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Kristin Chenoweth; John Witherspoon; and Josh Ritter.
PLUS: new from Avis; a tribute Gerald Ford; Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; a top ten list; and Late Show Fun Facts.
Dave has been toying around with his computer. He says he's run into trouble trying to Google. He laments, "I have never once successfully googled." Every time he tries to google, he gets the message: "Number of items found under the listing: zero." Dave grew up when googling was done with Encyclopedias. Dave offers to the youngsters watching that Encyclopedias were books. Dave says he was on the computer and when he typed in the keywords "Big Girls" and "Circus", he got nothing. Hmmm, did he try without the quotation marks? I'm surprised he didn't find anything with "Big Girls" and "Circus." I would think at least the Rosie O'Donnell wedding would come up.
Relax, everybody. It's just a joke. One Donald Trump would tell.
Last week reminded us all of what a decent man Gerald Ford truly was. Dave saw one tribute, however, that stuck a discordant note. We take a look.
Announcer:
"Gerald Ford famously presented himself as a common man by toasting his own English muffins every morning. Yes, Ford started every day with an English muffin. And look what happened to him. Think about it, America. Dunkin' Donuts --- Step out, bitch."
Avis is going to be the first car rental company to offer wireless internet connection within their vehicles. We take a look at a commercial.
Announcer: (various Avis car rental shots)
"Avis is bringing the internet to the comfort of your rental car. For just $10.95 a day, our quality vehicles come equipped with WiFi hotspots so drivers can conveniently check real-time traffic reports (shot of car down highway), local weather (weather icon), or surf adult sites (car losing control, spinning out and crashing). Avis: Now that's smart driving."
GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES: We see FDR. We see JFK. We see George W. Bush: "I like to fish."
LATE SHOW FUN FACTS
-the state with the longest coast line in the continental United States: Michigan. I first guessed California, but then remembered it wasn't California. I changed my guess to Florida. Buzz.
-A woodpecker can peck twenty times per second. Dave says, "That's an excellent pecker." He follows that, as if answering the comment, "Why, thank you, doctor."
-The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
-The shoe Nikita Khrushchev used to band on the United Nations table was purchased by Thom McCann.
-In 1978, a Wisconsin man was beaten by an angry mob after asking for "no cheese' on his Whopper.
-In 12% of the DNA tests on his program, Maury Povich is the father. (remember when I would always point out the topic to the daytime talk shows? Maury's was always about paternity suits.)
-Famous composer Marvin Hamlisch spends much of his free time collecting aluminum cans
-When life hands you gators . . . . make Gatorade
-In 1972, the FCC once fined Julia Child $50,000 for saying the word "nutmeat."
-In America, motorists drive on the right side of the road. In England, motorists drive on the left side of the road. In Norway, they drive in the middle
-When he gets caught in the rain, Donald Trump smells like a Basset Hound.
-The Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s was fought over whether it should be called 'The Iran-Iraq War" or the 'Iraq-Iran War.'
-Tom Brokaw does a newscast in his living room each night for his wife.
-People who live together for extended periods end up blinking at the same time.
-The actual Godzilla was only 7 feet tall and was killed by Japanese soldiers within minutes
-Since 1980, the runner-up in each Presidential election has received a fifty-dollar gift certificate to Filene's Basement.
-Despite the common advertising claim, few gifts that are perfect for dads are also perfect for Grads.
-Ted Williams' last words were, "I was kidding about being fro-"
-The record high for this date occurred in 1888 when temperatures in Trenton, New Jersey reached 153 degrees.
-Strict vegetarians do not eat beefsteak tomatoes
-Larry King wears suspenders in the shower
-Lucky numbers for today are 9, 15, 23, and 47
-When contacted during a 1978 seance, Franklin D. Roosevelt said that he didn't care for his likeness on the dime.
-To appear on "Inside the Actors' Studio', you must agree to have sex with James Lipton.
TOP TEN: Signs Your Dog Is Too Fat - the FDA has approved the first diet pill for obese dogs.
To watch the Top Ten, click on the top ten thing over there to the right.
Dave then impersonates a dog working a deep fryer. In my database, I will mark this shot under "Odd Dave."
KRISTIN CHENOWETH: She works right down the block in Studio 54 in the Broadway revival of "The Apple Tree." The last time Kristin was on the show, she told about an injury she suffered in the show, "Wicked." She herniated a disc while performing he signature "Hair Flip." In "The Apple Tree", she fell into a hole in the stage about the size of a coffin. She managed to herniate another disc and fracture a rib. But the show went on. "I'm a real trouper," she proudly proclaims.
A trouper? I know what it means, but I decided to look it up.
Trouper:
1. A member of a theatrical company.
2. A veteran actor or performer.
3. A reliable, uncomplaining, often hard-working person.
Just as I thought. She literally is a "trouper." A real trouper trouper.
First job in show business? Maybe not her first job, but she once worked a job delivering singing telegrams. It was decent money for a college kid; $100 a telegram. It was her first week on the job and she gets sent to this guy's house. She says she had to dress up as Little Bo Peep but she wasn't sure why. Dave ganders at the pretty and buxom Ms. Chenoweth and the reason for the Bo Peep costume doesn't need to be explained to him. She arrives as the guy's house and tells him it's a gift from his buddies, Bob, Tony, and Jeff. She then begins to sing, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling." As she sings, the guy gets more and more depressed. When she's done, the sad man invites her inside. His friends thought it would be a funny joke. He glumly tells Kristin that he just got a vasectomy. Kristin soon quit her singing telegram career after that.
Here's something interesting; the new NBC show by Aaron Sorkin "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip" has a character based on Kristin. How did that happen? Kristin says that she and Aaron once had a thing going on. Dave asks, "What does he think of the Little Bo Peep costume?" Kristin laughs and says, "I don't know, but he likes the nurse."
Kristin Chenoweth - you can see her in "The Apple Tree" through March at Studio 54. And she'll be appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in her show, "Kristin Chenoweth: Live at the Met" for one night only, January 19th.
JOHN WITHERSPOON: Our old friend of the show is dressed a bit like Michael Jackson. Dave asks, "Did you enlist?" 'Spoon said he was thinking of taking his Michael show on the road, but has reneged now that Michael is reportedly making a comeback.
John ran into some trouble on his flight into town. Airport security took his cologne. And it was expensive cologne. He had two bottles, each about $200. The guy told him, "I'm sorry, that's too much liquid. We'll have to confiscate it." John decided that before turning it in, he'd get his money's worth. Before boarding, he sprayed the contents all over his body. He ended up sitting alone on the plane.
Resolutions? John has resolved to straighten up his life. He made a bad choice last year when he took a puff of a marijuana cigarette. It had been years since he's tried it, but found himself surrounded by some young dudes who kept offering. Succumbing to peer pressure, Spoon tried some. And he admits he had never been so high before in his life. He went and stood in the corner for 3 hours. It's supposed to make you hungry, but John didn't eat for three days. On the fourth day, he made himself an ice cube sandwich.
But John always tries to set a good example for his children. He offered to help his 5th grader with his math homework the other day. His son said he would rather wait for mom to come home and help. John persisted. So his son agreed and asked dad, "What's an obtuse angle?" John thought . . . and thought . . . . and then told his son that he should wait for his mother to come home.
John will be performing at the Lincoln Center in Washington D.C. on February 9th and at the Alexis Resort in Las Vegas on February 16th.
ACT 5: "If you have a complaint about anything you've seen on tonight's show, write down your comments and send them to:
Donald Trump
c/o Trump Towers
725 5th Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Go nuts, people!"
JOSH RITTER: From his new CD, "The Animal Years", Josh performed "Girl in the War."
And that was our show for Friday, January 12, 2007.
So where were you 38 years ago today, January 12, 1969?
"Jets quarterback Joe Namath 'guaranteed' victory on the Thursday before the game, then went out and led the AFL to its first Super Bowl victory over a Baltimore team that had lost only once in 16 games all season.
Namath, chosen the outstanding player, completed 17 of 28 passes for 206 yards and directed a steady attack that dominated the NFL champions after the Jets' defense had intercepted Colts quarterback Earl Morrall three times in the first half.
The Jets had 337 total yards, including 121 rushing yards by Matt Snell.
Johnny Unitas, who had missed most of the season with a sore elbow, came off the bench and led Baltimore to its only touchdown late in the fourth quarter after New York led 16-0.
Hey, Fab Faux fans, check them out at the State Theater in Easton, Pennsylvania January 27th where they'll perform the Rubber Soul album, along with other Beatle favorites, and on the 28th, the Revolver album.
For more Fab Faux news, check out their website at www.thefabfaux.com.
Have your read about this small trailer-park town of Briny Breezes on the coast in Florida? The owners have voted to sell their beachfront properties to a developer for over $510 million. The sale will make most of the trailer home-owners new millionaires.
They are ecstatic . . . . and my bet is within 3 years most will be sorry they sold. From the photos I've seen, they've got a real good thing going down there.
I've been getting a lot of responses about my query about where a dad should walk when escorting a bride down the aisle. Do the both share the center? Or does the bride get the center, and dad, who is escorting, is off to the side. Most say it is a shared honor and that both get the middle, the center line going between the bride and dad. I've also been receiving some humorous stories about weddings, which I'm thinking of adding to future Wahoos. I always though a maitre d' could write a good book about what he's seen at weddings and affairs.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
From Chicago, Illinois, it's Paul Pacholski
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
Kristin Chenoweth; John Witherspoon; and Josh Ritter.
PLUS: new from Avis; a tribute Gerald Ford; Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; a top ten list; and Late Show Fun Facts.
Dave has been toying around with his computer. He says he's run into trouble trying to Google. He laments, "I have never once successfully googled." Every time he tries to google, he gets the message: "Number of items found under the listing: zero." Dave grew up when googling was done with Encyclopedias. Dave offers to the youngsters watching that Encyclopedias were books. Dave says he was on the computer and when he typed in the keywords "Big Girls" and "Circus", he got nothing. Hmmm, did he try without the quotation marks? I'm surprised he didn't find anything with "Big Girls" and "Circus." I would think at least the Rosie O'Donnell wedding would come up.
Relax, everybody. It's just a joke. One Donald Trump would tell.
Last week reminded us all of what a decent man Gerald Ford truly was. Dave saw one tribute, however, that stuck a discordant note. We take a look.
Announcer:
"Gerald Ford famously presented himself as a common man by toasting his own English muffins every morning. Yes, Ford started every day with an English muffin. And look what happened to him. Think about it, America. Dunkin' Donuts --- Step out, bitch."
Avis is going to be the first car rental company to offer wireless internet connection within their vehicles. We take a look at a commercial.
Announcer: (various Avis car rental shots)
"Avis is bringing the internet to the comfort of your rental car. For just $10.95 a day, our quality vehicles come equipped with WiFi hotspots so drivers can conveniently check real-time traffic reports (shot of car down highway), local weather (weather icon), or surf adult sites (car losing control, spinning out and crashing). Avis: Now that's smart driving."
GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES: We see FDR. We see JFK. We see George W. Bush: "I like to fish."
LATE SHOW FUN FACTS
-the state with the longest coast line in the continental United States: Michigan. I first guessed California, but then remembered it wasn't California. I changed my guess to Florida. Buzz.
-A woodpecker can peck twenty times per second. Dave says, "That's an excellent pecker." He follows that, as if answering the comment, "Why, thank you, doctor."
-The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma.
-The shoe Nikita Khrushchev used to band on the United Nations table was purchased by Thom McCann.
-In 1978, a Wisconsin man was beaten by an angry mob after asking for "no cheese' on his Whopper.
-In 12% of the DNA tests on his program, Maury Povich is the father. (remember when I would always point out the topic to the daytime talk shows? Maury's was always about paternity suits.)
-Famous composer Marvin Hamlisch spends much of his free time collecting aluminum cans
-When life hands you gators . . . . make Gatorade
-In 1972, the FCC once fined Julia Child $50,000 for saying the word "nutmeat."
-In America, motorists drive on the right side of the road. In England, motorists drive on the left side of the road. In Norway, they drive in the middle
-When he gets caught in the rain, Donald Trump smells like a Basset Hound.
-The Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s was fought over whether it should be called 'The Iran-Iraq War" or the 'Iraq-Iran War.'
-Tom Brokaw does a newscast in his living room each night for his wife.
-People who live together for extended periods end up blinking at the same time.
-The actual Godzilla was only 7 feet tall and was killed by Japanese soldiers within minutes
-Since 1980, the runner-up in each Presidential election has received a fifty-dollar gift certificate to Filene's Basement.
-Despite the common advertising claim, few gifts that are perfect for dads are also perfect for Grads.
-Ted Williams' last words were, "I was kidding about being fro-"
-The record high for this date occurred in 1888 when temperatures in Trenton, New Jersey reached 153 degrees.
-Strict vegetarians do not eat beefsteak tomatoes
-Larry King wears suspenders in the shower
-Lucky numbers for today are 9, 15, 23, and 47
-When contacted during a 1978 seance, Franklin D. Roosevelt said that he didn't care for his likeness on the dime.
-To appear on "Inside the Actors' Studio', you must agree to have sex with James Lipton.
TOP TEN: Signs Your Dog Is Too Fat - the FDA has approved the first diet pill for obese dogs.
To watch the Top Ten, click on the top ten thing over there to the right.
Dave then impersonates a dog working a deep fryer. In my database, I will mark this shot under "Odd Dave."
KRISTIN CHENOWETH: She works right down the block in Studio 54 in the Broadway revival of "The Apple Tree." The last time Kristin was on the show, she told about an injury she suffered in the show, "Wicked." She herniated a disc while performing he signature "Hair Flip." In "The Apple Tree", she fell into a hole in the stage about the size of a coffin. She managed to herniate another disc and fracture a rib. But the show went on. "I'm a real trouper," she proudly proclaims.
A trouper? I know what it means, but I decided to look it up.
Trouper:
1. A member of a theatrical company.
2. A veteran actor or performer.
3. A reliable, uncomplaining, often hard-working person.
Just as I thought. She literally is a "trouper." A real trouper trouper.
First job in show business? Maybe not her first job, but she once worked a job delivering singing telegrams. It was decent money for a college kid; $100 a telegram. It was her first week on the job and she gets sent to this guy's house. She says she had to dress up as Little Bo Peep but she wasn't sure why. Dave ganders at the pretty and buxom Ms. Chenoweth and the reason for the Bo Peep costume doesn't need to be explained to him. She arrives as the guy's house and tells him it's a gift from his buddies, Bob, Tony, and Jeff. She then begins to sing, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling." As she sings, the guy gets more and more depressed. When she's done, the sad man invites her inside. His friends thought it would be a funny joke. He glumly tells Kristin that he just got a vasectomy. Kristin soon quit her singing telegram career after that.
Here's something interesting; the new NBC show by Aaron Sorkin "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip" has a character based on Kristin. How did that happen? Kristin says that she and Aaron once had a thing going on. Dave asks, "What does he think of the Little Bo Peep costume?" Kristin laughs and says, "I don't know, but he likes the nurse."
Kristin Chenoweth - you can see her in "The Apple Tree" through March at Studio 54. And she'll be appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in her show, "Kristin Chenoweth: Live at the Met" for one night only, January 19th.
JOHN WITHERSPOON: Our old friend of the show is dressed a bit like Michael Jackson. Dave asks, "Did you enlist?" 'Spoon said he was thinking of taking his Michael show on the road, but has reneged now that Michael is reportedly making a comeback.
John ran into some trouble on his flight into town. Airport security took his cologne. And it was expensive cologne. He had two bottles, each about $200. The guy told him, "I'm sorry, that's too much liquid. We'll have to confiscate it." John decided that before turning it in, he'd get his money's worth. Before boarding, he sprayed the contents all over his body. He ended up sitting alone on the plane.
Resolutions? John has resolved to straighten up his life. He made a bad choice last year when he took a puff of a marijuana cigarette. It had been years since he's tried it, but found himself surrounded by some young dudes who kept offering. Succumbing to peer pressure, Spoon tried some. And he admits he had never been so high before in his life. He went and stood in the corner for 3 hours. It's supposed to make you hungry, but John didn't eat for three days. On the fourth day, he made himself an ice cube sandwich.
But John always tries to set a good example for his children. He offered to help his 5th grader with his math homework the other day. His son said he would rather wait for mom to come home and help. John persisted. So his son agreed and asked dad, "What's an obtuse angle?" John thought . . . and thought . . . . and then told his son that he should wait for his mother to come home.
John will be performing at the Lincoln Center in Washington D.C. on February 9th and at the Alexis Resort in Las Vegas on February 16th.
ACT 5: "If you have a complaint about anything you've seen on tonight's show, write down your comments and send them to:
Donald Trump
c/o Trump Towers
725 5th Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Go nuts, people!"
JOSH RITTER: From his new CD, "The Animal Years", Josh performed "Girl in the War."
And that was our show for Friday, January 12, 2007.
So where were you 38 years ago today, January 12, 1969?
"Jets quarterback Joe Namath 'guaranteed' victory on the Thursday before the game, then went out and led the AFL to its first Super Bowl victory over a Baltimore team that had lost only once in 16 games all season.
Namath, chosen the outstanding player, completed 17 of 28 passes for 206 yards and directed a steady attack that dominated the NFL champions after the Jets' defense had intercepted Colts quarterback Earl Morrall three times in the first half.
The Jets had 337 total yards, including 121 rushing yards by Matt Snell.
Johnny Unitas, who had missed most of the season with a sore elbow, came off the bench and led Baltimore to its only touchdown late in the fourth quarter after New York led 16-0.
Hey, Fab Faux fans, check them out at the State Theater in Easton, Pennsylvania January 27th where they'll perform the Rubber Soul album, along with other Beatle favorites, and on the 28th, the Revolver album.
For more Fab Faux news, check out their website at www.thefabfaux.com.
Have your read about this small trailer-park town of Briny Breezes on the coast in Florida? The owners have voted to sell their beachfront properties to a developer for over $510 million. The sale will make most of the trailer home-owners new millionaires.
They are ecstatic . . . . and my bet is within 3 years most will be sorry they sold. From the photos I've seen, they've got a real good thing going down there.
I've been getting a lot of responses about my query about where a dad should walk when escorting a bride down the aisle. Do the both share the center? Or does the bride get the center, and dad, who is escorting, is off to the side. Most say it is a shared honor and that both get the middle, the center line going between the bride and dad. I've also been receiving some humorous stories about weddings, which I'm thinking of adding to future Wahoos. I always though a maitre d' could write a good book about what he's seen at weddings and affairs.
CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
From Chicago, Illinois, it's Paul Pacholski
This concludes another installment of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
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