazette?” 92 % NO. 8 % YES. Major League baseball officials checked into the background of Angel pitcher Frankie Rodriguez. It turns out he’s actually Danny Almonte. A friend of mine went to a few of the games in Anaheim. She considered the noisemakers a nuisance. Too noisy, but worse than that, they obstructed the view of the game. And when Eckstein was up, the fans would make an X with the clappers, as if blocking the view on those behind on purpose. And then you have all those people wearing halos, further obstructing the view. Thank goodness New Yorkers haven’t yet fell prey to the cheap sport props found everywhere else in America. I do think if someone obstructed the view of a fan at the Yankee Stadium with a noise-making clapper, if wouldn’t be for long. Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith broke the NFL career rushing record Sunday. Every highlight clip I saw included a shot of Michael Irvin celebrating on the sideline. The entire Emmitt Smith clip lasted about 10 seconds, with 3 of those seconds devoted to Michael Irvin. Why? SNAPPLE UNDER-THE-CAP FUN OF THE DAY: #97. “A turkey can run 20 mph.” And now the amusing comment: And they’re about to find out it’s not fast enough. Congratulations, Angel fans. Hope you enjoy the Angel parade through Disneyland. Yech. Will you have to pay the entrance fee? And does this mean 11-year-old Roger gets a family? (Obscure reference, but work at it.) Bonnie Hunt; Christina Aguilera; non-surviving Survivor Robb Zbacnik; and a special Top Ten from World Series hero Scott Spiezio. PLUS: The Fox “Whoosh”; Dave’s weekend in Los Angeles; Dr. Phil’s Words of Wisdom; and Biff Henderson’s Fun with a Bullhorn. WHOOSH. Did you watch the World Series? Whoooosh! No matter what the graphic presented, FOX added the “Whoooosh” sound effect. The reason being if you tried to ignore the usually inane graphic, the “ WHOOSH” made it more difficult to do so. Whoosh! The FOX credo: More noise and clutter to get in the way of the simple game of baseball because the game is simply just not good enough. Dave spent part of last week in Los Angeles. Years ago when he lived in L.A., he spent all day surfing, skiing, and volleyball, volleyball, volleyball. Now when in L.A. he spends his time in traffic. Upon checking in to the hotel, the clerk excitedly asked, “Oh, are you here for the big party at the studio?” Dave, laughing on the outside but crying on the inside, said he would not be going to the “big party at the studio.” The people at CBS “forgot” to invite him. DR. PHIL’S WORDS OF WISDOM: - “You want a piece of me, lady?” - “You’re fat, stupid, and a pig.” We have a non-surviving Survivor on tonight, Robb Zbacnik. Dave phones Stephanie to have her ready with a question for the Survivor. Dave asks Stephanie, “What did you do this weekend?” Says Stephanie, “I went to a party.” Everyone’s going to parties but Dave. I’m getting old. I find the best thing about being invited to a party is sending my regrets. BIFF HENDERSON’S FUN WITH A BULLHORN: You know how it works – we send Biff Henderson out on the streets of New York City and bother people with a bullhorn. Highlights included: - Biff on a skateboard with a passerby. - Biff informs a woman that she has something on her face - Biff has two guys eat the entire contents of their lunch bag. - “I already checked. They don’t have Penthouse.” - How many times can I say ‘Hot Dog’ until the vendor gives a free one? - Milky Way - Hang up and save money by dialing 10-10-220. - “There she was just a walking down the street...” - Do you really need the French fries? - Free David Letterman tickets. - Break your cell phone for $100. - Biff gets a free hot dog. SURVIVOR ROBB ZBACNIK: I “Played the Dave” and won big tonight. I prepared for Dave a quick info card on Robb Zbacnik. Robb’s occupation is “Bartender.” Says Dave, “Aren’t they all bartenders?” Yes, it’s been my contention for months now. Every reality show has at least one bartender as a contestant. As soon as Rupert introduced the guy, one look at him and I said, ‘Hey, it’s Sean Kenniff.” Sean Kenniff is a former Survivor contestant. My point was they all seem to look alike. Says Dave, “It’s always this guy!” Dave, too, thinks all the Survivor guys look the same. I included on the blue card Robb’s favorite movie: Snatch. I thought it could come in handy. Robb was also named by “Cosmopolitan” magazine as one of Arizona’s Most Eligible Bachelors. What makes one bachelor more eligible than the next? Also on the blue card but Dave didn’t get to it: - Robb irritated tribe members by eating their bananas without first consulting the group. That’ll get you voted off every time. Stephanie’s question: - How was the weather? - Did you see or touch any monkeys? TOP TEN: THINGS OVERHEARD IN THE ANGELS LOCKER ROOM And to present tonight’s Top Ten List, the hero of the World Series from your Los Angeles Anaheim California Angels, Scott Spiezio. #10. “Mmmm, this Rally Monkey is delicious” #9. “Why is Bud Selig showering with us?” #6. “It sure was nice of the Mets to send over all this pot” #1. “The Victory Parade is Tuesday – start thawing Walt.” BONNIE HUNT: from the new ABC hit show, Life With Bonnie. Bonnie was wearing eyeglasses. Dave said he’s never seen her in eyeglasses before. Retorts Bonnie, “I don’t wear them to bed.” Bonnie watched one of the World Series games in the Disney Suite with Mike Eisner, Tim Allen, John Ritter, and John Travolta. Bonnie was rooting for the Cubs. Bonnie recently participated in Chicago’s Principal for A Day at one of their 1,300 high schools. Her morning announcement on the P.A.: “Tomorrow will be a snow day.” Her new program, Life With Bonnie is an ABC hit and much is improvised. She describes an episode (to be seen tonight – Tuesday) with Martin Mull that was truly funny and spontaneous. Dave compared it to the old Fernwood Tonight shows. Ah, yes, on my top ten TV shows of all time. Nearing the end of the segment, Dave complains that Bonnie has humiliated him. Bonnie explains, “You don’t need help from me.” ACT 5: A very special episode of “Dwight, the Troubled Teen.” Plans for Trick-or-Treating? Dwight responds angrily and storms off. But he quickly returns as Dwight and Alan wish all a Happy Halloween. CHRISTINA AGUILERA: from her new CD, Stripped, Christina sang “Beautiful.” I missed the Aguilera performance as I was checking to see how we announced the Survivor from past shows during the opening announce. Do we include “Survivor Castaway” in the graphic? Looking at a show from May 2002, I discovered that we do. During the taping of the show, we did not have “Survivor Castaway” in the opening announce. Fixing it afterwards, you should have seen it at home during the broadcast. And that was our show for Monday October 28, 2002. Wahoo World Series Wrap-Up Would you start to read a book if you knew the final 20 pages was missing? Neither would I. It’s for that reason many on the east coast did not watch the World Series. If you know you won’t be able to stay up for the end of the game, why watch at all? You can maybe stay up till 12:30 AM for one game, but for 3 consecutive nights? Nope. The New York Mets named Art Howe as their new manager and the fans are not happy. I haven’t seen such a backlash over the naming of a manager since the Yankees picked Joe Torre. SPRING VIRTUAL MANAGER: “Don’t you have anything better to do than waste time reading the Wahoo Gazette?” WORLD SERIES: I watched off and on. GAME 2: In Anaheim – First inning. Angels have already scored 5 runs. Adam Kennedy is up with two outs. The pitcher throws a ball behind Kennedy’s head. He starts to lean back then leans forward to avoid the pitch. The ball hits the bat behind Kennedy’s head and goes in fair territory. The ball is picked up and Kennedy it thrown out at first. The announcer says, “You can watch baseball everyday and you won’t see that in 10 years.” Well, it’ll probably be another 10 years before I see that again because they didn’t show a replay. FOX shows replays after just about every pitch, but on this play, nothing. It makes no sense. (They may have shown it innings later but I fell asleep.) GAME 3: Angels up, 3rd inning, man on first and third. Scott Spiezio gets a base hit up the right-center gap. If the ball gets by the right fielder it will go all the way to the wall and the guy on first will have a good chance to score. We see the rightfielder racing over to intercept the ball. He’s getting closer. It’s going to be close. Will he get to it? Does he get to it? We don’t know. The director decides at that very instant to cut to the guy who was on third base walking across home plate. He did this for those watching at home who don’t realize that a guy on third base will score on a base hit. The director cuts back to the rightfielder who is now chasing down the ball against the wall. The rightfielder did not get to the ball in time. We missed the most important part of the play. The guy on first base scores. Scott Spiezio gets a triple. I scored it this way: Base hit for Spiezio. Two RBIs. Error on the director. I didn’t watch Game 6 till the 7th inning. Good timing. The Angels score 3 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to win 6-5. And the Angels win game 7 to win the Series. I had a good feeling rooting for the Angels all week until they started showing Michael Eisner with his Mickey Mouse shirt. SPRINT VIRTUAL MANAGER RESULTS: “Don’t you have anything better to do than waste time reading the Wahoo Gazette?” 92 % NO. 8 % YES. Major League baseball officials checked into the background of Angel pitcher Frankie Rodriguez. It turns out he’s actually Danny Almonte. A friend of mine went to a few of the games in Anaheim. She considered the noisemakers a nuisance. Too noisy, but worse than that, they obstructed the view of the game. And when Eckstein was up, the fans would make an X with the clappers, as if blocking the view on those behind on purpose. And then you have all those people wearing halos, further obstructing the view. Thank goodness New Yorkers haven’t yet fell prey to the cheap sport props found everywhere else in America. I do think if someone obstructed the view of a fan at the Yankee Stadium with a noise-making clapper, if wouldn’t be for long. Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith broke the NFL career rushing record Sunday. Every highlight clip I saw included a shot of Michael Irvin celebrating on the sideline. The entire Emmitt Smith clip lasted about 10 seconds, with 3 of those seconds devoted to Michael Irvin. Why? SNAPPLE UNDER-THE-CAP FUN OF THE DAY: #97. “A turkey can run 20 mph.” And now the amusing comment: And they’re about to find out it’s not fast enough. Congratulations, Angel fans. Hope you enjoy the Angel parade through Disneyland. Yech. Will you have to pay the entrance fee? And does this mean 11-year-old Roger gets a family? (Obscure reference, but work at it.)


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