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Keith Olbermann; Chandra Wilson; and Delta Goodrem. PLUS:Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; Miss Liberty Gets Retouched; The New Book "Late Show Fun Facts"; and a Top Ten List.
" . . . . and now, legendary blues musician . . . David Letterman!"
ACT 1:
About an hour or so before the taping of the show, we got a phone call . . . . Senator John McCain will not be able to come on the show. According to his 3:00 PM speech, due to the "historic crisis in our financial system," he is suspending his campaign for President and returning immediately to Washington DC to drum up support for the bail-out proposal. McCain believed the plan on the table as it currently stood would not pass and we are desperately running out of time to get this thing back on track. So he felt he was needed in Washington. No Senator John McCain tonight.
GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES
Our President has a bit of trouble with the English language, sounding as if the roof of his mouth is caked with peanut butter.
ACT 2:
As mentioned above, just before the show Dave received a call from Senator John McCain that he would not be making it to the show because he was needed in Washington to help get this $700 billion bail-out approved. Dave acknowledges the Senator to being a real American hero, but something doesn't smell right. This doesn't pass Dave's "smell" test. Dave believes something's not right in the McCain campaign; someone must have put something in his Metamucil.
Fearing the economy was about to "crater," McCain has decided to suspend his campaign. OK, so McCain thinks he is needed in Washington, but that doesn't mean the campaign should be suspended. Dave says if McCain is needed in D.C., he should go, but then he should send in the backup quarterback to continue with the campaign. That's what she's there for; to fill in. "You don't quit." The Vice President . . . Sarah Palin . . . she should take over the campaign. But where is she?
Paul Shaffer offers, "She is one hot looking babe."
Dave laughs, then continues, "This isn't how a tested hero behaves." Dave suspects someone is putting ideas into his head, then sighs a non-understanding sigh.
And if you and your family have been out of work for the past 4 years and all you have left in your pocket is $20, spend it on the "Late Show Fun Facts" book, in stores now. It retails for $19.99, but I've seen it on the internets for much less. The book is so good, Dave gushes, "Finally, something that makes Guttenberg look like a genius."
And everyone here in New York was excited to have Sarah Palin in town for this United Nations General Assembly. It was sort of like "Meet the Teacher" night for all the world leaders. New Yorkers were happy to have her here, we quickly put this together.
We take a shot of the restructured Statue of Liberty. The face of Miss Liberty is that of Sarah Palin. Ahhhhh.
Dave can't let it go: "You don't suspend your campaign if you believe in your Vice President. You let her take over."
And if you're in New York this week, you should head over to Central Park where they hung David Blaine. He's doing some stunt where he is hanging upside down for 60 hours. We see him being interviewed during his hanging stunt that really interests nobody. And in the middle of the interview, the cable holding the grand magician/illusionist snaps and Blaine falls to the earth.
My favorite part was hearing the fake screams moments after he fell.
Blaine later explained the cable didn't accidentally snap. He decided at that moment that he was needed more in Washington.
ACT 3: TOP TEN: Questions People Are Asking the John McCain Campaign
7. "This is Clay Aiken. Is McCain single?"
1. "This is President Bush --- what's all this about trouble with the economy?"
KEITH OLBERMANN: From MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."
Of course the conversation is about McCain, his suspending his campaign, dropping out of Friday's debate, and this financial boondoggle that is probably a lot more serious than we want to believe. Olbermann offers this obvious solution to one of the above: Make Friday's debate in Mississippi about the economy rather than the topic of Foreign Policy, but that's too simple.
Dave again shares that just before the show, Senator McCain called to say he was racing back to Washington to fix this thing and couldn't do tonight's show. Certainly we were disappointed and somewhere back in my head I was hoping he was being sincere. But then . . . . . happening right at this moment in the show . . . . maybe around 5:10 PM EST . . . . taking place 4 blocks away from the Ed Sullivan Theater . . . . . precisely the moment John McCain was supposed to be HERE . . . . we show a LIVE shot of Senator McCain being dabbed with makeup preparing for an interview with Katie Couric. It certainly didn't look like the Senator was racing back to Washington. He was getting ready for a little Q&A with Katie Couric four blocks away! When he was supposed to be HERE! Katie asks McCain a question and Dave calls out from his desk, "Hey, John, I got a question . . . do you need a ride to the airport?!"
Dave repeats, "Something smells."
Dave tries to imagine what Barack Obama and Joe Biden must have thought when they heard of McCain's decision. Dave likens it to being a kid when you heard that there was so much snow that there was no school.
Olbermann's puts it simply to Dave: "He ditched you."
ACT 5: Announce: "Tomorrow on the Late Show, Dave welcomes Paris Hilton, the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, and musical guest Morningwood.
The Late Show! If you have a muffler problem, we have the solution.
We'll be right back."
ACT 6:
During the break, Dave received this note: "McCain has concluded his interview with Katie Couric. He is now on the ‘Rachael Ray Show' making veal picatta."
CHANDRA WILSON: From ABC's very popular Grey's Anatomy. She's the one I like on the "Grey's." If I was rushed to the hospital with a dislocated head, I would want Chandra to be the one to operate on me. Chandra's character is all business; very professional. All the other doctors in the hospital are more concerned with who is canoodling and kissy-pooing with whom than they are with the dying patient on the operating table. Am I really supposed to care if Dr. Sally is having a problem with her adulterous affair when some guy in the operating room has a 2-by-4 plank sticking out of his chest? For the same reason, this is why my wife and all her friends love the "Grey's." They are enthralled with the juicy relationships.
Dr. Carol is crying. Did she just lose a patient? No, she just saw boytoy Billy kissing someone in the elevator.
Chandra is from Houston where her mom still lives. How did she make out in the hurricane? Chandra says her mom was lucky and prepared; Lucky in that she didn't love power; prepared in that she stocked up on water before the storm hit. Those across the street lost their power and so her neighbors had extension cords and generators running out of her house to give power to those in need. And she had water to offer to those who had none. Chandra was very proud of "Mama FEMA," as she is now known.
The 5th season special 2-hour premiere of "Grey's Anatomy" is tonight (Thursday) at 9:00 on ABC. Chandra Wilson plays Dr. Miranda Bailey. She's why I watch.
ACT 7: DELTA GOODREM: The lovely singer-songwriter from Australia performed "In This Life" from hew debut American CD, "Delta." Very lovely . . . . and the song was nice, too.
And that was our show for Wednesday September 24, 2008.
Well, at least the Dow Jones chart looks good to David Blaine.
What do you mean there are no jobs out there? Everyone I know has two or three!
So we returned to our office from Wednesday's rehearsal to tidy up the loose ends before going back down to the stage to tape the night's program. The Senator was slated for 3 segments, and perhaps four. And then the phone call came that he wouldn't be coming. DOH! It's tough enough when a lead guest backs out but when a lead guest who would occupy more than half the show drops out, it's really a mad scramble to get things right. I'm not on the ‘talent booking' floor so I didn't witness the craziness that must have gone on. When I thought tonight's show was seriously in doubt, I learned we got Keith Olbermann. That was one down, we needed another. Not till I made it downstairs did I learn we also had Chandra Wilson from "Grey's Anatomy." While the talent department was getting guests, the writers were writing a new Top Ten and some new extras, and we had to put a new monologue together. Everyone was racing to stay ahead of the show. And a lot was still being done while the show was in progress. All in all, we came out pretty good. It was a good job by all departments, and a big thanks to Chandra Wilson and Keith Olbermann.
Some are defending Senator McCain for going to Washington because he is doing what he was hired to do: Being a Senator. I would agree if he hadn't been campaigning for the Presidency for the past 18 months no where near Arizona or Washington. Same goes for Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Next election, I think anyone running for a higher office should have to take an unpaid leave of absence from their elected position while they campaign. How long do you think you would last at your job if you actively campaigned for a position at another company across the street? But I guess when you are in the business of making rules, like politicians are, you can make the rules.
Friday night's Presidential debate? The University of Mississippi should continue as planned. Whoever shows up, shows up. Whoever doesn't show up, loses by forfeit. It's how we used to do it in Sunday Morning Softball.
After we showed McCain sitting with Katie Couric getting his makeup, a crew member came back to the shack where some of us watch the show just offstage and asked, "Is that real?" Sadly, it was. It wasn't old footage. It wasn't taped. It was LIVE.
Oh, I forgot one. I left this out from the other day.
Memories of Yankee Stadium.
I used to go to the New York City high school baseball All-City All-Star game and Championship game held each year at Yankee and Shea Stadium. I would go simply to get to sit inches away from the field, something I could never do with the Yankees. In 1991, or there about, I went to see the twin-bill that featured Washington Heights Manny Ramirez in the All-Star game. I was sitting in the first row a few feet up the right field line from the dugout. Even then it was known that this kid was going to be one of the great ones in Major League Baseball. That day, Manny did nothing that was memorable. In the Championship game that followed between two teams I don't recall, the outcome was decided early. It was a rout. But I stayed for the duration, appreciating the "dream come true" that was taking place out on the field for these high schoolers playing baseball at Yankee Stadium. Late in the game, a lumbering first baseman for the losing team comes to the plate. He was slow afoot with a swing that took about a minute and a half. On the pitcher's third pitch, the huge batter was just finishing his swing at the second pitch and connected solid, the ball soaring toward the left field fence. He stood in the batter's box watching the ball fly. The left fielder went back back back back . . . . . and the ball went over the fence: home run! The batter leapt low into the air. He was delirious. On his way to first base he spun around once. He hopped halfway between 1st and 2nd. He pumped his fists over his head the entire trot around the bases. His smile reached from 161st Street to the Harlem River. I never saw anyone happier on a baseball field, and I have a feeling every player on that Championship team would have traded places with that kid in a heartbeat.
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Keith Olbermann; Chandra Wilson; and Delta Goodrem. PLUS:Great Moments in Presidential Speeches; Miss Liberty Gets Retouched; The New Book "Late Show Fun Facts"; and a Top Ten List.
" . . . . and now, legendary blues musician . . . David Letterman!"
ACT 1:
About an hour or so before the taping of the show, we got a phone call . . . . Senator John McCain will not be able to come on the show. According to his 3:00 PM speech, due to the "historic crisis in our financial system," he is suspending his campaign for President and returning immediately to Washington DC to drum up support for the bail-out proposal. McCain believed the plan on the table as it currently stood would not pass and we are desperately running out of time to get this thing back on track. So he felt he was needed in Washington. No Senator John McCain tonight.
GREAT MOMENTS IN PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES
Our President has a bit of trouble with the English language, sounding as if the roof of his mouth is caked with peanut butter.
ACT 2:
As mentioned above, just before the show Dave received a call from Senator John McCain that he would not be making it to the show because he was needed in Washington to help get this $700 billion bail-out approved. Dave acknowledges the Senator to being a real American hero, but something doesn't smell right. This doesn't pass Dave's "smell" test. Dave believes something's not right in the McCain campaign; someone must have put something in his Metamucil.
Fearing the economy was about to "crater," McCain has decided to suspend his campaign. OK, so McCain thinks he is needed in Washington, but that doesn't mean the campaign should be suspended. Dave says if McCain is needed in D.C., he should go, but then he should send in the backup quarterback to continue with the campaign. That's what she's there for; to fill in. "You don't quit." The Vice President . . . Sarah Palin . . . she should take over the campaign. But where is she?
Paul Shaffer offers, "She is one hot looking babe."
Dave laughs, then continues, "This isn't how a tested hero behaves." Dave suspects someone is putting ideas into his head, then sighs a non-understanding sigh.
And if you and your family have been out of work for the past 4 years and all you have left in your pocket is $20, spend it on the "Late Show Fun Facts" book, in stores now. It retails for $19.99, but I've seen it on the internets for much less. The book is so good, Dave gushes, "Finally, something that makes Guttenberg look like a genius."
And everyone here in New York was excited to have Sarah Palin in town for this United Nations General Assembly. It was sort of like "Meet the Teacher" night for all the world leaders. New Yorkers were happy to have her here, we quickly put this together.
We take a shot of the restructured Statue of Liberty. The face of Miss Liberty is that of Sarah Palin. Ahhhhh.
Dave can't let it go: "You don't suspend your campaign if you believe in your Vice President. You let her take over."
And if you're in New York this week, you should head over to Central Park where they hung David Blaine. He's doing some stunt where he is hanging upside down for 60 hours. We see him being interviewed during his hanging stunt that really interests nobody. And in the middle of the interview, the cable holding the grand magician/illusionist snaps and Blaine falls to the earth.
My favorite part was hearing the fake screams moments after he fell.
Blaine later explained the cable didn't accidentally snap. He decided at that moment that he was needed more in Washington.
ACT 3: TOP TEN: Questions People Are Asking the John McCain Campaign
7. "This is Clay Aiken. Is McCain single?"
1. "This is President Bush --- what's all this about trouble with the economy?"
KEITH OLBERMANN: From MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."
Of course the conversation is about McCain, his suspending his campaign, dropping out of Friday's debate, and this financial boondoggle that is probably a lot more serious than we want to believe. Olbermann offers this obvious solution to one of the above: Make Friday's debate in Mississippi about the economy rather than the topic of Foreign Policy, but that's too simple.
Dave again shares that just before the show, Senator McCain called to say he was racing back to Washington to fix this thing and couldn't do tonight's show. Certainly we were disappointed and somewhere back in my head I was hoping he was being sincere. But then . . . . . happening right at this moment in the show . . . . maybe around 5:10 PM EST . . . . taking place 4 blocks away from the Ed Sullivan Theater . . . . . precisely the moment John McCain was supposed to be HERE . . . . we show a LIVE shot of Senator McCain being dabbed with makeup preparing for an interview with Katie Couric. It certainly didn't look like the Senator was racing back to Washington. He was getting ready for a little Q&A with Katie Couric four blocks away! When he was supposed to be HERE! Katie asks McCain a question and Dave calls out from his desk, "Hey, John, I got a question . . . do you need a ride to the airport?!"
Dave repeats, "Something smells."
Dave tries to imagine what Barack Obama and Joe Biden must have thought when they heard of McCain's decision. Dave likens it to being a kid when you heard that there was so much snow that there was no school.
Olbermann's puts it simply to Dave: "He ditched you."
ACT 5: Announce: "Tomorrow on the Late Show, Dave welcomes Paris Hilton, the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, and musical guest Morningwood.
The Late Show! If you have a muffler problem, we have the solution.
We'll be right back."
ACT 6:
During the break, Dave received this note: "McCain has concluded his interview with Katie Couric. He is now on the ‘Rachael Ray Show' making veal picatta."
CHANDRA WILSON: From ABC's very popular Grey's Anatomy. She's the one I like on the "Grey's." If I was rushed to the hospital with a dislocated head, I would want Chandra to be the one to operate on me. Chandra's character is all business; very professional. All the other doctors in the hospital are more concerned with who is canoodling and kissy-pooing with whom than they are with the dying patient on the operating table. Am I really supposed to care if Dr. Sally is having a problem with her adulterous affair when some guy in the operating room has a 2-by-4 plank sticking out of his chest? For the same reason, this is why my wife and all her friends love the "Grey's." They are enthralled with the juicy relationships.
Dr. Carol is crying. Did she just lose a patient? No, she just saw boytoy Billy kissing someone in the elevator.
Chandra is from Houston where her mom still lives. How did she make out in the hurricane? Chandra says her mom was lucky and prepared; Lucky in that she didn't love power; prepared in that she stocked up on water before the storm hit. Those across the street lost their power and so her neighbors had extension cords and generators running out of her house to give power to those in need. And she had water to offer to those who had none. Chandra was very proud of "Mama FEMA," as she is now known.
The 5th season special 2-hour premiere of "Grey's Anatomy" is tonight (Thursday) at 9:00 on ABC. Chandra Wilson plays Dr. Miranda Bailey. She's why I watch.
ACT 7: DELTA GOODREM: The lovely singer-songwriter from Australia performed "In This Life" from hew debut American CD, "Delta." Very lovely . . . . and the song was nice, too.
And that was our show for Wednesday September 24, 2008.
Well, at least the Dow Jones chart looks good to David Blaine.
What do you mean there are no jobs out there? Everyone I know has two or three!
So we returned to our office from Wednesday's rehearsal to tidy up the loose ends before going back down to the stage to tape the night's program. The Senator was slated for 3 segments, and perhaps four. And then the phone call came that he wouldn't be coming. DOH! It's tough enough when a lead guest backs out but when a lead guest who would occupy more than half the show drops out, it's really a mad scramble to get things right. I'm not on the ‘talent booking' floor so I didn't witness the craziness that must have gone on. When I thought tonight's show was seriously in doubt, I learned we got Keith Olbermann. That was one down, we needed another. Not till I made it downstairs did I learn we also had Chandra Wilson from "Grey's Anatomy." While the talent department was getting guests, the writers were writing a new Top Ten and some new extras, and we had to put a new monologue together. Everyone was racing to stay ahead of the show. And a lot was still being done while the show was in progress. All in all, we came out pretty good. It was a good job by all departments, and a big thanks to Chandra Wilson and Keith Olbermann.
Some are defending Senator McCain for going to Washington because he is doing what he was hired to do: Being a Senator. I would agree if he hadn't been campaigning for the Presidency for the past 18 months no where near Arizona or Washington. Same goes for Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Next election, I think anyone running for a higher office should have to take an unpaid leave of absence from their elected position while they campaign. How long do you think you would last at your job if you actively campaigned for a position at another company across the street? But I guess when you are in the business of making rules, like politicians are, you can make the rules.
Friday night's Presidential debate? The University of Mississippi should continue as planned. Whoever shows up, shows up. Whoever doesn't show up, loses by forfeit. It's how we used to do it in Sunday Morning Softball.
After we showed McCain sitting with Katie Couric getting his makeup, a crew member came back to the shack where some of us watch the show just offstage and asked, "Is that real?" Sadly, it was. It wasn't old footage. It wasn't taped. It was LIVE.
Oh, I forgot one. I left this out from the other day.
Memories of Yankee Stadium.
I used to go to the New York City high school baseball All-City All-Star game and Championship game held each year at Yankee and Shea Stadium. I would go simply to get to sit inches away from the field, something I could never do with the Yankees. In 1991, or there about, I went to see the twin-bill that featured Washington Heights Manny Ramirez in the All-Star game. I was sitting in the first row a few feet up the right field line from the dugout. Even then it was known that this kid was going to be one of the great ones in Major League Baseball. That day, Manny did nothing that was memorable. In the Championship game that followed between two teams I don't recall, the outcome was decided early. It was a rout. But I stayed for the duration, appreciating the "dream come true" that was taking place out on the field for these high schoolers playing baseball at Yankee Stadium. Late in the game, a lumbering first baseman for the losing team comes to the plate. He was slow afoot with a swing that took about a minute and a half. On the pitcher's third pitch, the huge batter was just finishing his swing at the second pitch and connected solid, the ball soaring toward the left field fence. He stood in the batter's box watching the ball fly. The left fielder went back back back back . . . . . and the ball went over the fence: home run! The batter leapt low into the air. He was delirious. On his way to first base he spun around once. He hopped halfway between 1st and 2nd. He pumped his fists over his head the entire trot around the bases. His smile reached from 161st Street to the Harlem River. I never saw anyone happier on a baseball field, and I have a feeling every player on that Championship team would have traded places with that kid in a heartbeat.
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From Hopkins, South Carolina, it's Jim Westfall.
This concludes another episode of CAMEO MENTION OF A WAHOO READER
