Dave explains who is our guest, Sam Easterson. He's an animal videographer who places cameras on the heads of animals to view how they see the world from their perspective. To help in his explanation, Dave asks Paul to name an animal. Paul says "opossum." Dave then explains how Sam would place a camera atop the head of an opossum, pronouncing the silent "O" while doing so, and record the opossum's daily activity from the opossum's point of view. Near the end of his explanation, I started pleading for Dave to ask Paul for another animal. Dave then asked Paul for another animal. Paul says "Tiger." Dave then explains how Sam would place a camera atop the head of a tiger and record the tiger's daily activity from the tiger's point of view. Dave explained the tiger procedure in exactly the same manner he explained the opossum. I hoped Dave would ask for another animal from Paul but before Dave could do so, Paul says "I understand he also does this with vegetables." Dave says that is correct and asks Paul to name a vegetable. Paul says "turnip." Dave explains that a turnip is a tuber, which grows underground and wouldn't reveal much if Sam places a video camera atop the head of a tuber. Dave explains the procedure if the vegetable were corn. I laughed throughout the repetitive explanation from Dave.

We can't show highlights of the Olympic games because that is NBC's business. We'd get sued if we did. Instead, we'll do the next best thing. It's another installment of "Out of Focus Olympic Highlight of the Night." Tonight's highlight, the finals in the 400 meter dash. It sounded exciting. The video reception from the clip reminded me of a Barbra Streisand movie.

And did you see the odd Olympic promo put out by NBC? It was strange. We see the clip. The announcer in the promo had a hard time pronouncing the hard-to-pronounce names of the foreigners. What a hoot.

Back from the clip, we see Dave performing his own Olympic event. Placing a pencil vertical on the desk, he keeps the pencil upright by putting his forehead on the top of the erect pencil. He then slowly lets go of the pencil. The only thing keeping the pencil from falling is Dave's forehead. I don't think any other late night talk show host could perform that feat.

Senator John Kerry is fighting back against the attacks against his service in Vietnam. Have you seen the commercial?

-"John Kerry is outraged by the commercials attacking his heroism in Vietnam. Well, Senator Kerry would just like to tell President Bush, "If you continue to allow these commercials, let me warn you - when I was over in Vietnam I learned some . . . . crazy Kung Fu. Don't make me use it." (cut to a doctored photo of a bare-chested John Kerry in a Kung Fu pose.)

GEORGE W. BUSH STRAIGHT TALKER: From a recent appearance on the Larry King Live show, we see the President stumble, trip, stammer, and flub a badly beaten sentence. I can understand how this could happen. Most anyone would become awe-struck by the courtside beauty of Larry King.

28th OLYMPIAD QUIZ - we sent a camera crew to Athens to shoot some footage and then had the footage analyzed in our comedy lab stateside. The result was this quiz. Some of my favorites:

(an old woman in sunglasses at an outdoor cafe) The Olympics were attended by:
A) Sports fans from around the world
B) Citizens from over 120 different countries
C) Celebrities like Jack Nicholson

(heavy guy talking to hot babe) This guy has:
A) No tickets
B) No credentials
C) No chance

(old man sitting outdoors at red box-like desk) One of the features of the Olympic Village was:
A) volunteers handing out guidebooks
B) local residents answering questions
C) The "Meet Dave Letterman" booth

(man peering over fruit) Here we see:
A) A local fruit vendor
B) a concession stand owner
C) part of Greece's elite stealth undercover security force

(old guys) These men:
A) are on line to buy tickets
B) have traveled far to see the Games
C) just defeated the United States Men's Basketball Team.

Have you seen the odd commercial promoting Bravo's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"? Doesn't quite make sense.

"Next month, 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' returns with its wildest episode ever! The Fab Five work their magic on their highest-profile straight guy yet, turning his life upside-down and rocking the New Jersey political landscape." (cut to New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey).

Hello? Anybody out there? I expected to hear crickets following this joke but I think it even put the crickets to sleep. Dave attempts to explain the joke about New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, "He apparently likes to have sex with men. It was a surprise to his wife." Paul and Dave suggest that New Jersey make some hay out of this, perhaps putting on their license plate, "Our Governor is Gay."

TOP TEN: Signs You're Not Going To Win A Gold Medal in Olympic Softball - and to present tonight's top ten list, from Athens, Greece, the gold medal winning United States Olympics Softball Team.
#6. Your starting lineup includes six players from the Montreal Expos.
#4. Your starting shortstop --- the frozen head of Ted Williams.
#3. Won't go to third base because you're "just not that kind of girl."

The U.S. Womens Olympic Softball team went 9-0 in these Olympic Games, outscoring their opponents 51-1 in the process. They are currently on a 79-game winning streak.

DENIS LEARY: From the FX network, "Rescue Me", Wednesday night's at 10. I've heard great things about it. Denis became interested in firefighters some years ago when his cousin and childhood friend died fighting a fire in 1999 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He organized "The Leary Firefighters" that raises money for families of firefighters killed in the line of duty, as well as raising money for firefighting equipment.
Denis shares his views on the Olympics ("the pommel horse? Come on, they're circus people"), synchronized diving ("What's the point? It's like having 4 men boxing."), steroids ("let them use what they want. The more the better.), the Red Sox ("they'll never win. They're cursed. It's a curse. Yeah, trade your best player in mid-season . . . . and get nothing for him! Good job!")
Good two segments by Mr. Leary. I enjoyed.
For more on the Leary Firefighters, check out www.learyfirefighters.org.

ACT 5: The Late Show presents "Odd Names Found While Flipping Through a New York City Phone Book."
-Mary Christmas
-Bill Board
-Mike Imstillavirgin
This has been The Late Show presents "Odd Names Found Wile Flipping Through a New York City Phone Book.

SAM EASTERSON: he's the animal videographer. We see clips from the point of view of a sheep, a tumble weed, an armadillo, a buffalo, a chick, a wolf and an alligator. We bump out of the segment with the tarantula clip. For more on Sam Easterson and his work, check him out at www.anivegvideo.com. Entertaining in an odd sort of way. I enjoyed it. It was something new.

And that was our show for Tuesday, August 24, 2004. Wahoo EXTRA!

Here's something I don't get. With the Republican National Convention coming to New York City next week, it is reported that thousands upon thousands will be arriving to demonstrate their displeasure with the current administration in the White House. Some report 75,000, other reports claim up to 250,000 will be descending upon our small town. They want to hold their demonstration on the Great Lawn in Central Park. It is a wide open area which could maybe accommodate the expected crowd. The mayor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, won't allow the permit for such a demonstration. He would rather provide them an area on the West Side Highway. Why? Wouldn't the Mayor want over a hundred thousand unrulies isolated in the Park away from everyone? Putting them in the Park would create the least inconvenience to those of us who only want to get in and get out of the city to put forth our daily toil. Why would you want them directed to a crowded highway which will clog and choke traffic and become a nuisance to all? I say put them in the Park and pray for rain. And since when do demonstrators and protesters ask permission? That's not the way I learned it back in the day. You do the opposite of what the Man tells you to do. You're supposed to fight the establishment. If 100,000 want to hold a demonstration in the park, a few hundred cops won't be able to stop you. So if you plan on coming to New York City next week to air a beef, go where you want and do what you want. All I ask is you don't screw up my commute.

Show #2222 reminds me of an old joke I heard years ago on "Batman." The Riddler had unwisely sent Commissioner Gordon a clue to a dirty deed he was about to perform. The Commissioner passed it on to the Caped Crusader who then took it back to the Bat Cave. There, Batman and Robin tried to solve the puzzling riddle. The first part of the riddle went like this:

"What time of day reminds you of an oncoming train?" Robin quickly pounded his fist into his palm and explained "Simple! 1:58 . . . . . . Two To Two!" making the sound of a train whistle. Man, they don't make shows like that anymore. Which reminds me, did you hear the first season of "Sledgehammer" is now on DVD?!

More about the Olympics:
And I only like the events where winning the Gold is the final destination. Olympic Basketball? It's only a stepping stone to millions of dollars in the NBA. So too with baseball. Same with Boxing. I'm more interested in track and field, where the Olympics is the pinnacle of the sport. There is no Professional Hurdling Team or Shot Putting team.
The new hot sport about to flourish? Badminton. Great exercise, easy to learn, and you can really work up a sweat when played competitively. I would say "Mark my words" but I think I said the same thing 4 years ago.

From Wahoo reader Julie Morello, Madison, Wisconsin, concerning the error in scoring by the Olympic judges in the Men's All-Around regarding U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm:

"About Paul Hamm (a good Wisc. boy)... One of my co-workers is a gymnastics judge, qualified to judge at a fairly high level. She has this to say about the issue. It is not unusual or uncommon for the incorrect start value to be posted before a routine. It is up to the gymnast & coaches to check the start values and bring the error to the attention of the officials before the routine is started. A gymnast learns this by the time they are 8 years old. It is against gymnastic rules to protest a start value after a routine has been completed and the competitor has moved on to the next venue. The gymnastic community understands this and is not upset by this incidence. It is the non-gymnastic public that is causing controversy over something that they know nothing about. Paul Hamm does not have to and should not have to give up his medal. A second gold medal does not have to be awarded to the Korean gymnast. 'Get over it. Give it up. Shut up about something you know nothing about!'

First sign of the upcoming Republican National Convention: I saw a guy on the sidewalk with a small table selling NYPD hats and FDNY hats. He also had decks of Iraqi Most Wanted playing cards for sale.

Why does commercial radio allow Satellite radio to advertise on their stations? Can't they get a dollar from someone else?